The Slim Princess

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Ade George. The Slim Princess

I. WOMAN IN MOROVENIA

II. KALORA'S AFFLICTION

III. THE CRUELTY OF LAW

IV. THE GARDEN PARTY

V. HE ARRIVES

VI. HE DEPARTS

VII. THE ONLY KOLDO

VIII. BY MESSENGER

IX. AS TO WASHINGTON, D.C

X. ON THE WING

XI. AN OUTING—A REUNION

XII. THE GOVERNOR CABLES

XIII. THE HOME-COMING

XIV. HEROISM REWARDED

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Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now occur in the same landscape. It started out to be Turkish and later decided to be European.

The Mohammedan sanctuaries with their hideous stencil decorations and bulbous domes are jostled by many new shops with blinking fronts and German merchandise. The orthodox turn their faces toward Mecca while the enlightened dream of a journey to Paris. Men of title lately have made the pleasing discovery that they may drink champagne and still be good Mussulmans. The red slipper has been succeeded by the tan gaiter. The voluminous breeches now acknowledge the superior graces of intimate English trousers. Frock-coats are more conventional than beaded jackets. The fez remains as a part of the insignia of the old faith and hereditary devotion to the Sick Man.

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"Does he what?"

"Is he ever angry with you because you are not big and plump and—and—pulpy?"

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