The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-22
To At TRACT
TOURISTS
Fine Illustrated
Lecture for
Buffalo.
PROJECT OF
MR.. TOWNSEND
Talk to Include Up to Date View:
and Selected Gramophone
Record.

j. III. Townsend, at present a member
of the Californian Colony at wahiawa,
has a project for lecture. illustrated
with stereopticon views of Hawaii, to be
delivered at the Buffalo and possibly at
the Charleston exhibitions this winter
Mr.. Townsend has toured the Western
illustrating these Islands, for several
months. calling his lecture an ''Excur-
sion to Hawaii"
The pictures, consisting of 12O views,
pared by Photographer Williams to rep
resent the Islands as they were in 1895
Mr.. Townsend's method with his au-
diences was to start with a map of the
Islands thrown upon twelve-foot
screen, followed by the steamer Austria I
liza, On board of which the listeners were
supposed to take their berths for the
Hawaiian excursion. Then came the
first view of the Islands, the harbor and
the diving boys. The party were, in
their Imagination, escorted up Fort street
to the Hawaiian Hotel, to the principal
buildings, through the Chinese and Jap
anese sections and out to Waikiki, wind
ing up at the new destroyed Arlington
Hotel A second evening was taken up
with views of the other Islands of the
group, and devoted to the products, Gull
tivated and natural, including several as
poets Of the Volcano. The lecture prop
CT consisted of running commentary of
the pictures as they appeared upon the
screen, with a brief description of an
cient manners and customs and a slight
sketch of the important men and fami-
lies shown.
It is Mr.. Townsend's intention, in re-
Spouse to several suggestions that have
appeared in the papers or been made to
him personally, to add about fifty more
views to his collection, thus showing
Hawaii from an up-to-date standpoint,
with the particular purpose of showing
the great strides made commercially and
otherwise since annexation. The lecture
OF course will be also altered. AS an ex-
ample. a beautifully colored picture of
the old Arlington would be shown with
Immediately following 1t view of the
big foundation scheme of the Young Ho-
tel, as it now stands. Most of the pic
lures are colored and will be magnified
| on the screen to a dimension of twelve
! square feet, figures standing ten feet
high before the audience. 1t is also his
intention to secure appropriate records
to be given from a gramophone of pow
erful dimensions With Governor Dole's
portrait, for example, the lecturers brief
biography will be supplemented by a re-
production of the Governors own tones,
while Captain Berger will be asked to
contribute orchestral and vocal selections
of Hawaiian airs by his musicians and
singers.
Mr.. Townsend has his stereopticon, the
latest instrument in the market, with
him. and, if successful in his present
scheme, will exhibit his complete lecture
before leaving. Satisfactory results are
however, only attained by the use of the
calcium light, which is not at present at
tainable on the Islands.
Professors Wood and Townsend of this
City are interested in the carrying out
of the idea and the Chamber of Com
merce will also be seen with regard to
furnishing the necessary authority and
backing to make the EXHIBIT a success
The House Committee on Education will
be interviewed on the matter of a suffi-
cient appropriation, and picture of the
interior of both Upper and Lower
Houses will be, If possible. secured, and
should prove an interesting feature.
i AS an accessory to the educational ex-
hibit in charge of Miss Dawson, and as
an Offset to the false ideas of Hawaiian
culture and progress now being dissent
mated by the Hawaiian Village in Buff
falo, a lecture, approved by the Cham
Der of Commerce and a series of well-se-
lected and typical views of the Islands
as they are today is project that should
be looked into and one that would un-
doubtedly prove strong educator of the
advantages of Hawaii nei. In connection
with the crowds of tourists expected al
Charleston, there could be no clearer oil
more satisfactory way of bringing the
beauties of the Hawaiian Islands before
the class from whom the most benefit
could be expected.