1071 Hidley Street
Adelaide.
S.A. 5000
Dear
Brother,
Perhaps
you have heard of me and my nationwide campaign in the cause of
temperance. Annually, for the past
fourteen years, I have made a tour of Australia, delivering a series of
lectures on the evils of drinking.
On
these tours I have been accompanied by my young friend and assistant, Clyde
Linson. Clyde, a young man of good
family and excellent background, was a pathetic example of a life ruined by
excessive indulgence in alcohol and sex.
Clyde
would appear with me at these lectures and sit on the platform drunk, wheezing
and staring at the audience through bleary and blood-shot eyes, sweating
profusely, picking his nose, belching, and ogling at the ladies, while I would
point him out as an example of what over-indulgence can do to a person.
This
last winter, unfortunately, Clyde died.
A mutual friend has given me your name, and I wonder if you would be
available to take Clydes place on my forthcoming tour of Australia
Yours
faithfully,
Rev.
J. Davies.
Our representative in your area will most likely contact you very shortly as an urgent decision is required.