FLASH-LIGHTS
FROM THE SEVEN SEAS
WILLIAM L. STIDGER
FLASH-LIGHTS
FROM THE SEVEN SEAS
BY
WILLIAM L. STIDGER
AUTHOR OF "STANDING ROOM ONLY," "STAR
DUST FROM THE DUGOUTS," "OUTDOOR
MEN AND MINDS," ETC.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
BISHOP FRANCIS J. McCONNELL
ILLUSTRATED
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY
THE AUTHOR
NEW 
YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1921,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEDICATED TO
MARY I. SCOTT
A WOMAN FRIEND
WHO PUSHED BACK THE HORIZONS OF
THE WORLD AND LED ME TO THE
BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL THAT
HAS NO END: THE TRAIL OF
DREAMS AND TRAVEL
INTRODUCTION
By BISHOP FRANCIS J. McCONNELL
The Rev. William L. Stidger is one of the most thoroughly alive men inthe ministry today. He sees quickly, reacts instantaneously, and knowshow to bring others to a like alertness of mental and spiritual seizure.If it be said of him that he is impressionistic it must be rememberedthat the impressions are made on a mind of sound purpose andcommunicated to others for the sake of the truth behind the impression.His narratives of travel do not belong in the guide-book category or inthat of the scientific geography. But if you wish to know what it wouldbe like to visit yourself the countries described, the reading of Mr.Stidger's sketches will help you. If it be said that what one after allis getting is the Stidger view, it must not be forgotten that theStidger view is marvellously vital and enkindling. The Stidger vitalityis bracing and health-giving. It is a tonic for all[viii] of us who aregetting a little old and sluggish. The contagion of youth and energy arein this book: it will reach and stir all who read.
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburgh, Pa.
FOREWORD
That vast stretch of opal islands; jade continents; sapphire seas ofstrange sunsets; mysterious masses of brown-skinned humanity;brown-eyed, full-breasted, full-lipped and full-hipped women; which wecall the Orient, can only be caught by the photographer's art inflash-light pictures.
It is like a photograph taken in the night. It cannot be clear cut. Itcannot have clean outlines. It can only be a blurred mass of humanitywith burdens on their should