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...Dictator's two bombing sons did so well at making headlines for themselves that Father Mussolini ordered that they never be mentioned again in this connection, lest they get swelled heads. Ciano, according to brother aviators, is an in different pilot, but recklessly brave. He eats more spaghetti, prepared with copious melted butter and cheese, than Edda thinks good for his figure. He seldom downs a cocktail, which Italians consider fattening, takes a glass or two of wine at every meal. When Father-in-law Mussolini went on what amounted to a fruit diet...
...leaning his head on his fist, twisting his head back and forth toward each of his guests. A messenger rushed in importantly, pushed an official message under II Duce's nose. II Duce glanced over it with a sleepy look, waved the messenger away. Eventually a mountain of spaghetti appeared. News to the foreign Press was the fact that II Duce is a dunker. With fine appetite he absorbed two plates of spaghetti and a helping of roast beef with peas. Into his glass of red wine he dipped crust after crust of coarse bread which he sucked appreciatively...
...King's bed last week George II looked up at the Roman-nosed ancestors of Vittorio Emanuele III cut in the ceiling frieze. He ate spaghetti in the grande Salone da pranzo at a royal banquet table seating 20. By touching a button near his bedside telephone George II could connect himself with either of the royal parlors, or the Queen's intimate and exquisite camera da letto di Sua Maesta la Regina- although last week there was no Queen aboard...
...Another type of diabetic suffers because, even if he produces a satisfactory amount of insulin, he has some inhibiting factor in his blood which prevents that hormone from acting on carbohydrates. That class of diabetics benefit, Dr. MacBryde found, when they eat great quantities of candy, pastry, bread, potatoes, spaghetti. The excess carbohydrate does two things. It blocks the action of that inhibiting agent, and it stimulates the pancreas supply of insulin to the system. A few injections of insulin, said Dr. MacBryde, should tell the observant doctor what type of diabetic his patient is, what foods...
...pointing-machines, chisels, mallets, electric drills and the casting foundry. As many as 100 men are sometimes employed. In old clothes and square paper caps, the five brothers hammer and laugh, shout and sing arias from opera. At noon Attilio or a "Tuscan gentlewoman" named Clementina cooks the roast, spaghetti or chicken, uncorks the Vesuvian wine and the five & guests sit down for a noisy, two-hour meal. Horatio usually washes the dishes afterward. All talk well, laugh easily. Frequent guests at these Renaissance meals are New York's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia who calls Attilio "Uncle Peach" and John...