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Title: The Slim Princess

Author: George Ade

Release Date: February 25, 2004 [EBook #11279]

Language: English

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THE SLIM PRINCESS

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_By_ GEORGE ADE

1907

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"The Slim Princess" has been elaborated and rewritten from a story
printed in _The Saturday Evening Post_ of Philadelphia late in 1906 and
copyright, 1906, by the Curtis Publishing Company.

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CONTENTS

I WOMAN IN MOROVENIA

II KALORA'S AFFLICTION

III THE CRUELTY OF LAW

IV THE GARDEN PARTY

V HE ARRIVES

VI HE DEPARTS

VII THE ONLY KOLDO

VIII BY MESSENGER

IX AS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

X ON THE WING

XI AN OUTING--A REUNION

XII THE GOVERNOR CABLES

XIII THE HOME-COMING

XIV HEROISM REWARDED

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THE SLIM PRINCESS

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I

WOMAN IN MOROVENIA

Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now
occur in the same landscape. It started out to be Turkish and later
decided to be European.

The Mohammedan sanctuaries with their hideous stencil decorations and
bulbous domes are jostled by many new shops with blinking fronts and
German merchandise. The orthodox turn their faces toward Mecca while the
enlightened dream of a journey to Paris. Men of title lately have made
the pleasing discovery that they may drink champagne and still be good
Mussulmans. The red slipper has been succeeded by the tan gaiter. The
voluminous breeches now acknowledge the superior graces of intimate
English trousers. Frock-coats are more conventional than beaded jackets.
The fez remains as a part of the insignia of the old faith and
hereditary devotion to the Sick Man.

The generation of males which has bee