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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02

The meaning OF the three marks -
the back of "A glove and the clocks 49,
a stocking were two os The little mr.
tertes In oress explained by wfffrfl.
Marx Webb In a lecture before liz
sheiDnrne Society in London recentfvs
Mr' Webb took as tho subject OF NM
lecture, Clothes as human nature
study. and he told a great many In
teresting things. The three marks. ~
said. found on the back OF the Rioxaa
correspond to the fourchette nlacAna
between the fingers, and in the OIL
days these pieces were continued alu1n1R
the back OF the hand, braid bsln76
used to hide the seams a sofn< &
what similar origin was assigned \ nv
the ornafne ntai "elock" on the Rtpcls%sI
ing. In the days when stockturd - ~
made of cloth the seams came N1aSS1
the "clocks' do now, the ornamenfSsz n
ton then being used to hide
seams. The useless little bow On ffS
leather band lining a mans hat tS
survival OF the time when n hat
made by taking piece OF ieaf6xi5'
boring a series of holes In Il.
ming lace through. and drawtn&
up. The helmet OF a fireman II az }1
same type as that Of the Greeks.
has hardly been altered ut ALL
Webb told his audience. The unit
worn by modern page boy cou11 Il
traced hack tn tns cOstum6 ~
able for little boys In the tirn< ~
OF Queen Victoria's reign, and
dress Of the lord mayors ccac1
was that OF fre gentleMnm
George Ills time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
NEW HEAD NURSE
At SOLDIERS HOME
Graduate Nurse FFam- Memorial
Hospital Now in Charge of
Attendants.
OCCURRED LAST SATURDAY
----------
Has Been Kept Quiet by Officials
Who Still Refuse to Mako
Statement.
OCCURRED LAST SATURDAY

Pending tho permanent settlement
attendants at Lee Camp Confederate
Soldiers Home, IT iIew head nurse HAS
been appointed to serve temporarily,
She win be on duty at the Soldier =
home tor the next week OK tel days
ana 1t 10 Thought that ny that time
matters Will lie RUNNING Smootuiy
again.
.,r. w. A. Deas. the Physician OF the
ilene. WAS seen THURSDAY and tie
cnnea to make a statement concern :
ing the alleged trouble among the
nurses that Ied to his dlscharkIng the
entire corps. Il do not care 10 say
any thing ABOUT the affair at present,
said the surgeon No statement OF any
kind viii be made at this time
Although the doctor in charge of the
home viii make no statement 1t is de-
oiareu that lie found II necessary to
discharge the nurses on account OF ne =
gfcct and characterization. All other
officers Of the Home have refused to
DISCUSS the matter.
Matter Kept Quiet.
The trouble aarpeHed last SATURDAY..
nearly a week ago. ana no facts about
The Horne officials have used every
effort to keep the nntter quiet and
they are stu pursuing this policy by
m5tnth ming the utmost reticence.
II was stated fhurxday that there
have never been any graduate nurses
on duty at the home.
Nurse Now in Charge.
Miss Leila W etherly. q graduate
nurse and one OF the staff OF the Me
mortal Hospital. is now acting as mead
nurse AZ the Home. Miss Netherly
was taken 20 the Home Wednesday.
and will remain in charge tam porarily
She was Oh duty Thursday with two
attendants ard It is not likely that
any more attendants viii be put on
at this time.
DIR. Dsas WIN not make known his
plans bat it is thought that he in en-
dcavoring TO secure Il permanent head
nurse and one wfo Win be fully capa-
bic of fulfilling al the duties that will
devOlVe upon her
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02

NEW YORK, June 2.--The Demo-
cratic state campaign, having for Its
objects the election OF complete State
ticket next fall and control OF the
legislature which will elect n successor
TO United States Senator Chauncey
perew. formally opened to-day. The
state Committee met In the Hoffman
House 10 elect new chairman and
secretary and to authorize the call for
the state convention,
Incidentally to-day'a meeting mark
ed the pass age OF William James
Corners III Buffalo as State chairman.
Conner, however, was the most pleas :
ed man n New York. He htd com
pieted two fun terms as chairman and
was retiring voluntarily after having
successfully defeated for two year
Tammany Hall and the mp State SILK
Stocking" element.
Before gutng into the meeting he
declared no had done more for tho
perty than any chairman since the
DAYS of Governor Flower. in 1891. and
that whereas, the party had nothing
when he was made chairman, he had
elected complete State ticket Will,
the exception of u governor, largely
increased tha number Of Democratic
assemhIymen and State mayors He
declared that he had SO Conducted the
organization that tho new chairman
~oaia have an easy task
The big surprise of the meeting wa .
Corners and Charles r. Murphy, lead =
~r of TasHRaay, frateFHiains, AZ the
session In Albany two months ago
Murphy failed to get Ccnner's scalp
ard left denouncfnr the chairman.
Since that time they have been
drought together and in order TO
emphasize their "harmeny nrogram"
dined together last night. When the
COMMITTEES went INTO session II was
Winfield A. Huppuch. OF Sandy Hin,
secretary in succession to George r.
Vankenlan, of prgdensburg. Arthur
Mclean was to be retained as treas
-uror and Jern Mason m clerk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
Sacrifice OF Suffice Always Within
Choice of indian Women.

Contrary To- the usual Western be-
lief. said Sarah Kumar Ghosh. the In
dian author, Indian women are more
highly esteemed by their husbands
even than their Western sisters. The
Indian is taught vencration for wo-
men from his earliest boyhood. Any
unkindness to a wife Ia supposed to
be swiftly followed by misfortune and
a mans prayers are Of no effect un-
less his wife joins In them with all
siaaerits ~-At coronation the rrer~
ence Of the soyereign's wife Is OF the
utmost Importance. Should she be
unable 70 appear a statue OF her must
be placed at her husbands side. Other
wiss this ceremony In not legal.
The standard OF morality. the lee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
no INSTALL MODELS
OF FIRST REAPEIss

Miss Frances Smith. secretary 60
Mrs. Cyrus Hall Mccormick, widow OF
the inventor of tho first reaper and
harvesting machine, will arrive In
Richmond Saturday or Monday to as
Htst TN Installing the models or the
first Inventions OF the noted Virgin
IAN The models viii be placed with
the Virginia timber and mineral ex-
hibit in teh State Library Building.
Adtutant General Sale. who while
senator from Nurfofk YVES appointed
chairman OF a committee to receive
the models In the name OF the State,
said Thursday that formal ceremonies
would mark the acceptance Of the
nodels whom thsy ars installed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
Mr.. Eohinson Is Ill.

Mr.. J. z. Robinson. deputy delin-
qucnt tax collector. is critically Ill 81
his hone lie has been conKne1 u his
room Tor several days bat until Thurs
DAY his condition was not thought &c
be serious. MIR. Robinson Is one Of the
best known citizens OF the city ane
his friends are anxious as to his well
fare.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
rruminent Hamrsan Men Here.

Mr., A. Il. Lewis. a prominent lawyer
OF Hampton and formerly common
wealth's attorney of Elizabeth CITY
county, and Mr.. Frank w. Moore. r
member OF the Hampton City Council
spent Thursday In Richmond on busi-
ness. They lett on the o'clock train
for Hampton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02

SHOE REPAIRING SPECIAL

10 REBATE WE HAVE A LOT OF
light, plant leather suitable for "
soling ladies' shoes and while II lasts,
IL you viii bring this coupon, we
VIII n sole ladies' shoes--Soc- re
hated TO zoe. Every pair sewed We
can not send for shoes at this special
price. DKEWS ELECTRIC SbOE
FACTORY, ZIG e Main.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
TIMING AND PLUMBING.

NEVER SINCE CHRISTOPHER CO
lumbus discovered America, has our
superior In the Timing. plumbing
and gas-fitting business been found
Honest prices, superior work. gener-
al satisfaction and promptness are
a few OF our well known character
ist!cs l. w. DORSET & CO, ia
Seventh street Thnne Madison 2gif
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
Lightning Rods Put Up.

Deputy Sergeant J, G. Saunders and
Mr.. Samuel Pool left Thursday for
Chesterfield county to place lightning
rods on the fishing house that Is ocCu-
pied as club by many of the South
side citizens. They VIII not return un-
I'll Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
sNIPEs IS ACQUITTED On
KILLING NEGRO WO1

Especial 10 The HfchMoRd vIfT1S
W'INSToN-SALEM. N. &. IT,
After lasting favs days the
Charles 6ntpea, Young Nhe1G
charged with killing JAnn1o
day with 4 verdict " nef
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
Wants.
LOST.

LOsT-TWO BANK hooks FRIDAY,
May 2Tth, on Broad street between
the bank and the FIVE and ten cent
store: one book on the Bank of Com
merse, other on the Bank OF Rich
mond Hranch: finder please return
to MISS G. b. NEWTON, 21o North
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
- = = 7'-17'-T7
HELP wANTED---MALE

wANTED--1oo MEN FOR WEST yIR-
gtnia railroad construction work and
load ballast for c. n O. Quarry Co
Apply SOUTHERN INTELtIGENCG
OFFICE, I'll LIZ North Sixth.
WANTED--CARRIAG AND WAGON
blacksmith: apply to Conrad Gross
Carriage and Wagon Mgr. $40 ~
Adams street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
PERsoNAi..

MAGNETIC AND MENTAL SCIENCE
healing cures, acute and chronic; dis
eases wherein no relief Is obtainable
under other systems of therapeutics.
MENTAL SCIENTIST 1101 East Clay
street. Phone. Madison 1893.
TRUTH Is STRONGER THAN FIG
tion; see testimonials in booklet NtH
free) of Nelson's HAIR TONIC.
HARNESS $40 AND UP; RUNABoUT
umbrellas So and up; don't fail to
see the heavy single and double wa
gon harness we are offering at re
duced prices. BRf5TOW- WORSHAh
co, 14lI E. Main
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
POSITIONS WANTED-HALR.

WANTED--MARRIED MAN WANT,
position as manager or salesman
with clothing store; in or out city; 1t
years experience; best of reference.
Address X. H., care tho Richmond
Virginian.
YOUNG MAN WITH REFEREN
wishes position as bookkeeper. VIII
start on small salary. Address Ia
care Richmond virginian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

WANTED -COEFERENCE WITH so
reputable business men who are In
position to invest from 500 to s2.5oo
each in tobacco industry. Of ma
tionai Importance, having an unltmit.
ed earning capacity. This Is a spe-
cial business proposition OF interest
to responsible cttixens In any part
OF Virginia. especially Richmo nd
State amount you can invest. IL satis-
fed. Address +. o. Box s2i. Rich
mond, Wa.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
De MOCRATS OPEN
NEW YORK FIGHT
Intend to Elect Legislature and
Control Entire State
Ticket.
CONNERS QUITS CHAIR
Leader Retires Gracefuly-He
and Murphy Have Been
Brought Together.
CONNERS QUITS CHAIR

NEW YORK. June 2.--Wiilian J.
Corners retired to-day as chairman
of the democratic state COMMITTEES
In session here. and was succeeded
by John A. Dix. OK Washington coun-
ty. Corners retirement followed a
long and bitter fight between himself
and Charles r. Murphy. the leader OF
Fammany Hail. of New York. Con-
ners' retirement. II is said. has unified
the party in New York State and the
committeeman to-day declare they
are sure of victory In the fall cam
paign.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
Wants
Wants


One cent per word when paid in advance. No paid ad
taken for less than
No Ads taken for less than twenty-five when
phoned in charged at the counter
Contract much less, Phone Madison 1855 and
Mr. Garrison, Manager of Classified Department will call
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
ROOMS ron RENT.

ROOMS FoR RENT.
WANTED-TO RENT OFT 4 FEN
rooms. Address B-is, care Virgin
ian.
GINTER PARK FURNISHED RESI-.
dence for rent, July and August; for
terms address Z, care Rev. W. Il.
I'M. Farmvilie, va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
BOARDERs.

FOR SUMMER BoARDEHS THY THE
Rinhmond virxiniAn MAnts Advg
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
FLAT rea RENT.

WASTED--FoUR BACHELORS TO
Occupy fat, electric lights au6 run
niEg water. use of bath and phone.
az f. Grace.
BACHELORS FLAT. rooms single and
en- suite, electric lights and running
water. use OF phone, special rates
fer summer to reliable tenants. Tis
Z. Grace Street Phone, 1891 Mad
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEwMAN's. as f. BROAD.

UMBRELLAS COVERED AND RE.
paired, work guaranteed, a big line
of tafreta silk umbrellas for half
price buy your own goods and we
will cover your parasoi or umbrella
to match your dress Phone. Monroe,
2l09
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
POSITION WArTEss--FEnALn.

POSITION wANTE.s--rEssALh
wANTED-ENERGE REFINEl
Christian lady desires position as m d.
tron of apartment house. school OF
charitable Institution. References
Address NATION, care Richmond
Virginian.
LADY DESIRING POSITION IN TIL
country would assist refined family
in house keeping Address COUN-
TRY. Care of Tbs Richmond Virgin
ian.
WAETED-A LADY WITH two
years experience wants position
Bs bookkssper; good reference. 81. r.
care SIS n. Fourth street.
WANTED-PosITION TO ATTl
elderly or Invalid lady Address Miss
s., care Of The yirg inian.
ROOMS For Rent.
WANTED---A FIRST CLASS WHITE
maid to go to Newport News. APP
ply with reference to l02 e. Frank
lin street, Richmond. Va,
MONEY TO LOAN,
MONEY TO LOAN WITH THE
rent payer How much longer are
you going to pay for real estate.
mans home? why not your own.
will loan you the money to buy
your lot and build your house. 81
on the hundred. with s per cent
simple interest. Giving you seven
and half years to pay loan back
Call ut 1901 East Main street N
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
FLY WIRE FROM /. s-2C. YD.

TIP. ACCORDING TO WIDTH. MATE
rial for making fly screens. 25c {
window: easy to make. Come by
let us show you bow easy
VATGHAN's East Broad Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
fi-AfR:

HUGHES rs THE PLACE TO GET
your switches and puns The haSe
for the least money. HUGHES HAHN
TARI.OR 200 ~ Third street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
MY Husband.

\ question has arisen IN society.
what a woman should call her hus-
band---whethsr II should be Mr.
Smith. or John or Henry. and the
suggestion come back. with good
show Of common sense. that the best
way to refer to him 10 ~ my hus.
band. The smart set" doesn't like
this, for it seems to Indicate a sort
OF possessory relationship. when the
fact Ia, the man should be identified
by the name Of an individual. just
any old Robert or James that might
come handy. but it is the smart set"
TO which the husband means too
much,
To hear woman call her husband
my husband" sounds well 1t has a
meaning TO II. 1t suggests sacred
relation which plain Samuel or Will
liam does not. And 1t IL the same
with smy wife" A man may thinl
u great dsaf OF hts wife and refer TO
her AZ Nary or Jane or Sophia, but
when he speaks OF her an my wife
II il in acknowledgment Of . holy
alliance that sheds a radiance oeeF
hts llfA.-Ohio Stats Journal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
BOARD WANTED.

Family or DESIRES B0ERT5
the suburbs OF Richmond; best Of ref
erences given Address Al, care Ths
Nfrerfptan
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
CLEANING AND PRESSING.


HAVE YOU TRIED OUR NEW SYS-
tenn? We make your clothing look
like new. Feathers, gloves and slip
pers cleaned at short notice: let us
clean them once and you will let Us
have them again. We clean and rem
ovate anything In ladies' and gentle
mems apparel: we pay epressage one
way on any out of town work.
EWOPE'S FRENCH DRY CLEANING
CO. sos North Second street, Phone
Madison 1888.
HAVE YOU TRIED MCNEIL, THE Ex-
pert cleaner and presser, don't throw
your old clothes away; we make
them look like new; club members
clothes cleaned and pressed at sl,-a
per month: ladies work a specially.
Mcneil CLEANING AND DYEiNG
CO, ali North First street. Phone,
Monroe 31Ts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
"a MAN BEAT HIS wIFEr

AND BLAMED IT ON THE COMET
\ wife beat her neighbor having {
polished floor and blamed II on Peer
less Cleaner and Polisher. VAUGHAN
sells 1t. f. Broad street. Phone
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
LEES
WE HAVE SOLD OVER 500.

CALDWELL LAWN MOWERS IN LAST
few years They cut clean and every
one Is guaranteed. The prices run
from $3.50 to SIt. vAUGiiAN'a.
East Broad street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
MrLLIS ERY.

TRANSFERRING AND HAULING.
TRANSFERRING AND HAULING Oh
ali kinds furniture and piano NOV
ing - speciality: ONCE 5f2 No. Sec.
ond street; residence zoe MunfoTd
street. Richmond, Va. Phone. Madi-
son 4984 p. BOWLES, Proprietor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02

COLUMBIA DOTBLE- DISC RECORDA
music both sides. 65c. GraphophonAa
on easy payments Repatr1nGs
TALKING MACHINE Co, 2es n
Fifth street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
ruNEnAL DIRRcTONa.

WANTED, e00 ADULTS TO JOIN
the Richmond Cooperative BnriAy
Association, $ioo certificate costs
only IL cents per month: gives $le0
funeral at death. The cheapest pro
lection on earth. Agents wantads
G. ~ HAIGHT, Secretary, 11t North
seventh street Phone Madison 11AS,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
= - - - - - = i-s-s
WALL, PAPER,

]. ". SMITHERs & CO, .04 NORTH
Fifth street: wall papors: room
mouidings, etc: high class work5
lowest prices; investigate,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
sCHREMr-2is NORTH FIFTH.

COVERED AND RE.
paired; expert work; SCHREMP. The
JmbvellS Man.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02

SECONDHAND MACHINERY, EVERY
description, including boilers, en-
gines. betting, hangers, shaft!ng and
pulleys: condition guaranteed l.
BLTiFORp & co. t62S East Cary St
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
"a BUNCH OF HAPPY KIDS

ALL SOUNDED PRAISES OF THE
new lawn swing mamma bought for
them at EauRhan's. our Ia wn swings
differ from others. See IT, Ours H.
screwed together. while others are
nailed. Come take a swing and try
1t. VAuGHAN'S, E. Broad street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
BOSTON BARS CARTOONS
OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Not Popular There and Publishers
Of Book of Pictures Cannot
Sell Them

PlTTSBU RG, June 4-Raymond Gros
of Pittsburg. who is issuing a book 81
40 cartoons of eX-Pres;dent Roosevelt
has made public an indignant letter n
has received from his publishers, whc
complain that their agents have bee
driven from Boston by the booksellers
there. vino refused Ia have anything Il
do with any Roose welt book, 1ppsr.
entity on the ground that Mr.. Roosevelt
Is not popular in Boston.
The letter, dated May 81. follows:
We wish 10 say that we are procurins
advance orders on your book, T. r. il
Cartoon We are sorry to say. however.
that the city OF Boston has declined Il
take the book. as our representative in
forms us that the buyers in the va RON,
book and department stores seem To hay.
no use for Roosevelt and they refuse tr
purchase any Roosevelt book
Our representative asked why they de.
cllned TO purchase book of this charac,
ter, and one replied that he had tried IA
sell such books before but he found thu
public did not take kindly To them An.
other said t. K. in Cartoon might be
good book, but that the people OF Rosioa
were not ardent admirers of Roosevelt
and therefore he did not care to take thu
chance of putting in stock"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Descendants of Poets.
from the London Chronicle.

fIoM the LpnAOn chronicle.
The reams which have been written q.
that dinner to the descendants Of the
poets tempt an afterthought. What have
the poets done for the dinner? Mr.. G.
w. Russell laments that they have done
little or nothing, and goes on to prove
his point: THE poets always seem Il
have fought shy Of dinner. Byron, "a
might he expected. comes nearest to the
proper inspiration when he wrote of
A roast. and a ragout.
And fish, and soup, by some side dishes back'd
But even this is terid. Owen Meredith
gives some portion of "A menu in meter.
Sydney Smith, we all know, wrote
recipe for a salad in heroic couplets.
Prior. / think. describes a city feast,
bringing I'M Swan and bustard' to rhyme
with tart and custard.' The late Mr..
Mortimer Collins is believed to have been
the only writer WHO even put outlet into
a verse Shakespeare and Spense3,
and Milton and Wordsworth, and Shelley
and Tennyson deal only with fragments
and fringes of the great subject
In fact, the subject was too great for
them, and they wisely left it to the more
adequate medium of prose- The novel
lists have done better. You can get thres
months Of dinners out of Dickens alone!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Cost $4,000.

The bridge cost $135,0O0 The first half
Of it. called by the engineers the first
rib cost $4,000, and was built in 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

by the Penn Bridge Company. The other
half or rib" and the finishing of the
roadway cost 900 and were done by
the Crawford Paving Company, under the
direction of the engineers mentioned. Each
rib of the bridge has a cellular abut-
ment. The arch Of the bridge is para
bolical in shape and has span OF 125 feet
and a rise of 30 feet above the springing
line Concrete is used throughout, the
arch being unreinforced. The roadway
and sidewalk are supported from the arch
by concrete side walls and reinforced con-
crete columns The roadway and sur
face have tarred macadam and granite
curbs. The sidewalks are OF cement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
TOMB OF AMENOPHIS II.
An Egyptian King Who Died Before
the Gods Had Left Olympus.


In some of the tombs the sarcophagi
were still in place-all empty. except one.
This was the splendid tomb of Ameno-
phis ii, of the eighteenth dynasty, who
lived in the glory of Egypt, 1880 b. c.
warrior who slew seven Syrian chiefs
with his own hand. Gaddis had not
told us what to expect in that tomb and
when we had followed through the long
declining way and reached the royal
chamber and beheld there not an empty
sarcophagus. out a king asleep, We were
struck to silence with that $500 years of
visible rest
The top of the sarcophagus is removed,
and Is replaced by heavy plate glass
Just over the sleepers face there is a
tiny electric globe, and 1 believe one
could never tire of standing there and
looking at that quiet visage, dar1ened
by age, but beautiful in it's dignity I'M
moved, undisturbed by the storm and
stress OF the fretful years
How long he has been asleep, The
1sraelites were still in bondage when he
fell into that quiet dOZe, and for their
exodus q century or two later he did not
care. Hector and Achilles and Paris and
the rest had not battled on the plains OF
Troy: the gods still assembled on Mount
Olympus: RCme was not yet dreamed
he had been asleep nigh a thousand years
when Romulus quit nursing the she-wolf
to build the walls of that city which
would one day rule the world. The rise,
the conquest, the decline of its vast EN-
pire he never knew. When her armies
swept the nations of the east and landed
upon his own shores he did not stir in his
sleep. The glory of Egypt ebbed away,
but he did not care. Old religions per-
ished. gods and new prophets re-
placed the gods and prophets he had
known--it mattered not to him here in
this underworld. Through every change
ne lay here in peace-just as he lies to-
day. so still. so fine in his kingly majesty.
upon his face that soft electric glow
which seems in no wise out of place
because it has come. as all things come
at last. to him who waits.