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Show Is es on a Five - Ye ar Tour of the World. tEver slnco the day that man began be-gan putting his purse In his trousers trou-sers pocket and forgetting It' there when he put on his other suit, car-TV car-TV toonlsts have depicted his wifo aa gaining her spending money by go-f go-f ing through his pockets- Miss Dora Rodrigues of Amster-f Amster-f dam, Holland, has Improved on tho I cartoonist idea, She uses trousers,, not to gain a small bit of change. Sho makes her livelihood with them. f- She wears them. For more than two years Miss Rodrlgues has been in America, touring Canada, the United States and Mexico. Two years before'thnt " ; oho visited South Africa, Asia and every country -of Europe. Her stay in America will terminate with the J- San Francisco fair when she will Ify return to Amsterdam to teach geo- wM sraphy In a girl's college there. H Miss Rodriguos is 22 years old. "When not quite eighteen sho took to travel after graduating from a H girl's finishing school in Edinburgh, H Gotland. Then followed a Journey 1 of almost five years of adventure in H strange lands, with experiences far different from those of the average tourist. She has dared the dangers of Bp Grant's Pass in Oregon. She once Hi jumped from a railroad trestle in K Virginia to a river far below to es- VV cape death from a freight train. Duriog the Ohio flood she was 1 caught by the water at Tiffin. In Mexico twice she came In contact wM with 'he Mexicans. She, has been Lfl arrested by the police tlmo and again'te a suspicious character, she was hid eight days In a prison in Smyrnt under suspicion she was a spy- Whefisho first came to America she carscd a big revolver in a hol-ster. hol-ster. Ste did not know anything fl about up laws of America and thought he would carry tho ro-volver ro-volver aaebe walked. In the capl-' tal city I America she entered a nowspapo, office and called on tho city editor "Littlo rl." said' the editor. "1 don't knowho you, are, where. you came fromjr where you are going, but I wouillko to know how you -got In hereVrrylng that weapon." She explicd she had never been harmed whl she carried It. Later . she went olVto.. see tho, city. In ftt iront o the to BulldIff sll.e waa If X ' nrrested and taken to police court as a suspicious character. She was fined $135 but the line was stayed upon promise she would not carry the weapon in the city again. "Why do you wear trousers?" Mies Rodrlgues was asked by a reporter re-porter for this paper. "Do you find they are easy to get around in?" "I'm not a disciple of Dr. Mary Walker," said tho woman. "They are a Utile easier to got around in than skirts, I admit. I don't wear them for that reason, however. Theso trousers, or rather knickerbockers, knicker-bockers, are my capital Btock They nro my most valuable asset. They keep me in food and pay my expenses ex-penses on my tour of the world." "CURIOUS CROWDS AX AID TO GIRL. Miss Rodrigues wears the knickerbockers knick-erbockers to attract attention. When she walks through the Btreets of a city tho people stop and look at her. In a wallet aho carries post card pictures of herself. When the crowd comes near g'no sells them pictures of herself. "Without the knickers I could not command attention," she 3ays. "I didn't put them on because I wanted to do so. I put them on because I had to if I was to continue my tour of the worjd. I had to look curious in order to get strangers to pay any attentlpn to me. Slnco coming to America in 1911 I have seen none but strangers." While in Minneapolis Miss Rodrlgues Rodrl-gues was stopped on the street by a smartly dressed woman one day last winter. The woman was passing by in an electric car. She had hoard of tho girl being in the city and when she saw her on tho street evidently evi-dently thought she would give her a piece of 'her mind. "I tnink it is awful for you to -march around hero in men's clothes," said tho woman as flhe stepped from her electric. "You could walk as well In skirts. .Your present garb is indecent." Miss Rodrigues looked at the woman who was wearing a slit skirt. "My knickerbockers are not so Indecent In-decent as your silt," said she. "I dress modestly. I do not masquerade as a man. I am not doing this entirely en-tirely because of love of adventure. I am fitting myself to bo a geography geogra-phy teacher and this is tho only way I have of paying for my post-gradu-.ato course." When Miss Rodrlgues flrBt started on her. world .tour alio wore. Dutch, ; wooden shoes to attract attention. Upon coming to America she discarded dis-carded them because they did not attract sufficient attention. Sho soon found she was unable to go on because of lack of funds. In the English-speaking colonies of the old world and In tho civilized countries of Europe she had tried wearing a boy's suit with success, so she decided de-cided to try it In America. Sho won instant success. Americans would go anywhere to see a woman In trouscrettcs. She found that In seeking newspaper news-paper publicity she was able to gain attention from editors and advertising advertis-ing mop without fall. In selling her own picture Miss Rodrlgues found Hho would be first surrounded by a crowd of jeering laughing men. But when sho would ask them If they would buy a picture of her she would bo met with prompt response. "Name your own price," was the usual reply. Miss Rodrlgues is high In her praise of American men generally. She said that asldo from tho crowds of toughs she met in all cities men usually treated her with courtesy. In the country she always carries a rovolvcr for protection but never has had to use it She knows how to shoot and Is also a good swimmer. Hor nblllty to swim came In good Btead twice in her journoylngs. The first time was near Lynch-. Lynch-. burg. Va. Sho was walking to Lynchburg from Roanoke and to facilitate her speed in traveling she was walking along the railroad track. Coming to a long trcstlo over a rlvor she decided to walk along the trestle rather than go another an-other way because night was coming com-ing on and sho wiahed to got to Lynchburg. When In the middle of tho trestle she saw a frolght train coming around a bond There was no chance to get off the trestle by running run-ning to the end. So sho Jumped headlong Into the river. SWIMS DOWN RIVER AND REACILES SHORE. .w EhqfrWam down the river as lliq. IDORA RODRIGUES, who is wearing- knickerbockers knicker-bockers as she tours the country. current was so swift sho could not mako the shore. She lloated with tho stream until sho reached a point whero tho stream broadened out and tho current Was not so swift. There sho made hor way to the shore. The second timo sho used her ability abil-ity to swim was at Tiffin, Ohio. She was there during tho Ohio Hood. Sho awoke one morning to find Tiffin an Island. In attempting to escape over a bridge it fell beneath hor and sho wns forced to swim again. Sho reached yround aiid walked to Toledo. Tho woman globe Irotter'a garb consists of n bright red Jacket, a bright red sweater, a pair of knickerbockers, knick-erbockers, leathor leggings, leather shoes, leathor gloves, a white cap and her revolver. Tho revolver Is discarded as soon as she finds a hotel ho-tel In which sho can stay in tho city." Miss Rodrigues also uses the theaters thea-ters of the city where she appears, Sho goes to plcturo show houses chiefly, where she is Introduced'and where she usually makes a talk about her experiences. "I believe I can learn more about a city by walking through it and living ns a working girl," sho says. "I walk a great deal while on. my way from place to place. I avoid being away from my hotel at night. I prefer to get around Jn daytime when I can seo am", avoid dangers. "My object in America Is not to make money. I am hero only for the purposo of learning. I wish to mako myself perfect in goography. Americans are hard to convince of the sincerety of my purpose. They cannot understand why I should travol around in trousers to learn geography. In Europo we differ much from Americans. Men In learning trades In Europe do not stay in ono place ani learn what they want to know there. They must travel to other cities and learn all the other cities know about. You have tho name journeymen journey-men in America without knowing what it means. In Europe a journeyman jour-neyman is one who travels to learn a trade. I am a journeyman geographer. geog-rapher. I am getting geography firmly fixed in my mind by actually seeing the places. 1 collect souvenirs souve-nirs on my trips,' Miss Rodrlgues lakes a small trunk with her on her trips from placo to place. When she ride's on tho train she simply checks hor trunk. Otherwise she Hands it ahead by express. Tho Dutch girl Is not a walking fiend. She says sho has traveled 30,000 miles on' foot in fivo years, yet Bho does not believe in walking i for the sake of simply walking. She believes thoro arc other ways of gaining health, so has not set out on her long tour simply for the sako of gaining health. "I bellevo that if wo walked more Ave would be more healthy," she says. "We have become accustomed to remaining in one placo so long that wo do not understand the value of walking. I am not a champion walker. I do not know how far I could walk In a clay if I had to do It. When I walk I walk "slowly and rest when I get tired. Sometimes Some-times I rest by tho roadside. Often I eat at farm houses In the country. I don't care particularly particu-larly whero I am going. AUI.caro for Is to get spmewherel USES GOLD 'BECAUSE OF 'SMALL BULK. "When I get there does not matter. I believe , I could make considerable " money if I wished to do so. However, I do not care to make big money, if I did have a. lot of money with me it would mean danger from robbery. I just make enough to keep going. That Is all." When she spoke of money Miss Rodrigues opened her purse and took out a 510 gold piece. "I never go broke," sho said. "When I do get money I turn It into in-to gold and carry It that way, because be-cause It Is easier to carry. It takes up little room. When I accumulate considerable money I get on a train and go a long way off. There Is no nee'd of staying in ono place after I got tho money. I am hero to travel and when I can afford to rldo I do so." Miss Rodrigues started on her world trip in 1909. Sho walked from her homo in Holland with her sister, going south through Italy and eventually visiting every largo city of Europe. On her European trip she wore Dutch clothing. When sho reached Turkoy she met trouble. The Young Turk movement was on at that time. Tho Turkish authorities authori-ties thought she was a spy. She and her sister were seized at Smyrna and thrown in prison. After Af-ter ten days sho was allowed to communicate with tho Dutch Consul. Con-sul. He obtained their release. Her sister went back to Holland, but Miss Rodrigues decided to seo America. Prior to her trip to Turkey. Miss Rodrigues had visited Egypt and South Africa. Her-father, Herman Rodrlgues, is a diamond merchant of Amsterdam. He went with her on her to-ip to South Africa, where she visited tho diamond mines. Miss Rodrigues arrived In America. Amer-ica. In 1911. After landing at the New York pier she walked through Pennsylvania. Then she turned south Into Virginia and west across tho Rockies to the Pacific Coast. After that she decided op. a sys- H tematlc visit of every State in tho i'l Union. She is almost through with Vl the Journey now. She expects to Vl finish before tho fair at San Fran- VH Cisco. After a visit to the fair she WH will return to Holland. jH |