Life — January 10, 1901 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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A JUNGLE CANDY PULL. Ballade of the Strawberry Blonde. €¢ CARROTS " they called it when we were young, In deep disdain for the copper hue; “ Red-head !""—But now that it’s praised and sung, Erstwhile scoffers know their cne : “Titian loved it!” and Titian knew How the yellow and brown and the red respond To the sun’s rich ray ; and they say ‘tis true Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde ! Catherine of Russia had hair of flame ; Aspasia, Maintenon, Helen of ‘Troy, Diana of Poitiers owned the same. (None with loud laughter dared them annoy!) Madame Récamier, France's joy Anne of Austria, fair and fond, (To bronze their locks did they art employ?) Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde. Eyes that were jewels of blue or green, Or gray or brown, these dames possessed ; Rose-tinted flesh with a satin sheen. thousand changing colors dressed, Long lines of Jadies, all russet-tressed, Appear at the wave of Tradition’s wand, And fairer and stranger than all the rest, Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde! ENVOI,. Flavia, Queen, with the auburn locks, Take this for answer, duly conned, Thy flaming hair when the rude world mocks : “ Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde May Waring. Made Him Cross. “ UT he didn’t call you a liar in set terms, did he?” asked the mollifier. “He might as well have done so. He said I had no more regard for the truth than an_histor- ical novelist.” Afforded Her Pleasure. AH E: Tam afraid you don’t like my dancing. Sue: On the contrary. I think it is very amusing. PRES Life’s Correspondent Abroad. (Special Correspondence to Live.) Cnow-Cuow ox tHe Pre AL Linu, 2 Dee., 1900. jt again becomes my duty to rebuke the Great Powers, and while I am averse to pre- cipitating a great crisis when I do not get an exclusive on it, I know that my views will be of + immense benefit to civilization, 33 progress, industry, commerce and the circulation of Lire. The Ministers and Generals in Pekin felt that it was neces- sary, if peace was to be preserved and the statu quo ante restored, that some man of inflexible in- tegrity and commanding char- acter should be sent to sec and counse’ the Empress Dowager. In my strenuonsand noble career Ihave made a specialty of pre- serving peaces and _ restoring THE WRONG MAN.