The Washington times., 1922-04-02

NU WOrlu ana dt various erdS OI uis
*'~ existence has lived in many and
various kinds of abodes In some places
he lived in tents made out Of skins, in
other places he lived in huts built out
over the water. and the remains of the
ancient Lake Dwellers" are still to be
seen in some of the Swiss lakes.
Here and there over the earth man
found it convenient to live in caves, and
these cavedwelling human beings are
known to science as Troglodytes. There
were Troglodytes in olden times in Amer
lea. There are a few cave dwellers still
in Asia, and 1t is reported that there still
exist few remnants Of prehistoric men
and women who are living in caves in far
corner of a remote edge of the Desert OF
Sahara in Africa
Explorers and traders with the desert
tribes have brought in scraps of informa-
ton of these curious living relics of pre-
historic times. But just who and what
are these modern Troglodytes seems to be
unknown to science.
There is a romantic fascination and mys
terry about the word "cave-man," which
has found its way into the drama, the
movies and the novels. 1t seems to be
the common belief that the caveman's
rough ways have a fascination for women.
But what are the fascinations of the cave
man?
This is precisely what Lady Dorothy
Mills, daughter of Lord Oxford, has made
UP her mind to find out. Lady Dorothy is
a woman Of considerable literary attain
ments and is well-known as the author of
two novels, card Houses" and "The
Laughing Fools"
Lady Dorothy Mills has pondered the
question as to whether the caveman is
really a fascinating lover. But one of the
difficulties in arguing on this question is
that nobody seems to know what are the
fascinations Of the cave-man. II he is fas-
cinating to womankind
It is the popular notion that the cave
man is pretty rough in his ways. He is
supposed to win his bride by seizing her
by the hair and dragging her OF to his
stone house in the hillside. 1t is common
belief that any visitor of the male sex
who drops in to the cave for an afternoon
call on the cave-man's wife will have his
skull cracked by the cave-mans club.
And If these are the pleasant little ways
of the real cave-man, are these the things
that are SO attractive to the cave-ladies?
Lady Dorothy has spent considerable
time studying in the British Museum and
in talking with geographers, ethnologists
and travellers. She is satisfied that there
is authoritative evidence that there still
exists the remnants Of a tribe of Troglo-
dytes which has lived in the caves of
Tripoli and Tunis on the edge Of the
Desert of Sahara probably from the
earliest times. And Lady Dorothy is ar
ranging to start from London on an expe-
dition to penetrate into this unexplored
spot and study at first hand the cave
dwellers and their habits of life.
Several up-to-date playwrights novel
lists and writer's of movie scenarios talk
glibly about the cave-man's terrific meth.
ods OF making love, how he drags his
sweethear, off to his cave by the hair
without asking her consent, and nearly
strangles her in his ardor. The ultra.mod-
ern society woman Is sometimes repre-
sented by these writer's as yearning for
the embraces of cave-man because she
is wear f he cmCmnacy OF civilized
man, aN1 ev-n Of his Difference TO her
caprices.
1t appeared to Lady Dorothy Mills that
few II any Of these imaginative writer's
knew what they were talking about, and
she determined that she would master
every available detail about the caveman
and learn what his love-making is really
like. II Is remarkable that a woman Of
such aristocratic lineage ana such high
social position should undertake this dan.