QUEENIE 



AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ITALIAN 

 QUEEN BEE 



My birth; youth; wonderful first experiences. My 

 formal and my pet name. My mother; my palace; 

 my food. 



THIS is the name by which my inti- 

 mate friends have known me, and I 

 can not say that I dislike it, for although 

 I am of good size I must confess that it 

 sounds rather loving, as if I were still 

 young, pretty, a pet, and much humored 

 and honored. My full name, however, is 

 Regina Melapis. I think it is high sound- 

 ing and almost too long, but what is one 

 to do about a name when one has no share 

 in deciding what it shall be? I had none 

 whatever. I have heard on excellent au- 

 thority that most fathers and mothers agree 

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