Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-08

late Ghor. and an excursion TO the little
known Negeb. south Of Beersh9ba. IL
Illustrated.
FRIDAY. January .. s:I5 p.m-'Man-
churia: the .Antung- Mukden Railway
the Funeral of the Late Empress DOW
ager November q. 1874" The name OF
the speaker a well known author and
traveller. will he announced later. II
Illustrated.
Friday. January II. sis p.m-John
Barrett director of International bureau
Of American republics. Illustrated
Friday. January 81. S:15 p.m.-"rhe Life
its Of Birds Frank NJ. Chapman. au-
thor of Camps and Cruises of an Or
nithologist Bird Studies with Cam
era" etc. Illustrated.
Friday. January pc. SIS pm.-'The Of
toman Empire Rear Admiral Colby NJ.
Chester. Tilted States Navy. From June.
19nS To May. 1900. inclusive. Admiral
Chester lived in Constantinople or was
travelling throughout Asia Minor. He
was thus witness of the revolution and
of the beginning OF the new era In Tur-
key. Illustrated
Friday. February 4. SIS p.m.-"Moun-
taineering i'm a New Switzerland" Prof.
Charles r., Fay of Tufts College former
~ president of American Alpine Club. IL
Illustrated by personal experiences and
views gathered during sixteen seasons
passed by the lecturer in the Canadian
Rockies and Selkirks.
Friday. February II. S:15 p.m.-"The
Waterways of Empire" Willis Fletcher
Johnson. associate editor OF New York
Tribune. An account of the part which
rivers. canals and other narrow water
ways have played in the political and
commercial history of the world. and es-
pecially Of this country Illustrated
Friday, February Is. S:1J p.m.-"The
Glaciers of Alaska" an account of the
National Geogra phic Society expedition to
Alaska in 1919. Prof. Lawrence r. Mar
tin Of the University of Wisconsin, with
Prof. Ralph S. Tarr of Cornell Uni
versity. leader of the societys expedition
Illustrated.
The Panama Canal
Friday. February -. Sis p.m.-'The
Panama Canal" 1t is hoped that official
duties will permit Col. George W
Goethals chief engineer Of the Panama
canal. TO accept the invitation Of the Ma
tiona' Geographic Society to address the
association on this subject.
Friday. March g. $40 pm.-"Physical
Problems of Our Country Clifford
Pinchot, chief of the United States forest
service. Illustrated.
Friday. March II. S:1J p.m.-"The
Waste of Human Life and Resources in
the Mining Industry" Mr.. Joseph A.
Holmes. DIR. Holmes will tell of the gov
fatalities in which the United States leads
The world al ratio OF three to one, and
the governments effort to devise ways of
saving the great waste not only Of human
life. but of our coal. gas and other min
eral resources. Illustrated.
Friday. March IS. SID p.m.-"A New
Era for the SOUTH DR.. Charles w Stiles
The speaker will describe the methods
hv which science and money hope to
eradicate the hOokworm, or lazy GERM"
Friday, March %. SIS p.m.-"The Spirit
of tic West" G. j. Blanchard, United
States reclamation service. Illustrated.
Friday. April l. S:1J p.m.-"Patagonia
tn Paraguay. or the Story OF Argentine"
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams Illus
irated
Friday. April -. Sis p.m.-"The Pearl
Fisheries OF Ceylon.' DR.. Hugh NJ Smith,
deputy commissioner United States fish
cries. Illustrated.
Friday, April II. S:Ij p.m.-"Nearest the
South Pole" Lieut.. F. III. Shackleton. IL
Illustrated.