Miss Ada Ward

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Miss ADA WARD
17 NOTTINGHAM PLACE, LONDON, W.1
Telephone: WELBECK 3591

Preliminary enquiries to:
176 SOMERSET ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD
Telephone: HUDD. 3289



ADA WARD
He that maketh his neighbour to laugh, hath earned a seat in Paradise.

If this old Oriental proverb be true, then ADA WARD should be assured of a happy future!

For many years she has been pursuing her mission of carrying joy and laughter to thousands.  Her clever lectures are not only full of information and interest, but are so wittily given, so replete with unexpected humour that they are a sheer tonic and inspiration.

She may be said literally to have added to the gaiety of nations, for her talks have been given in many lands in both hemispheres with unvarying success.

The years but add to her popularity, and she is constantly branching off into new fields of work, with unceasing enthusiasm.

Her informal talks to luncheon clubs, women's meetings and church assemblies, Sunday or week-day, are in great demand and are as popular as her more regular lectures.

MISS WARD is an outstanding personality on the lecture platform.  To the advantages of a brilliant education and wide travelling experiences, she brings many natural gifts, a keen insight into human nature, a fluent oratory, a well-modulated speaking voice, clever sketching power, great dramatic ability, and, above all, a scintillating humour.

She has carved for herself a unique niche in the lecture world, and no better description of her work and personality could be given than that bestowed on her by her American audiences: The Little Englishwoman with the big message.




LIST OF LECTURES

FACES IN THE CROWD (Blackboard Necessary)
This lecture is one of MISS WARD'S earliest efforts, and one of her latest successes.  While the background remains the same, the subject is being constantly revised, brought up to date, and illuminated with her continually widening experiences.  It deals with the ever-fascinating study of Ourselves and other folks.  It is full of quaint philosophy, brilliant humour and wholesome truths, illustrated throughout by clever lightning sketches on the blackboard.  Not only is there fun and laughter, but vivid and personal inspiration, which sends her listeners home refreshed and charmed, with an increased thoughtfulness towards the great question of the day, Who is my neighbour?

THOSE AMERICANS (Blackboard Optional)
A departure from the usual type of lectures on America.  MISS WARD has had unusual opportunities of studying the land of big things.  She has travelled from Atlantic to Pacific, from southern palm to northern pine.  She has experienced an earthquake, a tornado, a cyclone, a blizzard, a Presidential campaign, Prohibition, Prosperity, and Slump.  Her lecture is a delightful blend of keen observation and humour, full of unexpected turns, quaint remarks and clever cartoons.  Recent visits keep her in touch with the changes and developments of American life.  She was on the first record-making trip of the Queen Mary.

SKETCHES OF LONDON LIFE (Blackboard Optional but Desirable)
The ever-changing, never-changing life of London furnishes MISS WARD with the opportunity of using her clever sketching ability, her powers of mimicry, and her great gift of observation.  The very heart-throbs of the great city can be heard during this lecture.  The many-faceted life of the great metropolis is pictured with amazing reality.  It is a great awakening of human sympathy, an appeal to the noblest and best ideals of human life.

PYRAMIDS, PALMS AND PILGRIMS (Blackboard Useful)
A VISIT TO EGYPT AND PALESTINE.
Her lecture is a record of impressions made, and thoughts aroused in these two countries so intimately connected with England.
There are fascinating glimpses of Asia and Africa, touches of humour, memoirs poignant, and reflections philosophical.  Specially suitable for Church gatherings.

SNAPSHOTS FROM THE PLATFORM (Blackboard Useful)
MISS WARD'S lecturing career began literally in the nursery, where she found her first audience among her dolls, and her younger brothers and sisters.
Since then she has had many remarkable experiences lecturing to all sorts and conditions of men and women in many strange places, in the two hemispheres.
In the slums of the East End, in the mansions of the West, to Royalty and to paupers, in workhouses, prisons, asylums and lodging houses, in Mid-Atlantic, in the camps of France, in large halls, in tiny rooms, in radio studios, to British and American, this little Englishwoman has carried her message of sunshine and goodwill.
From these memories she gives a lecture of great human interest, full of fascination and charm, in her own inimitable style, which will appeal to all who love their fellow man, and who know something of the lecturer's personality.





PRESS AND PERSONAL ENDORSEMENTS
We were charmed with Miss Ada Ward's evening.  She gave us a splendid treat.—St. Ninian's Church, Kirriemuir.

Miss Ward revealed herself as a very witty speaker, an excellent caricaturist, and as a lady whose knowledge of human psychology was profound.—Altrincham.

The pleasure you gave us all was simply immense—a real uplift and tonic.  You took all of us by storm.—Northwood.

Thank you for cheering us all up.—Theydon Bois.

Witticisms mingled with truth built up a lecture that had not a dull moment in it.—Hexham.

We all enjoyed your lecture.  You had our entire group at your mercy!  Apart from the delightful sketches and humour, you were able also to impart something very sound in your treatment of character which was helpful to everyone.

—Young Folks' Lecture-Course, St. Michael's, Chester Square.

I forgot my sciatica while listening to you.—Elstree.

A wonderful and entertaining talk, and because it went with a good laugh, what you taught us will stay in our memories for ever.

—St. John's Wood.


A Scottish Tribute.
This little Englishwoman has succeeded where the English King Edward the Second failed.  Within a stone's throw of Bannock-burn she has conquered the Scots!


An Irish Tribute.
She's such a fine Englishwoman she must be Irish!

She took us through laughter to tears and back again.  She showed us much that was funny, much that was sordid and much that was strange.  But—and this is a big and unique but—she held our interest with the power that only a big mind can command.—Matlock.

Miss Ward is one of the most popular lecturers now before the public—a position deservedly won by her originality and personal charm.—Southend-on-Sea.

The Mothers in Stepney want to say Thank you again for the specially delightful entertainment you gave us.

Your brilliant lecture was so fresh and stimulating, it carried everyone away into a new realm of thought.

—Adjutant, Salvation Army, Chalk Farm.

Thank you for a wonderfully interesting afternoon.

Your lectures are most delightful.

Just what we need.  From Various Women's Institutes.

She's a peacherino!—An American Schoolboy.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine

BAINES & SCARSBROOK, PRINTERS, LONDON, N. W. 6.