The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-28
Toll Of The T0lD,a

AderneA IN cnat fa1at woald have
made the 1neveebial RDedk 1f 1nany
colors look like funeral tunic the
woman swept around the corner.
She carried her multi hued knitting
hag dnintily under one arm and ga0eh
/! at the hOusetops through gummed-Hp
eyelaahes.
OF courae. she didn't notice the blan-
keted squaw who squatted forlornly
] upon the bank steps. nor did she no.
tice that the Indian woman was ar
rayod IN c0lors identical to the cam
outage of her own stepping out gown.
! She thought Rhe was the original
and only rainbow
! Nevertheless. the squaw noticed the
resemblance. and-in her stole way
she grew wrathy.
Somebody was stealing her thun-
der.
'Ugh." she snorted. and turned up
her nose with true redskin scorn.
"Ugh." she grunted again. and then
launched into a rapid fire of Indian
idioms, which. translated into Eng
fish, might mean 'copy-cnt"
II
the lions den was staged in the roar
ing bfizsard Of Missoula Yesterday aft
ernoon.
The Woman,s club was the den and
the modern Daniel. Hercules, com
pared with the pale anemic Daniel Of
our early Sunday school days, paced
the den for half an hour. his haggard
eyes hunting any means Of escape. But
100 keen-e eyed lionesses closed every
exit. and gloried, as only lionesses can.
In his torture.
He plead for his life; he plead nobly.
I He said that he had not willed to
fall into this trap. That if he had
obeyed his fathers wise mandate. "A
closed mouth catches no flies" he
would not thus be caught in the full
flush Of manhood. When all other
hope failed. and the feline eyes had
not relaxed their hold. he pulled out
a magic banner: n red cross on a white
background. and waved it before their
fixed eyes. The spell was broken.
The lionesses could not spring. Brave
daniel passed calmly through their
livery midst. and, joined by Mrs. Dan
itel, alias Mrs. Kenneth Ross, fled into
the teeth Of the Montana gale. When
the lionesses came to, and would have
pursued him with coffee and wonder
full war cakes. it was too late. So. in
rurried council, they voted him the
most eloquent Daniel that had ever
entered their den.
Many people have the wrong impress
sion Of the organization known as the
Boy Scouts" declared Scout Master
L. r.. Hubert yesterday, as he was
commenting upon the part played by
the Missoula scout troops in the bond
campaign.
1.-The common opinion is that the
Boy Scouts is n military organization
Nothing could he further from the
truth. The lads of this nation widt
league are never drilled under military
regulations. and it is the policy r
Scout leaders to avoid militarism fran
entering The ranks. Boys of the Scon
ilage are much too young, to take ~
| army training.
s"SomrAWiM epnten ,pnyhA1 itsHtAAs 4h.
- boys are taught how to march in pa
n, rade. or how to handle a crowd in III
emergency they are being trained II
:" military service. This is no nearer I,
m The truth than would be the assertion
e. that fire drill in public school i
=, military drill. The maneuvers of TN
Scouts are intended solely to prepar
rs them TO meet the patriotic and civi
Is. emergencies Of everyday life.
l.. 1T teaches the Scouts to be truth
:. full, obedent loyal. courteous. kline
faithful, thrifty. cheerful, friendl,
brave, clean and rcverent These ar
"s the laws of the Boy Scouts.
= "The people OF Missoula should max
Z" an effort To know the Scouts. In s
e- doing they will be more willing TO en-
ne courage their work." continued Nj
d. Hubert. Not only do the boys Of tn
as Scout organization develop mental.
morally and physically. but as a uni
ere they are an asset to the communiti
IS. as is shown by their active work in tn
a just CLOSED Liberty Loan campaign.
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