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...great personal grace, gentle, straightforward, courageous, scholarly, witty, accomplished at tennis, dancing, horsemanship, his only imperfection appears not yet to have been discovered. Traveling abroad between the ages of 17 and 20, young Sidney captivated royalty, diplomats, scholars; the only criticism voiced was that he drank too much water, ate too much fresh fruit. In Paris, as guest of Francis Walsingham (later head of England's unexampled secret service, and Philip's future father-in-law) Philip witnessed the slaughter of St. Bartholomew's Day, conceived for Spain and the Papacy the only ungentle attitude...
...carried, sleep on the hearth and be off at dawn, often leaving a few pages of his Bible behind him. Growing to believe that clothes were not for comfort but only to cover nakedness, he took to wearing a coffee sack with holes for his arms and legs. He ate no meat, lived chiefly on cornmeal mush...
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...California found huge herds of sea lions on almost every rock. After 1860 the creatures were killed by thousands for their hides and oil. Soon it became unprofitable to hunt them and by the turn of the century they were on the increase again. Fishermen claimed that they ate great quantities of salmon and damaged many nets. Zoologists doubted this. One professor opened a number of sea lion stomachs, found nothing but squid. Fishermen were in the saddle, however, and forced the Fish & Game Commission to start slaughtering. In 1909 some measure of protection was provided, but sporadic killing continued...
According to Beautician Bristol, Crown Princess Juliana first went on a liquid diet for five days, then ate sparing but well-rounded meals and was vigorously massaged, for Her Royal Highness was already muscular and it was felt that further exercise would simply make her more robust. She was given a light face peel, not the harsh so-called "acid peel" but a new European "mineral peel," to improve the texture of her skin. Her hair was thinned and "sculptured . . . widening and softening the waves and setting it closer to the back of her head." Finally makeup experts advised...