Dr. Eugene May of Washington, D.C: lecturer, orator, author, traveler

              DR. EUGENE MAY OF WASHINGTON, D. C.
LECTURER, ORATOR, AUTHOR, TRAVELER

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BISHOP J. N. FITZGERALD:




Dr. May gave two splendid lectures at Ocean Grove. .  There was a general desire to have them repeated … They were of the highest order.




ROBERT McINTYRE:




I commend him as a capital popular lecturer.  I heard Dr. May with unfeigned pleasure.  He refreshed and uplifted me so greatly that I wished all might hear him. .......




Dr. May has lectured 1,000 times in Seven Years.  110 Times the Past Season, Nov. 1st. to March 31st. At 75 Chautauquas in Five Years.




He is Popular, Humorous, Instructive, Entertaining REPEATEDLY RECALLED





BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH



D
R. EUGENE MAY, has been in almost every nook and corner of the world, has 
crossed the ocean many times,
 and won 
international fame
 as a traveler, explorer, mountain climber, writer, author and accomplished lecturer.  He has climbed the most notable mountains of the globe and mastered the 
mighty Matterhorn.
  Few have excelled him in 
breadth of survey
 and 
wonderful powers of description.
  Thoroughly educated, long a teacher of elocution, many years a Chautauqua Superintendent, a graduate of the first class in the C. L. S. C. a trained thinker and scholar, he is amply qualified for the great work of the platform.  He was one of the first bicyclers to tour the 
Yellowstone
 upon a wheel.  He was the last independent traveler to return from 
Cuba
 just previous to our war with Spain, which gave him great prominence at the time and drew him to the White House 
in consultation with President McKinley.
  Dr. May has been lecturing for 
fifteen years
 and more, the last seven years continuously.  His success has been 
marked and remarkable.
  He has lectured in 
every state of the Union,
 often recalled, even to repeat the same lecture the second, third, and in one instance the 
fifth
 time.  He is a tried lecturer, in the prime of life.  He does not pose as a funny man but yet 
spices
 every lecture with 
wit
 and 
humor
 rendering it easy and pleasant for all to listen.





SUBJECTS:



1.


With a Knapsack through Switzerland and up the Matterhorn Mountain.

An account of a journey across Switzerland on foot.  A description of peoples and customs, Swiss liberty and government, and wonderful scenery.  Thrilling and amusing incidents in by-ways and unfrequented places.  As a climax, the ascent of the mighty Matterhorn Mountain.  Pronounced everywhere one of the very greatest lectures on the American platform.
2.


Come-Up-Similing.

Dr. May's latest lecture.  In a new vein, combining humor, anecdote, incident, description, pathos and philosophy in a rare combination.  A treatment of happiness and good nature, it is the product of a life time.  Regarded by many as Dr. May's masterpiece, the peroration alone worth the price of admission.

3.


The Passion Play of Oberammergau.
Dr. May has seen the Passion Play five times in the last two decades.  In 1900 he went to Europe specially to study it and prepare a lecture upon it.  It is a great theme worthy of the greatest powers of the greatest lecturer.  Dr. May's lecture makes a profound impression.


4.


The Land of Shillalah and Shamrock-Ireland from Cork to Causeway.

This is considered the Doctor's most amusing travel lecture.  It is the only one in which he treats of the ocean voyage.  Ireland's cities, scenery, legends, poetry, industries and the Irish Question are carefully gone over.  The lecturer is unprejudiced and eminently just to Catholics.  Irish wit and drollery has a large share of attention, and the recitation of 
The Widow Malone
 is a uniquely entertaining feature.
5.


In the Heart of the Sierras-the Yosemite Valley.
California and an eventful journey to the famed Yosemite.  Sublimest of scenery.  Thrilling mountain experiences and the rescue of a snow bound man.  Glissading immense.  Henry, the entertaining German companion.  A palatial world for the word painter.  The greatest scenery in the world in so small a space.


6.


Glimpses of Paul in Rome.
Specially prepared for Sunday delivery.  Appropriate at any time.  Repeated visits to the most interesting city in the world, with a study of Paul in Rome from his entrance on the Appian Way to his martyrdom.  His approach, entrance, place where he preached, his hired house, his prison, and the site of his martyrdom.  A mingled study of the Eternal City with the eternal truth and the mightest Roman of them all.


Allentown, Pa. E. R. Wilson, Gen. Sec'y, Y. M. C. A.




Dr. May's powers of description are very fine.  No man or woman can hear this lecture, 
Glimpses of Paul in Rome,
 without a desire to live a better life.  The audience was large and appreciative.




OTHER LECTURES.



Cuba Struggling Into Light.


Under Fire From Vesuvius.


With a Bicycle Through the Yellowstone.


With a Row Boat on the River Rhine.


Wandering and Wondering in the Caverns of the World.  And Other Subjects.






PERSONAL NOTICES



Bishop John H. Vincent, Zurich, Switzerland.




I have heard 
MOST PLEASANT TRIBUTES
 paid to Dr. May as a lecturer.  His lecture on Cuba is very interesting and very useful.




Bishop E. B. Kephard, Baltimore, Md.




His lectures and sermons are able and he delivers them with all the grace of a master.  He never fails to please his hearers, yes delights them.  
HIS DESCRIPTIVE POWERS ARE MARVELOUS
.  Hear him, he is most worthy.




Prof. John B. Demotte, Bryn, Mawr, Pa.




I would like to emphasize your work and reach the people with 
MY STRONGEST ENDORSEMENT
 and most hearty commendation.  I have heard you lecture and you deserve this note.




Prof. Geo. K. Morris, University, Boston, Mass.




I never heard a more 
THRILLING LECTURE
 than yours.  I was fascinated with your account of the exploit of the ascent of the Matterhorn.  I could have listened all night without weariness.




J. Virgil Gammons, Sec'y of Lecture Course, Hogansville, Ga.




He is certainly 
A FINISHED ELOCUTIONIST
.  It was without exception, one of the finest lectures ever given in Hogansville.  His theme 
Come Up Smiling,
 was admirably illustrated by many thrilling and amusing incidents.  On the lecture platform Dr. May easily leads among America's distinguished speakers.




Prof. J. H. Shinn, ex-State Sup't Pub. Ins. Ark.




He is a 
MASTER OF PLATFORM
 work No one has ever spoken from our platform that has elicited more applause than Dr. May.




C. A. Hager, Supt. Madison, S. Dak., Chautauqua.




Dr. May on the 
Matterhorn
 is 
NOT EQUALLED IN THE UNITED STATES
.  I have heard the lecture 
FIVE TIMES
, and would be glad to hear it again.  The doctor was with us four seasons at Madison, (S. D.) Chautauqua, and we seized on him for our first year at Big Stone Lake.




C. G. Langdon, Supt. Chautauqua. Findley's Lake, N. Y.




Dr. Eugene May is one of the 
GREATEST DESCRIPTIVE LECTURERS
 that lives.  he has been with us three seasons, and comes again for the fourth consecutive season.  A close observer, possessed of a 
WONDERFUL VOCABULARY
, and a 
MAGNETIC PERSONALITY
, it is one of the great pleasures of life to meet and hear him.




Rabbi Alexander Lyons, Albany, N. Y.




I desire to compliment you upon your recent lecture in our city on Cuba.  I greatly admire you 
INSTRUCTIVENESS
, your most interesting 
VIVIDNESS
, and the very 
STRONG MORAL TENOR
 of your work.  Accept my sincere wishes for your success.




Edward J. Crowell, Sec'y, Y. M. C. A., Erie, Pa.




The patrons of our lecture course were thoroughly pleased with Dr. May's lecture.  Very many stayed to congratulate Dr. May personally and 
WORDS OF COMMENDATION ARE HEARD ON EVERY SIDE
.




Prof. Jason Scarboro, Prest. Lyceum Course, Moultrie, Ga.




The lecture 
Come Up Smiling,
 by Dr. Eugene May, was 
MOST ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE
.  His philosophy of happiness is beautifully exemplified by characters that are real.  He convinces with pure logic and keeps his hearers delighted with humorous sketches.  
WE HOPE TO HAVE HIM WITH US AGAIN
.




W. H. Hollingsworth, Sec'y of Lecture Course, Brunswick, Ga.




His lecture on the Passion Play was 
GRAND
—in fact 
MAGNIFICENT
.  I don't know when I have heard anything quite so good.




Manager of Crystal Springs, Miss., Chautauqua.




Dr. May's platform work at the Mississippi Chautauqua was of a 
VERY HIGH GRADE
.  No one has appeared on our program that has given more general satisfaction than Dr. Eugene May.




Prof. J. Pike, Supt. Jerseyville, Ill., Schools.




Without exception it was the 
FINEST WORD PICTURE
 I have ever heard or read.  Today by special request, he 
REPEATED
 the lecture before our high school, and its delivery was greeted with rounds of applause.  Few lecturers can entertain, and, at the same time instruct an audience as does Dr. May.




Dr. J. C. Williams, Prest. Silver Lake Assembly, N. Y.




Dr. Eugene May delivered at Silver Lake Assembly two most charming and thrilling lectures during the present session.  His ascent of the Matterhorn is inimitable in every respect.  
Cuba Struggling into Light,
 is really a gem.  For brevity of description, for enlightening facts, for prophetic vision this lecture stands out in my mind as 
THE MOST COMPLETE I HAVE EVER HEARD
.




C. S. Nusbanm, Sec'y Ottawa, Kan. Chautauqua.




I regard Dr. May as 
ONE OF THE STRONGEST MEN ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM
.  His two most excellent lectures at our Assembly gave perfect satisfaction.  He is thoroughly a christian gentleman and it is a great pleasure to deal with him.




Supt. Ocean Park, Me., Chautauqua.




AN EMINENT SUCCESS
 upon the platform, Dr. May is one of those speakers who succeed themselves.  
THREE
 seasons with us, his thrilling word pictures and pleasing personality is sure to win him a recall.




Rev. Dr. Frank N. Lynch, Wichita, Kan.




The people were 
PLEASED, DELIGHTED, INSTRUCTED, INSPIRED
.  One gets a new conception of this remarkable village, the people, and its world famous drama, as he listens to this great lecturer.  Dr. May is 
WORTHY OF A PLACE
 in any Bureau 
OR UPON ANY LECTURE PLATFORM
 in America.




Mrs. Gen. John A. Logan, Washington, D. C.




I am very grateful to you for your excellent lecture, which must impress all who hear it.






PRESS NOTICES



London, (Ont.) Free Press.


One of the 
MOST INTERESTING
 lectures ever delivered in the Auditorium, was given last evening by Dr. Eugene May of Washington, D. C. the noted traveler.  Switzerland and the Matterhorn proved both instructive and thrilling.  The audience was very large, and there are few who would not like to hear the 
LECTURE REPEATED
.




Fargo, (N. D.,) Forum.


Dr. Eugene May delivered his magnificent lecture, 
The Matterhorn,
 at the opera house last night before a large, intelligent and delighted audience.  Although this was 
THE THIRD TIME
 that the Doctor delivered the lecture in this city, Fargoites seem to find it ever new.




Tacoma, (Wash.,) Union.


The Ninth Street Theater held a large audience last evening who sat the greater part of the time 
SPELL-BOUND AND ENTRANCED
.  Members of the Arts and Literary Leagues, lawyers, teachers and clergymen formed a large portion of the assemblage.  Dr. May's lecture proved most entertaining and the evening was a rare treat.




Helena, (Mont.,) Independent.


Dr. May is one of the most brilliant men in the lecture field to-day.  The audience greatly enjoyed his rare word painting and his 
MASTERLY DESCRIPTION
 of the ascent of the Matterhorn.  He is requested to 
REPEAT HIS LECTURE
 at the earliest date possible.




Atlanta, (Ga.,) Daily News.


Dr. May's 
ELOCUTION AND ORATORY ARE THE MOST FINISHED
 and 
PERFECT
 Atlanta has listened to for many years.  The control of his voice is wonderful and his description of the Alpine Bugle call was beautiful in the extreme.  The perillous climbing of the great Matterhorn was so graphic and thrilling that many in the audience unconsciously caught hold of the chairs as if climbing the mountain themselves.  Dr. May was a new man to the South, but he will always be a welcome friend now.




Auburn, (Neb.,) W. H. Gardner, Supt. City Schools, Sec'y Lecture Course.


The best lecture we have heard for a long time was Dr. May's lecture 
ON IRELAND
, delivered at the new opera house, Dec. 7th, being the second number in the High School lecture course.  We expected a first class lecture and we were not disappointed.  We commend him to those wishing a 
STRONG
 lecture, 
ENTERTAINING FROM BEGINNING TO CLOSE
.




Waterloo, (Ia.,) Courier.


The Doctor is possessed of 
RARE DESCRIPTIVE POWERS
 and tells what he saw in a manner that is both entertaining and instructive.  His apt quotations of bits of poetry, given with rare elocutionary power, added much to the lecture and his strong arraignment of the absentee landlord system and its effects on the poverty stricken peasantry of Ireland was eloquent and stirring.




La Porte, (Ind.,) Herald.


The audience was both delighted and awed with the 
MAGNIFICENT DESCRIPTIONS
 given by the doctor of his wonderful experiences.  One must hear him to fully appreciate the story of his travels.  He entertains and instructs to a remarkable degree.




Dubuque, (Ia.,) Daily Herald.


His description of the various points of interest in the 
Yosemite
 was something 
SUCH AS WAS NEVER BEFORE HEARD
 in Dubuque.  
HIS HEARERS WERE THRILLED
 and would have sat an hour longer had the speaker continued.  Mr. May has a fine voice and is a finished elocutionist.




Atlanta, (Ga.,) Alkahest.


One of the 
TRUEST SUCCESSES
 of the season has been the introduction of Dr. Eugene May to the South through the Alkahest Lyceum Bureau.  He came as a stranger to most but left full audiences of friends at every date.  His unassuming, genuine, gentlemanly merit is an inspiration among the host of egotistic lighter platform professionals.




Oxford. (Ga.,) Emery College Phoenix.


His lecture on the 
PASSION PLAY
 was a 
MAGNIFICENT EFFORT
; in language it was eloquent, in oratory superb; in description masterful and graphic.




Edgefield, (S. C.,) Chronicle.


Dr. May's subject was the 
PASSION PLAY
 of Oberamargau.  We have seen the play with our own eyes and studied it closely.  Dr. May did justice to the subject, and magnificently too.  As we listened I said, Here is a great hearted, sunny-souled, 
SILVER-TONGUED ORATOR
 sent to cheer and brighten and sweeten this old world.




Eufala, (Ala.,) Daily.


From beginning to end the lecture was a gem.  His descriptions were fascinating.  So delighted were the Eufalans that Dr. May has been 
URGED TO RETURN
 and give another lecture at an early date.




Louisville, (Ky.,) Dispatch.


He has splendid descriptive powers, a pleasing and impressive delivery, and his 
ABILITY TO PICTURE SCENES IS REALLY WONDERFUL
.




Norfolk, (Va.,) Virginian.


It was a 
MAGNIFICENT LECTURE
.  Dr. May has traveled everywhere and seen everything and he has the knack of imparting a vast amount of information in a most agreeable way.  His lectures abound in poetic word pictures, graphic descriptions of wonderful scenes, quaint bits of humor, a moral here and there, in fact a 
DELIGHTFUL MIXTURE
 of rhetorical good things.




Dunkirk, (N. Y.) Herald.


Dr. Eugene May delivered his 
NEW AND MAGNIFICENT LECTURE
 at Academy Hall last evening.  He was greeted by such an audience as any speaker would be proud to have the honor to address.  In Dr. May the audience was not dissapointed.  His diction is clear, pure and elegant, while his 
DESCRIPTIVE POWERS ARE SIMPLY MARVELOUS
.




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