“BE GENTLEMEN !"
BADEN POWELL’S ADVICE TO SCOUTS.
AN AMUSING DEFINITION
(Special To The Times). AUCKLAND. Feb. 23.
Lord Baden Powell has some new advice to give to New Zealand Scouts.
Addi'essing them after the rally on Saturday, he recalled a number of New Zealanders he had seen on active service, describing them as courageous, brave and, . above all. gentlemen. He once asked a small wolf cub for his definition of a “gentleman,” and the lad replied: “a gentleman is a . bloke what has to keep his toenails clean.” “That wolf cub had a good idea about it,” said tbo Chief Soout, amid laughter. He did not look upon a gentleman as a man with a lot of money, a motor car and good clothes, hut as a clean man. At any rate a gentleman like the New Zealand soldiers who fought in the war was an honorable man and he did not tell lies whether- he liad money or not. “You young fellows will come on just like "your' fathers before you. Be brave, courageous and, above all, gentlemen. So I suv to you bo gentlemen and keep your toenails clean.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11448, 24 February 1931, Page 5
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191“BE GENTLEMEN !" Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11448, 24 February 1931, Page 5
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