The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-10
BY George AIDE.
Copyright, 1905. by George AIDE.


III AIKEN by themselves, as mere
mouldering chunks of antiquity
L. that have been preserved TO US
because they happened to be dropped
down into a dry climate, the fragmen-
tarv remains of old Egypt are not very
nspirng They .a are big but tb seto 6
m p.it fashioned, unreliable hui
mainly, with its fears, .lealousies, ha,
treds and aching ambitions-is just
about the same as it was 5000 years
ago. the temples and the decorated
tombs seem to bring us direct and heart
felt messages from our brethren OF the
long ago. =.
For instance, from the beginning of
time probably the most maddening and
unbeatable persecution that can be WIS.,
tied upon sensitive human being is to
have some other human being always
held up before him as a shining moral
example.
You know the story: The !YrRP preacher nax in
yet was perfect human being, a NOR
tai without sin of failing.' Then a
woman in the back row stood up and
said: Eyes, there was-my husband s
first wife,
Do you recall, oh male reader, how
plans for assault and battery when the
good little Rollo Of your native town
was constantly dangled before your de-
PRAYED soul as the paragon of juvenile
virtues? "Rollo never smokes corn
silk. - "Rollo never puts ticktaeks on
teachers bedroom Window "Rollo
never carries crow dabbers in his Sun
to go swimming and then comes back
with his ears full Of gravel.'
No, indeed, Rollo never showed any
of the traits that have been the essence
of boyhood since Adam and Eve started
the original brood. And do you remem'
Der how bright and sunshiny that day
seemed when Rollo, having grown to
arrested for stealing money from the
Building and Loan association
Mr.. Pinero's latest successful play in
London deals with the tormenting ex
periences of young wife who is con
stantly reminded Of her failure In
househo! d m m a $50 compared e,
have taken his plot from the hero
iglyphs in Egypt. In the new English
play the wife, driven to- desperation
by a constant recital Of her own short
@Somings, Welcomes .theAchance~t blast
the fair reputation Of her predecessor
In ancient times in Egypt~the victim
Of odious comparisons got even in an
other way.
Take the story of Queen Hatasoo
She was the Victoria of the eighteenth
dynasty and was on the throne jus
about 1900 B. c. The lineal male. de
scendant of that period had blot o.
his pedigree, or something wrong wit
his registry ertifcate-anyway, b
could not qualify as king, and SO hi
sister Hatasoo was made ruler and b
was permitted to hang around the pa
ace as a kind Of shawlholder and cat
opener. He led the cotillions and al
tended public dinners and. wore decore
tions, but sHatasoo ram Egypt an
Thutmes Second was merely a traile
When he dropped off there did not see,
to be any considerable vacancy in cou1
circles. Queen Hatasoo continued 8
chief monarch, altho her step-nephey
Thutmes Third, carried the honorar
title Of co-regent. Hatasoo was enc
getic and ambitious. She put nephe
to suit herself, waging wars, buildln
temples and organizing expeditions
'far-distant lands. Also, according
ancient customs, she had her .portra
and the record of her accomplishment
carved on the obelisks and painted a
over the walls of her private tempt
which is still standing, about thre
miles west Of the present city Of Luxe
She reigned for thirtyfve years, ar
then Thutmes Third, gray-bearded ar
worn with much waiting, emerged fro
the nursery and took up the reins
government. According to the iud
ment of later historians, his reign W;
about the most glorious in the who
history of Egypt. He was possessed
military genius, and under his directit
Syria was recaptured and the infuen
Of Egypt was firmly established
western Asia But no matter how MAI
battles he won or how many captiv