Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
FRANK CARPENTER
STORIES CONTINUED
Travel Tales of Noted Author
Carried on by His
Daughter.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BOSTON. November 8 (N.ANA).--
The Seven League Boots" of Frank q
Carpenter, world known travel writer
whose stories Of foreign lands and GUS
toms delighted thousands OF readers,
have been handed down TO his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frances Carpenter Huntington
Author of many travel books for
children, acting president OF the Society
of Women Georgraphers Of Washington,
and q Fellow of the Royal Geographic
Society, Mrs Huntington is carrying to
further fame and glory the executive
writings of the Carpenters, pere ct file.
She lives, in between her anderings,
on Twenty-third street. In Washington.
Here Is her workshop, . quiet, sunlit
library built above the brick garage. :.
The room has easement windows and
an open fireplace and its paneled walls
are lined with books. The mantel was
taken from the "Old Brick Capitol" q
building recently torn down to make
way for the new Supreme Court Build
ing.
Has Written Text Books.
Vital, blue-eyed and attractive, Frank
@. Carpenters daughter has inherited
the interest in strange and far-off
lands and people and the ability to
write of such subjects in a manner to
fascinate the reader which distin-
guished her father. Mr.. Carpenters
series of Geographical Readers still is
used In the elementary schools. Mrs
Huntington has completed a series of
geographic books for children, the
Journey Club series, which also serve
rs text books.
Many newspaper readers are familiar
with the character and history of the
late Frank c.. Carpenter. Prior to his
death in China, In 1925. accounts of
his wanderings appeared year after
year. He was among the first writer's
TO establish syndicate for his writings,
and his travel letters were sought by
many newspapers for nearly 40 years.
Handicapped throughout life by frail
health, Mr.. Carpenters repeated jour-
neys into little-known parts of the
world were fraught with unusual dan
gers; but, as his daughter explains,
travel was the breath Of life to him and,
even during the last few years, he found
the lure Of adventure too great to with
stand
On one of his numerous trips around
the world, Mrs. Huntington accompa-
MED her father as his secretary. To do
this she left Smith College for q year,
trips took her through distant Euro
pean countries and into the frozen
wilderness of Alaska.
Started Series Together.
From her training as amanuensis to
her father Frances Carpenter quite ma
tllrally advanced to become his assist
her own books.
Two books, The Foods We Eat" and
sThe Clothes We Wear" were the work
of father and daughter. They headed
the popular Journey Club series and
were quickly followed by THE Houses
We Live In" ourselves and Our City"
and THE Ways We Travel" The last
named books were written by Mrs.
Huntington after her fathers death.
The Journey Club series found an
immediate popularity with children and
teachers alike. 1t represents the ad.
ventures Of six children who travel
through foreign lands and finally
through their own country.
They visit the sources of industry,
enter the homes of the children of vari-
Gus nations, learn customs and habits,
methods Of transportation, elementary
principles Of government and many
other educational facts concerning the
many countries OF the world.
Joanna and Edith Huntington have
played an important part In their
mothers literary work. They are the
critics of her books before the books
themselves find thesr way to the pub
fishers.
Makes Proper Changes.
Joanna will read the manuscript to
me-" Mrs. Huntington explained, ''and
any word which causes her to stumble
IN her reading j change Immediately,
substituting simpler word in its place.
The children sometimes object to the
names which / have given various
characters in my books, saying: oh,
don't let's call him that! Let's call him
something else. They suggest bet
Ter name and promptly change to
that"
Perhaps the Journey Club series owes
part of its success to the clever way in
which its author has illustrated each
volume. The six children featured IN
the series are flesh and blood char
acters, a niece of Mrs. Huntington's and
i've small companions. These children
appear throughout the books in count
less photographs.
which deals with the elementary facts
OF civic government, Mrs. Huntington
imported" all six children to WASH
fngton and had them photographed in
Specting various departments described
IN the text of the book. Pictures of the
same children appear IN the pages Of
the travel books, together with innum-
cradle photographs Of the foreign coun-
tries visited.
A second series, on child life in vari-
Gus countries, occupies much Of Mrs.
Huntington's time at present. Child
Life In the Arctic" and Child Life In
the Arabian Desert will be published
in 1881, and she Is now It work on
"Child Life in the Netherlands" This
series viii be for children Z or 9 years
old. or slightly younger than the read
ers Of the Journey Club books.
New Book Coming.
A book destined for children's depart
ments this Winter Is Tales Of Basque
Grandmother" which will appear at
Christmas. Mrs. Huntington wrote this
story Of two little Basque children and
their old grandmother after prolonged
stay In the Basque country, and IL is
illustrated by a native artist whom she
discovered with the aid Of a provincial
able
Mrs. Huntington writes under her
maiden name, Frances Carpenter In
private life she Is the wife Of w. Chaplin
Huntington, diplomat and economist.