Dr. D.F. Fox

              Dr. D. F. Fox
Exclusive Management The Coit Lyceum Bureau, Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. D. F. Fox   Announcement
DR. D. F. FOX is one of Chicago's most suc¬cessful clergymen. For fourteen years he has been the pastor of California Avenue Congregational Church. Reviewing his career, "The Advance" recently said: "Dr. D. F. Fox, the wide-awake pastor of the California Avenue Church, first looked out upon the world through the haze of an Indiana atmosphere during the year when Lincoln's call to arms went over the land. Too young for that war, he kept himself in reserve and later enlisted in the greater war against the hosts of evil, and in this conflict he has been a valiant fighter. Early seized with a desire to go to college, he was in due time numbered among the graduates, carrying off the class honors in oratory. Six months were then spent in Europe, and, after finishing his theological studies, another year was spent abroad, the tour extending through Egypt and Palestine. In a pastorate of fourteen years he has added over one thousand members to his congregation and erected one of the most beautiful and substantial church buildings in Chicago." As a lecturer in regular Lyceum Courses, on Commencement Occasions, before Teachers' Institutes and at Chautauquas, Dr. Fox is in constant demand. Wherever he goes — East, West, North, South —he is a favorite. There is a subtle charm about the oratory of Dr. Fox. His lectures abound in dramatic situations, his descriptions are graphic, his delineation of character mas¬terful, his understanding of great men and great events amazing. To hear him is to know something of the splen¬dor and power, the witchery and mystery of perfect speech.
LECTURE  SUBJECTS
"A Neglected Cavalier"
"The Torchbearer of the Middle Ages''
"Characters We Have All Met"
"Forces That Win''
What Our Foremost Lecturers Say
NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dr. Fox's lecture was the event of its kind for this year in Plymouth Church. Through previous announcement the people were prepared to expect an unusual treat; but the lecture more than fulfilled what had been said in advance. From every viewpoint it was a great lecture. It was lighted up with the most brilliant wit and humor—is full of pathos and tears; is fascinating for its word pictures —with passages as glorious as the pages in an illumined missal; and with many a noble incitement to heroic living. Dr. Fox has met with a most cordial recep¬tion all through the East, but no city will welcome him back more warmly than Brooklyn, and arrangements have already been perfected for his return so that our friends may have an opportunity to hear him again.
FRANK W. GUNSAULUS
President Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago
That Dr. D. F. Fox should meet with the highest success in the lecture field is not to be wondered at by those who know his career as a preacher in Chicago. His topics are most interesting and inspiring, and his treatment of them pos¬sesses every characteristic of his magnetic, cultured nature. He has a distinct and important message to our age and country, and is one of the most luminous and effective lecturers of our time.
ROBERT McINTYRE
Dr. D. F. Fox, my Congregational co-laborer in Chicago, is a man with a message. It is an unfeigned pleasure to speed the work of such a speaker. Through real merit he has shouldered his way into the very front rank of plat¬form favorites. Let that man be untroubled who introduces him to an audience. He never fails to move and uplift. I say—do not miss his lecture unless you have a grudge against yourself.
GEORGE W. BAIN
I heard Dr. D. F. Fox give his lecture on "A Neglected Cavalier" at Winfield, Kan., Chautauqua, and I consider it the equal of the very best I have ever heard from any source. In it are some of the most thrilling word pictures spoken in English. There is no platform this lecture will not honor, and I commend it to those seeking the best.
GEORGE R. WENDLING
I heartily concur in the indorsement which Dr. Gunsaulus has given to Dr. D. F. Fox and his platform work. I wish also to add that a man possessing the deep earnestness, the broad culture and the rare platform power which belong to Dr. Fox, should receive a warm welcome in every lecture course in the country.
Some Recent Press Opinions
Springfield (Mo.) Daily Leader—Such a lecture as the one given last night by Dr. D. F. Fox, of Chicago, could only be given by a skillful master of word pictures such as he is. He held his audience spellbound. He was applauded time and again, silently, too, when the people were almost tense with lis¬tening. He is an entertainer of the first rank, though he takes himself seriously and puts a great deal of mental food into his lecture.
Cedar Falls (la.) Record—Intensely fasci¬nating, instructive and entertaining, the lec¬ture by Dr. D. F. Fox at the Normal Audi¬torium last night may be voted as one of the best ever heard here. The lecture was par¬ticularly valuable from a historical point of view, although a large portion of the address was modern in every way. Dr. Fox is a wonderful word painter, and he has the power to describe events in so realistic and vivid a manner that the listener is himself beholding the scene.
Atlantic (la.) Daily Democrat—No other gift bestowed upon man exceeds the gift of eloquence, and Dr. Fox is one of the most intelligently eloquent men that has ever talked to an Atlantic audience. To say that he cap¬tivated his audience is to put it mildly; he held the close attention of his audience and all were united in saying that it was a mas¬terly effort. There is not a particle of wasted energy from the beginning to the close of his lecture.
Yankton (S. D.) Gazette—Few such great speakers have visited our city. Dr Fox is the equal of any orator who has entertained a Yankton audience from the lecture plat¬form. His clear remarks and original sim-ilies were interspersed with quick flashes of original wit. He is intensely in earnest and the interest of old and young is not per¬mitted to flag for a moment from the open¬ing to the close of his lecture.
Peoria (111.) Star—Clean cut of features, compact and symmetrical in form, with a pair of black eyes that flash nervous energy enough to keep a dozen men going, such is the Rev. Dr. Fox, of Chicago. Furthermore, he is a speaker of such electrical power as to fairly make his hearers' hair bristle. Any member of Dr. Fox's congregation who can sleep during one of his sermons deserves to be damned and probably will be. As for the audience last night, it heard him with fasci¬nated attention and was betrayed again and again into outbursts of applause such as a Saxon audience seldom gives way to. Alto¬gether the address was one of the finest heard here in many a day and the speaker's reappearance here will be eagerly awaited.
Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette—Rarely has a more inspiring address been heard in Colorado Springs than the one given by Dr. Fox, of Chicago. He is a born platform man, clean cut in thought and delivery and simply sublime in some of his flights of eloquence. It was a lecture not soon to be forgotten, and some of his passages were like flakes of tire falling on the imagination. In thought, oratory and diction Dr. Fox ranks with the greatest men upon the lecture platform of America.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Daily Eagle—The lec¬ture was a series of marvelous word paint¬ings, to which the people listened with un¬interrupted attention, and after the doctor had finished he was given an ovation. Dr. Hillis commented on the lecture, saying it was one of the most inspiriting he had heard, and promised to exchange with Dr. Fox later in the season, so that the people might have a chance to hear him again.
Bluffton (Ind.) Herald—The lecture was one of the best ever listened to by the mem¬bers of the Citizens' Lecture Course, and it was handled in a masterly fashion. Dr. Fox has a rare command of language and his per¬sonality is such as to bring his hearers into perfect harmony with his subject. His lec¬ture abounded with brilliant wit and fine ora¬tory and was enjoyed immensely. Nothing would please a majority of the members bet¬ter than to have him placed upon the course in future years.
Bay View (Mich.) Resorter—Dr. D. F. Fox's lecture was a masterpiece. He gave the best lecture of the Assembly thus far, and you may rest assured that a great treat is in store for the assemblyites to-night. He is all that has been claimed for him, and that is saying a great deal. His thoughts are deep and his simplicity of expression wonderful.
Amsterdam    (N.   Y.)    Sentinel—Dr.    Fox
handled his subject in such a scholarly man¬ner and delivered his lecture in such a force¬ful, and at times witty way, that the many truths he brought forward were unquestion¬ably stored away permanently in the minds of all present. His delivery was excellent, his illustrations pointed and the whole lecture a treasure of golden maxims.
Clyde (Ohio) Democrat—The lecture by Dr. Fox was far beyond the usual affair of this kind in quality. He is an orator of more than common ability and quickly and easily won himself into the good graces of his audi¬ence. It was entertaining, interesting, in¬structive. People who had not laughed in months laughed and clapped their hands.