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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Jan 1929, p. 37

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January 4, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE SCOUT NEWS (Continued from Page 20) FATHER AND SON r .., I I , , ) I 'If ' ) j } ) 1 It was a hard moment for Howard Barnard, Sr., widely-known attorney at law, prominent civic leader, personatly known . and highly respected throughout the exclusive suburb in which he had lived for twenty years. His boy, his only son, one of a gang of idle sons of the over-rich, had been caught red-handed in the act of breaking into a bank. The boy had been taken to jail, held, and refuse~ bait. When the newspaper headlines brought to the father the startling news, he. hurried home from the nation's capital on the earliest train. Curious eyes were upon him when he alighted at the station. As his taxi hurrie' to his home in the little suburb, doors were opened and curtains pushed aside to get a glimpse of the father of the guilty boy. It was a hard meeting when father and son met. "After all I've done for you!" was all that Howard Barnard. Sr., fluent, persuasive, attorney of national fame. could utter. "After all I've done for you-you ungrateful son!" The bov said not a word. 'fhe tears were in his eyes. The father 's hand was on his son 's shoulder. He murmured. "How could YOU !-How could you !-A ftcr atl I've done for you?" The bov tried to speak. swallowing hard. Finallv tt came. His tone was not cynical_:_not egostically sophisticated as it had been so often of late. It was no.w a halting, questioning voice. The ,~·orcls came slowly. "Father -I wish-that you-don't think I'm blaming you for my foolishness-but if you had done more things with me instead of for me." His voice trailed off into nothingness. His sentence was forever unfinished for he saw that his thought was cutting into his father's soul. But as the father with broken, halting step headed homeward he mumbled to himself, "If only I could say instead "After all we've clone together-Perhaps-Perhaps-." NoUJ . In Pro~:re&sl Uhildren's Wash Dresses Silk aDd Muslin Underwear Dresses, 11 to .Ill ··· llnderwear, Z to Ill Now is the opportune time to select young wash frocks and underwear for Southern wear, early spring and summer, when unusual savings are made possible by these two important January Sellings · · · Hundreds are the sprightly \\-ash frocks in this collection! .Newest fabrics, gayest colors and smartest youthful patterns. Each froc'k is an exceptional value occasion~ A ·· .l, t I · T ~ I f'l SCOUT AIMS-METHODS An Educational Statement for those who wish a better Understanding of the Aims and Methods of Scouting. Education in Character-Character is little more than a group of Charactertsttcs. It is a well known fact that Characteristic" do not "just happen." The chances are pretty strong that they are not inherited. They usually arc a result of experience. Scouting givc.s boys certain experiences and teaches them how to meet these experiences. Educating boys in Arithmetic is hard, but education in character i3 still harder. In originating the Boy Scout plan, seventeen vears ago, Sir Robert Baden Powell wa~ one of the pioneers in education in character. His plan of boy guided self-management came to be known as Scouting. Schools and churches are finding Scouting a helpful ally in character education. Not an Institution, but a Plan-The Boy Scouts program is available for the use of the various institution5 of a community, but does not set itself up . as a separate institution. Instead it is a plan, available for the use of the churches and schools of a community in the working out of its own problems Scoutmasters are volunteers. The manhood of the community is mobilized to serve the country through the leadership of the boyhood of the community. Scouting can be one-man stunt or a team work enterprise. Which do you think will result in the most effec · tive contribution in the enriching of Boy Life? ·And such a variety of lovely silk and muslin underwear for all and every type of child, 2 to 16 · · · At prices never before duplicated. An early selection is advisable. Same prices and variety as in the city store. And so convenient .·. in .·· Marshall Field & Co10pany's EVANSTON. STORE 6~0 Chur~h a Street Store Hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30p.m. ·-

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