Glorious Goals

A delegation of civic patriots from Caltagirone, Sicily, sought the dark, high-ceilinged office of Signor Mussolini in the Palazzo Chigi last week and humbly petitioned that he would deign to raise their region to the rank of a province. . . .

At the request Il Duce frowned. Frowned also the perpetually lowering busts of the chief Roman Emperors which stand on pedestals about the new Caesar's office. The citizens of Caltagirone shuffled uneasily, prepared to bow and scuttle out.

Suddenly the brow of Signor Mussolini relaxed. Rising he cried: "Citizens, I shall create no new provinces until 1932. But do not despair! . . . When that time comes, I shall reward those regions which have shown themselves the most laborious, best disciplined and most prolific. . . . Citizens! Return to Caltagirone and achieve these three glorious goals. . . ."