Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1923, Page 10

' " 10 E;,BOO-Year-bld Flea Found In Egyptian King’s Tomb sleeping with their heads at the head of the bed,” Mr. Weigall said. Howard Carter and associates are preparing to take the catafalque of Tutankahamen wpart, a most difficult job, owing to the necessity of work- irg in restricted quarters and taking the wood apart at the joints, so it may be restored. Several jmore catafalques will be found within the outer one that al- ready has been seen, and within these successive boxes will be found the sarcophagus, Mr. Weigall sald. A small room in the tomb yet re- mains to be explored. with many mu- sical instruments to be examined. Mr. Weigall's lecture was given un- der the auspices of the Washington ?Socicly of the Fine Arts. The castor oil| Great King, He Says. —_— was still In liquid | Mr. Weigall said Tutankhamen wafi’ Dr. Jlelen B Montgomery of orm, according to | not @ ‘“shadowy king but a well| Rochester, N. Y., has been a license {\,y:n, “f “g“g” Known ruler of his day and age, who ml..rg‘iuler of the Baptist Church since Whose artieles|re-established the ancient gods in 492. one pt, working madly to wipe out last winter were | rates' of the monotheism established published in The by his predeces Star. As for the flea, it was discovered fmmediate embalmed in tho enjoss a name crpers and is, the world castor oil and is) NSNS, (6 in the sands of time now reposing in| an actuality in Egypt, Mr. “state in the mu-|Weigall said, he having seen foot- Ci | prints in dust in one of the tombs seum at Calro | BLUMY pad Deen made more than 3,000 iand generally re- | B0 LY o0 Looking down upon such garded as the one| things, he said, gave one a feeling and only flea mum- | which is utterly indeseribable. my in the ‘world.| The lecturer sald that perhaps it . 3T Weigall's lecture on Tutankh- | Would have bee T ou Jrthe tened n “and the recent discoveries in | ©f Tutankhamen g that Was lustrated with acaren | covered when it was, mtimating that| B *COTnd | the museum at Cairo is not in a con- i1 | dition to receive such priceless treas- |ures from the past as it is being ancient rulers ‘pt | called upon to harbor. S Saken from i VP! “"Haa the discovery waited another |, especially from the [mm,'u['gnmraltun. . perhaps it | HILLSDALE FOLKS HEAR Dr. Johnson Urges Co-Operation in Weighing and Measur- he lived as long as he did,” Mr. Wel- ing Children. aid, B W¥itings in the tombs, he said, contained curses and blessings, the latter for those who would protect the tombs. He declared the exoca- vators feel that they are protecting them from thbe hands of organize robbers who despoil the long sleeperst for the gold and precious gems buried with them. €astor oil 3,000 years old, contain- fns the only flea to come down in- face to this age from that,‘was found fn the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt, a large audience at Central High School was told last night by Arthur Weigall, former inspector general of antiquities for the Bgyp- tian government. An address by Dr. J. Hayden John- son, member of the board of educa- tion, on “Tests and Measurements” was a feature of & meeting of the Hills- kdale Citizens' Assoclation at the Birney School last night. This meeting opened the fall sea- son. Dr. R. H. Shipley, president, was in_the chair. 4 | Following the address of Dr. John- | son, who urged citizens to co-operate in the work being done in tests and measurements by the weights and measures authorities of the District, Prof. G. C. Wilkerson, assistant , probably all said, so th the American p y dubbed him, really | familiar throughout | Henderson’s—Standard for Quality Established Over 50 Years Apartment Furniture ¢ Those reappointing apartments will find much to interest them MR, WEIGALL, at Henderson's. 1] Our stocks afford a wide selec- tion of Living Room, Dining Room and Bedroom Suites and odd pieces that are scaled to apartment requirements, yet strictly. conform in proportion detail to the historic period styles which they represent. alley of the Kings, leading “down in Tutankhamen. would have been be Methods of | prescrving the finds a superior to- ! day to those of (\\'0“:“ gall defendod the excava- |5aid. but he felt that & iy 1 J6fended the excavas | ffom now they will be even bette the robbhe DINING ROOM, - LIVING ROOM AND BEDROOM SUITES AND ODD PIECES IN MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. ~ James B. Henderson Fine Furniture, Laces, Dreperics, Upholstery, Paperhanging, Painting 1108 G Street—Phones M:fl 3232 % e i ?bilipsbom Defends Excavations. tions, de; dig them declared th, of “what Mists Are Destructive. §i You'll find Henderson prices the Low- “Some idiot placed the museum on | est, Quality considered. the dead, e whole | the banks of the Nile. where the | history of cat tombs, over the |morning mists are destructive” Mr. | centuries, en one constant tale | Weigall declared, with evident feel- of tomb ro s by organized bands | ing. | of robbers. | Beds taken from the tombs, the lec- The lecturer declared the opening |turer pointed out and illustrated with | of the tomb made women weep and |examples, Invariably had a sm men felt like shedding tears. | “head board.” whic in reality was | He scouted the theory of an ancient | the foot board. tl ptians sleep- furse working the dea(h of Lord Car- | ing with their heat at the open end of | narvon, saying that Carnarvon had |the bed and their feet against the | been a sufferer from blood poison at | hi board. | various times, being easily suscepti- | interesting to speculate when hle to infections. “It was a wonder 'people reversed this and started [ ————] | ! | fl | | lfl, | | m 608 to 614 ELEVENTH ST. “*Setting the Pace’ For Real Style Quality Value In Women’s Smart Footwear Our new Shoe Dept. offers 30 correct and beautiful styles for your approval. 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