Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1920 — Page 2

ZZZ a fitting celebration of their tenth annlversary, 365.470 members of the Boy f" ■ Scouts of America are urging every y I citizen and every child in the United n States to adopt for one week the boy J scout practice of doing a good turn A daily for some person or some cause. What is a good turn? It is an act of ' unselfish service done with no thought of praise or reward, simply and sincerely rendered for sheer good will’s sake. A scout is helpful. Nearly every Individual, institution and organixation In this country has become accustomed by this time to seeing khaki-clad boy scouts bustling about, lending a hand here and there and everywhere, wherever and whenever there is something to be done. The latter dffv version of the adage: “If you want a thing well done, you must do it yourself” seems to be “If you want a thing deme well, get the boy scouts to do It.” What scouts have done towards winning the world war and their usefulness generally In times of peace Is now fully realized, by the American people. No agency called into service by the government in war's emergency responded with more enthusiasm or with greater efficiency than did the army of almost half a million boys who •constitute the Boy Scouts of America. In the five Liberty loan campaigns, boy scouts, acting always as gleaners after the reapers and working as solicitors only in the last few days of each drive, secured separate subscriptions amounting to $352,122,975. Reducing this •total to an average for each scout. It means a sale of SBBO worth of bonds a boy. The treasury department has recognized this service by awarding to scouts 66,914 war service emblems and 28,497 bronze bars, making a total of 95,411 awards to scouts for distinguished service In Liberty loan work. Soliciting Liberty loan subscriptions was a pa- ' triotic service done at definite, stated times. But throughout the war —and they are still hard at it—these boys sold 2.189.417 War Savings stamps to the total amount of $43,022,044. For exceptional work in the sale of stamps the treasury department has given 23,111 achievement buttons, each button representing sales made in 25 different homes, and 13,231 ace medals for sales totaling $250. But it is only a small part of scout war service that ran be measured in terms of money. In the soliciting of funds for Liberty loans scouts were only used as “Hoppers Up,” and while their usefulness and achievements in this respect are things of which scouts are proud, they are proudest of their other work that was more individually, characteristically, scout “Good Turn” service. There Is much that is included in the term scout service, but an analysis of individual good turns as applied to the community or nation reduces it simply to the job to be done next. As a ■ rule there many jobs that there was no nert—they all had to be done at once, and what Is more —they were. In connection with .Uncle Sam’s loans there was a great deal of publicity for the scouts to spread broadcast. Between local headquarters, scout messengers strengthened the Unes of communication; scout messengers helped out the hanks and made lighter the work of city <nd federal officials. Those posters on the windshield of practically every automobile in the land were put there by scouts. At the loan rallies, and other big patriotic meet•togs in every community in the land, it was a - tfroy that ushered you in, a boy scout that wave you the subscription blank, a boy scout that Meted as orderly for the speaker; it was a boy iscout band very often that played and it was Iboy scouts who formed a corps of assistants to _ ■the nolina. Scouts at the outdoor rallies attracted the at.tention of passers-by With scout demonstrations Lyr loan speakers and everywhere “served in any •capacity th which the scout uniform and what it .afands ft>r” gave prestige to the occasion and %eiped pell bonds. - -•-- ? Another big item in war service was scout garplot was too large or too small for efforts of the scouts whose slogan was “Every wwt to feed a soldier and one other." In cities made regotaMe gardens grow In back yards SbaTnaed to be a mass of unkept grass and •weeds. Ban ifbo have no back yards asked Mtner* of vacant ’tots to let them cultivate the and then nald rental with some of their products. Country scouts planted war wwUns on a large scale, and had the advantage

Trail of the Boy Scout In Deeds

over their city brothers of being able to raise pigs and chickens. The boys whose gardens supplied more than enough for their own families marketed the rest; those boys who had no gardens of their own gave

of their time to farmers and helped them harvest and market their crops. Then comes the immense help that was given to the Red Cross, particularly in membership drives, and to the library association in collecting books by the carloads to be sent to men overseas. Millions of feet of standing black walnut were located by scouts, and hundreds of carloads of peach pits w-ere collected. Scout war service is by means over, and upon armistice day in 1918, the slogan “The war is over, but our work is not” was adopted as the peace cry of scouts, and right now the war risk Insurance and treasury departments are asking scouts’ help in placing posters and getting citations from employers who are taking back all their former employees who enlisted in the army or navy. Each separate service was in Its own time the most important and boy scouts have achiev ed a record for a very large share in winning the war. Besides definite war service, scouts were always prepared to jump into every local emergency, and kept up their civic good turns, their individual good turns, and as time permitted their regular scout program. Helping the police direct street traffic and manage unruly crowds, distributing anti-tuberculosis, literature or Red Cross posters, directing strangers, helping somebody fix a tire, restoring somebody’s doorbell, finding lost children, dragging small boys out of the water, collecting your old newspapers, helping timid old ladies across the street, removing unsightly signs, building bird houses, planting trees, raising community flags — there is no end to the things scouts find to do with their time. and energy and vigorous good will. The good turn the scout does is done quietly and without ostentation; it is not a matter to be boasted of. You never hear scout boasting of the good turns he does. By that principle will he differ from some men when later he comes into the larger activities of manhood. Lincoln used to “say that a certain public individual reminded him of the Mississippi river steamboat that had a 6foot boiler and a 10-foot whistle, and every time they blew the whistle they had. to stop the boat. A boy scout is expected to do at least one good turn daily. The good turns reported for one scout for the year, the record probably having been kept by some kindly, watchful aunt, said that he got 174 buckets of coal and 129 buckets of water, carried out the ashes 124 times and the dishwater 125 times, and did other miscellaneous good turns amounting to 1,694 distinct efforts of cheerfulness during the year. He brought in corncobs for the fire, went after the washing, fixing up the mail, cleaned up the waste paper, picked up a limb from the sidewalk, cut some tail for a kid s kite, went to town for mother many times, picked up glass from the sidewalk, replaced a brick in the pavement, stopped a dog fight, loaned his knife, wound the clock and set the alarm innumerable times, fixed the fire and made his bed, telephoned? messages, changed a five-dollar bill, fed the dog and cleaned up some ink, baked the pancakes for breakfast, fried some bacon, put on the coffee, washed the potatoes and fixed the the chickens, also watered the flowers, taught a younger boy his lessons in school, picked uff needles and pins from the finnr. Mt thfrhwnps anddarned htS own sweater, mopped up some water, and swept off the back porch, mailed letters and put up curtains, fixed a pair of scissors, got the fruit* cans for his mother, opened cans of salmon, tomatoes and beans, dug out a rat and set a mousetrap, turned the washing machine many times and hung pictures. The scout is bound by his oath to -be “helpful to all people at all times.” Little by little, the good-turn habit becomes ingrained in his daily conduct and attitude of mind. Helpfulness to others becomes not an occasionally gratified Impulse, but an essential element of his character. There are 365,470 Boy Scouts of America in the United States, all more or less consciously acquiring the good-turn habit of acting and thinking and feeling. Does anybody believe that these 865,470 boys with their all-round nth power friendliness of spirit aren’t going to help leaven the

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mass of human selfishness and human Indifference to the needs of the other fellow? Can anyone deny that the good turn multiplied by thousands and multiplied again by the 365 days of the year is going to make an appreciable dent in our social order and bring the kingdom of heaven a little nearer this sordid earth? Why should we let boy scouts have the monopoly of the good turn? Why shouldn’t we all have a try at it? What if you, and you, and you, should pledge yourself to the daily good turn for one week, at least, and see what it would feel like? What if everybody in this town, every man, woman and child; decided to do the same thing and eventually set to work embedding ths good turn as a regular feature of our community life? Maybe it wouldn’t make anj- difference in things as they are and as they ought not to be, but the chances are to the contrary. It is a safe bet that we, as a community and as individuals, would come out healthier, happier, richer, in every way for the experiment. Why give the good turn a trial? It can’t do any harm. It may do an incalculable amount of good. All over the country boy scouts are celebrating their tenth anniversary this week and renewing their obligations to the scout oath and law, and especially to the dally good turn. In most towns the boy scouts are celebrating the anniversary and renewing their obligations along with those other three hundred thousand boys plus belong to the movement. Why shouldn’t rest of us get into the game and do ourselves a good turn? Let’s raise our right hands and say all together, “I pledge myself for the period ~ of one week to do a good turn every day to somebody or something.” Let’s have an “erq” of good feeling right here and now In our town and thank our boy scouts for showing us the way. Bfefore he becomes a scout a boy must promise: “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the scout law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.” A scout is trustworthy. A scout’s honor is to be trusted. If he were to violate his honor by telling a lie, or by cheating, or by not doing exactly a given task, when trusted on his honor, he may be directed to hand over his scout badge. A scout is loyal. He is loyal to all to whom loyalty Is due; his scout leader, his home and parents and country. A scout is helpful. He must be prepared at any time to save life, help injured persons, and share the home.duties. He must do at least one good turn to somebody every day. A scout is friendly. He is a friend to all and a frother to every Other scout. A scout is courteous. He is polite to all, especially to women, children, old people, and the weak and helpless. He must not take pay for being helpful or courteous. A scout is kind He is a friend to animals. He will not kill not hurt any living creature needlessly, but will strive to save and protect all harmless life. . — A scout is dbedlent He obeys his parents, scoutmaster, patrol leader, and all other duly constituted authorities. , _ X—--— A scout Ts cheerful. He smiles whenever he can. His obedience to orders is promut and cheery. He never shirks nor grumbles at hardships. A scout is thrifty He does not wantonly destroy property. He works faithfully, wastes nothing, and makes the best use of his opportunities. He saves his money so that he may pay his own way, be generous to those in need, and helpful to worthy objects. He may wort for pay but - must not receive tips for courtesies or good turns. A scout is brave. He has the courage to face danger In spite of fear and has to stand up for the right against the coaxings of friends or the jeert or threats of enemies, and defeat does not down

LINES SUIT FACE

Late French Hats Are Modeled to Adorn the Wearer. Feathers, Velvet and Ribbons Are Deftly Arranged to Afford Most Becoming Headgear. The late French hats for winter are practically a collection of lines —lines elusive and obscure, lines impossible and strange, lines pure and girlish, but always the Unes that suit the face they are built to accompany. This may sound easy, but ‘it isn’t. It takes an artist to construct a hat of the proper lines which will look smart and trim. But the French, when it comes to hats, are the -leaders of the world. A French milliner takes a small piece of velvet, and lo! before your very eyes she has produced a hat which is the joy of all beholders. The prettiest French hats one can take into her hand and crush Into a round ball. There seems to be no frame and no foundation, and yet they are perfect frames for the faces they adorn. Ostrich feathers of all sorts have a fascinating way of curling over the ears and necks of their wearers. The hats are black or of very dark colors and the feathers are bright. Many variations of the Tam o’ Shanter are shown by the French modistes. They are large or small, trimmed or untrimmed, for sport or for dress, but at any rate the Tam o’ Shanter in one form or another seems to be an indispensable part of the hat equipment of 1920. They are made of velvet or of hatter’s plush or of tiny ribbons shirred and sewed round and round, and they are in solid colors when they are smartest. Feather and coque turbans are distinctly good and these come In many daring colors, worn usually with no trimming but with an exquisite lace veil. The veil is more an ornament for the hat than a protection for the taeft ■ 7 - ", 1 ' ••' 1 . - Picture -bats, wide and spreading for wear with the old-fashioned French costumes and with those that follow the Spanish influence. These are made of hatter’s plush or of velvet, beautifully sewn; and their rather high crowns are made soft enough to flt over the head. Sometimes there is a suggestion of trimming about them, but more often they have on inconspicuous band of ribbon. a There is a popular turban of maline made over a sparkling metal brocaded band. It is simply a puff of the tulle with the color of the band showing through around the headsize, and then a puff of the tulle droops over the right ear.

WORK SYSTEMS TO BLAME

Manufacturers Feel That Increased Cost Is Due to the WeekWork Scheme. There is now a feeling among women’s garment manufacturers that the factor of increased cost, due to the establishment of the week-work in place of the piece-work system, may play a more important part in high prices than it was realized. This point has occurred to some of the leaders in- the trade who have not been entirely satisfied that the cost of raw material and other Items was alone at the basis of values. Accustomed to piecework prices, which enabled them to know with the best accuracy just what production cost them, some of the manufacturers, it is explained, may have added unconsciously to their profits when dealing with the new system that does not show costs so easily and correctly.

CRETONNE HAT FOR SPRING

A facing of turquoise blue silk and field flowers encircle the crown of this charming broad brimmed cretonne hat designed for spring wear.

Gems Liven Black Gowns.

Emeralds are used as a foil for a black lace gown when emerald silk lines the folded how ends on the soft crushed girdle and sash, and for one notable costume an emerald facing is used on the black lace hat Colored gems are favored for use with the all-black costumes generally, but jewels of pearl and diamond-set platinum make, a most effective accompaniment for a black tulle gown, having an underdress of creamy white; With such a costume a long diamond chain finished with pearl-mounted pendant and used with pearl earrings carries out the long, graceful Unes of one of the new soft hanging tunics, mgnity is added to an all-black costume by the use of a diamond and onyx collarette.

The New Coat.

The newest French coats are cut on the Amplest possible lines, without Mts, and hanging straight, the silhouette narrowing slightly at the bottom. V /

UNUSUAL DRESS FOR MILADY

Navy blue serge with braid trimming and double ruffle of plaited georgette with short length sleeves destined to become so popular.

SOME NEW NECK DECORATIONS

Single Great Stone, Usually an Emerald or Diamond, Swings From Slender Chain. Many young women aj*e wearing, In* stead of pearls, a single great stone—usually an emerald or a diamond — swinging from a slender chain about the throat, says Harper’s Bazar. Very striking is this great jewel, which is often oblong In shape and cut “square,” instead of in innumerable facets. The fashion of wearing brooches, revived since the armistice, has resulted in much work for the jewelers, who are busy resetting precious stones. The new brooch is designed obviously for the sole purpose of supplying the needed point of light to a dark frock, and is especially effective on frocks of black velvet or tulle. In fact, it would almost seem that the diamonds had fallen out of the tiara and attached themselves to the frock —-at which we all rejoice. After all, what was ever more rigid and senseless in the way of an ornament than the old tiara with its stiff arrangement of gems?

TWO UNUSUAL SUIT MODELS

Toward-the-Front Effect Is Featured in Outfits Which Are Smart and a ~ Graceful.' Bernard has made some odd suits, perfectly flat from neck to ankle at the back, while the front of the skirt flares and ripples from gathering at the beltline, and the front of the box coat flares forward like the skirt. Rather a weird way to make a suit, but somehow or other it is smart and graceful. Bulloz has also put out a model with this toward-the-front effect, a blue serge model with rabbit fur trimming. Both coat and fur-bordered tunic slope downward in an oblique Une from front to back. Perhaps most interesting of all French models are the georgette frocks with flounced skirts made of rather stiff silk. There are flounced frocks of metal lace also, and all these georgette creations are so graceful and coquettish and feminine that they will surely "take" with womankind.

COMBINATIONS ARE IN FAVOR

Scarf and Skirt and Coat Arrange, ments Are to Be Among the Spring Novelties. The lines being shown to skirt buyers for next spring feature new materials rather than marked changes in design. Plaited and shirred effects still predominate in the new offerings, some of which feature novel pocket arrangements. Panel patterns are still considered good, although the alm of die skirt designers appeared to.be that of producing garments along simple lines. Among the novelties are skirt and scarf and skirt and coat combinations, principally in the sport clothes department. These combinations are made of the same material. Specialists In summer and resort wear designs put gabardine In first place.

Fur Frocks.

And new it’s the fur frock. One of baby lamb is made on straight chemise lines. A panel effect/J* achieved by means of seams down the sides, front or back. The sleeves are three-quarter length had have flan cuffs and tassels.