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...Chandni Chauk troops were drawn up under the old Mogul Fort built by Shah Jahan, who also built the Taj Mahal. (Inside the Fort, where the Shah kept his harem, the walls are inscribed: "If there is a heaven, this is it, this is it!") At the other end of the area, mounted police faced Congress adherents packed in the Clock Tower Square...
Died. Sidi Ahmed II, 80, Bey of Tunis; in Tunis. An elegant, round little man, bearded, pince-nez'd, for 13 years he was a figurehead ruler of the French protectorate, enjoyed a peaceful "reign" of cooperation with the French, amassed a full treasury, an enviable harem...
...about in the light of the moon, and in trees with luminous fruit were monkeys and parrots attached to the branches by little chains. At last, at the end of the garden, we found Paul Poiret, an ivory whip in his hand, enthroned in the "midst of his beautiful harem. . . . There were men with huge snakes coiled about their necks . . . and fantastic-looking fortunetellers . . . one who had diamonds incrusted in her teeth. . . . As a finale, there was a peal of thunder, and as the 'storm' broke, the guests were showered with a rain of stars and thousands...
...expected that many more Mohammedan Moros, each looking forward to dark-eyed harem beauties in heaven for every Christian Japanese they killed, would join as fast as they could be sworn...
Milgrim: Near East inspiration, with harem skirts, "tent pole" silhouettes, camel driver's tunics...