May 5.
It was interesting to read the other day that Mussolini is reported to have complained that one of the disadvantages of being a dictator was that he was unable to give the time he would like to practicising on the violin. No further information was avail~ able, No indication whether he played well or not; just the plain statement that he was not getting enough practice. Tt is a pleasant thought that when the two chief actors in the drama of destruction which the world is now witnessing are able to get away from the plan~ ning and execution of evil, the one seeks solace in music, while the other, Hitler, prob-jably takes up his painting again. Hitler in his youth badly wanted to become an artist, He was told when he applied at the academy in. Vienna for instruction that he had no talent, and_ inspection of reproductions of some of his work clearly proves that the
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