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Show Aelpind Dad Protack: Tho AomG I The Bo Rroiit movement w.u ntr Intended as a military measure meas-ure Tts sponsor declared :t was a movement to teach boys self reliance re-liance and to get them out in the open. Yet In l-plte of tne ontcp-tions ontcp-tions the Boy Scouts of England are being user! In the pre'.-nt conflict The Boy Si ruts wore used to scatter hand bills urging the grown up men o flj to arms and in ens1 of (in invasion Of English s.ul the boya doubtless would cive a good account of themselves In the i ' trenches. From tho continent, where one armv nf Invaden aftor another presses on Into tho wenkrr nation-stories nation-stories of boyish lirr.cm hn,-leaked hn,-leaked thtonh tho net ..f tho censors cen-sors Ono story comes from Bervla of a vouth who lav in the trenches and rough t side by aide with his father fot ih- protection of his home. When his f.-Uhor wr.s killed the bov continued fltrhtlncr air.no Thlfl 13-yenr-old Servian lad was later found by other soldlors still shoot-lug shoot-lug at Austrinns after the main bodv of the Servian army had been ordered or-dered to fall hack The boy did no? know the order and continued t,, fipht though left alone. The Scrv-4, Scrv-4, 1-ir.s seeing him still luckily firlnK away regained heart and returned to the trenches where he lay fljrht-ing. fljrht-ing. The Austr'ins cculd not understand un-derstand the withdrawal of the Servian forces while the firing continued con-tinued They thought there- was a trick somewhere When the Servians Serv-ians returned to the trenches and took up the fihtlnir again, tho Ausfrlans were driven from their poiiljon and the day was saved through the here Ism of the 13-v ear-old ear-old boy. Belglr.n children frequently were reported entering tho trenches and tight In A story comes from Os-tend Os-tend that a fatmer unwilling to leave the harvert. kept on harvesting harvest-ing his grain while he soni his on to hold back the enemy. The boy was only 15 yars old. He fought until killed by a bullet of a Ger-I Ger-I . man. The Germans were much grieved t learn they bad killed n boy. They could not tell, however, from where they were because nothing: of the boy was lsible except ex-cept the top of bis cap Germans too, have used boys In the present war. They have been omplovcd for the most part In the factories where thev help in tho manufacture of ammunition and the packing of cartridges Girls in Germany Ger-many arc learning to signal so they can take the place of uUnal men in hut tie BUGLER FIGHTS AFTER LOSING ARM. Stories are now coming, told by wounded soldiers, who have returned re-turned to England hot from the battlefield. .Many of the gal lan I fellows have lost arms and legs, but all they desire is to get well quickly to be at the Germans once agnn and pay off the scores Which thev arf burning to avenge. A bugler boy of 16. whose name. Is not given, stands out as a hern even anions the many bravo n.f-n who are down for the mom.nl He is now at the Royal Military Hor-pital. Hor-pital. Woolwich, and loomed l.iro in the fighting aiound Mons and Cam bra I. The boy has lost an arm and his head and legs arc swathed in bandages. ban-dages. soldier who went through the terrible fighting with him said: "He is a little hero and deserve a dozen medals. He held his ground with four bullets bul-lets In him before he Mopped :-ounn-Ing his bugle. But wounded, bleeding bleed-ing as he was. he .stuck to his bugle, till he was carried from the field He held It triumphantly In his hand as he was lifted Into the ambulance," ambu-lance," Natuarlly. stories from England come more readily than from other countries. Here Is one about a drummer boy One of the younjresl heroes lo reach London among tho wounded English troops is a 17-year-old drummer hoy, attached to a Cheshire regiment. "I went out at the beginning of the war,'' said the boy. "and was In the trenches at Mons. "I was sent for a box of ammunition ammuni-tion and was carrying It on rnv shoulder when a shrapnel splinter struck the box and knocked me down All our fellows thought 1 .i I dead and came running up to me I got up all right and went bnck to 1 the trenches. I got a rifle and slnrt- I ed to pop away at them. "When I not back to my trench with my box of ammunition 1 covered cov-ered it over with branches and broken rifle". I had lo cross a space hat was being raked with shrapnel and Maxim guns' fire. 1 "More and more shells continued o drop around me. One bullet i scorched my cheek. I saw one man next to me struck between the eyes He gave a ell, threw up his hahda ?nd droppod on his face. His legs kicked and he clawed at the grass for a second or two and then was still. i 'They put me with some com- mandeered horses and thev stain- , poded. 1 felt my knees smash, and one of the horses slopped on me. That Is why I am here I m going , back Just as soon as I can get out of here I hope (he war don t end , before 1 can see at least one more battle" , BOY RAN AWAY i TO ENLIST. ' Many stories of the British fight Of the last of August arc rrui li'n ; London, and they contain notable i sidelights on the war. Drummer W. E. Parker of thet Royal Innlskitllng Fusiliers was present al the fighting around Mon. -" i- Irani was one of a t picket of Innisktllings surprised at nltht in the neighborhood of Cam-brnl. Cam-brnl. hen all the others had boon killed or wounded Parker was seized and disarmed by four Uhlans, who rushed at him shouting In broken English: "Prisoner, prisoner.' prison-er.' With his cSp tors be proceeded proceed-ed In tho darkness toward the German Ger-man lines, ami at a point where the progress was slow by reason of barbed wire entanglements Parker decided to take his chance of escaping. es-caping. They were In single Me. Parker beln fourth, when he suddenly st lied a rifle and shot the nearest I hi in. The rest, ho said, were so startled that they bolted without any attempt to molest him Parker got away In the darkness, but his troubles were not over, for ho was in a strange country in.rt-ed in.rt-ed by Germans, and he had no knowledge of French. He made towards a liKht. Which proved to he In a farmhouse, but though the occupants oc-cupants were friendly chough w hen thev recognised the British uniform, thv were not disposed to encourage him to stay for fear of German vengeance. ven-geance. However, after some hesitation. hesi-tation. th v gave him some clothing and advised him to bide his uniform, uni-form, v hic h ho did Then news was received of the British retirement, and the occupants occu-pants of the farm cleared off, leaving leav-ing Parker in possession. He remained re-mained hidden In the attic, only venturing out at nightfall r In the early morning to reconnOlter, and on one of these expeditions he stum-Wed stum-Wed on a German picket Hushing back to Iho farm, he had only time to conceal hlmseir under the mattress of an old bed In tlv attic When the Germans entered and oar. hid the house. i0 w is not discovered, but thlj experience made 'l-' '"'I m him realize tho danger of his popl-lon. popl-lon. and under cover of dartsncss he eft his hiding place. After wan-lerinc wan-lerinc about for hours and having nany narrow escapes from prowling 3erinans, he found refuge with ft illage priest, who wrote him a bier bi-er commending him to the care of he French populace as a friend of '-'ranee. With this he set out on the road 0 Boulogne to find the British incs. He reached Doual, but found hat the Germans wi re In the neighborhood, neigh-borhood, and then pressed on by light to Arras, where he produced he priest's letter, but was dlsbo-levcc, dlsbo-levcc, ind nnaiTy tie wns arrested is a German spy. He had everv prospect of being shot at dawn, mill mi-ll be thought of his regimental dc unification disk, and after some onsultatlon this was accepted us jroof that he was a British soldier I Corporal Sam Haslam contributes 1 note of pathos 1 "The other day 1 stopped to as- ' 1st a young lad of the West Kenls 1 v bo had been badly hit by a pit . e ' f shel'. He hadn't long to live, ' nd he knew It, too. 1 asked him if J here was nny message 1 could take ' o someone at home. The poor iad'a eyes tilled with ears? as he answered "I ran away rom home and listed a year ago. , vlother and dad don't know I'm ere; but you tell them from me , in not s.,rry I did ll." When I obi out bovi afterward about that '''y Give Valuable Assistance in I European War, Not Only Work- I P,(:it I . "v .fi they cried like babies; but, mind 'S'iSb you. th.u soinj ',-vr85 to pull England thr..h this war, ::J-r ' 'j ':&T n't think Of that poor boy and V-0'?'.. ? his example even time w e :o In to Iv''-. ' . - .v wounded Qordon Highlander ' ; now in the Royal Victoria Hospital, " ;l;i,T-. Vv Netley, writes: , ' t-V "You mustn't run away with the notion .hat we all stand shivering ' V -' ' '"' "' "i cowering under shell Hre for w ' .w,-3 don't We Jusl go aboul our bust- ' x 00 1 ness In the usual, if it's potting at ''V-V 1 ' rni.. n I., iho fore, wc keep .' JB t it as though nothing wen- liap. pening. and if we're Just having a ivee bit chat among ourselves we feep al it all the. same. Iast week When 1 got this wound In my leg t was because 1 got excited in an irgument with wee Qeordle Funis jt our company about Queen's Paik Rangers and llielr chan es this season. sea-son. One of my chums was bJt when he stood up to light a cigarette cigar-ette while tlic Germans wero blazing tt us." One of the Connaughl P.anger? vho have returned wounded to this country gave the following account f fighting with Ihc- Germans "It was a grand time we had. and ' wouldn't havo missed it for lashlna aTVK of money, it was near to Cambral when wc had our best time. Tho Germans kept pressing our rear guard all the time, and at last our Colonel could stand it no longer, so the word was passed round that we were to give them hell and alL There were at least Uc to one, and vvi were In danner of being cut off. "With that up got the Colonel 'Bangers of Connaught says be! 'the- eyes of all Ireland are on you today, and I know you never could race the old country by allowing allow-ing Germans to bent you while you have aims in your hands and hearts In your breasts. Up, then and at them, and if you don't give them tht soundest thrashing they ever got A T TOP Servian lad, 12 years old, who foughi in the rifle pits at Belgrade. Upper right English Boy Scouts, drilling for w ar. Center Cen-ter and left Three iews (il American Boy Scouts. Below, from left to right German girls learning to signal. German school boys learning to shoot, and English Eng-lish Boy Scouts working for the government at packing cartridges. you needn't look me in tho fuce again in this world or the next ' And we went for them with Juat what you would know of a prayer to the Mother of our Lord to be merciful to the loved ones at homo if we should fall In the fight Wo charged through and through them until thv broke and ran like frljrht-n frljrht-n r hares In terror of hound " Grave Digging Taught, In America we have vocational schools where nearly every kind of occupation, proicsslon and trade Is taught, and In response to a demand de-mand that grows more and more Insistent we shall probably have more riK h schools as time goes oq. i Pome, of the blvr manufacturing and transportation concerns maintain schools in connection with their in- stitutions in which employes are trained for efficient work in tho various lines of business. Our arl-ous arl-ous public and private education.! I Institutions offer training which l Intended to tit their pupils which Is various kinds of activity In which they expect to ngai?e. But none of our schools, so far as Being curious Is concerned, can com-m com-m I e With one maintained in St. Petersburg In which young m-n training for service a police are i;lvn special instruction In the use of tools employed by professional thieves, somewhat after the manner oi the teaching of Fagin. the arch thief of Dickens' Oliver Twist." A special class kIvch us undivided attention at-tention to the study of forgery, with reference to the methods commonly common-ly resorted to in the falsification of signatures on passports, etc. Another queer rchool in that found in Monte CarJo, Europe's great gambling resort, In which pecial instruction i given for croupiers. In ibe summtir months thOMe who desire- to attain proficiency pro-ficiency in the croupier's art are taught thoroughly In all ihe operations opera-tions of the gaining tables. Some of the pupils Impersonate players and make WVgers, while the others, in turn, conduct the game and learn tn Instantly pay out the winning takes jeually pupils in the .-.chooi require six months of instruction before their education in their chosen calling Is regarded as complete. com-plete. Not a very laudable calling either this of attcoMd!ne on a gambling table Perhaps the most curious of the lot Is a school which gives special Instruction to grave diggers, maintained main-tained in Brussels. All persons who wish to become roxtons en where u. Belgium must successfullv pass an examination in this school before they will be considered as qualified for the position. It would seem that I but little training would be ncces- H sary for those who would ply this gruesome calling, but the office frequently Includes other duties in addition to that of digging graves and trained men can perform these I duties enough better than untrained men to warrant the giving of special Instruction. The Pathfinder. A Piano's Needs. ' The warm moist das of summer. j as well as the dry heat generally H found In our houses in the winter, are equally hard on the piano. Too often this valuable instrument has little attention given to It at any season of the year. In August and September, keys and action are apt to atlck or be without any resiliency under the j fingers, this Is a temporary trouble, j due to general humidity. Such H dampness causes the cloths and j woods to swell. Nothing can be done except to wait for Improved weather conditions. If there Is an H open fireplace In the room, a fire built hero once or twice a week will help greatly In banishing such dampness. Jf Ihe keys stick or the action becomes slow from any other cause j than this, the services of a piano expert should be engaged to find out the reason, as it Is always a mistake H to nes'ect such things or, on the other hand, try to force them. If a piuno has stood In a closed house, when the coverings are remoTcd. from It when tho house opened. the front of the piano should b taken off and all inetal portions, such as tuning pins, wire (where accessible), bridge, screw heads. -tc , may be wiped ott with a ioft, old linen cloth. j A piano needs air and light every H day, Just as nearly everything does. Even when it is not to be used, it I should be opened every day, so that j light may fall upon tho keys to pre.- H vent that yellowing which so often destroys their pretty color. When the room is swept or cleaned, tho piano should be covered with a i sheet or blanket. Care should b taken during the warm months of ibe year to protect the felt pads within the piano from the depredations depre-dations of moths. To do this, th front piece should be removed or the whole top lifted, the felts J brushed thoroughly to remove all j -KS deposits and a drop of gasoline put upon each one. Such work, of course, must be done With all the windows open in a room without light or fire, as gasoline is both In-flammable In-flammable and explosive. I When n man mixes religion with politics it.' religion apt to lose lt H Identity. j I j |