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Show BOY- (Conducted by NaUonal Council of th Boy Scouts of America.) CITY SCOUTS IN "HOLD-UP" When the five boy scouts who were chosen by contest to represent the five ( boroughs of Greater New York to tour the great national parks as guests of the Far Western Travelers' association were departing from New York, John B. Patton, president of the association, said he regretted that the city boys would Dot be able to see life as It was In the early days of highwaymen. One of the boys remarked: "Don't mind that, Mr. Pattou, we know the wild west has been tamed and that there are more 'hold ups' right here at home every week than there are out there in a year, only we don't very often see them." '. i : i. However, the five city boys did get the thrill of their lives when they were actually held up by a highwayman before be-fore their trip wt half over. This was near the end of July when the boys were on their way to Yosemite park. Scout Herbert Jacobi, thirteen years old, the youngest member of the party, sent the following description of their experience to tSeout Executive Worden, of the Queen county council, which he represents: ' "We had some wonderful adventures In Yosemite park. At Merced we boarded the stage for Glacier Point.; Before arriving in the big tree district we encountered a log lying across the road. Behind It was a man with a wicked-looking shot-gun leveled right at" our heads. Gee I the bore looked as big afl an apple. rThe man was dressed m; bine overalls, with a dirty blue serge Jacket over them.' He was about 55 years old and was not very large. He ordered 'hands up. Of course we Willingly obeyed.! "Just then 'Our driver recovered his wits and said: 'Aw, Boss, they're only on-ly a bunch of Boy Scouts. After giving os the once over (we do not know what was going on in his mind), and probably feeling a spark of patriotism, he told us to'put our hands down, but warned the driver not to move. In a few minutes the two other stages arrived ar-rived on the - scene and we had the pleasure 'Of -seeing the occupants line op and "Shell 'ut.' .The bandit1 mnst have been about $400 richer when he made his getaway. Think of it, a hold-up in -these years I It was Just our luck to have1 it, too." . SCOUTS .AT. OLYMPIC GAMES. The 800 or more Boy . Scouts of America who toured France and Bel-gnlm Bel-gnlm following the recent world scouts -"Jamboree" . in England, spent only one day In Antwerp, Belgium, but it was the ' liveliest and "loudest" day of their whole speedy and noisy European Eu-ropean trip. That was August 17th, the seoondday of. the Olympic games, when the American . athletes made their first sensational strides in the smashing of world records, and It was just the scout delegation's luck to be there that day. They were given tbe distinction of acting as the guard of honor to King Albert on the way to the games, and, as guests of the Olympic Olym-pic committee, had choice seats in the American section of the vast stadium. The cable dispatches of that day In describing the scene following the unfurling un-furling of the Stars and Stripes: at the peak of the ""honor pole" and announcement an-nouncement of the wonderful performance perform-ance of our atldetes said: , .; . "There was, a wild burst of. enthusiasm enthusi-asm from the whole audience puuetu- ated with an' organized yell of the American rooting party, which was augmented this .day by a large contingent con-tingent of Boy Scouts of America. The ; crowd In the American section went 1 wild. Men; and women flung -their i, hats In the air and shouted, cheered, : sung and screamed. But by far 'the : wildest lot of enthusiasts was that ' body of boy scouts- who had just arrived ar-rived from the London Jamboree. The section was ,a sea of tossing figures fig-ures as the scouts stood on their eeata and .roared their delleht" . , j SCOUT SAVES MOTHER AND PET. i Scout Melvln Peterkln of Troop 2, Woodbawen, L. I., awoke to find the garret of the house where he lived with hie mother afire and burning fiercely. He shouted to his mother, la the next room, to flee. She refused, not realizing their danger, i Melvln argued with her until be saw that the celling of her room was beginning to sag. Then he. picked his mother up and, though she Is twice his weight, bore her bodily to the street. Then, dodging past the firemen, who tried to Intercept him, he rushed back Into the blazing house and saved his mother's pet canary. .',.'., . ! HOW SCOUTS USE SPARE TIME. During a recent prolonged heavy itorra Bronx council scouts, New York City, made all the deliveries for a company that specialized In milk for babies. 4 , ... : (Jn Seattle boy scouts helped In collecting col-lecting data for the census, volunteering volunteer-ing their services and attaching themselves them-selves to the re-check bureau of the chamber of commerce, as well as distributing dis-tributing plncards urging eltlaene missed by census takers to moke th fact known , I |
