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\ M Br 1 i I ? (Extracts from an address by Repret Philip Pitt Campbell of Kansas in the * /ff" It. SI'EAKER, governments V/l spring up; they are create I do not endure; they may be / / ated. Is history a picture ga ft/jfJjXrB. tnlnlng few originals an copies? Do the people oi H W l,er'(,<*s set ^,e example for JI7 Per'?^s ^,nt 'ollow? NmvK fJufS a destiny that shapes our ei 4 Independent and free peoph original, make and follow t ) iC' plans, and determine their ^ tiny. This hour Is full of ir those who are concerned w tlons affecting the welfare of the peopTe future of the republic. So It is not my purpose today to attem tend the fame or add to the renown of ton. nis fame Is secure even to the earth est bounds; his renown will grow as the unfold the scroll of the ages. While men wisdom and honor and patriotism and a; the achievements of those who have ser kind, Washington will have u place In ti and hearts of men in all countries and in (Applause.) I shall therefore take occashi anniversary of his birth to note the go1 established by the fathers, the achievemei under it by the American people and its to mankind, and at the same time conslde partures that have been made from it mental principles and purposes that endi perpetuity. It is sufe to say that the creation and of the Constitution of the United States 1 world's greatest achievement in the art government. The fathers under the readi Washington undertook the delicate and task of creating a government with sue ing principles as would make It susceptih in? perpetuated. It was provided that eac who lived under it should for all time be t cal equul of every other citizen and that e^ should have the opportunity of obtaining al reward for individual effort. The goi created was of the people, by the people, the people. Its purposes and powers ar< plain, and direct. It offers protection to zen in his right to life,'liberty, property, ai pursuit of his happiness. The powers gra enumerated with such other powers as mj ally be implied from the written instruu These powers Impose upon the governti ated the duty of dealing with natio international questions affecting the life, i acter, and the honor of the republic and 1 in their national and international relatic right and duty of dealing with such que: affect the individual citizen are left to tl and the smaller political subdivisions. Ui division of political authority and duty tl of the United States have through a hun thirty years enjoyed the freest and hesi ment in all the world. Under the simple ties of government that make the indlvidu in his natural rights the. American citizen developed. He is self-reliant, resourcef ageous, inventive, ambitious, patriotic, at ciative of his heritage of freedom. Th through his veins the best blood of- evei north of the Mediterranean sea. From of the fathers every generation has off freely given life and property for the nial of the honor, the preservation of the lntej the advancement of th^ glory of the rep Is ours. We must preserve It. We mus pose duties upon It that It cannot perfor must not usk the exercise of functions f .It was not created. We must not indulj hope of things from It that it cannot g must not invite disappointments In the < of its activities. It Is enough that It sha offer protection to all that man holds i shall continue to afford opportunities t< dividual citizen to obtain rewards accordl Individual ambitions and efforts. This lends me to call attention to the 1 duties of this hour that require us to take ing and to ascertain how far we have ulre beguiled to depart from it and divert and the activities of the government In matter to Its original purposes, and to content] effects of such departure on the life of th ment and on the opportunity of the lndlvl zen. It would be difficult to enumerate nil partments, bureaus, and commissions of th ment at Washington that have been oreat erolse bureaucratic authority and paternc unship over the people In every part o public. There is no activity, business, i domestic condition that is not the object supervision. Their solicitude, or their r Over G90.000 civilian employees make up that oversees and directs the affairs of tl and assumes guardianship over them, inent agents and inspectors, exercising < rlety of authority, are found on every out of and Into Washington. Governtnen on every subject from adenoids to rat traj hnfr onvor Qff??c nf fhiAt* Ilirs VI vu1vvo Iimt VVM^I uv?vo VI iivvi Washington. Tlie mahogany and quart oak office furniture already installed has c millions of dollars, and more is heing p If a yearling dies of blackleg on a Kunsas, the government at Washington the cuse. If u hog dies of the cholera In fn Iowu, the government at Washingt charge. If a weevil bores through a bo ton on a plantation in Texas, the gover WAS THE DAUGH1 Martha Washington Not Especially > Distinguished Among Other Belles s of Her Time. n Martha Washington was originally t Martha Pandrldge, daughter of a Vir- t glnla planter. She was not able to li spell well, so it might be Inferred that <j she was not well educated. Hut spell- Ij Ing was not regarded as a necessary g requirement ut that titue. Little u a i$ba bjee^ perpetuHery conI ' ditlJrult 'le of be h citizen Washington Is stirred to i he politl- the vlglLant eye of the go> k'ery man erable functionaries. If 1 indlvidu- goes up, let the governm ^eminent seller; If the price of ant and for government tuke charge i 2 simple, the carnival of governme the cltl- rlly on. Government cor nd In the every 111, and governmen inted are of every good, ly natur- The people pay all the uent. stances tl)ey pay it all thr nent ere- Washington. In the case nal ami Pa-V ha^ through the gov the char- an(1 the other half through ts people states. But the people pai ms. The complicated machinery 01 stions as ,l? us'*'1'? iwmiiig iFi? me lie states ness mnn n,u' directing ader this The fathers embodied i le jK'ople elements of strength and dred and essential If the govern men : govern- through the ages. Tney ' guaran- slghf of statesmen the th al secure pointment and discontent has been fathers studied the expert ul. cour- government. They studied id appre- by the teachings of hist ert runs found the causes of fnilun y people experiment of self-gover the days wander into the realms of ered and atlng a government for h ntenance ture has remained the sa trity, and turles of time. They kn< uhlic. It in other ages had invited t not im- content, und resulted in d in. We lutlou would lead to the s or which They therefore created a ;e in the the nature of man, a sfmp! ive. We he enacted and enforced b operation tives of a free people. Th II always ment was to protect them [lear and and to enable them to r > the In- international duties and ng to his were limited. The fathers did not c mportant under the Constitution the our bear- by men. It was not in th ady been that at any time the pe< multiply into using the governini s foreign supervising or directing tl plate the cal. und domestic affairs, e govern- government of free peoph dual cltl- or wise enougli or good < other, his political equal. I the de- not do. It is fundamental e govern- not be expected long to en< ed to ex- vexations, the arbitrary il guardl- tlons, or the disuppolntme f the re- government by men acting social, or a central uuthority, dlrec of their exercising police powers luthority. remotest parts of their I the army the assurances of govern tie people authority exercised over Govern- zens is for his own pood i every va- citizen into u surrender ot Pullman a government of laws enac t reports consent that merely prot< [>s fill the others and protect otliers space in There is no word in the ter-sawed ers of the powers and di ost many they have handed down urchased. belief that it was content] farm In the head of any departm acts on bureau or the agent of ai a hog lot any time make restrlctlo on takes tlons affecting' the life, 1 11 of cot- pursuit of huppiness of tl ninent at tlons upon the individual TR OF PLANTER ilartha learned to sew, to play the pinet and to dance, which were the nost important lessons for a girl She made her debut into society at he ape of fifteen years, an attracive girl with hazel eyes and light irown hair. Martha soon became one if the belles of the quaint little town, ut there were other belles in Yir;inlan society, and If Martha had not j uarried George Washington, her name | rv ast kessc W ^ iction. Nothing escapes were to be .ernmeut and Its lnnura- politI<a*l sv the price of one article tlon, and tl * At-- V?. ent take eliarge or tne cimucu Uh> ither goes down, let the rapidly grc >f tlie buyer. And thus toward a ci nt activities gin's mer- incident to itrol is the remedy for We have t regulation the source fathers; wt which liavi expenses. In some In- the lessons ough the government at us that ont of other activities they erly serve < eminent at Washington / p]e. we 1 i the governments of the that goven ; ail the expenses of this authority a f government, that has terms or i. shoulders of every bust- stltutlon, a affairs of every citizen. ment of pi vltli rare wisdom those the promis endurance which were the citizen t was to be perpetuuted side still u avoided with the fore- the mlllenr ings that lead to disap- him and li among the people. The paradise, e pnce of mankind in self- reaus. Sc I the lessons and profited the govern ory. They sought and thorlty ani by otlier peoples in the citizen evei nment. They did not mills, In hi ' fancy. They were ere- in his plac* uman beings whose na- where subs me through all the cen- government jw thnt the things that individual criticism, provoked dls- the citizen isappointment and revo- ment is tin ante end in future ages. of remnlnii government adapted to become his ? t\f IllWQ tft my y ?\j\ cri v* " I IlUfC III' y the chosen representa- individual t e purpose of the govern- ^ I1(,t oniy In their natural rights, matters tht neet their national and states shoi obligations. Its powers portion of to observe rontemplate at any time those they y gave us a government things they e scheme of the fathers justilies th jple should be beguiled expense in< ?nt at Washington for found trutl tieir purely personal, lo- governs lea They knew that in a The gove ? no man is big enough great natlo enough to command an- people ever in what he may or may jet of the n that a free people may should not lure the anno.vunces, the tj,e object o regulations, the restrlc- (he citizen nts that are incident to self. A so j as the functionaries of immediately ting the affairs of and represcntat over the people in the protect and territorial limits. Even emies, fore iinent bureaus that the process the liberty of the cltl- under the ,vili not long beguile the activities u f his right to live under at washing ted by his authority and jnating evei ?ct him from injury by government from injury ny mm. ,nuke lt th( i discussion l>y (he fath- but persist ities of the government as the simp to us that leads to the fathers for [dated in their plan that erty, proper cut or the chief of auy people, wltl iy commission should at children fr< ns or arbitrary regulu- in the cent Iberty, property, or the guaranties ie citizen. Such restrlc- and our ai [ as were contemplated stltutlon of would be known only to antiquarian lore. Couldn't Stand for That. Billy did chores for the women of the neighborhood. In his eagerness to get out to play he had grown cureless and several of the women had jacked him up a little. One day he did not co to Iiis work aftd his father, thinking lie had forgotten, reminded him of the fact, when he said: "Have quit.; dad; couldn't stand it; I was getting henpecked." ^ made o*ly by the states, and the lesser ihdlvisions having Immediate Jurlsdiclen only by the plain terms of statutes | tlae representatives of the people. The , wing and alarming tendency today Is t [mtralization of all authority and power t government in Washington. 1 already ignored the admonition of the t ' liave detied the laws Y.r human nature. < f never changed; we have overlooked f of history. All these have admonished y governments of simple laws can proper long endure in a country of free peoiuve already been led by the delusion ' mient bureaus, exercising bureaucratic < nd police power, not authorized by the < mplied by the provisions of tlie Con- < <v> iiottpr for tln> neonle than a aovern- ' ain statutes. We huve l>eeu lured by < e that government agents would leud ' by the hand Into fcreou pastures, be- 1 aters, into elysiun fields, then on into ' ilum. Already the citizen looks about ,nds himself in the midst of a fool's ' utlrely surrounded by government bui many of the numerous bureaus of * ment are exercising bureaucratic au- 1 d police power that they meet the rywhere he turns?in his fields. In his s mines, In his shops, in his factories, t?s of business, great and small?every- 1 dituting the will and judgment of u N : agent for the will and Judgment of the * citizen. No matter in whut direction ' may turn, io, the agent of the govern- 1 ?re to forbid or to command. Instead ng his protector, the government has r guardian. a many matters that require more than ittentlon, mutters in which co-operution ' desirable but necessary. In all such * > smaller political subdivisions und the lid be resorted to. In that way the the public directly concerned are able ?rwl Infi.lllrtanfli. rlatufVllitia U'hothpr <111V* IIIICI H^VUl I J UVLVI " ? w have employed to do the particular require are rendering a service that e continuance of the activity and the ^ rolved In currying It on. It Is a proh that that government Is best that j ,st. R rnment of the United States Is of so , nal and lnternatlonl Importance to our j i unto the remotest township and liamepuhllc that Its place in their affections he imperiled, nor should it be made if common criticism for failure to do for p whnt the citizen alone can do for himlenin responsibility and a great duty r f confront us here. We are the chosen t Ives of the American people, sworn to ^ defend the Constitution against all en- j( [gn and domestic. It is time to begin of reestablishing a government of laws ^ Constitution. It is time to limit the ^ nd reduce the expenses of government j ton. (Applause.) The process of elimry element of weakness with which the has been burdened and which now i object of criticism should be grudual p ent, until we can again look upon It ^ ile government of laws, given us by the t( the nurnose of guaranteeing life, lib ty, and the pursuit of happiness of the ? li the hope that our children and their ira generation to generation may have urles as they coine and go the same v and the same opportunities that we ^ icestors have enjoyed Under the Con- j ' the United States. (Applause.) Beginning and Commencement The Latin commencement Is more n formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, Is more formal p than begin. Commencement Is for the most part restricted to some form of ? action, while beginning has no restrict ion, but may he applied to ac- e tlon, state, material, extent, enumera- ? lion, or. to whatever else may be con- v celved of as having first a part, point, * degree, etc. The letter A Is nt the 4 beginning (not the commencement) of :< every alphabet. ?The @ " Mwm * LEGION /> Copy for Thl? Department Supplied fc? f; the American Legion News Service.) <_ 1ELPS MEN FIND POSITIONS l|j 'rancis Lawson, Director of Employment Bureau, New York Uni- Hgnj versity^ls Busy Man. Bftgffij Helping thousands of college grart- Wm ates and students to find suitable positions is the huge nnt fask of Franc's seas C. Lawson, direc- w'tb tor of tlie bureau H* ' of employment of went y New York univer- batti sity and com- sion "J mander of the in M N. Three Hundred a bij: t 1 and Fifth Ma- Doer I . ! chine Gun Bat- kinsl kJ tallon post of the ^ American Legion. !nLWhen the war broke out Law- pran on was associate pastor of the famous , udson Memorial church in Washingon square, New York. He entered the ervice as n onapiain wun rue oevcuijeventh division, being wounded on the jn *esle river and again in the Argonne, h j ifter which he recuperated in a hos- nerV( )ital for a year. S(,|)r Since taking over the work of plac- cnj,0 ng graduates and students in jobs, tlle i .awson has found positions for more part| ban 4()0 of them. They Include acountants, clerks, salesmen, foreign of c rade specialists, journalists and a he ariety of others. nn ord >HE LOOKS AFTER THE WOMEN uate land drs. Carrol Marks, Los Angeles, Is tectl Supervisor of Legion Auxiliary vurt' in Coast States. str'i) prizr Mrs. Carrol Marks of Los Angeles, Sc ?nl., has undertaken to handle thou- pt'ho sands of women ^ tlie in her capacity as S?' -"TS":.*.** ^ w supervisor in the Prov American Legion sp'r' Auxiliary in the Vsgjj?|| in a Pacific Const appt Btates. Eight v coup years' experience P'ac o n t he stage %SL]gp?-~ tp stands her in good VE1 who is prominent ^ social circles in ler state, was the first commander of he Legion Auxiliary in California. w She has two sons, lioth of whom were the llsubled in the war und are now re- houi reiving vocational truining from the plus government. sno' a bi For Reserve Corps Duty. by Thirteen new brigadier generals pass lave been appointed in the reserve Tl :orps. Five are retired regular army war )ffleers, one is from the National gem juard, and seven are members of the ernr >fficers' reserve corps. They are: pita Colonels Palmer E. Pierce, James It. clot Lindsey, Milton F. Davis, Walter C. of ( Rnbcoek, and Harold P. Howard, reg- now liar army, retired; former Brig. Gen. whil Henry J. Reilly of the Guard, and Re- pjiiv -erve C??n>s Colonels Carey F. Spence, jj rhomwell Mullally, George W. Hall, SpP( fohn J Carty, William H. Welsh. Dr. mea tVilliam J. Mayo, and Frank Billings. (jie thro Little to Ask. She was the sweetest, most innocent j,e s ittle girl he had ever seen, anu ue j,e|p vatched her sympathetically ns she itood knee-deep in the snow, fumbling n her handbag, with tears of vexation & n her eyes. g ( "May I help you?" he asked gently, Jg lot wishing to frighten her. She smiled shyly. 3SS "Yes," she answered. "Will you \ dense roll this'cigarette for me?"? jng tmericun Legion Weekly. thai zatl< To Meet in New Orleans. New Orleans will be the common 0 neeting ground for ex-service mer^ war rom many countries this year when" four he Inter-nllitJ Veterans' Federation for mlds Its thli.l annual conference at he same tlrrp? the American Legion \v s holding its ontionnl convention.Tlie the ,egion is a member of the federation, 0,bl nd Cabot Ward, vice-commander of care lie Paris post, is vice-president of Weel he federation. T, ti,. ? M? Ui?U\ Two women were meeting for the amj Irst time In several months. they "Why," gushed the first, who had hngt int In the past been on too cordial fr0rr erms with the other, "I never thought men ou would recognize me?It's been so r>ng since we met." W "My denr," replied the other, "I tivefl ind no difficulty whatever. I remem- at t ered the hnt distinctly."?American coun >eg!on Weekly. the wive Feminine Finance. the "Denr," said Mrs. Newliwed. "I need- bodi' d a new hnt. so I Just wrote a check or fifty dollars on the First National Hi 0 snve you expense." into "Orent gosh!" gasped her husband. 1,01-j 1 Haven't a nickel in that bnnk!" were "I know It, dear; but that will be the I 11 right. They won't mind. Their ad- and ertlsement says: 'Our Resources ceivi ,re One Million Dollars.'"?American Hon* .egion Weekly. Distl Mi Veterans Receiving Treatment. More than 9,000 veterans are receivag treatment under the contract her ys'.em of hospitalization, according to gion igures given the American Legion by and he Veterans' bureau. Of these .'1.000 re tubercular cases. 4,000 are neuro- \ sychiatrlc cases, and 2,000 are gen- Sorvi ral and surgical cases. During the of j ext few months, 6,000 additional beds war rill lie made available. Rigid War lundnrdd are laid down by tho bureau [r w nd inspections ure held at stated ID' nuin, ervitls. nam ILY WON THE NOMINATION W. J. McGregor of Wilkinsburg, 'a., Has No Legs, but Made Fast Run for Office. p loss of both his legs In the serv>f his country did not deter L>r. W. J. McGregor, Wilkinsburg, Pa., ^rom entering a ^ hot political fight | against opponents ' Am*Wtm who had sturdy W* J| limbs and knew W'- imLk * how to use them. He won the nominal ' / nation for coroJ ner of his county by a majority of jjlia/flffjfr Doctor McGregor, a first lieutenin the medical corps, went overfor duty in July, 1917, serving the Ilritish in a general hospital Manchester. Enuland. Later he to France with a machine-gun ilion of the British Second divland In the action before Albert arch, 1018, lost both his legs when ; German shell exploded near him. or McGregor is a member of Wll)urg-Edgewood post of the Legion. HY WOUNDS, HAS NERVE k Schrepfer Wins First Prize in School of Landscape Architecture at Harvard. ounds receive^ under heavy fire ie Argonne forest shattered everyn g but the \ e of Frunk 13. he ally blind and ? he has the use mly one arm, / ^>'W as established 1, and has outped his associates by winning first ? in the generul clas^ competition, hrepfer was admitted to the ol only after repeated efforts on purt of the Veterans' bureau, as as believed his disabilities would e too great a handicap. But the t of come-back which he displayed spiring to a profession in spite of irently insurmountable obstacles, iled with his talent, soon made his e secure. "ERANS SUFFER FROM COLD sure Offered to Provide Shivering den With Clothing Now Being Eaten by Moths. rar veterans are suirering irom cold ip the very shadow of ware>es where vast quantities of surnrnty clothing lie Idle. This nolous condition will be righted If 11 favorably reported In the house the military affairs committee is led. he bill authorizes the secretary of to co-operate with the surgeon ?ral in providing all disabled vetis under care in government hosIs and institutions with adequate hing and equipment. Thousands lollars' worth of this material is stored away, inviting moths, le thousands of former soldiers are ering front exposure. ( ouse leaders have demanded a lal rule for consideration of the sure. Statements were made on floor that If congress could rush ?ugh an appropriation of $20.000, for starving Itussiuns, It ought tc ible to put through a simple bill to > cold service men. 1 dairying On With the | American Lbgion merican army officers are now holdrank one to t\fo notches higher t they did under the army orgnnlDn before the World war. * Itauncev M. Depew has asked for his medal. The American Legion id, however, that he Is only named the after dinner speaker of fame. * m * lien Pvt. Edward U. Canoose of American forces stationed in enz received G33 love letters, postIs, etc. in a batch, he took a k*s leave. tie French admired the box-like ir trucks introduced by the A. E. F. ordered 110,000 more. The ones are now using are a part of the ; mass of war material bought i the army by the French governt. hen American Legion representai met the army transport Cafttlgny, he dock In New York, they entered the following: 502 men from army of occupation, 03 German s, 12 French wives, 36 babies of German wives, and 806 American es from the battlefields. * * irvard university sent 11,398 men the World war. Of the number t received decorations, and 317 > cited in orders. Two graduates, ate Lieutenant Colonel Whittlesey, MaJ. George G. McMurty, Jr., real the Congressional Medul of >r. Eighty-two won the American inguished Service Cross. ? rs. Madelyn Taylor, Little Rock, , offered to sell herself into servito get the proper treatment for war-wounded husband. The Lethere has taken charge of him pays the bills. * ? bronze tablet commemorating the ces of OS,082 horses and mules he American forces during the has been unveiled in the State, and Navy building at Washington, as presented by Dr. W. O. Stllipresldent of the American Hui association. boy" scouts (Conducted by National Council of tbo Boy ScouU of America.) WINS HIKING MERIT BADGE Rodney Hotchkin is the first scout in Biughumton to win the hiking merit badge. To eurn this badge the boy must meet the following tests: 1. Show a thorough knowledge of the caite of the feet on ? hike. 2. Shall walk five miles per day. six days in the w^k, for a period of three months. This may include walking to and from school or work. He shall keep a record of his hikes daily, preferably in his diury, u transcript to be made an exhibit before the court of honor. '. 8.' Walk ten miles on each of ten days In each month for a period of three months; in other words, six walks of ten miles during the three months. * 4. Walk 20 miles In one day. 5. Locate and describe interesting trails and walk to some place marked by some patriotic or historical event. 0. Write his experience in these several walking trips with reference to fatigue or distress experienced, and indicate what he has learned in the wuy of curing for himself as regurds equipment, such as camping and cooking outfit, food, footwear,'clothing and hygiene. 7. He shall review his ability to read a road map (preferubly a government topographical map), to use a compass, and shall be required to make a written plan for a hike from the map. Francis Lake of Troop 6, Binghara*"" on p.ncrlo Sfflllt at th? I uu n?o umuc uu same court of honor session at which the hiking merit budge was conferred on Scout Hotchkln, who Is already an Eagle. SCOUT TRACKS OWN BICYCLE Bruce E. Cox, a thirteen-year-old boy scout of Detroit, woke up one morning to find his beloved bicycle missing. A scout knows how to "track and trail," and having first notified the police of the theft, young Cox set v out to recover the property. He found the track of the wheel In the moist earth near the garage. Found also a man's-slzed footprints. The footprints disappeared In the alley. Deduction No. 2: At this point the man-sized person began to ride the wheel. For two blocks the amateur Sherlock Holmes traced the bicycle tracks. At the door of the private garage the tracks stopped. Inquiry of the owner: "Anyone put a bicycle In your garage?" "Why, yes," was the answer. "Yesterday a D. P. W. workman asked If he could store some tools here and today he left a bicycle." It was easy enough to prove the real owner's claim to the wheel. They are still looking 1 for the thief, but Bruce doesn't care whether they find him or not. He has the bicycle, thanks to his own keen ! mother wit and scout training. t A FIRST-CLASS TROOP Troop 1 of Westboro, Mass., has t none but first-class scouts In Its meno> bershlp of 25 boys. Five of these are i also Star scouts. The troop had the i honor of being awarded the silver cux> conferred by the Algonquin council > for all-round efficiency In scouting and i has been granted permission by the governors of the local country club to establish within' the limits of the t club property a bird life sanctuary and haven for wild life generally. The territory Included covers about 50 acres. The sanctuary project has the sanction of the state department of 1 conservation under the direction of . which it will be carried out. This troop Is also one of the successful "pagers," having recently been successful in finding a young man, who, temporarily Insane, had wandered away from home aDd baffled the efforts of the police to locate him. CALIFORNIA GOOD TURNS A scout on duty at the California Industries exposition, noticed that some temporary wiring in the Civic auditorium looked hot. Touching it gingerly he found It was quite as hot us it looked. He reported the matter and an examination proved that the wires were overloaded, xne irouoie was repaired and damage avoided. Two San Francisco scouts put out a fire in an apartment house. In the same city a lady driving up a steep hill discovering that the car had engine trouble got out to investigate. The car began to roll down hill. A passing scout jumped In, put on the brakes and stopped the machine. PAGE LOST CHILDREN Pasadena boy scouts were, not long ago, called out in answer to a hurry call to find three missing maidens, all under five years of age, who had simultaneously and unaccountably disappeared. At the end of an hour one of the 20 scouts who were on the quest, discovered the three young ladies being entertained at u school cafeteria, a mile from their homes, while the teachers vainly tried to learn their guests' names and addresses. IN NURSERY BUSINESS. Scouts of Lawton, Okla., are active in community service, having done special police d".ty on many occasions, conducted city clean-ups, helped make war on the bag worm and the like. Troop 1 has the distinction of having the only boy scout nursery on record. The nursery is less than two years old but it is already self-sustaining as a commercial venture, notwithstanding the large amount of complimentary service it lias rendered in rifts of trees and bulbs.