Show MISS VANITY VERY VERY OLD femin ne nature proved to have un bergone L atle change through out th centuries tilt egyptian belle of 5 0 0 was no less extravagant in the mat ter of toilet requisites than the beauty of to day she required among other things a long stone palette with a hollow in the center in which to mix her green eye paint this palette also held a small delicate sea shell wherein she mixed the paint with the necessary grease for stiffen ing her eyelashes ivory hairpins which rivaled in length the hatpin of the present day and quaint ivory combs all these articles were shown at an exhibition in london of the trophies recently dug up by the boffl cers of the eglet exploration fund there was also a small red clay cast of a face with the green paint bring ing the eyes into extraordinary prom indence the housewife of 7 years ago had household goods similar to those of the housewife of to day she had copper pans and strainers stone blades wooden bowls and copper mirrors and to decorate her home she acquired alabaster vases and I 1 aisted pottery ases |