THE BOYS OF THE WORLD.
The Boy Scouts of Denmark thought of it first. "When^the Scout Movement comes of age at the Jamboree this summer," they said, "we want to give tho Chief Scout a present. The Director of the International Bureau heard of it, and said that no one was to give more than a penny Tho news flew round the world, but so secretly that the Chief never got wind of it; any Ssout. who wanted to do so might give a penny, and no one was to be asked to give anything at all. Well over a million pennies came pouring in. ; The Scouts of Siam were the first to send their contributions. The Scouts have now. collected enough money for three presents instead of one; a Rolls Royce car, a caravan trailei*, and a cheque. But wc think the Chief Scout will like the spirit behind tho gifts even more than the handsome gifts themselves. The presonts say that the boys of the whole world love him—and what eould man want more?
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 102, 26 October 1929, Page 20
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