Richard D. Hughes: lecturer - traveller

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RICHARD D. HUGHES 
Lecturer-Traveller




RICHARD D. HUGHES



THE strength and popularity of the lectures by Richard D. Hughes rest upon his sincerity.  He adds philosophy and a fine fund of humor to his addresses, which are popular in character, as well as informative.




He has traveled from one end of Europe to the other, has covered the battlefields of the war zone, having lectured through the camps of the A. E. F. in 1919.  He has ambled about in Africa, has studied the Bedouin Arab, has visited Italy and spent much time in England.




He has studied life and institutions in all these places and not only has a wonderful fund of interesting gossip gathered from the far-away corners of the globe but a wealth of beautiful pictures that he has taken during his travels.




Through his years of experience on the rostrum he has cultivated a style which is eloquent, and his voice possesses a resonant quality that carries his message to the hearts of his hearers with the cadence of music.




Now at the very prime of his life he brings to the lecture platform a rich experience accumulated from travel, active experience in a large city, and the training of our best institutions of learning.




Though a patriot he does not make patriotism his main theme.  His ambition is to educate and inspire, to dispel the clouds and enlarge the horizon and vision of daily life.




There are few speakers so well fitted by temperament, education, travel and experience to so thoroughly charm, entertain and instruct any audience before which he may appear.



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Grand Canal and Doge's Palace, Venice






LECTURE SUBJECTS 
EUROPE YESTERDAY AND TODAY



This is a study in international relationship.  This lecture is up to the minute, educational and interesting.  It is full of good Americanism and spiced with wit and humor.





THE QUEST OF HAPPINESS



This lecture will take you along the sunny side of the street and out along the pathway that leads up to the mountain top.  If you hear this lecture you will go home feeling life is worth living.





WHEN THE VISION FAILS



This lecture will lift your eyes unto the hills and broaden your horizon.  This is an ideal message for High School Commencements.





TRAVEL LECTURES



The following lectures are illustrated with exclusive pictures in color taken by Mr. Hughes.  They are especially well suited for Women's Clubs, Civic Organizations and Lodges.  They are educational and entertaining.



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Hadrian's Tomb, Rome





THE CATHEDRALS OF EUROPE



A study of the architecture of the various periods, the Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance, etc.  Illustrated by interior and exterior views of the famous cathedrals of the old world.





A PICTORIAL REVIEW OF EUROPE



Glimpses of the castles along the Rhine—wind mills and wooden shoes in Holland—Venice, the city in the sea—Rome of the Caesars—Naples and Pompeii—Italian lakes—Snow-clad Alps—Artistic France—and Old England.





GEMS AND JEWELS OF EUROPE



The best that the Old World has to give of her Art Treasures and architectural masterpieces.





THE CHARM OF OLD ENGLAND



Age cannot wither, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.




Shakespeare.





THE CASTLED RHINE



The Rhine!—Walt Whitman has called it the 
most beautiful river in the world
—vineclad slopes, mediaeval castles, old world inns.





GLORIOUS SWITZERLAND



Quaint Swiss hamlets and chalets, foaming waterfalls, babbling brooks in a setting of pine-scented forests, and above all towering the snow-capped Alpine peaks.





THE ITALIAN LAKES



These lakes form a glorious gateway to Italy.  Their shores are studded with picturesque villages and charming villas, with a background of forest and mountains, presenting a panorama of unsurpassed splendor.





ROME, ANCIENT AND MODERN



Rome—presents herself in myriad aspects.  Within her walls twenty-six centuries have accumulated a thousand marvels and around Rome, surrounding her like a diadem, glisten a thousand jewels.






MOSQUES AND MINARETS



A picturesque study of the native life of the Bedouin Arab in North Africa, the customs and religion of this nomadic people.  The pictures are of unusual character and the story of these people possesses a magic charm all its own.





THE LURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN


Dream Pictures in Color and Song


Those looking for something unique and unusual, will find in this lecture that very thing.  It is a full program in itself, blending in word, picture and song the story of the Blue Mediterranean, where history began and the romance and color of the old world still lingers.  The ancients believed the Mediterranean to be the 
Center of the Universe.
  Geographically they were wrong; but for history, romance, art, poetry and religion, they named this beautiful blue sea better than they had thought.  Along its shores we hear the silvery temple bells of the East and the lilting call to prayer of the Muezzin and watch the caravans of the Arabs come out of the desert.




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RICHARD D. HUGHES



Richard D. Hughes has lectured for the past six years on the Chautauqua and Lyceum platform; he has delivered over five hundred lectures in the past four years in Chicago and vicinity.




Following are a few of the clubs and organizations before which he appeared in Chicago and vicinity.  Mr. Hughes has returned for the third and fourth engagements to several of the clubs listed here:


Hyde Park Travel Club


Austin Woman's Club


Western Springs Woman's Club


The Public Museum Lecture Course, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Woodlawn Woman's Club


Hamilton Park Woman's Club


Calumet High School Commencement


The Edgewater Catholic Woman's Club


Wicker Park Woman's Club


Chicago Polytechnic Society


Oak Park Sorosis





References and Press Comments will be gladly furnished upon request.






For Engagements Address
 RICHARD D. HUGHES 6716 Emerald Ave. Tel. Wentworth 2581 Chicago, Illinois





6717 Emrald Ave Emral Ave Pres. Church



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The Lion of Lucerne