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Show INTO AF'llCl. A Lady tYho I'ropove" To luaplorc MTho nark ntlnrttt. Kansas City, Dm. H. Visiting in this city at the home of Mr. Ho Dud 1'. Conklin Is lady, who, while, flreudy ttbil Known III the literary wcrid, ii in a short time to umitrtaku an euterprl-e of literature and lneeli;i.tIou whhh will without with-out question pi no her on an iiiJI-vidual iiiJI-vidual piaue, an i one inner ct occupied by a woman. The lady Is Mrs. May French Sheldon, nlte uf Mr. E. It. Siieldou. who represents repre-sents the Jarvis-Couklin Mortgage Tnist Compiuy in Ixjudon. T!i uiidertiklug in which shu is about to engage is a trip into the wildest portion of Africa, .not as a member of aa exploria j pirty, Lilt as the heaJ of iti .Ma S.leMon has lived most of her lite In Ijondon, nltliouIi she U a native Veir Yorker. She ha3 de-Voted de-Voted much of her thde to literature, and has giveu great atteulioii to Afric-in exploration. Her home in Ijondon liis Iven the rendezvous for African explorer and students. She has been fofa hrUtlulean inti male friend of Henry M. Stanley. Mrs. Sheldon says ttiat her venture ven-ture is no missionary v. ork; it Is not la the interest of any institution or Uovernmeat; it ii not to attack or defend anj-hing or anybody. She' is going simply becaii"u shu wants to, an J 1, going to mil the expedition expedi-tion herteK and to suit herself. She goes to Africa for the iurpose of learning the ways and customs, legends aud folk lore of tho native, and Incorporating them into a book. She is to sail from England iu Feb-uary, Feb-uary, and will go 1'rst to Zanzibar, thence to Mombasso, and then will Iwgia llie worst part cf her journey. In telling of her proposed travels Mrs. Sheldon said- The expedition expedi-tion shall be entirely my own. The honors, if there beauy, shall cot be divided, and the criticisms, aud of t ours: there will bu many, mutt be aimed at me alone. 1 shall take my stenographer only to tboitarting iwint in Africa, and from there on I shall be the only white woman in tho iarty. 1 shall Ire attended, of course, by several women. I will ah-o have several Arab attendants and such military protection as I think necessary. A band of Ins than Unpen or twenty would find It extremely dangerous In such a country. I expect to ruacb Mount Kilinujo, from J0) to SO) miles from tliecoast. and iua country where no white woman has ever been. I shall have special passports from Seirclary of state lllalne, and alto le-ttets from Stanley. Stanley's naruo is ULe magic in Africa, and altogether I havo little fear but that my little venture will beacompara tiCely safe one. I shall be In Africa three mouth!-" |
