The Washington times., 1914-04-12
By ]. R. HILDEBRAND.

Dy j. X. hlLOEbhAND.
Picture a vivacious, pretty. alto
eether charming young woman Cwho
says she is not young), clad in a dis
tracing sort of gown. and over that a
sauzy, diaphanous sort of filmy robe
Just the sort of woman you would ex.
pect to find in a tea room, looking her
prettiest TO the subdued. multi-colored
lights, occasionally gliding out to the
noor for a dance.
Watch her enthusiasm and wait for
her to tell of her latest ball her newest
hat. and then pinch yourself! She is
expending the enthusiasm on that su-
preme moment. that exquisite thrill, she
experienced when she first looked upon
Magellsn's gravel
Hold tight to both arms of the chair,
She most. forgot. For there was that
otheI delicious sensation-not her first
part not her first evening gown, not
any of the things the feminine mind is
supposed to hold most dear-but the
memorable time she tenderly. rever-
ertly. stood in the grim old cathedral
ashes of Columbus in her hands,
81 cannot tell you and you cannot
know what that moment meant to me.
= had followed the trail of Columbus
birth. one in Italy. the other in Spain.
scross the Atlantic to the Dominican
Republic, where he really lived and
there to his tomb. where it generally
IN conceded now he really was buried y
She's Most Conventional.
Mrs. Adams will not like that in
PRODUCTION.
She insists she is a most conventional
rerson. She plaintively tells of the ad-
ventures wished on her by newspaper
reporters. Ind seems to feel herself
cheated that she neevr had had one of
them.
The most that ever happened to Inc
0es an Illness caused by eating dates
hat turned cut to have been a poison
GUS variety. but then that might hap
p1p to anyone who ate mushrooms in
q Broadway cafe" she complained.
II have escaped the fever. have been
bothered by insects. but they hardly
"an be called thrilling. have lost sup
plies when trails caved in or rivers
ford streaIns but that merely WAS in
,1nNenient- l never have been chased
h wild animal. and never have been
held by any natives for a ransom.
In al lands the traveller will tind
the natives most amiable if they ave
treated c"nsideratcly. As for the peril;s
a exploration, one should remember
that the rGtlyes live there and thrive
and ali one has to do is TO follow their
customs closely. and he will most lik.A-
y survive, All the animals I met in
South America were 50 tame that they
T.In away. \ few were more friendly
snd consented to oe photographed.
Look at the pictures I took Those
animals do not look very dangerous
o. they?''
Smiles At Danger Rumors.
From this experience may be gath
cred the reason why Mrs Adams is in
Clined to smile at the stories Of the
awful dangers of pestilence, plague and
~1ld ANIMALS to which the Roosevelt
I'arty is exposed.
There are no reptiles, nor anv wild
r1tn1als that need be feared in m.
territory he is traversins." she sail
The danger from disease is not great
escaped
Perhaps it is time to define the I'VE"
that figures in all Of Mrs. Adams mar
-sbVe- Tho other part Of the plural
1irst person is Franklin Adams. editor
of the Bulletin. of the international
Bureau Of American Republics. With
pokinC about in out-of-the-Way places
Tor fifteen years. but always exploring
that territory which may have some
thlng TO offer in the way of tracing the
prehistoric inhabitants of America
Hitherto interest ceased with the In
'as, OF Peru, with the Mayans of
central America, with the Toll
ices and Aztecs. of Mexico. and the
Atbi'S- VI our OWN w WGStern pains
Eut Mrs. Adams has discovered traces
~ race she calls the ''pre-Incasic"
peoples. q nomenclature which already
has been accepted by geographers.
She Bears Fellowship.
Tho scientific value of her work was
recognized by the unusual action Of The
Royal Geographic Society of Great
Britain in making her, a woman, one
ot its fellows. But she is most proud
uf her connection with her OWN land $
American Geographic Society. for which
Ehe has lectured and which she believes
is doing a remarkable work in the d s.
semination of geographical knowledge.
When mountain climbing was men
toned. Mrs. Adams disclaimed anv rec
ords, though she modestly did concede
that she had climbed to a 1900 foot
height in Peru. and later had spent
1cu days at 1909 feet above sea level
At the border of Peru and Bolivia
phich is a considerably more difficult
feat than that of the King of France
school of mountain climbers, who usu-
sIv come right down again.
Rides 900 Miles In Saddle.
Through the land of the Incas, Mrs
Adams covered more than 1000 miles
IN the saddle. 1t wac in this terri
tori, that the pre-Incasic people built
in "oIdaSf of bn