DINED WITH THE STATUE.
Madame Julio Monlrovillo, a Parisian lady,. who iliod a short timo ago, won considerable notoriety in tlio French capital by entertaining at dinner for ovor a decade a marble statue of her late husband. From the day of lior partner's dentil until her own dcocaro flic always (lined with tho statue, which was sft. va height, placing it at tho head of tho table, and setting before it food and viands by way of oblation. Tho lato King; of Bavaria always had a bust of Mario Antoinette by his sido when ho sat down to dinner. Ho regarded tho stono imago absolutely tho same as if it were tho Queen herself, placing before tho bust tho most costly viands for its consumption, and speaking to it in tender tones*
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1259, 14 October 1911, Page 10
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133DINED WITH THE STATUE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1259, 14 October 1911, Page 10
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