Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
BEGINNING WINTER COURSE
PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
First Popular Lecture Delivered Last
Night-Others Will Be Given Fri
day Evenings Until March 10.

The winter lecture course Of the Ma
tional Geographic Society. which has be-
come one Of the fixtures of Washington
life in the past few years, began last
night with the lecture of Sir Harry john
ston on the part of Africa where Presi-
dent Roosevelt will probably hunt. The
lectures of the course will be given every
Friday evening until March 10 in the Al
ditorium Of 1.-THE new Masonic Temple.
There has been such a crush at most of
the lectures in the past that the board of
managers has decided to reserve some of
the seats, and these can be obtained in
advance by members.
There will also be a series OF lectures of
more technical character delivered in
the course of the winter at Hubbard Me-
mortal Hall, as follows:
During December or January addresses
are expected from DIR. Albrecht Penck,
professor of geography in the University
of Berlin, Germany. and Kaiser Wilhelm
professor in Columbia University for 1909:
Prof Raymond f. Beazley, author of
1.-THE Dawn of Modern Geography of
Oxford University. and Prof. Joseph A.
Holmes of the United States geological
survey.
The Popular Course.
Following is the list of lectures to be
delivered at Masonic Temple:
Afar: Curious and Characteristic Cos
tunes in Various Parts of the World" by
o. p Austin, chief of the bureau of sta
tistics An account of the queer methods
of dress and adOrnment employed by saw
age and civilized NAN at the present day.
Illustrated with lantern slides and moving
pictures.
November 2O-"Bulgaria and Her Neigh
bors,' by DR.. Hermann Schoenfeld. pro-
fessor of germanicS and continental his
tory. George Washington University. and
consul general of the Ottoman empire in
Washington.
Bulgaria. the latest addition to the fam
lily of Independent nations, possesses a
marked individuality which gives prom
ise of bright future. Illustrated with
lantern slides and moving pictures.
November 27-"The Savage South Seas
cambridge will describe the natives and
ocean life of Fiji, the Bismarck archipel-
ago, Solomon Islands. Papua and Maori
land. little known and romantic re-
gion. Illustrated with unusual pictures.
December 4-"Through the Canyons of
the Euphrates on a Raft of Skins by
Ellsworth Huntington of Yale University.
author of 1.-The Pulse of Asia etc. The
narrative of some interesting experiences
and sights in the Land of the Arabian
Nights Illustrated.
Redemption of Ireland.
December 1.-THE Redemption of Ire
land" by William E. Curtis. No longer
does the Irisman in Ireland live on pota-
toes and peat. Illustrated.
December 1s.-"Present Conditions in the
Turkish Empire by DR.. Howard s..
Bliss. president Syrian Protestant Col
lege, Beirut.
January S.-"A Digger's Work in Pales-
tine" by DR.. Frederick j. Bliss, author
of "A Mound of Many Cities" "Excava-
tons in Palestine" etc.
January 15.-"The on-Chrstian Tribes
of the Philippine Islands," by DR.. Freder-
ick Starr of the University of Chicago.
Who they are, how they live. and what
the American people and government are
doing for them. Illustrated.
Panama Canal and Spanish Main
January 22.-"The Panama Canal ana
Chalmers Adams. author of Wonderful
Sights in Andean Highlands" Land of
the Incas.' etc. in the National Geo
graphic Magazine. How 10000 men are
are cared for: their mess halls and
amusements. With an excursion to the
Spanish main. Illustrated with lantern
slides and moving pictures.
and Man. w. w. Ellsworth of the Cen
fury Cmpany. More than half the lecture
is devoted to Lincoln's boyhood, his years
as farm laborer and iatboatman.
Lecture by Gen. Greedy.
February 5-Maj. Gen. A. W. Greedy,
U.S.A.. will address the National Geo
graphic Society. The subject of this lee
ture will be announced later. illustrated.
February 12-"The Bird Islands of Our
Atlantic Coast" by Frank M. Chapman
of the American Museum of Natural His
tory. illustrated with lantern slides and
moving pictures of the pelicans and fish
hawks
February 19-"Java-The Garden of the
East" by Henry G. Bryant. Mr.. Bryant,
like the majority of travellers, describes
this island as 1.-The most beautiful and
fascinating region In the worId' Illus
trated with lantern slides and moving pic
lures.
Wright on Aerial Locomotive.
February 26-"Aerial Locomotion," by
Mr.. Wilbur Wright or Mr.. Orville Wright.
March 12-"The Hunting Fields of Cen
trail Africa" by Gardiner F. Williams, au-
thor of ''The Diamond Mines of South At
rica" and for twenty years general man
ager of the De Beers diamond mines at
Kimberley. Illustrated with lantern slides
and moving pictures.
March 19-"RuWenzOri, the Snow
Crowned Mountain of the Equator" by
Prof. Edwin A. Fay Of the Tufts College,
president American Alpine Club. This is
the African peak which the Duke of the
Abruzzi assembled two years ago. The
magnificent photographs of the natives
and scenery along the route taken by the
famous Italian photographer, Sella, who
accompanied the Italian prince, will be