The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-16

A remarkable TACT about Dr.HoiuDs Work IS
that he began it an unknown and almost penni-
less young man. that he has pursued 1t for the
most part with money he has earned himself on
the lecture PLATFORM. and that he has always re-
fused to accept a dollar for the splendid ma
terial which hs has freely bestowed upon the
museums. Every month for over four years he
needed money to carry on the work OF prepar-
ing and mounting the specimens no collected
during his second journey. He accepted engage
ments to lecture in all parts Of Austria and
Hungary, and during the years that he was pre-
pairing his collections he earned over 100000
on the lecture platform, every cent of which,
except what was actually needed for the sup
port OF himself and his wife, was absorbed In
preparing his collections and making his re-
markablc chronological models.
1t was Dr. Holub's browning ambition to give
the whole of his collections to his country as an
African museum, provided that satisfactory ar
rangetnents were made to exhibit them perma-
nently under excellent conditions. He was not
able, however. TO secure from the Government
adequate space for their permanent exhibition
The Government enabled DR.. Holub to give tw @
exhibitions, each continuing six months, at VII
emma In 1891 and at Prague in 1902. The COL
~lections occupied 100000 square feet OF floor
space. They were shown in the Crystal Palace
in Vienna and in the largest exhibition hall OF
q Aah H's eHa ~ 'NA NANl ~ FfNN
tion among Africanists. naturalists. ethnologists,
and scientific men generally, and a considerable
part OF the general public attended.
As DIR. Holub was unable to carry out his plan
TO keep his collections together In a national
museum. he decided. with certain exceptions
which will be mentioned. to give item to public
for this country he presented to the European
museums his one hundredth gift. OF these
splendid contributions To science eighty
hnya hnan dis rilIifaH aUnnnU tIA mnSRnIna
and higher schools OF Au~stria-Hungary
and twenty. among. the museums OF other
permanently deposited in the Imperial Museum
OF Vienna and In the museums of Prague aud
find many phases of the natural history OF south
Africa, as tar north as Ia 40 =. lat. nnely rep
s se LisSan by ,i Rri iio'I R1m Eit'S St IL me BeIsr%ds'
Bucharest. st. Petersburg, Stockholm, Copen-
hagen, ,Leiden,, Brussels, Munich, Stuttgart
About one-fourth of the collection is still in
would be glad 70 see HIS great work represented
In some OF the museums OF this country. Prob
trio an explorer who refuses to benefit financial
~ by the work that has cost him many years OF
labor, but gives the valuable results freely
best scientific and educational ends. This, how
ever, is what pr. Holub has been doing.
session for the present his lifelike models of the
natives Of fourteen different tribes aud 100
1 EltflIutHh VI no tblltNNltl VI lAltN al NlLk1 Nllhl
are found on the basalts and other rocks, and
were made by the ancestors OF the present Bush
eolIs,ction 3T Slso includes the Ppaintihss made Sy
these Bushmen on the walls OF the caves they
Inhabited, The carvings were executed with
very simple stone implements.
Or. Holub's thirty four life-sized and life
like models ~ the natives Of fourteen tribes
which he studied are very remarkable PRODUCTS.
They were made from photographs, sketches,
and the most careful. measurements. They are
represented as engaging in CHARACTERISTIC occu :
pations. aud at Dr, Holub's expeditions in Vienna
ana Prague they were shown among their huts
a,s tmnuiinsnItss, Snd exsct descTiptions and meas
urements. Looking at the photographs Of these
groups II Is difficult u realize that they we're
not caught BY the camera from scenes OF actual
Emperor Franz Josef has taken the greatest
interest ia DIR. HOlub's work, and has contrib
uted toward carrying II on. He recently gave 10
the explorer a bit OF land in Vienna ON which 70
erect u building IN which DIR. Holub may place
those parts OF the collection that he has not
ii would make a long story II THE Sun were
to tell how In. HOlub began his career as an
explorer and how he made himself SO important
a factor in south African research. lie went to
South Africa, In 1872 to devote himself to ex-
plOration with scarcely any resources except
thorough training in medicine and natural his
tory. As a physician he al once obtained a lu-
cratiye practice among the diamond diggers OF
kimberley, and, saving every dollar ~ could,
mo Tas s rsshS IN kesT 70 fSk yss sEs I hftq Sai6r .
he returned home with his first splendid coll
ie6eti9,ns and a great s,Sre al @ ion
egt4k AAAN@ ANHN 1855 $50
MAaTqtss- MsPuuds kingdom on the upper
Years In. South Africa" with novel and
valuable facts. He WAS no longer unknown,
and the young man who could obtain no money
at home TO promote his first years Of African
service set out again in 1883 With his bride and
an equipment that cost u 1000, nearly half OF
which he had earned ON the lecture platform.
No explorer In Africa has ever had more thrill
ing experiences than those OF DR.. and Mrs. HO-
lub among the widest OF African sayages, the
Mashpkulumbe. The party, spent weeks there,
though they could not have lived an hour II the
natives had not been In mortal terror OF the
white mans weapons. In 1890 THE Sun printed
several columns describing the exciting aud
tTaglcal incidents of those few weeks among the
worst people in Africa and the memorable re-
treat OF the explorers. Two or three white men
have since nibbled around the edge OF that for
hidden region, but none has yentured INTO IT,
When DR.. Holub returned home with his great
collections he found that many Of the specimens
he had given 70 museums after his FIRST expedI-
ton had detertOrated because they had not been
properly cared for. II was this that decided him
To undertake the enormous work ana, expense
OF preparing and setting up tie many thousands
Of specimens. Nothing has LEFT his hands that
was not ready for permanent display; anu while
he VA directing ths whole work he Wa lifting