The morning call., 1892-09-30
TRAVEL WITHOUT MOTION.
Tropical America in Vivid
Slide Pictures.
j. W. Hutchins, for the Camera Club, Enter
tains Large Audience at Met
ropolitan Temple.

Never were the educational and instruc-
tive advantages of photography more thor
oughly demonstrated than on last evening
on the occasion of the twenty-eighth Illus
trated lecture on tropical America by Mr.. J.
NJ. Hutchins.
Those in attendance we're brought 80 TO
speak, face to face with scenes and views
described, and ID requires no very great
stretch of imagination to forget ones pres
ent surroundings ana to be really seeing and
enjoying the contem plat0n OF natural
scenery and the views Of real life.
TIE lecture began with portrait OF Mr..
Muy bridge. the brave and enthusiastic trav-
eler, to whom those pres ent were Indebted
for last evenings agreeable entertain ment
and some miniature views grouped around IT..
An excellent view Of the Chagres River
was given, and the lecturer incid entally
touched upon the Panama canal, showing
how eXtrayagant and futile the efforts were
to combine the Atlantic and Pacific together
at that point.
There was an excellent view OF the iron
lighthouse at Colon and the town OF Colon
itself. with the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany's wharf.
Ice is regarded as luxury In that part Of
the world, and interesting views OF vessels
discharging Ice were shown with very real
istic effect.
lWenty-tlSNt views Ul i dudlhh Wcit
thrown on the scene, embracing bridges,
walks, Bay of Panama with view OF Mount
Ancon, the old watch-tower OF Panama,
palace of the President. the prominent no.
tells, City Hall; also views Of the various
caIhedrals and converts.
The distant view of the Panama bridge
on the Porto Bello road, and those OF church
ruins and the city and bay Of Panama by
moonlight brought forth much applause.
Judging from the view OF the Grand
Army of Salvador drilling, our State miltti a
need have no cause to feel ashamed Of
themselves.
The city of San Jose de Guatemala was IL
lustrated in full-the palaces, theaters,
churches, prisons plaza, university. exterior
ana interior views OF the cathedral, the
church of San Francisco and pOstoffce.
The lecturer described some very inter-
esting illustrations OF some OF the smaller
villages and towns OF the republic OF Guate-
mala. and. Judging from the views thrown
on the scene, the natives must live In
very primitive way.
The harvesting and cultivation of coffee
were minutely described by twenty-eight
views, showing the San Isidro plantation,
the clearing ground for coffee plantation,
planting seed, wedding, transplanting
young cOffee-trees, the harvesting OF coffee,
drying berries, various views OF the planta-
ton hands, the planters residence, coffee
husking machinery. loading ceffee-carts,
hauling to the coast. loading the steamer
with the launch at ebb tide, and a view of
the same by moonlight
The lecture concluded with views of
MaZatlan and Acapulco by day and moon
light, and the lecturer graphically described
how al the time OF the declaration of war
by this country against Mexico news was
brought to the American commodore lying
with Two ships Of war at anchor, and steal
ing away unseen at night he arrived at Mon
terey, and when the English frigate arrived
shortly afterward the b itons found to
their chagrin the stars and stripes foatin G
proudly over the old fort at Monterey.