Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1911 — Historic Beauties. [ARTICLE]

Historic Beauties.

The famous beauties of the world are wise when they leave no portraits of themselves. Take Marguerite of Valois. She was an immoral, dishonorable, criminal, scheming, unscrupulous villainess; but she was dowered with such charm that there was not a jailer or an enemy she could not charm when she tried. No, nor a woman—not even the wives of her lovers. Men came from every country, taking year-long journeys, only to see her, and went away, after a little glimpse, saying they had “seen loveliness Itself.** Then one sees her portraits. Too much forehead, not enough eyebrow, a straight nose and expressive mouth (in-one picture a lovely mouth)—and that Is all. Mary Queen of Scots was very lovelythree kingdoms battled because of her beauty—and yet her leave one cold. Fouche said her portrait showed every trait of the lowest criminal type. That was before ho knew whose picture he criticised.