The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-03
TEDDY R00SEvELT'S HUNT HEADQUARTERS
AT NAIR0BI DURING HIS EAST AFRICAN TRIP

are slight risks from animals OF
Insects, and aa for health, L ~
ponds entirely on two or three 10
cautions which are 70 elementary
simple that a man must needs be q
fool To neglect them The ouneo
quoncc Ia that Nhirobl mnk0u one
Of the most delightful yoarround
resorts one could imagine. good for
both heart and lungs. aud general
bodily conditions
Nevertheless, II an American OF
European stays more than two or
threo years At stretch, he becomes
depressed 10 the verge ~ melan'
cholia and 80 violent In temper aud
unreasonable IN ideas that bis hest
friends would not know him This
Ia an effect Of tho sun on the head
In spite ot cork helmeta. says OIL.
matologiats. but a few months IN a
temperate tone Auffleen To set every
thing right again. and man may
return 10 Nairobl and feel good for
several years more
The houses Ia Nairahl are de-,
signed 20 resist heat, dnai and
moisture rather than Tor durability
and beauty Even the we'll raid Of.
IlciHla live Ia tin bungalows. and
the government offices and tho rail-
road station are also Of TN They
are one.atnrled. with peaked fooiA
VI corrugated tin All tho houses
stand In expansive grounds 10 Al.
low gardens and trecH. frnefally
blue gums. TO DO planted This prev.
alenco Of tia was due partly 10 DIT.
fleultica in transportation aud part
" 10 the sense Of uncertainty about
the duration Of the town ltaelf Il
Is only aome SIX years since the
project Of moving the entire town
soma miles further 30 the line to a
hotter aiie was sefloualy discussed
and came very near being adopted
Now that the old site has Won out,
stone buildings are beginning 10
grow up on all sides. and the gov.
ernment u puttlnE up a stone treas
ury and stone posintflcc 10 the
middle of the plain.
The hotels are one slofled lilo the
houses. but are built of stone. a.
Arr the leading stores. especially
tho headquarters Of the various
anfah outiltiera nnt the person
who comes % Nairohl 10 ssc a new
phase OF NE. will probably prefer
the native atorea round the bAfaaz
WHERE Indian vendors Aeep shop 10,
hind EfaiingH or curtains aud ppt
their cord beds ont on the vefandss
to allow room inside for client or
tive
Nairobi's streets present msay
picturesque scenes Natives arr
svefY where. and you do not forget
that this Ia stlli the black man 4
country Walk any day down tho
main ihoroughfafe. called Govern
mcnt road which parks the very
center VI the town. and leads past
the government ufiioes to the shop
PING district and tho railroad ats
tiou. and at what should ba the
huaieai part you ~ill find a rudr
cart surrounded by swarm u ki
kayus blocking the eutife road
What may secm almost stranger
than thsir presence. ls the fact that
they are In nobodys way. since
there are fos people Sho require TO
iiass. and you may have only few
hundred yards 10 walk before your
progress 10 blocked BY herd Of
yoanK oairlehsn being driven along
a. " the town belonged TO them.
Although the usual means Of
transport are on wagons. sunetiues
camel car, enters town with a
shipment Of furniture OF provisions.
and on rafef occasions teo are seen