TOOT-AN-KUM-IN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16120, 8 May 1923, Page 3

TOOT-AN-KUM-IN.

UNIVERSITY BURLESQUE OF LUXOR FINDS.

LONDON, March 8. —The recent finds in the, tomb of Tutankhamen at Luxor served as the. basis of an amusing burlesque carried out by the Cambridge undergraduate? on behalf of the Police Poor and: Needy Fund and tho Olympic Games Fund. The proceedings were announced' as the unsealing of the recently discovered tomb of a certain Toot-An Kum-ln, which was found ,1 o he located in premises on the- market hill.

Every window and roof overlooking the place was thronged’ with people. : A platoon of blackenedi-skiinled soldiers in gorgeous eastern caps and armed 1 with slim spears mounted guard’ over the entrance to the ‘tomb,” and kept open a space in which dancing ‘‘Dervishes,” writhing dancing “girls,” and 1 heavily-* armed “Arabs” stepped l and jumped', fought and wriggled to the din of tomtoms and rattles. 1

A party of “American / tourists” arrived'on the scene and were followed hv

“Lord Carnarvon,” “Mr. Carter,” and the “Sultan,” whoi, attended by red parasol bearers, inspected the guard and then the tomb. Coolies set to work to bring from the depths a miscellaneous collection of finds, including a 3090 B.C. motor chassis and a rnouse-trap, suspiciously twentiethcentury looking. Three very animated! “mummies” were next brought forth, and. then, amid l much beating of drums, the. mysteriously enwrapped! figure of Todt-An-Kum-In* was placed 1 alongside the others before (he Sultan.

With great ceremony the wrappings' were unbound!, and there was discovered the portly bulk and. serene countenance of Phineas, the mascot for whom London University students recently struggled, gazing placidly over the new scenes of academic Cambridge. This unexpected denouement caused a great sensation and was received with much cheering.

TJien “mummies” hopped hack to their former retreat, and the remainder of the performers formed’ a procession which, headed by brass and 1 drum and life hands, carried l Phineas in triumph through tho streets of Cambridge.

The presence of Phineas in Cambridge had been kept a carefully guarded secret. Tho mascot was secured bv a nnrty of Cains College men last Wednesday. He was repainted in the Cains colors and given liis “blue.” Ho is to fee returned to London with thanks for'his service? in the cause of charity.