Show MY e eL If L f fi f P 3 ru LiST L ST Written rUten exclusively for tor Publications Inc Int Copyright 1926 1928 by The Th New York V Evening Graphic All rights reserved Well hero here wo we w are at Campo CampoBasso CampoBasso Basso Its It's In the tho afternoon We Vo went straight to my brothers brother's house without any telephoning or message and went also straight up tho the stairs As I opened the tho door I saw the first thing a bit of at a IL boy about a S years ol old He H Just looked at mo zoo once straight In tho eyes and said Mid Uncle Undo I said Yes Yest and then ho lie made mado a fast spring nothing short ot of marvelous In Its It agility and direct aim and was about my neck hugging me tight lIght I had never seen him before of course as ho he was born both while whilo I was In America After the outburst ot of this first meeting he calmed down comparatively and nd began asking me rapid fire tire questions Have Havo yoU any dollars In your pockets What do they 1001 look like 1 How did you HUMAN N STION MAnN MAnK I tried to answer the questions as rapidly and as as he put them but I was hard bard put to It to keep up with him I wilt will admit I When I answered the th last ques Ques- ques- ques tion question saying by automobile lie he detached himself irom noni ma mo and I down tho the stair Crazy about automobiles Like I was I I when I was as a II kid Automobiles cattle and horses That's That all I real real- real i ly really cared about when I was his age Then ageThen I X turned to my In sister law la who ho had perforce remained In effusion e tho background while the he ef- ef fusion of her son wen went on She had really had no chance to In- In In Interrupt and I had no oPPortunity to as much as shako as-shako shako hands or say how lIow d ou do I moments After we w had talked a few no mo- mo I ments I asked her where here my I brother was and learned that he was till still at hi his office I couldn't walt wait until he ho should return whereupon Informed my ny sister-in-law sister In- In In formed mo me that she be could sea seo well seawell enough where her small sons son's Impetuosity of ot character canto camo from BOYISH MERCURY I followed the boy down the stairs we wo climbed Into the tho car my small nephew ot of o course In the I front seat t with th me inc me Auntie and Toy my y sister sleter mr direct lit laughed S 'S method and of eal said meeting 1 that this th my brother was somewhat different from the Involved procedure wo we had gone gono through to meet her And when I told her that she sho had alwa always s 's led me a life and had tn in that respect In 1 no wise changed Also I had the doucot a time trying to drive It IC had I been with mC m that time she would have started back to Nice on toot foot If need be Certainly she sho would have havo appreciated former perform ance ances It if only ly by comparison My small nephew 8 tooted 0 the horn r at t Intervals When no horn w was wheel w called for the lie JIe brakes brakes-an tried l to grab crab b the absolute reincarnate Mercury He fe cOuldn't stand still or sit lilt S still for ono one sec see see- ond I called him Mercury and Ile ho liked It Seemed to feel that It did fit him rather well Mercurio Is italian for tOr Quicksilver We Ve finally arrived d a at the tho hall hail the office city Is lu o of I my brother who w secretarY of Campo so which ts is the or cap cap- Ital itai of the whole province pro It Is a 0 very avery responsible a kind of lieutenant governorship as al It lt would be bA b rated In America America A We 0 embraced 1 and 11 I found l him hm little changed I have found that men change 1 much less baa women than wom worn en with tho the years Not only In terms erms of Physical alteration but their expressions expression points of view the sort of thai aura ot of atmo sphere Pher that surrounds them My brother for Instance hadn't hadn changed tot tot- sister changed halt half as much as my toy sis sis- els ss- ss He Ha thought that t I hail had d changed but that was as only because I was nothing but a boy when I had left home and had been the away durin during greatest transitional years ears of the great great- est eat change hange ot of all When I had bad l left tt I had been Quite short and now I am ant towering above him TALK T OVER O ST l A After fter v we had talked for tor a while ho he took us over to the th hotel be- be because cause his house was as quite small and andu not large enough to accommodate us u all We w sat eat down In the th hotel room until 1 dinner time t I talking talking- I suppose that no two women ever went on at a IL gre H ta- ta tarata t rate rata than thanA we did There Th was w as so much to say and uk aa on either side Most of the talk was as It ts is with men I thinK of whet what we had been doing since wo we had seen one another My Iy brother and I had not so many common recollections erso- erso ersol l recollections to to share as had my sister end nd I L Li But Dut Dutot Butof ot of Course c ho he wanted to know i all about lot my work more mor I think from tram the tho business n and anti ad- ad n u a VI ut IL H man n front f tho purely artistic I 1 told hIm of tile the th growth of ot tho the Infant Indus try tram from tr m IL a more m o or less amateur lab Ish h and claptrap affair to industry an tn- tn in ranged among the tho th largest and most Important of at the th world SEvER TH nil j SAW AW RUDY IN IV I told him of ot all the tho worth worth- worthwhile Worthwhile while men connected with It Uni- Uni University Uni University men Business men m n Artists too And we w talked a great great about the th educational eni of ot pie pie- pictures pic pictures tures what they thy can accomplish where textbooks and talking all allbut allbut but fall fail faillie fall I Ue lie H had never seen se n a pIcture pl lure of mine though by W time tinia 1 I was u not surprised at that And the tho result was that he knew really very ery little Indeed about my work and what it meant He Ic asked me mc If It I would ar- ar arrango arrango ar for tor him to sea aea one of at o my pictures and I told him that I certainly would Then as we were ero talking an Idea came to both of at us usA A GOOD IDEA IDE Way ay up on top of at Campo Basso right on top of a a high command command- commanding commanding ing hill there thero Is IL a a CASU castin castlo Castle lion Monforte forte which belonged to the DukE of ot Monforte It Is u a historic fortress here her In Italy throughout the period of feudal wars wiri war It was built In 1100 by one on of the dukes and both the castle astle casti and the th fort fort- fort fortress res ress have figured In many battles and anI sieges It camo came out In the course courso ot of my brothers brother's talk that the tho city wants to make this castl castle castl-a Into a war monument Their plan Is ts to reconstruct a part of at It and arid bring back the bodies of ot all the tho boys boy of Campo Basso Dauo who were wro killed tn in inthe the war and bury them there thera Dy By ByM In 0 doln doing they would make mako of at It a national to the th heroes who died In the great grut war They ar are my brother told me trying to raise the th money to do this I suggested to him tha that he h ar- ar arrange ranea r-ranea range rattan with the th mayor t for abig a bir showing h W ng- ng of t- t p my-p my picture Jre The Four Four Horsemen charge chart t enormous normous prices price tor for it and use the th money to accomplish his end of ot the th res- res restoration res i-es restoration I would arrange to get geta geta a print Trint for tor him Ot Of course cours my brother was most enthusiastic tickled to death leath with the suggestion First because It would enable them to do so 10 o much speedily wh what t they had so Ion long had In mind and secondly because It would give Ive him and also the th townspeople the chance ot of seeing my ny picture He lIe left lert mo me to get oft off my wires wires et cetera as there thero were many little formalities to bo be attended to Ins HIS MOTTO I am leaving Campo Basso to- to to today day I have hav Ia e arranged for forth forth- thi show show- showIng showing show show-Ing Ing of ot the th picture and my brother hoa ha satisfactorily completed his end of t the project lie H says that ho he will write writ me mo all alt the th details of the tho reception ot of the tha picture when wilen I get ret back to Nice Nice-Nice Nice where beloved Natacha Is Is One On thing I hav n noted ted In tn re- re re gard to my ray mind and tempera tempera- temperament temperament temperament ment where procrastination Is led concer and that Is that It if I Iam Iam Iam am ever led to neglect matterS mattera up to a certain point invariably point my coy conscience consi will prick me m Into action In order to overcome as quickly as poSsible po whatever faults have havo been caused by the d delay lay As Asa Asa Asa a general generd rule I havo o m myself to be b punctuaL And as asa asa a 0 general rule I am But when one Is vacationing good food resolutions lions aro are apt to slumber while wo we drift along with the th current of at everyday pleasures I spent pleasant days das day with my brother my law ln law r-ln-law and my little nephew for whom horn I predict predicta a career either Ither In the th cinema or orIn In ln cars He H seems seem to lean slightly toward the tho th car cars right now but may change with age HI His Hia agility should land him somewhere certainly certainly lIe H can clIn get set over more ground gro In a IL shorter horter space of time anti and with less apparent effort than any other human being I have havo ever noticed unless It might be Douglas Fairbanks at his Lest Let HAPPY DAYS YS It Is lit the th first time and It may maybe maybo be the last for a very vry long while that I have hav been together with the members ot of- of my remaining Immediate family Happy days they have havo been and I know kaow that I shall look back on them some someday day dlly with a pleasure hard to equal After Arter all we have hav met too for the forthe first e with Ith the first st it-st cross CrOSS- CrOSSroads crossroads roads ot of lire life passed b by We W have come to tho the first milestone that of at knowing pretty fairly what hat we are arc gol going g to be how v we w e are going to be how our futures are arll ar likely to shape us us We Ve W spoke of o f our childhood and the tho dreams and plans we then had bad I had certainly never thought that I should be an actor My Ily sister never dreamed that hat she he would be bo a IL business woman My brother had rather Imagined that he would toll follow ow In my fathers father's footsteps despite the tho fact that I have always been more moro Interested In animals than ie i hu has ha And now hero we w all alt are Futures are sr un- un uncharted un uncharted charted things They had little to do dovith todo with yesterday and anti how much less lesi with tomorrow ES E'S LOVE TILLS THRILLS ill mif The Tho fascination of turning the uncut leaves of a book of which one knows nOthing has nothing has heard or nothing or like seeing a 8 play un- un unfold unfold untold fold before ones one's eyes eres with 1 only guesswork as a 8 clue It Is IL a beneficent mercy I think that keeps the tho future safely behind a veil good Tonight I shall say good good-by again to my brother and lit his ha tam fam fam- fam ily Ill family and proceed southward Going home where where I was born Had a wire and a tt letter from Natch Natacha saying that she sh Is feeling rested and Is I enjoying the th sun sun- sunshine sun shin shine and lae lai flowers flower She also alo gave me mo detailed accounts of the various arlous dog dogs How my heart thrilled thrill at Na- Na Natacha's Na Na tacha's tacha expressions of ot everlasting ing log love A t Graphic Feature |