Zarafa’s Arrival
greeted with smiles by a contemporary cartoo- nist
read more ...Paper Moon
Say, its only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn’t be make-believe
If you believed in me …
Nat King Cole
Sweeping out the volcano
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Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
SIR W. CHURCHILL
As mad as a hatter
and though … I cannot not help posting it: Robert Romanowicz’s man in the bowler hat.
read more ...Amidst ugly monsters
a giraffe …
In: Ambroise Paré, Le livre des monstres et prodiges, Paris: Nicolas Buon, 1628.
May I introduce? Prof. Hilarius
In real life: Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This famous zoologist (he had won fame for his evolution theories) was assigned with the difficult task of escor- ting Zarafa from Marseille to Paris, and that means: 500 miles of walking, of quick walking, considering the fact that each of Mme Zarafa’s giant strides measured 7 ft.
As Saint-Hilaire [...]
The only excuse
The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always ab- solutely over- educa- ted.
OSCAR WILDE
In the olden times when …
kings still looked like kings.
Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar, Shahenshah of Persia, portrayed by the great Mihr Ali
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