Front matter
Reading edition
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PLATE I
Madame Geraldine Farrar as Thaïs in the opera of that name. It is a sketch made from life for this book. Observe the gilded wig and richly embroidered gown. They are after descriptions of a costume worn by the real Thaïs. It is a Greek type of costume but not the familiar classic Greek of sculptured story. Thaïs was a reigning beauty and acted in the theatre of Alexandria in the early Christian era.
Sketched for "Woman as Decoration" by Thelma Cudlipp Mme. Geraldine Farrar in Greek Costume as Thaïs
