The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-07
BOY SCOUTS HAVE
 COME TO SIGNIFY MUCH TO THE CITY
Recent Notable Public Cere- monies Have Demonstrat-
 ed Their Usefulness.

No one who attended the recent pa- geant in the Yale Bowl failed to notice the hundreds of Boy Scouts in their trim khaki uniforms who were every where on service. If anyone need ed any directions, there was a boy scout at his elbow to give them-if a child lost it's mother in the crowd a scout gather it in ard stayed with it until she was found. Lost articles were picked up by tho scouts and if the owners could not be found, they were put in some place of safety to be called for later. A hundred and one things these quick ,vitted, we'll trained youngsters found to do. And this is always the case where the Boy Scouts are on duty.
 One of the fundamental principles the Boy Scout movement and to which each scout must sub- scribe is the daily good turn. It is as much part of his program to look fo, the opportunity to do a good turn each day as it is any other of his daily tasks. In England the Boy Scout is permitted to tie a kerchiet about his neck only after having done his good turn. To seq in England 100 Boy Scouts with a kerchief properly tier at any function means that each and every, one of them have perform ed some act of charity or\assistance during the day. It may have been a courteous answer to some man who asked the direction, it may have been assistance offered to some woman who wished to cross the stre ct, it may have ~ I,1x la things which in the aggregate count for much. In this country the wear ing of the kerchief is not a part of the scout uniform, and therefore. the daily insignia is missing. However, it is distinct part of every Boy Scouts daily program.
 In addition to these individual good tudns each scout troops is expected "c- casionally to participate in what is known in scout lore as a community good turn. This community good turn may be at some time of emer- gency, for instance, at the time of the Salem fire, or upon some stated occa- sion such as in conjunction with large parades or civic movements.
 At the time of the Salem fire the Hoy OSooto OA AOS OA ASs ANASAAA' OAON cester and Marblehead volunteered their services caring for children and and maintaining. the dan- ger line in and about the burning dis trict.
 At the time of the Dayton flood the Boy Scouts of Dayton and vicinity were among the first to volunteer their assistance in rescuing property and life. In hundred of other instances which are less spectacular, but equally as heroic these young chaps have demonstrated their willingness and ability to be of real service in time of emergency.
 A short time ago a Bridgeport man was standing on the platform of the New Haven road at the Mt. Vernon station at a time when a passenger was caught between a moving train and the platform and his foot terribly lacerated and ankle badly sprained. Among the scores of spectators who saw the accident there was only one person who was equal to the emer- gency, and that was Boy Scout, who took absolute command of the situa- ton, and with the assistance of a To- cal policeman moved back the crowd, the injured person to a com- fortable position, removed the shoe
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