Show ORIGIN OF NUN NUNS S first placed on pretty head by gal lant ant french k I 1 ing very few persons says a french paper know the origin of the head dress which so many nuns wear and which hides so much of their faces t was formerly the custom for con vents to send nuns to the various cities and towns for the purpose ol 01 collecting alms and as a rule two nuns one old and the other young went to each place they wore small caps and were popularly knon ano as swallows of I 1 ent on a certain ash wednesday two of them succeeded in obtaining adais slon sion to the king s palace in paris and though the monarch and his courtiers were at dinner they did not hesitate to solicit alma alms from them one of the nuns nurs was very pretty and the young nobles who were feasting cast such bold hold glances at her that she blushed with shame whereupon the king rose from the table and taking bis his nap kin folded it in two and placed in on her head in such a manner that tt it concealed aled her blushes ever sa s1 since nee that day it Is said this kind of head dress has been worn by nuns |