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# __ / Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his Judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: It may be ye shall be hid In the day of the Lord's anger. For Gaza shall be forsaken and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Askdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Woe unto the Inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethltes! the word of the Lord Is agalnBt you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant?Zephanlah 2:3-G. By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. A SCALON (Ashkelou) is a desolation?the words df nH3 the Prop*16* fulfilled '""'lA long ago. But out of the Vjppfr , desolation are now coming relics that shall add much to the knowledge of the present concerning the * day in which the prophet ^ wrote. At Christmas time everyone has a thought of Jerusalem and Palestine. And Ascalon is close to Jerusalem and the birthplace or,? Herod the Great, who ordered the "Massacre of the Innocents." During the World war the activities of the Palestine Exploration fund were necessarily suspended. Now they have been resumed with extraordinary success. (Archaeologists are uncovering many splendid buildings of ancient days, some of them of great informational value. The greatest finds have been uncovered in Ascaloo. The Palestine Exploration fund is a society founded in London in 1885 lor tne accurate ana sysremarK: investigation of the archaeology, topog-> raphy, geology and physical geography, natural history, manners and ? customs of the Holy Land for Biblical Wustrutlon. A preliminary expedition was made by Captain Wilson in the winter of 1865-6. Since then no less than eight expeditions for varying purposes have been sent otrt. Since 1869 the society has issued a quarterly statement and has published several works and maps. It maintains a museum at Its London office. Ascalon is a desolation In the literal meaning of the word and has been a desolation for many a year. Vegetation is scanty. The once splendid harbor has been filled up. The great walls and towers that surmounted the ridge that surrounds the -dty He In crumbled ruins. The confusion is extraordinary; the walls and t<rwer? appear to have been blown asunder by powder. Yet once the city must have been a vision of beauty. Here and there broken columns of marble and granite tell of the glories of the past. Probably Ascalon once looked something like Jaffa, making allowance for the modernizing of that anelent city. Ascalon lies on the shore of ti*e< Mediterranean, In Judea, 38 miles, southwest of Jerusalem. It was a fortified dty In ancient times. How; old it Is, nobody knows. It passed from the Egyptians to the Canaanltes about 1500 B. C.; In those days the Egyptians were the overlords of Palestine, which was then called Canaan. Between 1300 and 1100 B. C. Philistines and Hebrews struggled for pos-, session of Canaan. The Hehrews finally gained control and the Canaanltes were submerged. In 1050 B. C. the divided Hebrew tribes were united into a kingdom under Saul. David, his successor, completed the establishment of Israelite supremacy in Palestine. Under David and Solomon, for the first and only time in history, Pulestlne was the home of a united people under one central government. Then followed its division into Israel and Judah. Then followed conquest by the Assyrians and by the# Babylonians and by the Persians and ' by the Egyptians and by the Itomnns. j In 70 A. I>. the struggle against Rome i was ended by the capture and ruin 1 of Jerusalem. In 131M35 A. D. was the ! ; [ Fossils Reveal History. The fossil shells of the early Invertebrates, or spineless creatures, are of great importan :e to geologists, for they Indicate the geologic period In which the rock beds containing them were formed?in otner words, the age of the rock. Eacli fossillferous rock bed contains characteristic forms or groups of forms that determine the period in which it was mud or sand. Former Director Powell of the United States SENSED SOMETHING WRONG. ? ? Little Miss Polly, age seven, came over to see us one evening and re quested that we play the recora on me phonograph, which wus "Even Thou Itravest," from Faust, sung by Itelnald Werrenrath. She listened for a few minutes and then said, "That's a religious piece. Isn't it?" On being told that it was a grand opera selection. she remarked. "My goodness, that's terribly quiet for grand opera." ?Exchange. ^sealc great rising under Bar-Oochha. The rebellion was stamped out with much bloodshed. Emperor Hadrian, In rebuilding Jerusalem, changed Its name to Aelia Capitolina add decreed that no Jew should dwell In It. Never since thnt day has Jerusalem been a Jewish city or Palestine a Jewish land. Ascalon's history was naturally troublous In times like these. In 1480 B. C., say the Tel-el-Amarnn tablets, the native chiefs and Pagon-worshlpers who ruled the city were paying tribute to the Pharaoh of Egypt. The place was captured successively by the great Barneses II., and by King Assurbanlpul of Assyria. It later became one ft the five towns of the Philistine confederacy. 'Tell It not In Gath, publish it not In the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines Tejolce" Is written In II Samuel 1:20. It came Into the hands of the tribe of Judnh, but it remained an eoemy uf the Hebrews to the last A KalAfKTA^ tfc\ fVlP | ABLUIUU 1VU^ k'vi<'Uf?vu >w ?... Romans. In the Seventh oenrtury It came Into possession of the Snra^ns. In 1099 was fought the groat buttle on the plains of Ascalon ha which the Crusaders under Godfrey -de Iioulb ion were victorious. The city was taken and retaken during the wars of the Crusaders. The end of Ascalon came in 1270, when It was destroyed by the Sultan Blbars. It was then that Its harbor was filled in. It was then that It became a desolation. Herod the Great was the ruler who beautified Ascalon. Herod is the family nauie of a group of rulers of Palestine. The family had Its origin In Antipater, an Idumean (Edomite). who in the last century before Christ was made by the Romans governor of Edotn, Judea, Samaria and Galilee. - His son was Herod the Great, who was made king of Jutlea and reigned from 39 to 4 B. C. It was Herod Antipas. son of Herod the Great, tetrarch of Galilee, who beheaded John the Baptist and to whom Jesus was sent by Pilate. The Herods were Jews only in the sense that the Edoinites were conquered and compelled to embrace Judaism about 130 B. C. Herod the Great ruled the Jews ' with an Iron hand, ruthlessly murdering all whom he considered enemies, Including even the brother of his wife Mnriamne. When he left ids court on a dangerous mission to Rome he left word that In the event of his j death. Mnriamne should be killed also, i This Jealous decree started a quarrel , geological survey once tersely explained to a congressional committee the value of paleontology by saying that It Is "the geologist's clock," by which he tells the time In the world's history wlien any rock bed was formed. Gave No Promise of Greatness. If we study the childhood of great people we shnll find that many eml nent men and women were voieu umi 1 In their youth, and looked upon as ! mediocrities. The sehool-mlstress of j Early Color Development; Colors played a big pnrt In the life | of ancient peoples, as hits of pottery ' and house furnishings as unearthed from ruins tPll very plnlnly. The an- I clents seemed to recognize the fact that color Is the life of nnture nnd deserves adaptation to dally surroundings. And yet, vivid as were the hues they used. ; there Is a monotony to the colors used almost exclusively. This Is because ' few variations had been made with [ i M I >na ! ' - &] ~ % J i ?&' W&0-' ' $mi? &m. r * < ;: fi'- " ' *' * * J* < xiJ^- *C'A * * 1 I with his wife, which ended only when j, he had her put to death. Having n started his reign In this fashion he continued In his career of crime and j lust, not hesitating even to strangle t his own sons. Religions enemies he generally preferred to have burued alive. He finished his days In the most * frightful physical and mental torments, ? 3ust after ordering the massacre of the Innocents In the year of Christ's ! 1 birth. Emperor Augustus, his friend,. said of him: "It Is better to be I Herod's pig than Ills son." He had1 f ten wives in all, and several of these ui uuc lime. i Herod the Great had a passion far building. During the first decade nf his reign he was too busy establishing himself to Indulge his passion. Then he rehabilitated many cities. At Jerusalem, Jericho and Caesarea, lie erected theaters, amphitheaters and hippodromes. He rebuilt the temple In Jerusalem. He even restored and beautified cities In Syria, Aslu Minor and Greece. Herod, having been born at Ascalon, devoted much time and money to Its Improvement. He benutlfled the city with "baths and costly fountains, as also cloisters around a court, that were admirable both for their workmanship and largeness," according to Josephus. One of the fnds at Ascalon Is a gigantic statue of Herod the Great. Another Is the 'Court of Herod and Its surrounding t:lolsters, mentioned by Josephus. A third is a temple with massive marble columns, u'hlch may date hock to the days when Ascalon. according to Herodotus, was famous for the worship of Astarte lAstoreth), the god (less or remnty arm iruiuuuit-m, mentioned In I Samuel 81:10?"rmd j they put his armor In the house of i Astoreth. . . .* This was fl?e i armor of Satil, firs* Wne of Israel. i In this connection there has heen t discovered a bas-relief representing I the goddess with two attendants. 1 Also a statue of Veims has been un- < covered. Ascalon was the seat of worship of i Astarte, more or less Identified with the Assyrian Ishtftr, the Phoenician | Astoreth, the Greek Aphrodite nnd r the Roman Venus. She Is often rep- c resented as half woman nnd half fish, | a port of divine mermaid. A deep > layer of broken pottery has heen dug up here, which probably marks the a remains of vessels broken as part of t the religious rites In her honor. Rut t so far no trace has been found of the t lake Into which she plunged, accord- \ lng to one story, being ashamed of her l misdeeds, and was completely trans- h formed Into a fish. The most famous legend concerning 2 her tells of her descent Into the underworld. In search of the healing waters li which are to restore to life her bride- v " ""in Tommn- vmirwr nrwl Imnii. ti tiful sun pod, slain by the cruel hand n of Winter. s c Oliver Goldsmith proclnlmed him to be one of her dullest boys, and Harriet Martlneau was a source of am- s iety and perplexity to her parents n during the whole of her young days, b By reading her autobiography we see u bow easy It Is for a gifted child, a g well-lntentloned child, and one anx- t lous to do right and merit approbation n to be so wholly misunderstood as to h be continually in fault and causing g perpetual trouble to all nrouDd her. to r1 say nothing of making life a burden a and misery to herself. ji n F the primary color pigments. Excavations of Greece prove thnt the primitive Greeks used white, red, blue, yellow and black In stucco and fresco, while brown, black, white, maroon and red were the pottery colors. Itomnn ,.] coloring wus strictly ndupted from j the Greek, with the difference that the w Romans accented the vivid hues of the Greeks. The Romans used strl'it- h( Ing color contrast much more than did v( tho Greeks, and their mosnles have w become art classics for this very feason. _ ... ? ? * <i( IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL ^ iundaySchool ' Lesson' j ly REV. P. B. F1TZWATER. D. D.. Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bib e Institute of Chicago.) tpytlght, 1921. Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 11 ^ PAUL WRITES TO A FRIEND. MA I ' LESSON TEXT?Philemon. Mai GOLDEN TEXT-Whosoever would be . lief among you, let him be your aervit-MatL 20:27. REFERENCE MATERIAL?Deut 15:12; Jc.hn 13:14. 36; I Cor. 1:26-29; Col. u, 9-11* Jas 2.1-9 PRIMARY TOPIC?The Story of a Run- SO I way Flave. Cleg JUNIOR TOPIC?Paul's Kindness to a . unaway Slave. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC ( sen Paul Pleading for a Slave. for YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC our The iloclal Teachings of the Letter to hilemjn. S,or T This Is a private letter. Philefnon for< as a member of the church at Coins- Ann ?. Oneslmus, his slave, wronged him. tlon erhapa stoie from hlin, and fled to gnn ;orae. There he came under Paul's ifluenei! and was converted. Paul r" snt Oneslmus back to Philemon with lis letter. This Is one of the most ?nder and beautiful letters ever wilt?n, and the first anti-slavery petition ver penned. I. Thfr Saiutation (w. 1-3). His aim was to touch Philemon's eart, so refers to himself as a prlsner, and links Philemon to himself 8 a fellow-luhorer In the Gospel of iiifh 1 To moires mention of ADPhla, 'hilemon's wife, and Arehlppus, the on, who hnd already enlisted as a feljw-soldiet.. II. Philemon'* Reputation (vv. 4-7). Paul paid a fine tribute to Phllejon, reminding him that he never rnyed without bearing him up before Jod. ilils Is a fine example of tact ft the part of the minister. 1. His faith and love toward the >>rd and all saints (v. 5). It was ils hope and desire that this faith night bear fruit In Christ Jesus. 2. His ministry to the saints (v. 7). 'hlleroon wuu generous in his help to he poor saints. Nev HI. Paul'* Request (w. 8-1G). He requested Philemon to receive ck Onesimus, the runaway slave, as ^ t brother in Christ. 1. He beseeches instead of com- M oauds (vv. 8-10). Though conscious of kls right to enjoin, he pleads as the >r!soner of Jesus Christ for love's ake. | 2. He makes his plea on the 'rounds of grace (vv. 11-14). He ^ idinltted that Onesimus had been ua>rofltable?liad forfeited all claim ^ ipon Philemon, and that on grounds 9er >f Justice his plea might well he neiected, and yet Onesimus was begoten In his bonds fv. 10)?was In a reaJ ^ta >ense a part of hlR own suffering ua- ToJ1 ure (v. 12)?he ventured to suggest ^01 hat he should be accepted. Though 88 Ineslmus hitherto hnd been unpnetitici't ible to his master, now was profitable ;o both Paul and Philemon. Puul ^'v: vould gladly have retained him ?? * tersonnl attendant, but sought first/ ^ lis friend's permission. bar 8. Paul desired that Onesimus be "a! received ba-ck inot as a slave, but as ^ol a brother In Christ (vv. 15, 10). Here mai -* ?? ??i.,?. ?f 1 IS me real IU^IIIYC biuyc m??. ? ?u. aever attacked slavery, though It was contrary to Christianity, and therefore lateful td him, but emphasized i?rlndples which destroyed It. The estab- .. lshment of Christianity changes the vhole face of human society. The vise thing to do Is to get men and ivomen regenerated and thus trans.'orm society Instead of seeking change )y revolution. ^ In Paul's request you can hear the ^ headings of Christ for us sinners. All ger, ren have broken loose?gone astray? tnd have become unprofitable. We ire reconciled to God through the inercedlng of Christ. He has made us irofitable. We have been begotten In ils bonds?through His passion, ngm.v of heart, we shall lie changed. ill. The Basis Upon Which Onesim- 1 is Is to Be Received (rv. 17-21). * The debt of guilty Oneslmus Is to >e put to the account of Paul, and the A nerlt of Paul is to be put to the ac- I MMt of Oneslmus. This Is a fine 11- 1 ustration of the atonement of Christ. Vhatever wrongs we have committed ?debt Incurred?all our shortcomings ire debited to Him. Jesus Christ, on lehalf of the whole universe, has said o God: "Put that to my account; I lave written with my pierced hand; I rill repay." Oneslmus was taken mck, not as a runaway slave, but u m ieloved brother in Christ. ? IV. Paul Requests Lodging (vv. 22- ft He expected a speedy release from Hi mprlsonment, find purposed to sojourn rith Philemon. In all probability tlds ras realized. What a welcome he H lust have received! Jesus Clirlst Is jE ornrv nnn nf T41c ohinful Vfl UJJUfc l? C.V.J vy..c V,. v.. ines, "Prepare me u lodging." * Understanding Christianity. A man may say he does not undertand over half of Christianity. What re you doing with the half you do she elteve? Never mind the half you don't pen nderstand, but take the half you have clas ot and say you do believe and try <j.( o work that out in your life. The f stonishlng thing is that as you try won o work It out you will find your faith mar rowing and growing and getting qqq Ichor and richer and fuller and fuller; la8t' nd you will go on front faith to faith. I)ORf list because you have used what chjj( lod gives you.?Rt. Rev. Charles Iske, D. D. "I God Never Changes. We talk of a "cloudy sky", but In . , ?allty there Is no such thing. The ky Is always blue, the sun Is always lining. The clouds are not the sky ^ ^ ny more than the curtain Is the liidnw. So Ood Is always the same. ^ [e never changes. Clouds may sweep ftween us and Him and obscure our jp Islon, hut lie Is where He always is. pgi,, aiting to he gracious and ready to ^url rctch forth a helping hand.?Can- gt linn Churchman. lD m ?The ?. Mwm LEGION py for Thia Department Supplied bj the American Legion Newa Service.) lCNIDER, new legion head ion City (la.) Man Is Chosen National Commander of the American Legion. We must build this Legion of ours ilg and fine and strong, keep It so in and straight and?AmerIcan, that in we ask for things for the ex rice man, ior uie uisuuieu man unu those who are financially disabled communities will say, 'If the Le1 Is for It, we are for It'" his was the first message of Han1 MacNider to members of the erlcan Legion, following his eleei as national commander of the orizatlon. Mr. MacNider Is the HANFORD MACNIDER. viy Elected National Commander of the American Legion. ngest national commander the Lea has ever had. He Is thirty-four rs old. He Is a natural leader of men," his friends, who have watched 1 plug his way through Harvard verslty and who later saw him ?e out of the World war a lleuten/olonel with three citations and own 1 /^AArvMiftAna ci u i uccvi aui/uai lis military record begins with his lice oo the Mexican border In 1916 a first lieutenant with the Second a infantry. When the United tes entered the World war he ened at the officers' training camp at t Snelllng and was sent to France a provisional second lieutenant in regular army. In France he was h tihe Klnth Infantry of the Second Iskm. He was wounded at St. del. Ir. MacNlder Is an Investment iker at Mason City, la., where he i horn. He has been an active Leanalre apd has served as eoronder of the Iowa state department 11k Legion. :ad of legion auxiliary i i. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati Is the New President of the Women's Organization. Ira. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati first national president of the erican Legion Women's auxiliary, one of those "war mothers" who red in the great "second^ army." en her son Joined the colors and i sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, ituckv. she went with him. There MRS. LOWELL F. HOBART, i President of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary. worked dally as a Red Cross su isor and nt night she Instructed a s In Red Cross work, oda.v Mrs. Hobart is at the head ine of the largest organizations of len In the world. The Legion auxy has a membership of about 125,havlng grown from 3,000 In the year. The organization Is com>d of mothers, wives, sisters and Iren of ex-service men. Solved. 'apa," called Willie excitedly; re's a big black bug on the cell- , til right," replied the parent en- ! sed In his newspaper, "Just step | t and don't bother me."?American , ion Weekly. 1 Practice Makes Perfect urns?1That grocer certainly gives , t weight. I bet he was u protiteei ng the war. * ( ern?Oh, no, he was mess sergeant , y outfit.?American Legion Weekly , :??gW3$3$S3$53$3SSSSS33^^ iji Carrying On With the || American Legion Lemuel Holies of Seattle, Wash., has ^ been elected national adjutant of the l American Lesion for his third term. ^ Yellow Medicine is the tenth coun- , ty In Minnesota to make "American Legion Day" a regular event of its (Cot county fair. "The Pajama Gazette" Is the name of a publication edited by the disabled soldiers of Asbury nospital at Minneapolis, Minn. T Is o "Say It with Jobs" Is the slogan the adopted by the American Legion In the Chicago In Its campaign to aid un- thai employed ex-service men. rePJ * * Ami The bodies of Gunmar Dahl and Da- t,es vld Thor, "pals," killed in France by visl the same shell, were burled In the t0 ' ? no r same grave In their native Illinois town. lar! * aQd New Orleans will be the scene of v'tfi the 1922 national convention of the ^as Americun Legion. The Southern city av guaranteed $100,000 for defraying ex- nat penses of the meeting. , * vict Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee, Wis., ch? has vetoed a resolution of th? city council Indorsing the work of the """ American Legion In finding positions y for Jobless ex-service men. ma< . Roc A monumental building to be erected t,l's In Washington In memory of the Na- ? ( tlonal Guardsmen who gave their lives In the World war, has been suggested by MaJ. Gen. George C. Rlckards, chief of the militia bureau of the War ^ department. \ .,e olg The growth of the American Legion Is shown by the organization of 1,050 new posts In 1920-21. Many new posts were organized by American ex-service men In foreign countries and today the sun never sets on the Amer-' lean Legion. The daisy has been adopted by the American Legion as Its official flower. ||| The poppy, which has been popular with Legionnaires because of its association with Flanders, was voted out be- H cause It was not an American flower and could not be 'obtained in large M quantities. ? The employment of Jobless ex-serv- 3 Ice qien to assist the police in > combating the holdup men has been ber jSj gun In Lincoln, Neb. The plan was jj& evolved following a series of robberies || In the residential district of the city. K The mayor and chief of police of Lin- I colh have Indorsed the plan. . ' ^ Following a reception for hlra at I Kansas City, staged by 50,000 mem- fl bers of the American Legion, Marshal |f Foch, who came to America as the |? Legion's guest, declared that although Washington and New York were the head of the United States he was cer- JJ tain Kansas City was the heart. ' . J < The original post of the American H Legion, George Washington Post No. I 1. lost no time in signing Marshal I Foch as a member. The generalis- jS slmo was met at the station at WaSTl- M Ington, D. C., on tlie day of his ar rival In America and presented with a M membership card and a ceremonial T hadge of the Legion. Marshal Foch is now a devotee of |g the corn-cob pipe. When his special train was stopped at Washington, Mo., on Its way to Kansas City, he was Yo presented with a box of the Missouri product. Later, while he was attend- ' Ing the American Legion convention, ? he was offered a cigar, but he declined -| In favor of the corn-cob "furnace.", O c More than 30,000 bodies of Araerl- 8co cans who died In France during the at i World war will rest forever In the nol sacred soli near the battlefields, Sec- ans retary of War \Veeks declared In a iea recent letter to the American Legion He at Washington. A total of 43.870 gr0 bodies have been returned to the Unl- abl ctnfoo nnrnrdlne to the war secrer tha tary. v ( Lai Ital "If you will walk down Main street, U. S. A.." writes George F. Kearny In a widely published magazine article, tnx "you will corjie to a building which tro< houses the American Legion post of the town. It Is the most democratic Institution that can be found and the discussions of the post are worthy of ^ the closest study as an Index of the | future." ^ # ( con hea A survey recently conducted by the ^ist American Legion shows that between suir 000,000 and 700,000 service men are am( out of employment In the United ^jg States. The East has a greater per- not centage of Jobless men than any oth- vnu er section of the country, with lf>0,000 ^,01 former soldiers, sailors and marines Yar In New York alone, without regular wjj.j employment, many In actual want. war * * * wer Police officials of Iowa are Investigating the writing of threatening let- gC ters to several members of the American Legion In Iowa. The letters are yj believed to be the work of I. W. W's. iayj. One of them demanding "$200 or we'll hlow you to h?" was received t0 ] by John R Wallace, son of the secre- ma(] tary of agriculture. Young Wallace sen Is vice commander of the Argonne jj0y t rk^o \fnlnna posr or me LiC^iuii ni ito Kimiiw. Harry H. Polk, another Des Moines |njf Legion member, received a letter avja threatening to blow up his house be- p0rt cause he "led the boys to death In mar battle." Ian(] * Carl Rrlnkmnn, horn In Germany, who died fighting with the American 01 forces In Frnnce, was burled with military honors at Fairmont, Minn., where he Joined the colors of his L* adopted country early In the war. He natl< was hurled by the American Legion Scou with full military honors. Frar ? scou "I am convinced tlint the American hag r.eplon Is an established power In the tionf Cnited States?a power for truth and cjay quality," declared Marshal Foch at 0f jj die close of the American Legion's rec0j aatlopni cnnventloa at Kansas Cltr I jjj , I BOYSCOUTS nfca. . \\7]\ iducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.) ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHDAY. v" ft# ThonRnre Rnnsevell lie ua muaj ui amvwv** .? ibserved by boy scouts throughout country at the Instigation of national council who feel t the late Colonel specifically resented perhaps better than any erlcan of recent years those quallof sturdy manhood, clean, high oned, loyal, virile, which they like emphasize and keep before scouts i living Ideal. There was a partlcuy close relation between Hoosevelt boy scouts Inasmuch as he was illy Interested in the movement and i at the time of his death said to e been conAderlng becoming ional leader of the organization in ch he was already an honorary ^president and held the title of it scout citizen. ast year, under the leadership of ional Scout Commissioner Beard, scouts of New York and vicinity le a memorial pilgrimage to tsevelt's grave, an event repeated i year on an even larger scale. In ir parts of the country the celebrai took the form of tree planting, ( is patriotic Meetings, father and son quets, etc., all devoted to the pure of keeping alive the memory of great American who played so a port in our national life and jse spirit still "goes marching on" ?ng us. 8COUT8 AS FIRE FIQHTERS. wStssBsx ^ mUHRI mom HM| ungsters Are Trained in Some Cities, Jndergoing Same Drill Probationary -Iremen Are Given. TAKES OVER BOSTON TROOP. Sa'ld Dabbus who served as Chief ut of Syria and Is now a student the Massachusetts Institute of Techogy was one of the young men who iwered the recent call for scout ders Issued by the Boston council. will act as scoutmaster for a up of Syrian boys. Another valu- x e addition to the scoutmaster ranks t the appeal gained was Joseph A. igone, organizer of the Sons of ly, the largest Italian organization the country. Mr. Langone will ve as a scoutmaster of his own 3p and supervise other Italian .ips In the city. ?????__ GAVE HIS THREE PENNIES. 'roops In wany places have been ting contributions to the "Scout | irades In Pueblo who lost so vlly and acted so heroically In the ister which overcome the city last iraer." Orange (N. J.) scouts are >ng thone who have been helping i work and recently a little chap more thau nine years old?too ng to te a scout but brim full of it spirit?stopped Scoutmaster rles of that city and presented him i three pennies which he said he ited added to the fund the scouts e collecting for Pueblo boys. OUTS TO HELP AIR SERVICE. ashington acouts had the honor of ng the first marker "p. C. I." for new air route from Balling field Dayton, O., and plans are being e at the request of the federal air ice for definite co-operation of scouts with the service. Some of work which it is contemplated havscouts do will consist of helping tors making forced landings, re Ing adverse weather conditions, king airways, guarding planes ed or broken, night signaling. RECTOR RETURNS FROM FRANCE, >rne W. Barclay, director of the jnal department of education, Boy its of America, who has been In ice for six months directing the t camps In the devastated regions, returned to his work at the nail council headquarters. Mr. Barwas made a knight of the Legion onor by the French government In fnltlon of his tireless and splea service to the youth of France. A