It is to the ancient Egyptian belief
that existence after death is a duplicate
I of this present life that we owe the
j little sculptured figures, usually in
I painted wood, which reproduce domes
I tic scenes from the ordinary daily
round of work on the banks of the
Nile thousands of years before Christ.
These fascinating statuettes are well
known from earlier discoveries, but
l’rof. Flinders I'etrie has added enor
I mously to our knowledge of old Egyp
tlan life by his latest finds. Carved
and puinted with surprising vigor and
realism, these groups show a mfnlg
•ure granary filled with busy servant*;
a kitchen where ofte cook turns a
trussed goose on a spit while another
(his, wig removed for* coolness’ sakej
fans the fire; a sacrificial ceremony;
the setting of a table; and high
powrt-ed boats with sails of brown linen
I manned by crews of black-haired
sailors. The stone headrests, sandals,
toilet sets, tools and weapons deposited
In the graves made It possible to re
construct every detail of that long
perfsl.ed civilization down to tbs
minutest particular.
Flog Closes >1outh to Breath?
A frog cannot breathe with Its mouth
open, Its hr^ithlng apparatus helrm so
arranged as to exclude air at afj times
except when the nostrils alone are
wording. > • v.
Rather Saddening Thought.
When we* come to think St over, only
a few of ns have done the heat vra
coulo In what we have undertaken.
And only those of ns who have honest*
ly tried to do our best, have much sat* 1
lafactlon with what we have Sene. '
THOMPSON
The Woman's Missionary Society
holds Its monthly meeting Wednesday
afternoon of this week with Mrs. Roy j
Allen.
