The Washington critic., 1885-08-06

Mr.. Thomas Lynch, leading ST.
Louis undertaken, said to q Globe Dem.
ocrdt reporter she other day; 1--WE don't
believe In ombalming. Packing In ice
Is the only way to keep body intact.
| never knew n successful case OF EN-.
balming. Garlield's case was a failure.
lIincoln's was failure also. | was one
OF the undei takers at Lincoln's funeral
and know whereof speak. when
we opened the box that held the re-
mains the face Of Lincoln was as black
as my hat" 'IIow do you think 1t
will result in Grants case?" 81 don't
think they'll succeed in preserving the
York" THE Egyptians knew thing
or two, then?" well, as far as en-
balming goes, they didn't know great
deal more than We do. contend that
II embalmers are allowed to pursue the
same method in vogue with the ancient
Egyptians they could accomplish The
same results" "What Is to prevent
them from doing SOP" 1.-THE American
people W uldn't stand it. TIE Egyp.
tians used TO strip their dead to "a
naked state aud then disembowcl il. In
place Of the bowels were put SO much
myrrh, spices and drugs. The blood
was taken out Of the veins aud embalm-
ing fluid injected. Then the bodies
were wrapped in muslin. The muslin
was in strips Of an inch or two wide,
and was wound abound every part OF
the body an inch thick. Thousands Of
yards of strips were u:cd on one body.
Well, that sort Of thing would never be
tolerated now. liz there was no objection
to turning over the body Of lady, for
instance to the embalmcrs, there would
be to the cvisceration OF 1t. And it Is
| impossible to preserve a bcdy in which
the bowels are allowed to remain.
"Tben you have no hope Of the success
OF eXperimentalists?" 81 won't say
that. 1t is impossible to prove that the
thing cannot be done. 1t may be that
In three or five years from now fluid
| will have been cOncocted which will
thoroughly arrest all decomposition and
satisfactorily preserve body fol-
months. You know that the body OF
Pope Plus TX. was preserved for three
months In perfectly natural state.
This science, like others, is improving
constantly "
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Speaking Of the superstition OF actors
New York correspondent says: i
hardly seems possible that anything
could stay the food OF Clara Morris
imprisoned ,peech, aud yet IL she see
a nail on the stage she refuses TO Sc
foot on the boards until it has been re
moved. Fanny Davenport is super
stitious about her makeup. She will
use only one persons cosmetics Thi
favored person Is the son Of q woman
who made up her face for her .drst ap
pearance ON the stage as q child. Sh,
once changed cosmetics, aud the reslll
was the failure of the american Girl.
Since that time no power on earth coulC
influence her to use any cosmetics Othc
than that handed down by the woman
who made her up for her debut. IL Adj
Rehau sees PIN on The stage will
the head toward her she regards it as
sign Of ili-luck The first night o
"Love on Clutches" at Days she say
II pin OH the stage lying with its hea
toward her. 10 this circumstance sh
has always attributed the fact that all
o'hcr actress in Il subordinate part mad
u greater success than she did with TIN
leading role. A pin with the poin
towald her she thinks token Of sue
c,s'. Agnes Booth never allows wi
to be dressed on her head. Mrs. Eel
nandez bclievesn plays with children
parts in them. John Stes0n is 50 in
iluerccd by dreams that dream wi
sometimes change his plans entirely
Gilmore considers IL an omen OF ba
luck If, when he Is walking with
friend, some one passes between then
He will retrace his steps for blocks afle
some one who has passed between hin
and II friend so as to pass that perso
again with his friend at his side.
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