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Show May Learn Queen's Secrets Results of Excavations in What Is Thought to Have Been Site of Capital of Sheha Eagerly Awaited by Feminine World. a true report that I heard In mine own land of thine acts and thy wisdom. wis-dom. "Ilowbeit I believed not the words until I came, and mine eyes bad seen It; and behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity ex-ceedth ex-ceedth the fame which I heard." Small wonder then that the Bible reports that: "Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheha nil her desire, whatsoever she asked." Women throughout the world are eagerly waiting for excavations In what is believed to be the capital of the queen of Sheha. French aerial explorers have reported that they have sighted the towers of the lost rity on the edge of the Arabian desert. When the sands of the centuries have been dug away, it will be possible pos-sible for women of today to learn how the glamorous queen looked, what beauty aids she used, and most important of all what were her secrets for fascinating men? Her charm was extremely potent. In winning King Solomon, she had to combat the allure of 761 wives and 300 concubines. Dr. George S. Duncan, professor of Egyptology and Assyriology in the graduate school of American unlver-versity, unlver-versity, believes that one of the chief feminine sources of interest in the queen's buried city will be her jewels. "She was famous for her jewels," said Doctor Duncan. "She took huge treasures of precious stones when she went to visit Solomon. But in spite of all her own riches, when she saw him sitting in all his glory, she was almost shocked to death at his magnificence." mag-nificence." Doctor Duncan does not accept without questioning the report of the finding of the lost capital of Sheba. "Only excavation will reveal whether or not it is the legendary city of the queen," he said. "And these excavations must produce inscriptions in-scriptions that will satisfy archeol-ogists." archeol-ogists." If the newly discovered city is the Sheban stronghold, excavation may reveal some of the queen's beauty secrets, Doctor Duncan believes, and also provide more knowledge of her personality. Women of all ages have felt great curiosity concerning the queen, because be-cause of her great success as a charmer. She set a precedent for all gold-diggers by coming away from Solomon's court laden -with 0,000 wagons of jewels, perfumes, oils and myrrh. Although Solomon wanted to make her his 702d wife, she was too much of a feminist to relinquish her own kingdom and turned down his proposal. pro-posal. Legend has it that after she returned home, she had a child by Solomon. According to Doctor Duncan, Dun-can, the present royal house of Abyssinia Abys-sinia claims descent from the queen of Sheba's son by Solomon. The Biblical account of the queen's visit to Solomon affords the best insight in-sight so far found into her personality, personal-ity, Doctor Duncan believes. This account shows that the queen was among the first of her sex to realize that the most brilliant feminine fem-inine conversationalist is a woman of few words; that expert listening is more effective than talking. The Bible states that she plied Solomon with hard questions, drawing draw-ing him out and steering his thoughts to that most engrossing of all subjects himself. Nor was the queen of Sheba above using a little well-chosen flattery. Her expertness in that line is shown in the following passage from Scripture: Scrip-ture: "And she said to the king, it was |