Evening star., 1914-05-24


Yankee woman in the person of Mrs
French Sheldon set the example by ad-
venturing through Central Africa the
name of the fair ones who have follow
ed her example has become legion and
the list is being increased every day
IL seems only yesterday IN fact. that
the papers We're fun Of the adventures of
Mrs. Marguerite Robey. another daring
daughter of the Stars and Stripes who
played the part of medicine woman
In the heart of the kongo and averted
war between two powerful and savage
tribes by arbitratins twixt their re-
spective chiefs. and those of Beatrice
Grfmshaw among the cannibals sharks
and reptiles of Papua
Since then we have had the experiences
of Mrs. Amaury Talbot among the ex-
pert poisoners and torturers of the Afri-
can district of which her husband is dis
trlct commissioner, and seen the beautiful
countess Molitor setting off almost blithe-
" III an attempt to cross the great desert
or Arabia, where no European is known
TO have set foot and where almost GER
tam death awaits the explorer.
orthy in every respect to be classed
with the intrepid women mentioned is
tne latest feminine traveller in wild places
MRS. BeatrlX BulStrode. an En.liShwom-
an. who has just returned to this coun-
Try after Vanderings that have lasted for
nearly two years in the least known and,
10 foreigner. most dangerous corners of
tne Chinese empire and through Mongo-
nan wastes where rarely d white woman
mas been seen before. and where extinc-
tion IN variety of forms has to be
taken into account by the traveller. Her
adventures there include the discovery of
What surely must be the most terrible
form of punishment in the world and
some OF the queerest religious rites in ex-
istence, Wanderinss i'll regions infested
with brisands Of the White Wolf breed
ana over seas Swarming with pirates and
long and lonely journeyings through a
land where civil war was raging and over
ground that had been recently strewn
with headless corpses
Tall. fair and extremely good-lookins
with masses of brown hair. Intelligent
eyes with determination in them and a
bearing that suggests great placdity
balanced by a keen sense of humor. Mrs
Bulstrode considerably surprised her in
terviewer by declaring that. far from
being an experienced globe -trotter be-
fore she started off to wander far from
the beaten track in China. she has.
apart from some months in Canada and
an intimate acquaintance with nearer
Europe, Travelled no further east from
her native land than Genoa, the BIRTH
place of another traveller not wholly
known to fame-one Christopher Column
bus.
But China always has had a fascina-
ton for me-" she said ''and when the
death of my husband made me long to
put familiar scenes behind me and seek
distraction in change, I decided to satisfy
my old craving and put in few months
l planned for six at the beginning-in
travelling through some of the less well
known parts of China. and, if it were
humanity possible. getting to northern
Mongolia by the caravan route across
the Cobb desert
So off she started in September, 1911
landed at Hongkong, and before the end
of her iourneyings had travelled the
whole length of China and right across
the F1owery kingdom from south to
north. distance of some thousands of
miles. not to mention some 100 in Mon
golia- From Hongkong she went by sea
to Fuchow. Then. mostly in a sedan
chair. she wandered in southern China,
and had lot of queer adventures.
Later. on "a thirty -year-old ocean tramp
whose captain frankly owned her unsea-
worthy, the Englishwoman sailed, once
more bound this time for the mouth of
the Yaugste-kiang, and soon became
aware that the possibility of their being
robbed and perhaps murdered by pirates
APPARENTLY was causing her skipper keen
anxiety. Such proceeding, this
route. il seems. generally begins with a
mutiuy on the part of the native crew,
when the vessel is captured and hove to.
when aGherents of the mutineers appear
as if by magic in native craft. and strip
the ship and passengers OF all their
valuables. the voyagers being uncon-
monty lucky If they escape with their
lives.