The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-10-13
ILLUSTRATED BOSTON.

The exhibition given Saturday even
ing at the Y. NJ. c. A. Hall under the
auspices of the local Camera Club, of
l04 views OF Boston furnished by the
Camera Club of Boston, and accom-
panied by an, explanatory lecture,
brought together large and apprecia-
tive audience. The lecture was read by
Mr.. c. W. Ashford, and the slides were
shown by Messrs. Hedeman and Gilman
and DR.. Wood, all four gentlemen being
members of the Honolulu Camera Club.
| The lecture opened with two maps
| showing the marvellous difference be-
tween the city at the completion of its
second centennial anniversary, with
81 900 inhabitants, and the splendid
! metropolis of to-day with more than
421 900. The lecturer brought his band
OF travellers TO Boston by way OF the sea,
showing them first the entrance to the
| harbor, then the old forts-useful for
war no more-then the docks, and then,
| sailing like bird over the waters of the
bay, Boston's pride-the matchless
| Volunteer
A series of views made plain TO the
eye the growth OF Boston, showing one
by one the results of 200 years. develop
ment. Quaint old wooden houses
and modern piles of marble, the
/ splendid new old South and the homely
| old South, broad streets and narrow
! lanes, monuments OF modern luxury and
antique simplicity, told their own tale of
| the contrast between past and present,
between the bustling life OF business men
/ to-day and that of their stern Puritan
! progenitors.
| 1t is impossible within the limits of
this cursory notice to give any adequate
idea Of the richness OF the exhibition.
There were views OF Kings Chapel and
the old burying ground on Cope hill, of
Bunker Hill Monument and Faneuil
hall, both conseCrated by the memories
of patriot heroes and patriot orators, the
! State House with its dome of gold and
| the view from it, the various public
school buildings, the great Library, the
fine Art Gallery, Phillips Brooks church
perhaps the most beautiful building in
Ameriea-and others too numerous to
mention. The audience were afforded a
charming glance at the Public Gardens,
| and the famous Common with its duck
pond.
Boston is famous for the beauty of its
suburbs, and none who saw the views of
Saturday can doubt that its reputa-
| ton is fairly earned. Crossing the
river we come to Cambridge. Here
Harvard College claims our notice with
its beautiful college yard its fine old
elms, its Law School, designed by Rich
ardson, and much admired-in spite Of
the sweeping condemnation of Chas.
Eliot Norton-the Hemenway Gymna-
SUM, and the vast pile called Memorial
Hall, where the animals are fed to the
number OF $50 daily and where the nose
of the passerby is assailedby stale odors.
Here the best picture of all was not
shown. 1t was published in the Har-
| ward Lampoon and represents old John
Harvard getting down from his bronze
seat, holding his nose and saying
can't stand this"
No view in Cambridge stirred hearts
more than the Washington elm-bound
with iron now to sustain its aged
branches-the one Living link" between
! Us and that day when Washington stood
| beneath its shade and took command OF
the Continental Army.
The lecture accompanying the views
was interesting and instructive-spiced
with humor and with an earnest note OF
patriotism in the right places.
After the exhibition was over, some
/ Hawaiian views were shown, the slides
being prepared from negatives OF j. j..
Williams and of members OF the club.
Some OF these we're very fine, and in
spire the hope that Honolulu will ere
long be able to send away a series OF
views as interesting to Bostonians as
| Boston has sent to Honolulu.