Evening star., 1937-11-30
BY DALE CARNEGIE.

the most seductive sweetheart
that the world ever saw Her
name was Cleopatra, the queen
M Egypt-Cleopatra, the enchantress
Of the Nile.
She has been dead for 1000 years,
but her fame still glows brightly
across the dead centuries. She COM
mitted suicide when she was 80,
Jet in her short riot of life, she won
and held the ardent love Of two of the
most famous men who ever walked the
earth-Mark Antony and Julius
Caesar, the latter of whom you~honor
every time you speak Of the month
Of July, which was named in his
memory.
Caesar had conquered practically
al the earth, but little Cleopatra
conquered him, and the story OF how
she did 1T is one Of the dramatic
incidents Of antiquity.
When Caesar drifted down to Alex
andria, 48 years before the birth of
Christ. Cleopatra was in a bad way.
Her throne had been taken away
from her, she had no money and
she was In grave danger of having
her head cut off. She had married her
brother, they had had q family quar-
rel, he made war on her, and she
had fled from Egypt to save her
life.
Feared to Approach Caesar.
Caesar commanded her to appear
before him. But how could she? That
was a problem, for Alexandria was
infested with her brothers spies, and
to be caught meant instant death.
So one dark night she slipped into
the city in a small fishing boat, had
her servant tie her up in roll
Of carpet being shipped to the palace,
and unrol it before the eyes OF
the mighty Caesar.
When Cleopatra leaped out of that
carpet and started laughing and
dancing around the room, the very
sight Of her exquisite body .quickened
the riotous blood of the astonished
Caesar.
Boosting that he himself was de-
scended from Venus, the Goddess OF
Love, Caesar prided himself on be-
ing judge of feminine pulchritude,
but this was something new, some
thing breath taking.
MY! My!" Caesar might have said
10 himself, "how long has this been
going on. Why haven't we girls like
that in Romeo"
Caesar was 81 and bald-headed, and
Cleopatra was exuberant with the
vitality Of a youth of II, and as
Caesar looked upon her he was lifted,
as If by a tidal wave, to the foamy
erests OF love and ecstasy. BY the
srdor Of her passion and the bril-
lance of. her mentality, she made
Caesar her willing slave for life.
- So this brother Of hers was trying
to kill her, was he? Well, Caesar
swore that he would teach that young
upstart lesson; 50, with his Roman
legions, he marched out and an
initiated the Egyptian Army and
chased her brother into the Nile.
where he was drowned.
Prom that time on, Cleopatra was
ti1e undisputed Queen Of Egypt, hold
ing dominion over all the lands of the
Pharaohs.
Priests Call Caesar God.
Months went by, and Cleopatra pre-
sented Caesar with q son-the only
son he ever had. With one wife back
IN Rome, Of course, Caesar couldn't
marry Cleopatra-you know how
tongues will wag. So to hush up the
scandal and legitimatize her son Cleo
patra used brilliant piece Of strategy.
She ordered the priests to announce
that Julius Caesar wasn't q man at
all. No. No. He was q god. He was
the reincarnation of Ammon, the sun
god, and he had come back TO earth In
Caesars body to procreate . child for
the Queen.
Sounds like 4 wild tale 10 me, but
people believed it 1000 years ago In
Egypt.
Shortly after that Caesar was as
sassinated, and roaring old Mark An
sony, always drunk, always in debt,
became the mightiest Roman of them
all. Intoxicated with the wine of VIC
tory, Mark Antony led his armies into
the East, bent on loot and plunder and
life Of dissipation.
Egypt was the richest country In
the East; 50 some Of Antony's follow
r ers said TO him when he was sober:
Look here, let's 60 down to Alex
andria, cut of Ueopatra's head and
feast on the flesh pots of Egypt"
Cleopatra trembled. How could she
stop Antony? With ships and
aWnndS2 Never With ioua ard "a.