ABOUT THE SULTAN'S BEARD.
The following story of the Sultan of Turkey is related in the "Revue Hebdomadaire" by M. Anmeghian. The Sultan had paid very particular attention to a young Circassian lady, who did not respond to his advances. Asked the reason for her coldness, she replied that she disliked bearded men. The Sultan bit his lip and said no more. Some time afterwards the lady married one of the Sultan's "memours." On the following day the Sultan issued an edict that all "memours" were to grow beards. Shortly afterwards, the lady being in the presence of the Sultan, thanked him for the edict. "Thanks to your Majesty's edict," she said, "I have become quite reconciled to a beard; the more so as it suits my husband admirably."
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11332, 23 July 1902, Page 1
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129ABOUT THE SULTAN'S BEARD. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11332, 23 July 1902, Page 1
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