Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
Good Turns by Boy
Scouts

There are 100000 boy scouts In
America. That means that there are
100000 good turns done daily by
American boys. While the boys are
taught to get as much out OF the woods
as did "Huck" Finn and Tom Sawyer
the idea of daily service is impressed
upon them. They are first to be help
full to one another, courteous to stran-
gers, and helpful to women and chill
dren
! Hundreds of scout masters have sent
/ to national headquarters reports tell
/ ing of the good turns the boys are do
ing. Recently in Twenty-third street,
New York, half blind old man was
walking along near where construction
work was being done. Pieces OF lum-
Der were being carried out of the build
/ ing. Three youngsters seeing the old
man making his way feebly along, and
! fearing he might be hurt, rushed up to
/ him and helped him pass the danger
Gus spot. When a lady asked them If
! they were boy scouts, they said, Yes,
/ indeed, this is the third good turn we
/ have done today" Straightway they
made a third knot in their neckties.
William Archibald of 53S West One
Hundred Forty-second street, a scout
master, says that his youngsters have
volunteered to lead the blind boys to
and from the public schools.
Howard w Baldwin, Great Barring
ton, Conn, reports that the boys are
/ helping their fathers at business, and
are assisting aged women to cross the
streets. Frank w Barber of Ames-
bury, Mass. has taught the boys to
pick up loose paper in the streets and
thus prevent runaways. E. Victor Big
Glow of Lowell, Mass, has got the boys
to replace signs in the street, and to
give up their seats in street cars to
women.
John K. Berge of Bristol, Tenn, re-
ports that the boys have done good
work in stopping forest fires. Robert
D. Bussley Centralia, Kan, writes that
his boys are fond of doing two things,
namely, hunting possums and doing
little turns for the poor boys home
Frederick II. Bowen of Springfield, ILL.,,
is proud that his boys daily carry flow
ers to the sick in hospitals. J. Harold
Bowen, Putnam, Conn, has taught his
boys to protect dumb animals. Lester
Brasefield, Oakland, Cal, says his boys
help people cross streets. The scouts
under T. J. Chip of Philadelphia are
helping their mothers with the house
work The tenderfeet of Henry S.
Douglas, New London, Conn, do not
accept any tips for courtesies to stran-
gers. J. Herbert Darcy, Sioux City,
Iowa, stationed his boys on Halloween
to protect widows haystacks. The
boys under s. n. Foster, Lincoln Neb.,
wash dishes for their mothers.
Guy w. Gold of Spring Valley, y. Y.
has charged his boys to protect trees
planted by the Civic league. Reports
from other scout masters show that
the boys are doing many things will
ingly and smilingly for their parents
since they became scouts that they
used to do grudgingly before. One boy
set free trapped dove; another climb |
ed tree to rescue cat; still another |
made a speciality Of unchecking horses, !
and speaking to drivers about the harm |
of high checking. w. II. Butler, Flores |
vile, Texas, speaking of the daily |
good turn writes that the boys are |
visiting the sick, doing little acts of |
courtesy and kindness to each other /
and home folks. They tie horses for |
ladies, are charitable. thoughtful Of |
language, run errands and help each |
other; sacrifice some pleasure, perform |
duties more cheerfully, think of others |
rather than self, and are kind to ami |
mails"
Edmond w. Fitz-Simon, the Rectory,
Tuxedo, y. Y, writes about the daily /
good turn: Some Of the boys are the /
first TO arise in the morning and light /
the fires for their mothers. Others /
again are quick 70 find opportunities of |
being kindly and helpful, i. e. giving |
strangers directions. or carrying bur |
dens for small children or aged per /
sons"
s. /. Roy McCaw of Walla Walla, |
Wash, tells of scouts who carried /
cords of wood for women. r A Ham
iton OF 500 West One Hundred TWEEN /
y-second street, New York city, reports /
that a boy showed his knowledge of |
first aid by bandaging his mothers /
5calded arm. Ernest A. Trabert, Pitts |
burg, Pa, tells OF a boy who took /.
charge of an intoxicated man and saw /
hat he got home safely. s. g. Butch /
Pr. Redlands, s. D.. reports a high |
school girl came TO him the other day
and said: Il believe in the boy scout 4
] asked her why, and she .
said: "A bay threw a snowfall and hit /
ne hard He came to me in school and /
apologized- c, ]. KiIbourn of Con
1ellsville. Pa. says that the boys are
unfolding the game laws by destroying
raps and sDaFes. and seeing that the
streams are not polluted.