NOT TRUE TO NATURE.
Mark Twain was once taken to see a very beautiful and valuable piece of sculpture. It represented a young woman coiling up her hair, and the workmanship was such that the owner's other companions stood open-mouthed in admiration. "Well," said the host, turning to Mark Twain for his verdict, "what do you think of it ? Grand, isn't it ?" '"Yes, it's very pretty," said Mark; "but it's not true to nature !" "Why not?" inquired everyone, in "She ought, to have her mouth full of hairpins," replied the humorist, gravely.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 347, 25 March 1911, Page 7
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92NOT TRUE TO NATURE. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 347, 25 March 1911, Page 7
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