The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-03
DR.. RUSSELL LECTURE
PLEAsES LARGE NUMBER

hOHOluIu IStbuIe SoII1S puDIIc turn
ed out well last night to hear Rev
David RUSSELL lecturer and evangelist
speak on South Africa at the knights
of Pythias Hall.
The lecture, which was entitled
:" From the Cape to Zambesi,'' was il
| Illustrated with almost one hundred and
fifty lantern slides, number of which
We're highly colored.
| President Trent, of the Young Men :
Christian Association, introduced the
speaker In his introduction Mr.. Trent
said that Africa was of great interest
to men because of its wars, and to the
women because of its diamonds.
From his earliest boyhood Mr.. Russell
said he had been interested in Africa.
He remembered on one occasion of see
ing the explorer Livingstone and re-
membered the ovation which the peo-
pie of Scotland rendered him. Later
Mr.. Russell visited Livingstone IS grave
and saw on the tombstone the ceIebrat-
ed inscription. This gave an impetus
to the already strong desire on his part
to visit Africa. Some years after, the
Doctor was commissioned to make a
study of Natal, which he thought could
be completed in three years. Five
years were spent in his investigation,
and last night the Doctor confessed
that five more would be needed to
make a thorough study of the land of
the Zulus.
The ride to Table London is the
finest in the world the Doctor said,
"but / have heard so much about the
finest rides in the world, that I am
a bit chary about talking about the
finest rides, so that I always put it
this way: the people of Natal say that
the ride to Table London is the finest
in the world
The land laws of Natal are some,
thing like the laws of Moses. No one
can sell his property. When a man
dies without leaving family this prop.
erty falls back into the common coun,
Gil.
Beautiful scenes of the waffle forests
were shown. The waffle is cultivated
chiefly for it's bark, which is rich in
fannie acid. 1t resembles much the
and has been recommended
as a tree to be used in reforestation
work in Hawaii.
When tie scene of the jinricksha
was thrown on, the Doctor expressed
his surprise at the lack of rickshas
in Honolulu The Zulumen are very
fond of this mode of work, as three
months of it enables man to save
enough money to purchase wife. AT.
ter settling down for while, the new
Iy-wed husband returns to his old trade, |
and after another three months he re
turns to native village and purchases |
another helpmeet. The chief reason for
SO many wives is that the women in
South Africa do all the work of cul> |
5ivating and reaping, therefore it be- |
looves the Zulu to have number Of
wives. He generally stops, however,
with number four, unless he is either
very rich or very lazy.
Considerable amusement was created |
when the Doctor threw on the screen
| picture of Natal shop-girl, this be.
ng the term applied to a girl who does
hopping for the various Natal matrons.
j am sorry you cannot Sc her bonny
ace, because she looks much like her
,ather, and her father is your lecturer
ust now, explained the Doctor.
When Doctor Russell first went to
Natal, the inhabitants were clothed
With pleasant smile Soon afterward,
! law was passed compelling all people
the city to be clothed from
he neck to the knee. So the people
I'll took some gunnysacks, cut hole
n the top for the neck, one on each
aide for the arms, and are thus clothed
rom Fneck to knee
A short intermission gave the speaker
/ rest, during which collection was
aiken up. After few remarks by
President Trent, the lecture was con-
inued, and views as interesting as
hose which had preceded them were |
shown.