The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt and the result.
will be some semblance Of what the
thing will be in itself. 4
Everything Collapsible.

WILL take place. Mr.. SelOuS and Cum
inghame have been buying the outfit
for the expedition and shipping it to
the front. Practically all of it has
been purchased in England, but our
American tentmakers can hardly OBJ
ject, as they are not in the habit Of
outftting African hunt parties. Be-
sides, this stuff will not have to paw a
tariff. It consists Of the most up to
date material and will furnish Mr..
Roosevelt the nearest thing to travel
ing palace that is possible under the
circumstances. He will have most Of
the luxuries of civilization, including a
bathtub. Everything is collapsible ex-
cept the guns. They make other things
collapse.
So advanced has this art of compact
packing grown that soon one can carry
the materials for house in his pock-
ct. Roosevelt will have collapsible
buckets, collapsible spades, collapsible
water coolers, collapsible filter pumps,
collapsible tables and chairs, collapse
bic mirror, a walking stick that can be
expanded into stool and even a bath
tub that can be folded like the proven
bfal 'tents of the Arabs" AS for the
Roosevelt tents, they will be slowed
away in bags like those for golf sticks.
The native "boys' that accompany the
expedition and pack the loads will be
collapsible also and will disappear
swiftly and miraculously whenever
danger looms in sight.
The color Of Mr.. Roosevelt's tents
will be green to be in harmony with
the surrounding foliage. 1t is some
times desirable not to attract too much
attention. The African animals have
highly developed artistic taste and OBJ
ject to violent effects in the color
scheme. A white tent is an offense to
their eyes, and they are liable to do
things to it. The rhinoceros is espe-
cially sensitive in this regard and will
charge through white tent in most
rude and ill bred fashion. LAUNDERING
elephants, prowling lions and very long
snakes are also most curious about
white tents. It is advisable not only to
hunt African game without brass
band, but to advertise the matter just
as little as possible. This is one place
where Joseph Pulitzer's publicity,
publicity, publicity" should be sternly
repressed.
Guns, Guns and More Guns.
AS for firearms, the Roosevelt outfit
will carry along an arsenal sufficient
to arm a South American revolution.
1t will look like carrying the war into
Africa with vengeance. There will
be guns enough to shoot up the whole
continent. There will be guns for big
game and guns for little game, guns
for elephants and guns ranging all the
way down to those intended for wart
hogs. Moreover, every man with the
expedition, including even the native
bearers, will know how to shoot. They
will have to. Where it is case of kill
or be killed it is up to the human ami
NAL to ''do it frst''
Most Of the hunting will be done in
the region about Nairobi. In this Sec
ton of Africa are more animals than
there are trusts on Manhattan Island
or lobbyists in Washington, and that is
getting well along toward infinity. The
tall grass is full Of them. The hunter
does not know what moment he will
flush covey Of hippopotamuses, rout
noceros. On one hand he will run into
a flock Of elephants and on the other
stir up an African leopard or herd Of
bison. In the meantime he is liable to
step on any kind Of snake, from one
four feet in length to wriggling
monster seemingly as long as the ia
bled sea serpent. In such an environ
ment the hunter needs not only guns,
but nerves; also, on occasion, legs. A
hunter who cannot do a tall stunt at
running is liable to be out of the game
in short order. There are times when
the only thing possible is to take to
the tall timber. When the armored
cruiser of the veldt, the rhinoceros,
gets under full sail there is nothing to
be done but run or climb. The beast is
invulnerable to bullets except at two
or three spots, and unfortunately none
of these is exposed when he is max
ing a head-on charge. A rhinoceros
will charge anything from a locomo-
tive to an elephant. And anything he
charges he puts out of commission.
Roosevelt and Sleeping Sickness.
Another tough customer is the Afri-
can buffalo. He is treacherous brute,
Turing his pursuer into an ambush and
then charging him before he can get
out of the way. A wounded elephant
is also difficult proposition. He is
hard to kill and fights to the last, his
trumpetings calling up other elephants
to join the chase. AS for the lion,
while exceedingly dangerous by night,
he is not so formidable to hunt by day
as several Of the beasts already men
toned.
The Roosevelt hunt looks rather ter
rifying and hair raising at this dis
lance. When the chief actor in it,
however, reads the numerous predic-
lions that he will never come out alive