Show 4 4 f. f t M t H M ss M H 4 M Mt 4 4 M M 4 f M 4 M M s mummy of of- ofa a Woman Is i I k nOWR d in in Paris i I t M Morbid Paris Pari has hs a new fad The French explorer r G Gayet yet having discovered discovered ered red the mummy at has hs brought i it If tUi French capital capita where he Is holding a show which which attracts at attracts attracts at at- tracts thousands ster The m master stroke of the enterprising manager is the re revival re- re vival of f Thais Thai in a most artis man artistic man n ner nero nerThe r. r The mummy and her belongings a 3 food basket basket- an ivory Ivory- chaplet chaple chaplet a os osof rose rose- of Jericho some vases And palm l leaves aes es are shown in a glass case together with another mummy that of St. St Sera l n. n M M. Gayet lets the visitors visitors' view Ui these se with great care Then h d a lecture Into which he weaves weaves- a ro romantic romantic romantic ro- ro mantic story concerning concerning the two dead mummies when they were Jiving bre breathing loving man and and iw woman woman- m n He d doesn't say so directly but hut he pe e lets his hearers infer that the who is is' before them is the celebrated d E Egyptian I the Thais of Alexandria the greatest actress and arid most beautiful woman of of her time As an actual fact the name Thais was inscribed on the sepulchre and it is certain that tat she slie was a Christian woman of the th f fourth rth century The chaplet and the rose rose of Jericho indicated that while the other articles attested also her h heathen a hen origin Or- Or or or- The story which M M. Gayet tells his is hearers bearers is an entertaining ope Thais the fair had exhausted every pleas pleasure e that life could offer She h had had l-d l unlimited unlimited unlimited homage All that m buy surrounded her and lovers Innumerable knelt In adoration at ather ather ather her feet But she had discovered discovered dis fits covered that all was vanity Thus surfeited sur surfeited surfeited sur- sur sur- sur with he her triumphs and arid her c conquests con conquests con con- I q quests ests she had sought solitude In her favorite grotto just after after- a brilliant performance of Electra There it was that the abbot of found her was no other than Serapion Sera Sera- Serapion pion plon the he lover of h her r childhood days dys who had h-ad become converted to io t th the Nazarene Nazarene Naz- Naz arene faith lIe He had never forgotten the love of his youth He had f follow fOllowed ed edher her lien reckless career which had haq caused him the great grief of his life lite w Providence had bad pl placed ced In his way way v ay the opportunity to convert her Rum Human n love as well as religious ze zeal l' l Inspired d him and with marvelous s elo eloquence u cehe he pr preached ched to his lost sweetheart the gos gospel pd pel of Christ Something stirred the soul Jot of T als I Ito to listen Perhaps it was her her did slUmbering slumbering slum slUm- bering love for Sera Serapion pion Yh Whatever t V l r rit it was she heard the message and re received received received re- re it She espoused destroyed all of her worldly her worldly pose possessions and art treasures by fire and cl clad d ina Ina in ina a coarse dress an and barefooted followed the abbot to the convent of which iAl Albine Al- Al bine the grandniece of Emperor Emper Ca Carus us was the mother s superior perlor She Sile W. W was lS obliged to spend several months mont m fastIng fastIng fast fast- st stIng Ing and prayer In a cave before she was admitted to the convent as as one of ot the sisters There she died three thre e years later a model of purity After this dramatic recital comes M M. Gayet's final co coup p. p He brIngs brIngs- Thais back to life before the eyes of his audience au au- au- au On the s stage age age- appears a beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- young woman stron strongly IY r resembling Mile lillIe Cerutti a well-known well ballet dancer er er eg She is dressed in a a. a loose loose- violet tunic falling in iii graceful folds from he her heV neck to h her hr r reet iet 1 M Gayet acts as asher asher asher her maid Over the violet t tunic he slips slips' one of olive green exquisitely embroidered embroidered em em- broidered Around her waist he tied a a. girdle About her shoulders he drapes drapesa a shawl of yellow silk sUk embroidered In blue and on her head he places a scarf of orange silk sUk When he has baa finished the living Thais looks startlinglY like the mummified Thais of Egypt Tie Ie living copy assumes a few ew graceful graceful grace grace- ful poses and then again lapses into the rigidity of the centuries With flex dex M M. Gayet hands prepares s her once more for the tomb The arrangement arrange arrange- me merit ment t of the scarf is changed so that lit It clings close BOoSe to her to-her her he held hands IIer Her hands P- P t 4 4 4 4 4 9 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 are joined ed over her bosom and In them is placed the chaplet ch-aplet and the rose of Jericho The food basket is set over over her face palm vaseS leaves vases and under her her- arms arms- The silk sh shawl wl is wrapped about her her body and fastened with strips o of or cl cloth th I Once more Thais is sleeping the sleep of ot the the- ages The audience awakes from its dream m and dep departs for or home I. I |