Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12

when the store OF a. q. SpaluinB q BIOS,
1910 Chestnut street, caught FIRE Thurs
day evening. Sacks saw the flames leap
Ing from n third-story window and
"pulled" the alarm at 1ith and Chestnut
| streets.
The biweekly moving picture entertain
ment of Troop % win be held Thursday,
! January H. at 8 y. m. In the troops meet
ing room. SD street and Cedar avenue.
Two reels of educational pictures and two
reels Of humorous pictures will be thrown
| on the screen. The troops owns the
| moving picture machine.
scoutmaster Martin G. stein was pre-
sented with a gold sgnet scarf pin FRI
day evening by members Of his command
Troop %. The presentation took place
at the College Settlement Music Schooi,
| iS1 Christian street, during an informal
banquet rendered the troop by the school.
William II. Porter, troop scribe, made the
presentation speech and Scoutmaster
Stein was so surprised at receiving the
token from the troop that he was almost
unable to reply.
Nearly 1000 volumes OF the Boy Scout
Library have been ndexed and arranged
alphabetically, by authors, at head
quarters. The library will become n cir
culating library as soon as Walter 5.
Cowing, scout executive. who has been
III on a furlough. returns TO assume
charge of Headquarters Additional
shelves will be built along the west wall
OF the room and n system whereby Boy
Scouts may take books home TO read Will
be begun. The work of lndexing tho
volumes consumed three days and was
done by A. Joseph Kanevsky of Troop
95, and Benjamin IGewett, of Troop Sc.
The Boy Scout library, which has been
assembled entirely through volunteer con-
tributons. principally by DR.. Charles d.
Hart, chairman of the Executive Scout
Council contains n variety OF volumes
covering many phases Of juvenile reading.
" contains three sets OF the "lGvery Boys |
Library" 30 books selected especially for |
Boy Scouts by commission appointed by |
the National Council of the Boy Scouts |
of America. The other books were !,
selected not only to appeal to boys, |
but also to furnish them with read
ing material which will be instructive and
which will train the reading, directing Vt |
Into the proper channels. Cooper, Henty, |
kipling, Optic Verne. Dickens and other
boys authors. are represented; and such
classics as "Pilgrlm's Progress" "Silas
Marner' and LES Miserables' are to be
found on the shelves. The subjects Of
fered include history science, adventures
on land and sea, tales of heroes and of
dear to the boy heart.
Contributions of books from all sources
from Scoutrnasters. Boy Scouts, indvid-
uals interested in the movement-are ex-
pectcd. The volumes must not necessarily
deal with boys subjects, for II a volume
Is not adapted to Boy Scout reading 1t
can be readily exchanged for suitable
books. In fact, many of the books now
in the library were secured by exchang-
Ing books of no interest to boys for others
In keeping with the purpose OF the library.
''For example, set of antquated med
cal books was exchanged for several
volumes OF Kiplng," said Doctor Hart.
I'm like manner dime novel may be the
means OF securing a book fit for juvenile
reading. Any old books seemingly of no
earthly use or evidently .unsuted for boys
10 read are extremely welcome at head
quarters. for they can be exchanged for
The books we need"
Boy Scouts all over Philadelphia will
Ie pleased to learn that the old Troop 49,
If Brldesburg, will be revived. The troop
Will be reorganized Thursday evening"
January IL, at the Brdesburg Presbyter-
an Church under Roland B. Cassels
Who will receive a commission as scout
master when the proper requirements
ire compiled with. The meeting Thurs
lay evening will be conducted by Deputy
scout Commissioner Patton. {
Old Troop 10, organized i'm October 1910
vas one of the crack troops under Scout {
Master jeremiah p. Mills, being the next
o the largest in the city and one OF the
lrst to organize efficiently. But after a |
ear of creditable existence interest in IL {
vaned and II disbanded. '
The policy of expansion Inaugurated al :
he New Years rally January 1, 1914, and ]
made possible financially by the Boy
cout campaign for $4,000 in December is
caring fruit in the reorganization of this
roop and in the numerous calls from
lany sources for visits from headquar- o
ers. To stimulate interest in the for n
nation OF troops, moving pictures and h
'ntern slides depicting Boy Scout ac- s
vlties in Philadelphia and other cities
M be shown at various meeting places n
his month. In addition to the slides t
hown at the I'd Regiment Armory on i
'ew Years Day, new slides have been C
eceived from New York and from Cav
ood, the official Treasure Island photo
rapher Besides these, valuable and al
lost forgotten slides, showing the Boy
couts during the first year of their Z
in Philadelphia have been dis q
oVered in an out-of-the-way studio. h
ley VIII be exhibited. The places of iC
\hibition and the dates for this month n
re Bridesburg Presbyterian Church. b
lnuary II; Walnut Street Presby- o
rian Church, January 10; Troop 1O1
d street and Montgomery avenue, Janu-
ry 16; st. Johns Methodist Episcopal
hurch, January IS; Troop %. 10th street
ear Walnut street, January q. ana u
room 26 Sth and Wolf atpaats T,,,,,,., 90 "