Evening star., 1901-02-08
THE SATURDAY STAR.
A New Series of Travel Letters by
Frank G.. Carpenter.

n new series OF lraVc1 Letters by
Frank G. Carpenter.
The Saturday Star this week will COM
mence the publication of a new series Of
travel letters by Frank G. Carpenter. They
will cover, all told, about 10000 miles of
out of-the-way journeys through some Of
the least-known parts of the globe, includ-
ing Farther India. Malaysia, the Dutch
East Indies, the South Seas, Australia Tas-
mania, New Zealand, the Samoan Islands
and Hawaii.
After leaving China Mr.. Carpenter start
ed out to visit the principal colonies of the
Pacific ocean, to Investigate for US how the
great nations of Europe are bearing the
white mans burden, with view to giving
Uncle Sam some object lessons as to his
management of the Philippines and Porto
Rico.
The Australian and New Zealand letters
interest which now exists in those coun-
tries.
New Zealand has within the past few
months attracted great attention the world
over. Situated away down on the edge of
the south pole, far below the equator, in
the heart of the South Pacific ocean, it has
become the center of all sorts of new ideas
in labor movements. Its people are at
tempting to work out in their way the
problems of capital and labor. The coun-
try is run by the workingman. the labo-ers
fixing their hours of work and wages, and
oxy;,, t1>of, -ho11
be arbitrated with their employers. The
same thing largely prevails in Australia,
and the two countries may be called The
workingman's continent.
The instructive ma ture of these letters
cannot be overestimated. They will be full
Of valuable interest, and no one who wishes
to be up to the times on current questions
can afford to miss them.
Following are some of the features of
timely interest in the big literary supple
ment tomorrow:
FAR NEW ZEALAND Qllustrated.
The first Of the articles by Frank G. Car
panter descriptive Of the government
peoples and customs of the lands Of the
South Pacific.
GROWING THE KING Gllustrated).
Elaborate ceremonies that will be- gone
through with when Edward VII ascends
the throne Of Great Britain.
ACROSS THE BORDER QllustrateD.
Underground railroads by which China
men manage to get into this country.
officials.
FEBRUARY CLOTHES Qllustrated).
They combine to make an exhibit that at
tracts women as honey attracts flies.
THE SNAKES PARADISE Qllustrated).
A short story by w. A. Fraser which re-
counts many exciting experiences on
the Borongo Islands, where reptiles
swarm. and eternal vigilance is the
price of life.
ARE WORKS OF ART Qllustrated).
Prof. Otis T. Mason of the National Mu-
scum writes about the beautiful baskets
that are made by the Indian squaws Of
the Pacific slope.
PARIS FASHIONS Qllustrated).
The Stars special correspondent writes of
gowns and other pretty things dear to
the hearts OF women.
NORMAN HOLT Qllustrated).
Another installment of General Charles
Kings great civil war story, with a
synopsis of the preceding chapters.
WILL WORK WONDERS.
Prof. Pupin's recent great invention will
revolutionize telegraph and telephone
methods by reducing resistance in long
distance wires Written from data fur
nished by Prof. Pupin.
EVER ON THE WATCH.
Some incidents in the busy daily life Of
New York hotel detective.
THE SEAL INDUSTRY.
An exhaustive and valuable article on the
subject by David Starr Jordan, LID,
commissioner in charge of fur seal in.
vestigation.
WILL PROLONG LIFE
Effect of injections Of serums on the hu-
man body, as demonstrated by an enl-
inent ply sician of Paris.
CAIRO TO THE CAPE.
A new telegraph line that is now being
constructed through forests and junglcs
Marine Corps Orders.
Second Lieut. Yandell Foote has been de-
tached from the marine barracks. Annapo-