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The Seaforth News, 1924-01-03, Page 3'What Is Scouting? For`"Pal'eEaces,", and perhaps for— Well,' others. The others? Who can they be? (They' would` not want me, 1 hope, to disclose their names here). They are, firstly, -Scouts who, for the mo • - 'ment, are forgetting what they are. Happily -then number is decreasing day by day. And these lines have no other aim than to see' the entire die--� appearance of their race. : These others'.ard again Scouts who, when; questioned about the aim of Scouting, why they exist, their meth- ods, •remain (pen mouthed before their Interlocutors. They know what they are, but they are incapable of telling it to strangers to Scouting. These others, in short, every Scout, Interesting facts are just brought them to bring up healthy children even the best, every one of us, needs to light by the annual report of the Sometimes`the parents turn a deaf ear ad- occasionallyto confront himself with British arm for,the year ending to all warnings caod refuse to take our glorious 'ideal These lines have from any constituted authority, YY vree g r September 80th, just published, but as a general rule it is lack of two years later. • knowledge that does so much harm. Out of 1.06,071 men who offered People simply don't know what to do their services to their King and conn- in case of deformities or defects and try, over 61,000 were rejected, the ma- nobody .points out the way. Children like all games, it is amusing. It is, jority of this number having failed to are not brought up as weaklings or moreover an exceptionally amusing' pass the medical inspection. The gen- malformed through wilful neglect on, quantity since all contains an enormous simply are doing the best the know quantity of all kinds of games. It is for enlistment was poor. The opinion P y y was expressed that this condition was` how,; but oftentimes they don't know not a gymnastic lase inorl yet at due to their .mode of living' during the very much. The solution of this whole athletic club, still less is it playing at war when they were growing lads. It Problem lies in health education, so soldiers. is safe to say,` however, that a large that the people may demand and ex- t. But Scouting 18 an educative proportion of 'the men rejected were feet an efficient health service. Such game. By means o'f games, Scouting suffering from 'various- ailments and a service will, provide material and aims at preparing boys to be men; defects that may or may not be-seri child welfare clinics where advice can Men of duty and Zeal, knights in the ohs but which are bad enough to pre- be given to; mothers and prospective service of God, of their country, and vent them becoming soldiers.: The re- mothers regarding the feeding and of their fellow men. grettable feature of many of the ail- care'of children, the examination menta and defects found, is that they feeding and general hygiene, care of 8: How is that? Because Scouting 'started in childhood or early youth, the ali:1d under school age, with the claims to assist the education given. and could have been corrected without correction of.physical defects, efficient In church, in the home, and in school, much difficulty if they. had: only been school medical' ,inspection with faeil- It wishes -to keep the boys alive and to given attention in time. Now, some ities for teaching the children simple Perfect `their ` moral, intellectual and people will ask who Is to blame for not. rules of health and the.avoidance of physical being. . The moral : doctrine seeing that these children were not communicable diseases, . a thorough received by the boys is made use of given the necessary attention.' That is.exammationof young men and women by the practice of two virtues, which' rather a difficult question to answer, about to.enter industry so that they are the foundation of the Scout for there is a joint responsibility. The n'tayor as far as possible adopt the trade Law, loyalty and kindness. Loyalty parents are responsible to some extent and torp ra eat best suitedThis system comb and ao is the school teacher, and the towards God and Country, by the, local or provincial health organization.'bined with frequent visits to the den - integral practice . of all our obit- Responsibility chiefly lies in allowing tier say twice -#t year, and a complete gations as Christians and as Citi- the parents to remain in ignorance' of medical examination every six months rens; loyalty towards our neighbor, childcraft, and child hygiene, and not or so would do much to improve the by justice, by keeping to our word, trying to diffuse the .necessary -in -:general standard of health in any by fidelity to those who have the formation to parents that will enable community. and the choicest hof Red Rose oTteas is the ®R's,'NQE PEKOE QUALITY T.1 1LALTU EDUCATION 3Y DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board of Health, Ontario Or., Middleton will be glad to answer. questions on Public Health mat- - at " ters through this column. Address: him at Spadina House, Spadina Crescent, Toronto. no other aim. Let my readers, there- fore, profit by them. What, then, is Scouting? 1. Scouting is a game. Therefore, FIVE THOUSAND.MILESALONE This seven weeke old baby travelled from Alberta to Liverpool under the care of the Canadian Pacific, during which time she put on ten ounces in weight. She was photographed with the ship'snurse at Liverpool upon the arrival of the Montolare. oral standard of the men who applied the part of the parents. The parents; IN THESHADOW right to depend upon us. Loyalty to ourselves by scrupulous obedience' to our duty, and by thecultivation of honor and purity. - Kindness to our neighbors by the practice of the daily good turn. Kindness towards animals, by compassion without silliness, which saves them from needless suffering. From the intellectual point of view Scouting completes the school training by furnishing ground for the applica- tion of the various sciences for which one is specially suited. Briefly put, badges are the practical application of the theoretical instruction which is re. served for the school. There are badges for all branches of instruction, literary, or scientific, without counting those that make for smartness. Finally, from the point of view of physique, by the open-air life, by the many healthy exercises, Scouting helps to make strong, enduring men. This, in a very few words, is Scout- ing. This is at least what Scouting seems to me to be. For, and perhaps this will astonish you, I myself, the author of these lines, am only a "pale- face," very fresh to Scouting. Often had. I heard it criticized. "If It is criticized it must have some lite in it," I told myself, "for unless one is a coward .one does not attack the dead." What Makes the Sun Hot? What, asks Discovery, keeps our sun hot?Perhaps most people think sof the sun in a vague kind of way as a gigantic bonfire that will in time turn into a vast celestial ash heap. That is, however, 'certainly not true, 'be- cause the highest known teriiperature of combustion is about three thousand degrees, and the ;sun has a tempera- ture of six thousand degrees; more- over, it has been calculated that no bonfire, even of the size of the sun, could give more than twenty-five hun- dred years of heat. How many years the sun has been radiating heat energy is a difficult problem to solve; estimates are usual- ly expressed in hundreds 02 millions. Some persons believe that showers of meteorites feed the sun. But if so there would ' be an increase in the mass of the sun and therefore an ac- celeration of the earth in its orbit and a shortened year. There are ar t(-, also that make a theory,,,Le rad`ioac- tivity as a source of_.,,an energy inad- missible. The th•ayihat Lord Kelvin adopt- ed, an''iy. tat M. Alexandre Veronnot cheeses as most plausible, was origin- ', then, have studied Scouting a little; opinion w s¢ Helmholtz.ed by that the heat ofthe sun was the result of the energy of its gradual contraction. The deduction !from that theory is that in one hun- I have found that there is an e":,rm= ous amount of good in It An ;at is what has encouraged me,,rto write these few words, T hope, aey may in• still into the hearts of„my readers a greaten wish to be truScouts or true ' friends of Scouts r.i cg 17, —A Paleface. Moth 44"and Child. At Camarillo kyr ,dun I -saw a to'dyr the seaside plain mother take the train, With '- t ? shy small boy of pliant! ,elt,irOith a wistful most aagelle sot °` face, ;,;buse.,fchild Murillo would have loved to. ee .tri run'' limn; ' Katihouse! He would have made a young. -Saint a whep: , Sohn of him,- - tt- '• . And wouldha.ve draped him In those heavenly hues That he, and only he, knew' how to • fuse. t,. The stripling's hair had all the glints of gold Tbst, in the,, tun, acacia blossoms hold; •.,.And in his eyes. was the soft light that fills Pellucid pools deep hidden in high .Anl : in his smile—I drew a, sudden aerie breath' ,Seeing.a-Bdy+who walked In Nazareth, . And,,wondeeed could It he I•looked ren • . yr•rAnother Mary mothering her Son. —Clinton Scohard. • , Snow.' Snowflakes softly sifting down, O'er mead and meadow, wold and town. The "little peewees, and the big Proceed to 'dance a lively jig. Beware of Imitations! Unless you see the name "Bayer Cross” on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer As- pirin proved safe by millions and "pre- scribed by physicians over twenty- three years for Colds headache Toothache Lumbago Neuritis Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, 'Pain Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Each unbroken package con- tains proven directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug- gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid, 'The sinal. boys fall ffour off their sleds While it is' well known that Aspirin" And' chiefly land upon their heads. I means Bayer Manufacture,- to ,assist 'Schoolgian throw soft sinallsnowball:a the public against imitations, the Tab- -And utter many piercing equal's: I lets of Bayer Company will be stamp- And,s'till the enuw keeps sifting down ,I ed with their general trade mark, the O'er' farm and also lot in town. ;"Bayer Grose." ' dred thousand years the mean tem- perature of the earth will be five de- grees lower. In a million years the temperature wit} be below zero and the whole earth will be frozen over, Imagination shrinks from pioturing what the life of man in that eternal arctic winter will be, It is a dismal picture! As ;we sit by a coal tee in winteror lie In the summer sun- in these halcyon days of the gracious middle age of the, sun . pe{•haps, we ought to be grateful that we have been born in what is probably the most bountiful and luxurious age the earth has known or ever will know. There is, however, another theory of the heat of the sun, which M. Veron- not does not accept, but which English authorities prefer. They do not be- lieve that the theory of contraction ac- counts for more than a five -hundredth part of the energy of the sun. The al ternative theory is based on the sup •B..a1e ori tie`welements are formed tl W from hydrogen. If 'Rat is so; the mass a of their atoms aught—all to be exact multitudes of the mass: of- t-henbydro- gen atom. In point of fact their mass- es are in general a little less than the calculated figure. It is possible, using the arguments that Mr. Einstein first brought forward, to explain the energy of the sun by assuming that the extra mass has been turned into radiant energy. Suck a theory postulatesa far older sun and a much longer lease of life on its present scale than Helm- holtz's theory of contraction. a OF POOR HEALTH In This Condition Relief Comes Through Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When the shadow of •poor health falls upon yoit; when hope fades and life itself seems scarcely worth living, then is the time yon should remember that thousands just as hopeless as you feel have been restored to the sun- shine,,of health through the use of Dr. Williams' ,Pink Pills. The rich red' blood which these pills actually make strengthensthe whole system. The nerves are strengthened, headaches vanish, the appetite improves, and once again there is joy in life. Among the thousands benefited by the use of this medicine 15 'Mrs. Jos. Robinson, Oshawa, who says:—"Some time ago I was in an anaemic condition and so weak I would faint away at times. I had no appetite, could not do my housework; in fact life seemed scarce- ly worth living. I was exceedingly pale and tried doctor's medicine with no good result, Then one day I saw Dr. Williams` Pink Pills recommended for a similar condition and I got a aupplY• I' continued taking the pills Until I had usedabout a dozen ;boxes, and they have made are a well woman. I can now do a good day's work about the house, have no more fainting spells and can go about more actively than I did before. I believe these pillsjust the thing for pale, weak girls and women, andifgiven a fair trial -will do for them what they have done for me." You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. Do You Chew Seeds? The journey to Tambov was long, writes Maj. Maurice Baring in the Puppet, Show of Memory; in my oar- riage a railway official drank tea, ate apples and sighed over the political condition of the country.Everything was as bad as bad could be. - "It is a bad business," he said, "liv- Ir,g in Russia now." Thenafter some reflectionheadded: "But perhaps in other countries—in England, for in- stance—people sometimes find fault with the government?" • I told him they did little else. He took a large roll out of a basket, and after he had munched it for some time he said, "After all there is no country In the world where such good bread can be got as this. The thought seemed to console him greatly. The sunfiower season had arrived. Sunflowers used to be grown in great gttantities in Russia for the oil that is in the seed. The seeds also formed an article of food. You bite the seed, spit out the husk and swallow the 'white kernel. Considerable- skill is needed to crack the husk and still leave the kernel intact. Chewing the seeds was universal among the lower classes. It is a pleasant adjunct to Contemplation; It is also conducive to untidiness. Nothing is so untidy as a room or a platform littered with the husks of sunflower seeds. When I was- on the steamer at Tzar- itsin one of the Cossacks approached me and said, "Do you •chew seeds?" At first I was at a -loss to think what lie meant, but I soon remembered the sunflower, and when.Lsaid yes hepro- duced a great handful' of dried seeds and offered them to me. Eliminating the Overhead. Mrs. Pester—"Nice, isn't it, we can sit here at homeand listen to a ser- mon and not bother to dress for church?" Her Husband—"And also, they can't pass the collection plate by radio." Sociable'Scot, Exclusive Englishman. Many are the stories that humorous- ly illustrate !the differing traits of the Eiglishman. According to one story— which, however, relates to only two of the three nationalities—four separate wrecks had east up four men on a lonely island of the South Seas. Two Were Scotchmen, and two were Eng- lishrnen. After several.yeare a pass- ing American steamer hove to and took the four aboard. Sandy and Don- ald found their way to the skipper's Cabin, and in telling of their experi- ences Sandy said: "It would grieve you, mon, to see the Englishmen. Neyer a w.ord,did they speak to each other all the time they were there; . they were not intro- " du "Anced.d how .CIS you lads make Jut?" inquired the skipper,_ "Aye, mon, the dee I found Donald, on the beach we organized a Cale- donian society, a<golf chtb and a Pres- byterian church. In the olden days judges were for- bidden to wear gloves on the Bench, for fear of bribes being dropped into them: Hence the custom of presenting a judgewith a pair of white gloves when he had no cases to try at assizes. Adc for Minerd'a-and Sake no other. EASY TRICKS Ikro. 60 - Four Pennies This excellent trick has one draw- back—you can't repeat it. You'll see why in a moment, Hold the hands, palms upward, in front' of you. Ask that a cent be placed in each palm. Close the hands and ask that a cent be placed on the closed fingers of each hand. The hands are turned over rapidly. There is a click. The hands are opened and the spectators see that there is one coin in one hand and three in the other. This is howit is done. The hands are turned over but there is an ap- parent mishap. The coins which were placed on the lingers tall off on the floor, Au obliging spectre for picks them up and places them" on the fingers. The trick then pro. coeds with the effect. related, The mishap is an important part of the trick. As the hands (which are close together) turn over, the coin which lies on the fingers of the right hand is held in the palm with the other. The left hand permits both coins to fall. The placing or the coins by the obliging spectator makes the completion of the trick possible. (Olip this old and paste ft, with others of the series, in a scrap. book.) A Writer's Industry. • To get something done, even in the realm of literature and art, depends ,less on inspiration than on industry. In the Autobiography of Anthony Trol- lope, of which there is a regent re- print, appears an account of that pro- lific writer's method: According to the circumstances of the time—whether my other business might be then heavy or light, or wheth- er the book which I was writing was or was not wanted with speed—I have allotted myself so many pages a week. The average number has been about forty. It has been placed as low as twenty and has risen to one hundred and twelve. And, as a page Is an am- biguous term, my page has been made to contain two hundred and -fifty words; and, as words, if not watched, will have a tendency to straggle, I have had every word counted as 1 went . . . There has ever been the record before me, and a week passed with an insufficient number of pages has been a blister to my eye, and a month so disgraced would have been a sorrow to my heart., I hope to live to the end of the world.—The Earl of Ducie. GIRLS! A. GLEAMY MASS OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR 35 -Cent "Danderine" So Im- proves Lifeless, Neglected Hair. An abundance of luxuriant hair full of gloss, gleams and life shortly follows a genuine toning --up of neg- lected scalps with dependable "Dan- dorine." Falling h a 1 r, itching scalp and /I the, dandruff is corrected immediately. ..Thln,.dry,. wispy or fading hair is quicklyinvigor- ated, taking on new strength, color and youthful beauty. "Danderine" is delightful on the hair; a refreshing,. stinmlating tonic — not sticky or greasy! Any drugstore. CHILDHOOD AILMENTS The ailments bf childhood—eonsti- pation,;,indigestion, colic,, colde, 'etc: — can he quickly banished through the use of. Baby's Own Tablets, They are a mild but thorough laxative which in- stantly regulate the bowels and sweet- en 'the stomach. Tbey are guaranteed to contain no harmful drugs and'. can be given to the youngest baby with perfect safety.' 'Concerning them Mrs. Alcide' Lepage, Ste. Beetrix, ' Que., wiitest—"Baby's Own Tablets wore of great help to my baby. Tbey regu- lated her bowels and stomach and! made her plump and well." The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers Or by mail at 25c a box from The Dr, Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Inflowing Tide. Two boys were sitting an a high bluff that gave them a wide view of the uneven' shores of the Bay of Fun- dy, The tide was out, and bay and cove, inlet and"harbor, were dry shale or muddy silt. "Sing us a song of the sea, Sandy," suggested the farmer's son, and Sandy, a little immigrant from Soot land, eleared his throat and sang in a sweet boyish tenor; "It's braw to sit on the shore And see the ships corrin' in." Sandy had another auditor, of whose presence neither of the boys was aware. "Aye, laddie,' . said a kindly Voice with a broad Scotch, burr to it, "but ye are a braveone to sing that song so far from home, and -the bay's all empty too!" "But the tide'll Dome in, sir, the same as at home," said the Scotch lad. "Aye, aye, laddie, so 1t will, so' it with And bless you for your faith! It will come In,the same as et home, and the sea and its power will change all things to life and motion, and the useless boats will become things of use and beauty. "Did you not think 'tie very like the love of God, lads," he continued.. "Sometimes, especially when we're away from home and friends, life and heart seem to get empty and dry. 'Tie so with the big hearts of big men, like the big bay yonder, and with the smaller hearts of boys too, like that little Dove and that inlet with its, crown of bush, like a boy's rough hair. But see -aye, yet see it? That inroll- ing tide! It fills them all—all alike, bay and cove, inlet and harbor. The ships quiver and stir in the mud, right themselves and rise . to dance with grace upon the buoyant sea -things of power, servants of our noblest ambi- tions. "'Of his fullness have all we re- ceived and 'grace for grace.' We love because the love of God is poured into our hearts. Qur hearts are no longer dry; our hopes seem no longer vain, and our good ambitions have power -to bring them to pass. 'Tie' well to re- member, lads, that this power comes front without us -from God, like" the tide to the bay; but it comes equally to every open bay and inlet. 'It's brave to see the ships corrin' in,' as ye sang; i it's also new to see the ships going I. out, and Mat can only be because the tide of ' God's love fills. our empty hearts and makes them. things of power. Jesus said 'Without Me ye can de nothing.' But with Him, as with the tide, what?" 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