The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-13
ANTIQUITY WAS UP TO DATE.
This Seems to be Proven by Gar
ments Taken From Graves.

mento Ioke0 from OIoVe0s
~ HERE has just opened In Paris an ex-
j hibision OF clothes and stu1s taken
from graves Of Egyptian patricians
and imperial Roman officials. ladies and
gentlemen who were buried in the second
and third century after Christ. and these.
being in a rare state OF preservation. bring
Mr.. Ben Akihas saying. Nothing new
under the sum-" home TO Us with terrible
vengeance.
Those very latest Paris novelties In stuffs
and coIors, the fashionableness Of which
makes them the property OF favored few
only are not novelties at all They or
their originals must have been quite COM
mon on the Nile sixteen or seventeen GEN.
turtles ago.
The ornaments found with the clothes
were paItry as to weight in gold and silver.
which shows that the corpses, when in the
flesh, cannot have belonged 10 upper ten
DOM for in those days the rich never failed
10 provide their beloved dead with few
gold coins to pay their way in eternity:
they also buried their favorite jewels with
them.
The graves were unearthed in Antipolis.
Egypt, at one time seat of Roman gov
eminent The we'll known Egyptologist.
Gayet. superintended the work and
brought his finds to Paris. AS the inscrip-
tons on some Of the graves showed. many
bodies OF the females were clothed In silk
and WOOL their undergarments being OF
fine linen.
When the silk dresses were shown to
LYONS silk manufacturer he was dunn
founded. 1.-The very weaving process l.
myself, have invented" he said. seems
TO have been known to the ancienss. And
continuing his investigation with strong
magnifying glass, he added: They knew
oil our tricks nf manufacturing.
Pieces OF silk cut from the garment OF
one OF the Egyptian ladies were sent to
the government school for silk weaving.
and the pupils were invited to guess the
texture and manufacturing place. The
brighter ones concluded that 1t was
"Jacquart work one or the latest pro-
ducts of silk manufacturing. But. they
added. 1.-THE color distribution Is finer than
We have ever Seen.
Another piece of goods from the graves
was adjudged to be from the factory or
Raute Lisse one Of the first weaveries OF
France. And the colors OF these sixteen
and seventeen centuries old grave clothes
were OF the most fashionable hue-'Bysan-
t!nian," II Is called In Lyons. only inner.
more delicate and certainly more lasting.
Here is a dress Of a noblewoman buried
a, An,ipoiis: "A long linen shirt OF the
finest batiste, as the stuff IS called today.
with insertion Of lace. The ground color
is white, with blue polka dots and heart
shaped dots OF white hue inwoven. The
borders around the shoulders and In front
are OF raised embroidered work. the pat
tern of which is quite fashionable Just
now. This embroidery is visible through
the overdrees; also a modern frock. The
dress material Is yellow crepon. cut decol-
lete square The dress has insertions over
the breast and Is done UP with many
fcurces and friils.
THE poor dead lady wore an opera
cloak. bright red silk with white featner
collar and a hat made OF narrow bands OF
red silk sewed together. She had on tan
shoes on which figures are impressed In
gold"
Your correspondent knows ;ha. he Is
challenging belief by the above statements.
but he Is copying from the official report
of the excavations made to the govern
meut. The yellow dress from the year 2oo
Is edged with an embroidered border OF
many colors. The borders OF Imitation
nrecio,ns stones, now worn appeared like
bad couu,erfeits OF the Roman-E Egyptian
original
some little time ago an article appeared
in NAVY papers stating that the handker-
chief was an invention OF the fifteenth
century Fiddlesticks: NJ Gayet assures
us irnt the most of the female corpses ex-
cavs.ed by him held handkercnieis De-
tween their fingers.
On the Paris hou,evards one secs nova
DAYS r,any women wearing dresses with
embroidery in high relief. It's so fashion
able. Strange she Roman Egyptian ladies
of the second and third century thought so,
TOO. as their dresses prove.
And those big buttons, rasteis or rocco
ladies' framed in bright metal. which were
all the rage not long ago--our sisters al
the beginning Of the Christian era thought
ole
course. different subjects. goddesses and
rymp.is. instead of queens and great an'es.
Tho sleeves of all the Roman dresses
were OF a peculiar pattern, which was
revived In the middle ages. They must
have swept with them the ground. as they
measure more than yard and nati.
They were also wide and volominons.
A woman. whom her tombstone desis'
mated as a musician" had on a cloak OF
oranxe-coloreS linen: her dress OF purple
cloth was en.lvened by rcd and green
frgnpes and borders; the collar was beau
t;fui,v embroidered, also the sleeves. she
ware a red leather belt and linen skirt,
with aue colored insertion. Her tan shoes
were decorated with gold Her h2nGkef-
chef had many fur5eiows- The comm "
her hair was set with bright pieces OF
glass If /, were of ceiluloid. instead OF
turtle shell. one might think IL had come
from a Paris ene-franc bazaar.
Tbs Girl wore Slgnet ring adorned
with the head Of Apollo. Around her meek
she had string OF imitation pearls with
clasps Of geld bronze: upon her Breast was
suspended a picture Of Venus.
The Romans believed that persons de-
parting this lite took up their earthly pro-
sesSons in their new abode. and therefor
provided the dead with means Of earning
A livelihood This musicians grave con-
te.nea a bronze Tyre. csstsnets and a box
Of rouge. some of the latter s.f.l intact
The graves ~ t~o cirrus riders were
likewise uuearIhed--each containing, hesiCe
the corpse what was lief. OF a leather saf'-
dle~-no, A side sa idie. by the way.
The leather work on the boots OF ali the
sneter. ladies = very beautiful: they could
not do better in Vienna or Russia to-day
One OF the circus women must have been
a Christian being designated as ine SAINT
81 E.uphsuss." The corpse was 3FssseG III
& sea green garment. ~!tn black fringes
and sra .sas set y shap. uguG the lower hair
Of the s...rt. the color ~ the braid s al
ternatsly white and violet The sleeves
49, white ard