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Show ITALIANS READ AMERICAN BOOS Soldiers Given Translation of Edward Everett Hale's Story "The Man Without a Country." New York, Sept S. Two daughters of the Rev. Gaetano Conte, an Italian Methodist clergyman, who arrived here yesterday from Naples, said that nearly every soldier in the Italian army ar-my had received a copy of Edward Everett Hale's short story, "The Man Without a Country." Their father, they said, had translated the story Into Italian and more than a million copies were printed in the first edition edi-tion tor distribution among the troops. The book waB valued In Italy as a means of Instilling patriotism Into the hearts of the soldiers. oo- Men on the road to wealth arc willing to take your dust. |