THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 167, 31 May 1940, Page 3

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

What ho, what ho, ma Hearties. So here we are in Bonny Scotland. Right in the midst of the Lochs and the Heather. Well first of all I'm going to take you to Glasgow which as you know is one of the greatest manufacturing and shipbuilding towns in Britain. You can see as we approach the city the huge waterside works on the Glasgow Ship canal which was built during the last century to give thr? big town an access to the sea. Yes Glasgow is now quite a large port and has shipping from all parts of the world bringing trade and goods. The first thing I'm going to show you however will not he the city itself, but the wonderful Memorial Church erected to the memory of those brave Scotsmen who fell during the Great War. Tt is built right on the top of a natural rock formation so we must climb a little before we ca,n reach the beautiful carved entrance. Well, here Ave a*-e. Let's go inside but I Avant you all to be very quiet and behave yourselves for this is a very sacred place to all the Scottish people. Now we are in the tail porch. Hoav solemn everything seems. Wonderful stain ed glass Avindows reflect the light from outside in a hundred colourful patterns. Follow me to the Mall of Memory. Here Ave stand in that part especially dedicated to those who fell. See their names by the thousand on the marble Avails, There are beautiful plaques and ] marble alcoA T es on all sides.- Here, in leather-bound volumes Ave can read all about the great exploit? of the Scottish regiments during the world vvai'. We Avill Avander about this marvellous Church of Memory for another half hour, and then heigho, for lunch and then a visit to the inuuptrial area. OUR STORY CHILDREN OF THE DUNES (Synopsis.—Siri and Erick, Danish children, living in a little village of Denmark Avere very excited about an exhibition of Avork in the local schoolhouse. Being too poor to put in anything costing a lot of money, they set to Avork and made some bright little Avooden figures. When hung on the Christmas tree "with other things they looked very nice afcul smart.) The first exhibit Avas bjr Aage, the son of the lumber dealer. It was a pair of Avooden shoes Avith leather tops. The judges looked at them and nodded their heads and smiled, as though the shoes AA'ere old friends of theirs. Yes, there Avas 110 doubt about their going to the fair. Next to the shoes stood a birchbark container AA'hich had beeo woven so Avell that one might carry whter or milk in it and never lose a single drop. Next in line AA'ere AA'eavings and knitted articles, AA r hicli the girls bad made. The judges examined these, one after another, and then they finally reached the exhibit of Siri and Erick. When they saAV gay little figures they took flTerrf, up a bit thoughtfully. "Painted figures," said they, and shook their heads. "Are these not more German than Danish.?" They passed on to Pelle's exhibit which had been left unstained, r;o that one might see lioav nice and white the Avood Avas. They took up first one of his figures and then an - other, and nodded and smiled at them as though they Avere AvelcomIng old friends. "These are Danish," said the judges, one to the other. 'It is as well not to encourage the children to copy foreign Avorlc." So although Siri amd Erick had sixteen figures and Pelle only lavo, he nevertheless was given the prize for wood carvings. When Siri and Erick saAV that their work l:a:l not been considered they Avere so disappointed that they bad all that they could do to keep back their tears. It Avas not until they Avere upon the roal home that they dared voice tlnir bitterness to one another.

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"[ guess that ail most everyone else in school is getting ready to go to the fair but us," said Siri, and the thought somehoAV made her tramp along more heavily than before. Erick nedded bleakly. "The Avorst part of all is shat we have to It'll our mother what has happened and she Avill haA'e to be asluifned of us" Siri sighed a little heavily. "You knoAv what she said about that law that she belicA~es in, about selfishness begetting eA r il and generosity begetting good?" Erick nodded, yes, lie remembered "Well, I guess that it Avould b* a worse kind of disappointment to find out that something you have believed in your Avhole life is not so," Siri pointed out. "That aa'ouM be a far Avors.; disappointment than to find out that you couldn't go to the fair." Erick trudged on a bit farther, then he suddenly slopped. "Yes,, you are right. Siri," he agreed, "and since two of us are disappointed, that should be enough We Avill haA'e io manage so that mother won't find out that Ave are not going to go to the lair.'" "Hoav could avc do that?" Siri Avondered. "By going," said Erick. "If Ave can't take our figures into the exhibit hall, Ave could go to the fair anyAvay, eA'en if avc should have to stand outside the gates, for Avith so many pupils taking exhibits to the fair, she Avould surely neve* expect us to Avin a prize." Siri thought that a good plan. So Erick and she came Avalking into the house cattering as brightly as they had on the other day. A SCOUT YARN I saAV yesterday a man come to the river,, AA'hich Avas too big to cross. A couple of boys on my side of it raced each other to a boat that was lying high and dry on the beach. They hauled it afloat ana started to row across the strongrunning stream. But in their haste they had not noticed that a tholepin was missing. (You knoAA' Avhat a tholepin is? . . . You knoAV that a roAvlock is the crutch in which the oar rests Avhen you are rowing? Well, the roAvlock is made of two tholepins stuck upright in the gunwhalc of the boat.) So Avhen the.boys found that one of the oars could not be used owing to Avant of a tholepin, they swung the boat out of the current till the boAV reached the shore, and, while one boy held it there the other sprang ashore, snatched up a stick of driftwood in one hand and a flat stone in the other, jumped on board again, jammed the stick into the gunwhalc, hammered it home with the stone, and in a feAV seconds the boat AA*as once more under Avay Avith both boys roAving it skilfully across that rushing river. I could not help feeling that these tAVo lads Avere true Scouts by nature. They Avere ready at once to do a good turn to the man when they saAV he needed help; they faced a difficult job in crossing the river, and were so jolly quick about it. And they used their Avits in fitting the boat with a new tholepin from Avhat they could find on the beach. That Avas Avhat Ave call resourcefulness. So these boys, without knowing it, were ready-made Seou'.s. MY HOUSE I have a little playhouse, The roof is painted red, Inside are a table and some chairs And a dolly's bed. I liaA r e some pretty little cups With saucers and plates too. And when I Avash and dry them. They look as if they're neAA\ I often play in my Avee house With its lovely little room, I've a tiny carpet-sweper And a handy little broom.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION THK 01 STANCH TO THK RUIUMAS There were not too many replies to this competition. Of course f know it will l>c hard to guess because not many people go there, but still you should all be good mariners by now. Here were the answers; Charlie Armer IOM, ."niles Reg Parry Janette MeLeod lO^i Barbara Wallace Bill Wallace The correct distance is miles. So Lhe free picture tickets go to. lleg Parry, Janelte MeLeod and Charlie Armer. A Late Starter. Beverley Armstrong lias sent in an. answer thai the distance is 40 miles in this week's competition. 1 think she must have meant it for last week's though so 1 have not put her guess with the others. Try and get your answer in earlier. P.J .W . V NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION WHO IS HK?

JOKE CORNER School Note Uncle: And how clo you like school, Johnny? Johnny: Closed, Uncle. Little Miss Webster "Sadie, what is a gentleman?" "A gentleman," answered Sadie., "is a man you don't know very well." All-British "Under the Tied Robe" (British) —A swaggering adventure tale of the days of Cardinal Richelieu, pro duccd by an American, directed by a Swede, photographed by as Ghinnman, designed by a Swiss and played by a German, a Frenchwoman, a Canadian and a Mexican. Otherwise, an all-British picture .—Film note in London Observer. A Wee Visitor A little boy called on his aunt, who lived next door. "Hello, Aunt Sue," he greeted her, "nice day." Then, after a minute's embarrassed pause, he came to the point. "Aunt Sue, I smell something that seems like pie with raisins in it." "Yes, Billy, I have some mince pies, but they're for company." He pondered this and then suggested hopefully, "I came to make a little bit of a visit myself." Not a Bank A trolley passenger, apprehensive lest she pass her destination, poked the conductor with her umbrella^ "Is that the First National Bank?" she asked. "No, mum," answered the conI ductor. "That is my stomach."