. Programme . ^ Chas. a. Stiefp Inc. 122 Boylston Established t842 *U^ >t< i^H rl^.. 639 They had not yet seen Salome, the singularly accomplishedSalome, for whom they had brought presents,—paints without car-bonate of lead, powders without bismuth or white lead, restorerswithout cantharides, depilatories without arsenic, milk washes with-out corrosive sublimate, dyes that were wholly vegetable, two demi-johns of perfumed waters of spring and autumn. But so far theyhad caught only a glimpse of a young girl melodiously enmuslinedin spiderlike jonquil with black peas. The}^ were
. Programme . ^ Chas. a. Stiefp Inc. 122 Boylston Established t842 *U^ >t< i^H rl^.. 639 They had not yet seen Salome, the singularly accomplishedSalome, for whom they had brought presents,—paints without car-bonate of lead, powders without bismuth or white lead, restorerswithout cantharides, depilatories without arsenic, milk washes with-out corrosive sublimate, dyes that were wholly vegetable, two demi-johns of perfumed waters of spring and autumn. But so far theyhad caught only a glimpse of a young girl melodiously enmuslinedin spiderlike jonquil with black peas. The}^ were entertained in full court. An orchestra of ivoryinstruments improvised a little unanimous overture in a livelyand fatalistic mode. There were musical clowns, serpent-likewomen who twisted themselves and lisped the hymn that begins,Biblis, my sister, Biblis, virtuosos of the flying trapeze withellipses that were nearly sidereal. There were skaters on naturalice who waltzed, who etched flamboyant Gothic cathedrals. Therewas a theory of tableaux vivants. There was improving conversa-tion. Then Sa
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