The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-11
LATEST FAD M PARIS.

I Sensational and emotional Paris. always
watching Ter new and startling sersa-
I tons and fads. has new shrine before
which to worship. new Sai. plo5aoly Is
fevanescent as its hundreds and thousands
OF predecessors The recent discover
Z by the French explorer. Gayet. of brick
tomb az AEtinoe. bearing the creek in
ser-ption Of here rescs in the Lord.
lais- ard continuing the well preserved
mummy o. woman presumably she
That's whose name vas Inscribed upna the
seDu'chTe. caused considerable sensation
: in the French capital.
The mummy of That's and ali the differ
ent things which were found IN hex tomb
We're taken 10 Paris and placed on exhi-
. hltion 1t the Museum 81 Religions or the
Place dc jena. IN the same case IL which
The mummy 81 That's Was exhibited was
So Thovn The muaaInified body Of ST.
SeraDhianL or Ser ps0n as lie was called
l-lofe lic became = CHRISTIAN The dis
covery ly Gayet Was we'll advertised
( thousands visited the museum te look
ut the srIesome remains Of the famous
That's, once the most beautiful woman of
AIexandrie. and of he~ lover the sturdy
Serapion. who afterwards became q faith
ful Christian and rested not until he mad
saved The soul Of lis beloved That's That
the facts as given in AnotOlc Frances
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transmitted 70 posterity by contt mpor
aries OF the beautiful That's. matters but
little. The story is romantic and sensa-
tional enough to suit the taste e the i'm
pressionable Parisans ana for many
weeks That's and Serapion were the lions
OF Paris. The papers were full of That's
and Serapion. and society found in their
history as told By Aaatole France an
ineXhaustible source Tor gossip and spec
ulation.
Tho intense interest aroused by the dis
coVery and exhibition OF That's mummy
prompted the eutcrprising discoverer. ".
Gayet. TO attempt q masterstroke by re-
wing That's in q manner well calculated
10 satisfy tho artistic tastes Us wei rs
the morbid sensationalsm Of the Paris
ians.
NJ Gayct had made his calculations wen
and his success was instantaneous. At
first he gave his performances before a
select clique OF invited guests belonging
TO the top ranks of society. The guests
We're received in the room in which That's
and Serapion roposed behind glass plates
and weer shown the remains Of the beau
tiful AleXandriaa ana The various articles
found in her tomb, a basket for food. an
ivory chaplet, some palm leaves. few
vases and = rose of Jericho. While the
chaplct and the rose of Jericho. would
indicate that the body was that OF a
CHRISTIAN, the basket and the vases are
undoubtedly attributable TO some heath
enish custom prevailing a. that tiole.
After the visitors had We've ed the body
and other articles with die care and
interest II. Gayet delive REQ well prerar-
ed lecture in which he dealt ut length
with the mystery surrounding TIE person
ality of the woman whose mummy had
been found at Antinoe.
According to Anatole Frances charming
story, That's the greatest actress, most
famous courtesan, and most beautiful wo-
man of her time, surfelted with her tri-
umphs and conGuests, sought retirement
and solitude I'm her favOrite grotto after
a brilliant performance of Electra"
There she was found by PaphruciUs, the
abbot of Antinoe
Paphnucus. who was no other than
Serapion. the lover of her childhood days,
had become converted TO the Nazarene
faith and was one of the most enthus-
tic missionaries OF the Christian church
For years he had followed the reckless
career Of the girl he had loved when he
was a mere youth, and it saddened him
that she steadfastly refused 10 embrace
the faith Of -he great Nazarene. He was
dete rmined that he would save her soul
and lead her to the light. 1t was a lucky
star which led him to her grotto Just at
that time.