“Of course, if he had not performed his great work in helping to shape the destiny of our nation, it is probable that America would have had a vastly different history.  We will assume, however, that Washington were a product of the present day and that the present conditions prevailed.  What, then, would Washington be like?  How would he act?  What would he do?

“Perhaps we can best transplant him to our day by dressing him in the clothing of the man of the present. [Slowly fold back the outer sheet, so the audience may see that you have already drawn on the under sheet a portion of the second “scene”—­the most important part, in fact.  As you continue the talk, add lines to complete Fig. 46.] In the first place, Washington, with his abundance of natural hair, would not wear a wig just for style, so we will draw his head as we think it would appear naturally.  Nor would he wear the colonial style of clothing, so we will substitute the coat, collar and tie of an American gentleman of today.  And here we have Washington as he would look if he lived in our own time.

[Illustration:  Fig. 46]

“I do not believe Washington would be a military leader in this latter day.  He was essentially a man of peace, and everywhere in his writings we find expressed a longing to return after the strife of battle and the weary days in the presidential chair, to his quiet, beloved Mount Vernon, to carry on his extensive private business and enjoy his friends and the sweets of home life.

“But we cannot doubt that he would be a great leader in the struggle for right against wrong in every form.  From his childhood, he loved truth and honesty.  He was a deep and careful student.  He worked hard at his duties as a surveyor of the wilderness and then came the call from Governor Dinwiddie to carry a message to the French over hundreds of miles of unknown land, in the dead of winter.  It was the most perilous undertaking ever entrusted to any man in the new land of America up to that time, but he met the task manfully.  It was such victories as these in his youth that made him the Father of His Country.  It is the meeting of our own problems in the same spirit that means our own success in life.

“If Washington lived today, his career would be vastly different from what it was, yet he would have made his place, and the world would have been eminently better for his work.  Let us study to apply to our own lives the principles which made Washington truly great.”

[In closing, restore the outer sheet to its first position, thus presenting the original portrait.  It may be necessary to fasten it down with a thumb-tack.]

EVOLUTION OF THE JUG
    —­Temperance Day
    —­Slavery

While Strong Drink Makes “Poverty and Rags,” the Pure Life Brings
Earthly Prosperity.

THE LESSON—­That intemperance is the chief cause of the world’s poverty and misery.

This talk deals especially with the point that the use of strong drink consumes the income of the wage earner, unfits him for his work, and brings suffering and want to himself and those dependent upon him.