| Show - CHARLIE RICE'S '410 PUNCHDOWL Like To Be Beautiful? Would You read this Before you answer Lady Jane Grey were beheaded Cleopatra had snake troubk Queen Christina died in disgrace after torturing her lover to death Joan of Arc was burned at the stake and Mata Hari fell before a firing squad That leaves Nefertiti (whose death is a mystery) and Delilah who lived a long merry life on the fruits of her treachery I began to wonder whether the price of beauty was indeed too steep or whether Margareta's list was ill:starred merely by chance So next day I went to the library and found an in: teresting book called "Notable Women in History" by Willis J Abbot It contained short t biographies of 73 women 29 of whom ranked as beauties Of thou 29 beauties :8 met with a fewful death! Here is the box score: other day I was talking to most beautiful girl in the At least she will be for a few more weeks till a new "Miss Universe" takes over Margareta Arvidsson my Miss ' Universe 966 is one of those sleek Swedish sports models In the year of her "reign" she's toured practically every European and South American country so I thought she'd be a good authority on a few burning issues "What city has the most beautiful girls?" I asked "Stockholm" answered Margareta without hesitation "Aren't you being a bit too loyal?" "Not a bit" she laughed "I'm a Gothenburg girl and we are very jealous of Stockholm girls" Margareta thinks that London and New York girls are the — even better than Paris American girls are the "And girls — sometimes they are so friendly I think they must be kidding" Since we were on the subject of girls we thought it would be fun to work up a list of the ten most beautiful women in history Margareta said that we'd have to start with a few obvious ones such as Cleopatra Helen of Troy Salome and Delilah After those she had several personal favorites to include: Nefertiti Anne Boleyn and Queen Christina of Sweden (a new one on me) And finally -- we agreed on the remaining three: Lady Jane Grey (for youthful beauty) Joan of Arc (for spiritual beauty) and Mata Hari (for insidious beauty) The list (So bottom of page) looks innocent enough but it's loaded with dynamite Almost all these great beauties died either violent or tragic deaths? Salome was crushed beneath the shields of Herod's soldiers Helen of Troy Anne Boleyn and The '175 41 ' 1 I t-- 3 best-'dress- I I 5 I 1 1 '''1 ' ' ' ' - ' ' - i - -- i '4 iti : t 4 11 A! ''' ''''' ' Madame du Barry Madame Roland Despite the tragedies of Marilyn Monroe and others many beautiful actresses of modern history have lived a good life Sarah Bernhard in spite of her delicate health died with her boots on at 79 But the famed dancer lsadora Duncan suffered the most ironic fate of' all: One of her great vanities was wearing extremely long scarves One breezy day when she was motoring in Nice the scarf caught in the spokes of a wheel and she was instantly strangled! So far the past 15 winners of the "Miss Universe Contest" have done very well Several have won prosperous movie contracts andor handsome husbands And in these days when beheading is on the way out and Medicare on the way in I doubt that beauty is anywhere near as fatal as it used to be But still it's just as well to watch your step eh girls? - ' - BEHEADED ' i Agrippina Ilypatia POISONED is Katherine of Aragon Cleopatra MISCELLANEOUS 7t Starvation burning alcoholism di cad disease disgrace Mysterious violence etc claimedZenobia Catherine of Russia Christina of Sweden Isabella of Spain Duchess of Cleveland Nell Gwyn and Peg Wengton SLAW ' :r —7'! ç fi1vr ' 11 Mary Queen of Scots Anne Boleyn Lady Jane Grey Mane Antoinette Charlotte Corday ' k 4 ' ' 0 ' 4'''' - '' ' French gallants still vied for her favor Haas! — not even she was happy Just before her death she said: "If I were told I again the lifethoamdotrorogw00ver hang II ''$ 0113°14141 1 ed beautiful in old age that u" ' IFr 5 Sure enough at least 35 suffered such fates as stabbing madness jungle fever blindness dying in poverty suicide exile or drowning I say at least 35 — most causes of death aren't even mentioned In an effort to brighten the picture a bit I checked the biography of Ninon de L'Enclos the most indestructible beauty of them all She lived 89 years in splendor and was so tion long and presumably happy lives Three exceptions: Theodosia Burr and Margaret Fuller were shipwreck victim and Anne Hutchinson was slain by Indians the testiJust to double-chec- k in His"Notable Women of mony GarI went through Madge tory" land's "The Changing Face of Beau-a- n exhaustive picture history of famous beauties throughout the ages 21 N''r k41 sk- N4 - 44 r I ' 1 - 4 - f '0- J i k 440 : y 1 t Good news for girls who are less than raving beauties: The remaining 44 notable women in Mr Abbot's book lived almost without excep ''''S' 44C"t J I : ' C 10011' ' 'f:'!P'':'''''I' '''' 4 4 1 - i wills 41- ' ''''' i 'tt- i- :'' '4L''9 s'‘'' MISS UNIIMRSE VS: "Stockholm girls are the preliTest" If' - C&t&ei9Lee ' r "" -1 'I ' ( ° ' ''''''::- ‘t'''' 4 ' Nokrriti 10 i ' ' A'94 ''4'' 1 1 ' i - ifti 17' s t 4P41::"''' N je 41 :4 st' 11''''4161r1r Salami lq ?) j I 1 114 4 lady jeer Gay 'r4I't° 4 4 1 4 "4 - - :ri''': g k 411K: ' Male Hari '''-'- '''' ''- t4 - 't ( i ' it'''''':':i'll- '' c li40 i 40 k I 1$ ''4 'N N 44r ! f t 7----''1 Qpros Christiog NW- k: L'''' :A1-t---- Mlle 1 '!-- el Tr" 114 ''‘i ‘$:111::::ei' f- 4Pn N P':vt : 4-- : ii L -- - Axes Beirya ''' - - ' ' tg v g'-0: I 1'1 ' ''- 0 - 'c -- )r t- I-- 140- : 16 -'- 4 ' '' li 1)4''' - ' '1 4 t 6ITJ11 '' - - i '$- I r-i- 1 ) LI-::d- ' - - ' ' 7"?!i Delilah '" ?: f ' r ' ' ''' Ae ' Cleopatra '' ' A ' utod kt ' jam i ' I i of Art |
