Show cartoons of ancient egypt the london chronicle is reproduce ing in its columns some egyptian war cartoons 3 years old pharaoh s chariot is drawn by dogs his soldiers are represented by rats the enemy s army Is composed of cats A single combat between a rat and a cat each armed with a sword is graphically depicted it is explained that this drawing was the work of a 1st of renown in the year another cartoon represents a donkey and a lion playing a war game ot draughts the caricaturist was also a writer he describes the soldier of the period as the victim of bad vie duals and water this would indi cate that e sana the egypt auns tuns had their embalmed beef problem many of the ideas ex pressed by the ancient cartoonists in their prod actions are found in the drawings of modern caricaturists there Is no thing new under the sun apparently the cartoonists and the joke makers of the twentieth century are revamping some mighty old ma terdal |