Chas. H. Fitzwilliam, lecturer

              Chas. K. Fitzwilliam
Lecturer
Redpath Slayton Lyceum Bureau
BOSTON • NEW YORK- PITTSBURG COLUMBUS. OHIO- CHATHAM.ONT COLUMBUS.M1SS/CHICAGO-CEDAR RAPIDS-KANSAS CITY-DENVER SEATTLE-SAN FRANCISCO
Chas. K. Fitzwilliam
Traveler, Orator,   Lecturer and  Optimist


MR. FITZWILLIAM'S LIFE reads like a romance. His mother died when he was nine years old. His father (whom he assisted) was a professional trapeze performer, and the boy was destined to fol¬low the life of the canvas and the sawdust ring had not death in¬tervened. His father was killed before his eyes, leaving him, at the age of twelve years, without a friend or protector.
His Early Career One of Hardship
His career for the next twelve years was one of hardship and privation. He succeeded, however, in securing work with a sufficient remuneration to allow of his obtaining a common school and, later, a college education. For thirty years he has occupied a prominent place on the platform and in the pulpit, and enjoys an international reputation as an orator.
Has Also Lectured Extensively in England
Mr. FitzWilliam's extensive travels (having crossed the ocean on sixteen dif¬ferent occasions) have given him a store of practical information which, coup¬led with a fund of native wit and humor, has won for him the endorsement of press and public wherever he has appeared.
Speaks at 19 Teachers' Institutes in One State
Mr. Fitzwilliam is also a successful lecturer for teachers'institutes and chau-tauquas. One season he lectured, under the auspices of the Redpath Bureau, before nineteen of the county institutes in Pennsylvania alone. For twenty years, Mr. Fitzwilliam has been a member of the Patriotic Sons of America, for twenty-four years a prominent Odd Fellow, and is Chaplain of the Utica Lodge No. 47, F. & A. Masons.
Thirteen Hundred Press Notices
Speaking of press notices, Mr. Fitzwilliam has over 1300 from both sides of the Atlantic.    A few typical ones are printed on the next page.
REDPATH-SLTAYTON LYCEUM BUREAU
BOSTON • NEW YORK- PITTSBURG COLUMBUS.OHIO • CHATHAM.ONT. COLUMBUS.M1SS.-CHICAGO-CEDAR RAPIDS'KANSAS CITY-DENVER SEATTLE-SAN FRANCISCO
Comments from New York City, Baltimore and Elsewhere
FLIGHTS OF Eloquence—Earnestness of feeling, ccpupled with flights of loftiest eloquence, conspire to render the lecture an impressive and inspiring one.
Wilkesbarre (Pa.) RECORD OF THE TIMES
GOLDLN OPINIONS-Charles H. Fitzwilliam's lecture on "The Battle of Life" won him golden opinions among our citizens.   He has been invited to return.
BALTIMORE (Md.) HERALD
WONDERFUL—An eloquent speaker.   His grip on his audience is wonderful.
NEW YORK HERALD
A MASTERPIECE--"From the Trapeze to the Pulpit" before a large audience of men at the Y. M. C. A. It is a wonderfully impressive production—a masterpiece. His influence is marvelous.
DAILY PRESS, UTICA, N. Y.
HE IS AN ORATOR—In the strongest series of men's meetings ever held in Utica, no speaker was more forceful, logical and convincing than Charles H. Fitzwilliam. His splendid idealism and his striking style proved most effective. The men frequently applauded and, again, in almost awed silence, listened as he forced home the truth, He is an orator. He has a message and always strikes twelve. We must have him again.
THOMAS R. JORDAN, General Secretary, Y. M. C A.
DELIGHTED—The large audience was delighted from the beginning of the lecture to the end. He is a clear, forceful speaker and mingles pathos, humor and earnest entreaty in a charming manner.
MARTIN BENEDICT,
Principal State Normal School
Edinboro, Pa.
BRIGHT, SCHOLARLY AND WITTY—The Savoy Theatre never held a larger (au¬dience than that which filled to overflowing the spacious building yesterday after¬noon, the first of the Sunday afternoon meetings under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Charles H. Fitzwilliam has traveled over the greater part of this world. He is eloquent, forceful, bright, scholarly and witty. There were moments when he had his hearers_shaking with laughter and then, with tender pathos, drew tears from every eye.
FALL RIVER (Mass.) DAILY GLOBE
A Few European Comments
SECOND VISIT TO ENGLAND
Mr. Fitzwilliam's visit to our town is hailed with unbounded satisfaction. The Temper¬ance Hall being nightly crowded; last evening hundreds could not obtain admission. He is strongly urged to make this his future home, but the demand of his native country (America) will, we fear, prevail.            OLDHAM CHRONICLE, AUGUST 30,1880
THIRD VISIT TO ENGLAND
On Thursday evening C. H. Fitzwilliam delivered a most eloquent and impressive lec¬ture on "England's Call to Duty."                             OLDHAM EXPRESS, JUNE 21,1881
On Monday and Tuesday last C. H. Fitzwilliam delivered two thrilling lectures m^the Temperance street chapel. The lecturer is a very talented speaker.
HALIFAX COURIER
On Tuesday evening C. H. Fitzwilliam delivered his last lecture in this town before re¬turning to America. The subject was "England's Call to Duty," and the lecturer, who is one of the most talented and eloquent that has been here, handled his sub¬ject in a masterly manner.                                        ELLAND COURIER, JUNE, 28,1884.
REDPATH-SEAYTON LYCEUM BUREAU
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Mr. Fitzwilliam's Lecture Subjects
"THE BATTLE OF LIFE"
Steps toward success.    Possibilities within us, awaiting develop¬ment.    Unfailing courage demanding victory.
"HEROES AND HEROISM"
Lessons from the lives of men and women who have conquered under great difficulties in the world's splendid arena.
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FROM THE TRAPEZE TO THE PULPIT"
Whilst the personality is hidden, it is really his own life and is considered by those who have heard it a most thrilling and fas¬cinating story.
"SHIPS THAT JACK BUILT"
Another one of Mr. Fitzwilliam's best lectures.
AFTERNOON TALKS for CHAUTAUQUAS
"MEN I HAVE MET"
"MARRIAGE A FAILURE"
" MARRIAGE A SUCCESS"
"UNMARRIED LADIES"
"THAT BABY"
REDPATH-SLXYTON LYCEUM BUREAU
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