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Senile Ghost. Alfred's son Fritz was a pudgy, gourmandizing sybarite, who fattened Kruppdom by gobbling up coal and iron mines and the shipyards at Kiel. But his chief bequest was "the Capri scandal." There, in a Tiberian grotto, guarded by boys garbed as Franciscan friars, he staged Black Masses and homosexual orgies. When his wife protested, he had her locked up as insane. Just when the whole affair broke in the German press, Fritz suffered a fatal stroke and was eulogized by Kaiser Wilhelm II in a state funeral...
Douglas & Capri...
...attention has been called to an article that appeared in TIME on Aug. 3 in which you state that Norman Douglas was asked to leave Capri by the police. You casually defame the memory of a great man, who not only was never asked to leave the island but was appointed an honorary citizen. He was buried on Capri with full civic honors...
Dragging in a mention of Norman Douglas adds nothing of value to a story on tourism in Capri. Norman Douglas was revered, honored and loved by the people of Capri: he was one of only two free citizens of that island. (Benedetto Croce was the other.) He was liberal, progressive, scholarly and impeccably well-mannered in his writings and his regard for people and their right to enjoy the "pursuit of happiness...
Atlantic Beach, L.I., Capri Theater: Kim Hunter stars in Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending...