Show THE ROMANCE ANCE OF EGYPT ordinary people do not got get much stirred up over the dusty old finds finas of archaeological research but the treasures aud and relies relics at least ears old found in the tomb of king tutankhamen tut ankh amen of egypt have aroused the attention of the world As a mesut it is predicted that a wave of imitation ot eg egyptian Y art will be seen in this county some stores are already advertising fashions copied from egyptian designs our flappers should be discreet though and wear more clothes than some of the hieroglyphics suggest were fashionable then these discoveries have storied so iauch much interest that libraries are being besieged for books about ancient egypt crowds gather around the museum show cases where egyptian I 1 relics are displayed at a tinie time when the hebrew greek and roman civilizations had not begun to develop egypt was a relatively civilized country it entertained progressive ideas women enjoyed e n much greater inde independence pende nce than in ancient countries perhaps more than in many modern lands up to a recent time women under egyptian law had bad full enjoyment of the rights of property another thing that was exceedingly modern for those times was the wide of education reading and writing were common acau accomplishments m ments even among the working people school discipline was severe indicating the feeling of the age that young people must be made to learn the eais of the young says an all egyptian proverb are on his back and the boy hears when lie he is flogged an ancient country that gave thought to popular education and the rights of women had at least learned something of human welfare which is perhaps the reason bihy ihy egypt retained greatness longer r than most old civilizations |