BOWELS OF THE EARTH

Evening Star, Issue 21723, 18 May 1934, Page 10

BOWELS OF THE EARTH

MILLION-YEAR-OLD GHOSTS PEOPLE OF THE CAVE PERIOD. In a village at Cheddar Gorge, .Somerset, hundreds of feet beneath the ground, inhabited only by the ghosts or men who lived nearly 'a million years ago, a newspaper correspondent recently talked with_ a very practical young man who is searching for treasures which are expected to make The*^young man is Lord Weymouth, M.P., only son o£ the Marquis of Bath, who is now spending every minute or his spare time exploring the bowels of the . earth at Gough’s Cave. He has made several remarkable discoveries •..which are contributing to history. The correspondent sat in an ‘ armchair ” which was hewn out of rock at some period in the Stone Age, and Lord Weymouth talked—about the modern girl. “ Just picture,” he said, pointing to the twinkling lights of an Aladdin’s cave, “ how thrilling it must have been living thousands of years ago. Try, for instance, to imagine the life of the wife of a real cave man, and compare her with tbe 1934 giri. “ They say that the modern girl loves a cave man. Does she? On the films, perhaps yes, but 1 don’t think that in these modern • times when women are filling so many important jobs and jdaying such parts in public life the cave man stuff is much more than a romantic illusion. “The ladies of the caves must have been marvellous wives. They were passive creatures, but they were jealous of the comfort of their homes. And the husbands must have been equally keen on providing for tbeir wives and families, judging by some of the amazing spearheads and other types _of weapons which we have found during excavations of Gough’s Cave.” More than £20,000 is being spent by Lord Weymouth in developing the Gough’s Cave, and later ho proposes to tunnel several miles into the heart of the rock and reveal further beauties' and wonders of life in past ages.