| Summary: | Glacier Priest Ill, But Talks: Fascinating Lecture And Films Of Greatest Volcano Thrill Audiences./Pictures Daring Climb./Scaling Of Mount Shishaldin And Airplane's Flight Inside Marvelous. GLACIER PRIEST ILL, BUT TALKS Fascinating Lecture and Films of Greatest Volcano Thrill Audience. PICTURES DARING CLIMB Scalling of Mount Shishaldin and Airplane's Flight inside Marvelous. Alaska, land of mystery; the Rev. Father Bernard Hubbard, S. J., "The Glacier Priest," and moving pictures of the land of the snows and the midnight sun were magnets that jammed the Avalon theater yesterday at matinee and evening performances. Courageous enough to be the first human to ascend Mount Shishaldin on the Alaskan peninsula and the first to enter the volcano, the largest in the world, Father Hubbard showed his courage yesterday. He arrived ill, prepared to enter Sacred Heart hospital, having been warned that his illness may prove grave, but he insisted on giving his lecture. Fine In Appearance. Of ine appearance and excellent voice, the father opened his talk with the simple statement that, if laid beside a map of Europe, the map of Alaska would seemingly lack interest. But, in another way, the map of Alaska laid on that of the United States would show one side of the country at the Atlantic ocean, another at the Pacific, a third bordering Canada and the fourth side reaching Mexico. He remarked that most people pictured to themselves Alaska as a land of snow and ice and Eskimos. But he said he was there five years before he saw any Eskimos. Then, in rapid order, he showed pictures of beautiful floral growth of the country, said much of the coast line was as beautiful floral growth of the country, said much of the coast line was as beautiful as this part of the northwest, and pictured commercial aspects of the country, including salmon fishing. Breath-taking were many of the moving picture scenes. On the water were depicted the landing in a small boat at Kodiak. Then came the start in their boat used for the trip, sled dogs lashed to the boat and kept apart, the father explaining, to keep the dogs from fighting, their custom being that they would rather fight than eat; then the seasick dogs, all the fight out of them. There were Eskimo women and children, the women doing fancy work outdoors with the mercury at zero, the father explaining the ladies were outside because it was too warm for them in their homes. Ancient Picture Writing. In the introduction were pictured figures in native rock that the father said probably were made thousands of years ago and that were similar to figures and writings found down the west coast of the United States, indicating that the aborigines may have crossed to Alaska from Asia. But the greatest thrills of the picture were reserved for the last. They pictured the climbing of the volcano, the snow, the ice, the glaciers, the volumes of smoke, the volcanic rock and fields of volcanic ash. In this feature the airplane wwas introduced, the hydroplane starting from the ocean, sailing through the clouds, the lighting. Photographed was the rim of the volcano, the largest in the world, 32 miles in circumference; and also was shown the lake more than two and a half miles long, near the top of the volcano; the preparation of meals and the handling of the dogs. The Rev. Father John Cronin introduced Father Hubbard to the audience. The Catholic Social Benefit league will profit from the lectures.
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