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Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Unknown
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ANTOINETTE, Marie, wife of Louis No. 15, who assisted her
husband to spend the French taxes. Was also a practical joker,
her humor terminating at Versailles when she advised a mob to
eat cake during a bread famine. Her wit was unappreciated.
Ambition: Anything but October 16, 1791. Recreation:
Versailles; looking through a grated window. Address:
Versailles. Later: Consiergerie, Paris.

APOLLO, a handsome ancient who fell in love, posed for his
statues, patronized music and poetry, and, finally, had a table
water named in his honor. Career: See longer and less
respectable biographies. A. was the first person to sing to
the accompaniment of a musical instrument, but he was a good
singer. Ambition: Paris. Recreation: Music, travel,
archery. Address: Greece. Clubs: Athletic, musical.

ARC, Joan of, celebrated French suffragette. Spent girlhood
milking cows and embroidering. When the English ministry began
operations in France J. dropped her embroidery in the milk
bucket and began suffragetting. She did not break windows or
blow up anything. Gathered a host of males about her and
captured towns. English exited. J. went back to the cow, but
again had to take to the armor. She was finally jailed, and
burnt up by the Radical ministry. She burned an old maid.
Recreation: Barn dances, churning. Clubs: Orleans
Suffragette.

ARISTOTLE. Introduced brains into Greece.

ARMOUR, a Chicago family who keep the world supplied with meat,
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