Lectures of Richard Morawetz

By the time Richard was thirty years old, he had already travelled to many parts of the world. On all his travels, he took many photographs, and was soon asked to give lectures about his travels, which he illustrated with sometimes 100-200 slides.

In 1901, he lived in England for a while as an apprentice to learn the trade of his father's business. His lecture about this country, with his description of "democracy in action" was so successful that he was soon flooded with requests to give lectures.

1905
Public address about England
Čeverný Kostelec

Oct. 13, 1907
Talk about England
Police nad Metuji

Apr. 8
Educational talk about England
Skalice

In 1904, Richard made a transcontinental tour of the United States. Although he was disappointed with the St. Louis World Fair, he was very impressed with New York, and was fascinated by San Francisco and its genuine underground Chinatown. The Yosemite Valley and Yellowstone Park made such an impact on him that he returned there many years later after he had emigrated to North America.

In Talks with My Father, his recollections to his daughter, Sonja, he describes a humorous incident while in Yellowstone Park:

A rather amusing incident occurred during our stay in Yellowstone. Our party ordered a bottle of champagne and this apparently attracted the attention of the hotel staff. A waiter approached our tour guide and asked if one of the gentlemen - meaning me - was the German Crown Prince, who was reputed to be traveling incognito. Our guide had quite a sense of humour and he told the waiter that he couldn't answer his question, but that he would have to promise to treat the conversation as strictly confidential. Needless to say, rumour spread like wildfire that I was indeed the Crown Prince, and I became the object of considerable attention during the rest of our stay.

Dec. 10, 1905 The Wonders of Yellowstone Park Smiřicich	Feb. 23, 1908 Across North America from New York to San Francisco Hronov	Mar. 8, 1908 Across North America Úpice	Mar. 22, 1908 Sketch of a trip to western America: Bremen - NY - SF Čeverný Kostelec
Oct. 25, 1908 Two months in the New World Čeverný Kostelec	Dec. 13, 1908 Sketch of a trip to western America Jaroměř	Jan. 31, 1909 Across North America Hradec Králové

In 1910, Richard made his almost year long trip to Asia, travelling through Ceylon, India, Burma, Java, China and Japan. The poverty, the social conditions, the religious fanaticism and the way in which the white man was treated almost like a demi-god all made a great impression upon him.

Oct. 21, 1911 Lecture on Ceylon and East India. Hradec Král	Oct. 22, 1911 Lecture on Ceylon and East India. Hlinsku	Nov. 5, 1911 Lecture on Ceylon and East India. Trutno	Dec. 3, 1911 Lecture on Ceylon and East India. Skalice
Jan. 30, 1912 Economic impressions from trip to Far East Prague High School		Feb. 3, 1912 Lecture on East India and Ceylon. Lomnici nad Poprad	Feb. 4, 1912 Lecture on Ceylon and East India. Nová Paka

Richard also gave educational talks on various other topics.

Brochure:
Summary of 100 educational talks
Richard Morawetz,
treasurer.

Oct. 27, 1907
1. What we can learn from the election to the parliament.
2. The importance of people's education.
Trutnov

Apr. 16, 1910
II. Monetary policy in the Austrio-Hungarian empire.
Jaroměř

Apr. 20, 1913
3. Richard Morawetz: the question of our industry and the debate about our direction.
Association of Textile Manufacturers,
Hradec Král