Show KING AND QUEEN fiGHTING BESIDE THEIR MEN I l Emmanuel and nd Helena Inspire In spire Soldiers by Presence Presence Pres Pres- ence once at the the c Front y S G Gy Gj ALICE ROH ROHE E E. E United Press Presa St Staff tf C ent ROME ROl Oct My 3 My mail Th The secret ot of the Italian soldiers soldiers' valor and patriotism r remark remarked mark d bl b by eve everyone on one Who who has come Jn in contact with him is Inspired d by King Victor Emanuel his queen and arid his Ius royal family every member of ot which Including the king an and 1 queen g gets ts right down in the ranks and live with their p people from rpm day to day The soldier realizes realizes' his monarch is fighting beside him While Victor Emanuel has done dOlle deeds of oC heroism to b be with his m men n in the midst of things there is an another another an- an other royal element nt quite as Imp important import import- rt- rt ant in this psychological inspiration I of the soI soldier ler It lt has to do with th the feminine side sid of the house of ot Savoy Ask any ny Italian Soldier returned wounded from the front why he I fought Ten to one one before he has talked five flye rn ha h he h has ha's M n narrated n w t d 1 talked ha h five flye rn he h has ha's M n narrated n w t d 1 arra e esome some a anecdotes of ot Queen Hel Helena's nas gentle consideration some story of ot the beautiful and kindl kindly Princess J Jolanda Jolanda Jo- Jo 0 landa some som episode concerning the Princess Mafalda and Mafalda-and and then of course there is always tb tO be tie remembered that handsome and nd manly little prince of or f Piedmont who is the soldiers' soldiers beloved beloved be be- loved ideal There Isn t isn a soldier in Italy who wouldn't tear his his' bandages off oll and waye wave them in try the the air lair air and give three cheers cheers' for the queen queen mother Mar Mar- The royal royal family of ot Italy is a living breathing g sympathizing suffering cheering sorrowing part of ot the life lite of ot e soldier at the front or in the hospitals Queen Helena and the royal princ princ- eases esses have been at t. t the th f front T m. m Thov un I v un I y b have ve spent the last two months in northern Ital Italy making repeated trips to the zone where the wounded are first taken th j fields of ot battle It Jt is isi i sai saig IQ that a a. soldier r w who o had ft lost hlf his his' voice vorce regained J t through the sh shock k of Joy at beholding Queen Helena Helen be bending over his cot In the hospital of V Qu Queen en Helena He lie- lena one morning came to a a. young soldier who had lad lost both hands through the explosion of ot a bomb I Deep despair had su succeeded a stage of violent weeping with this young young- I tn nan n who in ln his home h n near r Rome had a young oune wife and e a ten months' n old i i baby awaiting the return fet of their maimed father rather and ancl husband Queen H Helena lena with gentle genUe sympathy thy succeeded d in mal making ing the young talk When th she had finished tho the the h qUeen n her own eyes moist took bandaged stub of ot the kings king's soldiers soldier's sol sol- diers dier's arm ari an and told M him V his tnt future re need n not t be so dreary She told him of L the e marvelous new inventions and SY him m artl artificial hands and a a. position which ho he could manage A Apropos r ot of f this instance both Queen helena a and the queen ue m mother Mar- Mar have taken up P a new work They have havo K avo W Wed funds for the Purchase of f artificial Ial limbs for maimed d soldiers i and anda noted rioted a specialist special special- ht ha 1 s been CU to tb study new HISS methods for ng them to the needs of ot Italian soldiers JI It h is the Pleasure of the royal prIncesses prIncesses' princ- princ esses' esses t theIr ly Own Pocket Docket money money mon- mon ey diers to ne he A needs 8 of th tho w wounded sol sol- A 4 blind Hf i A soldier at who who was informed that her majesty Queen Helen the Princess Jolanda stood l I I hat have havo b VIm him burst burat Into tears given glye my eyesight ht gladly to mv toy 1 and aid ln Jn ny country he lie said Iut ut I did not realize how bitter bit bit- tr ter a thing t was yom majesty nev er en to see YOUr face faco and that ot of the Princess Jolanda agaIn Tile The beautiful little Princes Jolanda Jo- Jo landa herself herselt broke into tears and from that day th the blind Soldier of 4 I has been her special friend and charge harge The faces of Italy's rO royal al family are known to the to-the the soldiers mt t only through photographs and postcards but hut In the living presence Ich and every one of ot them is a beloved object In the s soldiers soldier's life Ufe for tor whom he be is fighting There is none of ot that forced or spectacular homage which characterizes character character- izes the attitude of other fighting men mi In Italy where emotions and sentiments sentiments senti seti- ments merits ar are deep and passionate passionate- there is love for or Helena and the little princesses princesses which forms forma a a. strong Impulse in the tho life of ot tho the Halian Hal Ital ian soldiers whose wh e chief chiet inspiration is their king 0 4 |