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Show ADAM DID NOT WEAR WHISKERS DIRECTOR HOLDS 1 BUDAPEST, May 18. Adam did not wear a beard, according' to the dictum of M. Terey, director di-rector of the Hungarian national nation-al art museum, who has eliminated elimi-nated the great ancestor's hirsute hir-sute adornment in restoring loredus' famous picture "Adam and Eve." Examination of the I canvas has shown the beard -was not a part of the original picture, but was painted on during dur-ing the last century when beards were popular. In the restored work, therefore, Adam is shown clean shaven. This canvas was one that escaped es-caped the fury of the communists. commu-nists. It was the property of Count Karaosonyi, who gave it to a leader of the red guard for having aided in saving a valuable valu-able collection. Later the picture pic-ture was sold to the museum for three million crowns. |