[THE LAND OF EQUAL CHANCE]
This little play gives you a chance to pretend that you are a star actor or actress; for the central character, Young America, is you.
In order to succeed in a land of equal chance, Young America will need four things. Find what they are. Can you tell how each thing will help him?
Time: January, 19—. Place: At the edge of the land. On either side of the stage there are two small curtained windows. At the centre of the stage, back, are two long steps leading to a dark, closed curtain. Enter from one side Father Time, from the other Mother Space.
Father Time.—Happy New Year, Mother Space! What do you carry so carefully?
Mother Space.—Shall I let you see? (Unrolls her large map.) See, a land of rocks and rills, of woods and templed hills. Here are the broad prairies, here the great mountains full of treasure, and down here the sweet, warm southern fields.
F. T. (Looks at the unrolled scroll.)—That seems to be a map of the United States.
M. S.—Most people call it that. I call it the Land-of-Equal-Chance.
F. T.—An excellent name!