Show 1 A MESSAGE MESSAGE FH M FRANCE FRANCE To the no Boy Scouts of America from the the the- no Boy Scouts cf cC France J 1 A A scout Is a man whose mind Is open pen to new Ideas and who ho goes on ou his wa way unafraid he lie Is b also a n knight with the firm conviction to aid other people at nt all times arid and to d id his best to make the world mo more happy France Prance of at the Old World Is the home borne of the knight America of ot the New World the home of the pioneer What a magnificent Id 1 ive we can present pre nt Ie-nt sent to the world In iu placing together tale the noble traditions which are ours I IThe The bearer beuer of this message was II M GuerIn Des who represented the Boy Scouts of France at ut the recent National Conference of Scout Executives CU tines tives at ut Blue lue Ridge N N. C C. Mr De Dey Is known throughout the length and und breadth of his own country for tr his work for the welfare of boys lie tie Is also ulso prominent for his efforts to unify scouting In France and he lip Is the first st man mun to be honored Jointly by hy tilt the three French scout movements for fOI the mission of representing the whole Scout hod hotly body The Italian and Belgian organizations have decorated him hill with their highest award and in England he has been honored by receiving tram Sir Rupert Baden Powell Baden father futher of the scout scout movement the silver Wolf cup t trl M M. M Des brought warm and cordial expressions of the tion of the French scouts for fOl their American brothers He Ile said The French ho boy and the American un boy buy only may differ as far as ns natural surrounding go but at heart they ther ait nu alike alike and gay gony and und lom lovable le The same splendid did qualities to be devel de ped and und the same dangers clangers to be avoided a When M M. M Des was complimented on his study of boy ps psychology he credited credited cred credo our American books s on the sub yub subject as the basis of his work I read react these I and then 3 Q I observe ur cur own bo boys s 's to see see bow how they iney react under the same conditions as ns are DIC described ed edIn In your OUI books The experiment proves the boy Is essentially the Ule same every where We too find the Ule gang spirit harmful but thanks to our scouting boys bOJ's are being now formed Into u useful ful energetic troops Once In passing through a small town I had not visited for tor some time and noticing the absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of Idle loafing boys bOJ's I said to a little fellow nearby Where are all nil the tough kids that used to be around here We aint got an any tough kids any more said the lad Ind theres a bo boy boj boyscout scout troop here now At the conference M M. Des Jardins showed an nn exhibit of the French scouts' scouts handicraft and their version of ot the life and work of the American Indian Our boys bos said he are perhaps more enthusiastic about the Indians than the American bo boys s 's themselves J J. J Fennimore Fenni- Fenni more more Cooper Is eagerly read everywhere everywhere every every- where by the French boy Our lads are constantly trying to Imitate the endurance courage and self-control self of tho Red Man Sometimes they will set seta a goal In self restraint by not speaking for a n certain length of ot time That's Just jest to be like the Indian who Is a 11 aman man main of few words When a n French scout ut hurts himself he be tries to bear the the pain bravely ely without letting one know how much It hurts That too Is Isan Isan isan an effort to endure endur bravely Just as the Indians did Indeed one of the official l scout tests In li France rance is la called sailed ithe In- In Indian dian dlan test In which the boys are required re re re- required f for r Instance to remain motion emotion less for a 11 certain length of time Just Justan justas an nil the Red Man Maa would have done lone Inthe inthe In la lathe the forests of ot old when studying the tha ways of the thc birds and timid of the woods Other features of ot the tha lest bring out the great virtues of these first Americans In fact Visage fact visage Pal Pale which In English Is Tale male ale tEace o sturdy scouts scout's term of r reproach for foran foran an 0 e comrade AI M. 1 Des says sas that the F ench boys boY are especially fond of ot the artistic features connected with scouting At Atthe Atthe the French camps the Uie boys bos compete In ln arranging floral decorations of their own design desIgn on the tables in the mess hall or cir outside of t thein ell camps Th They y Mke ke keto to to beautify the Interior of their camps too with decorations which they make themselves This summer at nt M. M LDes Des Jardins' Jardins camp crimp a dally daily prize Wil was o offered to th the boy who arranged ed the most beautiful decor decoration In the 1 mess haIL halL So Interested were these theae French kids Lada In this artistic work that they would give Ive up part past of their play playtime playtime playtime time to designing attractive centerpieces center center- pie pieces ces for the tau mess hall in small tones stones wild flowers and moss Often such such uch slogans of appreciation as Vive 1 I Long Amerique Long live Amer America Viva v lea Boy Doy Scouts Scouts' Long Long live hive the Boy Roy Scouts of America would appear ap ap- l pear worked In n niall white stones Throughout his stay tay In in this th-Is country 11 M. M Des Jardins will be the guest of at t the tle le American Committee for tor Devastated Devas Devus tilted France |