Show I M Menelik a of ox Solomon It I Is Js to his Illustrious ancestor Solomon Solomon Solo Solo- mon that Menelik professes Indebtedness Indebted indebted- ness for Cor tho time striking personal qualities which havo have earned for Cor him a l position beside William llam II ir 1 and President noo Roosevelt Roose Roose- eI e- e volt velt I among rulers of oC nations Pious Abs Ab's affirm that the person person-il beauty o of M Menelik th the blackn blackness ss of oC hl his skin the of or his luaU hair hai the tho thickness of or his lips and the enormous enormous enor enor- len of OC his itis arms t together ether with the time brazen tones of his voice his yole-his his yell el can bo ho heard a mile mie away i according to toa toa toa a character sketch in time tho Paris laris Matin Maln are arc are Inheritances from he lie ruler who cast his spell over o cr tho the Queen of ot Sheba This lad lady is Js credited with responsibility for Cor the spiritual qualities ties tics of oC Menelik Deeply Deep Impressed b by byall mill all 01 that she saw sav In iii Jelu Jerusalem a learned student of or Ah Abyssinian Institutions In iii the American Law Review n time the ambitious Queen induced twelve t learned Judges of or Palestine to return m with wih her to lo Abyssinia where the time Hebraic He lie- le- le legislation wa Immediately in introduced In- In tL Recent visitors to lo time the court of II J hI Menelik I ln ha been the time name of or Solomons Solomon's own son h by the tt-ay tt way wn tho time Industry of oC twelve twel le legists who claim to be direct descendants of oC the time original twelve e judges of King Solomon s time Ume To this very ery day tho ruler of oC Abyssinia dons cons al at time the Ion long bug robe role which as tradition llon affirms once hung upon Jio im h shoulders of the time wl wisest t of mankind Menelik Is far tar too modest n-modest to at attribute t t- t tribute to lo any personal qualities s of oC his own the time victories whIch have hn rol raised c him from the thc level 1 of chief of or a Cl wild wid mountain tribe to 0 time the sovereign n 10 1 dignity dig dig- nit mitt of Negus Neus European students stu t dents of oC his career cite cHe him as nn on in- in stanc stanco of that mysterious and amid ane Incalculable force which plays from time to 10 time lime an equal part palt In the tho lie nil ml fate rate of or all al r races ces civilized or 01 refined the power of oC personality It I Is the combining and amid dominating spell pel ef or leadership which evoked ir irresistible irresistible ir- ir resistible order out of oC Abyssinian Chao chaos or so his admirers Insist Tie lie denies It I. I I His Ils I is career r has been heen shaped or or 01 him lie he points out b by his ancestor Solomon who framed for time the tJ benefit of or time the sons of time the Queen of or Sheba that Book of ot Proverbs Pros which II 11 I as assaid salt said to lo know by hv heart A bound version of ut the time proverbs of or Solomon which cost him a n pair pall of C elephants elephant's ls l's s 's tusks is iR the time pride o of Lime Hie Abyssinian potentates potentate's library To ro 10 himself himself him him- ilm- ilm sel self personally w ve ce aj arc aro oven even assured Sll I was as a addressed dr time the admonition My son keep 1 my m- words word und amid lay vp tp p my commandments wih three Bind them upon thy tiui rs write them lucre upon the table lable of or thine heart For this reason Impresses es the time teaching of or Solomon upon I ho the hl youth whom he lie has hams selected Jet rem ironi 11 amon among his numerous I. I to tl ton n n- rm herlt hi his away sva wa over o the time Abyssinian Abyssinian- i Current Current- Literature |