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Show 4 The queen or .Korea is now 44 years of age, being just one year older than her husband. She is of medium height, and her form "is slender and straight Her manner is pleasing, and she is always al-ways described as "every inch a queen. " She is by no means bad looking. Her face is long, and every line of her features fea-tures beams with intelligence and vivacity. vi-vacity. She has a high forehead, a long, slender, aristocratic nose, and her mouth and chin indicate determination and character. Her cheek bones are high, her ears are small, and her complexion is the color of rich Jersey cream. Her eyebrows are after the approved style of Korean beauty, the hairs having been pulled out, so that they form an arched thread of black over her eyes. These are almond in shape, and they fairly snap with life. They are 'keen, businesslike eyes, and they see everything, being intellectual in-tellectual rather than soulful. The queen'6 hair is jet black. It is parted in the middle, is combed perfectly smooth away from the forehead and brought down over the ears and rolled in a low coil, which rests on the nape of her neck. Here it is fastened with hairpins of gold or of silver, each a foot long and as big around as your finger.. The queen has a good mouth, full of well formed, large teeth, and when she laughs, which is quite often, she shows the upper pnes. imoresfc'g Magazine, s |