Show n h light of or o Italian It l n Premiers Premier s Evil Eye Dic s and ami Death c th Continue to Do Du ll lilt 1 Ii e s cps of o the thc to be bo Thrust into info Being 5 nor lla Minister of or o the lI Treasury Ilo is tho 1110 nth lJ n Jmie 2 st hii ha e I hij III no ii D il iii ht thin that t Ulo G ho R ft v tin Ill rini J ls believed hi bj by h o ot It bus us to In have hn thai tho evil ell jJ ty eye The rue notion 1 is 18 ot of course that HIP I hr glance of oh f a it ler 1 thus pos lOs possess II sess ert ed hi haM the time power lUWI I of mis ails misfortune misfortUne fortune and ancl den ill and nod a l the I latest In n an aim 11 tins 2 popular faith In III tin time of u the optics This flits was wn the retirement flom rota a 1 P lev ie w daj ago of at o Its youngest t aid mot t member signor minister le of tit the time wh ho I lId selred with sr so serf Otis ous an aim th he lie hee hi hl his portfolio and umu he ft 1 rr to Sl S to win xIn back hack hit his health If possible Small wonder that this Incident caused a sensation in Iii Italy Lt tI for Major Majorana ana alma lilt Is IK time the sll with r l tI I tin the lu tiers rise to to o power to 10 ho bo down 1011 If not nol by h tenth death then by 13 b scale onn serious mental 01 Ut physical ailment lIl matter his has contributed large largely ly I to lu popular l over ocr this latet episode CI Is a 11 persona friend of ot So highly did III tin the prime primo minister esteem him that he had hai designated det him as hl hIs successor Now to tha Italian superstition c n a anian man nian linn hUH the tho genuine evil eye ha hano has no control over oer Its pernicious Influence mind and an friends are just as nl apt to fall tat vic 11 thus to it us ns fOr foes Therefore ahie tenths of or countrymen Are arc that ho he laos has the tho ox evIl II eye ee ami has It bad bo bols Its ls absurd of ot course all super superstitious PU mire are nr absurd Ib but tho the effects ol or them are wurth serious consideration Ion and loss los credulous folk than tho ho Ital Kal ians IHns woul consider that there thero Is la some soma timing thInA uncanny about tho fato fate that tins has so liO mOllY many at or col cot colleagues leagues It If he lie III In America ho hB would ho bo dubbed a I hoo loo A J life In actuary his deductions on oil facts farts and Usurps would conclude that a member of oC cabinet Is a n risk from flom rain whom a big pro pre should be I demanded OP OF DEATHS m Here Is time tho actual record In lit first Olt cabinet t four ot at his ministers died III In In Ills hits two died dietl and amid four our others worn 10 brought near SUI to deaths lealh door The Tile of u affairs wan with apoplexy nod and liltS hutS been beell well since of oC public works developed gout of vf the tho and Ills hits hi lila life 11 was una long IlIn despaired of Do DoI 0 I rugh to II iti r of tiC ii buffered II lr from rain rheumatism Wollam Vol lain borg borK milliliter of tiC r the treasury hut had a aam am I Ii down n ami a mid became mime pos possessed io 01 IC so Si many t for Cor or I t Ills biN 1 con CHi conI CHiI I ed jig him Iii am to a ii i t he mui I U III I ii In I Fm t Ii tel I I t is third tim ltd administration ad at lii 1st nt ion tion I Sign tim I I minister is t e r oC or ui C Jus JUN Justl iii 5 tl til P by ity h hag Another i of ot the tho t cabi cabinet abl n net lIel i t I riled and Litton Itt nl I of uC affairs I I 11 Willi pros I Midi raUd 1 by cerebral 1 lab a sud U Ileum INI t ii MI I I I pursue rulo II I iii It culli III In I lift h h n ent I hlll 3 iii si I ii l tho I lie minister at I ala t cr or of finance flu mutt cc WU a fI l I with mi 1111 it 1 tI lit III In tho Ihn thoi I i IC ill Itoh Julio I iii Jo the lila alt of it II Jit and wits Willi found fn dead In lii his bid hod mm nile CI a I fui 1118 tIui hater lator hlll ho he r he ho WIH In III ox Thu hu mild 1111 hi It Ita a mis ml that t hun t hud hind es him ii Ito on u tf Time wild ma 1111 Itt It I t IU I 1111 t t is evIl wll evIle eye ee e c In lii a L low LOIS three 0 of Ills his III 11 it hua 0 died thid or r o oo o c Iii THAN lItH 1 that to thu I ii 10 of Ot eLI umi os H In III I a a t I I tha men help holp lieu ilo 10 I I I I I lull I hi I I it ha it l nt risks than do tie In hr battle ml tie Jn would that Ihla thu Ihl would It extremely ly for lor him 10 to ill JIll III him liln lK billets billet nUl lut It Ambition lI both Joth f fear nr and suj Br tUlon F FIn In he lie loses a n minister there is 15 never any nil dearth of candidates who lire arc wIlting to 10 take taki tho hit vacant post yost Tho tact fact that Giolitti has so 0 long bug at n t the heat head of at tho the BOX eminent of at time the most nation in IJu Ju rope despite tho thu sinister reputation ha hd has acquired Is I proof proM that he lie has hus soma om ml uncommon stuff sturt In III him ilium He lie H is built on oil ona IL a bIg hi scale scalo stands over Oer six feet t all nil alland and amid has breadth th to match Ills tea fel turea aio amo at of o tho the Semitic type with a n prominent arched nose His itis HI eyes ar ur urs black but hut there Is nothing about them to suggest the malignant Is popularly attributed to them They do nut not at all nit those bus has Ihk hIsk like orbs or ut onu at nl ata ata a glance with which sensational novel IsIs luts are wont to endow their In conjunction with tho the lids they tho convoy como tho the impression ol of n shrewdness and Insight ono One would 1 I never associate ferocity whit th theta them Limit Hut In Italy Hal the thc ox evil II eye eio f O Is riot not an nn at al attribute tribute ot tit army any particular t type pc of or ryes eyes Their color has hII nothing to do with it tt lillie gray hazel or at black bluck bh ck may bo be equally lly endowed x with tho r power Ioel Nor Is It necessary thiat thal the thin theman man mini who Is 15 supposed to have tho tIme ox II e eye eo o should bo be an nil evil Cn man Saints as aB aswell aswell well as n stammers sinners may ma have havo It It Wag vat long lOll a matter of oC common belief belle that Pope 11 Nono was cursed nursed with tho thin evil eye c e TO Bi m RECKONED WITH was well ell on In middle 1111 life lIe and inn hUll haul become a It nina man to 10 bo be reckoned with before 1 anybody seems to mavo PUS stis him of having It ft IL In recent time tulle most eminent Italian statesmen have come front flom tho the Island of oC Sicily CL and amid tho the Marcheso ell di II like Cardinal In another bianch branch of ot politics politic 1110 both natives of tho thin Island Jut BUt like halls hails from front Piedmont and he be lies has the tho cold calculating tempera temperament ment or if tho lie northern Italian Born at lit atthe the tho little town lon of o near Cumle fio 5 years eara eaIR ago alo the time Italian premier is ts ono one on of oC those thoRO men rare In tn European poll 1011 tIes tics tlc lint hut numerous In III public life who front from beginnings and with no adventitious aid old havo hao forced their way war na by sheer sh 1 hard work right to tho thin top till Tho The son of ot a L i small liml local otil who died ailed semi goon atter arter lime tho child was wall born he lie grew up In III ma the stern of o that northern region and from tho thin first e a n sturdy but hut fox ow other At tho the Bit sll of It Turin ho studied law 1 w with such uch diligence that liCe ht In three thrle years what hat other students tool took live flo to finish Ish Tin rio 11 then known as nR a n ii semi sell nUll ous silent south wholly occupied with his own cull For Tor somo Romo years the tho hI young oung lawyer continued to Ill one onn le Ia legal Iagal gal 1111 post pott after artel another ays j n Ing In hIli 21 Iho l ho tic was all tu ti I crown counsel Ho So unusual win wima such lIuch an un ap tip jit tit nt that ago alo nit that It II prompt prompted ed oil 1 a IL I comic paper aPr at Tin In to print a t cartoon In whIch humid blind Justice was a le he the tho country with a Li 1 baby tho the hate counsel OLAD TO GJ KT r IllS HIS SI Hut nil t tIme the overstocked 11 did 1111 not miot him In much So Ho hen before he was Willi 30 hu ho wall w aH a n position In tho tIme ministry of oC lie be acci pled the thin billot billet with alacrity The Tho work wore was fitted to I it his html tom I C amen t and laid In Ino of o minute nu I e details II buLl Is Ho 1111 I tut soon gui a IL I a an lit nn nit wlm hid en Ill of If iii and mu nil amId at ut hi ii agent ends mitis and a one ml m u then a I Ci xa itil Willi I gIn 1 to In f ilm hll I Ii it rains ii of ot this tim is Indomitable I I I ii bIn explorer roe in ill lime Ihn of n policy Until d II he Ime WIK m itt 10 40 Ci mu tu continued n L to todo do tb In tim Ih wink fun for wIt o t helm run lied the Ito th 1 t It t I I xv Willi a he then nil all III In Italy Hilly I who a him Ii I tim timI 10 III I U unter I to l politics niI it ie and amid inako mako ko eti for 1111 himself out omit or r hi Itis hili ability Hu lic 11 is 1111 l to In I thu ho of ot 41 Ii PU tICS from Piedmont toni m t In tim I h lie spoke mu Pelt I or Ct whal iia I hu h ha diy my si I tea I mm n mitt 1111 and it p and that thul I its I as bali I came Into Inlo I mit a ami Inti a nih a I to 10 ii replace nn a n gal a m Isle tr C of cit the ilm ho be an lilt l for forthe forth tin tIme the th i st III In till tho u Ut the Iho u l Tin till I lIIS lt ThU t Will wai a II L big III lift I h ft for I t I and at mitt olio OIW thai t tnt I sail much lm Iii UI iii other ii liar t hes of o his its I parly purt t who 0 hud Im tat been mm In III tm i pal with t It Ii nut tho Iho sweets of tuf If It tin II ut n ii It I I t to 10 lit liu I that t I hail bad thai tha evil t yo O Nothing had bum IJ II noted in III Imis jam far ta to tn t Justify Ju tICY It limit Hut tho was wa win worth Hi talc I ng that t tin t lug lit hit it That IM itt th of or Ito tha ty It IH Is pretty sure uro au in Irm thu I Ito lone inn Iun rum ii to iti II ti tito to any 1111 ono omit to tu whom It l Is applied ell AH K KO KU In this xa 1110 it d j lIre In III onu form nr or u another In Is bound to 10 overtake OMa enss 01 or anso However orno lIne timia I eta liNed 3 beret OI h in I n plu Into the lie I Ie vf of hess who vt 1110 r bent on Oil itu litI did ChILL not u mi of o cabinet long The fhe Ideas Id Cats of tho I Ii C Sli loyal v tug big on I ha s 8 lilt did th Id not time th of If till the lie clerk of the lie Ills III zeal uis wils all illi on aIm time side of nit i 1011 bo Sum lie hI resigned res 1 There Therein III in he lie one of or the I Secrets of lr his ii Is st I faith 11 I In Imi himself lii 1 combined cc tm xv with lib the tl tic courage of ui his hits But HilI Butto to his hili fi lends 11 and amid foes fates alike It II tint that ho lie was committing political hara ham kin kIri When he Ii dropped out flit of o if tho time cabinet thin tho Ih io StOl slot story was dropped too hlo It woith using II It to 10 atop I lv n I man who had stopped slopped himself Hut did not lIot remain In lii eclIpse n long When hen ho again It xua might light at tho the top In lii ISO pl and amid nl both bolh fallen ho teas lIlS to form fl 1 I cabinet of or It his hi oui O At t 60 early as liS ago aso Is reckoned In Italian political life lIehe he was SitH minister STORY STOny m J Then hell the tho I Was rev revived hod And Amid things began to happen which mado it stick timid and death lealh In Iii Ined ed tho thai cabinet call III ct Tom Four 1 of ot colleagues tiled lied Political disaster over overlook overtook took look that first premiership coincided with one ona of vt the tho thorniest lest and amid least edifying periods of ot modern Italian history tho era of uC the tho b ink scandals the so called Pain Pana Hut But ex even een en the time political opponents Heats of ot thin tho prime minister nuts now admit that lint his honesty was waB not JIlt In In ho the th disclosures then mado mallo public It was Ia his misfortune to be ho h In iii power lit at a when long scandals wore were suddenly auth denly anti and violently exposed Hut Rut public opinion demanded a scapegoat and the cabinet Willi ivIts bulled lett from rom The story of or ortho tho thu oxIl eyo eo had haul receIved full continua continuation lion tion For Tor more mote than six 51 years cara was WUI not only out of or attire hut hilt almost out nt or public life Ho lie I 0 spoke f seldom In ment Ills enemies numbered him among tho tile But Dut he lie Willi isami far fill from being belll crushed Ho 1 way was only biding his blat time line In lit 1901 he its II was wo on tot top This limo hue no IJO whispers were wera needed to revIve ruvle tIme the story of imf II tie the evil eye It had hind not mint been forgotten And Amid fate tute again as I 1 have havo already told eon con continued to La gito It all 1111 tha thimi confirmation that thal cie needed 11 e Sel DA CY COMPACT Hiding tho the Idea III in thu Italian par lament appears to bu be JI complete Italy bellmen that Ihrl ho lie has hils thu evil o eye e o and amid yet jot et accepts him as os time tho sate safe man Ills His is a I am or ot char chair character acter ocher He lie Is not mint a tL man ilia II Ho No ban haK hi as I I U Ic of ot that tIm Ut Indefinable mit Ind charm known us tOt magnetism which curries many milan mall men so fur mar Ho ila lees doo not us nn aim orator Oration He Ito says what lw lie h lois has to say Sui Su In a tt tots few words word and then sits I down dOlln without any all Ciceronian about great groat He lie IH is IHa hIu isma a u typical bureaucrat or of u tho thin classes who aIto exactly chits a itch dell d ll of ot a It premier A man Inan who put pui sues ordinary mamma wIth moio mort thulL or II 1 ability Ho lIe haul himself and tint exacts lizard hard work of or others He lie cures canH noth ing tug for on and s lam fUa lamand and a nil us a it I holder of tf tIme olinI of U th the Annun he t ic IB tim I anti mit y n a or the Iho kill k lu IK lie h lIeI gives In III his Ills ftc fig II l U unit 01 bo Ii ii ha keit rill sian I Ii at tit railway to I save HAVI a time till thIs Ills in hi a It I Ki Iun mt at lt t which h he lie Id I it fill fat ut being HO iou a II Its to 10 nn i It I he ut lIlure s mire lulI I by lie t I lute 1111 lii I a I n mi I mime OIK 1110 hu him bun bully haul that hut lilt III IOU toil a II iii I ii Ills hits wife wl IK Iii I never neter neon ell In ha Hi Ho hI hiu 1111 III In liu III du ui If hit IH 1 with when nobI ixer 11 of nil jill hi lf list h hi hI hal day ulay bo be ot of 1 11 r It 1 t IN of ut liar hii that In lii eui lien her gem II money to lilly buy IIII her herf f elC macit t tr a it shIm 1111 1111 ih hw hUll It ItIn 1111 In r Ii il vial un it mm I thou to 10 tonn nn 1111 ii It I ii bit ui IIII U II I Ith thu th a i of lit a mu dieM null i it 11 Ho I lo thu mim H one hut nor lion I Itt to buy liny hll on oil onI oilI n I can do itt w u at sIlk III uld bin imis hI wife till html hui you IIII must u m I stilt If Ir I r Jim hull dont affair r you a it I of ot 0 t Hu 1111 I lit il d ii fur ft III ii ho tie Ii Is a mi goad Jut but Ii ii I It u situatE of it If loutit jullie In i a ml less K null Sit I I lii of ut ft a 1 nil silk I real n That Incident was of tiC ilu IhL I lie pail lilt it which iii huh i ara ru I III 1 wa ways hM lisa III In her hor Ills Ufa 11 hUll hiss UK al u ii far mum U us tho time world I Is f In III I ii hut bin Inter ills Ihu t t sI hn in will lIot no I cut out cut to III Ilm thu Ih tale lolo which tit to a it wIfe wl luMi mit V 01 hall ban ii I taut ill ad l It II Slit never Il haj hl Ui ii U III C ho 10 o bo Ito Cd in U ii t tim louit im r I h to n it litis lit a it itha happy ha lilly humus 11 hut fill liar hup husband lid and in iii i Ih hS dren suit and fit II I In lii that sits liu hn has U lime ii I hal ten tIm nie or am me t iv 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