| Show I I HARUN AL A A as thrilling as ns Sinbad or Aladdin or any of ot the fas fas- fascinatIng fascinating fascinating tales by which ade ode ade through a Thousand and One Nights entertained the caliph ot of Bagdad and saved sa her own life lite Is the story of ot the caliph himself The caliph of ot the Arabian NIghts was Harun nl ai al ru r of ot Bagdad during Its palmy days In n the Eighth century Ills story Is made up of ot the very ery stuff stul ot of romance harem Intrigues poi pol poisonings splendid gifts sIfts hideous tor- tor torments tor torments ments ments with which his handed high slaughter of many brides after a sIngle night of ot marriage Is QuIte compatible though not authenticated authenticated authenticated by history who won his permanent affection by her gifts as teller story was a lady of high birth Harun al al was son of ot the Caliph and a freed slave gIrl who ordered his own concubines to tokUl kill kUl her eldest son the rightful heir belr In order to set her youngest antI and favorite In the throne of ot an em- em empIre em empire pire then e extending from Spain to India At first under the wise ad- ad adminIstration administration ad administration ministration of his grand vIzIer the the empire flourished and Harun devoted him hIm- himself himself self to luxury pleasure and the arts Later a 11 quarrel between between the caliph and the led to the execution of ot Yahia his tour four eons and all nil their descendants and the ultimate downfall of the em em- empire empire pire In rebellious disorder The ca- ca caliph caliph ca caliph liph himself died In a manner Quito unworthy of a fairy story hero Qt hero apoplexy I B 1932 Western New cooper Ion Un-Ion Union |
