Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-22
BOY SCOUTS MAKE
TOUGH REAL HERO
by LUDWIG :. DALE
National Field Scout COmmi Missioner

National Field Scout Commissioner.
He was a typical street tough"
With no one except the police show
ing the slightest interest in him,
Franklin grew wild" in a Western
city. And yet, when ! had told the
400 odd boys in the school he attend
ed what scouting meant. what the
Scouts do and how, Franklin was one
of the first to hold up his hand when
asked if any of them wanted to
become Scouts. Word was sent me
that Franklin must not join. "He is
the tough of the town." l was told.
Smokes cigarettes, and is proud of
it; swears and fights like trooper;
and you can't trust him.
| looked at the lad again. Behind
that devil-may-care expression there
cleaned a pair of blazing brown eyes,
full of interest and energy-and he
held up his handl He did not join
that day, but I wrote to him. He
scrawled his answer, ever intent to
rewarded: he became a Scout. / did
not hear very much about him dur
| ing the next three months, and !
began to wonder whether he had
slipped back. to be "handed" by the
probation officer or the police.
Surprise Comes.
! Then came the surprise On the
front page of a paper one morning
found among the headings, Scout
| Franklin, of -, Saves Two Chill
dren from Drowning at Risk of His
Own Life" | hurried to the town,
looked him up and told him l was
proud to be his brother Scout Not
only had he Joined the Scouts. but he
1,fa a n
/ had learned the first principles about
life-saving and first aid had been
taught to be cool in emergency; to
be prepared-things every Scout must
| know. And, best of ALL he had
/ learned that Scout does his duty
cheerfully and well, and claims no
credit. Said he: II didn't do much
The other boys came out with the
| boat. I just held them up over the
water for fifteen minutes"
That was all he did And he will
carry through life deep scar on his
! throat, a result of the fight he had
/ to make to hold those two children
above the water for fifteen minutes!
That boy today carries one of the
| first honor medals issued by the Ma
| tlonal Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, placed upon his breast by
| the Governor of his State, and there
does not want her boy to be Just like
Scout Franklin-cool, courageous. pre-
! pared; and three months before he
! became a scout he was "the tough"
of the town.
scoutina He,,s MANY
rho 800 - go.
eooo " 0eou' lahhin is no
eAception. scouting mas done as
much for hundreds of other boys in
the same condition that it found this
lad 1t simply tends to prove that
the how scout idea gr,ns ara holds
NOT only the attention If the as,,od ho,,
bl,t tbe interest Of tba boY1 m &, ~,
his wav 10 becoma I, h,,rdon 20 hir,
self and society
",rhe Maxim of a Scout ;, I'm Thrill
ing phofonlav to he shown ~ Va
lace Hail neyt Tues1aw and Wadnes-
dav reiates storu so,,neub.t itl9o
the one T have inst told IT, is TIC
old fight of eood againet owl tbe
awal5enine If som ran,n1ad ain,ost
10 death en,id soSaIor ;annra,,ea "a
hate and the s+r,,eg1e 10 r,,orths,
watchinp yo,,r hearf heats i,Ist !,
littIe 70 star whom ,,o,, .aa IT,, 81
f1gbtine With hinseIe ord vo,,r hnnes
sink as he denies bic tbcft. h,,t A.,
the 'new+ rnomant vo,, hraotbe oas,a -
for he towns nm, eyarytbinp and 70
ceives forpivaness
r. 10 a beautiful s+o,1 ,nd a. e. ~