Evening journal., 1914-02-05


cd lust too aweet for anything" from
head to foot During the return
hike" his comrsdaa kept q discreet
distance. as he was cnu-eiy too
stuck up for render,oor The
clear evening afforded excellent op-
portunity for q talk on the stars as
the walkerB came IN the pike, with a
ghos, story TO add zest The trip was
finished by trolley and the tired ex-
Dlorers reached home voting the trip
success.
Those OF you who located the group
Hyades In the constellation OF tho
Bull from cur taiG OF last week proha-
bly, noticed very brilliant visitor 20
this cluuter Just at present it Is
directly above the v o. the Hyades
so that n lines we've drawn to it from
tho tips of the v, a lozenee would
result This 50 the planet Saturn. pos
sibly the most wonderful OF the planets
when viewed through the telescope
with it's rings aud moons A Scout
should know how TO distinguish
planet from a star by rs way Of
shining A star always twinkles while
n planet shines with q clear steady
light. Watch Saturn carefully every
clear evening now and see IN you can
distinguish in which direction it IS
moving with respect to the stars near
II. Now follow with your eye an inn
aginary line drawn from the Pleiades
through the Hyades down to the point
on the horizon where the sun rises.
Some distance along this line you
VIII see the beautiful red planet Mars
Although far smaller than Saturn, az
present it appears much larger and
shines out with great brilliancy
Watch Mars also from night to night
to determine the direction of his
course. JUST beyond Mars YOU will
see two first magnitude stars. Cas-
tor and PolluX, lying very close to-
gether. They mark the eastern limit
OF the constellation Gemini. or the
Twins, the rest of the group consist
ing of the fainter stars between them
and the Hyades. The exclamation
by Jimmy" Is corruption OF "By
Gemini' and can be used as an easy
way OF remembering the name of this
great division of the heavens.
very satisfactory progress under its
Scout Master. Rev. r. p. Nichols
The boys spend a large proportion OF
their tribe al their headquarters prac-
ticing signaling and the other items
of the Scout program. The members
of the Troop now have their regis
tration certificates from the National
Headquarters and expect very shortly
I to be uniformed.
The first step in qualifying as a
/ Tenderfoot Scout is learning 10 tie
/ four knots. The specified group in
/ cludes the square or reef sheot-bend,
bowline. fsherman's, shoepshank. hal
/ ter. Glove hitch. timber hitch. and two
/ half bitches No Scout should feel
satisfied. however. with merely learn
! ing four Of the easiest of the lot Get
busy and learn them all Candidates
( can find diagrams of these knots In
the Scout diary as well as in the
Scout Manual and little practice
will soon make you expert. Now take
up the study Of the Scout law. Re
member you must promise to obey this
law in your daily life, so make your
self thoroughly familiar with H. The
twelve points of this law are;
I. A Scout is trustworthy
.. A Scout is loyal
3. A Scout is helpful.
4. A Scout is friendly.
5. A Scout is courteous.
6. A Scout is kind
Z. A Scout is obedicnt
s. A Scout Is cheerful.
9. A Scout is thrifty.
10. A Scout is brave
II. A Scout is clean.
r. A Scout is reverent
If you do not thoroughly under
stand any point in this law, get your
Scout master to explain It's meaning
to you.
A Tenderfoot must know the Scout
sign and salute. Have your patrol
leader show you these. or ask one of
tie other Scouts
The Scout badge is in three parts.
The upper part I'm the shape OF an
arrowhead is the sign used to indicate
the North on the old Mariners Com
pass. IL is universally understood as
signifying brotherhood and good fel-
lcwship. The scroll turns up at the
ends to remind the Scout to keep the
corners OF his mouth turned up i'm
c oheerfulness. The motto is "Be Pre-
pared" The knot hanging from the
scroll reminds the Scout Of his daily
obligation to do some one good turn.
Next weeks lesson will give the
history OF the American lag complet-
ing the Tendorfoot requirements.
Four members OF Troop No. : have
Joined the First Aid class at the Y.
NJ. c. A., making a representation of
about twenty Scouts engaged in this
special study. all the city Troops now
taking part. This special branch OF
Scout craft makes a strong appeal to
The boys and certainly is a most use
full thing TO take up This feature
alone OF Scouting would make the
movement of great value 10 the COM
munity as a whole.
Three members OF Troop No. 6. all
of them First Glass Scouts recently
had a most interesting hike" to Ches-
ter. II is hoped to publish letter
next week from one of them doscrih-
ing the trip.
Next Sunday evening Feb s. mem
bers Of Troop No. will report at