The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21


sister 10 Rhodcsla, South central
Africa. whore neither could eaten a
gllmpSc OF the other IN her own
house, neither know the husband
each had chosen for = mate, ana
neither be familiar with the Gus
toms, government. ana geography or
the spot each planned TO forever
call home
We tax Of the great unrest In
America, tho dissatisfaction OF the
old and the reaching out for the
new. and We wonder az tho surginE
current. But why wonder whon we
think Of the uphc1yal of the war
period that uphcayal that picked
up 100000 Of our men and rushed
thom for training from Michigan 10
Texas, from New Hampshire 10
California, from Mont tnna TO
Fiordl, ana when they were
thought fit 30 fight carried them
TO the const Nud put them on ship
for England, France and siberia?
The farm boy who had never been
hundred miles from home. the
mechanic who before had not poorod
from behind his throbhlng machine,
and the student whose days had
been spent IN academic halls. saw
most unexpectedly tho four cor
ners OF tho world. and participated
IN the most Htupondous event OF the
century. Unrest, indeed How can
they go back, calmly, coutcnted, and
unchanged?
And think Of England. her SOL
dlers rushing TO the mother coun-
try's aid from Australia. Canada,
India, New Zealand and Africa.
Could they go back tho same? And
in going did they 20 alone? All the
lands visited, even Germany her.
eelf. furnished romance and mar
rlage for the myrlads OF men. and
az they scattered back TO the place
from whence they came. homes
were completely broken up by tho
going along of somo OF their daugh-
ters.
This one that went TO Rhodesla I
have proddcd my friend about. A
graduate OF Cambridge. a worker in
the munitions factory while needed
and an angel OF mercy In the hos
pltals afterwards, aho cast her lot
with one of the wounded officers
sent back from the fighting front,
and after the war went to his home
In Africa, whore his father, n Brit
ishor, had years before taken up
land, and whore he. the young hus-
band. was born.
This Rhodesla. named after Cecil
Rhodes, who was It's guiding genius
through the chartered company"
sounds interesting even in an en-
cyclopedia or travelogue. They
tell that the country has about 49,
900 square miles, larger than
France, Germany, and the low
countries combined" and is cut
across by the Zambczl river that d.
rides II into northwest Rhodesia
northeast and southern. The latter
portioa IL whore tho English brid,
lives.
Her winter months are Just the
opposite OF ours. They are June
July and August, and are dry; and
her hot months are the Spring
ones of september. october. and No.
vomber. just before tho rains set in
Her country forms part of tn,
high table land which constitutes
the interior of Africa south of the
Congo basin. and. though near the
equator, has a delightful climate
The great city of her part OF the
world liz Cape Town. on the south.
ern point of Africa, with near 3OC..
600 inhabitants, said TO be ono oi
the most magniflcently situated cit.
les In the world. and It was ther,
she landed from tho 6.0O0-mils voy.
age over from England and tool
train up through the Transvnal e
Rhodosia, an interior country manl
hundred miles north. TO reside on {
farm.
And her letters show no unrest. :
They are JOY, so sparkling. so en-
tightening, and so human. They
make Rhodcsia a real place even
to us.
II have been hero nearly montl
and not written to you yet" she be
gan a letter to her American slste
upon arrival, the letter dated Laia
pansi, Gwelo, South Rhodesla, Ma,
~, 1919. but you know how ne,
impressions so fiji one when firs
getting to n place that II IL hard 1
settle down and express them.
81 remember writing YOU fror
the boat ana saving wc Uantad I,