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eral publications-foreign and do
nestle. And now she is giving q
| portion OF each day to writing ur
her experiences And observations or
this last tour. In the current issue
Of the National Geographic Maya
zine to which she is a regular con
tributor, there is an article Of hers
entitled Adventurous Sons OF
Cadiz." This sketch is character
lied by much charm, simplicity
imagination and appreciatfon--as
are all of her articles that have
read and her lectures that I have
heard. :
On this trip to Spain and Mo
rocco, Mrs. Adams was accom-
panied by her sister, who .. still
makes her home in California, the
native State of Mrs. Adams and In
which she spent her early glrlhood
when she was not adventuring with
her father. She and her father be
gan taking trips In UNEMPLOYED
places when she was a little girl OF
nine years or thereabouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams VIII
Have Vacation in Woods.
J. When the woods begin to glow
With their autumn colors, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams are planning. to take
their annual month or two camping
out. This year they expect to GO
to some secluded spot in West Vir
ginia, where they will spend much
Of the day in the saddle, in which
recreation both are experts.
Mrs. Adams has been closely
Identified for many years with
the National Geographic Society o1
Washington as a lecturere and
writer. She is a Fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society, Lon
don; honorary member of the
Academy Of Science and Art OF
Cadiz: member of the National In
stitute of Social Sciences; of the
Authors League of America, and
of the Geographical Societies OF
t'eru, Bolivia, and Brazil.
In 1900 Mrs. Adams Travelled
through Central and South America
and became a student of Latin
American affairs in which there is
perhaps no one better informed. In
1905 she began writing and lectur
Ing In this country Of what she
had seen and learned, and since
then she has visited about every
part of the globe with short inter
walls for rest. writing and lecturing
On her travels she takes her camera
and often gets beautiful photo
graphs to illustrate her stories
and lectures. a..
Hos An
Over the World.
She has had forty thousand miles
OF journeying through Latin Ameri.
ca and. fifteen years OF study of its
lands and peoples. The, lure of the
trail has carried her to the little.
known places-nineteen thousand
feet above the sea in the Andes
far down into the Amazonian Wilds
along the coast of TERRA del
Fuego in sailing vessel-on the
head-strearns of the Paraguay in a
canoe-on the stately Orinoco in a
4aunch--and on the dangerous
Guiana trail.
After this period Mrs. Adams took
up the study of the West Indies
She crossed the island Of Haiti on
horseback, the first woman to do
this. On the trail Of the old Con.
kquistadores spanish buccaneers OF
an early day. she went to the
Azores, Madeira, Portugal and
Spain, and followed things Span
ish" into Moorish Africa. Four
months were spent in the saddle
among the head-hunters Of Luzon
The Moro Land was crossed with
an armed escort and a cruise was
made on the Sulu Sea. She has
adventured among the unchanging
tribes of Borneo, the picturesque
Sultanate of Johore, China, snow.
bound Siberia and .sand-swept Mon.
golia. ALI the earth's surface has
been hers to seek information and
adventure. -