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Show THE PROVO POST TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1922 THE PROVO POST Provos Popular Newspaper Published Tuesday and Friday Evenings by THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY Phone 13 Entered, at the Postoffice at Provo, Utah, as Second-clas- s 125 West Center St. NEPHI C. Editor and Manager Associate Editor HICKS-- - N.i GUNNAR RASMUSON. Subscription Rates (In Advance) : - I One Year ...... Six Months ... Matter. 32.50 1.25 - Three METROS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA REX MASTERPIECE INGRAM Twelve years ago tomorrow the Boy Scouts of America was chartered in the District of Columbia. At that time very little was C known of Scouting not even the charter members of the new organization having a clear and definite conception of the work they had inaugurated. Today almost every boy of the tenderfoot age in any town or village of the United States knows something about Iri' twelve Years the movement has grown far above scouting. the expectations of its most ardent promoters. Nearly one million boys and mea are actively, interested in the organization today. More than 400,000 scouts divided into about 18,000 troops have pledged themselves to obey the scout oath and observe the scout lav, and are being guided in their activities by about 40,000 scout masters and assistants. an l, The scout idea originated with Sir Robert officer in the British army, who noticed during the Boer war in Bouth Africa that the English recruits were lacking in initiative, that they had little conception of service or personal responsibility arid that few of them knew how to take care of themselves. When . he further noticed that the native recruits were more resourceful, more enterprising and more capable of handling themselves in the exigencies of camp' life, he concluded that in our modern civilized communities too much stress was being given to teaching boys from books and too little attention given to teaching them from first hand contact with men and things. The result practice and Baden-Po wells deductions was the organization in General of r of the Boy Scouts in 1907, which was followed three years r England y later by the American organization. The purpose of bay scout organizations, according to the articles of incorporation, is to teach the boy discipline, patriotism, courage, - habits of observation and self controlr and the ability to care for themselves in all the exigencies of life. Scouting emphasizes the development of all that is good in boyhood. Its aim is the con- - servation of the boy primarily for the boys sake. In Utah county the scout movement is still in the swaddling period, but is making rapid progress in every community. With the organization of- a county council and the appointment some months ago of a scout executive who devotes his entire time in the interest of the movement, the future of scouting was assured in this5 district. Before that time there existed in the various communities a few troops, some of which were registered, but no definite plan or program was being followed. Usually the work was were being emphasized during the winter months when the boys summerin the directed the school, by already feing time when they had no one to supervise them in their activities. As a result they were allowed to drift by themselves which sometimes brought theroi into serious difficulties. Such things are not likely to recur with! a competent scout executive continually on the job. Every father and mother in the county should encourage their sons of proper age to join the scout organization, because it is the greatest scheme ever innovated for boys. It touches every side of boy nature and has a wonderfully strong moral grip upon the fey. The lessons taught in scouting cannot fail to make the boys better sons and better citizens. The mere association with men of such high ideals and sterling qualities as Scout Executive A. A. Anderson, Scput Commissioner Carl F. Eyring and the splendid type of deputy commissioners, scoutmasters and assistants with whom they have surrounded themselves, is in itself an in-- r spiration to any boy. It is sincerely to be wished that from now on every boy of our county and state will come under the upbuilding influence of the boy scout movement. They can get no better, practical education which will cultivate initiative, manliness? and character. .. HELD OVER FOR THURSDAY Baden-Powel- ! and-neglect- 1, President T. N. Taylor of Taylor Brothers Co., Says: . I saw this wonderful screen production while in Chicago and I am surely glad the opportunity presented itself so I could see it again. Last night on seeing it, I thoroughly enjoyed the production as much as before, and really think it a wonderful version of Vincent Blasco Ibanezs masterpiece. A YK-0-. j 4, SENSATION that turned out to see this great picture the management wants every man, woman and child in Provo to see it, and will hold the FOUR HORSEMEN over for Thursday. On account of the enormous crowds 49k. ed Order s . Your Reserved Seats ''V, ($ Now DIOGENES, HERE IS YOUR HONEST MAN. An incident of more than passing interest and one which, in these days of crime, intrigue and various forms of dishonesty, stands like a beacon light to those who, under similar circumstances, might have found it hard to have chosen the path which marks the strength of character found only in true manhood, was the return tp its rightful owner of $150 found on the streets of Provo by Manford Hutchinson last week. The money had been accidently lost by a young man to whom it had been intrusted, and who was in no position to replace it. The iriatter attracted the attention of the police department and citizens generally, much to the chagrin of the person who dropped the wallet containing the money. The finder had not heard of the loss, but immediately examined the contents and found a card which led him to the rightful ' owner. Notwithstanding Mr. Hutchinson had been out of employment for several months and that much money would have been a temptation to many a man in more favorable circumstances than those surrounding him, he did not hesitate to do his duty. Mr. Hutchinson had a conscience. His early training, it would seem, had developed within him a sense of honor which he valued more than theabnount contained in the wallet, Upon presenting the find to its owner, Mr. Hall, superintendent at the L. A. & S. L. roundhouse, the young man was told to appear at the shops yesterday where he was rewarded with employment. This reward, however, is only a meagre compensation in comparison to Mr. Hutchinson's contribution to society. Both are praisworthy,' and the splendid example of true character exhibited is bound to instill a greater confidence in humanity, and again emphasize the old adage that no legacy is so rich as honesty. V;Si 4 vaw.v W. v X ! i com Lady Astors Fair Colleague i Not unless we allow he vanquished a substantial share of the gate receipts, says Les- lies Weekly. ; We anathematized Germany for the introduction of unre- stricted submarine and gas warfare because she was the brutal aggressor. But let us suppose that little Belgium, already under the German hjeel, had been the first to loose submarines against the enemys merchantmen, had been the first to route his divisions -- with poison gas would we have applauded? Most assuredly. Dur applause would still be echoing down the corridors of history. It is unreasonable to expect a man or a nation fighting desperately' for life to give heed to Marquis of Queensbery rules. The boys trained in our own encampments were taught to shoot, d to stab, to club, to kick, to bite, if necessary, in conflict. The old slogan, no hitting below the belt, would have sounded farcical to them. The use of aircraft against sleeping towns, of submarines against merchantmen, of poison gas against combatant and alike cdn be effectively forbidden only if the side which otherwise faces sure defeat can be indemnified for taking a licking. And that would be magnificent but not war. hand-to-han- I 1 , non-combata- nt THEATER DARKEY DEDUCTIONS ' Can we regulate war as we do pugilism? t Today and Thursday! Last Time to see the Worlds Greatest Screen Production j GAN WAR BE REGULATED? i Mrs. Margaret Wintrlngham, as member of parliament for the Louth division of Lincolnshire, Is the second woman returned to the house of commons, and the first womkn of British birth and upbringing to sit In that renowned house. Mrs. Wintrlngham was known during the coptest at Louth as the silent candidate. That was not; because she has not the gift of speechmaking. She. is, on the contrary, an experienced and fluent public speaker; jBut having-regarof her recent bereavement the sudden death of her husband in room of the house of commons she naturally thought It more fitting not to take a prominent part in the election. She Is an attractive personality tall, well built, ruddy complexioned. with large brown eyes and a smile. A Yorkshire woman before her marriage In 1903, she was head mistress In a school at Grimsby. 'There she took an active part in movements socitri. religious, educational and political. After her husbands election as M. P. for Louth she becam.e of the local V omen s Liberal association and honorary secretary of president the Lindsey Federation of Womens Institutes. A Ju tice of the peace, she Is a member of the committee for the provision of housing in the Louth ruria district. the-smokin- g At a colored camp meeting in Louisiana the following sermon was delivered by a very black old darkey, wearing huge spectacles: Brethren and Sisters, de preachi-fyin- g dis mawnin will be! frum de text on de ten virgins. De brideand spectin groom war dem ten virgins to be ready wlf dere lamps all trimmed but lo, when he was come he done foun dat ony five of dem virgins war ready; yes sir, five was trimmed and five was ontrimmed; five was wise and five was onwlse; five was ready and five was onready; five was male and five was female. Maybe Shell Also Like Us ThIs Daily Thought. A thought is often original, though you; have uttered It a hundred times. Holmes. n r X fal-lov- oTjlUe Tnn" an'1 Nw OrlUni' apparently inspired him with k gwuid passion. He says of her, I want again; 88 R 8hy irl brinks rrom, yet approaches America, he; says: When I arm, pulsing Jife, life without doubts, life with Jriwi America I think asm with ruthless energy. To me America Is a faith,' 8ort I ganglion radiating life force." He says he hasj of American men and women many memories, nearly all of which are pleasant. A rj I O of novelist, who is here on his second lecturing tour. She was Miss Kath-leeGelpel, only daughter of Herbert l ,d Hl11 Cowld. Yolk ' She a versatile woman, haring distinguished herself in tennis and music and appeared in the films. Dut-the war, she served three years in minlstryj0f munitions and achieved e.?l8tin?tl0? of be,n an to attain jthe rank of the first worn- section officek Professes to have Gerge e in wlth America. His milder affections seem to be divided amorig New York, Washington, Dayton O and-a-burnl- The crew of a train, arriving at one of the stations on the Urganda railway in Africa, found three lions had taken possession of the station. One lion was In the telegraph room, one in the refreshment room and the other stalked up and down the in true official style. platform, When the shrieks from the engine whistle caused the lions to depart, the station agent emerged from a building some distance away. latest Mrs W. L. George, bride portrait of the English L 1 V 1 i |