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Copyright by Charles Colfax-Long
CHARLES COLFAX-LONG
Presenting the Exquisite Picturization
The ENCHANTED CITY (WASHINGTON) From Dawn to Dusk
NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL, WASHINGTON, D. C.
The high spot of the evening was, of course, your own rarely beautiful entertainment. Once when I was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a fiend showed me a single white magnolia on a very large shrub. As I looked into the heart of that exquisite flower, I felt as though I were in the presence of a divine purity not of this earth. That feeling of detachment—of a sense of touch with unearthly beauty—came back to me the other evening when I viewed your pictures.
I wonder if you yourself know what you have done? The artistry is so perfect that the beholder has the advantage of the creator.
Grace H. Brosseau, (Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau) President-General, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
He Invests Your Capital with the Background of a Patriot—Philosopher—Poet and Artist
Charles Colfax-Long
CHARLES COLFAX-LONG PRODUCTIONS
Symbolizing the Ultimate in Beauty of Diction and Picturization
CHARLES COLFAX-LONG
CHARLES COLFAX-LONG, prominent in social and club life of Washington, inspired by love for his city and country, spent three years in the preparation of the remarkable illustrated lecture, The Enchanted City: From Dawn to Dusk, which has aroused the greatest enthusiasm wherever presented. His appreciation of and love for the beautiful is evidenced in every picture of his wonderful collection of Washington and in each word of the inspiring lecture with which they are accompanied.
After a successful career as a constructing engineer and executive, he came to Washington twenty-five years ago as the confidential assistant to the Honorable Philander C. Knox, of Pennnsylvania, then Attorney-General of the United States, where he remained for eight years and until illness caused his resignation. For the following seven years he traveled extensively in Europe, investigating picturesque scenes and treasures of art. When war was declared in 1914, he took an active part in helping non-combatants leave the danger zone, serving on the American Committee at Lausanne, Switzerland, and the French Committee of Evian Les Bains, until he returned to the United States. As soon as our country entered the war he threw himself whole-heartedly into volunteer war work, serving almost continuously for the full three years. As chairman of the Committee of Meetings and Speakers of the Second War Fund Drive of the Red Cross, he originated and organized the Allied Day, which was later adopted by the Liberty Loan and other war-time organizations all over the country.
In addition to his professional career and his participation in volunteer war activities, he has always been identified with the furtherance of patriotic, charitable, literary and artistic movements.
He is a member of the Board of Governors of Emergency Hospital; the Board of Trustees of the Archaeological Society of Washington; a member of the National Geographic Society, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, and Alfalfa Clubs of Washington, the Social Hygiene Society, and the Washington Society of Fine Arts.
UNIVERSALLY ADMITTED BY PRESS AND PUBLIC THE MOST ENTHRALLING AND ENTERTAINING LECTURE EVER PRESENTED ON THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
I wish that everyone in the United States might see it.
MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs.
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT CLUB BULLETIN, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
It was to the average stereopticon lecture what the work of a finished musician is to the attempts of a beginner.
GREENVILLE (OHIO) DAILY ADVOCATE
No pen can portray the story as told in this group of pictures, nor the effect their beauty had on the audience.
OHIO FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
The pictures were superb and the lecture was an exquisitely painted word picture.
MRS. J. L. SELBY, Chairman.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE (SOUTHSIDE CLUB NOTES)
The most exquisitely beautiful picture lecture—both in diction and illustration—on the American platform.
The Enchanted City: From Dawn to Dusk
(Washington)
Copyright by Charles Colfax-Long.
ILLUSTRATED lectures, which are considered to be one of the useful mediums of educating at the present time, have achieved widespread popularity through the tireless efforts of the lecturer. The art has produced some of the greatest teachers in the world.
It is particularly difficult to find lecturers to fulfill and embody the ideals that are demanded by, and who could win the approval of, the discriminating public. Not since the days of Stoddard—the foremost exponent of illustrated lectures of his time—did the American public have the lecturer who could arouse the enthusiasm of audiences; not until CHARLES COLFAX-LONG attained, through his marvelous presentation, a position in the fore-rank of big platform attractions.
Unheralded, this gifted artist—a master in word painting—an unusual man of charming personality and high ideals, in a comparatively few months has become an artist of the first magnitude. He has all the qualifications indispensable for his work, combined with a pleasing speaking voice of purest quality, so rare in the greater majority of platform artists.
Mr. Colfax-Long's appearance last season, in a limited number of engagements, brought to no lecturer in recent years as much and as great success. He carries his audience along on a fascinating visualization compelling in its exquisite diction and illustration. The pictures are the last word in artistic photography and so marvelous in coloring they create an allure irresistible and delightful, while the lecture—brilliant, scholarly, and entertaining—is a really great inspirational appeal that emphasizes his earnestness and genuineness in the message he conveys. Mr. Colfax-Long is not one to be heard and soon forgotten.
It was his privilege to Originate and Usher in a New Era for Illustrated Lectures—to discard the ordinary stereotyped travel-talk, so monotonous and pedantic—and produce a new, synchronized, and strikingly artistic interpretation; a revelation both pictorially and rhetorically, and which has brought him into triumph.
To further perfect the production, Mr. Colfax-Long is accompanied by his expert and carefully trained operator, with a complete double, dissolving stereopticon, built to order, the finest procurable, for the projection of the more than two hundred lovely views illustrating the exceptional and exquisite presentation.
The widespread demand for Mr. Colfax-Long's marvelous lecture prohibits engagements in excess of a limited number of appearances in each State.
The Tour Direction desires earnestly to co-operate in every way regarding bookings, and would respectfully suggest that reservations be made now by those wishing this fascinating and enjoyable entertainment.
For Lecture Dates and All Other Particulars, Address
Executive Office
CHARLES COLFAX-LONG
2558 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
The whole thing is a poem in prose.
ENGLEWOOD WOMAN'S CLUB, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
It was the most perfect program the club has ever had. I count it an outstanding day in a year of exceptionally fine programs.
ADA R. FISHER, Chairman of Program
WOMAN'S CLUB OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
All unite in saying that it far excels any illustrated lecture we have ever had.
ANNIE N. EDGE, President.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D. C.
It was the finest thing of the kind I have ever seen or heard.
HENRY R. RATHBONE, Congressman-at-Large for Illinois.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Your lecture has a dramatic force that blends an evening of entertainment with a liberal education in the best ideals of all we epitomize as 'American.'
W. R. FARRINGTON, Governor of Hawaii.
EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS AND PRESS
GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
President
Mrs. John D. Sherman,
1734 N Street N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
I am glad of the opportunity to express my sincere appreciation of your interesting and beautiful picturization: 'Washington: Our National Shrine.'
I WISH THAT EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES MIGHT SEE IT.
In addition to its educational value, the pictures cannot fail to arouse an intense enthusiasm for the beauty of our nation's home, and to inspire in us a deeper sense of pride in our American citizenship.
MARY SHERMAN. MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs.
THE PITTSBURGH (PENNSYLVANIA) PRESS
Washington, Capital of the United States, passed in strength and beauty before an audience in Carnegie Music Hall last night in an illustrated lecture delivered by Charles Colfax-Long of Washington. … The Audience forgot it was watching mere lantern slides. It was as if each separate scene was an oil painting of surpassing vision. It was as if some marvelous art gallery glided past in review. Nothing short of that will do the pictures justice. Mr. Colfax-Long has brought the Capital close again—he has made Washington live—very real and vivid…
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, AMERICAN RED CROSS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
I have been familiar with the best of illustrated lectures from the days of John L. Stoddard down, and I have never listened to a more delightful piece of literary work than the lecture itself, nor have I ever seen more exquisite pictures. … To the hearty ovation which greeted you at the close of your lecture, there is to be added now the opinion universally expressed this morning, that both in beauty of diction and in exquisite illustration it was by far the most delightful thing to which any of us had ever listened.
DR. THOMAS E. GREEN, Director of Speaking Service.
MARGARET SULLIVAN CHAPTER, D. A. R. DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
I can find no word more fitting than 'heavenly'!
ALICE KATHERINE PATON, Regent.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB, BUFFALO, N. Y.
We want to express anew our thanks for having brought us such an exquisite entertainment. There seems to be a unanimous opinion that it was the very finest program—lecture as well as pictures—that we have had this winter.
ANNA BIRCH LYONS.
OHIO STATE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Mr. Long's exquisite use of the English language is a joy to the listener, and the pictures are marvelous.
MRS. BARON LA RUE, Vice-President.
VINCENNES FORTNIGHTLY CLUB, VINCENNES, INDIANA Mrs. Charles E. Travis, President
The illustrated lecture, 'Washington: our National Shrine,' was unusual and very artistic.
In reverential spirit and with exquisite descriptive language, Mr. Colfax-Long made the individual see not only the pictures on the screen, but the generations of Americans who have made this the land of the free.
The Vincennes Fortnightly Club feels that in having Mr. Colfax-Long, it has stirred our citizens to greater patriotism and appreciation of our Capital.
LILLIAN TRIMBLE TRAVIS, President.
January 29th, 1927.
THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
I want to tell you again how greatly the Southern Society appreciated your remarkable lecture. It is indeed a classic. Both the lecture and the pictures surpass anything of the kind that I have ever heard or seen.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge were immensely pleased, and Secretary Mellon, who came in just as the Treasury Building was thrown on the screen, was delighted with the rest of the lecture.
DAVID H. BLAIR, President.
PRESIDENT ATTENDS LECTURE Washington (A. P.)
President and Mrs. Coolidge were the guests of the Southern Society of Washington to-night at an illustrated lecture by Charles Colfax-Long on Washington: Our National Shrine, describing the present day capital. They arrived at the entertainment, which was given at the Willard Hotel, immediately before the Lecture, and departed after it, not attending the reception or dance.
OHIO LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
The lecture is a patriotic and inspired presentation of a National Institution.
MISS SYBIL BURTON, President.
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM, MONTCLAIR, N. J.
Although almost two months have passed since we had the pleasure of listening to your lecture with its beautiful pictures of 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' the event is still talked about by our members, one of them, for many years on our Board of Trustees, declaring it the best lecture ever given in Montclair.
In addition to giving great pleasure I think you are doing a great service in bringing to the attention of the people of our country, in such a delightful way, the knowledge of the great beauty which exists in their National Capital.
MISS KATHERINE INNES, Director.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB, ZANESVILLE, OHIO
Charles Colfax-Long Is a Dramatic Talker on a Dramatic Theme.
…Mr. Charles Colfax-Long had an appreciative audience,—an audience that was breathless at times with the sheer beauty of the scenes and the glory that is Washington's: and Zanesville folk will not forget in a generation the pleasure and inspiration of this rare event.
ZANESVILLE TIMES-RECORDER.
NORTH SHORE CHAPTER, D. A. R., HIGHLAND PARK, ILL.
The artistic and exquisite beauty of the pictures was well supplemented by hearing them described accurately and vividly by a master of the art of oratorical description.
LAKE COUNTY (ILLINOIS) REGISTER.
GRAND RAPIDS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
I am still under the spell of your delightful lecture with its wonderful illustrations. The pictures are the finest I have ever seen. … In presenting your lecture, I feel that you are not only giving the public a splendid entertainment, but that you are rendering your country a real service; for no one can attend your lecture without having created in him a truer and stronger patriotism, amounting almost to reverence for Washington: Our National Shrine, and all it represents to Americans.
MRS. JOHN S. MCDONALD, Chairman Lecture Course Committee.
WINSTED (CONN.) EVENING CITIZEN
Mr. Charles Colfax-Long—interpreter extraordinary of the grandeur and beauty of Washington.
THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY Mrs. J. A. Edge, President
The large number of club members and guests who had the privilege of attending your exquisite presentation, 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' unanimously express themselves as having been delighted with both views and lecture.
All unite in saying that it far excels any illustrated lecture we have ever had.
There was an indefinable charm surrounding the whole entertainment that will linger long in the hearts and minds of all who saw the magnificent views and listened to the superb address.
ANNIE N. EDGE, President.
CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART, MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, NEW YORK CITY
Our Reverend Mother asks me to tell you how much we all appreciated your lecture on 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' the other evening. … The pictures were really beautiful, with their clearness of detail and perfect coloring. Altogether, you gave us a very delightful encertainment, for which we owe sincerest thanks.
REVEREND MOTHER'S SECRETARY.
BROTHERHOOD OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The flattering comments we have heard from many Bethlehem people who enjoyed your lecture last Friday evening, are convincing evidence of the degree of pleasure and instruction that you gave. Every detail was exceptionally well planned and carried out perfectly.
We appreciate your coming to Bethlehem, and sincerely thank you for the very unusual treat you have given to our members and friends.
Thanking you again on behalf of the Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church, and I am sure I can include the entire audience, I am.
T. R. NIVIN, President.
ENGLEWOOD WOMAN'S CLUB, CHICAGO
Though more than two weeks have elapsed since you presented your wonderful lecture, 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' to the Englewood, Woman's Club, the witchery of the beautiful pictures is still upon me, and I still hear your fervent voice calling upon the club women for re-baptism of national patriotism.
The enthusiasm displayed by the audience was alone eloquent evidence of its appreciation, but if further testimony were needed, it is found in the fact that the members are yet saying to me, it was the most perfect program the club has ever had.
I count it an outstanding day in a year of exceptionally fine programs.
ADA R. FISHER, Chairman of Program.
THE DOVER (NEW HAMPSHIRE) DEMOCRAT
…Upwards of five hundred persons attended the showing of the finest and most beautiful pictures ever seen in the local opera house, and for an hour and a quarter the audience was entertained as no audience was ever entertained in that grand hall. When Mr. Colfax-Long had spoken his last word the audience rose and cheeread Thus closed one of the finest entertainments ever given in Dover.
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Charles Colfax-Long Depicts the Capital City as a Real National Shrine
'Washington: Our National Shrine,' is the title of a remarkable lecture given yesterday in the Auditorium of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, before a distinguished invited audience. As the beautiful colored slides were flashed on the screen during the course of the lecture, spontaneous applause broke forth, for behind the pure enjoyment of the lecture and the pictures, the audience sensed that here was an educator of the greatest value, who was inspired to immortalize the glories of Washington, because they are not known and appreciated by the American people at large.
CHICAGO CHAPTER, D. A. R., CHICAGO, ILL.
Our Board last week had its first meeting since your lecture here March 12. It was unanimously and most appreciatively voted to thank you for your fine lecture, unusual in its wonderfully lovely pictures, so instructive and patriotic in its message, and so well expressed by its language. … Our members were most enthusiastic in their appreciation and say it is the finest thing we have ever had.
I assure you our Board and Chapter thank you for your favoring them with your very fine and lovely lecture, and they wish me to express to you their thanks.
ELSIE JOE FUDGE, Chairman Patriotic Education Commtttee.
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT CLUB BULLETIN
It is impossible to give in words an adequate idea of the pictures, which were really works of art, produced by the highest skill in coloring and photography.
It was to the average stereopticon lecture, what the work of a finished musician is to the attempts of a beginner.
Mr. Colfax-Long's was appropriate to his subject and was characterized by a clearness and precision of English that were a pleasure to hear.
MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL, WASHINGTON, D. C.
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
On Wednesday, Mr. Charles Colfax-Long will show his very remarkable and very beautiful pictures of the beauty spots of Washington, for the delegates and their friends. They are not movies, but a swift succession of beautiful colored slides of 'Washington: Our National Shrine.' I had the pleasure of seeing them as a part of a Washington's Birthday celebration. They were a revelation to even those who knew their Washington pretty well and thought they came near appreciating it. They left one self-convicted of curious insensibility that one had lived within reach of so much beauty, that in a foreign city one would have traveled miles to see, and because it is all around one every day, paid little attention to it. The lecture—one calls it a lecture for want of a better name—was like the little girl's idea of a really satisfactory layer cake, mostly layer, with only enough cake to hold the filling together.
JEAN ELIOT, (The Washington Herald, Washington, D. C.)
D. A. R. DELEGATES 36TH CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Washington Star, Thursday, April 21st, 1927. Applause Greets Lecture
Bursts of applause greeted the presentation of an illustrated lecture by Charles Colfax-Long, which followed the nominations, on the topic, Washington: Our National Shrine. The enthusiasm of the delegates mounted higher and higher as beautiful scene after scene was shown, but reached its high pitch when a portrait of their president general, Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, was thrown on the screen. They gave her a long ovation, etc.
THE CONTEMPORARY CLUB, TRENTON, N. J.
On behalf of The Contemporary Club of Trenton, I want to thank you for showing us your beautiful pictures.
I am hoping that it will be possible for you to return to us, and I assure you your audience will be even larger next time, for those who missed your lecture now know that they missed a real treat.
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT CLUB, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
On behalf of the Club, I wish to express to you our very great enjoyment of the illustrated lecture, 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' which you recently gave for us at Caleb Mills Hall.
Our Board feels that your program was one of distinction, both from the historical and artistic sides, and we unhesitatingly endorse it, not only to women's clubs, but to all educational institutions.
FLORENCE E. DOBSON, Secretary.
Endorsed and recommended by Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, President General, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, to all Regents and Chapters.
The Best Lecture Costs No More!
Endorsed and recommended by Mrs. John D. Sherman, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs, to all clubs.
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| Title | Charles Colfax-Long presenting the exquisite picturization: "The Enchanted City (Washington) from Dawn to Dusk" |
| Date Original | 1925 |
| Topical Subject (LCTGM) | Travel sketches |
| Topical Subject (LCSH) |
Pictures Lecturers |
| Personal Name Subject | Long, Charles Colfax |
| Chronological Subject | 1920-1930 |
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| Digital Collection | Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection | Redpath Chautauqua Collection |
| Subcollection | Chautauqua Brochures |
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| Collection Identifier | MSC0150 |
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| Contact Information | Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact/index/ |
| Height (cm) | 17 |
| Number of Pages | 8 |
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| Full Text | Figure Copyright by Charles Colfax-Long CHARLES COLFAX-LONG Presenting the Exquisite Picturization The ENCHANTED CITY (WASHINGTON) From Dawn to Dusk NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL, WASHINGTON, D. C. The high spot of the evening was, of course, your own rarely beautiful entertainment. Once when I was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a fiend showed me a single white magnolia on a very large shrub. As I looked into the heart of that exquisite flower, I felt as though I were in the presence of a divine purity not of this earth. That feeling of detachment—of a sense of touch with unearthly beauty—came back to me the other evening when I viewed your pictures. I wonder if you yourself know what you have done? The artistry is so perfect that the beholder has the advantage of the creator. Grace H. Brosseau, (Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau) President-General, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. He Invests Your Capital with the Background of a Patriot—Philosopher—Poet and Artist Charles Colfax-Long CHARLES COLFAX-LONG PRODUCTIONS Symbolizing the Ultimate in Beauty of Diction and Picturization CHARLES COLFAX-LONG CHARLES COLFAX-LONG, prominent in social and club life of Washington, inspired by love for his city and country, spent three years in the preparation of the remarkable illustrated lecture, The Enchanted City: From Dawn to Dusk, which has aroused the greatest enthusiasm wherever presented. His appreciation of and love for the beautiful is evidenced in every picture of his wonderful collection of Washington and in each word of the inspiring lecture with which they are accompanied. After a successful career as a constructing engineer and executive, he came to Washington twenty-five years ago as the confidential assistant to the Honorable Philander C. Knox, of Pennnsylvania, then Attorney-General of the United States, where he remained for eight years and until illness caused his resignation. For the following seven years he traveled extensively in Europe, investigating picturesque scenes and treasures of art. When war was declared in 1914, he took an active part in helping non-combatants leave the danger zone, serving on the American Committee at Lausanne, Switzerland, and the French Committee of Evian Les Bains, until he returned to the United States. As soon as our country entered the war he threw himself whole-heartedly into volunteer war work, serving almost continuously for the full three years. As chairman of the Committee of Meetings and Speakers of the Second War Fund Drive of the Red Cross, he originated and organized the Allied Day, which was later adopted by the Liberty Loan and other war-time organizations all over the country. In addition to his professional career and his participation in volunteer war activities, he has always been identified with the furtherance of patriotic, charitable, literary and artistic movements. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Emergency Hospital; the Board of Trustees of the Archaeological Society of Washington; a member of the National Geographic Society, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, and Alfalfa Clubs of Washington, the Social Hygiene Society, and the Washington Society of Fine Arts. UNIVERSALLY ADMITTED BY PRESS AND PUBLIC THE MOST ENTHRALLING AND ENTERTAINING LECTURE EVER PRESENTED ON THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, D. C. I wish that everyone in the United States might see it. MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs. WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT CLUB BULLETIN, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA It was to the average stereopticon lecture what the work of a finished musician is to the attempts of a beginner. GREENVILLE (OHIO) DAILY ADVOCATE No pen can portray the story as told in this group of pictures, nor the effect their beauty had on the audience. OHIO FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIP FUND. The pictures were superb and the lecture was an exquisitely painted word picture. MRS. J. L. SELBY, Chairman. CHICAGO TRIBUNE (SOUTHSIDE CLUB NOTES) The most exquisitely beautiful picture lecture—both in diction and illustration—on the American platform. The Enchanted City: From Dawn to Dusk (Washington) Copyright by Charles Colfax-Long. ILLUSTRATED lectures, which are considered to be one of the useful mediums of educating at the present time, have achieved widespread popularity through the tireless efforts of the lecturer. The art has produced some of the greatest teachers in the world. It is particularly difficult to find lecturers to fulfill and embody the ideals that are demanded by, and who could win the approval of, the discriminating public. Not since the days of Stoddard—the foremost exponent of illustrated lectures of his time—did the American public have the lecturer who could arouse the enthusiasm of audiences; not until CHARLES COLFAX-LONG attained, through his marvelous presentation, a position in the fore-rank of big platform attractions. Unheralded, this gifted artist—a master in word painting—an unusual man of charming personality and high ideals, in a comparatively few months has become an artist of the first magnitude. He has all the qualifications indispensable for his work, combined with a pleasing speaking voice of purest quality, so rare in the greater majority of platform artists. Mr. Colfax-Long's appearance last season, in a limited number of engagements, brought to no lecturer in recent years as much and as great success. He carries his audience along on a fascinating visualization compelling in its exquisite diction and illustration. The pictures are the last word in artistic photography and so marvelous in coloring they create an allure irresistible and delightful, while the lecture—brilliant, scholarly, and entertaining—is a really great inspirational appeal that emphasizes his earnestness and genuineness in the message he conveys. Mr. Colfax-Long is not one to be heard and soon forgotten. It was his privilege to Originate and Usher in a New Era for Illustrated Lectures—to discard the ordinary stereotyped travel-talk, so monotonous and pedantic—and produce a new, synchronized, and strikingly artistic interpretation; a revelation both pictorially and rhetorically, and which has brought him into triumph. To further perfect the production, Mr. Colfax-Long is accompanied by his expert and carefully trained operator, with a complete double, dissolving stereopticon, built to order, the finest procurable, for the projection of the more than two hundred lovely views illustrating the exceptional and exquisite presentation. The widespread demand for Mr. Colfax-Long's marvelous lecture prohibits engagements in excess of a limited number of appearances in each State. The Tour Direction desires earnestly to co-operate in every way regarding bookings, and would respectfully suggest that reservations be made now by those wishing this fascinating and enjoyable entertainment. For Lecture Dates and All Other Particulars, Address Executive Office CHARLES COLFAX-LONG 2558 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest WASHINGTON, D. C. MARY ROBERTS RINEHART The whole thing is a poem in prose. ENGLEWOOD WOMAN'S CLUB, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS It was the most perfect program the club has ever had. I count it an outstanding day in a year of exceptionally fine programs. ADA R. FISHER, Chairman of Program WOMAN'S CLUB OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY All unite in saying that it far excels any illustrated lecture we have ever had. ANNIE N. EDGE, President. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D. C. It was the finest thing of the kind I have ever seen or heard. HENRY R. RATHBONE, Congressman-at-Large for Illinois. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Your lecture has a dramatic force that blends an evening of entertainment with a liberal education in the best ideals of all we epitomize as 'American.' W. R. FARRINGTON, Governor of Hawaii. EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS AND PRESS GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS President Mrs. John D. Sherman, 1734 N Street N. W., Washington, D. C. I am glad of the opportunity to express my sincere appreciation of your interesting and beautiful picturization: 'Washington: Our National Shrine.' I WISH THAT EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES MIGHT SEE IT. In addition to its educational value, the pictures cannot fail to arouse an intense enthusiasm for the beauty of our nation's home, and to inspire in us a deeper sense of pride in our American citizenship. MARY SHERMAN. MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs. THE PITTSBURGH (PENNSYLVANIA) PRESS Washington, Capital of the United States, passed in strength and beauty before an audience in Carnegie Music Hall last night in an illustrated lecture delivered by Charles Colfax-Long of Washington. … The Audience forgot it was watching mere lantern slides. It was as if each separate scene was an oil painting of surpassing vision. It was as if some marvelous art gallery glided past in review. Nothing short of that will do the pictures justice. Mr. Colfax-Long has brought the Capital close again—he has made Washington live—very real and vivid… NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, AMERICAN RED CROSS, WASHINGTON, D. C. I have been familiar with the best of illustrated lectures from the days of John L. Stoddard down, and I have never listened to a more delightful piece of literary work than the lecture itself, nor have I ever seen more exquisite pictures. … To the hearty ovation which greeted you at the close of your lecture, there is to be added now the opinion universally expressed this morning, that both in beauty of diction and in exquisite illustration it was by far the most delightful thing to which any of us had ever listened. DR. THOMAS E. GREEN, Director of Speaking Service. MARGARET SULLIVAN CHAPTER, D. A. R. DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE I can find no word more fitting than 'heavenly'! ALICE KATHERINE PATON, Regent. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB, BUFFALO, N. Y. We want to express anew our thanks for having brought us such an exquisite entertainment. There seems to be a unanimous opinion that it was the very finest program—lecture as well as pictures—that we have had this winter. ANNA BIRCH LYONS. OHIO STATE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS Mr. Long's exquisite use of the English language is a joy to the listener, and the pictures are marvelous. MRS. BARON LA RUE, Vice-President. VINCENNES FORTNIGHTLY CLUB, VINCENNES, INDIANA Mrs. Charles E. Travis, President The illustrated lecture, 'Washington: our National Shrine,' was unusual and very artistic. In reverential spirit and with exquisite descriptive language, Mr. Colfax-Long made the individual see not only the pictures on the screen, but the generations of Americans who have made this the land of the free. The Vincennes Fortnightly Club feels that in having Mr. Colfax-Long, it has stirred our citizens to greater patriotism and appreciation of our Capital. LILLIAN TRIMBLE TRAVIS, President. January 29th, 1927. THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON I want to tell you again how greatly the Southern Society appreciated your remarkable lecture. It is indeed a classic. Both the lecture and the pictures surpass anything of the kind that I have ever heard or seen. The President and Mrs. Coolidge were immensely pleased, and Secretary Mellon, who came in just as the Treasury Building was thrown on the screen, was delighted with the rest of the lecture. DAVID H. BLAIR, President. PRESIDENT ATTENDS LECTURE Washington (A. P.) President and Mrs. Coolidge were the guests of the Southern Society of Washington to-night at an illustrated lecture by Charles Colfax-Long on Washington: Our National Shrine, describing the present day capital. They arrived at the entertainment, which was given at the Willard Hotel, immediately before the Lecture, and departed after it, not attending the reception or dance. OHIO LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS The lecture is a patriotic and inspired presentation of a National Institution. MISS SYBIL BURTON, President. MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM, MONTCLAIR, N. J. Although almost two months have passed since we had the pleasure of listening to your lecture with its beautiful pictures of 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' the event is still talked about by our members, one of them, for many years on our Board of Trustees, declaring it the best lecture ever given in Montclair. In addition to giving great pleasure I think you are doing a great service in bringing to the attention of the people of our country, in such a delightful way, the knowledge of the great beauty which exists in their National Capital. MISS KATHERINE INNES, Director. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB, ZANESVILLE, OHIO Charles Colfax-Long Is a Dramatic Talker on a Dramatic Theme. …Mr. Charles Colfax-Long had an appreciative audience,—an audience that was breathless at times with the sheer beauty of the scenes and the glory that is Washington's: and Zanesville folk will not forget in a generation the pleasure and inspiration of this rare event. ZANESVILLE TIMES-RECORDER. NORTH SHORE CHAPTER, D. A. R., HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. The artistic and exquisite beauty of the pictures was well supplemented by hearing them described accurately and vividly by a master of the art of oratorical description. LAKE COUNTY (ILLINOIS) REGISTER. GRAND RAPIDS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I am still under the spell of your delightful lecture with its wonderful illustrations. The pictures are the finest I have ever seen. … In presenting your lecture, I feel that you are not only giving the public a splendid entertainment, but that you are rendering your country a real service; for no one can attend your lecture without having created in him a truer and stronger patriotism, amounting almost to reverence for Washington: Our National Shrine, and all it represents to Americans. MRS. JOHN S. MCDONALD, Chairman Lecture Course Committee. WINSTED (CONN.) EVENING CITIZEN Mr. Charles Colfax-Long—interpreter extraordinary of the grandeur and beauty of Washington. THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY Mrs. J. A. Edge, President The large number of club members and guests who had the privilege of attending your exquisite presentation, 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' unanimously express themselves as having been delighted with both views and lecture. All unite in saying that it far excels any illustrated lecture we have ever had. There was an indefinable charm surrounding the whole entertainment that will linger long in the hearts and minds of all who saw the magnificent views and listened to the superb address. ANNIE N. EDGE, President. CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART, MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, NEW YORK CITY Our Reverend Mother asks me to tell you how much we all appreciated your lecture on 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' the other evening. … The pictures were really beautiful, with their clearness of detail and perfect coloring. Altogether, you gave us a very delightful encertainment, for which we owe sincerest thanks. REVEREND MOTHER'S SECRETARY. BROTHERHOOD OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Bethlehem, Pennsylvania The flattering comments we have heard from many Bethlehem people who enjoyed your lecture last Friday evening, are convincing evidence of the degree of pleasure and instruction that you gave. Every detail was exceptionally well planned and carried out perfectly. We appreciate your coming to Bethlehem, and sincerely thank you for the very unusual treat you have given to our members and friends. Thanking you again on behalf of the Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church, and I am sure I can include the entire audience, I am. T. R. NIVIN, President. ENGLEWOOD WOMAN'S CLUB, CHICAGO Though more than two weeks have elapsed since you presented your wonderful lecture, 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' to the Englewood, Woman's Club, the witchery of the beautiful pictures is still upon me, and I still hear your fervent voice calling upon the club women for re-baptism of national patriotism. The enthusiasm displayed by the audience was alone eloquent evidence of its appreciation, but if further testimony were needed, it is found in the fact that the members are yet saying to me, it was the most perfect program the club has ever had. I count it an outstanding day in a year of exceptionally fine programs. ADA R. FISHER, Chairman of Program. THE DOVER (NEW HAMPSHIRE) DEMOCRAT …Upwards of five hundred persons attended the showing of the finest and most beautiful pictures ever seen in the local opera house, and for an hour and a quarter the audience was entertained as no audience was ever entertained in that grand hall. When Mr. Colfax-Long had spoken his last word the audience rose and cheeread Thus closed one of the finest entertainments ever given in Dover. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Charles Colfax-Long Depicts the Capital City as a Real National Shrine 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' is the title of a remarkable lecture given yesterday in the Auditorium of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, before a distinguished invited audience. As the beautiful colored slides were flashed on the screen during the course of the lecture, spontaneous applause broke forth, for behind the pure enjoyment of the lecture and the pictures, the audience sensed that here was an educator of the greatest value, who was inspired to immortalize the glories of Washington, because they are not known and appreciated by the American people at large. CHICAGO CHAPTER, D. A. R., CHICAGO, ILL. Our Board last week had its first meeting since your lecture here March 12. It was unanimously and most appreciatively voted to thank you for your fine lecture, unusual in its wonderfully lovely pictures, so instructive and patriotic in its message, and so well expressed by its language. … Our members were most enthusiastic in their appreciation and say it is the finest thing we have ever had. I assure you our Board and Chapter thank you for your favoring them with your very fine and lovely lecture, and they wish me to express to you their thanks. ELSIE JOE FUDGE, Chairman Patriotic Education Commtttee. TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT CLUB BULLETIN It is impossible to give in words an adequate idea of the pictures, which were really works of art, produced by the highest skill in coloring and photography. It was to the average stereopticon lecture, what the work of a finished musician is to the attempts of a beginner. Mr. Colfax-Long's was appropriate to his subject and was characterized by a clearness and precision of English that were a pleasure to hear. MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL, WASHINGTON, D. C. National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution On Wednesday, Mr. Charles Colfax-Long will show his very remarkable and very beautiful pictures of the beauty spots of Washington, for the delegates and their friends. They are not movies, but a swift succession of beautiful colored slides of 'Washington: Our National Shrine.' I had the pleasure of seeing them as a part of a Washington's Birthday celebration. They were a revelation to even those who knew their Washington pretty well and thought they came near appreciating it. They left one self-convicted of curious insensibility that one had lived within reach of so much beauty, that in a foreign city one would have traveled miles to see, and because it is all around one every day, paid little attention to it. The lecture—one calls it a lecture for want of a better name—was like the little girl's idea of a really satisfactory layer cake, mostly layer, with only enough cake to hold the filling together. JEAN ELIOT, (The Washington Herald, Washington, D. C.) D. A. R. DELEGATES 36TH CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Washington Star, Thursday, April 21st, 1927. Applause Greets Lecture Bursts of applause greeted the presentation of an illustrated lecture by Charles Colfax-Long, which followed the nominations, on the topic, Washington: Our National Shrine. The enthusiasm of the delegates mounted higher and higher as beautiful scene after scene was shown, but reached its high pitch when a portrait of their president general, Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, was thrown on the screen. They gave her a long ovation, etc. THE CONTEMPORARY CLUB, TRENTON, N. J. On behalf of The Contemporary Club of Trenton, I want to thank you for showing us your beautiful pictures. I am hoping that it will be possible for you to return to us, and I assure you your audience will be even larger next time, for those who missed your lecture now know that they missed a real treat. WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT CLUB, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA On behalf of the Club, I wish to express to you our very great enjoyment of the illustrated lecture, 'Washington: Our National Shrine,' which you recently gave for us at Caleb Mills Hall. Our Board feels that your program was one of distinction, both from the historical and artistic sides, and we unhesitatingly endorse it, not only to women's clubs, but to all educational institutions. FLORENCE E. DOBSON, Secretary. Endorsed and recommended by Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, President General, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, to all Regents and Chapters. The Best Lecture Costs No More! Endorsed and recommended by Mrs. John D. Sherman, President, General Federation of Women's Clubs, to all clubs. |
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