Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10
LOVELY GEORGIA WOMEN.
Have Followed Example of Beautiful
Queen for 700 Years,

Queen for 700 Years.
For 700 years the memory of one
queen has remained beautiful, Iowa
BILE, fresh in the mind Of her subjects
and their descendants, says the Chi
cago Tribune. For 700 years the
women Of one country have had only
one woman for a model, a guide, and
an example, and for 700 years these
women have made and retained a rep.
utation for beauty, trustworthiness and
virtue.
To have swayed the women Of 6
nation for only few years is wonder
full; to have left behind a reputation
absolutely unsullied and beautiful af-
ter having reigned as queen, is still
more wonderful, but to have nodded
the lives of hundreds of women and
made them more beautiful is to have
performed a task that few OH earth
can accomplish.
The influence of Queen Tamara OF
Georgia has lasted for 700 years. Per-
haps you have never even heard OF
Georgia, but If you have heard Of It,
you have also heard of the beautiful
women of Georgia, for its chief claim
to fame is its women, who are noted
for their comeliness.
At present Georgia Is a Russian
province, but its history is a tempestu-
Gus one. It's history since the third
century Is known. Pharnovez ruled
as the first king. In 1889 David II
was the ruler, and 1t was with his
reign that the glory Of power and fame
came to the little kingdom. David
claimed to be descended direct from
David the Psalmist, and the royal
court of arms of Georgia contained
a harp and sling. Following the rule
of David II. came 100 years Of pros
perity.
In 1884 Queen Tamara was made
queen. She succeeded her father
Her reign lasted for twenty-eight
years, and these years were the hap.
piest and most glorious Of the coun-
try. She was surrounded by wise
counsellors and brave generals. Hel
own virtues made her able to rule
we'll and wisely, and she did not for
get her home, even when she ruled
She was a diplomat and had literary
talents Of no mean order. She was
beautiful type Of womanhood that
one might expect to find in western
Europe, but hardly in a little country
standing among the wild hordes OF
Asia
Writers have called Georgia the
land of wine, women and song," fol
its fame rests upon its beautiful wo-
men. Even today, though little is
known about Georgia, the women are
still as beautiful as in the Golden Age
They remember the wise teachings
Of Queen Tamara. They are strong
erect and dignif1ed. They have fine
eyes, which express trust and under
standing. They are thinkers and home
makers. They are fair to look upon
and lovable. An old proverb says
1.-The Armenian's soul is in his head
but the Georgian's is in his eyes,"
Georgia, Trans Caucasia," is today
good place for a holiday. One al
most forgets that one must have a
passport, for one Is seldom If ever
put to the inconvenience of producing
1t.
The beautiful Tamara was the in
spiration and theme Of many Of the
works of the poet Roustavell, in which
he sang Of her grace and beauty. This
was particularly true Of his greatest
work, "The Leopard's Skin," which
became the national epic. Everyone
read it and learned by heart its most
beautiful passages. Its proverbs, its
quaint, wise sayings have been current
among the people Of Georgia from that
time to this day. The influence OF
many of Roustavell's teachings was