New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-16
LONDON NOTES.
The Picturesque SaIvation 4rm5
GirHEgyptian Treasure IroOe.
Lon don. July s.


T-e r,ost artistic treasure Is god statuette o.
~.-r7,Iarl.- delicate workmanship. which WAS dug
mr. Of the earth az E-tnaSya, where u At-o IAN
20 ages = is a sJatuette Of He-sneA T. nam
headed god q the Twen-y-t1ir1 Dynasty ms
vas found sky miles south OF Cairo. ard was
r,oeern u comparison with The objects col
Iec-e5 near TEebes where burial place ~ me
Eleventh L--nastr was explored me VlsI~o's
:. .,. -o7raga lecture rooms are brought into
touch wiki tae fashions, ornaments ana even
ne cooking Of a. age 800 years before tue
Christian era Here are The silver bangles worn
BY an Egyptian lady; the beads q necklace
which went with The bangles; The n:Gn1rlled
s--7. which fastened them, and the brown STAN
of h.rra cIinging TO the tips Of the finger mans.
Here is q three cornered loaf Of bread. when
came from the oven fortv-three centuries ago
and when The lid OF The case is raised lhere Is
sun an odor Of burned meal lingering there
The papy-us fragments are SO modern that Il
is SURPRISING that Professor Petrie taxes any
interest IN them. There Is no glow Of enthusl-
asn OF his stony Egyptian face unless ne Is
taken back into the past al least forty centuries
s7d his sphinxIike wife also looks bored over
anything OF later date. Nearly all the paPyTus
relics GATE from the third century Of the Chris
,fsn ara and while that is a far CRY from the
Thebsn loaf Of the Eleventh Dynasty, there are
curious revelations IL these comparatively re-
cent scrolls.
one nau1--us contains proof that shorthand e =
good oi6 art Il is q contract FOR me apprentice
chip OF e shorthand writer The tuition was 10
cost as much as 10 drachule. and this sum
was 70 be paid in three instruments, the las'
ere when the apprentice could write freely a.
cIctat.on and read the notes az sight IheFe
ere dinner invitations and wedding cards O. 'he
second and third centuries. The honor OF your
presence" and very sincerely YOURS were hol
considered essential 10 good form in those days.
Cavalry officers dispersed with titles and com
rl3r,ents when they asked their friends 10 a
sig Feast. and came a. once TO The point. The
name Of Dionyzils appears ar the beginning %
one ancient papyrus, and the pensive spectator
rauses 70 conjecture whether he was related in
anv way 20 the troublesome Balbus, who in
the old days OF Latin composition was always
making fatlgctng journeys or undertaking emo
less lar ors. But his Di0nysius was man q
TIE world and bent upon hospitality. He WAS
merely inviting 2 friend 10 dine with him on
The occasion OF the marriage q his children
something more festive than the old bore Bal
bus. was ever known 10 do in the prose exercises.
The papyrus fragments from Oxyrhynchus also
include sentences from The New Sayings OF
Christ" and q bit OF What is thought 10 be z
lost Gospel. There is a section Of Genesis which
may prove 10 be the earliest text now existing.
These latest discoveries OF the Egyptian Re
search Association and Exploration Fund are Of
great interest 20 oxford scholars and 70 archae-
o-ogists.
The most remarkable fgu-e al the Salvation
Army Congress is the slender graceful girl IN
red who commands the recruits from Canada.
Miss Eva Booth has her fathers fervor when
she speaks and with IT the sensIhiliry and art OF
m actress. Her voice IS clear. penetrating and
sWeer; and she uses the purest simplest Saxon. (
She tells parallels OF her own and acts them out
ir The most dramatic way. II she had been
trained al The school 81 acting n Paris she
would not have greater command Of the art Of
oppression by hand and face: and every thing she
does IS as individual as Nine. Bernhardrs state
ly poses and 1igress springs. or as Nine. Calves
serDentIne twists and dancing measures Miss
Booths gestures are not theatrical. because no
actress in opera or drama would use arms or
hands IN 50 uns-ucieG a way and with such IN
Consciousness OF means and ends Her hands
and fingers are ia such subtle sympathy with
her heart and voice that they come into play
automatically, and always help 70 interpret her
words Her dark eyes fash and her pale face il !
aEloV with enthusiasm when she il appealing
eloqueutly Cor converts and stretching out her
srns persuasvelv- she may be bending down
ward with sweeping gesture or she may be
FtrI5nE across the platform with hands up
raised but she IS never without picturesque
grace Those whom she addresses listen 10 her
wiki GREATNESS interest. and they watch her as
iHtenty as though she were an actress II 4
tragic part. Yet while she is terribly in earnest
81 her pleading and IL her prayers. she has q
sense u huUor which cannot be repressed: and
she has winning smile
The Worshirful Company Of Musicians IS Or
dirarly content with giving sun1ptuous dinners
Win old plate and wines, bur his year is he
dffth anniversary - its organization as a CITY
ElAc, and by a unique exhibition IN has vinGi-
Gated It's right 20 be considered something more
Than 2 group q electors having a share in the
ciT'e administration ~ the richest square mile
n fhe world This exhibition held at the Fish
-l27ssrs Hal. IS designed 10 illustrate the art
~ me composer the instrument maker and the
music printer. Ire COMPOSERS are represented
by portraits, snuff boxes. autographs lace ruff
"ss 'eitsrs and man scripts. Examples OF two
psrt writing win en- antiquity II 600 years are
supplied from the Archbishop OF Canterbury's
Aorary; collection - virginia. music books Of
me Eliza oetha1 period is shown: there are mad
r-ga- looks y The sixteenth century and time
worn specimens Of musical typography OF the
NIteenth century; the King has lent the auto
sraph Ecore of Hande's Messiah and DR..
E-gar MS OWL setting % The Apostles: and
SeethoVen- Bach, Wager and all the great COM
pose7s are represented by their handiwork. The
5opsaH portrait n Handel IS one Of the pre-
ools relics. there - a virgiI.al book Of ore 81
NE Cromwells the Countess % Dudley has lent
ne Fuckers harpsichora ana among many an
Iqae Instruments there IS q series illustrating
NE evolution q The violin. This quaint exhi-
o'ion vas opened With concert directed by Sir
FREDERICK Bridge. n which old music was played
81 Far~- ofe