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I rmZ OMAHA SUNDAY HEE: AUGUST 2. 100. President Roosevelt Anxiously Awaited in the Big Game Countries (Copyright bjr Frank O. Carpenter.) L" LA WAY (Special Correspond B ence of The Bee.) I have re ceived aevei-al letter! asking aa to the president's big game hont In Africa. I have heard of It here and there all the way down the east coaat of the continent. The offi cials and sportsmen are talklMi about It, and all are holding out their handa to wel come the nlmrod of the White House. 1 got the first Intimation of the president's plans, now more than a year ago, while I was traveling In the Sudan. They were being discussed by a German baron and a British colonel belonging to the Indian service as wo were crossing the Nubian drsert together. The baron and the colonel were on their way up the Blue Nile to shoot lions on the border of Abyssinia and they believed thct t lie president mlfiht find excellent sport there. While at Khartum I had talk with the sirJnr or governor general, who was also commander-in-chief of the troop of the Sudan, and learned that ha would be glad to have our president sample the big game of the Anglo-fCayptian possession. When I arrived In British East Afrlra a few months later I was told that the president would surely come there and 1 heard the same slory In German East Africa, both at Mwanza on Lake Victoria an at Dar es sfalaam below Zanzibar. The German officials can assure the president a good bag of giraffes, hippopotami and elephants, and the same Is true of British CerAral Afrlra and northwestern KhodesU. Indeed the president's coming seems to have been anticipated for ometnionihs and the officials and sportsmen are awaiting Ms advent and to see him change his coal of arms from the "Teddy Bear" to the "Teddy Uon," "Teddy Elephant" or "Teddy Hippopotamus." 1 ' Blft Uame In the fondan. The general opinion is that the president will leave New York for Gibraltar and .. , . , . ... ,,, Naples, and that he will there take one or .. ' j the German East African stesmers and .... . , h. o down to Mombasa, beginning his hunt- Z. "j.V." . r.T.u p.. f.i. Thi- u.i ixU.lw,. u, im,.., .. . ' : Is bigger than Lake Superior, and hip can be easily arl comfortably done. There Uml may be seen , th, pnpyru3 are learners' every week and the trip to ree(Jg almoBt anywhere nong. lt, shores. Mombasa will take less than a month. The far I should say woijld be about $.m A far better trip, however, will be to go to Egypt and up the Nile Into the Sudan. Alexandria can be reached at a cost of $1M In a little over two weeks, and an other four or five days will put the pres idential party In Khartum rfady to take a steamer up the Blue Nile to the borders of Abyssinia. They may even extend their travels Into that country, and If so th president's friend. King Menellk, will be glad to send native soldiers, hun ters and porters to aid In the chase. For ordinary persons the license to hoot big game In the Sudan costs $300. but the freedom of the country will prob ably be awarded to our president, and he will ' be allowed to shoot without limit such birds and animal as are not on th prohibited list. Th laws of the Sudan provide that no oue may capture or kill airaffa, sebras, .ostriches, wild asses or rhinoceroses. The holder of a $200 li cence can kill two elephants, two elands, two kudus, four buffaloes, four hippo potami and about thirty of the various kinds of gazelles and antelopes. In Abyssinia there are no restriction on shootlng, and there are parts of the Sudan where any number of hippopotami may be captured or killed. In addition to big game there are In the upper Sudan large numbers of birds and also wild sheep and mall antelopes, so that the hnntlng I practically unlimited. In case th president goes there he will probably charter a special steamer at ' Khartum, and live upon it during the In tervals of the chase. Hantlaa- la I'aTandsw Returning to Khartum the president can go via the Red sea to Mombasa or he can outfit at Khartum and take a lit tle steamer on the Whit Nile for Gondo koro, more than one thousand miles up the river, and thence on via Uganda into British East Africa. The trip by way of the Red sea will take him between ' two and three weeks, and th Uganda journey will b thrice a long. Th latter trip. ' however, I by far th better, as he will have a chance to shoot big game all the way. At Gondokoro he will be ln a country swarming with hip popotami and crocodile, and a little far ther on will strike rhtnos, elephants, Hon and all sorts of wild beasts. He should write In advance to the authorities of Uganda for licenses and permission te hunt within tb limits of that protector ate; and they will undoubtedly send sol diers to meet him on the border, while the Bidar of the Sudan will give htm an escort and all assistance on the upper White Nile. Leaving the ship at Gondo koro he will have to go on mules or on foot, to Nlmull, a march of 'only a few days; and there he will get small boats which will take him to Lake Albert In th Uganda protectorate. If he wishes, he can be met at Lake Albert by jinricki shas from Entebbe; and a couple of weeks will give him time for a leisurely run through the protectorate with chance shots at all aorta of big gam. He will see chimpanzees and col. .bus monkey and baboons of all sorts. On the way ar great herds of sebras, wl'd buffal atfd nearly aver known type of African antelopes. There are wild asses like those of Nubia and three-horned and five-turn, d giraffes. Sir Henry Johnson claim that there are okapl ln western Uganda, and I know that lions and leopards are every where to be found. There are do restric tions a to hunting lions, and it will be strange If the president and Kermlt, who, I understand, I to go with him, do not kill evaral of th Uganda species. As to elephants, they are found all over the country, and a certain number of them may be shot by each sportsman when properly licensed. The laws, however, pre vent the killing of cow elephants or baby elephants, and, as a general rule, none of the female of the big game can be hunted, killed or raptured when accompanied by their young. The party will meet with many rhlnoo- roses and will have to be careful to keep to tne winward or them. The Uganda rhinoceros I stupid and almost blind, but It can smell like a bloodhound, and It will charge against th wind. I met on man tn South Africa who had shot a whit rhinoceros. This was ln Rhodesia, and I am not sure whether any such ar to be found la Uganda. I em told th rhinoceros there Is timid and that he will not charge un less h It at shot at The animals go alone nit ar BMnm BaAfi tn HmvAa Tk.v . ... ,,,. , .. w. .v,.,. noses. There Is a big horn just over the raUon ot aivln""- "d n medal and "Diving from the .urface to the water Is nose, rising almost at right angles with t0Phle awarded for competitions, depict much neglected. It Is a very ueeful ao the mouth, with a small horn behind It ,h of thB Prassed together in complishment either In case of life saving The longest rhinoceros bern en record measure almost four feet and somu are frequently secured which are from thirty- six to forty-two Inches. Akest talVlcrt. During the trip agror Uganda th presi dent will probably visit Mount Blgon, an extinct volcano, about which there Is ex- reliant an ting, and will then go to'jmga. wher th watsr of Victoria Nyansa flows out, lornans the Nile. At that point the i K- '"' .. till 4v 't .. - I V , f V i r V:'. J a- 1 if fishing Is good and there Is good sport shooting the birds, among which Is the whale-headed stork. Crossing from there to Kampala, the capital of I'ganda, the president will go on to Entebbe and thence sa over the lake to Port Florence, where ' I should by all means advise the party ,. . .! . . to take a trip around Victoria Nyutiza ... . , , . , before going south. This body of water There are Hons and leopards In the woods and one has' no troublo to get a shot at a monkey. There are some wild bcaatj on the Ulanda of the lake, and on CJker rwi there is a herd of elephants. At Bu koba there are a German commander and several German officials, and at Mwania, th southernmost port, there Is a fine et of German officers, who will be glad to accompany the president on any big game excursion he may care to under take. At all of these porta there are na- Diving a Healthful Exercise for Women EW YORK, August 1. Diving I N one of th most fascinating aquatlo exercises for women and there la nothing of the kind more conducive to a healthy, clear complexion than a sood- v-orous piunge Into the water. Yet illvlng I neglected on this side of th water, and of the great number of women who swim well only very few know bom to dive Drorv orly. The reason Is perhaps that while the teacher give much attention te swimming they say very little about diving to their pupils. One of the latest to com to th aid of r her sex in this matter Is Mrs. E. M. Syers, winner of th Bath club ladles' champion ship in England for the last three years. and one of the most graceful women diver In the world. "One need not bn a good swimmer ln order to become an expert diver," she says. "The flrat attempts at diving should be made from the side of a swimming bath. Bending until the head la nearly level with the feet the beginner should allow herself to Ull ,nto the water. "After confidence ha been attained the correct position may be assumed. In this the diver stands erect, the legs together, and with a strong outward and upward spring, the arms at the same time being swung forward with thumbs touching and palms downward, she enters the water In a straight line, the head between the arms. "It Is important carefully to note the correct position of the bands. Many lllua- me conventional meaiaevai auiiuao oi Prayr 'Wher ample depth Is not assured, the beginner should never attempt to high dive. The expert alone is competent to dive from a helg-ht into comparatively shallow water without risk. "When the learner ha mastered the forward dive the back dive may he at- tempted. This, though no more ootnpli- catnl. 1 considerably more difficult- "Th diver should stand firmly a th K . ' . -,( - v ft' M -.". PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAY DO THIS TO A tlves who may be hired to carry the camp equipment and guns, and there will be .no trouble In getting them to chase up the wild animals. The trip around the lake Is comfortable. The steamers are small, but the food is good, and the storms are seldom so great as to effect one' digestion. German and the President. In going down the Uganda road toward th ocean the presidential party might get off at Vol and tramp across to th slope of Mount Kilimanjaro In German East Africa. I am told there are many elephants In that region and that big gam of all kinds abound. This is so In many parts of the German colony. The offlolals there are great sportsmen and they will welcome the president During my stay at Dar es Salaam I had chats with the governor and hi chief offlolala. They are anxious that the president should come and will be glad to go about extreme edge of the bath or springboard, and with her back to the water and with arms raised above her head, bend slowly backward until the balance la lost the body falling stiffly into the water. After some practice the stiff posture should be relaxed and a vigorous spring upward and outward taken at the moment when the body begins to fall. The toes should be pointed, and the bowlike position of the back assumed aa shown In the cut. or wnen 11 is aeeirea io onng some oojeci to the surface. "The exercise Is supposed to be quite a simple affair, but aome practice la neces sary In order to effect It successfully. The correct method Is to take a deep breath, then suddenly to depreea tie bead, elevate the body at the hips and rimut- taneoualy make a powerful stroke with the lege aad an upward atroke wrth the hands, "To lis throw back the bead and push eft treat tae tetcnia r take a eUeag , - ; -- I v y., iizy& VwS- y - r- - . .nv t) v . . v. ? - : ZEBRA. with him and make hi tU; pleasant. I have heard from another source that there Is some talk of the kaiser visiting German East Africa at the same time In order to go bunting with the president. The two men have about the same tastes, they are both fairly good shots and the tories of how they have chased th lions or the lion have chased them would ba read with avidity all over the country. A for myself, I doubt th possibility of th German emperor leaving Europe, but it will be remembered that he has al ready gone aa far a the Mediterranean, and there Is no telling what either he or our president will do. In British Eaat Afrloa. Coming back to Port Florence, the presl- dent had best go down the Uganda rail- road to Nairobi, the capital of British East Africa, and make that his headquarter during hi hunting In that territory. British Bast Africa has more big gam than any omer pan oi me conuneni; ana so mucn iT r - t , stroke with the arms ana legs. "The newest thing ln diving Is the "swal low." It is made from a springboard of very high, platform. The most graceful dive was Introduced and perfected by the Swedes, and considerable gymnastic train- ing is necessary to execute It effective. The dive ehould be taken with the arms exxenueo laterally, me neaa ana cne.i raised and the back hollowed, the legs close eogetner. Tne diver wun or wiuwui m run uiruwi nerseu uf.i .. ou neami m wmiar ms " w ana me arms oruuini iwwo, iui ii arm and legs being ln a straight line. Mrs. Bayers has something to say on swimming and recommends the overarm women. But she thinks It Is beat that they should start with th breast stroke. "Confidence." she says, "Is acquired far more readily within the limitation ef a swimming bath than In th sea or ether open water, for the beglnn.r recognise that the depth is graduated and that she caa regain bar f eethold at any asMneat w- THOUSANDS hunting I done that t S no troublo to outfit or to know where to hunt. There are mercantile firm which make a buslm ss of supplying hunting parties, and there are men who will take charge of everything at o much per month or at so much per hunt. The expenses are considerable. I should think It would cost the president $40 or $G0 per day for every member of his 'T:. T-a ZU't .n.nl T.rlvi- i...'.iv.n him each member will have to Lav ta TSdlUM a licTr. of 7m for the ErlVlle.? .hating Th. big game Such privilege of nxl'n tna D1 "m, ' 1 cense are now bringing from $50,000 to t mono a vaar to the aovernment; and they - - . are looked upon as a live source of revenue They ar paid by the nobility of England and an otner. wno moot, . - that there will be an exception In the case of President Roosevelt A a tn mnnA romnanv. there will b DO xouDifl looui max in isriusn jaai. aitica. Thar ar no end of faous people who nuni mere every season, ana some ui uw Instruction can. In these circumstances, be more effectively given, and the pupil Is able to concentrate her attention on ac quiring the necessary movements. "A th beginner is always liable to hurry nd to work arm and legs Independently until the movements become hopelessly confused. It Is best to learn the breast stroke out of th water. In order that the body and limbs may always be In the cor- rect relative positions each stroke should b deliberate. "In the first position 'he hands should be touching the chest, palms downward; the feet, with the soles together, drawn up to th body; th knee turned out aa far a at.' A.1 '- .iV.!. ..'. ''... 1,' ' possible. 'In the second position ihe arms should be stretched out to their fullest extent, palms still downward; simultaneously the legs with a powerful upward and outward weep are brought close together, the whole body being in a straight line. "In the third and last position the palms are turned outward, and the arms, still extended, are brought level with the shoul ders, the leirs remaining closed. "All the movements must be powerful and decided; particular attention should be paid to the second position of the legs; they must be stretched as wide as possible before being closed, as It Is from this stroke that the Impetus gained. 1 principally -with systematic practice and the occa- ,oriai a..i.t.ee of a friendlv hand the br(,a,t ,tr0ke will present little difficulty. n,,, desirous of cqnlrlng the more com- pUcate(1 methods of progression, such as the Augtrallan crswl. should consult one of the most modern standard works ln which piates depicting the seqaence of movements are jn found Sentimental Jabs. "Jane Slnwnerlou Is so sentimental. Ws l.llrin u K.111I Ih. P 1 1 r-1 1 n ntiiln Mayn(mer an(1 , ,ald that somebody had pointed out that not on of them too a nam in an inai long vurmi. "And what did Jane say?" "She said she thought It wss lovely at hem to waot to toTirig some of the prcoua .oil of their naUve Undr-Oleve- yu Jaic 'v'.V . .'(' . .i.S OF GIRAFFES ARB FOUND IN BRITISH nobility of England have large estate with game perserres. Lord Delamere, one or these. Is a famous shot, and o 1 Lord irindltp, who own ten of thousand of acres In the Rift Valley. I have already written of our Pike county millionaire, Mr. William McMillan, formerly of Missouri, He has an estate of ,000 acre right In the bent gam region, and hi wife now an(1 thcn " ana "b1' a "on ln the back yard- There " a ehance ,0 PP over a hlppopotamu. or a rhinoceros in the. ardt'n atch bfor breakfast, and there are herd of antelopes and aebraa on the nlBntHtlnn M McMillan ha. n ,,n pla-.n ,ation"' McM'Ua" h" 'n mooiie, witn wnicn me presiaeni mignc run djwn tQe M ,n caae Buceeful troubl) wUh a Mon reBreat ta a masterful way. Seriously speaking, th bar game of j i iwe ii cjtxm. Ainu m uujaeivui uiu vL- v , . - ,. British East Africa la numerous and va riwu ueyuuu uvaurJiM-ion. j.no uajanua rail- uiu . k n ths Indtlu, MMJ, ta vtatn-,. rlBht tnrougn tn0 country, 8 lined with amte- lopes, zebras, gnu and wild ostriches, and one frequently see ' giraffes, lions and rhinoceroses from the oar windows. There is far more gam visible in a aide over that road than the number of cattle and hog In a Journey through the best stock raising portion of th United State. Hoatlag ln Hhodeals. One of the fine hunting grounds stUl left on the African continent 1 Barotseland, now known as Northwestern Rhodesia, The president might reach thi by going westward through Germaji Cast Africa to Lake Tanganyika, and thence making hie way down that lake on th small steamers now plying to th outhern end. From there he could maroh overland to the Broken Hill mines, or it may be that the Cape to Cairo railroad will be extended much further north by the time he reaches there. It he should not oar to go further Into German East Africa, he can take ship at Dar es Salaam, and go down Into the Mo- sambique channel, landing at Belra, ln Portuguese East Africa. From there two or three days on a good railroad will bring him here to Buluway, and thence to the Victoria falls of the Zambesi. These falls are equal to. If not greater, ln beauty than Niagara, and the president should by all means see them. From Victoria the train will take him northward across the Kafue river Into Barotseland. when he will be in a game country which affords excellent sport. I have met the governor of that territory since I came here. He Is a celebrated hunter and has killed many lions and rhi- nosceroses. He tells me that Barotseland boa antelope of all kinds, and also many giraffe, zebras, buffaloes, hippopotami, eland, kudus, lions, cheetah and leop- ards. There are numerous wild birds, and In the Zambesi and the Kafle there is fairly good fishing. Sort With the Xatllvcs. In northwestern Rhodesia the president may have a chance to hunt native fashion, The negroes there are experts, and they kill all sorts of game, from wild hogs to rhinoceroses. They hunt at the close of the summer, first setting fire to the high grass and burning over the whole country, As the grass sprout up In the swampy place the game goes there to feed, and Prattle of the Youngsters ihTLE ETHEL is the young daughter of a contractor In Philadelphia. One of her Bisters has recently entered into an International marriage contract. Ethel was asked the other day by one of the teachers, "Whom did the scientists say supported the world on his sliouUer?" "Atlas," answered Ethel. "Qulte right," said the teacher, "and What supported Atlas?" "Oh," answered Ethel, "I suppose he had an American wife." Uttle Margie's father had a bald spot. While kissing him at bedtime jone even ing she said: "Stoop down, papa; I want to kins you on the head where the lining shows." Tailor (to Tommy s mother, who is or dering her boy s suit) Do you wish the shoulders padded T Tommy Ma, ma, have him pad the seat of the pants! Little 6-year-old Lulu was looking at the numerous stars one night. After a time she exclaimed: "Oh. mamma, how grand and beautiful heaven Is! And, Just think, we can only u. th. wrona- side of it!" Tou must try to love your psp as murh as he loves you." said the visitor. "Oh, I love him more." replied Tommy "Indeed? Doesn't your papa love you very much? "Not much. He says he enly loves ma hen I'm good." Wlllard Papa, may 1 go swimming? Papa Why. wlllard, only an hour ago you c(m,piained of a pain In your stomsch. Wl'.lard That's all right papa. I can swim on my naca. a Tommy's mslden aunt had calUd at- ,m. 0f that young man' bus- d..-r. thereby oauaina him to be ' tv ;-V t '5 V V -J rll v. EAST AFRICA. th natives lay lu wait and shoot ft wltM their bow and arrows or kill It with spears. They also stretch great net aoros th path or drives, into which they chase the game, and when the animal become entangled they rush In and pear them, These nets are made of vine and fiber and are ometlme two mile la length. It will interest th president to see hew they hoot Hon and leopard by meanB of trap,.. The most common lion trap a no0S8 balted wltn meat an(, BO arrana that when the Hon rraba arrange tnat wnen the lion grab the meat he 1 caught by the noose, and In jerking away pull the trigger of a gun which hangs down from above. Th gun Is so fixed that when It goes oft the beast receive the ball just back of the neck and I killed. In trapping; , . . , . . , 1Prd th gun I set at an angl Of fnrv f i .. Auo-raom . . y, i m thrugh the brain. Tierer Fiah of the Ksunbeat. A to fishing, I am told there Is n "P01 llke the tiger fish of the amoesi. mis nsn orten weigns as mucn as twenty-five pounds, and it Is as game as a salmon, indeed. It la rar more so in proportion to Its weight, for It Is said that a four-pound Zambesi tiger will yield more excitement than a forty-pound sal- mon. The tiger fish Is dark blue on the back, whit on the belly, and It has fiv or lx blue stripes on the sides. Its fin and tall are red. The best places to fish for It are from an Island, or bulow a rocky bar, in about three feet of water. Th fish takes almost any kind of a glittering, spinning bait and a good way to catch It la to troll for It or cast with a hook with a spoon fastened to the line by a teel wire. The lines have to be carefully made, and nothing but wire Is of any e"ood ln connection with the hook, for the tiger will cut a gut or twine line to piece with its teeth. Great care must be used . In extracting the hook, and It Is well to kill the fiah first. Its teeth are sharp, and, If one Is not careful, he may lose a finger, The tiger fish is as full of bones as a shad, but It does not compare with either the salmon or shad as a table fish. About It only virtue Is the sport which It affords, and there are many African fish which are bettor to taste. v Season for Hunting-. Down here in Rhodesia the president will find the winter months of from July to November the best time for his visit. Then the rainy season Is over, the grass Is grown up and has been burned off and the new grass Is Just shooting- The game now comes out of the woods and bushes to graze, and there are practically no Insect or mosquitoes. There is no danger of fever at this time, although I would suggest that the president go nowhere In Africa without mosquito nets, and that he put them up whether out on the plains or ln the cars, when there Is the least danger. In British East Afrlra almost any time of the year except the rainy seaaon will furnish excellent hunting. The big- game country is so near the equator that the temperature Is about the same all the year round. This Is also true of Ugsndt, and,' as for the Sudan, the best time there Is la the heart of our winter, FRANK G. CARPENTER. punished. Tommy pondered a while, then asked. "Papa, will little sister Qbtdys be an aunt to my children when I am a luun?" "Yes. Tommy." answered his father much Interested. "Why do you auk?" "'Cause she might as well get married and have a homo of her own. for I rtout Intend to 'low any aunts to stay around my house, making trouble for my olUl- dren." "What do you mean iy smoking my pipe, young man?" queried the stern father ot a piecoclcu 6-year-old. "Mamma said If I teased the cat again she'd make me smoke for It," explulnd the little fellow, "and I teased her agitln." "Elsie," said the mother of a small nilsa, "you'll have to be broken of tho habit ot sniffling at the table." "Hadn't I better be mended, mamma?" queried Elsie. Little Dorothy is quite a punster. One day at dinner she said: "Mamma, what In that glass jar?" "Pickles, my dear," replied her mother. "Then please pickle little one for me." said the small mis, gravely. Elsie's big doll had come to an un timely er.d "Mamma." she said one day, "you must nor let baby lie In the sun." "Why not dear," ssked her mother. " 'Cause she'll melt, like mine did." Small Clara, who had to pass a glue fao- tory on her way to achool. rebelled on account of the disagreeable odor therefrom "I wouldn't mind It so much, mamma," she said, "if 1 had been bum with a deaf fcnd dumb nose." Little Mabel had been attending a eanu) meeting wun ner motner and upon her re. - iu uu wnaa camp mating waa. "Camp meeting," ei plained Mabel. m Uac where they have Sunday evarf- J th wek."-Chlcgo Mew,
