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Lotus Land, G.l.s' Last Stop. Far different was famed Capri, where the Millars touched on the last leg of their voyage. In one of his book's most evocative passages, Millar describes the effect of this lotus land on the American soldiers who were in rest camp there. From members of "the most boisterous" of armies they had changed into "quiet, ruminative, and lazy" dreamers, "liable to form touchingly unmartial habits, like carrying walking sticks, or putting blue flowers in their hats, or chewing at the stems of roses while the blooms hung below their chins ... A dozen...
When Alcide de Gasperi cast his vote after a one-day rest in Capri, his wife said: "I hope my husband will not be the Premier again. He is so tired." Said he: "We will not fail democracy." Then he went off to Castel Gandolfo to bowl with some of his friends among the local peasants. He was losing badly when a sudden rainstorm broke up the game...
...Time for Vacation. With this week's broadcast in London, Gracie will wind up the live half of the series (the Other six shows have been transcribed). For the future, she would like a "long-vacation" (either at her Santa Monica estate or at her Capri villa). But she's reluctant to mention a rest: even Lancashire would take a dim view of anyone lolling nowadays, when all Britain is supposed to be working harder...
Most permanent correspondents in Italy (many of them ex-servicemen themselves) would not go as far as Visitor Ruark (who spent 36 hours in Leghorn, eight days relaxing at Capri). But his tooting was loud enough to reach Ike Eisenhower, who promptly ordered the Army's Inspector General, Major General Ira T. Wyche, to take off for Leghorn immediately...
...superpimp of New York's vice rackets, to reporters in Rome. "Sure I had Bugsy Siegel rubbed out. ... If American papers say it's true, it's true. . . . Anything more?" he added bitterly. "No baby killings?" Later in the week, while sunning on the Isle of Capri, Lucky had additional cause for bitterness: some "Capri crooks" made off with his expensive camera. Muttered Luciano: "I'm terribly humiliated...