“As the years go by, you will find that you need all your energy, your brains, and your physical strength to enable you to meet the problems of life.  You will find that your later years will be filled with battles; the defeats will be bitter; the victories sweet.  One of the necessary victories is the successful earning of a living.  Money is a splendid thing.  It is the love of it and the wrong use of it that is ‘the root of all evil.’  In the later years, if you are a slave to strong drink, you may recall with bitterness the warning of the Psalmist who declares that ’the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.’  But true prosperity comes most surely when the life is pure.  I know you are resolved that yours shall be such lives, so we shall change the drawing to indicate something more acceptable to the life that well deserves a reward for right living. [Add lines to complete Fig. 48.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 48]

“Paul pictures to us the successful man when he uses these words, ’Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.’”

THE CIGARETTE FACE
    —­Temptation
    —­Evil Habits

A Unique Presentation of a Truth Important to Every Child and
Youth.

THE LESSON—­That Indulgence in injurious habits undermines the moral and physical structure and is a barrier to true success.

The chalk talk here presented is certain to prove of enduring value in impressing upon young minds the truth of the deadly effects of the use of cigarettes.  The talk may form a part of a program given on Temperance day, as the cigarette habit and liquor-drinking are very closely allied.

The Talk.

“We are going to talk for a few minutes about our food.  Of course, we all know that when we are very young children our food consists very largely of milk, and the physicians say that boys and girls should not be allowed to drink tea and coffee or to eat meat and other solid foods until they have reached a certain age when their bodies demand such food.  But ofttimes we find that parents do not know about this or else they try to please their children, for they frequently allow them to eat and drink the forbidden things.  The result is that as they grow older, their bodies, having become accustomed to the foods which were too strong for them, demand still stronger food.  So it is, often, that a young man possesses a craving for a stimulant which is unnatural at his youthful age, and we find him turning to drinking and cigarette smoking.  But this does not satisfy the hungering and thirsting for stronger and more exciting things.  Many times the life of the young man is ruined in his mad search for something to meet the demands of his physical nature and he goes down to the grave a physical, mental and moral wreck!

“And now, with this thought before us, I want to speak for a few minutes particularly about cigarettes.  And in this, also, I want to speak only to the girls.  Will every girl please listen and do as I ask?  Now, then:  I am going to ask you to take your paper and pencils, if you have them, and copy the picture that I shall draw, and, if you haven’t them, carry the picture with you in your mind so that you may use it when the occasion comes.