Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-31
SAFETY IN The CONGO
White Sultana" Almost ROrShlpped
.\@ by Natives.
WOMAN HUNTER GIVES EXPERIENCES
stampedins Elephants Not as Dan
eerous, as Broadway Autos-Shoots
Lions, but Balks at Shooting Ante


Lions, but BalLs at Shooting Ante
lopes.
N. Y. Evening Telegram.
Gibbering gorillas. are safer than
New York thugs.
Stampeding elephants do not offer
the terrors of Broadway traffic jam.
A camp bed in the jungle can offer
more security, despite the roars OF the
lions on dts outskirts, than a downy
couch In a. New York hotel or apart
ment.
So says Mrs Mary Hastings Brad
ley, first American wrInan to enter
the jungle ii, African Congo, and she
gives this as her reason for taking her
little six-year- -old daughter Alice
with her. Al
Suitana at Play.
Dainty, little Alice-she of the fiaxen
curls, thee sea blue eyes, the clear
tanned complexion and nimble child
ish feet--in the McAlpin Hotel worked
off just about six months Of pent-up
energy by turning somersaults over
the foot board of the bed, sliding down
the helter -skelter in the hotel play
room and emphasizing in every way
the American child's inherent right to
play, even though she had been
crowned Sultana of the jungle.
Anxious to CLEAN a child's impress
sions Of life in the jungle, the reporter
asked Alice
What did you like best?''
London" came the unexpected an
swer, "and the black boy who took
care of me all day long while we were
going through the jungle,
To many Americans, it will seem
strange that a loving mother and
father calmly took their infant child
to brave the terrors of a hunting ex-
pedition in an unknown territory. But
the natives of Africa took IL as mat
ter Of course Here was their version
of the presence of the little white fairy
on the expedition
Easily Explained--By Natives
"Of course, the white man-Mr.
Bradley-brought his favorite wife
along. He could not do without her.
And she did not dare to leave her
beautiful daughter behind. Whyf
Because the jealous other wives would
have poisoned the little thing in her
absence" Selah!
However, here is the reason that
Mrs. Bradley gives, which sounds at
least more reasonable to homogeneous
Americans
"Mr. Bradley and are not explorers.
He is lawyer, and / write. We have
made several, trips in the Rockies, just
for the apfeaslire lof it, and when DIR.
Akeley invited us to take this trip it
seemed too good to be true. OF course,
we had to take Alice. She Is our only
baby, and we were out Of communica-
tion with the world for three months
at time. Think how l would have
worried about her if / had left her be-
hind, .,.,.,
"She never was in any danger. The
black boys guarded her every minute,
for she was sacred to them. She is in
more danger right in New York here
with this terrible traffic than she ever
was in the Congo. And she is bigger
and stronger than when we left, and
hasn't had an i'll day in the whole six
months"
Crowned by Native Chief.
1t was the Kesaci of the Watussi,
tribe of seven-foot blacks in the very
middle of the jungle who gave Alice
the title of "Sultana." He crowned
her with precious jewels and made
her 4 present of his ivory bracelet,
which was the acme of tribute, mas
much as ivory is so scarce that It is
even withheld from visiting chiefs.
"He was surprised that her long
curls didn't come off, Mrs. Bradley
relates, "and he looked upon her as
child-god who had come to bless his
camp"
But it was a little white boy, the
son of French trader, just inside the
jungle, who paid the most marvellous
tribute to the fair-headed little queen
Of the jungle.
He came upon her unexpectedly as
she was sitting in the lodge. Grovel-
ling at her feet and crossing himself,
he murmured in his native tongue:-
''Jesus Christel"
Horrified, Mrs. Bradley demanded to
know if he realized what he was say
ing.
Through an Interpreter he answer
ed:-
ut is the Christ child / have seen
his image at the mission of the White
Fathers. 1 knew him instantly. The
image his come to life"
Placed Gift at Her Feet.
And he laid his gifts at her fect--a
poor, little basket he had fashioned
with his own hands, some stones and
some jungle fruit. The boy finally
had to be carried from her presence,
and outside the lodge he waited with
dogyed persistency for her reappear-
ance.
Alice has brought back from her