Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1923, Page 10

Tutankhamen Henpecked Man, | Two Objects in Tomb Mystify Evidence Found Here Shows ‘Mother-in-Law’s Statue Depicts Lady | With Strong Jaw. Museum Relics Also Point to Ruler as Tax Dodger. BY REX COLLIER. Lividence that old King Tutankhamen was henpecked, supporting the theory that he expired not long after getting married, has been unearthed in our own Natlonal Museum by an enterpris- ing visitor to that institution, it was learned today. This visitor, while inspecting the mu- soum’s Egyptian exhibits, came upon a statue of “Tut’s” mother-in-law, Mrs. Amenophis 1V, allas Mrs. Amentohep, and here is where the evidence comes in—she is unmistakably strong-Jawed and stern-minded, if physiognomies count for anything in judging character. In fact, the museum has two statues of Mrs. Amentohep, as she preferred to be known to her friends, the originals of which were : are small. One, about a foot in height, shows her apparently ready for a dip in her private swimming pool on the Nile; the other is a_bust, presenting a ®ood close-up of her mother-in-law features. King Looks Frall Tutankhamen’s pa-in-law 1s also on view in statuette form, and, as might be expected, he is a frail-looking in- dividual for a king. He has the ap- pearance of just having been repri- manded by his spouse for Suggesting that he haye the night off to attend a slag party with friends at Thebes. And, according to Dr. 1. M. Casanowicz, as- sistant curator of the museumys depart- ment of old world archeology, Mr. Amentohep actually was a weak ruler, &s rulers go. “He was a dreamer,” Dr. Casano- wicz pointed out. “Ho tried to mix atesmanship with religious fervor @nd ccnsequently his prestigo as & political leader was lowered.” From what Is known of King Tutankhamen today, ho married the] third daughter of King and Queen Amentohep. He had quite a choice, | since there were seven or eight daughters, It 1s belleved, however, that the third daughter probably was not the daughter of the queen, but of one of the kimg’s harem wlives. Tt this were true the startling dis covery made at the National Museum, which led to the oplnion that Tut's early demise was influenced by the hounding tactics of a rigld-jawed mother-In-law, loses some of its thrill, May Be Mrs. “Tut.” Possibility that the National Mu- seum’s only mummy, just around the rridor from King Tutankhamen's in-laws, is Mrs. Tutankhal n herself, is rendered less ridiculous, at least to visitors, when it is considered that the museum authorities have been unable to identify the body. No rela- tives so far have clalmed it and there s nothing on the coffin to show who it might have been. The officials | do not oven know whether she's a he. Furthermore, no signs of the queen have been found in Lord Carnarvon's Luxor tomb, according to dispatches, 50 apparently the government's mum- my right here in Washington stands just as good a chance of being Mrs. Tut as any other. Visitors attracted to the museum in larger numbers since the finding of Tutankhamerr's tomb at Luxor extend thelr surmisings to great lengths, in the enthusiasm of gazing on the an- tiquities from Egypt displayed on the second floor of the museum. Alds to Royal Tollet. Libation cups, thousands of years old, they muse, might have been the very onme from which Tut quafted rome-brew in the shadow of the pyar- mids, and those exquisite little ala- baster vases “used for painting the -yebrows and evelids” (according to the labels) might have been the dentical ones into which Mrs. Tut- .nkhamen dipped her slender finger n preparing to doll up for the royal ball in honor of the discoverer of palm and olive oll .goaps. 1t is consoling, at least, to know EDMONSTON’S—Home of the “Original” FOOT FORM Boots and Oxfords for Men, Women and Children. “Quality Is One of the beautie of Foot Form Lasts lie fect comfort. A NEW FOOT FORM ON A SNAPPY LAST snugs up at the instep. trimmings. “Fit Is Imperative” - > Distinctive Foot Form ‘many small scarabs, ‘These are pictures of some of King Tutankhamen’s relatives. The upper shows Queen Amenophis, also known ax Queen Tii, King Tut's stepmother, Wwho also happened to be hix mother- in-law, for King Tutankhamen m ried one of her daughters, his half- sister. The lower picture depicts King Amenophly 1V, King Tut's fa ther and also his father-in-law. King Tut's family tree is considerably twisted and would require more space than a caption to straighten it out. that thess household objects were similar_to those used by Lord Car- narvon's proteges. In addition to the familiar vessels mentioned, there are any number,of trinkets made of.valu- abie stones, gold, etc., including neck- laces of sky-blue colored glass beads, such as one may buy in the five-and- ten-cent stores today, but which un- doubtedly were the dernier crl in the best families when building opera- tions were started on the pyramids by Glzeh, Cheops & Co. Was Tax Dodger. Tired business men whose worrles over the income tax have driven them to the front row, orchestra, for re- laxation will be ‘interested to know( that King Tutankhamen, before he became exempt by taking the throne, had his troubles with the tax col- lectors. The museum has on exhibi- tion several papyrus copies of tax bills and accounts of payments, in- dicating that the early Egyptians were the first tax dodgers. Corroborative of this fact is Egypt- ology’s most noted “find"—the Rosetta stone, a replica of which is set up in the museum corridors. This_stone, which supplied the key to the de- ciphering of hieroglyphics, hailed in three languages the reduction of taxes by good King Ptolemy V. Epiphanes, and the news was ordered broadcast, probably as pre-election propaganda. As pharaohs were not s a rule elected, however, falling tim to the crown by heritage, it is, more likely that the statement was released by the royal press agent to gain court favor. He little reck’d that his bulletin was going to be quoted outside the limits of Egypt and become one of the world’s best sellers. Like all great authors, his works weren't appreciated until he was dead. Other articles of Interest to fol- Important” A New Voot Form in Fog Gray, Brown Trimmed s S in the fact that one can wear snappy, upsto-the minute shoes with per- Black and Brown. It fits the foot per- fectly. It clutches the heel, supports the arch —the medium low heel and full toes are effective. A snappy, comfort- able shoe, designed with a medium toe and low heel. It clutches at heel and Fog gray with brown EDMONSTON & CO. (Incorporated) 1334 F Street Andrew Betz, Manage~ Advixers and Authorities on AN Koot Troubles Excavators as to Significance Beautiful Shrine, However, Eclipses Everything Found in Tutankhamen’s Burial Place. (London Times-New York Times copyright. By arrangement with the Earl of Carnarven.) By Cable to The Btar, LUXOR, Egypt, February 23.—You have had so many detalls of an ofil- clal or expert character about the contents of the sepulchral chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamen that it may be interesting to know how it strikes the ordinary layman. I asked one with no pretensions to sclentific knowledge who had seen the chamber how whe sights impressed him. He replied: “It was easily the most wonderful lowers of Tutankhamen are scattered in the various cases in the museum. There is a mummled Ibis, prototype of the modern backyard hen, and one of her eggs—minus contents, it is true—but otherwise strikingly resem. bling the Plymouth Rock product. There are three or four mummied hands and a couple of mummied eye- balls all ready for admiring inspes tion by tender-hearted girls; a mum- mied cat, the worse for wear, whose every meow was sacred to' dozing slumberers of Tutankhamen's time, or carved be tles; rings and jewelry of different kinds and scores of vases, statuettes and like objects. Skeptics to the contrary notwith- standing, little pharaohs forty-nine hundred years ago sucked nursing bottles by candle light while daddy, down stairs, was using his goblet and mother In her boudoir was wielding eyelash and eyebrow painting pencils. And If you don’'t believe this, tri up to the Art Center at 1106 Connec- ticut avenue, where the proof of the statements above awalt visual verifi- cation. Date Back 3,000 Years. , An exhibition of Egyptian antiqul- tles dating from the twelfth dynasty, 3,000 years B. C., recently unearthed by Azeez Khayat, archeologist of Pal- estine and Egypt, was opened this week, and Victor A. Khayat, son of the archeologist, has been in daily at- tendanee to explain the objects, which are of similar character to those now being brought to light from the tomb of Tutankhamen. Perfume bottles, drinking goblets, candlesticks, ungentariums, for paint- ing eyes and eycbrows; wine jugs, nursing bottles and boudoir sets are shown, as well as some rare Egwptian necklaces of amber and turquoise, with iridescent ancient Greek and Ro- man glass. The exhibition will con- tinue until March 1, open daily, with admission free, and the general public is invited to attend. experfence of my whole life. What must have been the- sensations of those who went in first when all was dark and they knew they were pene- trating into a royal tomb undisturbed for thirty oenturfes I can not imagine. Now all is brilllantly light- ed with, I understand, 2,000-candle- power lamps. It {s quite & job golng in because the floor of the sepulchral chamber 18 three feet or more below the level of the floor of the ante- chamber, 80 you must be helped through ‘the hole. It is worse getting out, but Mr. Callender, & good able- bodied man, was there to help. Canopy Cased in Wood. “The lower part of the outer canopy or tabernacle has been cased in wood for protection, with, I understand, cotton-wool behind the wood; even 80, you have to be very careful not to touch it, and I was very much afrald of doing some damage The chamber must be about thirteen feet | high. The canopy is at least ten feet { in helght. The light flashes along the gold and blue surface most brilliantly and makes the painting on the walls, which are coarse and much stained, stand out vividly. “But you cannot notice things like that. As soon a8 you enter you have to wriggle round the corner—the southeast corner, I belleve—and make your way along the shorter side of the room. It may be ten or twelve feet; the longer side must be more than twenty feet—it is difficult to tell in the confined space, but it reached a long way. Holt Looks Modern. “I d14 not see the canopy openj it 1s shut wtih & bolt that looks as if it might be {ron, though I.understand that it is wood. wtih bronze staples Just 1ke the ordinary bolt of a mod- ern_door. “But I could not examine it becouse just opposite is the inner chamber, the slght of which makes one gasp. The floor of this chamber appears to be a few inches lower than that of the sepulchral chamber. It s an in- credible and an indescribable sigh: On one side there are thirty or for | boxes ranged in regular order and apparently untouched by robbers, though two or three of the 1ids have been opened. The rest of the things look 1ore or less disarranged and huddled together in confusion. Shrine Outshines AlL But what outshines evervthing is the beautiful shrine. The four flg- ures are lovely as they stand with thelr outstretched arms protecting the shrine and thelr faces turned to you with a most pitiful and reproach- ful expression, as if begging you not to come near. 'And to think they have ting for yme. that a stood £o for 5,000 ye the intruder who “I am not ashamed lump came into my longed t otell them we were not rob- bers or going to hurt them, but would treat thelr preclous charge in a most reverent way, Jliven now | cannot think of themn without emotion. The next most striking object 18, perhaps, the great model of the jackal with the dreoping tail, squatting on some sort of platform on poles. Then there Is the great bull's h!@d and a number of model boats. ~Bome are sailboats. One I moticed especlally was square-rigged, with its sails furled on o yard. 'There were mo lateen malls llke those of the modern Nile feluccas, 'This particular boat has nearly flush decks and very low bulwarks. Rowboat In Bigk “The bigest of the boats, however, 1s & rowboat mbout three and a half feet long. 1t looked to me like & royal barge, with canopies at both ends sup- ported on potes, ror the royal Dn!!e)h- gers to sit under. The shape of the boat is the same at both ends, with & high, spreading flgurchead arrange- meny, and this makes it difficult to tell which 18 the bow and which the stern. “All the buats ure most beautifully modeled and painted, but the slght bt the whole interfor is too gorgeous for description. Most of the gold, 1 sup- pose, 18 only gilded wood, but the whole effect 1s sumptuous and unfor- etable.” E°No one has yet ventured more than a few careful steps along the north side of the sepulchral chumber, where the space between the tabernacle and the outer walls s apparently less than twelve inches, It is here that the nine oars or paddles lie on the floor in zlg- zag pattern. The paddles are shaped much like those used in a Canadlan canoe today. The blades are perhaps six inches wide, and upparently they are not ornamented save with & knob or swelling at the end of the handle. Paddles Are Unornnmented. With the paddles on this side lies an which excites the greatest curl- No one has yet been able to suggest its use. It is perhaps two feet high and it is apparently made of bitu- minized wood. It is divided inte three sections, the centr—y part being vase- shaped, flanked on either side by queer anvil-like blocks. It has been described as a sort of double anvil. It is also suggested it was some kind of double headrest, but this idea has been dis- carded. It has not yet been touched, and though there is a good deal of speculation it remains a mystery. Another strange object in the treas- ure room is what appears so far only as a mass of gilt wood. It seems roughly hemispherical or rounded, but the shape seems to suggest nothing at present known. Among the boxes, many of which are beautiful, one is especially noticeable. It is black and is ornamented With raised gold ankhe. LY Visitors Hinder Work. Yesterday again was taken up with visitors to the tomb, a large number of whom, in spite of the unpleasant nd, which later developed into a made their way , 8ome being re' 1 visit to the workshop! the Circumstances it was quite im- ible to do any work in the tomb, where the barrier has to remain per- manently in position as long as these visits continue. The time even of the technical staff is greatly taken up with asststing Lord Car o~ Mr. Carter to show the visitors around. Practically Mr. Mace ajone st has to throat The Leading Sitroux Limerick Prize Winners Back row, left to right: Mrs. Tait, Tth prize; Miss Bills, 10th prize; Miss Mackey, 9th prite; Miss McMillan, 14th prize; Mrs. Billings, 16th prize; Mrs. Meeker, 13th prize. Skiles, 5th prize; Miss Bugbee, 4th prize; Miss Egan, 1st prize; Mrs. Womack, 2nd prize. prize; Mr: Miss Newlin, 3rd prize. Front row: Miss Lyons, 6th Miss Egan Wins First Prize For Sitroux Limerick 50 Other Prize Winners Annou_nced Miss Shirley Constance Egan of 2204 Evarts Street N.E., s certainly a locky TNmerick writer. In the first contest she ever entered, her limerick wins $50 in gold. And ¢he only wrote it to pass away a little spare time. So very many exceptionally clever limericks were sub- mitted in the Sitronx Prize Contest that the judges were given a very difficult task. However, thiey have finished their work, and the following list shows the awards. Full List of Winners: First Prize, $50. Miss Shirley Constance Fgan, 2204 Evarts Street-N.E. Second Prize, $25. Mrs. Grace Wor 1919 H Street N Third Prize, $15. Miss Gertrude L. Newlln, 15 Mass. Ave. N.W. Fourth Prize, $10. Miss Mary F. Bugbee, 46 Chestuut Street, Takoms Park. Twelve Prizes, each, $5— Mrs. R. K. Skiles, 512 Elev- 3 Miss Evelyn 3 11 Cameron St Alexandria; Mrs. F. H. Tai 1320 New Iampshire Ave Dunhar Lool, 1441 Q St. Miss Mary T. Mackey, P St N.W.; Miss R. Bills, The Moomonth: Laura E. Miller, 1919 Pennd. Ave. N.W.; Miss Adene Wil- liams, Berwyn, Md.; Miss Alice V. House Oftice BId; nella Me- Millan, Garrett Park, Md.; Mr. F. The $50 First-Prize Limerick By Shirley Constance Egan *Twas a net for my hair that I sought— Just “another old net,” so I thought— But no holes are torn, Though many times worn; *Twas a perfect SITROUX that I bought. i sub- Mies “Trilla B. Young, 1450 Spriog Road N.W.; Mre. Geo. W. Billings, 1376 Taylor St. Fifteen Prizes, each, One Dozen Sitroux Nets—Mrs Teresa E. Egan, 2204 Evarts Street N.E.; Mr. Ralph I. Egan, 2204 Evarts St. N Miss Edith Jones, Arlington, Va.; Mrs. George . Barnes, 5306 13th St. N.W.; Mrs. Arthur Lenox, Miss Ada Mix- on. 1499 Trving St. N.W. Mrs. Florence H. Hamm, 504 Rutland Courts; Florence\G. Polk, 1214 Park Road: Mar- garet D. Moore, Gov't Hotels: H. M. Rhea, Gov't Hotels: J. C. C. Pattetson, 3107 N St. N.W.: Mrs. Sophle Kep- nef, Hotel Gordon; Mrs. W. Pollard, The Stanhop Mrs. Katherine Murray, 32 Warder St. N.W.: Miss Ce Asaph St., Twenty Prizes, Doz. Sitroux Nets Blanche McClurg. 1 N.W.: Mrs. D. Lynch Young. 3 S. Clifton Ter.: Misx Shafer. 2200 19th St. N Miss ~_ Auralee Shreve, 1896 T §t. N.W.; Miss M. A’ Horton. Rosslyn, Vi Miss Ethel L. Ce Place N.W.: Miss Sablne, 2814 27th St Lillian : George Decatur; Cafls, 1913 Pn. Ave. Mrs. " Ann Chestnut nch Younger, i 8 ~Cliffon ‘Ter.: Mrs. Katha- rine Murray, 3202 Warder 8 X. Wholley, president of the Washington Better Business Bureau, awarding the first prize of $50 to Miss Egan for the best limerick mitted in the Sitroux Prize Contest. < v Evelyn .yons, 711" _Cameron &I Alexandria; Wm. B. Severe, 717 8th 8t.' N.B. We wish to thank all who particlpated in this contest and to cohgratulate the prize winners on their success. ments. Sitroux Halr Nets are sold everywhere. Others of the prize-winning limericks will be publisi It the store where you ed in later Sitroux ads. like to shop most s mot vet supplied with Sitroux we’would consider it a favor if you will sentl' us the name and addr SITROUX IMPORTING COMPANY, 121 EAST 24TH STREET, NEW YORK Sitro PRONOUNCED ‘SIT-TRUE" ‘' HAIR .NET Single and Double Mesh and L} has been able to continue work. ! though he also has been repeatedly | sinterrupted. > [ He Is still engaged i and reconstructing the collarette ! found ‘in the red box of the king's! robes. The shoulder pleces are, for- | tunately still sufficiently Intact to| glve the shape, and he has already | succeeded in restoring a large num- ! ber of the faience inlald particles. | But the working out of the pattern is very difficult. 1 Dr. “Douglas Derry, professor of | anatomy at Kasrelaini Hospital, who in recent years has dome work in | connection” with the remearch and identification of mummies found In varlous excavations and who s re- garded as one of the leading cxperts was among the visitors specially in- vited by Lord Carnarvon today. ! All - who visited the laboratory' agree In admiration of the throne and of the casket palntéd with hunting scenes. Opinfons appear to be divid | ed betwecn these two exquisite ob- | jects which in the general opinlon stand apart from all the others. The | alabaster wine strainer, which 1s very like a modern article, has also | aroused much interest. MOURNS PHARAOH'S DEATH. retireading | American Says Luxor Fine Town But for Gloom Over Demise. By Cable to The Star, LUXOR, Lgypt, February 23.—¥rom the distribution’ of flags at Luxor yesterday one would think that there is un American colony here grouped under the Queen of thie Belglans, All the hotels at Luxor are flled with euger Americans, while the whole river front is allve with American flags waving from private daha- beyahs, Thero was a race meeting—races of donkeys, camels and horses—thls afternoon and the attendance was almost excluslvely American, and, as the idea of Americans roiling in wealth I8 fashionable hers, the prices for the tickets increased 100 per cent, The majority of the Americans have had. thelr interest in Egyptology stirred by Tutankhamen and have been raiding the bookstalls, and wherever one turns now one meets a party of Americans deeply focussed in Kgypt's ancient history, It is in- teresting to note that the standard work on the subject is by the Ameri- can Prof. Breasted. Mourns Pharaoh’s Death. Since the arrival of the latest big parties of Americans the soclal life has been considerably Jivened. It was once fashionable to loll in the hotel salon after dinner, listening to an orchestra concert, but the Ameri- cans decided that orchestras should play, not classical but dance, rmusic, and every evening now there is & vivid scene in the ballroom, extend- ing to long after midnight. Members of the British aristocracy find the American girls charming and | thers 13 now a laughing, joyous | Anglo-American entente, The whole | story was told in one sentence by a young American talking to a well known English lord vesterday even- ing. He stated bluntly: “Luxor is all right, (Continued on Tweni ept_for the -third Page.) . o Lenten Specialties _ The table need not lack for varicty dur- ing this season—and our discriminating se lection of brands is assurance of quality. 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