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V COLORADO Miss Anna Morgan,
daughter of J, Pierpont Morgan, th$
famous New York financier is known
to hunters as "The Diana of the Peaks" Mrs.
Max C. Fleischmann. of Cincinnati has taken
part in big game hunts in 'Africa and has shot
polar bear, in the frozen ft orth. Mrs, . W.
M. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, has sought sport
in the jungles of India end Africa, as well as
in the wilds of Canada. V
"In archaic art' authorities state, "Diana
often appears as winged and grasping two
lions or other wild animals"
No modern Diana, so far as known, has
ever been photographed in the act of grasp-
tng itvtng Hons, but more man one nos exer
cised her skill in marksmanship on the king of
beasts. Not a few women of this generation
have sought big game at bcldty and as con
fidently as men. ,
Historic romat&e has given large place to
gentle Priscilla, the Puritan maiden. Future
annals of womanhood will undouitedly accord
as prominent a plact to famous Dianas of
modern times, antitheses of Priscilla in many
ways and yet her successors in truly fcmjinine ,
graces.' J .- ' ";..':'
MOBE womei may b amtr4 amone th
mighty hunter of th land than n weuM
Imagine. It 1 a tlm-honor4 Jeat t 4plet .
a, woman aa fainting at tna aight of mauia
what cas we lay of on wb boldly ahoota baara a
the Rockla or Uvea In African Jungleat
One of the moat prominaat at America' jtomen
huntera la Mlaa Anna Morgan, Who, when aha feala In
clined, leave, the aoelal engagement of Maw York
and Newport and plungea lnt the wUderneaa) of Colo
rado with all the daring of the dooghtieatt
The daughter of the great banker no nor feara facing-
wildeata, lyniea, coyote, mountain lion or even
grlxzllea than ahe dread the acrutlny of th aTit In
the drawing room.
She 1 aa much at bo ma with tha rift in bar hand
aa Bhe 1 with her Jeweled fan daring ball.
Miaa Morgan la a thorough atfortewomen. With,
partlea of friends., ahe ha gone Waat and apent a
month at a time In tha wlldeat part at th foreata.
Clad In a aweater, abort aklrta and rubber boota.- the
young woman haa often ridden off on perilous trails,
gun swung over her aboulderj or for hour haa stood
in trout streams waiting for bit.
On on of her trips ah wtnt through 111 miles of
the wildest country. During her stay in Colorado Miss
Morgan usually lives tinder tents, eata her meal off
tables of bark, and thoroughly annoys roughing it.
In her father's palatial mansion, on Fifth avenue,
New York, hang the heads of numerous deer and elk
felled by the daughter in the Weet .On on trip Miaa
Morgangot one bear, two buek deer, 100 groua and
enough trout, it was said, to stock a stream.
In Colorado ahe' la known to hunters aa "The Diana
of the Peaks." William Baxter is the veteran guide
of those wilds. He was with Miss Morgan one day
when she espied a deer. Across a little hill she, saw
the great horns of the majestic creature moving a he -browsed,
Baxter carried some weapons.
NOTHINQ DAUNTS MISS MORGAN v
"My rifle quick, Baxter." panted Miss Morgan, her
eyes flashing.
In an instant she had cocked It, taking aim with
the precision and coolness of a veteran. B&ngl A
cloud of smoke, which slowly cleared. Then a cry
"I've got him!" from Miss Morgan.
"Seems to me," commented Baxter, "that the Mor
gana muet hav a. shooting gallery in tMeir home. In
New York. Mighty few young ladles can shoot as well
aa ah does. And she's th pluckiest mountain climber
I aver saw. : . -vV.'V. '. .. . ..
- "Nothing ever upsets her. Why, sh brought down
her big seven-pronged buck at too yard on her first
shot. She caught him plumb through the heart." -
Few female NImrods can boaat of the experience of
Mra. Max' C Flelachmann, of Cincinnati, who has
hunted polar bears SO degrees ( minutes north, and
tigers and hippopotami In -the Jangles of interior Af
rica, right on the equator.- - . .,
Mrs. Fleischmann 1 2S years of age and strikingly
handsome. Some time before her marriage, in Decem
ber. 1906. Mr. Fleischmann said to her:
. "Where shall w take our honeymoon, dear?"
"The West Indies would be charming," she replied.
"True; and how about a trh to the North?"
wfghUu?r POUr ber,T" sfi elPP4 ker hand.
"It's a go!" h announced. And it
Mr. Flelachmann was an experienced hunter and
as the Inheritor of a comfortable fortune was able to
cruise the world in his yacht Hiawatha, Journeying
when their friends learned they were going to tbe
Arctics they ablvered. A- honeymoon poleward! In
credible! v . ,
With the coming of summer they sailed for Trom
soe. Norway, where a chartered ship awaited them.
With the party wr a number offrlends. They set
sail for Spitsbergen and the fro sen North, and for
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eleven weeks were out of communication with clvtll.
cation. j
"We didn't suffer many hardships," said th fair
huntress on her return, "It was cold, of course, but
we had a splendid time. Hunting was good."
And it must have been, for she had shot and killed
two polar bears, besides a number of seals, reindeer,
blue foxes and many specimens of birds.
Her trip to the Jungle of Africa on a lion-hunting
expedition was evei more exciting and perilous than
her honeymoon North.
Starting from London, the party rBehed Mom
bassa In nineteen days, making their way into th In
terior of Africa on the Uganda Railway, Which runs
three trains a week. "The railroad Is a most primitive
affair," said Mr. Fleischmann, on his return. "Pas
sengers who wish to sleep must provide their own
bedding, which may be spread over leather benches.
With which the cars are equipped."
The Americans equipped their caravan 883 miles
inland, and pitched their first camp three mile from
Nairobi. The party, which included Lord Learmouth,
a friend of Mr. Fleischmann, was attended by forty
six porter, from different tribes. Most of th shoot
ing was don along the Tana and Thlk rivers. Th
party got "big game," Including on lion, two lion
esses, on giraffe, five rhinoceroses, two. buffaloes,
four sebra and more than 100 antelopes, ,
FUN AT THE EQUATOR
"Enjoy the trlpT" declared th fair shot, When she
got back, "Yes,' indeed! We did rough It somewhat
in the Jungles, and certainly were grateful for our
rubber bathtub. It was frightfully warm. We were
right n the equator, but we bad lots of fun."
Diana, according to classlo chronicles, did not lead
more adventurous life!
Mra Fleischmann, however, is not th only Amer
iean woman who goes tiger and lion hunting In th
Jangles of th tropics.. Mrs, J. W. M. Cardes. et Qer
mantown, Philadelphia, is a much at bom in th un
glea of India or Africa a in th woods of Main.
On of the richest' women in Philadelphia, Mr.
Cardesa is said' to spend annually more than tlOO.vOO
far th expense of her bunting trips. In th park'
surrounding her splendid bom she maintained for s
time a large collection of deer, elk. buffalo and Other
game. .
Mrs. Cardesa la a thorough sportswoman, and, with
her son, T. D. M. Cardesa, often foes to Cans, da, Col
orado and Maine after bit; fame. Several year age
ESS than three week sgo, in Flatbush, New
York, a man died to whoi magnificent
pint th sympathy, the) eager admiration
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ox a people paid Humanity's highest
homage.
AVith the death of WilUam K. Marsh, of V
drophobia, the whole nation, proud of the splendid
example he furnished of the calmest and most un
flinching courage, felt aa it had never felt before)
the danger it constantly confronts in its intimate
association with man's most faithful friend and
ally among the beasts the dog.
Fori once, in the light of that terrible yet
heroio death scene in New York, the realization
waa forced home that Tabies, the characteristic dis
ease of the honest, loving', faithful dog, must be
stamped out, though the stamping out involve the
sacrifice . of that most ancient companion and
friend.
Killing of the dogs will not be needful; but
muzzling of all of them, if the latest investigations
of the government are to be heeded, is well nigh
essential. ; .
. ".. More startling than any other revelation of
recent date, however, is the statement, made by
physicians in different parts of the country, and
by experts of the. national goVernment, that hydro
phobia ia rn the increase, and that it is' an ever
present menace to humanity, i
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TL MARSUphyslclan by training. Inventor and
oiBnuiacxnu-er ny occupation, already well-to-do
and on the eve of an Immense fortune
irom theiexploltatlon of a new gas meter of
hi own devUlng4ws "called upon by one of th maids
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in his residence to bind up a gash in the eld of a pet
bulldog. Ha did It, tbe animal meanwblle licking its
benefactor's hand. ,
The inventor must hav scratched, with his Infected
nails, a small ecm rash upon his thigh, for his hand
was free at the time of out or abrasion. The dog,
acting strangely a few. days after his ministrations,
was killed upon the advice of a veterinarian.
Within six weeks Mr. Marsh felt the spasmodic
contractions of the throat, which his medical studies
warned him were suspicious symptoms. At th Pas
teur Institute in New York his apprehensions wr .
hopelessly confirmed.
"We cannot help you," the experts had to saf. "It
is too late; the disease is already under way. Tou
hav but three days more of life."
Then the doomed man. In the prime of his vigor
and strength, returned to hia home, settled nls affairs,
and calmly, between the recurring agonise of hydro
phobia, aided his physician until the end was so near
that, mercifully, they gav him opiates which could
partially relieve his pain. '
But a short time before a boy in another city
passed away in equal agony, with - equal fortitude
pleading that his parents should not touch, him, lest
they be Infected. In Dublin, Iowa. Mrtf W. V. Latta.
listening to her dying child's plea that sh might kiss
Mm, braved, without hesitation, th danger of hydro
phobia that her mother-kiss might give hi suffering,
unknowing child-spirit the comfort that It craved.
These were heroisms, paralleled no one knows how
often or how closely In th epidemic of rabies in
Jacksonville, J?la., when three persons, out f a dozen
bitten two years ago. dledi or in epidemic of late In
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Virginia and West: Vir
ginia. -:-;. " V
The natibnal 'government,' In a report published re-; V
cently, declares them all needless heroisms declares
breaks, from, th ISO mad dogs in Pennsylvania's
neeaieas in wnoie nopaiiing serieo or rnoics out-;
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they went to India and Intrepidly penetrated the Jun
gles, felling tigers, lions and wild boars.
Withal, Mrs. Cardesa is a charming, gracious
woman and a popular hostess. Tall and handsome,
in her drawing room she appears like on of the
French grand dames, possessing dlcrnity and poise. On
horseback she Is the Diana of the chase, Her skill
with the rifle equals that of the most trained hunts
man. When it eomes to bo'rsswpmen, however, nearly
everybody has heard of Mra Philip Allen Clark, of
Naw York. As Mis -Of eta Foweroy, chum of Ws-
Stuyvesant Flab, sh won th laurel of th race be
fore ahe was crowned with th roses of Cupid. It was
Peter Fenelon Collier who once said to Miss Pomeroy:
"What a stunning rider you would make," and offered
to coach her. Miss Pomeroy was enthusiastic.
Before this, in 1894, Miss Pomeroy gained the repu
tation of being the best women revolver shot In the
United States, and, as a swimmer, had won many races
along Bailey's Beach at Newport. Besides this, she
had felled great game in the West, and ranked first as
th woman fencer of Now York In taet, bar fame as a
huntress of big gam mors than equaled her reputa
tion as rider. She," lik Mis Morgan, baa shot bears
la th Rockies, ,
HUNTING AHEAD OP MATRIMONY
But when she got In a saddle, ahe found herself, as
sh laughingly declared. She rode constantly, follow
ing the fastest dogs, going the breathless pace of the
Meadowbrook hounds, and hunted constantly In New
Jersey, on Long Island and at Newport. - Bhe was soon
in a class with Mra Ladenburg and Mr. Kernochan.
After the announcement ef the engagement of Miss
Pometcy to Philip Clark quite a time elapsed before
the wedding In 1901. What was th matter T friends
, asked. Then some one whispered: "She' watting un
til she gains recognition a s leading cress-country
rider." She gained th recognition then married.
When, soms seven or eight years ago, Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock. Jr.. of th Meadowbrook Hunting Club, was
asked why ebe rod astride, she replied, with a little
exclamation of surprise:
"Why, because it's easier!"
It will be remembered that when Mrs, Hitchcock,
possibly the most noted horsewoman of the country,
braved conventions and Ceased t rid side-saddle,
society fojk stood aghast Society had beeome accus
tomed to the startling Innovations ef Newport oh, yes!
nmar
Chester county to Jacksonville's 1200 dogsdestroyed
within one autumn and the subsequent spring.
- "If eradication were once accomplished," tha gov
ernment announces upon the authority of the Agricul- .
tural Department's wide investigations, "alt that has
been said about, treatment would.be rendered unnec
essary. Rabies la the most easily eradicated of all in
fectious diseases.
- : "The factor of success In th undertaking can b
aamrued vp In three words mussllng all dogs. Could
this be efficiently carried out in the United States for
a few years, rabies would be entirely eradicated, aa
ha been demonstrated by the experience of other
countries.- i
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Sport Appeals
but there were custom that bad to 1 observed. OH
of these was th side-saddle. t 4
"But Just you wait and see." then declared th fair
horsewoman, wltha twinkle in her eyes! "you'll fitti
many more Women doing likewise." ;. '
Today . among th fair members of the hunt clnb"
not a few wear bifurcated riding suits, and ride wftU
all the ease and grac of men. At that time Mra,
Hitchcock said: "American girl will sob find out 13
is more comfortable, and the old aide-saddle Is defonm-t
log." Today in every city ther are young .womenf
who ride thus. - ' " f : -!
There are many daring cross-country riders beside
Mrs. Hitchcock. Without fear. -these women rid th
most spirited horses, tearing over th country at a
terrlflo pace, making dlssy Jumps, and emulating alt
tbe Nlmrod and Diana of th ancient. Moat of then
are alao proficient with the rifl and ar ixpert etf
fencing and other sport.
When it come to shooting small game, coreaiot
American women excel many men. Into the wild off
Virginia, along the shores of the Chesapeake, and all
through .the West they go after pheasants, grouse,
wild duck and other birds. - ''
Two of the most expert shot are Mra B, M. Holt
llngshead and Mrs. K. M. Bagley. of Camden, N. X
who, after trip ta Virginia, return to their homes'
with record bags. They enjoy uch outings to th ut-
most, and always have proofs of their prowess to"
show. ,(
Dq Business Women "Make
Good Wives?
DO BUSINESS women make good wives? Or ls4t!
true that woman's invasion of th world of com
merce has caused a decrease of merriagesT
.With four to five million women earning their 0r!
living, social conditions today, declares th Kew John E.-"
Scudder, pastor of the First Congregational Church, Jer-.
y City. N. J., are entirely different from those which;
prevailed a hundred years ago. Even women who marry,
be says, marry as equals, with the knowledge they can
earn their own living If necessary and that a field iL
open to them. ' ' ' '
A woman, he says, must either live as her own, sup
porter, or as the beneficiary of man; most women deter
mine to make their own living, either by "their flngotai
or their brain. ,
The olergyman related the case of the Massachusetts
school teacher who was wooed ardently by young man,
whose business career had not progressed further than,
the position of salesman In a small shoe store. . '
A very good position wss that of the teacher; h
was making something like SSOO a year, and said ah &TZ
not propose to giv up an 800 Job for a $800 man. ' 1
Unlimited opportunity . has been afforded women LH,
America of recent years to make individual declarations
of independence, and, being able, to do this, women arc?
not as anxious to marry as they were formerly. Tiri
bachelor maid 1 proud of her ability to support herself.,
and th designation, "old maid," doe not sting asii
one did, . - - , r . ,
Although wedding will probably be few in proportln i
to population in th future, the minister thinks th"
couples who marry will be happier, because they stan i,
on the same footing, and mutual affinity will be th-t
basis of marr(age In place of mercenary motives.
"In reality, there, la no cruelty whatever infllctei
on a dog by causing it to wear a, muzzle when in pubi
lie' places or running at large- Th animals soon be
come used to it and manifest not the slightest incon
venience." ' . ....
But this report, prepared by Dr. George H. Hart
of the Agricultural Department's Bureau of Anhn.
Industry, tells us that the prevalence of rabies is i
creasing. .
Chief Melvln, of th Bureau of Animal Indu.it
has this to says , ' ,
"Rabies, or hydrophobia, is known to be on of r
most terrible disease that afflict humanity. Whercv
It Is prevalent it causes constantly increasing anxiot
suffering and death to man and beast, not to meatluu
the financial loss; and these penalties are exacted not
withstanding the alleviation offered by treatment.
"Unfortunately; we have indubitable evidence this
the disease is increasing in th United States, and. al
though rabies is theoretically one of the most easiu
eradicated of all contagious diseases, there are, nevr.
theless, well-nigh insurmountable difficulties to b
contended with. All that i required to' rid us of thi
scourge is the muxsling of all dogs.for a few years
This ha been amply proved by the experience of sev
eral European countries where the disease has bee i
tamped out in this manner."
Dr. George II. Hart, of th earn bureau, in a re
port Issued recently, bad this to say:
"; Rabies is one of the most important in
fection diseases among domestic animals in .the Pin
trlct of Columbia. Blnce 1903 positive cases hav b
forwarded to this laboratory for examination fr.
Virginia, Maryland, Indian Territory, Indiana, No
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, M,tl
and Wisconsin." Thi is to show bow widely disti ,
v uted is th disease. . . ,.
- "In Pennsylvania, Xr, Hart continues, "rabies h
existed tor years. In 190 hardly a county was fr. .
from it ' ( In Norfolk, Va., the disease bus pre
vailed extensively during the last five years, arid ni
human being a hav been bitten." The' report then te
. ef outbreak in varioua parts of the country. -
lt will thus be seen," says Dr. Hart, -"that raf '
is all too prevalent throughout our country. - It Is -stantly
spreading and causing Increased financial v
human suffering and death year by year. Thr
. abundant evidence to warrant the statement tu.u i.
s single state Is free from the disesse."
Dr. Wheeler, of th New York Pasteur Instltut .
advises th following procedure for persons bitten t
dogs believed to hav the rabies:
"First, hav th wound, or wound, cauterized i
soon aa possible, ' - . , . '
"Take a complete coarse of treatment at on of t
: Pasteur Institution . .
"Th incubation period of the dlsa mar Imt
thirteen daya or it may last a year. Th ahon
" cubatlon period, on record la thirteen fl it n.
""fbedfsease reaches the second stas?o it I
possible to arrest its course.
"The dog supposed to hav th rh',p s i' l
' taken to the1 Pasteur Institute or the buur-l ut
for observation."
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