The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-10

I Notice also the relative size of Ram
| eses and his foes. There we have the
real. unchanging spirit of autobiogra-
phy-the great | triumphant and the
petty antagonists all coming about
knee high to him.
No. is also very Characteristic. One
of the kings is represented as defeat.
ing two burly warriors. He Is walking
on one and pushing his spear through
the other Undoubtedly a glorious
achievement. It would be still more
glorious if the two gentlemen putting
up the fight against the King had car
ried weapons of some sort. The one
on the ground, who is lifting his hands
In mild protest against being used as
a rug, has nothing on his person to In
dictate that he Is a soldier. The one
who is being harpooned carries In his
hand what appears to be box of hand
kerchiefs. The raised right arm would
indicate that he attempted to slap the
King. who caught him by the arm and
held him until he could select good
vital spot in which to prong him. At
tention is called to the fact that both
of the victims wear the long and pro-
tuberant chin whiskers, which would
getting the worst of 1t even four thous-
and years ago.
The carvings and paintings which 10
not depict warlilxe scenes usually show
the monarchs receiving homage from
termed subjects or else mingling on
terms of equality with the principal
deities of the period. Illustration No.
is a very good specimen. King Anne
nopshis and his wife are seen seated
on their square-built Roycroft thrones.
while two-headed priests Of Ammon
burn incense before them and sing
their praises and tell them that the
people are with the administration no
matter how the senate may carry on.
There was no race prejudice in those
days. The Queen is shown to be
coal-back Nubian. In one hand she
carries what seems to be fly brush
of the very kind that we used all the
| time that we we're up the Nile, and II
| the article in her other hand is not
cocktail glass, then the artist has vii.
| fully libeled her.
No. is interesting as fashion
plate. Ptolemeus and Cleopatra are
| making offers to the hawk-headed god
| and the Goddess Hathor. This picture
will appeal to women, inasmuch as 1t
gives us a correct likeness of Cleo
patra, the man trapper. No one can
dispute the fact that she is beautiful,
but how about the combination of an
Empress gown with a habit back? Is
1t not a trifle daring? And the hat
| Would you call 1t altogether subdued?
Another well preserved painting TO
be found in the temple at Edfou re-
veals the innate modesty of the Ptole-
| mics. The King mo. 81 is represented
as being crowned by the goddesses of
| the south and the north-that IS. of
Upper and Lower Egypt. These diylni-
| ties seem to be overcome with admir-
alton of the athletic monarch. One
has her hand resting on his shoulder,
as IL she hated to see him go. The
| other, having just fitted him with his
| new gourd-shaped hat. has both hands
in the air, and you can almost hear her
say, "Oh, my! 1t looks just finei"
| Seti I. was another shrinking violet.
In one of his private three-sheet adver-
| tisements, No. 6, he has the sublime
/ effrontery to represent the great god
| dess Hathor as holding his hand ten
derby and offering him the jeweled col
| lar which she Is wearing. Notice the
| uplifted hand. He is supposed to be
saying " This is all very sudden, and,
| besides, would 1t be proper for me to
accept jewelry from one of your sexP"
| OF course, there never was any Hathor,
| and If there had been she wouldn't