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...life-size wooden statue of a young woman, coated over with plaster, and painted with an enigmatic smile which can only be compared to that of the comparatively young and blooming Mona Lisa. This inhabitant of Egypt, past and present, may be a likeness of her imperial majesty, Queen Ankhsenpaten, for she has gazed at the dead prince with a never-failing smile for more than a hundred generations--proof enough of devotion. But some skeptics claim that she is merely the model on which the queen tried her new evening gowns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ANKHSENPATEN SMILE | 2/7/1923 | See Source »

...from contemporaries. There will be nothing incongruous in the appearance of the modern debutante in a dress made of Tutankhamen silks. "Luxorian models are all the rage, and the Pharoahic skirt is destined to appear at Palm Beach and the Copley." And wives of the future may adopt the "Ankhsenpaten smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ANKHSENPATEN SMILE | 2/7/1923 | See Source »

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