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LAYMEN.
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Fourth. This is a drifting and rud
derless age. Let me call attention to
one asperft of life, namely, the pursuit
of pleasure. Jane Addams has well
said that society will never be safe
until its pleasures are more attractive
than its vices. Scouting, with its ro
mance and its adventure and its
thrills, brings into the life of the boy
that which is highly attractive, and
fortunately, puts the recreation of the
boy upon a character-making and
character-constructing basis. This i,?
a great contribution to the recreative
life of America, and every community
should provide the opportunity for its
boys to have this program of romance
and adventure. Boys are not so much
wrong as they are in the wrong place.
They are not so much wayward as
they are wayless. Scouting provides
a definite and attractive program.
Fifth. This is a mercenary age.
All of us, during those wonderful days
of war, the days of unselfishness and
complete giving of one's self, had n
great and noble ideal. How wonder
fully men rose in their spirit of un
selfishness and sacrifice. That man
was most miserable who did not find
in those days a place where he could
give of himself and of his abilities
to the common cause. Some of us
hoped and prayed that we would never
sink back to the old days of selfish
ness; that somehow or other we would
remain on a high stratum of noble
giving and of service, but unfortu
nately, we have slipped back, and men
are asking again, "What is there in
it?" and "What can I get out of it?"
It is a mercenary age.
It is well to remember how Scout
ing came to America. An American
was on the streets of London with a
bag in his hand, in a pouring rain ?
a stranger in a strange land. A boy
approached him, and saluting, asked
in a kindly tone, "May I carry your
bag and show you the way?" The
man agreed, and the boy took him to
his hotel and carried his bag. Then,
in American fashion, the man offered
the boy a shilling for his services,
but the little fellow straightened up,
saluted, and said, "No, I cannot ac
cept the shilling, for I am a Scout."
"Well, what does that mean?" asked
the man. "It means," said the boy,
"that a Scout cannot accept pay for
a good turn."
Then the American said, "We must
have this in America," and so Scout
ing came to America, born out of a
good turn performed by a little fel
low in Europe. That is the very es
sence and spirit of Scouting.
The other day I was in the city of
Sacramento, Cal., and they desired
very much to organize a Scout Coun*
ell in that city. Now, Sacramento had
been a hard place to secure money
for social enterprises. A number of
the campaigns had failed, and the
prospect for Scouting was not good.
Some one suggested that the man who
could help best was a man by the
name of Qerber, a leading citizen of
the city. When Mr. Qerber was ap
proached, he said; "No! Impossible!
I haven't the time nor the energy. I
am drive-weary and campaign-tired."
The Scout official said, "Delay your
reply for at least forty-eight hours,
and give it more thought before giv
ing your decision. "Well," said Qer
ber, "if it will do you any good, 1
will wait."
Qoing down the street, he bought
a newspaper to see how the World
Series was coming out, and as he
went on the newsboy ran after him
and said, "Sir, you have made a mis
take. You have given me a quarter
instead of a nickel, and here is the
change." The man replied, "You are
mistaken, my boy, I gave you a nick
el." "You gave me a quarter," in
sisted the boy, "and here is ? the
change." Mr. (Jerber told the boy to
keep the change, but the lad said,
"No, I cannot keep the change. You
see, I am a Scout, and a Scout never
received pay for what he hasn't
earned."
Mr. Gerber, struck by the spirit of
the youth, fairly ran to his home,
grasped the telephone, and called up
Scout headquarters, saying, "I will
take that campaign." "What has hap
pened to you, Mr. Gerber?" asked the
Scout official. "Never mind," was the
reply, "the least I can do for the boys
of this community is to match the fine
spirit of a lad I met on the street.
If Scouting does that for a boy, then
all the boys ought to have Scouting,"
and Gerber threw himself into the
campaign, and not only secured the
amount that was needed, but several
thousands of dollars more than was
asked for. It was the spirit of a
Scout that fired the men of the great
city.
Scouting, therefore, is an antidote
for a mercenary age!
Sixth. This is an age that needs
Yet you -pay
no more
Thousands cf men find boys in Virginia
know this and profit by their knowledge.
Why not YOU?
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