. Review of reviews and world's work . n air. Without question and without realizingtheir own absurdly ignominious,])osition, thepeople quietly obeyed, and at a respectfuldistance watched the small boy stanch theblood, close the gaping lips of the wound,apply the antiseptics, and, with the deftnessof an expert surgeon, bind up the head withbandages. He even administered a restora-tive, and then as the young woman sat up,blinking at the crowd, the boy, a lad of a fewwords, said, Now take this woman minute more and the little iigure hadmingled with the crowd and disappeared. It was not un
. Review of reviews and world's work . n air. Without question and without realizingtheir own absurdly ignominious,])osition, thepeople quietly obeyed, and at a respectfuldistance watched the small boy stanch theblood, close the gaping lips of the wound,apply the antiseptics, and, with the deftnessof an expert surgeon, bind up the head withbandages. He even administered a restora-tive, and then as the young woman sat up,blinking at the crowd, the boy, a lad of a fewwords, said, Now take this woman minute more and the little iigure hadmingled with the crowd and disappeared. It was not until it was all over that anyonethought to ask who had so masterfully takencharge of the situation, and efficiently ren-dered first aid to the injured. At first there was no answer, and then an-other lad with the same sort of a campaignhat answered, Oh, him? Why hes one ofthe Boy Scouts of America. He belongs toMr. Suttons troop. He passed such a bullyexamination on first aid that the ))atrol made 4_9 430 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS. BEARING AN INJURED SCOUT ON A UTTER IMPROVISED FROMCOATS AND STICKS his life for his incident shows a quickwit, courage, and physicalpreparedness, but the Scoutmovement would fail if itdid not attain still greaterthings in boys. Scouts are not allowed toaccept tips or to be paid forany act of kindness or cour-tesy. An amusing instanceof the working of this lawamong the street gamins re-cently occurred in New YorkCity. A small Scout steppedup to an old lady and offeredto carry her satchel for he reached her frontdoor, she gave him fifteencents; he tipped his hat andretired. A few minutes after-ward the bell rang and thehim the toter of the first-aid kit. What old lady found the same little Scout on thedoes B. P. stand for? Oh, that means Be front-door step. Said he, Me bruder saysPrepared. With that the youth saluted to me, says he, Youre a bum Scout toand retired to join his friends. take money from an old woman for carryi
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