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The Washington times., 1922-07-02
MRS. BRADLEY AND
COMPANIONS SAVED
FROM WILD BEASTS
Women of Party, Lost, Without RineS and
Surrounded by Animals, Speed ON Bicycles
to Safety-Three Lions Killed i'm HUNT, Two
with Single Bullet.
By MARY HASTINGS BRADLEY.

HTHE moon bright now tropc moon, directly
head, casting nky pools Of shadow beneath feet
- Every night heard the distant roaring Of lions and
that hungry, hunting grunt Of theirs.
Their hunting noise really series Of grunts beginning
with long, low one, followed by six hurried
ones ending. after nstants pause with three long
drswnout gruns generally increasing in oudness. Um,
un-unl -unn- -um-aln1-um-UMl
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2MED AMERICAN WOMEN RACE LIONS THROUGH JUNGI

cd him that the Foster brothers,
back to back, with two guns. had
not been able to ward off q lion
in broad daylight.
But: Herbert was not concerned
with -warding off lions, He was
only afraid that our conversation
would frighten them away before.
We found the bona The bona was
apparently a little farther on. 1t
was certainly not here.
We stood there in the sinister
gray dark with the snuffling
grunts coming a little closer all
around US. ! had a little flashlight
worked by a dynamo. which threw
a spot of light few feet ahead.
but did not feel that It was brigh:
enough to annoy q lion--it was
nothing but a little wink Of light.
As I peered out into the vague
reaches beyond US something
moved. II melted quickly from
bush to bush.
LIONS TO THE RIGHT.
LIONS TO THE LEFT.
I said in an extremely fiat and
quiet tone. which ] trusted indi-
Gated perfect calm and absence OF
tremor: There II q lion just ahead
Of me. Point the gun that way"
And then, in q similarly unmoved
and casual voice, Martha remark
ed: There's q lion on this side.
too. Better keep the gun circling."
."They won't come near me while
you're talking" said Herbert; and
he added In a discouraged way:
Now. they probably won't come
near us all night"
I thought his discouragement
was premature. Those two lions
were calling across US 10 each
other in a more and more intimate
understanding. can Jest about It
now--I could Jest about II then
but I had a very perfect under
standing Of what terror was.
was in the helplessness Of II
all--not having a gun, not having
q revolver, knowing that II any
thing did come hadn't the defense
of q stricken antelope. And the
whole situation was shot through
and through with q feeling OF ie-
sponsIbility for Martha.
Whole -heartedly advocated
abandonment Of the brush and
return to the path. Back we went,
and as we stood there in the path
between the grass fields and q
stubble Of burnt ground, where
heap OF bleached bones glimmered
with wan reminder, felt q surge
Of remorse, That very morning
I had laughed lightly at runners
who wanted to 60 in threes instead
OF twos--I had been slSeptical OF
their tales Of lion attacking them
the previous night and felt they
were trying to make a social ex-
cursion Of their errands.
TALK LOUDLY TO KEEP
AWAY FEAR AND BEASTS,
Now knew that three were none
too many. Not three times three.
And knew why they kept such
fires at their camps. tried q 1T.
tie fire myself. but the grass would
not burn, 90 we kept the searohliFht
swinging and talked in loud. non.
chalant tones, while the lions
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TALK LOUDLY TO KEEP
AWAY FEAR AND BEASTS,

Now I knew that three were none
too many. Not three times three.
And I knew why they kept such
fires at their camps. I tried q III.
tie fire myself. but the grass would
not burn. 90 we kept the searohliFht
swinging and talked in loud. non.
chalant tones. while the lions
grunted back and forth. apparent.
ly heartening each other 10 have
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the first go at US. No, you hnVe
the first choice After
Won.
Then we heard another noise.
faint, far away. More lions. 1
thought. for a moment, but 1t was
the porters coming on down the
path toward us. Nothing was ever
such music to my ears.
There. on those backs. were our
guns. And there. in those heads.
was the native geography to lead
US to our bona. The men came
on, half a dozen OF them huddled
together In a din Of talk. We knew
then why porters are 10 conversa-
tional. II IL their life insurance
policy on lion nights.
Padding swiftly. they soon
reached US, a wixened old mite.
spear In hand. In the lead, my
camera strap across his forehead.
my camera humping his bare back.
We clutched our guns and a bless
ed peace enveloped us. That awful
helplessness was gone. We fell in
behind the leader. and that grizzled
mite led US on and on for hale an
hour. then struck into another
stretch Of scrug.
There was an extraordinary aim
ilarity Of marking-the same treo
at the left. the same brush at the
right, the same scattering Of thick
cts. We went farther and fartrtr
along, then the leader gave a
hyena call. WHICH brought a swift
echo from the boy on guard In the
ambush.
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This IL ono Of . series Of Womsni
to Woman Talks on present-day
family and social problems thst
Mrs. Norris, Americas best loved
and most popular woman writer,
is writing especially for this news.
paper. Another talk viii bel
printed next Sunday.
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"hSH Iidihb SoSuahy "ihc"~iN'
MEMORY RECALLS FiTE
OF A LIONS VICTIM.
Even with my fran memory for
names ] could remember that there
was a Mr.. Pease. a former magis-
trate In the Transvaal. who had
been pulled from his hocse by q
lion.
I wish I hadn't remen.he;ej his
name. It seemed to make It more
real.
, And then, at our right, another
lion grunted. There are people to
whom lions roar Is the most ter
rifying thing IN the world, but I
think that q lions grunt-that
businesslike hunting grunt-is the
most chilling sound that have
ever heard. And these grunts.
hard as they were to place,
sounded unInistal1ably close.
gust why the lion grunts whom
hunting no one knows. Some the
orize to start up the game. and I
can easily believe it--that sudden
reverberating intimation Of Q lions
presence would send every panic
stricken little hoof flying In re-
vealing clatter. Later. when the
lion has his prey located and Is
ready to strike, there 10 never
warning noise from him.
We cyclsd % fast that we soon
reached the brush. and In . few
minutes We thought we had como
TO the right place to leave the path
and our wheels and strike off for
the bona, There was . lone tree
at our LETT. the landmark that
Herbert was watching for. with
bush at the right and beyond q
scattering Of thickets.
We abandoned our wheels at the
patlside and Herbert got out his
gun with Q speed considerably &C.
CELEBRATED by tho increasing con-
cert from the lions. and then we
plunged into the grass toward the
thicket where the ambush ought
to be.
MISSING, ONE BOY;
WAS HE LIONS SUPPER'
Herbert had left a boy to see
that, nothing made off with the
bait before we arrived, and we be-
gan to whistle to this boy. No boy
responded. We tried again. And
then we called. He couldn't be
asleep-not with those lions about.
My immediate theory was that he
had been eaten by uons-not tho
present, grunting lions, but other
previous lions. now silent and re-
plete.
We stared about In the darkness
at the dimly looming thickets.
They were all utterly unidentifi.
able. Any one Of them might be
our bona. Any one might be the
retreat Of some lion lying up dur.
ing the day and just ready TO sally
out afresh.
I remembered the lions had
seen starting from thickets just
two days before on the plains the
day I had killed my lion, And
when Herbert began plunging
briskiy about up to them in search
of the dead antelope and the am
bushsd tent demonstrated feel
insiy. while keeping close to him
and the protecting gun. remind
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ANTELOPE DROVE
RACES FOR LIFE.

There was our dead topi. and
there In the thicket our waiting
tent. Martha and I saueezed in.
thrusting our breakfast box and
bags with coats and sweaters un.
der chairs: Herbert hurriedly drag
sed the kill to a spot a little more
In view. and the porters fled.
Before we could get comfortably
settled tho lions were roaring
around US. We creuched In the
chairs trying to peer out the peep
holes, which. were saggins to-
much with the weight Of the brush
piled outside and the drag of cur
guns In the apertures, and wished
we had necks like flamingoes.
MARTHA SHOOTS A LION;
ROARS FILL JUNGLE.
II was 7.20 whom we were inside.
black dark, with the kill scarcely
discernible. We heard constant
growing. We heard the whistle
Of q reed buck lsaping with alarm.
then a hard patter Of racing ante.
lopes flying for their lives. A hon
must be near. We maintained a
positive torture Of silent. neck.
breaking attention.
The moon slipped out from the
clouds at last, a blood red circle.
bringing the foreground to some
thing like distinctness. And then
relaxed. leaving the watch to the
others. Twas at the right end and
my view was very oircunnscribcd.
Martha was In the middle. The
first lion was 10 be hers, and sstsr
she fired the first shot We were all
to fire as fast as We could, 70 give
him all the lead we had.
I was just resting my neck.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-20
AdUice to Girls
By ANNIE LAURIE

am going with young man two
years my Junior. 1 love him very
much.
But he is jealous if L speak to any
other young man. Is it right to give
up the friendship Of thes boy friends
because of his jealousy?
And do you think my being older
will make any difference in his love
for me? have never told him how
old l really am. I worry so about
holding this truth from him. and yet
L am afraid TO tell him.
7 hope you understand that / am
not a nirt, but I have always made
friends more easily among the boys
than the girls. ESTHER.
ESTHER: The young man is very
selfish to want YOU TO give up your
other friends You are not engaged
TO him. and he has no right 90 die
tate as TO what you should do or
what friends YOU should have.
do not see that the difference in
your ages is so great as to cause his
affection to lessen if YOU should
frankly tell him just how old You
are.
Why don't you tell him? Don't
deceive him about your age. If you
should marry him YOU would have
to tell him then. Why don't you get
this off your mind? You will feel
much happier if YOU do He might
resent it very much if he discovered
that YOU had not been truthful in
all things with him. my dear.
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Revelations Vile sgo5 aR555

I never have counted myself a
lawless person, instead, in my intro
spective moments 1 have feared that
7 was almost too matter-of-fact. and
possessed of too strict a Puritan
conscience. the characteristic in me
at which Dicky most frequently
gibes But at Mr.. CoSgrovc's com
man 70 go slowly past the corner
where he suspected the state trooper
was hiding TO watch US. I felt a thrill
akin 10 that which might animate a
Raffles We're the police on his trail.
True. I had the Justification of
III owing that il was no very grave
offense of which we were guilty
there could be no possible harm
from an innocent night-fshing ex-
cursion 10 the reservoir. But the
necessity Of stealth, for evading an
officer Of the law. gave a rest TO the
experience of which I was ashamed.
even while l was guilty conscious
Of reveling in il.
Reducing the speed Of the car ma
teriaily from the very moderate pace
IL had been travelling we crept past
the corner, and / had hard work 90
keep from turning my head to see if
Mr.. Cosgrove's prediction as to the
whereabouts of the officer was cor
rect. and I was fascinatingly thrilled
by the big mans sharp whispered
command with more than trace
of annoyance in it,
There He Is"
Don't turn your head. Miss Dean!
DO you want 10 give the whole show
away? Keep I'D this pace, Mrs. era
ham, then we can watch from back
here. See anything, boys?'
1 knew from the sounds back of
me that the twins had twisted them
selves into human jack-knives. and
were engaged in peering into the
road back of them. For a second or
two that seemed endless there was
no reply from either of them. Then
from both boys came the excIama-
ton:
There he isl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-20
Reflections of a
Bachelor Girl

man stops begging a woman to kiss
him and begins permitting her TO
kiss him.
After marriage, a woman always
wants to talk about her heart when
man wants TO talk about his indi-
gestion or his golf-and thus, the
wires get crossed"
Some men could go TO see Rudolph
Valentino every evening of their
lives. and never learn the first rudi-
ments of the true art of kissing.
The napper. who looks forward to
marriage as a long series of Satur-
day afternoons. with Jazz. flowers,
and nothing 10 do. is awfuIly shocked
when she discovers that it is just
one blue Monday morning after an
other.
a man never goes into marriage
with his eyes open. He waits until
he has been blinded by some blow
of fate or dazzled 10y some good turn
of fortune. and then just jazzes into
it with the first woman he happens
to snatch.
The most antique things i'm the
world today are not che pyramids
of Egypt. but the average mans
opinions of how e woman ought to
behave
\ woman goes To- the theater i'm
order TO enjoy seeing some other
woman suffer worse than she thinks
SHE does. a man, I'm order TO relish
seeing some other man fooled worse
than ne thinks He was.
Alas. Circe at twenty kitten
at forty; "a Don Juan at twenty a
cynic az forty,
Copyright 1922 10y Helen Rowland.
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TomorroW'S
HOROSCOPE
~ GeHspiepe KembiG
By GsBepieTe kemAs


This ms-t be forecast a.s a. rather
doubtful day. according t1 tho side
real opera tons. although their in
huences are OF contradictory IN, port
There is some prospect of a journey
removal or change. but this should
not be undertaken without careful
deUberauon ass To- its successful term
ination. The financial outlook is
rather poor. as Jupiter Us not propi-
tiously aSpcCted by Luna Disap-
pointmeuts arc read by the astrolo-
gers under this transit. The domcs-
tic circle is also under am ill-favored
sway which may briuS distress or
grief 20 some households.
Those whose birthday 90 is have
not tho most bcneticent prospects fer
the year While there may be op-
portunity for change or travel. yet
the financial outlook ~ NOT wholly
favorable The domestic circle is not
under fortunate auspices a child
born on this day. although original
inventive and utuitive. may be care
less and extravaglnt unless carefully
trained i'm early life. To may make
its best success in the employment
of others.
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But there was no sound Of pop-
ping motorcycle. and 7 m7-yclsF
how the boys could tell where The
man was
HE hasn't started his engine yst
Ted said. "He wants 20 wait until
were far enough ahead So we won
hear il. But he's Watching us as
sure as shooting. and he's golug 20
find out where we're Off 90 Il
takes him an night"
Bess Dean twisted in her scat. eau
tiousiy with evident remembrance
OF the caustic rebuke Mr.. Ccsrrose
had administered
How on earth can you see him
she demanded with note OF incred-
ulous admiration il her voice. which
whether conscious or unconscious
evidently much gratiied the vanity
of impressiOnable Ted.
"Why I just kept my eyes upon
that beam of light from Hltcheus
kitchen. Ted returned with a hlt
of boyish braggadocio In his voice.
1T shines clear across the road. and
he had 90 cross IL. When I SAW the
NlidAOM q HlfNI Nl Nlia Il NII-N I'D. PA ass
there or course. he could have
gone a long way around through the
Held and come out this side OF .t.
but I guess he didn't think or Dr.. or
else he was i'm too much OF hurry
We'd better scoot along. Pa lie
won't follow as until hes sure We
can't hear his engine s-artinc.
The Reason Ted knew.
We'll I call il mighty clever o.
keep track Of him like ,hat Bcs-
Deans comment sounded genuine
enough
] guessed that Tcd's boyish cheeks
We're flushing with pride at the praise
from the girl whom hc had followed
like an admring clumsy puppy from
the hour of her arrival II only add
cd 10 my count against the GirI for
had seen the many little wi'cs bv
which she had ENCOURAGED the boys
admiration until it bade fair 10 be-
come an infatuation
She had exercised the same petty
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-20

WiSsily. Then ne started out on the
path TO do a few tricks, while Uncle
Butter set up the camera near a
tree. And just as this was going on,
the Woozie Wolf came sneaking out
of the bushes. He was cross and
hungry and ne only saw Uncle Wig
gily out on the path, hopping
around.
Hum! That Wiggily rabbit is act
ing funny said the Wolf TO himself.
He's going up and down the path
as if he didn't know which way he
wanted 10 run. Wen. he hasn't seen
me yet. and I'll go mp and nibble his
ears before he hops away
The Wolf wax just going closer TO
bite the bunny when, all of a sudden.
/ from where me stood with the mo-
tion picture camera. Uncle Butter
cried
Look out now! I'm going to
shoot
OF course ne meant he was going
10 take Uncle Wisgily's picture. But
the Wolf didn't know this. Instead,
as soon as the bad chap heard the
l
the shiny brass tube ON the box and
he heard the crank clicking.
I'm going to shoot now" said
/ Uncle Butter again.
ooh. don't shoot me; don't shoot
me-" howled the wolf. FL didn't
know YOU were there. Uncle Butter,
watching Uncle WigSily with a gun
TO shoot me! I didn't know that.
' IN go way, I'll be good!'
And away ran the bad chap.
"Ha! Har' laughed Uncle Wisgily
as ne cut a few funny capers while
tIncle Butter shot" him by taking
his picture. "Ha! Hal You fooled
+ the Wolf. Uncle Butter"
I'm glad / did" chuckled the
goat Just little more and I'm
/ throuEh," And ! wish YOU couII
/ haye seen Uncle WiEgily i'm the NOV
/ les that night But perhaps yod
Idid. Who knows? Anyhow, if the
pussy cat docsn catch the chicken
box and crow like a little rooster
hen. I'll tell YOU next about Uncle
/ Wiggily and spring.
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chapel VIII hold an all day mceting
with Mrs. NJ. Hawblitzer. Crumstown
nd.
FRIDAY.
The j. ". r. club viii meet en- the
evening az the home ~ Miss Dorothy
Shirk. 12@ Pennsylvania av.
The Norman Eddy Sewing Circle
viii meet at tho *. ~ r. hall To the
afternoon.
SATURDAY.
The members OF the Kare Knot
club VIII meet in the evening at the
home OF Nr. and Mrs. Harry Willett,
Lincoln way f.
The S. y. T. p. ". Will be enter
tanned i'm the evening at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs James Wyland 90 :.
Columbia asst
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UNCLE
WIGGILY
TIE STORY OF THE
PICTI RE.
. 800 .nv IL I.nra
by HOWARD r. GARIs.

This is rather queer said Uncle
Wigeily 70 Nurse Jane one day. as
the rabbit gentleman finished reading
Ia letter which Mr. Whitewash. the
polar bear mail carrier. had left at
the hollow stump bungalow.
What IS very strange" asked
the muskrat lady housekeeDer.
Just getting a letter. L don't see
anything wonderful about that"
NO. for L get many letters %
agreed Uncle Wigeily. again reading
the piece of white birch bark on
which something was written with "a
burned stick Its what this letter
says that makes it different. Uncle
Butter. the goat. wrote IL. and he
wants me TO come and have my pic
ture taken"
What with him 2" cried Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy. Is ne afraid 70 go
and have his picture taken 10y him
SEIZE"
ooh. no. 1T isn't that" laughed
Uncle Wiggily Uncle Butter has
just bought a new motion picture
camera. and he's going TO make films
OF some of his friends here i'm the
woods he says. He wants TO begin
on me-"
do YOU think it viii be safe?'
asked Nurse Jane.
Safe. why not Uncle Wiggily
asked "Au I have 10 do is 10 hop or
run along. sit up on a stump, take
off my hat and bow. or do few
things like that, and Uncle Butter
turns the crank"
What does he turn the crank
fore" inquired Nurse Jane. as he
going 10 play the hand organ?"
ooh. no. no." exclaimed the bun
ms. IauchiuEly. You see a motion
picture camera isn't like any other.
To work il you turn a crank instead
of pressing button or squeezing a
rubbe rbaU So ] think I'll so and
let Uncle Butter take some motion
pictures of me-"
Gould ! sec them afterward ?'
asked Nurse Jane.
Why. yes. ] guess So answered
/ Mr. Lougcars. trying not to feel
proud and pulled up like a balloon.
"Of course ! have never acted i'm the
movies. and can't be as funny as
Douglass Chaplin"
Its Charlie Chaplin" laughed
+ Nurse Jane.
ooh. So it u.s." chuckled Uncle
/ WigriIy. well. anyhow / can't be
las funny as me is. but I'm do my best
I'm going over now and see what
+ Cucle Butter wants me TO do"
The bunny rabbit gentleman found
F Hls goat friend waiting for him with
la queer machine standing ON three
legs II WAS like "a box. with a crank
con- one side and "A long shiny tube
.Hlc-a gun. sticking out in front
"II be ready To- shoot YOU i'm a
few minutes. Uncle WigSily." bleat-
Tea Uncle Butter putting the motion
picture camera down ON the ground
and nNinS his rcd cap ON backward
the way all moving picture men wear
tbcIri
shoot mc," cried Uncle wissily
What do Won mean. shoot me-
thought YOU invited me here TO hav,
some moving pictures taken"
so Z did" cbucklcd Uncle But
ter. 'Rut we moving picture chap.
call 10 shooting when we take pic
lures. It's just "a matter of speak
irE. Wis my dear
ooh. Im glad it's just a way o
'talkmE." ~1id tine bunny wen
when are YOU going to begin q
shoot me as YOU cali it,"
Pretty soon now" answered Uu
rle Butter "Wait until the sur
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SO many persons say that il IS
wrong for "a girl 20 let a young man
friend kiss her goodnight when he
takes her home from party. dance.
ETC. Would YOU please tell me if il
is wrong and if il is, why?
BRIGHT EYES
BRIGHT EYES II is not only inn
proper. but Unwise. 20 allow ans
young man 10 whom YOU are not en-
gagged to kiss you. my dear.
II is wrong because that privilege
should be reserved for the man Won
are to- marry. BY allowing every
man who wants to, TO kiss YOU, you
make yourself very cheap i'm every
ones eyes. as well as your own. You
know this. down deep i'm your heart
don't you. my dear