Evening star., 1921-03-06

: words to say. Everywhere they were
; kindly. .hospitable and l'kable, and
! at their best. perhaps. when far from
! whit" men and the white mans civ
: ilization.
; Natures garh is still the fashion
among most of the native Africans
{ away from the spheres Of civilized
1 influences \ piece Of animal s.in
. over the shoulder. as with one tribe.
. or a dangling flap from In" back
: part of waist belt. as with those
; of another trihe. are about as far
as they go in the matter % apparel
Yet ] never STr people essentially
! more modest in thought. bearing and
@onduct. or more truly dignified in
! manner. than the uncivii:zed natives.
: said DR.. Shantz. When YOU come
. in contact with them YOU realiz"
what trick of convention civilized
; clothing is after all.
+ The native African. on the whole
: that is to say. those who still live
and act as they please-seem to be
! = very happy people. too. They are
very cieanly. especially in a personal
sense:
! The tribe he found the most inter
: esting are the Watus. who are the
aristocrats Of l'rundi. part of
! African territory added to Belgiums
possessions. They seem to be de-
| scendants of the ancient Egyptians
! Though dark in color. they lack many
of the features of the Ethiopian
{ Roman noses are common among
! them. and they are tall. agile and
/ intelligent. having many of the char
j acteristics Of the Caucasian.
! There are many misconceptions
, about Africa and Africans the
/ scientist declared. One of the most
: faulty has to do with the wildness
Of the land. Most of it is wild in
the natural sense. but there are huge
areas where high civilization and all
that go with it prevail. But in the
sense Of being dangerous or difficult
/ to travel in. for example. Africa isn't
! wild at all. | never saw a country
where food 1850 plentiful and cheap.
We almost forgot the meaning Of
the II. G. L. You can get chickens
and eggs anywhere, and when You
cant buy beef you can kill game.
Another misconception is about the
h>.t and the unhealthtuInc css of the
! land Even in the Kongo jungles |
never knew the thermometer to go
above 81. At Nairobi which isn't
very far below the equator. and in
the highlands thereabout the climate
is good the year around. In fact.
/ 1t was so cool there that | heard
another shivering traveller say that
+ the next time he went roaming in
the African tropics he was going to
take a stove along.
, 80 far as unhealthfulness is con-
cerned. about all you need to Sc
riously fear Is malaria, which can be
avoided. There is some danger from
sleeping sickness. caused by the
; tsetse fly. but it has been exagger-
ated. They now have a remedy that
cures 20 per cent of cases properly
treated.
I'VE often came across women tray-
cling alone in those areas that were
making explorers famous only gem
Grafton or so ago and still are con-
sidered by many as points far from
civilization. They We're as safe as
, in any part Of the United States and
usually could travel with comfort
you can't go anywhere you want
to in Central Africa unless you are
willing to do a little hiking now and
them says the scientist. Even on
the way out along the line of the
Cape-to Cairo route he two men had
to walk one Ian Of l15 miles between
Minute and Rejaf. in southern Sudan,
But they had porters TO carry their
luggage. Many lengthy side trims
had to be taken on foot. But most
of the principal points in Africa can
now be reached by rail. water or land
transport. An OK transport. for in
stance, operates from Nairohi in
British East Africa. to the border of
Abyssinia.
any part of Africa. They found sew
eral native chiefs that regularly tour
their dominions in cars driven by
chauffeurs who wear such things as
ragged pajamas and tattered dress
shirts cast away by travellers. Even
at Ujiji. the place on beautiful Lake
Tanganyiki. where Stanley found DR..
lean scientists saw was an automobile
NJ Ame rica make