Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-15

I In tae world For twenty-seven years
\ gho has been ION the wing" cotinu-
Iously, end here is a partial record or
her most remarkable travel achieve
nents:
Five times has she cireled the globe
completely, in addition to almost IN
Vulnerable bTiefer European and Ash
/ attic journeys that would seem long
TO less Travelled person.
She has visited every known coun-
try and capital in the world, vita prac-
lticany every group of islands, how
lever remote, and this, whenever pos
sible. before the ordinary tourist
route has been worked out.
The first woman to traverse South
America alone, she crossed the Andes
twioe on this trip, covered the entire
region, and made original discoveries
and explorations.
I The first woman TO go over Ine
ITrans-Siberian railway, she Travelled
500 miles in Manchuria in mule
y palanquin, sleeping in Chinese hotels,
visiting the great Chinese wall, etc.
Her first visit to Palestine and Syr-
Tia was distinguished by a 5OO-mile
ride on an Arab horse. During this
journey she had no tent. passing her
sights in native huts, with sheep
nerdeTs and so on.
In Morocco she also trayeled-5O0
miles-on muleback.
In Central America, Newfoundland,
etc, she lived with and studied all
manner of queer people such as the
iCaeH Indians, Nubiaa negroes ana
! Esk.-nos, it being one of her unbrt ak
liable travel rules" to hobnob with
1.-The different races met, ald to stay
lin each country long enough really
20 learn something of its ways and IL
habitants.
Some Remarkable Trips.
She has made the "MediterrG mean
"trip four times. done" Egypt an0
!tae Nile twice, visited Turkey twice
iaad run across" to the .Europeal
continen Mt so many times that she
long since ceased to keep track of
such comparatively Insignificant
Ij2Unts.
She has been all over India, the
East and West Indian Islands, Cuba,
lthe Philippines, Korea and HcTail
long before it became usual to visit
these places.
temples and churches.
] III dOulliOA u al lAil9 SA-G Wv -
intimately every portion OF America,
land even when mot travelling" accord
ing to her own understanding of the
term thinks nothing OF flying to Cali
lorna, Alaska, the South, anywhere
that her active fancy takes her.
y She further is remarkable because:
She always travels alone.
Sac will not travel light" taking
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robe. contained in anywhere from
three to nine trunks with ner.
With the exception OF slight
-mattering of French and German,
she has. literally mo tongue but her
own" to help her about strange coun-
ries.
She has realized her life anbiticE-
though it has cost her. on an avers &c
$40 per day for twenty-seven years -
DO SO.
She has never been sick day
away from home. with the exception
Of occasional slight attacks of sea
sickness, though she has b6el
through fifteen epidemics of the bu-
bonic plague il. India and China, Wis
tied the Indian burning CHATS in places
from which the American minister
had fed in dismay.
Alone in Strange Country.
Absolutely unattended and Unpro-
tected, carrying no firearms, she has
penetrated strange hooks and cor
liners OF tae globe supposedly inacces-
sible to well-armed men, but has neT'
er suffered robbery or serious moles-
tation.
She enjoys travelling as much now
as when she started, and at present,
having remained in America and Chi
cago long enough to write three IraV'
J el volumes is planning the Longest
trip around the world" ever taken.
The first of her books, just out, is
called The Newest Way Around the
World" and gives an account of the
trans-Siberian experience to begin
with. 1t will be followed by two 9th
er books of travel and a dramatic 70
nance with strong travel favor In
the new book Miss Miller, who was
born in Princeton, ILL.,, but early began
TO regard her home mainly as a good
starting point for foreign excursions
contrasts her first journey on the then
new novel Overland" route TO Cali
= fOraia with the new Siberian railway
1t cost me $50 for my railway
ticket that first time" she smiles,
with $50 for ny sleeper. We made
four changes on the way to Sar
Francisco, and there was no sucr
thing then as a railway diner. The
Siberian railway journey cost me only
$40 for 5000, and We had COmpart
ment cars, electric lighted, splendid
dining car service, and so on. Ont
! of the most interesting things in Ifs
10 me is to watch the development o
} travel ways and cOnveniences. | al
} ways travel first class myself-fTsi
} class is bad enough in the strange
J places | visit-but l make a point o
! examining all Offered accOmmoda
} tons. The second and third elias!
modes. nowadays, even the steeragt
} lportions of good ocean ships eyre
} better than many OF the first class
, | accommodations when began travel
: ing It really is not hard to traye
7 anywhere any more"
How did l begin travelling ant
( way? Oh, / always loved it. NJ!
( father used TO send me off to schoo
I alone when l was a very young girl
( and | got used to long and solitar,
( Journeys. | never went even to Eu
I rope in company but once, and the
I ny father took me. Now 1 go alon
: | because I am so much freer tina
! way. and nobody else wants to trave
! as hard as l do. l enjoyed trayelin
always, and when ! finished school
attended Lombard College at Gales
bHrg, also Vassar and the Universit
Of Chicago made up my min
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