Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1925, Page 16

QUARRELS THWART - CARTERIN WORK I Fortune of Great Gems Finders Delays Recov- ery of Treasure. } 4*BY JOHN L. BALDERSTON, caal Correspondent of The Star and North Awerioan Newsoaper Allia TXOR, December 25.—The world’s nfost famous gems have been dogged b misfortune and death. So the gem of all discovery—that Aladdin’s cave me true, the tomb of Tut-ankh- Afnen—has brought in its train bitter- udss, quarrels without ceasing, loss in- ~tead of gain. J do not refer to the superstition it connects Lord Carnarvon’sdeath with the violated mummy, but to hard prosaic facts, sordid and ugly and un- Aif for repetition as many of them are. “Howard Carter, whose work is ad- ultted 1o be ~gemies, may finish his task in three /# four yvears, or there may be more ~fuptions. thx things stand now, 180y connected intfmately inkh-Amen but has some it s there is no with Tut personal | E "he pity of all this is that the world 1 des to realize what cone to it—no les tion after 33 centuries flower of one of the J11 vanished civilizations of its perfection who have not | nd seen the small part that can be this di ry than the reste of the perfec ople 20v amed. | Getting the News. . three ago we had td. mpetent accounts of the great a desperate attempt to preserve | onopoly the news, a silly scram- | at the tomb fo t1 were spread all over the 1 wift reaction came and very name of Tut-ankh-Amen bored people, stood for chicanery, exaggeration and piffiing nonsense. A second stage was reached whonl the Egyptlans and Mr. Carter quar- reled—the government seized the tomb and cut the gordian knot about who should have the news by decree- ng that there should be no news. ior two yvears Mr. Carter ha: in silence, broken only by | iate and unskillful gov- | ernment bulletins Three years have «rter and Lord Car Is of the outer door und enter tomb. In the Cairo Museum se after case, are shown sc easures, almost all from th hamber. Around two whole sides the museum they run, yet not a tenth what was in that tomb is vet on| I huve spent hours studving | t now can be seen, and I have e to feel that this most wonderful, | gle, artistic, cultural, historical rev: | ition of our time is not ed by the world. bec aceful braw years e by since M. | arvon broke the the in ol he | ura at ion of the present ¥ad of Rare Beauty. i Certainly no one who now comes to | Egypt and stands before these mu- seum cases can be in any doubt as| to what this discovery means. I am | no art critic, but I do record the | smple fact that one of the Tut-ankh- Amen vases in Cairo is, for me, the most beautiful object that I have ever | seen. It was found between two of | the golden shrines {n the burial| chamber: it left the tomb after all-| ¢ had forbidden the de object found. Its hotograph has appeared once, but M. | au h told me that no more such »hotogr are to be allowed, and| today in Cairo a dozen guards keep itch and ward to see that no cam- appear and ter, symbolizing the Theban triad;| alone of art works in the tomb it does not bear the King's name; fts in.| edible perfection of line, unique, I think, in the world, must have been ever so slightly spoiled by any mark- Ang on the white surface, and so the artist seems to have felt. I refuse to 'y _to describe the lamp. Then there is a more showy wonder, alone worth the trip to Egypt, also brought out since the ban gn news, | so once photographed but now rded against such profanation, a mp of semi-translucent calcite ap- rently transparent. But when the p is filled with oil and lit, a por-| t in colours of the bov vith | girl queen him, | )pears within the calcite. Two cups | calcite, the inner one bear: the | ture. appear to have been 4urned | wnd fitted one within the other, but marvelous! s this been done, | * it was indeed the method, that I m told & miscroscope does not reveal | *he joints. Artwork Is Sensational. Flanked by figures symbolizing union and eternity, this s surely the most sensational art work of its kind In extstence. The museum authorities | have placed it where the sun does not ta1l upon it, so that the flgures can e seen only for a short time each day, dimly *netrates allery. T had not intended to attempt escription of objects. Such a 1ld be endless. I wish merely to enough to show that, in the effect oduced on any beholder whom I e met by the works from the tomb now shown, the Tutankh-Amen find has not been overrated, but every- vhere underrated. This was caused first by the dis- cust at the disgraceful quarrels that | aged; but much more by the inability of descriptions or photographs to do stice to treasures many of which lepend for their effect on inlay work n brilliant color. There is a shaft of one of the royal chariots, entirely in- usted with tens of thousunds of in- id bits of colored glass and stones, | ith a fineness that any modern lapi- § would be proud to produce on a | all brooch. | Work Ounly Half Done. All this has led up to the statement f & fact that T think few people real- ize: After all the fuss of the first|{ vear, the golden shrines remained. They <were dismantled, the sarco- pbagus opened, nd now the Pharaoh's hody has been despolled of its regalia Surely, then, the bulk of the work = done? But it is onlv half done; one half +he things buried with little Tut have still not been seen by human eyes since they were packed away in the | King’s now vanished palace in his| pital city with the hundred gates,, at has vanished, too. ! The tomb has four chambers. The ante-chamber, which the discoverers first entered, has been emptied. Al most all the things that made suck nolse in the world that first year! came out of the ante-chamber. Adjoining this room is the so-called annex, so filled up that Mr. Carter { when a ray of sunshine the abominably lighted| the sk excellent even by his; i8] w Abe Martin Says: The present gover'ment at Wash in’ton should o' put Wilson's pictur on a $50 bill instead of a 17-cent stamy an’ then hardly anybody would sec it. Lafe Bud wuz stuck up last nigh an’ robbed of a bran’ new revolver he'd only carrvied once. I'll bet th' great bulk of our popula | tion is fer more concoerned about th | mackerel pack than th’ Locarno pact en if ther is a United Europe th’ countries kin still hate one another like Californy an’ Floridy. (Copyright John F. Dille Co.) DUNBAR HIGH PRESENTS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Exercises in Assembly Hall Wed- Featured by Latin Teachers Meet. nesdav Carols. In the assembly Higi « Christmas hall at 1 Y Wednesday ' was xiven, the which was the The following pro was rendered: “O_Come, Al “aithful” “Silent Night." the We Three Kings of Orien Are,” Jesse Rollin; Clinton William: Wender,” the school Minuet in G music: of carols. gram horus: violin so by Delibes, (b) Bach-Goun tone, “The In Yon Driga, Du Wensslas, nt Hill ar Orchestru; Allan Saunder: school; soprano solo, Night,” Adam, Miss a Johnson, and “Joy to the World, Handel, the school. Tuesday the monthly departmental meeting of teachers of Latin was held. L. B. Hunter talked on “How to Improve the Teaching of Jesus Year Latin.” Mrs Brewer dis- from the ssical Jour- Srrors in the Study Much er of High School Latin.” | nterest is shown by the stu- | n the Christmas school post office, an annual feature at Dunbar. This uctivity is sponsored by faculty members, Miss Mary Europe and Mr. Jumes Cowan. At the last meeting of the Debat- Ing Club, sponsored by J. Newton Hill, the following officers were elec d:' President, sident, Noel Blackwell; Artemia vice pr reta e bson, pariiamen- tar Ethel on, and Englis critic, Luther Sadgwar. The debate, to be held immediately after | the holid will be on the World ' ‘ourt. The membership of the club has increased to 45. The students in one o drawing classes ofy W. n, f the major N, ited all the principles | of : work studied up | DENIES HOLIDAY PARDONS California Governor Deplores Prac- tice of Yuletide Releases, By the Associated Press. | SACRAMENTO. December 25.—The | practice of passing out Christmas par. | dons was deplored by Gov. Richardson in a Christmas eve statement issued here last night, coincidentally with h uncement that there will be no Yuletide opening of prison in_Californ Declaring he fornians would “enjoy this bette with the knowl score of murderers, robbers and pi pockets have not been turned upon them,” the govern conviction that the the criminal deserve tion. was confident not first considera- | PLACING HUGE GUN. Army Plans Big Coast Weapon | Test in Spring. i SAN PEDRO, Calif., December 25| P).—Construction of a special em- placement for the 14-inch mobile rifle recently brought here from the East has been started at Fort MacArthur in prepuration for the longest range ar- tillery practice ever held on the Pa- cific Coast. The firing will take place next Spring, approximately 90 days being required to complete the em- placement. The coast defense weapon has a normal range of %5 miles, but an ele- vation of 100 feet at Fort MacArthur is expected to add several miles to that distance. Long Flight Is Delayed. CASABLANCA, Morocco, December (®)—The airplane with which Count Casagrande had hoped to make a flight to South America was blown from its moorings here during a heavy ale so serfously damaged as to be en- tirely out of commission. Casagrande thus will be delayed two or three weeks until the necessary parts can be shipped from Italy and installed. that stand about it, and the two outer | coffins, s cleaned. But next to the burial chamber is the store chamber, boarded up miore than a vear ago when Mr. Carter commenced to_dis- mantle the shrines. Nothing has been taken from the store chamber. | @ Of the King's personal belongings, it is the bellef of ‘the tomb workers, confirmed by hurried examination, that the finest are not those already found, excepting the things placed between the shrines and within the sarcophagus itself. Tt would seem natural for the most treasured pos: sessions of the monarch to be placed in the S0 caskets stacked in the store chember next to his shrine with the door open, rather than in the walled- | off ante-chamber and annex. hides the store chamber stand the| statues of the winged goddesses which N Theodore Holmes; [N | | THE EVENING IEXICANS’ DIGNITY OFFENDED BY PLAY ‘La Paloma,” Presented in Chi- cago, Held Satirical Portrayal, Unfair to Nation. iy Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MEXICO CITY, Decémber “ewspapers here are bitterly resent- g presentation of the play “La “iloma” in a Chicago theater, on the ~ound that it is injurious to Mexican | noted ,Mexican s just returned Chicago, ' has entered protest nst the production. nor: Carreno, admits that the ork has one thing Mexican about it, ‘amely, the music, but the argument regarded as profoundly disparaging o Mexicans. Mexican citizens are wrtrayed as pure Indians with large traw hats. Pancho Villa, famous \andit, also appears, while rebels rob -avelers and shoot peaceful citizens, wrrying off women of quality, who in he play are portrayed as filthy ndians. . Rich Mexican nobles wear srmous brilliants and big ties. Also, he statement is made that the “peo: never bathe. The Mexican ays Senor eno, ha tnst the play and has 110 the foreizn office her oncluded that the s wroariously when a Mexie “uts open a stomach of the pleasure of seeir consul in Chicago. protested Carreno Carreno says the play is an- Master Work of Mexi- ring street lights. ako Daily Yule Tree Dispute Fatal. I hospital of , received in a dispute over a tree with Floyd L. Dennis ity. Dennis has been lodged in jail pend- ng court hearing. Taft was unmar- “fed s0_report- | News Co.) ullet wound in the | 4 72z, STAR, |STEAM CLEANS BUILDINGS { by iy New Method Found Effective by Bureau of Standards. Dirty-faced stone buildings that blush dark with shame between clean, new structures can now be steam- cleaned so that they not merely look almost as good as new, but attain the mellow, refined look of ripe age. The United States Bureau of Standards has conducted a serles of tests to determine the best way of cleaning buildings. Old-fashioned methods of acld cleaning, sand blast- ing, scrubbing with soap powders and handbrushes are effective, but very slow and laborious. Live steam clean- ing was first tried on dirty stones in the laboratory, and then on a 20-year- old accumulation of dirt on an old bank building in Baltimore. The results showed that this new method could be used rapidly with in- experienced common labor, although the cost was somewhat higher than for acid cleaning. This cost is expect- ed to drop when the method passes the experimental stage. PRINCE MURAT ARRESTED. Husband Woman Held on Bad-Check Charge. | _PARIS, December | Michnel Murat. arrested on | involving a_worthless check and the of American he examining mag- | istra in La Santa prison | to_await trial. Prince Murat’s wife Was Miss Helen | MacDonald Stallo of Cincinnati. The | prince was recently sentenced to a 1 term for misappropriation of e IN LONG FALL. i ). of 1,100 feet with his = last night. near Candler on the outskirts of the city, and ped injury. | A snapped’ wing: strut_caused the | plane go into a tailspin. Johnson was fling here from Winter Haven. The | airplane was demolished. WASHINGTON, Winter | D. C, FRIDAY, Dl KMBER 25, 1925, .ONE LOUISIANA PARISH ALONE GROWS PERIQUE Picturesque Tobacco Culture is Largely Confined to One an_;lly. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., Decefnber 25—In' the parfsh of St. James, a short way from New Orleans, is a historic and picturesque industry, | Infinitesimal in comparison with many | of ‘the other bountiful agricullul‘all crops of the State, but which s pecu- | Uarly Louislanian. This is the Perique tobacco industry, alone in the world. First grown many years ago by an Acadian, whose name the tobacco now bears, its cultivation has been | kept up continuously ever since by | direct lineal descendants of the crigi- | nal M. Perique. | Cultivation is confined to a very small area on the banks of the Mi . where a favorable combin; is particu- | larly adapted to its growth. This/ tobacco, which finds its chief use as a seasoner for mixtures, is exceed- | ingly strong, with a distinct flavor and aroma. Not many more than 500 | acres are given over to its growth. | Perique is raised in much the samd | manner as any other sun tobacco, the | | and being properly plowed over and the rows set about five feet upar | The seed is sown carly in Junuary | and replanted in March or April. The harvesting is done in July. The to | baceo then is hung in the sheds to dry, | | stripped and placed unti] | | the following Mare , when 1€ | | is ready for the ma Frequently, | however, it is not | four vears old, as Perique, like improves with age. The yield is about 500 pounds to { the acre and its price fluctuates with the demands of t { Slemp Flies in Plane. MLAMI. Fla., December 25 (#).—C. Bascom Slem former retary 1o President Coolidge, who was ill re cently, «celebrated Chrjstmas eve here by making his first airplane flight. He flew from Miami to Key Largo City. a distance of 55 miles. . \ Next! New Year s! And Hahn’s stage a spectacular. Sale of the Fashionable VELVET PUMP first { N AN ELVI‘ZT. erhblem of royalty! Velvet Pumps- petted favorites of Fashion! And just in time for the New Year’s dress-up occasions Hahn'~ come out with this wonderful opportunity: Unrestricted choice of our entire $5.95 and $7 stocks —of exclusive Velvet Pumps. For evening or afternoon Black velvets. Brown velvets. 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Six rooms, tiled bath; three big Just | N | within the wooden partition that now will you find their equals at $5-95 @ $7 The Buckles extra—special values, $1 to $5 w a Silk-to-the-Top Chiffon Hosiery Perfection itself in fine sheer, gauzy evening hose —guaranteed for service. $1.95 3 Pairs, $5.50 Cor. 7th and K 414 9th N.W. “Arcade Shop” 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 3212-14 14th St. 233 Pa. Ave. SE. porches, hardwood floors ; excellent fixtures, guaranteed heating plant; lots of closets: and high-grade kitchen equipment. Price, $7,950 $65 a month and small cash payment Open for finepection all day Saturday and Sunday and every afternoon. Center Hall Home, stucco con- struction; seven rooms; two baths; with covered concrete porch; hard- wood floors; open fireplace—laun- dry and guaranteed heating plant. Price, $16,000 —and terms that will surprise you Open all day Saturday and Sunday does mot yet know how he is going|ail who have seen them have declared | R tn get in there without damaging |to rank with the greatest sculpture in something. The annex has never|the world, and it is hoped that they heen entered since about B. C. 1360. | can be brought out this year. The hurlal chamber, excepting for ‘o, right, 1028. by North American News- she sections of the dismantled shrines vaper Alliance. All rights reserved.) 4 Our “Arcade Shop”—9th St. Store and Pa. Ave. Store open Saturday nights