The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-01
A WOMAN'S TRAVELS.
MRS. KER'S WANDERING5 THOUGH
MANY. FOREIGN LANDS.
The Advantages and MishaPs In Journey
ting Afar with Little Preparation and
Less Bacgage-stcady Nerves Needed.
Changes 81 administrations Ferris.

/ Then .hc German row IN samoa IlSul te
worth while Central ASIA cnd the Pacific
Islands too. are so easy Of access-to say
nothing Of the Morocco troubles ! made
up nv mind five minutes ago 10 give
Northern Africa n call Tive minutes
notice is all that Mrs Ker requircs-quite
long enough 10 pack our two land bags
Mrs. korl Why, you don't lcan 10
say that your wife always accompanies
youl"
Accompanies nc? Why. 90 you fancy
should want to leave nay vile lcLind
me; or, rather, that she would consent 10
let me 20 without her? She began this
little skipping round right after VIC were
married, and that event took place in
1880 In that year we Travelled through
Montenegro, in 1881 through Dcloochistan
and Afghanistan in 1892 IL was Cape
Colony, Natal, Zululand. tho Transvaal,
St. Helena, Ascension and Madeira; in
1888 Siam. Malacca. Sumatra; in 1894,
Hungary, Transvlvania. Roumania. the
Crimea, Caucasus. the petroleum fields O.
the Caspian. then TO Anatolia and Turkey;
in 1885, oh dear me- that was q delightful
year; first class shipwreck on the west
coast Of Africa, and we had 10 keep of
the cannibals with muskcts; and IN 1886
it was Congo, Dongola and the CAMERON
river. and last year little jauut, nothing
much TO speak about. to Ceylon, Burmah
and Tibet, and now Mrs. Kcr is just be
ginning TO have q taste for travel.
ONLY A HANDBAG.
docs Mrs Ker travel ligLt?'
"She is obliged to. We each carry a
handbag, and the two would not weigh
fifty pounds. Both Of us take on our backs
what we wear We buy what We wear
out One thing, we both carry pistols and
Mrs. Ker knows how TO use hers. taught
her, and friend of ours, Capt. Hansard
Of the English navy, gave her lessons
She has the drop down very fine, and !
really think at long range may be better
than her husband. Pray, do not smile
it is very matter Of fact business. We
have TO 90 through countries where your
revolver must he seen while your money
is not"
"Then, Mrs. Ker must have been in
strange placesy'
"She las been in countries where no
white woman had ever been before. That
was on the Cestos river, the CAMERON
and Weiloby bay, the true Gorilla LAND"
Returning to the toilets of lady under
such circumstances, Mr.. Ker said:
We'll they have been peculiar at times.
We two were III Zuzuland when the total
luggage of the party was represented by
q small bundle held together by shawl
| strap-all our worldly goods-and that
slung on the end of Il spear carried by q
naked native. When we cross river IN
Africa. there being no cobblcr handy nor
! Laberdashcr near, we save shoes and stock
ings by taking them of. 1t is an accom-
plishment to know how to wade. But re-
turning TO the negroes on the CAMERON
riyer-when they saw Mrs. Ker. they said
having once seen white woman, they
were quite ready to lie down aud die !
think Mis-. Ker fascinated HindGo okief-
tain in an unknown part Of India, for he
said she represented the wisdom Of the
world.
STEADY NERVES NEEDED.
AT times things are NOT 50 pleasant.
Just fancy-Gnd this happened-my wife
| going out Of her tent in Afghanistan be
fore breakfast and finding a few steps
/ from where she had been sleeping the
bodies Of two men who Lad been murder
ed but few minutes beiorel 1t takes a
woman Of steady nerves TO see such
/ things"
well, how about the baggage she
carries 1t cant be much If single
Gladstone bag holds it"
ooh. there is soap Of course, and
brushes and combs. There ought TO be
hairpins presumably there are. Certain
Is. There is big lot Of quinine and n
| pistol Cufsg Yes, a cuff. Collars!
/ Don't know Ii is the quininc really
now, which is the most important. We
should all have pcrished in Africa if not
for Mrs Kcrs Quininc What are frills
and founces, laces and ribbons good Tor
In pestfcroGs swamp Then Mrs. ker
takes needles and thread and q tLimble,
and Il pair Of scissors, for We both want
much repairing. rs tidy work as | ever
saw IL cutting, basiing. fitting and sew
ing was done by Mrs. ker in a jungle,
with the admiring monkeys chattcring
around rs Yes. portable sewing ma
chine would be very useful in our travels,
and so would be IA portable grand piano.
There, ] have given You the principal
contents of Mrs. Kers handbag-a pistol,
fifty cartridges aud n bottle Of quinine.
What more could a woman wantl
TURN FOR LANGUAGES.
is Mrs, Ker linguistg"
Yes. My wife hes a neat turn for
languages and is at home III French, Ger
man, Burmese, iiindostanee and Malay.
We get along fairly well, as | am up in
twelve other different tongues. with an
assortment Of dialects. Wo pick up the
talk very fast. We must do that or we
might starye Ut times.
There must be great suffering at times
from changes OF clinate!"
well, we both climb up and down the
thermometer and don't think about il.
My wife has stood l47 deg. in the shade
in Central Asia and in Russia 20 deg. be-
low zero. There is only ono slight failing
Of Mrs. Ker's, which think will become
less in time. She will get seasicl. But
| If an emergency comes she shakes that of
/ at once. she rides well on 4 horse or an
elephant or a bullock or camel. only
camels arc beasts 1t was in all ugly ice
cold torrent in Aighanistau. and Mrs. Her
was sluug in basket on one side of the
brute and on the other and in mid.
stream, the wretch Of camel wanted 10
roll, and lie did roll, and we could not
/ help il, and it was very funny and chilly"
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