The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
" s OF
Visitors in
Capital
Interviews with Guests
From All. Parts of
The United States.

Few women (thers are Just about
nve) may place the letters IF. r.
@. s." after their names. Mrs. Char
lotte Cameron. Of London. who may
we'll be styled "the modern Nellie
Bly," Is one of the few women who
have been thus honored.
Travelling is a passion with Mrs.
Cameron, From the time she began
travelling as a girl she has covered
approximately 100000 miles and
has been in Europe, Asia, North and
South America. She is now at the
Shoreham, preparing for a trip to
Australia and New Zealand, which
globe.
Mrs. Cameron is not only a Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society,
but she has been also awarded the
Order of the British Empire, for
which she adds the letters 90 B. E."
She was given this decoration for
her services during the war when
she visited and reported conditions
on the German colonies in Africa.
From the pomp and pageantry or
the Durbar at Delhi to the ice-fioes
Of the Yukon. Mrs. Cameron tells Of
races and peoples, lands and waters
that she has seen in her junketings
about the four corners Of the globe.
FINDS ALASKA MOST
INTERESTING COUNTRY.
Alaska, the great empire Of
which most Americans know so III
tle." Mrs. Cameron said yesterday.
81 found one of the most interesting
countries under the sun. Alaska Is
not the land of ice and snow COM
monty pictured. / have seen women
in Dawson wearing sheer silk
waists in August. Although there
are but two and one-half months of
summer, on certain days have seen
the temperature as high as So"
The riches of Alaska have scarcely
been scratched, according to this
celebrated globe-trotter. In her
opinion America made a good bar
>gain when she bought for $,000.00o
this territory from which 100000
900 has already been sent in ex-
ports. Although placer mining Is
about over, great amounts of gold
still remain in quartz and hard
gravel" said Mrs. Cameron. "and
there is a potential coal supply that
will support American industry for
years to come"
Mrs. Cameron made the entire trip
of 1850 miles along the Yukon and
also covered the 5OO-mile length of
the Tanana. She has told of her
trip in a book just published.
Equal in Importance to the min
eral wealth Of Alaska are the scenic
beauties, Mrs. Cameron says. Amer
leans should travel more In Alaska"
she said. Alaska has beauties un-
rivaled by the Alps 1t is a pity
that SO few Americans avail them
selves of this great wonderland
whjsd lies at their very gates.
Made $4,000 Mile Trip in South.
In 1910 Mrs. Cameron made "a
900 mile trip through South and
Central America, covering every
inch of the length of the Panama
Canal. In 1911 she attended the
'Durbar in India, representing Brit
ish newspapers.
Mrs Cameron has been to Egypt
six times, and in 1913 made a 27,o0O
mile tour of that continent, circum>
Navigating 'and traversing. Africa
and Standing many months in the
Cameroons, Sierra Leone, Liberia
and Monrovia.
Many narrow escapes added color
10 this tour, and Mrs. Cameron pen
etrated jungles and mountain fast
nesses hitherto unseen by the eyes
Of a white woman.
When asked as, to the success OF
self government by negroes in some
Of these countries, Mrs. Cameron de-
clared that she was not very favor
ably impressed. She recalled that
most Of the officials spent their time
in parading about in high silk hats
and frock coats, with gorgeous con-
sorts in purple gowns and long
trains.
Mrs. Cameron has written several
volumes of travels, among which are
"A.Durbar Bride" "A Woman's Win
ter in South America" "A Woman's
Winter in Africa and "A Passion in
Monrovia-"
High tribute was paid to the beau
ties of Washington by Mrs. Cam
eron. Washington has the broad
est streets OF any city in the world"
she declared. They remind me so
much of the wide thoroughfares of
that very modern African city. Bulu-
waio, the capital of Rhodesia."
Arlington, she thinks, would af-
ford a splendid background for such
a pageant as attended the recent
burial of Britain's unknown hero
in Westminster.
Mrs. Cameron says that she loves
America and Americans. She lec-
tured here for the American Red
Cross in 1918.
IF / were not so fond of Amer
ica," she declared with a laugh, 81
should not be here now, for at the
present rate of exchange lose $3.50
on every pound"
"Englishmen pay a much heavier
income tax than do Americans. how
ever" Mrs. Cameron said. The pres
ent rate is just about three times
more than ours and begins with an
income of two hundred pounds Zap
proximately $1,000 under the pre-
war rate of exchange). This makes
the average income tax of the mid
die classes one-third of the total
income. This would mean that the
British merchant gives his govern
ment 800 pounds of every 1000.
From here Mrs. Cameron will
make her first visit to the South,
going to New Orleans, thence to
California, to the Hawaiian Islands
and then to Australia, New Zealand
and the South Seas. .-.'