Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-28
THE sTODDARD LECTURES.
How Mr.. stoddard Gets the Material
for His Interesting Talks.

One of the most indefatigable O. public
entertainers is John L. S.oddard. who 10
about to return to the Academy OF Music
Each year he has appeared with new
lecture course. to prepare which ne has
spent summer after summer in foreign
lands. In this way he has seen and re-
turned to tell of-London. Paris. Be-fin, VI
emma end other EUROPEAN cities. He has
extended. his travels to the Holy Land and
made familiar the pyramids and the Nile
In the north his adventurous spirit carried
him to the land Of the midnight SUM- which
he viewed from the North Cape itself
After these travels he sighed like Alexan-
der for more worlds to conquer. But hav-
ing explored all places possible to see IN
time between the conclusion of one lecture
season and the beginning of another il was
necessary to make a holder plan. Accord
ingly he resolved to give up an entire yea :
to travel Ia lands more distant than he had
before seen. Crossing our continent and
embarking at Vancouver, b. c., he found
himself after a stormy fortnight on the,
Pacific, in the harbo- of Yokohama Many
weeks were spent I'm Japan, whose 81 my
tempered. hospitable people made him so
welcome that IL was with regret that he de-
parted thence. A few DAYS sail carried him
10 Hong Kong, and from there -to Canton.
His stay In China was not long, but his
many and almost Undesirable experiences
there and the utter strangeness OF all his
surroundings and conditions made his visit
there something SO remarkable that he
hardly expects to parallel II in his life time.
travel he to the ends of the earth.
Another delightful voyage I'm tropical seas
carried him to the island OF Ceylon. lie
was then nearly TO the equator. and though
in their coolest days he had often TO lodge
tropical sun, or house himself for hours
a midday. The famous isle however Weld
ed him much enjoyment under novel condi-
tons. and his visit 10 the interior uplands
had historic interest derived from the
buildings and ruins which date from the
days OF the supremacy OF the influence Of
Buddha. who In early times lived on the
island.
From Ceylon TO India was but a few days
voyage. Here We're spent many weeks, Wis
iting the fine English capitals. Calcutta
and Bombay, studying caste and Hndooism
at Benares. observing the memoir ais OF
Brttishpluck and of pathetic fate atIAcknow
and Cawnpore, tracing the career OF noRul
potentates at Delhi. and crowning al his
previous knowledge or natural scenery with
the unapproachable glories of the Himilay-
as. Hence, tourneying ever westward. he
reached Europe. where he put into shape
the overlooking pages of his notebooks.
ana completed the course of lectures which
is now to be given. So unprecedented is the
demand already indicated that the manage-
ment has arranged to give each lecture three
times over. making three complete courses
as follows: Course A. Monday and Thursday
evenings. March IL. 10, 10. - rs course
b, Tuesday and Friday evenings. Mach IL,
~. ~ q, "a. and course q, Merch IL. L. q.
a. -. the three courses being exactly alike.
The subjects OF the lectures are: l. Hctur-
esque japan: 2 The Heart OF Old Jalan: ,.
China; 4. From Ceylon to, the Himala,as 3.
The Glories Of India.
The sale of course tickets begins omor-
row morning