Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-30
BOY SCOUT NOTES
81 Loats scscuts Help the PoSr.

kst Lopls scouts Help the Poor. ~ " !, ! ,
Through the Boy Scouts more than
E1eo families 10 81, Louis, MISSOURI,
EWere made happy on Thanksgivi
EDay The Boy Scouts quietly called
lat the homes Of deserving poor and
pleft their baskets TILED with food.
They worked secretly, because they
feared their acts might be miseen-
strued. The idea was suggested by
Scout Commissioner John 81. Renfrni
] He suggested II to the ~ Scousmasts
Eers OF troops, who, In turn, called
the boys together. The result was
that every boy, on the night before
Thanksgiving, arrived at his yespece
tive headquarters with various aEki-
cles of feed. There were chickens,
ham, sugar, -four, eoifee and the IKE.
Baskets were made. up. In the mean
time the scQntmasters obtained the
names of needy families, and early
on Thanksgiving Day the Scouts in
automobiles started out on their mis-
sion. -. !
Quick Wit of BOY, Scouts Ds,,..,.....5
Harry 4M.hetsel Of Gibsonburg, OHIO.
has reported Ia the national headquar-
tiers of, the Boy Scouts of America an
incident of fire fighting by his boys.
"A locomotive" he writes, "in passing
set fire to a strip of woods here and
there was a heavy wind blowing
which brought the fire up so as 10 en-
danger a mans house and barn. He
was fighting it alone, but the scouts
saw the fire and rushed to the mans
aid, and, after hard fight, succeeded
in putting the fire out. There were
two patrols. The boys do not let any
good deeds get past them. They take
a delight in doing them
Chief Scout Teaches Indians White
Mans Tricks.
Ernest Thompson Seton, chief scout
of the Boy Scouts of America, when
among white boys teaches them In
dian tricks. When he visits the In
dian boys he teaches them tricks and
stunts of the white boys Recently
when out among the Sioux Indians
he taught the boys and girls the Vir-
ginia reel -
What Scouting Does for the Boy.
The difference between Boy Scouts
and boys who are not is told In an
interesting way by Daniel Carter
Beard, national scout commissioner of
the Boy Scouts of America. Recent
ly," he said, "the house of my sister
in-law in Brooklyn caught IRE. By
the time the fire was out the children
were out of school, The boys and
girls gathered around. Presently one
lad, who was scout, went up to my
sister-in-law and asked her II there
was anything he could do. She was
very much excited and said No The
scout and his comrades disappeared
for a few minutes and then returned
with q wheelbarrow and rakes. They
worked tbusily, gathering up the rub
bish that had been caused by the fire,
and soon had the yard in an orderly
condition. Meantime, boys who were
not Scouts were standing around
idling.",
Scouts Expert on Sanitation.
DR.. j. ]. Murray, member of the
board of health of Washington, D. c.,
is enthusiastic over the showing the
Boy Scouts have made in matters
pertaining to personal and public
health. He examined recently papers
submitted by four scouts, and also
quizzed them personally. The result
of this examination was that the Boy
Scouts are becoming experts on pub
lie health. The four boys whom he
examined are Chester Guy. Fred C.
Reed, Arnall Carpenter and Clarence
Latham. He examined them on the
care of teeth, the care of feet in
marching. effect of alcohol and tobac.
CO, effect of cold and hot bathing, ex-
ercise, and play as regards personal
health. In regard to public health
they were asked questions covering
the causes of typhoid, tuberculosis,
and malaria, how flies carry disease,
how to cooperate with the board of
health, how to dispose of garbage,
protection Of food, sanitary care of
camps, and the medical examination
of school children.