St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-30
WOMENASEXpl0RERS
Some Who Have Shown Them
selves to Be as Brave
as Men,
And Fully as Capable Of En-
during Pain and Pri-
walton.
A Honeymoon Trip Into the
Interior Of the Dark
Continent.
What Mrs. Peary Thinks of
Life ON Greenland's ley
Mountains.

1t has often been asserted by phvsi-
clans that women call stand pain much
better than men, and it seems that to
this might he added the statement that
some Of them at lpaSt-in fact, all who
have been put to the test-are the equals
of the sterner sex in combating the
trials and privations of travel and eX-
ploration.
Ida Pteiffer. the Viennese globe trot-
ter. says the New York Advertiser,
went it alone"-that is, she waited
until she had buried her husband and
established her sons in business. and
then started out to view the wonderful
sights of this wonderful world of ours.
She was nearly fifty years old when she
began her solitary journeyings. yet she
girdled the earth twice. went to spots
where men had never dared to set foot,
hObnObbed with SavageS and SOverignS,
and left an account of experiences that
is one of the most interesting tales of
travel that a reader can find.
Another woman of more recent date
than Ida Pfeiffer has also ''journeyed
far, strange countries for to See." She
was an English maiden of pluck and
peculiar views, and her name was Menie
her teens she went to the CarpathianS
clad in mems clothes. and thoroughly
explored that almost inaccessible and
peculiarly inhospitable region. The
people, remarkable to note. treated her
with great courtesy, and afforded her
all the facilities their poverty would
allow.
The even went so far as TO set guards
about-at proper dists nee, of course
whenever she desired to battle in a
mountain stream, so that no Peeping
Tom could disturb her abutions. She
returned to London, wrote book, which
is qdlte interesting, was interviewed,
met handsome young journalist, fell
i'll love, was woodland won, and now,
as Mrs. Henry Norman, her hearts in
the highlands" literal y, for it is there
that she and her husband are en- Dying
prolonged honeymoon.
Speaking of the hon. ymoons and eX-
plorations it is well to record the fact
that when Florence Van Sass became
the wife of Samuel White Baker in 1850,
they took bridal trip to Africa that
lasted six years. They wished to dis
cover the source of the Nile, and To-
Gated the lake now designated as the
Albert Nyanza. Returning to Eng
land, MIR. Baker was knighted, and
then the adventurous couple resumed
their travels, visiting nearly every ac-
ceSSlble spot on the earth.
Annie Boyle Hore is another English
woman who has gained honrable repute
by accompanying her husband to dan
gerOus and little known regions. For
thirteen years Capt. E. c. Hore looked
after certain interests OF his government
i'll Central Africa, and wherever lie
went his wife went with him. She de-
al,i n
and when they got leave of absence and
started for visit home last spring, she
stood the 800 miles tramp to Zanzibar
better than most of the natives.
But it is an American woman who has
"broLen the record" for endurance and
capdulilty under conditions that might
wear out men of stronger physique, but
less nerve. Reference is made of Mrs.
Peary, wife of Lieut.. Peary. who re-
Gently returned from long-continued
and highly satisfactory exploration of
Greenland. With the scientific and
geographical details of that arduous task
the newspapers have familiarized us,
but it is OF interest to set down the OBJ
Servations of the first white woman to
spend year in the arctic regions.
SAID Mrs. Peary on her arrival at
Philadelphia: II think Greenland is a
lovely place. and | enjoyed myself i'm
mensly. OF course | am glad 10 get
back and meet all my friends, but
would enjoy going back again very
much. You have no idea how rapidly
the winter passed, except during the
time Mr.. Peary was away, but that was
mostly during the summer of course. |
really feel as if [ had not been gone any
time.
II gave reception at New Years,
and we had very merry time. The
ESkimOS or 'HuSkieS,' as they are called,
gathered around our headquarters. and
| gave them bread and coffee. Every
tin can that we emptied | gave to these
people, and you would think they were
the greatest treasures in the world to
see how they priced them. We took
two Newfoundland dogs with us, Frank
and Jack, and they made friends with
the HuSkieS and their dogs right away.
Frank wandered Oft one day with a
party of them and we never expected
to see him again. But about three
months later he came back. Where he
had been all that time [ have no idea.
We gave Jack away before we left.
Unlike Miss ID vie, Mrs. Peary did
not discard tma!e dress for male attire,
but wore heavy blanket skirts beneath
skin dresses. Although her experiences
were not always pleasant, she is salts
fed with the adventure, and probably
it is u Ky thing she was along, as it
will be remembered that the lieutenant
broke his leg at about the time of land
ing in Greenland and had tc be nursed
back to health before beginning his Oh
servationS.