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Show ORIGIN OF NUN'S HEADDRESS. First Placed on Pretty Head by Gallant Gal-lant Frnch King. Very few person, snys a French pper, know tho origin of tho head-e-esa which ao many nuns wear, and iliich hides so much of their faces. i waa formerly tbe custom for con-lent con-lent to send nun. to tbo various title and town for tho purpose of Meeting alma, and aa a rule two am, one old and the oilier young, lent to enrh place. They wore mall aipa, and wero populnrly known aa Swnllowa of Lent." On a certain Aah Wednesday two of them aucceeded In obtaining ailmla- , lion to the king's palace In Paris, and thotiKb the monarch and his courtlors woro at dinner, they did not hesltnto to solicit a I ux from them. Ono of the up waa very pretty, and tb young noble wlio were feasting cast uch bold glance at her that she blushed with shame, whereupon the king rose from the tnblo, and, taking his nap kin, folded It In two and plucod in on aer head In auch a manner that It concealed her bluahea. Kver lines that dayr It la aald. thla kind of head-fresa head-fresa ha been worn by nun. |