New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-16
"A. NEW EGYPTOLOGIsT.
MISS LUCY CLEVELAND, HIGH PRTEsTEss
~ TEACHER AND LECTURER.

COLLECTIONS OF RARE BOOKS AID
RELICS or EGYPTIAN LORE
Modern times are gradually catchng up WIFI
ancient Egypt"
The foregolng words were uttered by Miss Lucy
Cleveland the American Egyptolosist and incum-
bent Of the Office left vacant. by the death ol
Amelia r. Edwards. teacher. lecturer ana hish
priestoss OF Egyptology. Miss Cleveland ~
cousin Of Grover Cleveland woman OF strong
brain strong to mascullnity; mooest OF her at
! tanmens keen In study and research and poeticaI
| in nature For the last five years she has lived
! the greater part of each day among the DOCKS Vi
! Egyptian lore In the Aston Library. During tha'
! time articles and poems have appeared over her
name In various hgh-class journals. More no'aoie
/ perhaps is the volume OF poems Lotus Liie'
| issued by Putnam three years ago II was MOI no"
eyer until this winter that she has branched out
into the more ambitious field Of teacher and lect-
.
II took up the study Of Egyptology about six
years ago merely a fad and a diversion outinB
convalesccnce after long Illness. said MISS
Cleveland "The subject proved to be 30 fasclnat-
ing that II soon became more than rad Tor ac-
cepted II gravely as my life work. II - the most
charming study i'm the world, and the most sur
prisng thing about IT all Is that so iascihH""s
subject should be neglected New ngh'S arc
constantly pouring IN upon its mysteries anu
! revelations wonderful beyond compare are OPEN
ing up TO more deeply delYe INTO H.
EGYPTIAN APARTMENTS
Miss Cleveland has spacious apartments AT lle
Colonnade. whose rear galleries open upon La
| favotte place and il Is here that she draws her
audiences around her and IS taking the inltiatory
steps that promise to make her an armor-Oc"'e'
for notwithstanding womanhood. The apart
rnont with its Oriental draperies, its Egyptian req
walls its dim light emanating from shrouueu
chandelier and the glowing Goals in the CRATE
! q
! the titulary deity Of Thebes whose daughter &C.
cupos an destinations position In mummy ca'e
on the wall This mummy lady has only peeH IT,
produced In paint the wall or the apartment
but the hieroglyphs tell the story OF htr me- "
sublect dear TO the heart Of this new Egyptoogls'
81 am going to Egypt in few months to CON
tinue my studies and ! shall the original oil
my mummy" said Miss Cleveland with enthnss
slasm Her name is Ahmes Nefcrtari P9 TSaba IN
the founders Of the great clgIllcelL,n ~ e thta
dynasty said 70 be arry G at the the
idea but did not denOunce the authority that mao
ha most "G neresne Hing about this
she continued is that it Is entirely m i-ga
and an the decorator Worked deeper than he knew
The pillars framing the windows ana dooIS aIoni,u
notice the lotus motif which is the groundwoTk
and the religion Of ancient Egyptian ARK t ho
ceiling is the rosettes or spiral again aer o be
Of Egyptian art IT the ce IGgs 0t }h t3bs
of the twelfth Theban dynasty; The capitals on
the columns either size OF lH"N T'SS ,ta'i
ner the counterpart of columns IN the Sae'eu
temple of Isis on the island OF Phllae
CoRINTHIAN PILLARS
These pillars are called Corinthian in textbooks
of architecture, but the Egyptologist knows at
once that they belong TO the Phoenlcian period.
AS the artist of 1850 finished those old doorways,
he left with his recording pencil the nearest APP
proach he probably knew in ornamentation TO the
winged disk of the that adorns the entrance
of the sublimest gate Of Egyptian antiquity The
f,..r tori Of o. <0-HH
pattern on what we. as school;children knew IA. as
The wall of T9y Is sr agan old h THEY Paee IL
IT from Egypt. How | was led 10 discover TINS
room I cannot say, but | at recognized the
relationship between us. II lends me inspiration,
and it Is for that reason that prefer to deliver
THAT chandelier strikes one as fine bit Of old
brass Of 100 years ago. but you look deeper you
see that there are seven graduated crowns Of
brass. Now those crowns, as their shadow ialls
pdnr neur b d e ms %hf s Of % MooTs emblem
the Of tss the, E Ns eI os pointing
R ynt o hSY eRcded the light Of daS ARE my
entrance-gate to Karnak while the colorlng Is the
canoe of those portieres suggested tho appropriate
ness OF placing the mummy painting directly be-
tween the windows
\ READER OF HIEROGLYPHICS.
. .In my lectures read the hieroglyphics upon her
robe You see size holds in her hands the sacred
Egyptian aukh sign OF life. In my study Of the
heroglyphs | was the first to learn the secret OF
the immortal love story from which the stone Colos
arose. have in preparation an article on a
recent discovery have made in the Sphinx, the
Egyptian origin of Eros
t. The Egyptian corner of Miss Cievelands apart
ment is the most charming OF all. 1t requires nc
guide explain its cosiness. and the comfort of It's
downy cushions, But its color is significant;
''The canopy" said this Amelia Edwards
lis strictly copied from the Pharanic barge on IN,
Nile 1t is even the Identical shape OF the Dab
abec-ylh the Egyptian yacht of to-day. The
canopy of scarlet black and orange Is supported 10y
two quaint old Moorish spears the whole surmount
, ed by two flags belonging 10 the Egyptian man OF
war of to-day. brought TO me BY one OF her British
Majesys officers who commanded gunboat II
the Wolseley expedition up the Nile for the relie
A | of General Gordon"
. The walls shaded with the canopy are draped ir
quaint old hanglngs. and upon them are curious re
h ! productions in Autograph Of ancient Egyptian art
/ | Now Just word about this marble mantel
: II came from Italy more than one hundred ano
twenty-five years ago. and the carving Is the EGyp
tiau pomegranate and grapes. and the wine q
Eyblos goblet that was always served at the ban
qiets Of the Pharaohs. DO YOU wonder that
e prophesy that modern times will eventually catcl
Y up with ancient Egypt? .
Miss Cleveland is a NeT-fork woman and 4
, | wthal has in addition TO a charming personality
= | a handsome face.