Evening journal., 1918-02-19
TELLS OF Good Done
BY CITY BOY Scouts
One Lad Carries Coal and
Runs ErrandS for Aged
Invalid
TOO MODEST TO TELL
OF HIS DAILY DEED

Members Of the Executive Council OF
thc Wilmington Boy scouts Of America.
were busy today interviewing friends,
ana calling others on the telephone
seeking subscriptions to the $4,000
budget fund campaign which is under
wav this week. There were many re-
sponses Of generous nature, but as
The committee conducting the Gam
paicn is taking nothing for granted,
these subscriptions will not be counted
until tho checks or money are in the
hands OF the treasurer, William j..
Higilneld.
This afternoon Boy Scouts viii give
demOnst traiions Of some OF the branches
Of their work i'm the show windows OF
the Snellenburg store and the Stlen
piano store.
Practical results Of what the Scouts
are doing are called for at a meeting
OF the Boy Scout troops. and one that
occurred This week impressed Scout
Executive Greenhawk more than any
thing else.
The Incident was related at a meet
ing of the Boy Scouts at Central Pres
byterian Church. When the boys were
lined up and asked what good deed
they had done recently, all responded
but one. The boys told of helping
mother wash The dishes. iof getting
coal for the aged Of huttonlng sisters
dress. Of aiding father or mother with
some arrands and Of many other little
things an Of which constituted their
most recent deeds.
But the Scout at The end Of the line
held his head down and remained silent
when asked what he had done.
Again the interrogation was put TO
him by Mr.. Greenhawk but the lad
was mum. Then the Rev. ]. r. Craw-
ford. the pastor Of the church, spoke.
Il would like 10 tell you what this
chap has d0ne.n he said, addressing
fhe scout executive.
aThls boy sometime ago. learned OF
an aged woman who could scarcely
move for in frmities and age. and he
learned that one of the hardest things
she had tn do was a carry coal into
the house 10 use IN the stove. This lad,
without suggestion, went TO the woman /
and told her he would get the coal and
tend the fire So twice daily he has
been .doing This chore, without saying
anything TO anyone, and often going to /
the store 20 make some purchaser or /
doing whatever errand was needed for
the woman and without a penny In re-
turn.
One day / called al the house in the
mornine." Mr. Crawford continued, "snd
what do YOU think witnessed. Why
There was This chap who is toe modest
10 speak of his deeds, tending the wo-
ma, ,xho Ayae in he'd She told me the
lad had gotten lrer some breakfast and
had Done many little things to make her
os comfortable as possible
This lads act speaks for itself. But
there are hundreds Of scouts in this city
doing little deeds or kindness, not for
recompenst but because they are liv
ing up to the scout oath which directsI
one good deed every day
Iosephus Daniels. Secretary Of the
Navy. is a firm believer in the efficacy
Of Boy Scout work. In speaking of the
movement he says:
81 am In hearty accord with The
Boy Scout movement and believe it de- /
serving OF encouragement in the great
work it has undertaken. The men be-
hind this movement-men who are
plannng that boys as they go ont in /
life shall have fine purpose and noble /
splrit-sre proceeding on the theory, /
that YOU cannot tell a boy 10 stop do /
ine something he ought not TO do.
y believe that we shall find envoly-
ing oui OF the Boy Scout movement a
new generation Of men: men flt in mind 7
" in body and flt in moral fibre, and
after al n a man has no moral fiber
what IS everything else worth ?'