“Mrs. Pelby’s celebrated groups of wax figures then came in for a share of deep and thoughtful consideration by the whole party. “And first, the Intemperate Family. The group composes one family: the old man at the table, with the bottle in his pocket, is the father of the dying man; both are drunkards. The fruits of the poisonous bottle are too clearly depictured in the misery, poverty, and wretchedness, around the unfortunate group. ‘Look well, my boys, on that picture of woe--remember an uncle warns you--see that you touch not, taste not, handle not, the contents of the intoxicating bottle, lest your condition should be as unfortunate as the one you are now gazing upon.’ They shuddered, and passed on to the other side, to the groups representing the last Supper of our Lord with the disciples. “Uncle Find-out informed his nephews that the moment selected by the artist was where Jesus says--‘One of you shall betray me.’ He then drew their attention to the countenances of the disciples, and requested them to point out the one that appeared the most faithful delineation of the betrayer of Jesus. In a few minutes the two boys recognized Judas, and each exclaimed, ‘That, uncle, is the man!’--and he quietly nodding assent, they pressed on to the groups representing the trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate.... Here Uncle Find-out purchased for six cents a pamphlet describing all the wax statuary, and also containing a copy of the Death Warrant of Our Saviour.” For many hundreds of performances Barnum presented in his Moral Lecture Room, “The Moral, Domestic Drama of The Drunkard, or the Fallen Saved.” In the first act of this drama, which was more popular than any play Barnum ever presented in the Museum, we see The Moderate Drinker. “In the second act we have his progress, step by step, to ruin,” read the newspaper advertisement, “his increased appetite for strong drink; the distress of his relations; the embarrassments of himself and family. In the third act we have his Drunken orgies in Broadway, his bar-room debauchery, the degradation of himself and vileness of his associates, loss of time, &c. In the fourth act we have Despair and Attempted Suicide, and in the fifth act his restitution to sobriety and society by the aid of a Temperance Philanthropist.” There is no record that Barnum took the last part himself. The advertisements said, “It is a most thrilling and affecting performance. The whole drama is relieved with lively sparks of wit and humor, and the comic characters, funny scenes, country dances, songs, choruses, &c., serve to render the piece as _amusing_ as it is instructive.”