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fund. the Juniors raised over $500

fund. the Juniors raised over $500
for community projects.
The Red Cross was helped in
many other ways. During the fall
the eighth grade girls stayed after
school to sew on dresses sent in
from headquarters of the Boston
metropolitan chapter.
An unusually delightful and en-
Tightening correspondence contact
has been established through the
Junior Red Cross Bureau of School
Correspondence between the Scuola
e Famiglia in Udine. Italy, and
the Samuel Adams School Not
only have many letters of real edu-
cational value been exchanged. but
the East Boston school children
have received gifts of hand
wrought iron candlesticks and
other samples of the Italian chill
dren's handiwork.
Added to their own splendid rec
ord the juniors of the Samuel
Adams School carried their enthu-
siasm to children in the other
schools in the district through the
medium of the round table which
was made up of representatives of
all the East Boston schools and
met once a month. At these meet
ings the children reported on their
various Junior activities and dis
cussed plans for the future. After
the business was completed ice
cream and cake were served
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Historical DAY, I'm March

March l. ls45-Texas annexed by
United States.
March ,, 1S61-Russia abolished
serfdom
March 4, 1851 - PENNSYLVANIA
charter received.
March Z. lSe2-Landseer, English
painter. born.
March ., 1s6e-Battle between
Monitor and Merrimac.
March 10, 1Sts-Seth Beyden
patented steam cutoff.
March Is. lsS4-Standard time
fixed by Congress.
March II. l763-Eli Whitney pat
ented cotton gin.
March is, 1S69-Suez Canal was
completed
March 19. 1S6o-wiIliam len
nings Bryan was born.
March -. lS22-Rosa Bonheur.
French painter. born.
March -, l599-Vandyke, FIem-
ish painter. born.
March %, l775-Patrick Henry
delivered Give me liberty or give
me death" speech.
March %. 1S73-Slavery abolished
in Porto Rico.
March "a. 16OS-England and
Scotland united.
March rs, lso7-British Empire
abolished slave trade.
March %. 15lS-Ponce de Leon
discovered Florida.
March %. lS67-Dominion Of
Canada established.
March 80, lS67-Alaska DUR
chased from Russia
March 81, 1732-Joseph HAYDN.
composer, was horn,
March 81, 1s1S-First daylight
saving" in United States.
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Scout Troop 40
Wins Inspection
ByScant Margin

Troop 40, Thomas A. King scout
master, won the final inspection for
the Star Trophy last Saturday night
at the Y. NJ. c. A. by the narrow
margin of fifteen one -hundredtns of
point The cup was awarded by
Deputy Commissioner James l. Lee.
OF Division ", to which Troop 40
belongs. The standing of the win
ming troop was 1855. Troop !. Di-
vision VI, was second with a stand
ing of 1874: Troop s., Division III.
finished third: Troop 40, Division V,
fourth: Troop 101. Division VII,
fifth: and Troop %. Division ]. sixth.
A feature of the evening was the
excellent playing of the drum and
bugle corps OF Troop 40. under the
leadership OF Sergeant Henry Love-
lace and Scoutmaster Cole. Troop
40 celebrated their victory with
banquet rendered to the entire troop
at the City Club last Tuesday night
by Senior Patrol Leader Henry
Barlow. Deputy Commissioner Jas.
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BOSTON JUNIORS
ARE GENEROUS
Contribute $1,000 to National
Children's Fund and At
tain Record.

Added to a splendid record OF
Junior Red Cross service during
the past year, the Samuel Adams
School of East Boston, Mass, has
the proud distinction of having
made the largest contribution to
the national children's fund of the
Junior American Red Cross of any
school in the country. The sum
of $1,000 was raised through the
combined efforts of the East Bos-'
ton juniors, directed by Paul V.
Donovan. principal of the Samuel
Adams School. who at the begin
ming of the fall term. called his
pupils together and told them of
his travels in Europe and of the
dire need of the children abroad.
The majority of the students were
Italian and therefore were eager
to go to work and raise money to
help the. foreign boys and girls
and especially the children in Italy
Immediately a Red Cross box
was placed in each room into which
the juniors dropped their spare
pennies. Soon the number of boxes
was doubled, as each room must
needs have a girls box. Every
week the money was collected and
record kept of each class con-
tribution. Competition ran high
and pennies and small silver poured
into the fund to the extent that
the nearby starelSeepsrs coEnplaiGed
thai they Rad no small change dur
ing tho week. They also declared
that the sale of gum and cheap
candy had fallen OF materially and
'Totfgpop eheeksg were no longer
Il, be Iseen. Another v2ax, 81 ~v,3i, n
these juniors raised money. was ~
cunning special moving picture
shows in the school hall
In addition to the amount con-
tributed to the national children's
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The top of the table being 10
inches wide, it will be necessary to
glue together two pieces of wood
to get strip of that width. Use
dowel joint in joining the pieces.
If you do not recall what a dowel
joint is, refer again to the common
joints article.
Fasten the top of the table to the
rails, using screws driven through
the rails up into the top from in
side, the frame. Holes must be
bored through the rails for screws,
and, of course, they must be bored
at an angle.
The frame for the back OF the
table, including the center mirror.
is made of four pieces. half-lapped
together. For the explanation of a
half-lap joint, refer again to the
article on common joints. This
frame is to be fastened to- the table
top with screws driven up through
the top piece into the base of the
back frame where II is III inches
wide. Two strips are also screwed
to the back OF the frame and the
back rail OF the table to serve as
ORANGES for the mirror frames
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GERMANY TO TELL
GENOA FARLEY OF
HER HUGE LOSSES
Cost 100000 Square
Miles and 33,200,0O0
In Population.

BERLJN. Feb. 25.-when the Ger
man delegates appear at the Genoa
conference, to urge payment in
work and products and consequent
credits on the reparations account,
they are expected to cite Germany's
losses in territory and natural re-
y sources.
Including the European plebiscite
districts and colonies, Germany lost
more than 100000 square miles
roughly 2 third of the area of the
United States and about twenty
:imes the area Of Illinois. The pop
ulation lost was about S.200. 900 in
Europe and about 25.O0o.o00 alto
gether.
Lose IL Per Cent Of wheat.
Other losses are summed UP as fol-
lows:
Food-Fourteen per cent Of Its
wheat. 81 per cent Of its rye, %
per cent of its corn, is per cent OF
its oats, % per cent of its potatoes
IS per cent Of its beetsugar and 10
to IL per cent of its cattle. There
fore 100000 persons were left
without flour and 5.5oo.0o0 without
sugar.
Coal-Germany lost 22,5oo, o0C
tons out Of its annual production OF
1S7.OO0.ooO tons through the loss OF
Alsace and the Saar. With the Up.
per Silesian/ losses, Germany loses
one-third of its complete annual
output. Germany has enough coal
but IL is deprived of one of its
greatest export products.
Force dto Import Iron
Irnn-nF Garmanvsa 40 MN mn
tons annual consumption. $1,000, 900
tons was obtained from the lost
provinces. Today Germany is forced
to import 100000 TONS. adding
100000 marks $4,000. Oo0) debit
to the annual budget.
Pig Iron-Before the war Ger
many produced 100000 annually,
of which 100000 came from Lor>
raine and the Saar. German statis-
tics show that its import replace
ments cause a debit to its trade
balance of 100000, 900 marks s62,-
500 .e0O).
Big Loss in Phosphate.
Rolling NEIL Products-The pro-
duction was lessened\ by II per cent
through the loss of Alsace and the
Saar and per cent through the
Upper Silesian loss. The money
loss was 10O,OOO.OO0 marks (s25. GOO,-
OOOC.
Phosphate-Al large portion of the
loss came through the giving up of
Alsace where the production was
expected to reach from 80 to 40 per
cent of the nations output. The
money loss is estimated at 10000
OO0 marks (S4,000.0OO.
These are exclusive of losses in
many other lines.
Copyright, 1927
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CARNIVAL OPENS
In RIO De JANEIRO
Three-Day Event Said By
Brazilians to Be Most
Brilliant in World.

RIO DE JANEIRO. Feb. 25.-The
Rio de Janerio carnival said by
Brazilians and many foreign Wis
liors to be the most brilliant in the
world. will open tonight with a
confetti. battle in the Avenieda Rio
branco and will continue for three
Gays. closing with the grand parade
Of the carnival clubs on Tuesday
night.
Already every available automo-
bile in the capital has been leased
for the period of the fiesta. Mn-
nicipal authorities are winkinG at
the city law controlling taxi fares,
which have increased to about ten
times the legal rate.
During the confetti battle to-
night, the avenieda will be rnped
on into two great lanes and cross
town street car traffic suspended, so
that the crowds win not be en-
cGngered at intersections.
Despite the year of hard times In
Brazil, presidents of the scores of
carnival clubs today issued state
ments declaring that the feast in
honor of Mom1s this year will lack
nothing of its former brilliancy.
Government aid has/been extended
as usual. despite the clamor of
conservatives against this waste
Of money.
During the next three days pFac-
tieally all business will be suspend
Cd and the population will devote
Itself eItiyely to pleasure. Every
bedy buys q costume.
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IRELAND FACING
DIFFICULT ISSUES
Postage and Coinage Serious
Worry for Provisional
Government.

DUBLIN, Feb. 25.-Currency and
postage reform are two Immediate
-lrQblems to be solved when the
Provisional Government gets down
to consecutive preparation for the
new Free State.
Intensive work on the effectinR
OF the prospective Free State itself,
and assuring its approval at the
polls. has prevented so far much at
tention to details but when it is
ready to function as a Free State,
Ireland must nave its own cur
renCy and postage.
Now. in addition to the notes of
the Bank of ireland, the only cur
rency is British. All coins are
British. Both the Bank of Ireland
and Bank of England are private
institutions, though under Royal
charter. When the new Free State
IS set ID there must be gold and
silver coinage. There must also
he the government paper of small
denominations. Both the paper
rotes and the copper. silver and
gold coins will be a departure for
ireland. with their issue will
come the problem of their denom-
nation. 1t is improbable any
change Will be made at present.
1t is probable that the present sys-
tenn will be maintained for a time.
and that present coins and notes
will be christened with Irish namSs.
In that case. nearly everyone will
call them by their English names
at least until n new generation
crows up. A change to the decimal
system will probably come later.
Several solutions have been Of
tered for the postage stamp prob
.em. For the time being. il is
likely the British stamp will nc
used, with an Irish Inscription
suDer-impOSed
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PICK GREEN HATS
FOR ARMY In ERIN
Officials Decide Uniforms
Otherwise viii Be Like
Those in America.

DUBLIN, Feb. 25.-A half dozen
young men in Impressed civilian
clothes and leather leggins-some
even wearing derby hats-patrol-
ing the sidewalk before the city
hall. rifle on shoulder. mark the
death and birth respectively Of the
eras of war and peace in ireland.
They are the murder EangsterS
the 'assassins" and ''rufhans" who
won for ireland the recently signed
treaty of peace-the city hslI
guard of the Dublin brigade, Irish
Republican army.
They are also part Of the nu-
cleus from which will be recruited
the new Free State OF from 10000
TO $4,000 men that ireland viii
equip under the treaty.
Like their leaders, they are
rather disappointing 20 anyone
who has read about them and their
exploits. They are very much like
the ordinary American youth, eS-
cept that they don't have their
clothes pressed or their hair cut
SO often.
Within a few weeks Minister OF
Defense Mulcahy plans TO have
enough uniforms for all !. r. A
men on active service. They will
be identical with the few uni
forms now in ther.
of the same patterns as those the
British and American armies for
enlisted men and Of the British
army for officers. All will wear
leather leggins and felt hats sim
liar in pattern to the campaign
hats in the American army, but
green in color and with one side
turned up and fastened with ~
crest-now that of the republit
later probably that OF the Free
State. =.
The army probably will b.
equipped with British service rifles
and pistols, with which most Of
the men are more or less familiar
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Frames for the two wing mirrors
msg lalso be made with half-lap
joints. Fasten all joints together
with glue and short screws driven
from the back.
The mirror frames will have to be
>rabbeted out so that the glass can
set in, This rabbeting may be done
with special plane. or with a
sharp chisel. In the latter case,
mark deeply with a knife and
marking gauge tuse the knife when
marking across grain, and the
gauge when marking with the
grafn) the line of the rabbet, and
then with a sharp chisel. remove
the stock up to this line. The rab-
bet must be deep enough to receive
the mirror and a thin panel of
wood, or wallboard, TO hold the
glass in place. These panels are
held secure by long brads driven
into the frames.
Ball-tipped hinges are used for
fastening the wing frames to the
center mirror frame.
>Three-quarter-inch stock is used
for the front Of the drawers, one
half-inch stock for the sides and
back, and ree-eIghths-inch stock
for the bottom. Rabbet the sides
to the front, and dado the back into
the sides. For both rabbet and
dado joints. see your article on
common joints.
Groove the bottom into the SIDES,
front and back. Assemble the parts
OF the drawers and fasten them to-
gether with glue and two-inch
brads.- Fasten the. drawer slides,
which are the strips of wood, to
the front and back rails.
Use glass knobs for drawer
handles.
When the entire table has been
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And Here's How You Make IL.
1t cost just $500 to make the
dressing table shown in the photo
graph in the lower left-hand CORNER
of the diagram. This does not in
clude the cost of the mirrors, which
were cut from one large broken
glass.
Eastwood was the stock used, and
while this is very cheap, the table
has been in use for nine years, and
still is in excellent condition.
The legs are the FIRST parts to
make. Plane them square first and
then plane the taper. Be sure the
legs are made perfectly square. for
if they are not. it will be difficult
to get square joints. 49,
Make the front, back and end
rails next These are of different
widths dimensions are given in the
drawing), but all of them are a.
inch thick. These rails, you know
join the legs, making the skeleton
of the table.
Mortise and tenon joints are used
in the making of this dressing table.
II you do not recall how these
joints are constructed, refer to the
Tool-Craft article on common
joints" printed a few weeks ago.
The lemons can be made in the
ends of the pieces with a saw and
the corners touched up with sharp
chisel. Lay out the mortises with q
marking gauge and a sharp knife.
Bore out as much of the. stock as
possible. and then square up the
mortise with a chise1s Use a mallet
to drive the chisel-never a. ham,
mer. The hammer will spoil the
cbfsel handle. Make the lemons IL
inches long and the mortises about
one sixteenth of an inch. deeper
fhar tha iS,~tI - e. 49,
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the burial OF the unknown soldier
about forty troops of scouts Sc
cured Large wreath by means of
funds Contributed by the scouts
themselves, and placed the same on
the bier of the soldier lying in state
at the Capitol. Co Cleanup Cam
paign-Scouts assisted the Park
Department in a weeks campaign
of keeping parks clean. CID The
Humane Society were assisted in
their publicity campaign by scouts
carrying banners, etc. That the
Boy Scouts have been recognized as
one of the dependable organizations
ready. willing and capable of rem
derinS real aid, not OILY In our
civic affairs, but also in time of
disaster, the following unsolicited
letters of recommendation are in
dicative:
Nov 10, 1921
My dear Mr.. Shaw: want to
thank you for your interest and CO.
operation in assigning to this de-
partment the use of the Boy Scouts
on November 9. 10 and IL, and also
to express my appreciation for the
splendid service rendered by these
boys on the days in question. They
never fail to give a good account
of themselves and we are always
appreciative of their assistance.
With kind personal regards, 1 am,
Very truly yours.
H. L. GESSFORD,
Major and Supt.
War Department, Headquarters Dis
trict of Washington. Washington,
ID. c., February 3, 1922. Subject:
knickerbocker Disaster
To: Boy Scouts of America, WASH
ington, D. c.
l. All reports indicaSe that the
volunteer service rendered by the
Boy Scouts during the recent
Knickerbocker Theater disaster is
worthy of the highest praise.
2. The assistance given the off,
GERS and soldiers working at the
scene Of the catastrophe is greatly
appreciated, and I wish to extend
to you the grateful thanks of my
entire command for your efficient
and courageous assistance.
H. H. BANDHoLTZ.
Brig Gen. U. S. A., Commanding.
Activities.
Camping: (a) Camp Roosevelt.
our summer camp on Chesapeake
Bay, had the largest attendance,
and the most successful season of
its existence. due in a large meas
ure to the able mana cement! and
untiring efforts of the director. Mr..
Drake. From a financial standpoint
the camp was also success, for
the fees paid by the boys betrayed
all operating expenses, and most of
the new equipment, amounting to
about s4set
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SEIZURE OF RUHR
INVOLVES WAR,
FEAR OF FRANCE
Poincare's Followers I'm
patient at His Delay in
Getting Action.

LONDON. Feb. zS.-Disueietud.
over the imperlslistic policy Of
Premier Poincsre. of Franee.is be-
ginning to disappear In Europe
Events are Demonstrating that the
French Nationaiists will not be able
70 embark on any enterprise dan
gerous TO European peace. The
French peasants and trsdespeopIe
have registered strong dIsspproval
Of further strife, and N. Poincsrs
Is finding himself unable 20 take
the risks which his anti-Germsn
attitude makes necessary for sue
cess. .r. ,.~
NJ. PoincSre,s militaristic follow
ers are Impatient as time passes
and he produces no more advsn-
sors were able to do. The new
premier's supporters want him 70
ind an excuse for, sending q larFe
French army into the RUhr with
the Implication that France win
never withdraw from Germsnys
greatest mining district. But. Great
Britain would strongly oppose such
a policy and to accomplish q
France would have TO break for
mally from her allies, ana become
isolated in Europe.
IseIstios Word Of Danger.
Isolation is a word of danger 70
the French farmers and bourgeoisie
They are the classes who have
borne the brunt OF all Of Frances
NJ hi
serve in the ranks and who are IN.
first to be killed. They would like
to see France in permanent pos
session Of the Ruhr. because that
would mean Germsny's downfall as
first-class power. But they want
to take no risks Of the Ruhr bring
ing on another war. They prefer
peace TO the Ruhr. II the choice
must be made.
Premier Poincsre ~ q dealer in
risks He knows all the risks in
volved in sending French troops
into the Ruhr. But he must dis
guise the risks OF the Ruhr before
the eyes of his countrymen- he
has failed to find q way OF doing
this to the present Therefore, his
popularity. which has never been
great in Franco Is beginning 20
recede.
Quiet Plafforn Vain
The Nationalists cannot retain
their power In France on a plat
form Of quietude- They are pro-
fessional activists, and their claim
to control the government has al
ways been based on their beiief
that they could gain more for
France than any ether party. They
have gained nothing mus far.
II is not apparent that the Ma
tionalists have any detailed future
plans for Frances prodt Unisss
Premier Poinczre shortly makes a
spectacular move which win gain
France a large advantage wfraaut
the need for risks. his dovnfzu ,,
probable. In the background OF
French politics, Cemenceau Is NV
waiting. Before long the Trrr
may be called to the premiership.
charged to make good in practice
the Versailles treaty. which he ne
gotiated and which he IL supposed
to understand better than stly Other
Frenchman.
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assembled, ssndpaper It well, and
all all the holes and cracks with
putty. Apply two coats Of thin. nat
white for printing. Do not thin the
white with oil; use turpentine.
Sandpaper each coat to produce a
smooth surface.
Then apply a coat of enamel.
Thin the enamel with turpentine,
till it works freely under the brush.
Allow this coat to stand two or
three days before applying another.
The second coat OF enamel need not
be thinned. but should be applied
just as II comes from the can. This
last coat will produce a high gloss
on the table.
If you prefer an "eggshelT' finish
rub the final coat OF enamel with
pumice stone and oil.
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scout PiIs rimase to Mt. Vernon.

There will be a big delegation of
Scouts, on the first annual pilgrim
age to the tomb of Washington at
Mount Vernon next "Wednesday,
February %. A wreath, the con-
trIbution of various troops of the
city. will be placed on the grave.
The ScoLts will cook their dinners
in the woods outside the grounds,
and then participate in a treasure
hunt" for hidden pelf. Cars car
rying the Scouts to Mount Vernon
will leave from Fourteenth and d
streets northwest, at s:15 wednes-
day morning.
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I. Lee and Assistant Executive Linn
c. Drake were guests of honor.
The silver cup. decorated with the
motto of the troop, 1T Can't Be
Done, But Here 1t Isl was the
center of attraction. Following the
banquet the scouts had full swing
in the gymnasium for games and
activities.
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Dressing tables. doll houses
and typewriter desks are three
articles many readers of Tool
craft seem very anxious for Mr..
: Solar to describe. Mr.. Solar is
always glad to receive sugges-
tions for Tool-Craft projects
from his readers. A letter ad-
dressed to him in care of this
newspaper will reach him. If
you desire a reply please en-
close a stamped, addressed en-
velope.
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The NO School" signal may be
restored to the schools of woon-
socket, r. !. BY means of electric
whistles and fire bells children and
teachers are notified that there will
be no school and are saved a trip
IN very bad weather.
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Troop Sc. of Calvary Baptist
Church, K, r. Hall. Scoutmaster. gave
a father and son banquet last We'd
nesday evening. the feature Of which
was a Tenderfoot Investiture Gee
mony. Mr.. Fuller. Of the Y. NJ. c. A.,
Mr.. Faucet. superintendent of Cali
vary Sunday School. and Mr.. Drake
OF Scout headquarters were the
speakers.