Booth Lowrey

              BOOTH LOWREY
"A humorist who is not coarse; A Satirist who is not crude; A Scientist who is not tedious; An orator who is not Sophomoric."

BOOTH   L O W R E Y
SUBJECTS
"Simon Says Wig Wag" "Tolerably Good People" "The Fountain of Youth" "Black Sunshine" "Undeveloped People"
Chautauqua Morning Lectures
A series of six vital lectures on Physical Education,
Sunday Lecture
“How Daniel Became President"
In Popular Lectures.
He is a humorist and a satirist of the highest type. His "Simon Says Wig Wag" is already a platform classic. "The Fountain of Youth" is an inspiration for good to all who hear it. We have never offered a lecturer who more fully met the demand for all that is ideal in the "entertainment-lecture".
A New Lecture
Mr. Lowrey now presents a new lecture entitled "Undeveloped People." His other lectures, while bubbling with humor and alive with a kindly satire, are far from purpose¬less. This one, however, is more intensely educational. It is a crystalization of his book, his work for ten years as a college professor, and his careful study of people in many coun¬tries. Its keynote is the relation of the psychic and physical nature: "Anything that affects either soul or body affects both." It presents a startling viewpoint and leaves a lasting impression.    One committeeman said:   "Our
people have  heard everything and forgotten  most   of   it,   but   they   will  be  discussing
'Undeveloped People* ten years hence."
From New York Star
For over an hour the audience sat in the Y. M. G. A. Auditorium last evening, entirely oblivious to all save Booth Lowrey and his mingled wit and wisdom, his humor, pathos and satire. If there was ever a lecturer who found his way into the hearts of a Jamestown audience, it was Booth Lowrey and his " Simon Says Wig "Wag." Booth Lowrey has absorbed all the humor and pathos of the South, and has blended them into delicate shadings that lighten the heart and leave it blithe and free, not oppressed by the sorrows nor wrought to too high a pitch by humor.
251 LECTURES IN 20 TOWNS
EVERY ONE A BONA FIDE, PAID ENGAGEMENT
In Mr. Lowrey's Native State (Mississippi) He Has Been Called the Second, Third and Fourth    Time   to    More    Than    100   Towns
In the 20 towns mentioned below, he has given an aggregate of 251 lectures as follows:
Amorv      __________4      Booneville__________6       Iuka.__.....------------13       Poplarville--------------16
A  &M. College_____13       Corinth____________6      Jackson------------------4       Tupelo-------------------13
Batesville__________10      Columbia___________15       Lena_______________16       University (Normal)_12
Sjioxi         -    _______?       Crystal Springs_____5       Meridan____________13       Walnut Grove----------8
Brookhaven_________9       Clinton____........-42       Mt. Olive----------------14       Wiggins..............25
From a long list in other states the following are submitted:
Arkadelphia, Arkansas______   _I5           Adairville, Kentucky----------10          Dickson, Tennessee........15
Forsyth, Georgia............10             Russellville, Kentucky-------------13
From September 17 to December 14, 1906, Mr. Lowrey gave 64 lectures
 39 of which were return engagements 
ONE OF MANY RECORDS
The following is taken from the program of the Chautauqua at Jackson, Tenn., one of the leading Chautauquas of the South: Tuesday, July 2nd, (1907)
3:30 P. M, 'A half hour with Booth Lowrey Wednesday, July 3rd 10:30 A. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey
8:30 P. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey Thursday, July 4th
4:00 P. M.   A half hour with Booth Lowrey Friday, July 5th
10:30 A. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey Saturday, July 6th
10:30 A. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey Monday, July 8th
10:30 A. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey Tuesday, July 9th
10:30 A. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey Wednesday, July 10th 10:30 A. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey
8:15 P. M.    Fifteen minutes with Booth Lowrey Thursday, July 11th 10:30 A. M.    Lecture—Booth Lowrey
8:30 P. M.    Fifteen minutes with Booth Lowrey
Rev. E. S. Baker, Director of above Chautauqua, 8ays: Booth Lowrey is a whole Chautauqua within himself.
In Popular Lectures, he is a humorist and satirist Of the highest type.
His Educational Lectures are so full of good humor and startling philosophy that they quickly become the talk of the town.
FROM THE PRESS
Daily Sentinel,(Fayetteville, Ark.)— Booth Lowrey's lecture, " Tolerably Good People," was undoubtedly the best on the University Course this season.
The Record, (Naples, New York.)— He combines in full proportions, the orator, the poet, the wit and the im¬personator and^though disclaiming- the honor, is a good deal of a statesman
The Daily Whig, (Jackson, Tennes¬see.)—Booth Lowrey is a king among men, in body, mind and soul. Perhaps the most striking characteristic in his personality is the utter abhorrence of 11 shams " in any guise or fashion. For one hour we responded to the touch of a master-hand and we did not care whether the tears in our eyes were from laughing until we cried, or cry¬ing until we laughed. Though fully appreciating him as a humorist, it seems his greatest achievement is in the pathetic and dramatic productions that have marked him as one of the gifted authors of the South.
SKETCHES
JAMESTOWN (N. Y.) STAR COURSE
Gentlemen:—It is not an infrequent happening that we have talent come to us which proves partially or altogether unsatisfactory. At such times I either observe an "unbroken silence" or freely criticise them. This depends upon the degree of their inefficiency. Booth Lowrey, the lecturer who came to us from your Bureau, was a great success. He is eloquent, logical and always instructive. His humor is delightful his illustrations excellent, and above all he has a noble moral earnestness for the highest things. He will always be welcome on our platform. Yours sincerely,
C. N. CHASE, General Secretary
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
(Dr. C. H. Brough in Personal Letter)
In the opinion of the lecture going public, your "Simon Says Wig-Wag** was the hit of the course so far. You were greeted with the largest audience of the season.
OCALA, FLORIDA
(Dr. Wm. C. Lindsay, Chn. Lyceum Committee in Personal Letter)
Your lecture has been pronounced by the people of Ocala as the best heard in years; an opinion which I fully endorse.
PIKE SEMINARY, N. Y.
(Prof. R. H. Whitbeck. Manager Lyceum Course)
Booth Lowrey was the first man on our course this season and we consider ourselves most fortunate in the selection. The house was packed and he held them spellbound. He is a scholar, a gentleman, a delight¬ful humorist and a master of his profession.
THE REVIEW
(Athens, Texas)
Mr. Lowrey caught the audience at the start and carried it with him at his will to the close. His humor is refined and his expression, carriage and entire deportment on the stage is purely natural. We regard him as the best attraction we have had.
HON. S. A. MYNDERS
(State Superintendent of Education. Tennessee)
If Booth Lowrey has a superior on the platform, I have never heard him.
THE CLARION-APPEAL
(Bastrop, Louisiana)
At the very outset Mr. Lowrey captured every person in the large audience; and he did it with such clever strategy, such incomparable artfulness, that every captive was a willing prisoner. He is a charm¬ing, captivating speaker, and he left here with the praise of his name upon everybody's tongue.
GEORGETOWN, KY.--COLLEGE COURSE
(Prof.   S. J. Pulliam, of Georgetown College, in letter to the Bureau)
Lowrey is simply great. We have never had a man who pleased our pupils as much as Lowrey. I want him on our course again next season.
DONIPHAN, MO.--LYCEUM COURSE
(W. W. Martin. Manager Lecture Course, in Letter to the Bureau)
Booth Lowrey has been on our course three times and has pleased as well or better than any other number we have ever had, and you know we have had a long list of the leading attractions in the past eight years. As you know, I seldom write any kind of endorsement for our lecturers, but when one so completely captivates our audience as Lowrey did three times in succession, it is a pleasure for me to heartily endorse him.
JACKSON, TENN.
(Dr. G. M. Savage, President S. W. B. University)
H:~ 'e&ures are eloquent, humorous, pathetic and powerful. I commend him as a man of strong char¬acter and great power.
HON. A. L. PETERMAN
(Author of Peterman's Civil Government)
I have never heard anything from any platform to surpass Booth Lowrey's description of the March of the Newsboys in his lecture, "Simon Says Wig-Wag".