. Programme . and pale. Veilswoven by angels conceal her slenderness, her blonde hair flows likemolten gold over her shoulders. And once, seeing the picture of a womans pale head, severed fromher body, Wilde exclaimed: Why, that is Salome, and he told astory found in a Nubian gospel. A Jewish princess made a presentof an apostles head to a young philosopher. The youth smiled andsaid unto her: I should rather have your own head, my princess went away all pale. That night a slave visited thephilosopher, and he bore with him on a golden plate the head ofthe woman. The scholar looked up a
. Programme . and pale. Veilswoven by angels conceal her slenderness, her blonde hair flows likemolten gold over her shoulders. And once, seeing the picture of a womans pale head, severed fromher body, Wilde exclaimed: Why, that is Salome, and he told astory found in a Nubian gospel. A Jewish princess made a presentof an apostles head to a young philosopher. The youth smiled andsaid unto her: I should rather have your own head, my princess went away all pale. That night a slave visited thephilosopher, and he bore with him on a golden plate the head ofthe woman. The scholar looked up and said: Why all this blood ?and he turned a leaf in Plato. Wilde believed this Jewish princesswas Salome. Picture after picture did not satisfy his ideal. The Salome ofLeonardo was too cold in its dignity. He did not tarry before theSalome of Dtirer, of Ghirlandajo, of Leclerc, of Van Thulden. The * For a discussion of certain pictures of Salome see Ars et Labor (Milan, February,1907). R/c^ in Food Value --^. \ \ yi and Yi Pound Packages V MAILLARD PRODUCTS ARE SOLD BY JOHN H. MURRAY306 BOYLSTON ST., BOSTON, AND LEADING DEALERS 553 Salome of Eegnault was a gypsy with an English revealed to him the soul of the dancing princess of hisdreams, and, thinking of this picture, he would repeat Huysmansssumptuous words: She is nearly naked. In the whirl of the dancethe veils are unloosed, the shawls are fallen to the ground, andonly jewels clothe her body. The tiniest of girdles spans her hips;a costly jewel glows like a star between her breasts; a chain ofgarnets fades into the glow of her hair.* A woman whom Wildemet by chance in the street set him a-dreaming of the daughter ofHerodias, and before a jewellers window he would plan variouscombinations of gems to deck his idol. Sometimes he thought shemust have been resplendent in nudity, but strewn with jewels, aUringing and tinkling in her hair, on her ankles, her wrists, herthroat, enclosing her lips and heighteni
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