Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear / Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks

by B. J. Griswold

"Here is another example. We have had Mr. Slim Jim; now let us have Mr. Broadman—broad-shouldered—broad-backed—broad-minded—big-hearted, open-pursed MAN—born a man and died a MAN. [Write last seven words on the blackboard.] Remember this: It is every man's duty to provide for his family, but it is no man's duty to provide a million for them and provide nothing for those who are aged and sick and lame and blind and poverty stricken, and helpless.

"That kind of charity which 'begins at home' and stays there is a shame and disgrace to its possessor. It is the kind Mr. Narrow Minded Slim Jim dispenses!

"Every man owes some of his time, his talent and his money to the town, the state, the nation to which he belongs! He gets their help and protection when needed. Protection and aid perchance in time of fire, flood or cyclone, and police protection as well. And now let me close where I begin with the gravestone and the epitaph." [Here draw picture of grave and gravestone with the epitaph, "Here Lies John Blank, He Was Born a Man But Died a Grocer.">[ "Let us read together once more this strange and curious epitaph, and make up our minds that no one will ever have a chance to write such a sentiment on our gravestones."

Read it in concert.

INDEX

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TALKS FOR SPECIAL DAYS.

• Page.
• Boys' Day:
  • "Johnnie Appleseed" [121]
  • "Valueless Things" [157]
• Children's Day:
  • "Bring Forth Fruit" [151]
  • "Jennie Casseday" [91]
• Christmas:
  • "The Christ-Child" [43]
  • "The Christmas Stockings" [22]
• Cradle Roll Day:
  • "Messages to the Children" [145]
  • "The Little Ones" [166]
• Decision Day:
  • "The Hollow Tree" [181]
  • "The Desert and the Mountain" [112]
• Easter:
  • "The Doorway" [67]
  • "Easter Lilies" [55]
• Flag Day:
  • "Our Country's Flag" [163]
• Girls' Day:
  • "Helen Keller" [196]
• Home Department Day:
  • "Public Sentiment" [124]
• Lincoln's Birthday:
  • "A Firm Foundation" [61]
  • "True Success" [37]
• Missionary Day:
  • "Hidden Sunshine" [118]
• Mother's Day:
  • "Mother" [94]
  • "The Plum Tree" [178]
• New Year's Day:
  • "Turn Over a New Leaf" [34]
  • "New Year's Resolutions" [97]
• Rally Day:
  • "The Two Flags" [49]
  • "Tree Surgery" [187]
• Thanksgiving Day:
  • "The Pilgrims" [190]
  • "The Perfect Life" [148]
• Temperance Day:
  • "The Key to Failure" [25]
  • "The Evolution of the Jug" [79]
  • "The Keg and the Bucket" [31]
  • "Young Men, Ahoy!" [154]
  • "The Open Saloon Door" [103]
  • "The Heart of the Trouble" [73]
• Visitors' Day:
  • "Our Hands" [193]
• Washington's Birthday:
  • "If Washington Lived Today" [76]
  • "Washington's Strength" [136]

SUBJECT INDEX.

• Ability—"Valueless Things" [157]
• Adversity—"The Burned Book" [169]
• Allurement—"The Deceitfulness of Sin" [130]
• Appetite—"The Key to Failure" [25]
• Bravery—"The Pilgrims" [190]
• Broadness—"A Strange Old Epitaph" [202]
• Character—"If Washington Lived Today" [76]
• Cheerfulness—"A Merry Heart" [139]
• Children—"Messages to the Children" [145]
• Common People, The—"The Story of a Hat" [160]
• Conceit—"The Story of a Kite" [199]
• Conduct—"Our Hands" [193]
• Conscience—"The Thief of Character" [88]
• Constancy—"The Wounded Tree" [58]
• Conversion—"The Desert and the Mountain" [112]
• Courage—"Flying" [175]
• Danger—"The Mountain Climber" [100]
• Death—"The Doorway" [67]
• Destruction—"The Open Saloon Door" [103]
• Devotion—"Johnnie Appleseed" [121]
• Diligence—"The Blessedness of Work" [64]
• Discouragement—"True Success" [37]
• Dissipation—"Young Men, Ahoy!" [154]
• Error—"Two Men" [184]
• Evil Habits—"The Cigarette Face" [82]
• Faith—"Christopher Columbus" [85]
• Fortitude—"A Firm Foundation" [61]
• Fruitlessness—"Bring Forth Fruit" [151]
• Giving—"The Christ-Child" [43]
• Gladness—"Turn Over a New Leaf" [34]
• God's Love—"The Puzzle Picture" [70]
• Gossip—"The Brook" [127]
• Haste—"The Simple Life" [106]
• Helpfulness—"Reflecting Our Blessings" [115]
• Home Training—"Mother" [94]
• Honesty—"The Hollow Tree" [181]
• Humility—"The Fruits of Riches" [40]
• Ideals—"Two Men" [184]
• Industry—"A Busy Life" [28]
• Kind Words—"The Man Who Finally Heard" [172]
• Labor—"The Blessedness of Work" [64]
• Light—"The Mountain Climber" [100]
• Love—"Hidden Sunshine" [118]
• Meditation—"The Thief of Character" [88]
• Narrowness—"A Strange Old Epitaph" [202]
• Nature—"The Puzzle Picture" [70]
• Needy, The—"The Christmas Stockings" [22]
• Obstacles—"Tree Surgery" [187]
• Optimism—"The Two Faces" [19]
• Patience—"The Burned Book" [169]
• Patriotism—"Our Country's Flag" [163]
• Perfection—"The Perfect Life" [148]
• Perseverance—"Flying" [175]
• Pluck and Luck—"A Busy Life" [28]
• Politeness—"The Story of a Hat" [160]
• Prayer—"Christopher Columbus" [85]
• Purity—"The Keg and the Bucket" [31]
• Quietness—"The Simple Life" [106]
• Reaping—"Seedtime and Harvest" [46]
• Repentance—"The Cross" [52]
• Rest—"Warmth and Coldness" [109]
• Resurrection—"Easter Lilies" [55]
• Salvation—"The Cross" [52]
• Seeing—"Helen Keller" [196]
• Service—"Jennie Casseday" [91]
• Sin—"The Deceitfulness of Sin" [130]
• Sincerity—"The Mask" [133]
• Slavery—"The Evolution of the Jug" [79]
• Smiles—"A Merry Heart" [139]
• Sobriety—"The Heart of the Trouble" [73]
• Sowing—"Seedtime and Harvest" [46]
• Steadfastness—"The Wounded Tree" [58]
• Success—"What is Best?" [142]
• Sunday—"Warmth and Coldness" [109]
• Teaching—"The Little Ones" [166]
• Temptation—"The Cigarette Face" [82]
• Testimony—"Reflecting Our Blessings" [115]
• Thoughts, Our—"The Two Faces" [19]
• Tongue, The—"The Man Who Finally Heard" [172]
• Training—"The Plum Tree" [178]
• Trust—"Washington's Strength" [136]
• Truth—"The Mask" [133]
• Unity—"Public Sentiment" [124]
• Vanity—"The Story of a Kite" [199]
• War—"The Two Flags" [49]
• Watchfulness—"New Year's Resolutions" [97]
• Wealth—"The Fruits of Riches" [40]
• Words, Our—"The Brook" [127]
• Work—"What is Best?" [142]