Oriental travel lectures, Frederic Poole

              Oriental Travel-Lectures
Frederic Poole
Beautiful Colored Views
Chinese Word Pictures
THE PURPOSE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT
CHINA, the exclusive, the age-long, walled-in-nation of mystery, has at last yielded to the irresistible influence of modem  progress, and  today presents a spectacle  unique in the world's history, ation of four hundred millions breaking away from the traditions of centuries, and in the reor¬ganization of her governmental, educational, military and commercial systems is feverishly idopting the methods of the Occident.
Imagination has run riot with regard to things Chinese, and he superficial globe-trotter has, unfortunately, in his "stories >f travel,'* often encouraged misconceptions and delusions.
To leam the TRUTH ABOUT CHINA ' ^ the motive which impelled  Mr. Poole to un-ke his recent strenuous  thirty-thousand-mile [tourney to the "Land of the Dragon,' id from Canton in   the south .tough   the interior  to Pekin the north and to the Great all, to  closely    study •id photograph every feature of Old and ew China.
Mr. Poole
njoyed unusually avorable opportun-ties for such a task, Reinforced   by   special Chinese ambassadorial intro¬ductions, and endorsed by the high¬est United States government   author¬ities, he   was  received   with  Vice-Regal pnors at every official yamen, and the doors
all Chinese institutions,   government,   military, tducational and  commercial, were thrown wide open p him and his camera, with the result that he has returned pith a story and a quantity of illustrative material, and pictures post beautifully colored by the leading artist  in Japan, that cannot
e duplicated on the American lecture platform.
The study of the Chinese has been lifelong with Mr. Poole, and his years f association with these peculiar and interesting people in their native land and in ^merica, his intimate knowledge of their strange customs and language, especially fitt im in his recent successful attempt to study China of the present day.
In  his remarkable and enchanting " Oriental Travel Lecture"  series,   China   is   made palistic,   entertaining and particularly educational,   as in a delightfully racy and conversational banner, enlightened with spontaneous humor he takes his hearers through the   Celestial Empire, so pat time is forgotten and the last picture comes too soon.
Copy of Chinese letter written  by His Excellency Tang Shao Yi, Special Ambassador to the Unite States, introducing Mr. Poole to the Viceroys of Chinese provinces.
[Translation]
H. I. M. Chinese Embassy, Washington, D. C. Winter Month, I Oth Day.
Governor Ling,
Dear Fourth Brother:
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I arrived in Washington, D. C, in the winter month (1 Oth month), and aft tj
officers and merchants here welcomed me in an exceedingly cordial mam*
The cause of this is  the long  peace between the two nations.    Recent
the United States and  our government effected a relationship of exuen
good will.
A  United  States lecture  association is  now   sending   a   man   nam Frederic Poole to travel in China to study and examine our labor M commercial matters, and so forth.    Because the United States h treated me with so much enthusiasm I feel very deeply with it. When   Mr. Poole arrives in China we should treat hi with utmost cordiality to reciprocate the relationship. I send this letter for that purpose.  When M Poole arrives in our land, please send woi to all who are under you to takegoc care of him and accompany him to « amine our schools, labor and commei cial societies, and explain to him i every    particular cur   activiti-so that he may fully unde stand them.
TANG SHAO Yl
Special Impeii Ambassadi the V.S.A
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reveal   the   pictorial   significance    of    the     moi
ancient written  characters in existence.
With   crayon   and    paper   he   rapidly   draws, and  evolve
from   apparently   meaningless   lines,   Chinese   words   whose   pic
torial   suggestiveness   is   logical   and   readily   recognized,   while   in   i
racy    and     pleasant     description   the    quaint    humor   of    these    curiou
hieroglyphs appeals irresistibly to  the audience from the drawing of the first lin<
to the last.
This   unique   demonstration is unanimously   conceded to be one of the most entrancing
amusing and instructive features of Frederic Poole's Oriental Travel-Lectures.
Mr. Poole appears in the full   official costume of a Chinese   Viceroy and   afterward) in Chinese Student's dress.
Pekin and the Great Wall
The crenelated walls of the Forbidden City, massive walls and ponderous watch-towers, suggest ancient China as depicted in this intensely interesting "China-logue" on the capitol of the Dragon Empire.
The mysteries of the Temple of Heaven and the horrors of the Temple of Hell are revealed in picture and des¬cription—Curious Customs of Chinese Weddings and Funerals—The beautiful Temple of Confucius—The Legend of the Drum Tower—Ancient Observatory—"Boxer" Relics—Camel Traffic—Funeral of the late Chinese Emperor—The Beauties of the Nankow Valley—The Eighth Wonder of the World, "The Great Wall"—All aboard for Pekin by Train —A Wedding Procession—A Funeral Procession—Traffic Through Pekin's Gates—Pretty Manchu Girls—The Imperial Funeral—Crowds Assembling—Approach of Imperial Funeral Procession—Crowds Dispersing—Return of Imperial Funeral Wagons—By Train Through the Nankow Pass—A Wonderful Panoramic View of the Great Wall—and  many
others.
Canton and the Cantonese
Canton is the largeit city in all China, and is a fertile field for the lecturer-explorer. Mr. Poole was unusually fortunate in securing a vast quantity of entertaining material, which he most interestingly embodies in this Canton "China-logue" in which are seen : The Pirates Retreat—Canton's Enormous Boat Population—Crowded Street Scenes —Street Barbers—Gambling Dens and Opium Smoking—Beautiful Macao—Ancestral Temples—The Flower Pagoda— The Water Clock—Native and Foreign Schools—Military Academy—The Mint—Temple of 500 Gods—Execution Grounds—The "Head Operator"—The Leper Village—Venice in Celestia—The "Iron Horse"—A Chinese "Grace Darling"—River Life at Canton—"Next"—Dragon Festival and Sword Dancers—Chinese Cadets at Drill—Noon Hour at the Mint—Mr. Poole among the Lepers—Train Arrival at Wong Sha Station—and many others.
The Valley of the Yang-tse
Along the course of this mighty waterway Mr. Poole penetrated into the heart of the Celestial Empire for over 1,000 miles, and the story of this wonderful Yang-tse Valley is replete with ancient historic Chinese achievements natural beauty and quaint and curious native customs. In interesting sequence the cities of the Yang-tse are visited from Shanghai to Nankin, the ancient national capitol: Examination Cells—Ruins of the Tartar City—The famous Ming Tombs—Venice in China—A Yang-tse San Pan—"The Little Orphan Island"—Arrival at Hankow—The Bund —Native Industries—Celestial Belles—"Golden Lilies"—and a "Jar of Tears"—Foot Binding—River Houses Built on Bamboo Tops—Up the Han—Across the Yang-tse—Wuchang Walls—A Cheerful Hobo—Sunset and Moonlight on the Yang-tse—Shanghai Streets—Soochow Creek and Bridge—Panoramic View of the Tartar City—Laundresses and Loafers —Passenger Beats—Coolie Activities—Blind Boys—Enjoying the Play—Scenes on the Han—Building Operations— River Activities—Held up in a Chinese Village—and many others-
The New Celestial Empire
"China in transition" is depicted from beginning to end in this wonderful and intensely interesting "China-logue" and in marvelously beautifully colored pictures the New China is revealed in a manner never before presented to the public.
The unprecedented opportunities afforded Mr. Poole in his intimate association with high Chinese Officials en¬abled him to gain access to every phase of the pacific revolution, now going on in China, and thus gained material and illustrations that are absolutely unique.
Among the numerous pictures shown in this "China-logue" will be: Shanghai "the Paris of the Far East"— Railroad Enterprises—Fairy Scenes in the Viceroy's Gardens—The Viceroy's School—Reorganized Army—Viceroy's Yamen—Modern  Silk  and  Cotton Mills—"The Real Yellow Peril"—A "Chinese Pittsburg"—Football in Pekin—
Canton Water Works—Normal  School and Ancient Cells—Holiday in Hong Kong—"Hoch der Kaiser"—The Peak__
President Taft—The Yellow Man's Burden—Stars and Stripes in the Orient—A Fire in the native City—At the Willow Pattern Temple—A Railroad Crossing—School Children's Exercises and Viceroy's Greeting—Viceroy's Troops on Parade—Steel and Iron Works—A Football Game—Hong Kong Harbor Scenes—Up the Peak 1600 Feet—Going Down —and many others.
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