Material: Strawboard 5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; pattern like Fig. 2; black paper 8 in. x 8 in. (medium weight); a square inch of white writing paper; purple paper 2 in. x 3 in.; orange-colored paper 2 in. x 3 in.; scissors and paste.

Place the pattern on the strawboard.

Mark, and cut out.

Make the hat, coat and boots of black paper, and paste upon the figure.

Make the boot-top, cuffs and collar of orange paper; and paste upon the figure (0).

Cut the wig of white paper, and paste, (w, Fig. 1.)

Leave the face, hands and pole uncovered.

Cover the leg, from boot-top to coat, with purple paper.

Tell the children the story of Washington crossing the Alleghany.

The English and French both claimed the region west of the Alleghany Mountains, along the Ohio River. The French seized the English surveyors, broke up the British posts, and built forts. The Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia sent a message by George Washington - then a young man of twenty-one - to the French commanders of these forts, demanding their removal. Washington set out on his perilous journey through the wilderness.

The commanders at the forts told Washington that France was determined to hold the territory explored by La Salle and Marquette. Washington's return, through the wilderness - a march of four hundred miles - was full of danger. The streams were swollen. The snow was falling, and freezing as it fell. The horses gave out, and he was forced to go on foot the balance of the journey. With only one companion, he left the usual path, and with the compass as his guide, struck boldly out through

Fig. 2 the forest. An Indian lying in wait fired at him from only a few paces off, but missing, was captured.

Attempting to cross the Alleghany on a rude raft, Washington and his companion were caught between large masses of ice floating down the rapid current of the mid-channel. Washington thrust out his pole to check the speed, but was jerked into the foaming water. Swimming to an island, he barely escaped drowning. Fortunately, in the morning the river was frozen over and he made his way across the ice. At last he reached home unharmed, and told of the French commander's reply.