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Ida Vera Sin1onton. Well Known as
African Explorer Selected by
FinanCierS to Plan Trip

man. Also. there are little matters of
smallpox, jungle fever and loathsome
diseases We have panthers, wildcats,
hppopotami and boa contractors. Also
five weeks at sea In q sailing vessel Ia no
joke.
DO you know" she continued conf
dentially, 1T Ia honestly a fact that am
not in the least afraid Of any form Of
death. but there is ono thing that worries
mo terribly What do you suppose II is2-
or course | gave it up. The prospect
OF many weeks Of storms at sea, with
possible war adventures and the danger
of yellow fever and welcome To the
African shore by crocodilee and wild
cats and pythons. did not seem to me
aluring. What could be worse II she
really did not dread any Of these things ?
1T Ia to he eaten by sharksl- she an
nounccd seriously "You see, burial at
sea Is not Objectionable II is az digni-
fled and sanitary az cremation. But
when ! consider the idea Of the sharks
tearing ones body II really does give
! mo an occasional tremor
However. as this intrepid explorer en-
durcd two years in Darkest Africa for
| literary purposes and lived TO tell the
tale ! Gun reasonably hope that the sharks
arc to bc cheated
Tho American Tropical Trading Com
pany is doing an important work for this
country. although the enterprise is OF
course commercial Its directors include
exporters. as well IA Wall Street bankers
and brokers
The President Of the United States
and the Secretary " State have shown
interest in this enterprise on account
of its possibilities as a new factor in trade
expansion and they are furnishing Miss
Smonton with letters Of recommended
ton 90 the European Powers.
1t might not occur to the average person
that letter of recommendation is very
necessary passport to a woman going to
Africa This is true. however, for apart
from missionaries he few women who
venture into such region az "Hell's
Playground" are mostly adventuresses
just as in the days of the forty miners,
when vast numbers Of men rushed TO the
California coast in search of gold. the few
women who followed them were usually
Of the lawless and venturesome variety,
40 are most Of the women who seek the
French Congo and the West African Coast
Miss Simonton does not think we'll of
missionaries, having encountered many
selfish and impossible men and women in
her two years residence in the jungle.
She maintained household Of eighteen
native servants when she lived in the
tropics and was protected by the military
under the instru ctions OF tho French
Government.
The boat which is to carry the American
cargo to the far distant land is the Adeline
Carleton. She is four masted schooner,
manned by naval reserve men. She is in
dry dock in Brooklyn at present. When
refitted for this voyage she will dock OF
Wall street in the East River,
The Importance OF tobacco in Africa
cannot be exaggerated. Not only is II
consumed in vast quantities land Vir-
ginia leaf il demanded by Europeans and
natives) but it is the only money in some
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'WATCF1FUL WAITINC' IN Japan


angeles I'nes graphic accounts OF now
they were oattHhs lot tho Mikaoo and
ior GEAR nippon IN Manchuria and on
the Liaoyahs'
Our presence IN tine philippines made
'he Japanese ana the Americans close
heishpors' ana IL must be said, good
heishpors' Until the yellow press made
burning issue or the California land
question (Which in itself need not have
oeeh so considered)' until a revival OF
saho lot Appeals TO passion and preJu-
ace thoughtIessiy ana recklessIy sighted
Japanese hatiohaI ana raoial pride there
was every reason TO believe that this
trauitlohh friendship. this brotherly
good Fellowship would burgeon into
useiul orution Tor poth peoples.
bu. ehe mt mas appeared WITHIN the
iute; Ana the yellow press IN Japan as
IN TINS country ~ II IL feared widening
the preach.
a British diplomat who spent the
greater part OF nus life In Japan and
VINO very prooaply Knew the Japanese
people much better than any other
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1ings at the Autumn and Winter Resorts

exercise and bathing in connection with
the cure, and the visitors who have been
coming since early September for tho
autumn season To take the "kur" have
been up with the lark and OFF for a
mountain tramp before breakfast and
have retired with the denizens OF the
barnyards.
During the day they have spent sew
eral hours at the kurhaus. played elgh-
teen or more holes Of golf. several sets
OF tennis and then Joined the dancers in
the spring room during the afternoon
tea hour. \ little after II p. NJ. the cor
ridors are deserted for those who don't
take the baths are taking the rest cure.
storing up energy for winter seasons in
New York, Washington, Philadelphia,
Boston, Baltimore and other cities
Some OF those who are present here for
the cure are Mr. and Mrs. NJ Orme Wilson
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Keech. Mrs
William Allen, Hugh Inman, Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin Mott Warner. Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Price Wetherill George J
Geer, Jr.. Mrs. Frank l.. Norton. Mr..
and Mrs. Huntington Norton. J. Camp
bell Maben, Miss Elizabeth Maben Mr..
and Mrs. William Lawrence Green, Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney S. blackwell. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert A. Gardiner. Mrs Clarence
Cary MIR and Mrs. William F. McComhs,
Mrs. John r. Williams. Miss Francise
Williams, Mr. and Mrs j. NJ. Tarafs,
Frederick Hemsloy and Or, and Mrs. Ed
win w. Ryerson.
John Hays Hammond arrived az the
New Greenbrier from his summer home
on tho Massachusetts north shore on
Tuesday and will be Joined by Mrs Ham
mond and his family tomorrow.
Mrs. Joseph Il. Widener. who spent
two months here last autumn, has re-
turned from Newport to take the "kur'
and will he here through November
Mrs. Reginald Brooks, who recently
completed the "kur' here. spent a short
time at Mirador. the home Of her father,
Chlswell Dabney Langhorne. before sail
ing last week for England 10 aid her
sister. Mrs Waldorf Aston, In her work
among tho wounded soldiers returning
from the Continent to England.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Letter, who re-
Gently returned from their years Yacht
ing cruise around the world. will Join
Mrs Letters mother, Mrs John r. VIII
Jams and Miss Francise Williams AT the
New Greenbricr next week. They ara
now at their country place, Mclean, Va,
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine EllSins, who wer.
members OF tho Letter yachting party
will he at the New Greenbrier for la's
| October and November.
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ASHEVILLE.

AsHEvILLE, n, c.. Oct, 10.-The series
OF autumn weddings In Eastern cities is
Milling Grove Park Inn with brides and
newly wed contingent this week were
Ensign Laurence Wild. u. S, N. and his
bride, the former Miss Louise Weber OF
Washington, Another well known young
bridal couple arriving this week were
MI and Mrs. Charles Wall, Jr.. OF st.
Louis the latter having been Miss Helen
Maloy, "A niece OF Fred Cavenaugh OF New
York The fortnight's stay OF Mr. and
Mrs. William Grosvenor, Jr., OF Provi-
dence, whose honeymoon was passed at
the Inn, came TO close last evening,
when they left for Newport TO visit Mr..
and Mrs William Grosvenor at Royslyn,
the parents or the bridegroom
Many of the guests arriving here are
making return visits, among these being
Mr., and Mrs william Shave and Miss
Mildred Shave OF New York. Mrs. T. II.
Bell and Miss Sarah hell OF New York
who have been visiting In Atlanta. have
returned here for october. party of
guests from Chicago arrived this week for
visit and included Mr.. and Mrs. G. &c
Rapdle. Ransome Randle and Mr.. and
Mrs A. o. Mccain
Among the social affairs OF tho week
was a tea dance on Tuesday afternoon
! In compliment to the Younger guests Al
the Inn, among whom are Miss Sarah
Bell OF New York. Miss Pilson and Miss
| Olga Pilson OF Washington, n. c.; Mis-,
Mildred Shave OF New York. Miss Marion
MeCarty OF Washington A dinner dancs
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Will Be Only Woman on Sailing Vessel.
Which Is to Take Five
Weeks for Voyage

the dreaded and incurable sleeping sick
ness, and did not know it until | reached
Leopoldville. in the Belgian Congo. There
| happened TO call upon Belgian bacter-
iologist. and when he heard Of my having
been in the sleeping sickness belt. he
welcomed me most profusely. for he
saw in me an intelligent victim from
whom he could exact data regarding the
malady
Before that all his patients had been
savages. from whom he could get no lucid
accounts. but in me he saw one who could
cooperate with him in his research work
In his minds eye he joyfully saw me fading
away daily. describing my feelings and
symptoms TO him in an obliging and
amiable manner. while he made copious
memoranda, which would be of incalcu-
liable benefit TO science-and incidentally
make him world famousl You know,
there is very little yet known of tho mall
! ody Picture his disgust when. after
. taking my blood test and studying me
for some time. he was obliged TO resign
himself to the fact that l was absolutely
free from trypanosomatat
Again. / lived among leprosy. and
smallpox was as common as the ordinary
colds are In a New York winter season q.
Malaria. as have told you repeatedly
is the horror of Africa. which saps the
white mans very blood and takes the
soul out of him. leaving hima limp. languid
being, who frequently finds II less agoniz-
ing to lie down and die than to keep up
| life's battle
This accounts for the strange fact that
white people in Africa do not become
tanned black, as one might expect in
the tropics. but remain thin, pale and
anamic. They look like corpsee wander
ing around to save funeral expenses!
The CHASTITY and tragic occurrences in
my book. which reach a horrible climax,
seemingly SO sensational as TO be beyond
the pale Of probability. are simple and oft
repeated facts Tho flower Of England
all too often is sent to "Hell's Playground
to amass or recoup fortune, but withers
away, and never returns to civilization.
Perhaps tho most uncomfortable agony
for the highly sensiti2ed white man IA the
torture Of the sameness, the dead monot-
ony. Under the glare of the MONDAY
sun one day is like unto another in endless
succession. as in the eternal years of
Dante's Inferno If you fail TO mark
of the date on your calendar you lose
all account OF time and the world stands
still. | have seen men go mad from the
sheer sameness Of the horrible life. Step
by step they degenerate. until many Of
them reach the plane Of the brute. A
thousand times worse do they become
than the white man in the drama, The
Bird of Paradise, who could not resist
the apathy of Hawaii
White women are very, very rare.
Outside of the missionaries no white wo
man ever remains longer than from three
to six months in the deadly country.
No lone white woman is admitted to the
colonies nowadays unless she is to engage
in missionary work, marry some white
man who has sent for her, or engage in
scientific research, like myself an almost
unknown instance.
MY credentials from Washington
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ny wINNIFnED HARPER COOLEY

A ND now woman is to head a trad
n ing expedition to Africa When
4 the American Tropical Trading
Company was formed recently
with the purpose of shipping Virginia leaf
tobacco and other goods TO the west
coast Of Africa only one person in the
United States was deemed thoroughly
competent to command the expedition
This was Ida Vera Smonton. the African
explorer whose two years work on the
west coast and in the French Congo placed
her among the leading explorers ethnolo-
gists and scientist Of the world
Miss Simonlon wrote a book, He'll
Playground whose vivid descriptions OF
the horrors Of life in the region called the
White Mans Grave comprise almost the
only authentic data concerning conditions
in that Tart 81 Africa Some critics de-
clared that no woman possibly could have
created this remarkably virilc work At
the present moment "Ilell's Play ground
10 being dramati1ed aud also Filmed "
and undoubtedly will prove especially
valuable as a moving picture study
Miss Simonton was the FIRST American
woman TO master the tcchnicalitics of tho
moving picture business from the ground
mp. by the way. and she Is TO operate ~
special moving picture machine In this
now African exploration, and Is er-elf 70
bc featured
Although | have known Africa" tas her
friends love 10 call herr for some time. IL
did not enom possible that this young
woman wearing pretty kimono and
cuddlcd up on dvan in n childish al o.
titude could he the person chosen to
select th" cargo Of trading ship and
decid" on tho plans for an expedition to
the treachcrous jungle land
Tho sailing vessel is to take az lea ST
five weeks for the voyage. and is % make
directly for Liberia from New York Al
though the promoters are men conspicu-
Gus in the financial and commercial world.
they rely upon This little young woman as
tho brains Of the expedition because she
has the technical knowledge which is in
dispensabc TO them. After reading Hell =
Playground. they sought her out, and
gave her absolute authority rs an ad-
visory committee of one.
Miss SimOnton passes upon every ounce
81 cargo. foodstufrs and medicines to be
taken on the voyage She il to be the
only woman on tho ship. and as there
will be no ship doctor she will act in that
capacity When | suggested that she
might get into trouble with the medical
fraternity she laughed and said:
There arc many things you can do
upon the high seas"
It is necessary for white people II they
would live amid the perils Of the part
Of Africa to be visited to take great guam
titles Of strychnine. quinine and nux
vomica Men who have survived actual
residence in the jungle declare that it is
not possible to exist unless one takes
from eighty to 100 grains Of quinine every
single dayl Malaria carries of vast
numbers of white men.
I'VE are making for the yellow fever
coast" said Miss Simcnton cheerfully
when asked about her plans. 'and you
know malaria is the bette noire of the white
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cup events OF the club will begin a week
from to-day.
The Wholesale Coal Dealers Associa-
ton OF New York are planning for their
tournament on the links of tho Country
Club the later part OF this month. Fred
eriok n Potts of New York and Lake
wood. president OF the association. will
have charge of the event. At the last
tournament held here more than fifty
of the leading coal dealers from New
York. Philadelphia and Pittsburg COM
peted.
The links OF the Country Club were the
scene of much activity this week, Some
of the players who took advantage of
the fine weather which prevailed were
w. w. Wilcox. II. NJ Forrest, Jasper
Lynch. Frederick A. Potts, \. c. Soper,
S. Il. Ferris. E. E. Wentworth. DR. G.
o. H. Kayser, W. J. Schaufiier, Jr.. j.
Marauard Walker. z. S. p. Randolph,
p S. p. Randolph. Jr., Harry Suydam,
A. ]. Murphy. w G. O'Leary and Mr..
and Mrs C. n. Lindley.
The contest committee OF the club is
arranging for an open golf tournament
late IN October This will act In way
as a preliminary to the regular National
Golf Association event scheduled for
Thanksgiving
Among the cottage rentals reported
this week are the Porter cottage Mt For
est avenue and Eighth street to Mrs. A.
IL. Mnot of Boston. The Sheldon cot
tage on Main street to Horace Porter
OF New York and tho Glover cottage on
Sixth street TO Miss A Jeanette Jones
OF New York.
w. c. Hope general passenger agent OF
the Central Railroad of New Jersey. was
visitor Mt the Laurel In the Pines this
week lie was accompanied by II. f
Rube. Mr.. and Mrs, a. r. Twomhley OF
New York were also visitors at the Pines
this week.
Arrivals at tho hotels this week include
Laurel in the Pines-Mr. and Mrs
James p. Marrone DR.. Frederick r. Ham
Goodman. Mrs Margaret Carroll. Miss
Hoagland. Miss Beatrice Allen, Miss Mary
Mallon. IT. r. Sand. j. Caleb Ward. Foster
s. Naething, Mr.. and Mrs. IT. c. Atwater
Laurel House--G. Varinbosh. Peter
Quinn. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wyatt, Mr.
and Mrs Harry Norment, w. HANDLER
George Gregory, q. Burdett Mr. and Mrs
T.. @. Roberts. r. b. Wilson. Mrs, NJ, How
Walter o. Emerson, Mr. and Mrs George
n. Chatillon, Mr., and Mrs. William II
Kemke. Mr.. and Mrs. q. d, Hotchklss.
| Oak Court Hotel-Mrs. Frank s. Will
| Jams, Mr., and Mrs. Turner c. Brown Mr.
! and Mrs. Charles w, Riecks. the Misses
! Marion and Gertrude Riecks, Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. It. Loebl.
Bartlett Inn--I @. Mafera, r. f, Hig'
bic G. r. McLernon w. Il. Bush. Mr. and
Mrs A. II, Smith, Mrs, c, w. Smith, ]
Kenneth Rutherford, Mr.. and Mrs, j. p
Walker.
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was given at the Inn last evening. Among
the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. G. A..
Wood OF Washington. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Russell OF Southampton. l.. l.; Mr. and
Mrs Charles Wall, Jr., OF ST. Louis. Mrs
Augustus Shepherd OF Cedarhurst. l.. |. :;
Mr.. and Mrs William Grosenor OF Provi-
dence, r. l.; Mrs. I. III. Bell and Miss
Sarah Bell of New York. Mr.. and Mrs
w. II. Kennedy Of Buffalo, y. Y Much
attention was attracted at this affair to
the handsome evening costume OF cotton
cloth worn by Miss Bell of New York
who was one OF the many young women
appearing at a recent cotton ball" In
Atlanta. Her costume was Of cotton not.
with edged rufies and belt OF gold colored
sateen. and was finished by corsage
bouquet OF cotton bolls.
Mrs. Augustus Shepherd OF Cedarhurst.
L. l., left for her homo this week. but
will return soon for n longer stay In
Asheville>
Mrs, j. Albert Potter OF Philadelphia.
who spent the summer here. is visiting
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the summer season II over there IL etl
considerable lie about the Bellevue ave-
nue. section. The Casino 10 open, as is
Balleys Beach. The golf clubhouse 10
closed. but the links are still in daily
uso and the Clambake Club is stin without
its winter shutters. for the place con-
tinues to be used for entertainments.
Another sure sign that the fall season
IL still on was the fact that during the
present week Mrs Charles II. Baldwin
harbor one OF the largest luncheon parties
given since the summer season opened.
She had thirty-four guests.
The week has seen the change in pro-
prietorshlp of two more of the villas
here Castlewood, tho former summer
| homo of Mrs Emile 8. Bruguiere, which
since last spring has been more or less
In the public light owing to tho financial
difficulties of the owner. has passed from
tho hands of the Savings Bank OF New
port, which bought the place at mort
| Ragee's sale. to those OF William Arnold
Essex. a New Yorker, who. 1t is said will
occupy the place next season,
Tho other estate In Eastbourne Lodge
on Rhode Island avenue and Kay street
the home OF Mrs William Fitzhugh White
| house. According to the deeds filed at
tho city hall here In appreciation OF
natural love and affection Mrs. White
house transfers the large estate to her
! tour sons Henry j" william f. Sheldon
and Norman o. Whitehouse. During the
past summer 1t has been occupied by one
of the sons. William f.. and his family,
and summer before last Mr.. and Mrs,
Robert Goelet who have since been di-
vorced. had the place.
The week has been marked by tho re-
turn OF few of the social colony who
reverse the order OF things and do not
spend the whole summer here. staying
for while early in the year and then
returning for the fall season. DR.. j. ].
Mason IL back from Bar Harbor and has
Joined Mrs. Mason at Wabun Mr.. and
Mrs, Louis j. McCagg have also returned
from Bar Harbor, where they spent the
greater part of the summer, and they are
at their Gibbs avenue home to remain
until Thanksgiving.
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Mrs. Herbert Jackson in Cincinnati and
will return next week.
Recent arrivals at the Inn include Mr.
and Mrs c. Il. Lichtenhein of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. \. Il. Van Bibber of
Boston, Mr., and Mrs. II a. Bradford Of
Boston, Mrs. Samuel McCarty and Miss
Marion McCarty of Washington. Mr. and
Mrs. W. G.. Shave and Miss Mildred Shave
of New York, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Burgoyne OF Cincinnati, Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Wood, Mrs. Il, +. Pilson and the
Misses Pilson OF Washington. Mrs T H.
Bell and Miss Sara Inman Bell OF New
York and Atlanta, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Craft of Atlanta, Mr.. and Mrs T. IL
Balfour of Savannah. Il. II. Sanchez and
William Y. Knox of New York. Mrs.
Jackson Duncan and Miss Ruth Duncan OF
Cincinnati.
Recent New York arrivals Mt the
Battery Park Hotel are Mr. and Mrs
~. LAMONT, w $. Osborne, Misses Bar
bara and Rosa Maurice and w. F.
Beverly.
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regions. Rubber is the coin of the realm
for the natives. but tobacco is the white
mans medium of exchange.
For instance. when white or black men
want to buy a woman they pay her father
or husband three pounds of rubber or
several pounds of tobacco or in few
instances so many teeth of ivory. Food
and all living necessaries are purchased
through tobacco as a medium.
The object OF this American expedition
is not only to carry tobacco to Africa but
also to establish trade in rubber ivory
ebony, mahogany and teakwood, palm
oil. pam kernels and dyestufYs 1t Is
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LAKEWOOD.

LAKEWOOD, n. j. Oct. lO.-Society here
is rapidly completing It's fail and winter
schedule of entertainments. The members
OF the cottage colony are arriving daily
and great number of tho regular pa
irons of the Laurel in tho Pines and
the Laurel House have registered for
the winter and the ranks Will be COM
pleted next week.
The afternoon concerts in tho palm
room of tho Laurel IN the Pines were
started on Monday. Tea is served on
small tables attractvely arranged around
the fountain and 1t is a rendezvous for
visitors at Lakewood. a special sacred
concert will be given by the hotel or
chestra tomorrow afternoon.
Members OF the Laurel House Gun
Club will hold their first meeting next
week when plans will be discussed for
holding an open shoot some time before
Thanksgiving. The regular Saturday
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AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w, Va, Oct.
10.--Things have now settled down into
the routine one expects to find at a cure.
Practically all OF the summer throng
who made the season the gaycst in years
have left and the round Of morning ger
mans afternoon thes dansants and eve
ming cotllons has ceased. Tho October
crowd is living tho simple life and divd-
ing it's time out of doors between tramp
ing over the trails, golf and tennis and
motoring. which IS particularly enjoyable
at this season of the year when the
mountain sides are panorama OF rich
coloflnss,
There has been marked tendency
during the last season or two to observe
as religiously as people do at the Euro
pean health resorts the rules Of diet,
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WOMAN TO HEAD TRADING EXPEDITION TO AFRC

the Tungsten light. is stock holder. and is
equipping a Photographic laboratory for
Miss Simonton.
There are serious war features connected
with the venture Although flying the
American flag and clearing for "A neutral
country, this expedition is quite likely to
have exciting experiences; for in the
waters to which it is bound many Of the
laws of civilization are often disrogarded.
even in time Of peace
Although | had heard many startling
and sensational facts narrated by Miss
Simonton in personal talks and public
lectures, although | had examined her
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sent direct, and the dyestuffs brought
back to us direct.
For nearly two centuries England.
France and Germany have controlled the
West African trade. The European war
at last is giving America it's chance, and is
opening UP trade, which ought to mean
considerable wealth from absolutely new
sources.
The buying Of a cargo boat by Wall
Street interests and the stocking of II
with American goods Ia expected to open
up the direct market Thus. although the
affair is Of a private nature. it takes on a
national aspect IL this first venture