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Show ORIGIN OF NUN'S HEADDRE.-. First Plneed en Pretty Head by Gallant Gal-lant French King. Very" few persons, saj paper, know the origin of the headdress head-dress which so many buns wear an which hides so much of their taoes. It was formerly the custom for con-ventt con-ventt to send nuns to the various cities and town, for the purpose ot collecting alms, and a. nuns, one old and the other young, went to each place. They leaps, and were popularly known as "Swallows of Lent." - On a certain Ash Wednesday two .drl in obtaining admla- alon to the king's palace In Paris, and though the monarch were at dinner, they did not hesitate to solicit alms from them One of the nuns was very pretty, nd the young nobles who were feasting cast such X gl.nces at her that she-flushed . with shame, whereupon the king rose from the table, and, taking Ms nap-kln, nap-kln, folded, it in two and P'aced In on her head in such a manner that it concealed her blushes. Ever .Inc. that day, it is said, this kind ot . - dress- ha -been worn- brrnurre- - - Prince Writes Ballet Music. Ever since Frederick the Great, the house of Hohenzollern has been con-plcuous con-plcuous for its devotion to music. The latest instance Is Prince Joachim Joa-chim Albrcht of Prussia, the second son of the regent of Brunswick who has Just completed the music for a .peetaoular ballet entitled "The Mlr- acle of Spring." - - |