. St. Nicholas [serial]. died: Franklin K. Lane andChief-Justice Edward D. White. These two menwere types of Americas best product. Mr. Lane was born in Prince Edward Island,but came to the United States as a boy. Hemade his way into public life, and served forseven years in President Wilsons cabinet. AsSecretary of the Interior his aim was to conserveour great natural resources without depriving thecountry of theirpresent use. Hefought to preventneedless waste. Hewas a friendlyman; and that isone of the Ameri-can tests of amans want our bigmen to be not onlybig and strong, butwar
. St. Nicholas [serial]. died: Franklin K. Lane andChief-Justice Edward D. White. These two menwere types of Americas best product. Mr. Lane was born in Prince Edward Island,but came to the United States as a boy. Hemade his way into public life, and served forseven years in President Wilsons cabinet. AsSecretary of the Interior his aim was to conserveour great natural resources without depriving thecountry of theirpresent use. Hefought to preventneedless waste. Hewas a friendlyman; and that isone of the Ameri-can tests of amans want our bigmen to be not onlybig and strong, butwarm-hearted. Chief-JusticeWhite of theUnited States Su-preme Court wasa big man physi-cally and had a bigmind. He wasseventy-six yearsold, a Southerner born, and a veteran of the Con-federacy. He had been Chief-Justice since 1910. Ex-President Taft said of him: He brought tothe discharge of his great duties an ever pressingsense of responsibility to the people of the UnitedStates in the preservation of the Constitution and. , BuckFRANKLIN K. LANE 1021] THE WATCH TOWER 845 the maintenance of the public interest and privateright as therein balanced. What I would particularly like to have younotice about these two good Americans is that inaddition to skill in their business they had keeninterest in people, and the qualityof friendliness that makes is quite a distinct Americancharacteristic. GIRL SCOUTS Is nt this a jolly picture of theGirl Scouts with Mrs. Hardingand General Pershing! It wastaken in May, at the Girl ScoutRally in Washington. When I was a boy, and my boysmother was a girl, there were ntany Girl Scouts. The girls of thosedays did nt have half the chancethe girls of 1921 have to do BigThings. These Girl Scouts cer-tainly do enjoy life, and I justwonder if the young gentlemenScouts would nt have to hustle tobeat them at some of the stunts. These girls are going to grow uphealthy, happy women, and makeAmerica more than ever proud ofUncle Sams nieces. Its fin
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