Iron County Record | 1938-03-31 | Page 9 | King Midas Had Donkey Ears

King Midas 1141 Had Donkey Ears King Midas although the worlds world's richest man had donkeys donkey's ears So the legend tells tell us And his bis barber unable to contain the dreadful secret secret se se- se cret whispered It into a bole hole in the ground And the reeds reed that grew on i ithe the spot pot says Science Service repeated repeated re reo his whisper and betrayed the secret All AU of this declares Prot Prof Robert Lehmann Lehmann of Berlin is simply effort ellort on the part of the Greeks Greek to explain the fact that this half fabulous Oriental monarch wore a cap consisting of a horses horse's or wild ass ass ass' scalp calp with the ears ean and part of the mane attached Professor Pro Pro- tenor lessor Lehmann Lehmann has found evidence of the wearing of such capsIn caps capt captIn capsIn In early times When metal helmets hel meta met replaced the original bide hide caps cap they were ornamented with wit erect metal ears And the horse pair hair crests that still adorn the fancy dress helmets of some ome heavy cavalry airy alry corps corp are a last remnant of the mane that hung from tram the old horse hone scalp calp caps cap of hunter kings I