Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
PRINCE Of SWEDEN
TALKS ON AFRICA
Movies of Wild Animals
Shown at Lecture to Ma
tionaI Geographic Society.

Prince William of Sweden. who has
commanded warships in the Baltic
written plays. poems and novels anu
explored in Central America. last eve
ming told a National Geographic So
ciety audience that crowded the Wash
lneton Auditorium how he trailed big
game and little people in Africa.
The 6-foot-6 Prince of Sweden
showed remarkable motion pictures ne
took of African pSgmies, who aver
age feet & inches in height, ana
other movies of the vicious lions,
DANGEROUS buffaloes. the hippopotamus,
which he termed the vaudevil!ian of
the animals, and the chmpanZe
which he called the most humorous OF
them all.
Has Won Recognition for Self.
DIR. Gilbert Grosvenor. president of
the National Geographic Society, IN
troduced Prince William as one who
both was born great and achieved
greatness" He told how the young
man. scion of one of the most intel
lectual and cultured families of Eu-
rome. has won recognition in his own
right pv his explorations, writings and
big game hunting.
Prince William showed himself a
master of the rifle and the American
Nernacular.
There are few dark spots left in
Africa" he said. because American
movie men rapidly are Transforming
1t into a second Hollywood where both
natives and wild animals are hecom-
Ing expert and mature actors.
He explained that his flair for hunt
ing came about because he cared ut
tie for society and liked the free ana
easy life of the wilderness, where, ne
added there is nothing of the artl-
ticial.'' incidentally. when in Stock
holm, the prince drives himself about
i'm modest model of one of the most
popular of America s cars.
Inspired by Roosevelt's Book.
The sneaker said he was induced to
go to Africa by reading Roosevelt
book on his Jungle hunt He alluded
to the curious circumstance that the
Nile. oldest river. perhaps. that figures
in human history. was the last great
river to have it's source traced by CIV
ilized man-an event of only fourth
of q century ago. And the prince ana
his party passed through those upper
reaches of the river which still are In
one of the least known parts Oh
Africa.
The first of his motion pictures
into the kenya country by the billions.
devourirg every green thing in their
path Then the camera revealed ne
nesting EeronS and cormorants OF he
African great lakes region and. most
interesting of all the bird pictures. the
weaver. which literally weaves its
nest. The nest has it's entrance at
the bottom and is provided with
pocket which keeps the eggs and the
young from falling out.
Pygmies. with their poison-arrow
guns, inhabited the next area visited,
in the forests east of Lake Vivu.
These little people are timid. They
hover about, but the only bait that
induces them to come out in the open
is the crv, oft repeated. II have salt;
do you want it,
Tells of Odd Animal Traits.
Prince Williams lecture abounded
in interesting sidelights of animal
habits and pictures of them in char
acteristic acts. He told of the noe
turnal habits of lions and partners.
how the presence of elephants often
is detected by the curious rumbling
of their stomachs audible 100 yards
distant, and how birds fly into the
mouths of crocodiles. eat the food from
between their teeth, then fly away
again.
The prince showed native ebony
"fiappers'' smoking pipes. and other
native bellies whose dancing to native
Jazz orchestras outdoes that of any
American ballroom, both in gyration
and duration.
The buffaloes of Africa, he said, are
the most dangerous and most feared
of all African wild animals. He OBJ
tanned excellent motion pictures OF
buffalo herds. remarking that his
photograp her was ensconced in a tree
when these were taken. He gave
vivid account of thrilling encounter
he had with the gorilla. an animal
that has 10 times the strength of
man, which he shot at 3 yards.
s,.That," he said was the most lucky
shot of my life
Other of the noteworthy animal
pictures were obtained by patient
stalking of antelopes, wart hogs. ba-
boons, leopards, wild dogs, elephants,
crocodiles and hippopotami.
A distinguished audience heard the
lecture.