Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-16
BEAUTIFUL COUNTESS
WILL VENTURE ALONE
into ARABIAN DESERT
Rich, Young and Talented Rus.
sian Grande Dame to
Dare Death.

London. Special: Two of the most
intrepid explorers living. half a dozen
others who are only slightly less we'll
Known. and one Of the greatest author
tiles on geography n travel general
ly. have been spending most of their
time. lately. in attempting to dissuade
q rich. titled. young and decidedly at
tractive woman from attempting a pro-
ject which h has set her heart on
carrying out. and. Of course. the whole
lot Of them have failed.
The two explorers in question are
Henry Savage Lander and Harry de
Windt. while the great authority on
travel who ID Joining his protests to
theirs. Is DR.. Scott Kettle. the secre-
tary Of the Royal Geographical society,
md the woman. whom these experts
have been attempting to dissuade from
what they describe as something like
deliberate suicide. 10 the Countess Mo-
lltor. whose late husband was the own
or Of q big estate e Moscow. and
who. although she 10 Just out Of her
EOS. already has risked her life more
times than she can keep count of. and
altogether has had as strange and
varied . career q perhaps any woman
Of her age LIVING.
Desides her estates in Russia. which
Ghe now b selling as rapidly as pos
sihte. the countess has q villa in Italy
and . third homo In Germany. !Yet she
declares that she longs for nothing so
much as . wandering life in the midst
Of comparative solftude-anything SO
long ~ It IL not our humdrum c~iviliza-
ton. This craving II was which first
made tho Countess Nolitor half decide
to be . missionary. and which now has
determined her to turn explorer. and
to attempt. practically alone. to wrest
its secrets from one Of the earth's least
unexplored and admittedly most dam
gereus regions. the great desert of Ara
bia. called By the natives who live on
its fringe. "The Dwelling Of the Void
q rekion that is three times as large
a. Great Britain. and upon which no
European foot Is known to have trOd.
Only three European travellers nave
claimed even to have gazed upon the
uttermost fringes Of this vast desert. while
h bones OF those who have persisted in
the attempt to do 80 now whiten the path
from the Yemen to Nejran. These facts,
however, do not deter the Countess No
litor. who already has wandered. with
only . small escort of native bearers
through savage southeast Africa and been
captured there and held for ransom by
native torturers: who has advertised, too
among the Turegs Of the Saharan desert,
known al the most bloodthirsty tribe on
earth. who has crossed the Alps In a bal
loon. made between 60 and. 70 flights in
aeroplanes and waterplanes. been attacked
by Apaches in Paris n narrowly escaped
from them. N who has nursed in the
hospitals Of Germany and carried on res.
cue work In h slums Of London. At the
i outset. by the bye. b thought Of graft
! flying what b calls, THE strain of gypsy
In me,' only by taking . trip around the
World.-and tho blame for putting the
sacfoss-Arabia" project into her head lies
ct the door Of DR.. Scott Kettle, although
] q Q ~ h famous secretary Of the
Royal Geographical society eound tina the
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