The Washington herald., 1914-01-24

HUNTS Big GAME
AMID ARCTIC ICE
Capt. Neinschmidt Tells Of
Adventures IN Alaska
and Liberia.
GETS MANY SPECIMENS
Noted ,Scientist-Explorer Gives Two
Lectures Before National Geo
graphic Society.

DAlaska-Siberia Big Game Hunting
was the theme OF Q lecture delivered BY
Can't. Frank e. Kleinschmidt before the
National Geographic Society at the new
Masonic Temple Auditorium yesterday
afternoon and evening. Capt Klein
schmidt is q sailor, hunter. scientist and
arctic explorer. He Is q medfunn-eised.
muscular, genial. rather boyish-looking
man. German born and world bred. He
has been. captain of various vessels Tor
nearly sixteen years, and knows the
Northwest Coast as you know Pennsyi-
yania avenue. The lecture was ilus-
trated with motion pictures.
Capt Kleinschmidt left Seattle May
last, accompanied by a party Of million
aire sportsmen after big game. The
party was composed of Marshall Sculi
and A. N. Collins. of Philadelphia; DR..
Citing, of Albany; two naturalists. apd
the captain. The results of the trip
were the collection of 600 birds and ami
mails for the Carnegie Museum. as well
as the capture of three specimens OF wal
rms. polar bear kadiac brown bear. Carl
bou, moose, and mountain sheep.
Fitting his observations to the films.
Can't. KIeinschmidt said in referring to
the capture Of the walrus: You must
he particularly alert to catch walrus
The only way to get him is to kill him
instantly. This can be done only by
shooting him in the brain. which is about
the size of a mans doubled hst. You
can fill a walrus with lead, but that
wont kill him. He will manage to mop
off the ice somehow and sink-and you
don't get your walrus. AT least 70 per
cent of them are lost in this way even
by the native hunters
/ Easier to Get Polar Bears
"A polar bear is not so hard to get
You rope him while he swims. hook him
| to a winch and drag him aboard. But
keep away from his claws. i lost
perfectly good piece Of leg once because
| / talked nicely to baby bear.
Referring to Eskimo women, he said
| that they are the most contented women
| in the world.
..They are never idle. They take care
of the igloo, bring up the children, COOK
the blubber, and smoke the meat, skin
the game. make all the garments worn
| by their men folks and themselves, ana
some of the handwork put on these
clothes would make Rue de la Paix
modiste green with envy. Their job Is
distinctly specified as apart from male
| employment The Eskimo men hunt and
care for their hunting paraphernalia-
Speaking of Alaska. Capt. kleinschmidt
said it will be some day Mecca Tor
| tourists Americans. by the thousands
yearly go abroad to see the Alps and
! yesuvius," he said. what are all the
| glaciers of the Alps when compared with
| the Muir Glacier. seven miles in breadth.
| from which momentarily great masses OF
ice almost the size of the Washington
| monument fail 'dizzily down. You cannot
help but stand aghast At the awfulness
II of nature A single island Of the Bogosio,
Il group makes a grander- sight as 1t rise:
Il out of the water and hurls column OF
4 steam and smoke a mile above Its sum.
i NIT, than Vesuvius-
i Variety of Vegetation.
-In summer time they have glorious
| vegetation" continued Capt. Klein
| schmidt "violets and forget-me-not.
| bloom by the thousands and with a per.
/ fume so powerful that small bunch
i would fill an entire room with with Its
/ aroma People forget these things. They
i talk OF musk OK and snow rabbit, but
/ they seem to forget that the musk OF
j cannot live on snow. and while for q
Il part of the year he is searching the
/ drifts for a nibble of something that once
was green. for the rest Of the year he Is
1 roaming through verdure.'
Capt Kleinschmidt has lived for siNteer
years, almost without interruption. in the
arctic zone. His little twin daughters
were born there over six years ago.