Carpenter the Bird=Man

              Carpenter the Bird = Man

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STEREOPTICON EVENING LECTURES



Birds of Garden and Farm


Marsh Birds


A Trip through the Woods


Birds of River and Lake


Some of my Pets


Economic Ornithology


Birds and Their Enemies





DAY LECTURES Illustrated with Birds, Nests and Eggs



Our Birds in Their Homes


How to Study the Birds


Interesting Bird - Facts


Fact or Fancy about Birds—Which?


Birds and Agriculture


Bird - Problems


Origin of Species




MANAGEMENT:  MUTUAL LYCEUM BUREAU



SUITE 55 AUDITORIUM BUILDING, CHICAGO





ANNOUNCEMENT



CHARLES KNAPP CARPENTER is a son of Illinois, having been born and having spent most of his life here.  As a preacher he has been eminently successful.  He is now pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Aurora, one of the largest churches in Northern Illinois.




Mr. Carpenter is a University of Michigan graduate, and nearly all his College and University work was along scientific lines, fitting him as a teacher of Biology.  He was on the teaching-staff of aforesaid University, in the biological department for two years before entering the ministry.




He has been a bird-student for more than twenty years, and a member of the American Ornithologist's Union nearly that long.  Some years ago, he was elected to membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.




In his Nature-work, Mr. Carpenter stands strongly for truth and accuracy.  He deplores the present methods of extravagance and imagination employed by so many popular nature-writers.  While extremely interesting in his lectures, he places prime importance upon correct observation and correct interpretation.  
Birds are birds; not little men and women.
  Although he announces a list of definite titles, he has been so long a bird-student, and has such a wealth of material that he can readily adapt himself to any occasion, such as Teacher's Institutes, Farmer's Institutes, Bird and Arbor Day, Chautauquas or popular lecture courses.  His day-lectures are illustrated with hundreds of birds, nests and eggs, while his evening lectures are illustrated with stereopticon slides prepared from photographs taken by the lecturer himself.





COMMENTS




KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE





The Aurora Daily Beacon.


—Several hundred people took 
A
 Trip Through the Woods
 with Rev. Carpenter last evening.  It was a sort of a fairy story come true.  There was the magic of the camera and the stereopticon instead of the seven-league boots and they were capital substitutes.  They took the company up in the tops of the trees; they showed them the secrets hidden so carefully in the thick of the bushes; they even took the favored one inside the trunk of a tree and showed him the nests within.  The whole evening was a treat that was unusual and delightful.  Mr. Carpenter, a real live scientific ornithologist, has succeeded in getting excellent bird photographs.  This was the first illustrated bird lecture which he has given in Aurora, but it will not be the last.  Now Aurora has a chance to begin the study of birds in real earnest.  Go to these lectures whenever you have a chance and look and listen and remember.  It will pay you well.




Prof. Sylvester A. Long, Dayton, Ohio.
—
No wonder he loves birds!  He 
KNOWS
 them.  They are his intimate friends.  I have never seen a Chautauqua audience so thoroughly instructed or more delightfully entertained.  His work is pleasing, unique and reliable.  Those who 
stand around
 the first day are on the front seats the next.




The Aurora Daily News.


—Rev. C. K. Carpenter gave his second Aurora bird-lecture to a delighted audience.  About a hundred beautiful stereopticon pictures were thrown upon the screen and each was interestingly described by the lecturer.  The pictures have been taken by Mr. Carpenter himself, and many of them under great difficulties.  Sometimes he would climb a tree to the height of nearly a hundred feet to get a picture of a nest and the eggs it contained.  Sometimes he would cut into the trunk of a hollow tree to photograph the nest and eggs within it.  Next week, he will go a hundred miles to photograph a nest of young marsh hawks.  
Accuracy seems to be the one thing that Mr. Carpenter has in view.  While his pictures are in themselves works of art, the most interesting impression is that his description of birds is true to nature.
  Mr. Carpenter's lectures will be of immense value to people who will be taught to open their eyes to see the beautiful around them and thus to get more of the happiness of life which the Creator has given them so bountifully upon every hand.





HAVING A 
PET





Rockford Register-Cazette.


—Rev. Carpenter is a skillful naturalist, He has one of the finest collections of birds, animals, reptiles, eggs, shells, botanical and geological specimens in Illinois.






UP A TREE


What am I looking for? Why Dates, of course
.



Dr. Leslie A. Beard, Director R. R. A., Polo, Ills.
—
Rev. C. K. Carpenter's course on Birds at Rock River Chautauqua Assembly, session of 1906, was well attended all through and the interest increased as the course extended.  I was present on the front bench every day and received thorough enjoyment in addition to a large amount of instruction.  Mr. Carpenter is an easy and eloquent speaker and besides his lecture has numberless birds, nests, eggs, and illustrations, which assist so largely in making his course a complete success.




H. L. Guyer, Supt. M. E. S. S., Polo, Ills.
—
The Rev. Carpenter's lecture on 
Birds
 given under the auspices of our Sunday School was an unqualified success financially and also as a matter of entertainment and instruction.  The speaker showed perfect familiarity with our feathered friends and his beautifully colored pictures of the birds and their nests all combined to make the lecture intensely interesting to old and young.




The Aurora Daily Beacon.


—Carpenter the Bird-Man, gave his second illustrated bird-talk in the New England Congregational Church last evening, and it was very interesting.  He showed views, taken by himself and made into stereoptican slides which were also colored by the lecturer himself and are absolutelv scientific and correct.  His observations and studies are thorough and complete.  One series of pictures which he showed last evening was of a woodpecker family that is housekeeping in a post down on the river road.  He has many calls that would keep him busy every day in the lecture field.  Aurora is to be congratulated that she numbers this man among her citizens.




Emery I. Neff, Co. Supt. of Schools, Oregon, Ills.
—
Rev. Chas. K. Carpenter was engaged to give a 
Bird-talk
 before the Ogle County Annual Teachers' Institute in 1904, and created so much enthusiasm that he was secured the next year for two addresses.  In 1906 he occupied a period on the day program and gave an evening illustrated lecture on 
Our Birds
 each of which was intensely interesting in character and highly instructive.  The manner in which Mr. Carpenter presents the subject of Birds demonstrates his comprehensive knowledge and research, and his discussions are given from a thoroughly practical standpoint.  He will interest any audience upon the subject of birds.




Harry L. Markell, Gen. Sec. Y. M. C. A., Aurora, Ills.
—
I was happily surprised to find that we had such an inspiring and instructive lecturer in our own midst.  The lecture fills a wide gap in bringing the public back to nature, in the study of the beauty and the habits of those things that are so common to many, and is instructive and pleasing to both old and young.  It shows much originality, personality and study.




Byron Express Record.


—Mr. Carpenter is an ornithologist of excellent ability and extended information.




The Dixon Sun.


—He is thoroughly conversant with his subject and proves a competent instructor.  
The most practical and really valuable part of the Assembly program (Rock River Chautauqua) is the part carried on by him.




The Dixon Telegraph.


—It is a difficult matter to secure good pictures of birds, but Rev. Carpenter has secured a great many, involving the expenditure of much time, money and patience, and now has a fine collection.





OTHER LECTURE
 COMMENTS.



Mt. Morris Amphictyon.


—On the platform, he is eloquent—his delivery is with ease, and yet filled with fire and magnetism.




Mt. Morris Index.


—A forceful and logical speaker, closely engaging the attention and interest of the audience.—(Jean Valjean.)




The Freeport Bulletin.


—He is in great demand as a lecturer, and well should be, for the reason that he possesses the necessary requirements to entertain and interest an audience.  He showed that he is well qualified to discuss intelligently the popular work of Tennyson.  The lecture is one that makes an excellent impression.




Plano Correspondent, The Aurora Daily News.


—Rev. Carpenter delivered a magnificent address (The Purpose of Education) which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.  Truly Mr. Carpenter is a powerful speaker.




Tri-County Press, Polo, Ills.


—Mr. Carpenter is a pleasing speaker, and his speech was full of patriotism and was considered one of the ablest addresses ever given on a like occasion.  (The Growth of Democracy)




Mt. Morris College Campus.


—His addresses before the teachers of Ogle Co. are among the best that the State has had.




Forreston, Illinois.


—His address was fine.  He spoke on 
The Ameriican Ideal
 and held the attention of his audience perfectly.




The Pecatonica News.


—The lecture given in the M. E. Church on Tuesday evening by Rev. C. K. Carpenter as the last number of the Epworth League course was very largely attended.  He took for his subject.  
Come Again, John,
 and endeavored to show the great value of little things and that that which often seems unimportant or insignificant often amounts to a great deal.  His talk was full of wit and humor, and he held the closest attention of his audience from the start to the close.




The Freeport Standard.


—Rev. C. K. Carpenter, of Polo, Ill., delivered his lecture on Tennyson's 
Idylls of the King
 at Embury Church, Friday evening, to a very appreciative audience.  Mr. Carpenter is one of the best students of literature in Northern Illinois, and his lectures on literary masterpieces bristle with originality of thought and are delivered with unusual clearness and power.  His lecture on the 
Idylls of the King
 is no exception to this rule.  His critical studies of the man Tennyson and his literary creations are masterpieces of analysis as well as of oratory.  His portrayal of the characters is exceedingly vivid and clear cut.  Under the treatment of Mr. Carpenter, these characters become intensely real and of vital concern to every individual in the audience.  This lecture will be highly appreciated by every lover of the works of Tennyson.  Mr. Carpenter will always be welcome to the lecture platform in Freeport.






CHARLES KNAPP CARPENTER
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LECTURE TITLES

LITERARY
 Jean Valjean Idylls of the King


PATRIOTIC
 The American Ideal The Growth of Democracy


SEMI-HUMOROUS
 
Come Again, John
 
What's in your Hat?


MISCELLANEOUS
 The Purpose of Education The Evolutionist's Contribution to Christianity