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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1929.

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Chief Scout Jalk

AXEMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS.

(By LT.-GEN. SIR ROBERT BADEN-FOWELL.)

[Special to "Hong Kong Dally Press,"

Chcose a Good Axs.

Of course a backwoodsman has to e pretty useful with his axe; and to become a good axeman a fellow must know, first, how the thing ought to be done, and secondly, he must have lots of practice, in doing it before he can be considered any good.

Bad workmen complain about their tools-but before starting to work be sure that your tool is a good one.

SCOUTING IN THE

EARLY DAYS.

HONG KONG PIONEER'S REMINISCENCES.

Gray Wolf, the Lane Scout, crawled upon all fours, noiseless as a shadow. Reaching the hill-top he very slowly raised his head, inch by inch, until he could see the view. Ah just as he thought-the enemy was there. His hand crept cautiously "to his trusty bow, Now

The door behind him open- All Rights Reserved.] ed, and a dispassionate voice called out:-"Tom, are you ever coming in to wash your hands for supper? I've called you twice already. I don't want to have to do it again.” And Grey Wolf, aged 13, and hero of half a hundred fights, put down his bow, and followed. The

his blows."...

Your axe should be a "felling' axe, of which the head will weigh nearly three pounds. See that theIn using the are the tenderfoot handle or "helve" is perfectly usually tries to cover his bost aim by the extra strength of straight and true in line with the head and the edge. To do this," look along the belve with the edge of the head turned upwards. If the edge is not true to the belve, your cuts will go all astray.

Take Care of Your Axe. Then see that your axe is sharp- really sharp, not merely with a good edge on it. A slightly blunt axe is no more good for cutting

down a tree than is a blunt knife for cutting a pencil. You should learn how to sharpen it on grindstone..

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(Learn this now, while you are in civilisation, where grindstones can be found and people are about to show you how to use them).

When out in camp in India for "pig-sticking (that is hunting wild boar with spears) we found how very necessary it was to keep one's spear as sharp as a razor; and every time we killed a boar we would sharpen up our spear-heads again ready for the next fight.

We could not carry grindstones about with us, but we carried a small fine file, with which we were able to touch up the edge; and that is what many an old backwoodsman does for his axe-he carries a small file with him:

Using the Axe. If an old hand is looking on, he is smiling to himself and thinking how blown and what a backache be got himself the first time that he did it!

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worst of grown-ups" he uttered, SCOUTING ARTICLES. “HUNGRÝ · GHOSTS.”~

they never understand a fellow." Twenty-one years ago, a Mac who

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had Once been a Boy, knowing how boys felt on such matters an parental psychology, propounded

The Chief Scout, referring to a scheme which every boy in the country at once decided was the Scouting in the Far East, wrote!

His "real thing."

namo was recently that "The Chinese Scouts B.-P. They now call him Lord are increasing in numbers and Baden-Powell, but be remains taking to Scouting" like ducks to He knew what water-the only danger is that they "B.-P." to us. parents were like. He knew what may be adopting it too rapidly quaint ideas they held on personal without fully assimilating cleanliness. He knew that they

Scout Law." exercised a strict censorship ez a fellow's choice of literature-or thought they did. So when he put is scheme in front of Boyhood, he said: "I know you will like this idea. But see what your father thinks about it."

the

The Arst Rule in the Boy Scoute Association Rules states that "The aim of the Association is to develop good citizenship among boys by forming their character, training Consequently, when the first issue them in habits of observation, Don't try to put force into the of the Scout was published, and obedience and self-reliance, încul- blow; merely be careful about He-Who-Must-Be-Obered aiming it; so that it falls exactly "Here, what's that you are read-cating loyalty and thoughtfulness where you want it to. The swinging? Let me see it," the precious for others, teaching them services and the weight of the axe itself new paper was handed over with useful to the public and handicrafts does the rest.

A good axeman uses his axe equally well left-handed or right. I is all a matter of practice, and most valuable.

Felling & Tres.

The way to cut down a tree is to cut first a big chunk out of the side you want the tree to fall on, and then to cut into the opposite side to fell t

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Before starting to fell your tree, Grat clear away all small branches and bushes which might interfere with the swing of your axe, and therefore spoil your aim.

Also clear away any brambles or undergrowth that might trip you at the critical moment.

adid

a little less diffidence than usual.

A Forgetful Father.

of wonders, it And wonder worked. "Not at all bad, this," was the verdict. "Yes, I don't mind paying for that for you." And he forget to hand it backl

menta.

I always think that was how Scouting actually began. Later, of course, there were other develop There was the purchase of paper hat and equipment, A this game. You had to have a wooden sword would not do for real plainsman's hat and a knife, a whistle, and Scout colours. And, lo and behold, they were all forth coming, without so much aa

of protest..

Queer Equipment.

word.

useful to themselves, and promot ing their physical development and bygiene."

Scout Law.

It will be seen, therefore, that the realisation and practice of the Scout Law is the most important thing in Scouting, and that any thing that helps Scouts to attain the high qualities which that Law definitely mentions as marking out boy as a Scout is of the greatest value. Tracking is of immense use in character training, since it develops the powers of observation, patience, perseverance, self-reliance, and the faculty of deduction in a marked degree.

Delights of Tracking.

Cut out real chunks while you are at it, not lot of little chips. which are signs to anyone coming

In those early days, in one village there later that a tenderfoot has been at work. It is all a matter

at least, the only real difficulty was of aiming your stroke well.

In this Colony Scouts are in Aim so that the tree will fall to find the equipment. There were Dot enough slonch hats, knives, and clear of other trees, and not get whistles to go round. A Scout's clined to neglect tracking; in fact, When the tree falle, look out for staff was hard to find, too, but as I only know of one Group in which hung up in their branches.

a special effort has been made to the butt. This often jumps back B.-P." said a broomstick would Shorta were unheard of then,

most entrancing of all the many directly behind it. Many a tender-

but a word in the right quarter soon saw an old pair of father's pursuits which Scouting opens up. 12. Handkerch'vesinen that "you may lend your last foot has been killed that way.

When the stem cracks and the

There is a distinct tendency for 2 Pr. Shoes dollar to a Eriend, but never lend

tree begins to topple over, move pants cut down. Possibly when a know him your axe-unless you

jorward in the direction of the fall, troop held its first parade, it look- that he is a good axeman and will and at the same time outwardsed a little motley, but all pioneers Scouts here to go for the less diff have to put up with difficulties.cult badges; and thereby their away from the butt.

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There is an old saying with these from the stump, so never, stand suffice, that difficulty was got overtake it up. Yet it is one of the

not blunt it."

Mr. Gladstone's Favourite

Every

training suffers badly.

Chief Scout's Good Advice...

FEEDING FESTIVAL

CELEBRATION.

PEOPLE WHO DIE. CHILDLESS,

[United Press.)

Peping.--China's "hungry ghosts'" have been saved once more from the danger of starvation. The spirits of

men and women who have died with- out children to look after them still do not lack sympathetic attention.

The fact has been forcibly demon- strated by celebration of the "Fes- tival of Hungry Ghosts" in Peping this autumn, in spite of the decree issued by the Government at Naa- " king forbidding observance of the ancient festival.

Stimulated Enthusiasm.

To all appearances, the festival was mare universally celebrated in 1999 than in many years past. The decree inspired by Kuomintang re- formers appeared to stimulate the people's enthusiano, and the author- ities made no serious attempt to interfere with the pretty festival.

The theory of the festival is that. persons who die without children to look after their spirits are "hungry spirit" and unless they are looked after, they will bother the living Kuomintang reformers be-

the people, whose ancestors have Leve this is a superstitious practice, and should be stopped by law. But observed the festival for centuries, think" otherwise.

The festival this year was cen- tered in the Poi Hai (North Lake) the beautiful public park which was once the pleasure-garden of the Manchu Empress Dowager, and which is now open to the public. On the charming lake at Pei Eni, "thou- sands of Chinese came with their candles and plucked lotus leaves from the lake upon which to speed back to the "other land" the hungry ghosts who had been their guests for the day.

Ancestral Tablets." The temples which house the ar central tables to the childless spirits were thronged in Pering, showing that a large part of the people remember the sad plight of these ghosts, and wish to soften burned before the their hardships in the other world. Incense was pathetic tablets, which bore legends showing that these spirits had no descendants of their own to look after them, and food offerings were presented.

And after that came Scoutcraft The tendericot will go banging.

First of all came tracking, over hill about with an axe, hopping at

· Forgetfulness of the Scout Law is roots and branches on the ground. The great Victorian statesman, and-dalo, shrough the woodlands,

The lake at Pei Hai after night- and blunting the axe at every Mr. Gladstone, found his favourite and across the bard arid patches by no means restricted to Chinese recreation in cutting down trees. where only a trained Scout could Scoute, and I therefore very warm": stroke on earth and stones; and He used to explain that the great follow the faint trail. And thenly welcome the assistance given to fill presented a lovely spectacle, leaves floating on the water with when his "arms tire-if he has not good that he get from it was due came knots. And after that the me- Hong Kong Scouting by the Hong with hundreds of the great Ictus meantime chopped his own foot-he to his attention being taken up with mory and observation tests. For ip- Kong Daily Press by publishing a

stance a Scout was given a certain series of articles from the Chief their tiny candles. All of the brats each stroke of the axe. will throw the axe away, leaving it stroke had to be made carefully so length of time to examine a shop Scout's pen, and would earnestly had been reserved for the evening, on Tracking, etc., to show them to softly in and out among the floating lying all anyhow on the ground-that each blow should fall in the window, and had to describe its ask all parents who see these talks and hundreds of Chinese rowed probably where it will catch and proper place. Mind, eye, and hand contents, afterwards, from memory. cut the toe of someone moving about being thus busily engaged, there This latter was a fascinating game, their Scout sons and Guide daught leaves

was no room for troubling thoughts although shopkeepers took a little ers, and thus give additional help to come into his head. In this way time to get used to it. And there to Scouters and Guiders in their after dark.

When you want to leave your he cbtained complete ress for his was signalling, and, oh lots of happy but sometimes difficult task axe, strike straight down with it mind, while the action of raising other things the things boys had of leading their Groups and com-lanterns shaped to imitate lotus into a tree-stump, and leave it and extending his arms, performed always wanted to do but never had panies in the way in which they buds, lotus-flowers and lotus-leaves,

in the open air, gave him the best a real chance. possible badily, exercise.

sticking there till required again.

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CONCERT. DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME

The First Camp,

But even these delights paled before the joys of the frat Scouts camp. Boye were at last allowed to go away and live all on their own in real tents, with nobody to get excited if it did rain, or worry their feet did get wet now and again. And boys did their own Andrce Segovia, the famous cooking-at times. You made your guitarist, will make his first and own fire in the woods, drew the only appearance in Hong Kong to water yourself, and "hung your

should go.

G. T. WALDEGRAVE, Commissioner, Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch.

Those were the early days, the pioncer days. I suppose they do it a little better now, but in essentials it remains the same.

A shock For Uncle,

I said so to a young Scout friend

The narrow side streets of Peping were also filled with men, women and children carrying aloft paper

or sometimes real lotus-leaves with candles fixed in them, singing couples translated by Juliet Bredon to mean: "Lotus-flower lamp; 0 lotus-flower lamps! To-day we light your tapera, to-morrow you will be gone!!

This festival is one of the most popular in China, being celebrated from Canton to the borders of Man- churia. And if Peping is a simple, the celebration in this year was ne extensive as in any during the long centuries it has been observed,

ADVICE FOR INVESTORS.

READERS

[TO THE EDITOR OF THỂ “ HƠNG KONG night at the Theatre Royal, Al- billycan on a tripod over the fire of mine the other day. Having though almost unknown six years in the correct Scout manner. And just desisted him to buy a really ago, to-day Segovia is eléctrifying if the Scoutmaster thought you post equipment, I thought the the musical centres of Europe and might have some bacon and egg, time appropriate for a few remarks you had'em, and you discovered upon the early hardships of pioneer SIR-Re the recommendations of America and now the Orient. the Salaries Commission (appointed The full programme for to-night that a little grass mixed up with Scouts. So you ace," I wound them in the cooking did'nt up with all your fine new equip by the Government to inquire into is as follows:-

a bit of harm. And con- ment, I had as much fun with my and report on Government salaries) 1. Etude in C

Sor 1778-1838. do Ser 1778-1839. densed milk-most bays like con-old broomstick, and makeshift uni- can you or any of your readers say

Malats. densed milk, but it's hard to get it form. I hope eta, etc. how the recommended salariés, as

by He listened to me very patiently. published in your paper to-day,

Tarrega. at home. But you got it in camp. JS, Bach. for there was nothing else, and you Usele." said he, when I conclud- ccampare with the salaries paid for

ed; Things were a bit different J. S. Bach, were glad of it! the same jobs in the pre-war year,

then. You see, nowadays,

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J. S. Bach, What a life?" The best days J.. 8. Bach. I've ever had." old Scouts will Haydn, always contend. Made you ft and Tarios, happy, and it didn't matter if you Granados. got a bit dirty, se long as you were

Albeniz, doing a useful job. Albeniz. (Continued on 'next Column.)

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the Editor.. -W. A." B.