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BOY SCOUTS HANDBOOKThe First Edition, 1911



BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

Boy Scouts of America

Official National Out

SIGMUND EISNER

New York Salesrooms

103 Fifth Avenue

Red Bank. N. J.

Each part of the uniform is stamped with the official seal of the BoyScouts of America.

If there is no agency for the official uniform in your city write forsamples.

SIGMUND EISNER

Manufacturer of U. S. Army and National Guard Uniform

The Best Food for The Boy Scouts is

Shredded Wheat

because it has all the muscle-building, bone-making material inthe whole wheat grain prepared in a digestible form, supplyingall the strength needed for work or play. It is ready-cooked andready-to-eat. It has the greatest amount of body-buildingnutriment in smallest bulk. Its crispness compels thoroughmastication, and the more you chew it the better you like it.Shredded Wheat is the favorite food of athletes. It is on thetraining table of nearly every college and university in thiscountry. The records show that the winners of many brilliantrowing and track events have been trained on Shredded Wheat.

TheBISCUIT is in little loaf form. It is baked a crisp, goldenbrown. It is eaten with milk or cream, or fruit, or is deliciouswhen eaten as a toast with butter. TRISCUIT is the Shredded Wheatwafer---the ideal food for the camp or the long tramp.

Buildingbuster boys is bully business--that's the reason we want to helpthe Boy Scout movement.

The Shredded Wheat Company

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