Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-29
WOMEN TO TREK
0UT-0F-WAY LANDS
Scientific WanderIuSt ImpeIs
Many to Seek Ancient
Lore Abroad.
BY MARTHA DALRYMPLE.
ASSOCIATED Press Staff Writer)

The curse of restless feet that insist
upon turning from the paved ways OF
safe American cities to the dark jun
giles of Africa, hidden paths in Spain
and remote reaches of Russia is taking
its toll this Spring of the National So
ciety Of Women Geographers.
Members who have just come back
from long tricks into unknown lands in
the interest Of history, geography
archelogy, botany and folklore are
going into SecluSion to write books or
to supervise the mounting of their wild
life specimens. but those women who
Lave spent a prosaic Winter doing rou-
tine work are picking up their khaki
suits, guns and cameras, ready TO start
with the first of the fine weather for
far places.
The society, which is made up only OF
women whose explorations have con-
tributed to scientific knowledge and
does not include those interested pri-
marily In hunting big game. is celebrat-
ing its third birthday. with Al active
members In this country and 46 CORE
spending members abroad.
Plans Spanish Trip.
Harriet Chalmers Adams of Wash
ington, president. will lead the Spring
evacuation Of active woman scientists
by sailing for Spain next month to con-
tinue her work along the trails OF the
ConQuistadoreS. She had almost finished
this work two and half years ago
when it was abruptly halted by fall
from o cliff in Portugal which left her
with a broken back.
Marguerite Harrison, author Of asia
Reborn" and supervisor OF the filming
Of the picture Grass, has just left
with her husband, young English ex-
plorer, for a three-year trip over the
world with a motion picture camera.
Gertrude Emerson OF New York has
Just published O book based on her two
and q half years spent in a small, re-
mote village in Central India, and is
trying to make up her mind where TO
go Eext.
Social conditions in the South Seas
are still claiming the attention Of Mar
garet Mead Of the American Museum OF
Natural History, while Grace Barstow
Murphy of New York is planning to
sail June l with her four children for
Ireland, to study the folklore and
legendary tales of the island
Frances Densmore of Red Wing
Mimi, collaboration of the Bureau OF
American Ethnology of the Smithsonian
Institution, is now in the Northwest
seeking examples of aboriginal music
of the American Indians.
To Study Mayas.
The field of prehistoric classics in
various lands in Asia Minor will be the
choice OF Caroline Carroll OF Wash
ington. who will sail the first Of June
and leila Nuttall OF Mexico City, who
has just completed lecture tour OF this
country, is returning to her home by
way of Yucatan so she can study the
ancient Magyar civilization.
The condition OF women in Russia
and Turkey has been the special work
of Elsie Grosvenor Of Washington, wife
OF the president Of the National Geo
graphic Society, and DR.. Lucy Wilson
of Philadelphia, who have just returned
from those countries. Elizabeth Dtckey
of New York is still in the upper
Amazonian Valley. doing general ex-
ploration and field work in that little
known section.