LeRoy: laugh even tho hobbled

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LeRoy
Thats HIM
Laugh even tho hobbled.



MERRITT LEROY
Cartoonist, Author, Traveler
CLEVER
COMICAL
CARTOONS

AMUSING
HUMOROUS
ANECDOTES

ORIGINAL
WITTY
SAYINGS


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PLEASING
BEAUTIFUL
PICTURES

INSTRUCTIVE
INCIDENTS
OF TRAVEL

INTERESTING
ILLUSTRATED
STORIES



SUBJECTS

It Will All Come Out in the Wash
You and I
A Wayward Youth
Songs
Making Faces
Now and Then

Mr. LeRoy has appeared in many of the large cities of the World and is recognized as being an artist and orator of unusual ability.  Wherever he has been the press has given him the highest praise as a
PECULIAR MAN WITH A
PECULIAR MESSAGE DELIVERED IN A
PECULIAR MANNER




WHAT THEY SAY
A FEW OF THE MANY PRESS AND PERSONAL NOTICES

The Strand Magazine
Published in New York and London
Mr. Merritt LeRoy has a striking personality on the platform.  A happy faculty of combining mirth-provoking cartoons with deep, convincing truths.  He is the one man we know of who has this peculiar talent in such a large measure.


The Calgary Daily Herald
Calgary, Alberta
Those who had the privilege of hearing and seeing Merritt LeRoy last night at the Baptist Church were greatly pleased.  Mr. LeRoy is different from any speaker that has ever appeared in Calgary up to this time.  He avoids all oratorical flights, dramatic gestures and sympathetic anecdotes, but at the same time he compels the close and careful attention of his audience by the drawings which he makes and the straightforward and simple sincerity which he displays.  His hearers forget that they are listening to one of the famous men of America and see before them just one of themselves who speaks plainly, simply and forcibly to them.  Marvelous indeed is his power over his audience and it can only be explained by his perfect candor and earnestness.  It is to be hoped that he will come back again and that next time a larger auditorium can be secured, as many were turned away last night unable to obtain seats.


The Inland Herald
Spokane, Wash.
Chalk Talker Says Religion Is Something to Smile Over Rather Than Weep.
The old-time religion, with its long face and sanctimonious manners, was severely rapped in talk and sketch by Merritt LeRoy, chalk talker, at the Young Men's Christian Association Sunday afternoon.  LeRoy cleverly illustrated his remarks with drawings of the old-time religionist, whose “Bless the Lord, I've had religion for the past 60 year” furnished merriment for a crowd that filled the assembly room.
“If religion is a good thing we should laugh and be happy over it,” said the speaker, who did not fail to point a moral in his nonsense.  Go down the street grinning and see how many people grin at you, was another point of advice.



The Scrap Book Magazine
Published in New York
Mr. LeRoy combines the talents of an author, a reader of considerable ability and an artist with a peculiar faculty of making a picture during the time which it takes to explain it.  His work is unique and attractive.


The Rocky Mountain News
Denver, Colorado
Merritt LeRoy, the artist who spoke in the Ashbury Chapel last night to a packed house is, to say the least, unusual.  His subject was “Making Faces,” and he made the most of it.  He is a peculiar man with a peculiar message which he delivers in a peculiar manner.  There is no standard by which to judge his work except by the effect upon his audience, as no other man that we know of has the many different talents combined in one.  From the moment that he stepped upon the platform he commanded the complete attention of his audience, and if smiles, uproarious laughter and continued applause are any indication, the audience was simply carried away.  His message is uplifting and inspiring to all.

Y. M. C. A.

Spokane, Wash., March 20, 1911

Mr. Merritt LeRoy, City.

My Dear Sir: I wish to assure you of our appreciation of your splendid lecture, A Wayward Youth, which you delivered in our Auditorium last week.  It was the most ably delivered chalk lecture I have ever heard.  Your pictures impressed every man vividly with the truth you presented, and I am sure every one of the 600 men who heard it went away determined to lead a cleaner and better life.

Very sincerely yours,

EUGENE F. EDGERLY,
Y. M. C. A. Religious Work Secretary

Y. M. C. A.

San Jose, Cal., August 22, 1910.

Mr. Merritt LeRoy:

Dear M. LeRoy—I wish to personally thank you for the very excellent address you gave to our people in St. James park at our regular Sunday afternoon meeting yesterday.  There must have been fully 2000 people there, and all seemed pleased, even those who received truth that came pretty straight home.

Very sincerely your friend,
GEO. C. WILSON,
Sec. Y. M. C. A.


Daily Times Victoria, B. C.
The chalk talk by this well-known traveler and lecturer given at the First M. E. Church last night was highly appreciated by the large crowd that attended.  Mr. LeRoy drew pictures and told incidents of his life and in the lives of other noted men, describing the struggle for success and told how it was only through steadfastness, push and energy that success was obtained.  During the evening he drew a number of comical pictures and some beautifully colored ones.  The speaker was frequently interrupted by laughter and applause and at the end of the evening he was fairly overwhelmed by so many crowding around who wanted a word with him and to thank him for the splendid effort they had listened to.  Altogether it is by far the best number of this season's lecture course.


San Jose, Cal., Mercury
August 22
Mr. LeRoy's most impressive remarks are tinted with a certain dry humor which is all his own and holds the undivided attention of his listeners.  His pictures, which he draws, are highly artistic, true to life, and he is one of the most interesting speakers that ever faced a San Jose audience.


The Guard, Eugene, Or.
October 8
An audience which nearly filled the tabernacle and which was estimated at about 1800 persons, greeted Merritt LeRoy, the chalk talker, last night.  Judging by the frequent applause and uproarious laughter which at times swept over the auditorium, they were greatly pleased.  Mr. LeRoy drew a large number of comical cartoons and made instructive and interesting remarks upon them.  The Y. M. C. A. was fortunate in securing Mr. LeRoy's services for last evening, also for a chalk talk to boys at 2:30 p. m. Sunday and a talk to men at 3:00 p. m. Sunday at the Y. M. C. A. building.  All boys and men are invited.

E. C. Wigmore

Professor of Hebrew and Latin, Eugene Bible University, Eugene, Ore., Says:

The pictures that Merritt LeRoy draws are 'Sermons without words;' they speak for themselves.  I heartily recommend him to any church, temperance society or lyceum.  He will do good wherever he goes.





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