Show MOTORCYCLE TRIP THROUGH CARSO BY AMERICAN GIRL By JOHN H H. H HEAR HEARLEY LEY United Press Press' Press Staff Correspondent ROME Italy Nov 13 By B Mail MailAn Mail Mail- An American girl has scouted for the Italian naHan army it was learned here to today today today to- to day She is the Countess censored Disguised as an n Italian officer the countess motorcycled uD unhand nd down the swept battle-swept Carso Carsol She was paired with her husband a distinguished Homan Roman Roman Ro Ro- man nobleman He is a cyclist scout and messenger for the general staff Her exploit is unique in Italy's Halys war The time one-time St. St Louis belle bene Is the onlY woman who ha has crawled through h she shell rocked rocked l-rocked trenches trenches' and been face t to face with battle at the Italian front During her t ten n years' years residence in Rome the countess has lost her American American Amer Amer- ican lean accent but noti her nother her Yankee Yank e curi curl When she rEcent recently y visited her husband at a 1 cerain er ai zone war town she he told 1 him sh she had a e haye a I d. firsthand firsthand firsthand first first- hand acquaint acquaintance ce with shrapnel el and bay bayonets nets Mor Moreover he he personally e must give her the introduction At fir first t the count wo wouldn't listen to her proposal However she was wa's not be put off She told him im her perfectly perfectly perfectly per safe plan The sid side seat of his motorcycle wa was wag just the place for her She could pose jose pose as his assisting officer I He was finally persuaded He brought her th the natty green gray uniform starred stirred at the the- collar and the narrow- narrow peaked hat f E Everything fitted even the breeches ending in the winding Over all she a long military dust coat The start was as made early one morn morn- ing The count had messages to carry to the Carso arso Goggled against the dust she looked like a lithe young officer No sentinels bothered her so completely complete complete- ly were they fooled tooled Her husbands husband's papers papers papers pa pa- pers and sa say so were enough for both One of ot the first stops was made at St S1 Michele Here the American girl saw the bloody trenches and shallow graves where theirS their defenders wei were buried burled Several times time th the w el whistle hiS i whis whis- tIe tle of an approaching approaching- shell forced her herto herto herto to hurried cover She was In easy range of ot an Austrian battery a a mile away One explosion took place within with with- in twenty yards of her lir giving her a sudden shock The smoke spread over the trench which sheltered her The countess studied all the trademarks trademarks trade trade- marks of war The Austrian villages which have fallen into Italian hands passed in quick review Some were wrecks just junk piles pUs of woods and arid metals Others were strangely whole few i if any inh inhabitants were anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where about She shed her only tears over the rude cemeteries In them Italian and Austrian sometimes mingled enemies in life Ute but brothers In death The night was passed in Gradisca The count and countess slept in tn a m mili ll- ll tary taz establishment A terrific cannonade cannonade cannonade can can- awakened them early The Austrians Aus Aus- were bombarding the city The bu buildings on each side of ot our lodging were tumbled into ruins she told me It was a terrible m moment looking through the window at the bursting shells Providentially our quarters escaped destruction But it was war I felt I knew Mars Marsat at t last and I had an immediate enough of him So the next morning w wc wa-mO- m t back to our starting mace I soon stepped out of ot my unaccustomed unaccustomed clothes and got into more comfortable ones Shortly after I entrained for peaceful Rome tome leaving my ray husband to pursue his military lUtary duties alone |