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1 1VEIRD ADVENTURES
'MID EXOTIC TRIBES
Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Gewen
. Slept JVith Cannibals and
Rede Tail of Hurritane
TO EVERY girl there comes, at some time or ether, the yearning 'te see
what lies beyond thp far horizons.
Mere often than net she is compelled te take it all in drenmintr
dreaming that she is drifting under the mellow moon ever Seuth Seas or I
exploring the strange, beautiful places that her dreaming has pictured in
far-off lands.
Mrs. A. Y. Gewen, wife of Commedore Gewen, owner of the nincty-tlght-foet
yacht Spcejacks, had these dreams. v.
And for her they've all come true.
She has been te the far places, has walked where white people have
geldeni, if ever, walked before. She has slept in the midst of cannibals
potential or real and she has held the hands of little black women who
thought she was a goddess come te bless them
The Spcejacks, the first gasoline
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ever went around the world, touched
nt Norfolk Thursday en the last lap
of her 'lound-the-werld cruise, and
will arrive in New Yerk, the start
ing place, at 11 o'clock Monday
morning. She will have traveled
35,000 miles, and Mrs. Gewen will
be, perhaps, the only wemnn in the
Wet Id who has ever had such an cx
peiienrc. "I wouldn't take anything in the
world for the tiip," she said, an she
faced the luht lap of the journey.
"In iclrospecl, it will be wonder
ful. 1th educational advantages have
been gicrt. Hut I wouldn't take it
again for anything.
"What 1 missed most during all
the time was the presence of some
ether woman. The men en the beat
' left nothing undone at any time that
would make for my comfort, but
Jiien don't understand as a woman
docs her need for the counsel and
the companionship of leiiic ether
woman. II has been a wonderful
trip. Hut 1 don't want another,
like it."'
This, was net a honeymoon for
Mr. and Mrs. Gewen. They had'
been niariied almost two years be
fore the trip began. Mrs. Gewen is
a Texan, and while she has loved the
out-of-doers as much as any ether
woman has, she never ha3 been
iportsweman of the extreme type.
And the adventure of cruising
around the world in a little craft
nceiningly as frail as is the Spec-
jacks was just as much 'a novelty
and a thriller te her as it would i
hac been te the average woman.
$500,000 Yacht Has
Deuble Equipment
Commedore Gewen ex-comme-doie
of the Cleveland Yacht Club
nd a member of the Chicago Yacht ,
Clubis a yachtsman of parts. He
nas always loved the water. He is
n Han aid man of the class of 1907,
Arabian wedding, and if I should tell
ou of the wonder, tlir mystery and th
weariness of it, jeti wouldn't believe
ine.
"There was no flower nor shrub In
Aden. It seemed tlmt the bennes just
sprung from the hills. Every feet of
the place was filled with legend", which
the unlive1) were eager te linnart for
a price. It was u most picturesque
place and 1 shall long remember it."
The Speejacks headed toward the
Ited Sea. In telling of this passage,
Mis. (iewen could net refrain from a
slur"
'r leve I knew. new. where Dante
get Inspiration for his 'Inferno,' " eh''
Mild. In recounting the honors of tliut
trip.
i "It was deathly het and stormy, and
, sometimes we could net make iniirp tlinn
tie mile nn hour. It was thcrp that f
fainted at thp wheel, )ou knew. I ill-
wa.vs steed m. shaie of I lie watch.
I lind te be reliewd of duty until we
1 implied AlpMindiln.
I "I low Aleviiudrla ntid Caire. We
I set while ennipls it lid lode into the
desert, fur pat the p.v lamiiN. It was
gn, In Alernndiin and we met niniiv
famous persons. We wete guests nt u
! big dinner nt the Hetel Sun Stefnne and
1 regretted when the time eiune for us te
ltnp.
"We were en our wny te Athens
I whrie within n da) ntid ii half of pert
, we in:i Inte a storm mid had te put
I into the Hand of dele for shelter.
Ciele Is a horrible place. We were
i tlieie for three interminable days Then
we pet te Athens after the storm in
lime te spp thousands of refuges from
Sm run coming in. We were there,
tee. when Ceiiv-tniitinp abdicated.
I'rein Alliens the pari v sniled through
the Corinth Cimiil te Naples, b way
nf .Mp-einn, Sicily. The saw Naples
nt suri'-el, with 1'empeii ceereil with
I twilight They didn't larr long in
Naples, but bought nn niitomebilp and
begun n tour of the Inlniid. The went
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luxurious sitting room of their beat tapping out her
diary en the typewriter
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The little Speejacks is shown decked at Macassar, Dutch East
Indies
a many
pictuies, some of which arc
expected te aid the study of some of
the less civilized races of the Far
Seuth. There arc the steward, Bill
Soulby, and Jack Lewis, chief en
gineer, both of whom left New Yerk
when the Speejacks sailed en Au
gust 21, 1921. The ether seven mem
bers of the present crew represent
as many different nationalities and
their home ports are scattered ever
the world.
The Spcejacks, leaving New Yerk
with a great ovation, but with a
great deal of skepticism ever the
venture, l cached Norfolk two days
later and sailed the next day for
and is vice president of the Lehigh I Miami, where she took en her last
Peitland Cement Company. He has I supply of gasoline and set sail for
had the mean3 te gratify his hobby ' the Unknown. It was her purpose
yachts and is a geed sailor. ' te explore these lands whqre ves
But even he eret a thrill from , sels had net touched before, and her
logbook shows that she put into
little coves and jetties, little shallow
havens all ever the face of the earth
where only native canoes had pre
ceded her.
"We always knew wc were going
te win out," Mrs. (iewen slid. Theio
came ever her face n weary leek as
she rrn.embcred hew hard It had been
te win. Laughingly for she can nle
leek back en It new with a joke she
told of the great trip, of nionreonu
im.- f, . .i.,. .rA.v.n.l .. t.ibn Mm vnrtr lienrt. our
If ue apeejacks, before she was I ll,ai ""'"," ;T
' nnallvrpirlwjn...f of things; she told of rolling heas that
ItenLn ?tobtart,cestmorothnn!thieiitencd every minute te engulf the
flDlfll.l Kill (JmritMnl i ! 1 i .. li. 1.11 .1.4nt.lnfltnnii
,---,.,. uvvuiui which ner spccin-1 utile vneni ; nnii men nr mm ui ucuu
' catiens hail te be changed. Everv-1 1'1"1 Kl'Kcts ln . rugged harbors of
thintr wn i,!if ..i cry is hinds, of the burnUhcd twi
ning was built "by twos" two en-l!hyl,t,,tint settled ever Pompeii, of tU
Bines, two propellers and two hethnplender eC Aiabia and the wealth of
f lighting npparatus two of every-1 Singapore.
"ng. llit.s fcatuie steed the little
'P m geed htcad en at least
planning the trip around the glebe.
Since they were married in 1919 in
New Yerk Mr. and Mrs. Gewen hnve
lived mostly in Chicago, where Mr.
Gewcn's business is. There thay
planned the Spcejacks and the tour
that would make them famous.
They didn't plan the trip for fame,
however they planned it because
they wanted te see out-of-the-way
Places and te de semething pe one
tlse had ever done before.
en at least one
occasion when she ran en an un
charted coral iccf near the savage
oplemon Islandh and one of her en
K'nea expired. Shu was ablu te run
n Hit? ether engine until she reached
0 dtydeck.
Outfitting the Speejackh was also
" gigantic tusk, w Inch cost, besides
Thrilling Adventures
Start in Fiji Islands
The Speejacks Vailed from Miami
eiul In September, 1921 and been
arrived nt Kingsten, Jamuirn. She was
held up there for four thljs because
of heavy seas whirh prevented her
rioting the Caribbean SVn te I'ami
n.ii. lWnim-t be remembered Hint the
mii lit is only ninety-eight feel long
and weighs t-Ixtj-feur tens-
After thai lour-nay wait Hie pie-
went through me
towed by the
pat time and trouble, some S.15,- ",1'1 te l'miemu. wen
0ne nr.. ' . 9 .' I piinnl and then was I
vua mi-. .lii'nn t n--i,-.ii...i.. l I - w .
fc... v."...-.. umiiiiuu nur uuguiy , mi.rjcnii steamer l'.nstern gueen te
"ah young college men, who were TieKea, about eOO miles from Tahiti,
anxious te make the tour But whnn 'l'Un'i' s," gef ,umlcr her own power,
hccaiim til i i I U:w"c" and for mere than fifteen ii.entlis he
"c canie back she had only two of ,.,.,iiMil without outMile I'.sistnnce.
IIIC eriirinul crmv thn i.tlim.c l.....i.,..i Vnlhliii- iiliublllll eccuried nt 'I'nlilll
.,- ...w... ..... Uk.t,t ll.ltllll 1 .. .....-,. - - - .----..... ..,
Iio wayside nnth
hcen diepped by th
Ih l"cir places taken by seamen of the
J Particular nationality which hap-
Pencd te prcdominate in whatever
'ri one of the crew decided te dis
cnibarl;. , besides ft'r. and Mrs.'Gewen there
1 1!8?, J' J'i InBndm widely known
"jotlen-picturo photographer, ex-
Mrer and lecturer, He has taken
ami the party mlled en te the Sniivjau
and th V'ljl Islnnds, where adventure,
real, tiiruiiug ami asiemsiimg, tiexnu.
There they met Hutu L'ppeli, n liime
black man who wero a gcrb sotiiu setiiu
what similar te that affected by Gunga
Din. He was very proud of his great
s lui K of Kinky black hair.
lippell, It dot elope I, was n grndu grndu
ate of Oxford come bauk te live among
Ids own peeple. He was the son of the
old king of the Fijls, and hie father
baa eeen a cannieai.
tiewen said ns she told of her friend
ship with Ibis ii.an. lie wa chief et
the Hum) tribe, and while the travel
ers were ln his care they were given ins
benelit et eery courtesy of the island.
"Once we went Inland and were trav
eling in native canoes," she continued,
"which persisted in turning ever new
and then. We were fearfully di cached.
"When wp reached a camping place
ill the iuteiler we had no dry clothing
except an ctia pair nf pajanms. There
was n little white girl with me, and
we went into a soil of hut te chiingi
our clothes. Werd went mound that
white people were there and the na
tives cainu nruuuiuc. They thought our
undressing was me-l m,ircieus tigiit.
and all efteits te secure a little pri
vacy were futile.
"When we steed behind each ether,
the nathes thought we were playing a
gaue and began le imitate ns. Then we
began te de cali.-theneics le get our
bleed circulating .again. This threw
them into paiexysns of delight."
Chesen Natives Stage
Wild-Fire Dance
The next dav. thrniich tlu inflnnmn .
exertid by Mr. Ingrahnm, who Had
traveled that way before, and thrninrh i
the party's friendship with Lppcli, the,
natives staged for them the tire walk- '
ing (lance, ullli.li linl tmmi ,...C, ,....!
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IOC White neoeld enlv tlirpn tliiu.j in '
twenty-two jwmm, the last time for
tee Prince of Wales
III Mu .!.. .1.- ...! !... n
i .it.v-i' mi- iifiiMt'!, nuiii n one
I of stones te white heat bv a lire tlmt
bums for twenty-four hour". Then, af
ter exhorting their gods, chosen natives
dance upon the lite. They are never
burned.
"There was no deiiln of the mar- i
yeleuMiess of it." .Mrs. (Jewcn snld.
iney effeted te tal.e n.y hand ,md
lead me barefooted, as they weie across
the het bteiies, and I would have ,
gene, but .Mr. (iewen wouldn't let me.
"I am firmly cenviined tlmt 1 could
llnve w .ill. ...1 i. . . i . t , ..
I , '" iii-iu , emiiiiiii; iiu niuc ie
i hands of tlwe blad. men. and net
been sceiehed. That w is the most won wen
deifu thinK I ewr .j I WIW ,1,,,,,,,
with 1. lines leaping Hern them, nnil ,
held theiu In (heir lunds and neer
get burned."
Tim partv m.iili a ul.. te N,.u. ..,. '
nil and the,, went b. I. te Ihe l"
" uie.v spent riiiistmas.
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wlilcl, beiamea uliiatcd later en. he.
Kllll le lone i Hi., ,i., 'ci...... ...'"' ".
of tia.Yu.etid,. ;,;;,;, Vh.s", ::
;- e. Hut they made ll,e be.t of ,t ,m d I
ChriZn- "ft"0 f,,0,'nicpar.Hl a II .!
UiiihtmaK illnncr and In.agliud thev
minced "' U'"m "" ""! nnfl '
Shortly aftPr Ch.lqnias they left,
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Guinea. Few white people hate touched at the little tillage
shown here
Rut net for lone Afier a few week
i lie.v Jein upjt ed up the uinM n- fur as
Cooktown. v.Iipip they learned their
mall ciomcetle,'. had mis-isl and th")
would get in letters nnd papers f r c
lie-iip for in., in ii.entlis. They sn.led I
around the Seutliprn imft of New
ijuiiie'i and uiiicie for the S, lonien-.
Te lpneh th ,'-lnnds liny hud te pas I
iiireugn llie l , eini 'in, l gieup, umlijiiteil
uid ui.ti Hided The little I eat ran en
i lepf and allied a piepeller.
Thev i in il limed en te the Solemon
Island-. , Ie in e l!ie ir-ideil with the
natives Tiadiiig parlies ceti' ,s,,i of
aimed guai is, met in .in open held,
much as if a nine of var 1m lieen
declnipil.
e Itenie. rierenee. (ienn.i. along th
Kiviera and the Mente Carle, where
.Mr. Lewell, mill the Mill,,, serf of nm
luck that acieiiipanied him en the entire
je.vace. wen i.ieiiKh t i(,lp,n te
liandle some of the enormous bills for
gasoline.
jlrs. Gewen Yearned
te fie Captured
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".Mis linvi i wis lemblv dls.ip dls.ip
peinti'il." Ceiiim iclnie (ieui'ii soul, "hp
cause some et lh i.ianlliaN failed te
ail) her efl Mie W.Hilcd In he ica
ciip'I and all th.it seu if iluus."
Her iiupii-siuiis uf the sjv.i,. people
in the Solemon Islands, whue aie said
te dwell the licicest liead-hiinters ev
il, nt, in e net of fiar or honor. s a
I matter of fact, she bcluvcs ihee rav
ages could teii'h ilndr white menturi
a gieal dial The p.utv gm niniiv no
tion pii'tiirt" of the savage-, who
seemed ideased le pose.
The) visited llie II. inn -t a. . .m .
alty lshinds and ethets of thai gieup
which lies te the untili ei i , Cum,.!
The gasoline supply wen' nid tlu
found theniseUes in lluinbeldt I'.av
I with a Ihieatened sheilage of fm
Ihey visited .Maeas-nr and the (!, .
, lies Island., wliieh they lenml h,ip
nigged than the hills of IJoinee.
Down te Hull, when, the little nuked
girls staged a iiieer, beautiful dame l'ei
them, and en te pii't,uei,ie .Iumi
, wheiP the Speejiifhs ,.t into div div
tleck te hate her propeller i,.p me.l
some plates tixed en her hull and te1
be evei hauled
"i..l"1 c'"'1, i,,lll""t lliai sh,. had,
I reuble. .Mrs. ,;,. ,,,, ..,,,, 1I1SL. !
ve had a i hanee te ir t. ,,! ,.
lava ,s be.iutiiul. .n ,, dnains ,.f ,t
wpi.. tin,, mid n.eie. Ii .tt., , ,1U '
up ler all I he heini.si,.,i,ess and neiisiek-
iie.sM hardship of , i,,m.is ,M, te tUl
The,, the) went le Singapore -th,,t '
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"'.' e.v .veiievv ntllliiiii,, ir
i"s wen. i,.v..N ih. ii
".!' e ii ine sun.
I he Pan v wiis iliiu.,l ,.. i'i.i
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.ins te de se,,,,, belnlPd sheppinc
was ,,, I,,.,. ,.st ,Mt te ," f f;
H. he pin,, wM , ,, tin ouch
Spain, bu. ,t was ,,, ,,,, s '
hlgl.vv.ivs w.re , pnssahle. se the "a"
wis spp,., , An, f,,,m MarseiN
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, In Rirleena Ihe.v altPiided n bull flht
m wh, i, ih Me,,,,.. ,,, fil,nin,;;,s"
or l,e, Madrid, parlicipated. yr.
and Mis i;w,. anil ,M.J iu:,.aIim
of" In.1':",,';'1 T,',S "U ,'" ""' "'K
or tin. , m h niemhers ,)f f, j.
jacks ,,.,,, wni ,,onero(, 1S i
. When Del .Mente eiitereil tl. ,...
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... ..,.,., ,,. .MiH-ricairs hev
....,,.-11. or men sent up UU
ruin for IP. i! "V '
" , , , '""ii 10 jean en. ip-
garded as the highest honor he eeuld
royalty. " USUa"J' lcndcr'-,d only te
'n,, ,,"!"' rnl,u' fnr ''"' te kill his
fishn '"i '' M"-,,P011 ln fro'" "' '
,n M. , l0X nBn,n nml " hi III t
n J'i "J, "'l:'!" "."--d n iMindred
iihe, : .' ;.'- ':
loieader did the snie thine'
Alneiienii nni tv l..fi
"I despise that seit of .sport " Mrs
.....,. ..I V ..: " x" " ' "y anil Juarez.
"" ""in. i w;is cin,i i
i,n, I'.. .! . hm.'i III
"' mis experipiipp
iniii.e hip ,r,p a little
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iiiirrieniie, but wcatliercd the Merni
New. Caledonia is about 1000 i,,iip X""
vll " ""', t,,ey ,,l'1 "ry brief
Wslt. go ng en (e Sjiluey, where ,
royal wrimme awaited them f,m ,j,e
Sidney Yacht flub.
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,.. ,r?' sievvrn Had an opperlu.
y 10 MlOllfl ttnvnnl .. ..aI .. ..!!. II ....
iiifVV. ' .' -'0eii nan an opperlu.
!rt te,bR0,,J several weeks with "wliltu
.12l .j S" .hHni1 ,hcy were en
tertained flllll aha t.n.1 lln. --..
He was Terr proud eMht,'Mr. ate wmAnat from her arduous veyaie.
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Lived Through Arabian
Nights Talcs in Aden
Te Simian,,, another tabled land, for
a hheit Mil), after which they a .
tempted te go te C,.)le, hut ran amuck
of the changing of the iiioiiheous, ud
heavy head winds prevented the ape",
jacks from making the. trip. Mr. r nd
MrH. I ewe,, did l-e. h,. ..'.. : .. .V'.; '."'.
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vesse as a side trip and the.v joined til e
Speek-ekH at Hatavin. ,. sl,l f
Se)ihelli.s hen ) went le Aden
Abevc-Thc rich young couple as they were Nullinp. down East River at (he btrt f ,eir crui
Belew Here is shown the effner'a private dining room.
Arabia
"I Avisl, I bad hours te Mf )0U f
Aden," she ba d. "It hcemed that we
with living inreuci phnnterM .f t,..
tm t' i..t. . . ' C
Arabian Nights,
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served te
nunc bizarre."
Get Heme in Time
Fer Thanksgiving Dag
The Speeju.'.s ,p,J frnlll JtItrt olenn.
te i.ibialt.ir and i.m mm st(Jlni .,-,
vessel was iepnri,., lest h,,( ,.,II1K. :.
pert with all tlnss lhmB and 1,
done. Next the pt) ,,.,,, , ,
anarv s,iiiim . )st ,!iz.innll,
part el th,. , nn,,. ve.v.ip. Again sleims
held up i he viii hi and ils passeiiKi is
were iip.-insl ls, , .,. ,
lieiish with, ut injniv Then It was
tali I) lie ir s,,,u. , iM ,., M1(
ihen te Alianil wheie tl.v ,rUp,i ,m
lhauksj;,,K )(M le ,. ,1((.um((, ,v
liumlreils i, fi lends awaiting them '
'' "i"" l(' "'11 ou it was a ,eul
Ihanksi-iviiig I la) for us," Mis. (!..,,
nsspiieii.
"I vvimi le ,. hack home and sefB
dewii lei a wlule J would like nelhlng
belter than the preieihiul little whitn
lieiis,. with the mini blinds. I u,,nt
te get iujii ih,. c,rlstiiiN shopping
new ds ami be en, shed nnd jostled and
have my hair fall down in wtranils
about my face America is the meM.
Iiiaiitiful name in the win Id, and Chi
i age. I knew, Is going te be the most
beaiitilul placp in , world te me."
Mr. (iewen bus grutilii'd the gieatest
aiubitieii of his life. II.. has willed
mound the world in a little beat that
has the appmirance of nothing mere
than a frail Hhallew-wuter craft. And
he is se proud of his little ship that
he almost caresses her sides as he
speaks of her.
She IIIph the Hag of (,p Adventurers'
Club. Hip Hag that Is Uw enlv ,v
mniineis who m,. nmkln;; ,, ti lit tlm't
hart never been undertaken )efr1) ri,U
ling has gene te both the I'eIch, ami into
ether fastnesses where dnimtlcss tuen
nul women carry the conquest -M tke
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