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Making Men by "Boy Scout" Movement

chorus. But Mr.. Chesley refused to re-
veal the identity of the offender. and,
cautioning them to guard safely the red
flag which hung over the camp, and was
sacred to it's members. he made prep
aratiOns for the next scout game. Every
scout entered heartily into the games
which followed, but with one eye open for
the traitor in their midst One of the
most interesting events was the spear
game, played by two boys standing on
boxes and endeavoring to throw each
other off by means of long poles, around
the ends of which were wrapped soft
balls of cloth. But when a horseman
cantered slowly into camp every eye
turned from the contestants to watch his
approach.
Quick as a flash a scout sprang up
and Selling the red banner ran through
the surprised campers and passed it to
the horseman. Excitement reigned SUI
preme and when the horse and rider
turned and left the camp at a swift gait
defeat seemed almost certain. But would
scouts whose maxim is Never say die
till you are dead" accept such an easy
defeat? No! And they didn't For
post haste. over a fence. they weht after
him. A bad place in the road stopped
the enemy for moment, and moment
too long. The scouts swarmed over his
horse, and seizing the precious flag, car
ried it triumphantly back to camp.
The wonderfully rapid increase of the
troop of boy scouts in Washington is
but another example of the quick adop-
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to fly it, Every boy present is busy at
some task that will admit him to the
vari ous grades of boy scouts
But the greatest occasion is the trip to
Rock Creek Park, and several Saturdays
have been spent in this vicinity by the
boy scouts In one instance the famous
war game was played. The Indians.
bright in their red bandannas, formed
some little distance from the camp held
by the United States soldiers Mean
while. the latter. In their bandannas of
Union color prepared themselves for de-
Tense. Then the battle began: The red
skins advanced, armed with their deadly
weapons of white chalk. The defenders
received the attack manfully, but
sustained some few losses, for every
man marked with the fatal white chalk
could not even consider himself wounded.
but ceased action altogether and reported
to headquarters as dead"
The battle ragged fercely around the
camp flag until one little Indian scram-
bled up the tree which held the sacred
emblem, and, seizing 1t, prepared to slide
down. But hoy in blue" was after
him post-haste, and had 1t not been for
another little redskin the trophy would
have been restored 10 its rightful place.
The Indians triumphantly bore the banner
away, and victory was declared to be
theirs.
Perhaps the most exciting event of the
day was the tracking of spy. who, I'M
known to the scouts, had made his way
into camp.
Boys" announced Mr.. Chesley, there
is spy In camp.
Who is he? Who is hep came in
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The unprecedented rise In recent years
OF that distinctly American, out-and-ou.
democratic and unpretentious tyne or
dwelling known as the bungalow IN 3
matter Of common knowledge Whether
this enviable reputation has been gaine6
through a desire for those quaint corners.
those open fireplaces for which we An
tbng. or whether 1t is really a visible I'm.
dication Of the giving way OF style To
comfort, cannot be decided offhand. If
is certain, however. that many Of thu
best known families in the land have
given up the formal stuffy residence for
the unconventional bungalow, and thu
fact that many OF these people have un-
limited means might be taken to indicsta
that the change has not been due to any
desire to economist. There can be little
doubt. however, that the matter of ex-
pense cuts no little figure in decidine
would-be builders In favor Of the bunga-
low. This, taken with the fact that ali
the rooms are on one floor, with the DOS
sible exception of one or two in the
attic" and the ease and facility with
which these structures may be erected.
is probably the main factor which has
induced. and viii continue to induce.
many :sa.e- - dwell ia he bungalow.
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as the King of Italy remarked about am
bassadorial homes. The Hughes family
offers all manner of attractions to the
younger set. There is the only son.
Charles Evans, jr.. who after pursuing
MS collegiate studies in Brown Univer-
sity is now making a record at Harvard.
Mrs. Hughes devoted much leisure to
the preparation of her son for college.
ana she was deeply gratified that he car
ried on all the honors SO signally. Brown
Is the alma mater of Justice Hughes.
and he was anxious to have the family
tradition followed. Young Charles was
one OF the Phi Beta Kappa men of his
eIass ana has recently been elected to the
year in Harvard. He viii make his first
visit to Washington since his father be-
came justice at Thanksgiving time.
MISS Helen Hughes eldest OF the three
oaushters of the new justice. has just
entered Vassar. and she intends to
take the entire course. Mrs. Hughes
has never committed herself on the sub
1ect OF collegiate career for her eldest
daughter. She herself enjoyed college
NE immensely and she has frequently
spoken or the broadening effect which
the higher education must have. Miss
Helen is decidedly fond of books and she
is enthusiastic over the prospect of four
years Of hard work at them. She will
come to WASHINGTON for the Christmas
recess and will no doubt figure amony
the favored maidens who will dance at
Miss Helen -Taft's holiday ball.
The second daughter. Miss Catherine
Is twelve years old and will be a dav
scholar at the National Cathedral School.
The youngest, Eliza beth. born in Albany.
VIII be quite belle in Supreme Court
circles this winter. She has q unioue
position and her only natural associates
must be the lovely little granddauchfer
of Justice and Mrs. McKenna. littIe
Marie Davenport. who makes freouent
visits to Washington. or the great grand-
children of Justice and Mrs. Harlan Jus
tice and Mrs. Day also have several sinai,
grandchildren. but the Hughes family
boasts Of the only infant In the au.,,.,
circle. e''
Justice and Mrs. Hughes have bean an.
tertained extensively by their old friend.
In the New York set and by their asso.
ciates. large dinner was given thar,
October % and their social Calendar a.
well filled until the middle of the winter
They will begin their dinners souawhst
later in the winter and will foiiov shs
routine after the manner of ali weIi-brs6
strangers in Official ranks.
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ton of this scheme throughout the coun-
try. And with practically the same
methods and rules there exists an or
ganization of boy scouts in England, over
4OO, 600 strong. 1t has proved to be more
than fad. 1t is combination of ideas
taken from several prominent boys clubs
that have been successful in one line or
another. Dan Beard. the founder of the
Sons of Daniel Boone" has contributed
to the scheme splendid methods for the
instruction in woodcraft in which the
boys of his organization were so pro-
ficient.
X Y
Ernest Thompson Seton. the author
and naturalist, with the cooperation of
Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell. the founder
Of the boy scouts in England. has writ
ten book which comprises a study of
woodcraft and Indian signs; the making
of tepees and camp fires, and the neces-
sary knowledge that a man should
have travelling in the wilderness and
thrown on his own resources. Many
Washington boys are busy at work
studying this book and the various forest
signs and footmarks OF the more common
animals, things that every good scout
must know. But he must be at home in
the water as well as in the woodland,
for 1t is the duty Of every scout to save
life in an emergency.
In fact, a greater part OF the scouts
training is in self-reliance and action In
cases of necessity He is taught eie-
mentaIy first aid and handaging, ana be-
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asmuch as she was considered one of the
possible first ladies of the land. Rpt her
present position as wife of an associate
justice of the most august tribunal on
earth is equally gratifying to her friends.
Justice and Mrs. Hughes from this
autumn rank among the staple factors in
high official life.
During the heated days of August, JUS
tice and Mrs. Hughes spent some anxious
days in Washington looking for a home.
This question of getting a suitable domi-
cile on an income which applies more to
the idle rich than to the busy public serv-
ant almost equals the servant question or
the price of food. But Ms. Hughes went
to work Systematically and tirelessly and
in consequence she has found home in
the new section of Massachusetts, avenue
extended WHICH in every way meets pres
emit demands. This home is near 9th
street and surrounded by handsome new
residences, and it will certainly be among
the noted social centers of the winter.
Wives of men chosen into the supreme
judicial tribunal of the nation have little
choice in the matter of social program.
Their routine has been laid down for
them by hard and fast traditions faith
fully observed in the century of Wash
ingtons existence as capital. Mrs.
Hughes belongs to the conservative type,
and she is not liable. to strike out new
paths She will fit in quietly and
follow the rules with conscientious eX-
actness. Her social career is not causing
her the least anxiety. She is a woman
of many resources and one to whom
her home duties appeal most powerfully.
The problems of the butterfly world will
not disturb her harmony. Getting into
a new home and moving all her earth
ly possessions as comprised in every
day life is. according to Mrs. Hughes.
problem enough for any woman and oc-
cupation galore for the winter. From
her earliest married life she has heen
a careful and exact homekeeper and she
will add luster to the Supreme Court
circle of chatelaines who are regarded
among those who know them we'll as
the best housekeepers in official life.
About the usual questions OF the day,
suffrage, higher education for women,
women in public life and Kindred themes.
Mrs Hughes declines to be brought into
discussion. During her husbands career
and even before he became so well known
to the reading public she never permitted
her opinions to figure. But that she has
very well defined opinions and can ex-
press them tersely and appealinply is
well known in New York and Albany
and wherever she has resided. That she
believes in the highest intellectual de-
velopment for women as well as for men
she frankly admits. She is not college
graduate. though she was three years at
Wells College and two at Wellesley.
She has always maintained cord al in
terest in her college alumnae associations
and aided all worthy causes which they
championed. Indeed, assisting her alum
nae associations and the colonial chapter
of the D. A. r., of which she is MEM
Der, is her sole participation in club life.
She has never expressed disapprovaI of
clubs for women, but simply remarkeI
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The Lost City of Sumner.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
Though antiquity is not one Of the long
historical suits OF this country. we are
yet so ancient that a list of the towns
and cities that have risen, fiourished and
decayed, with a full description OF the
causes, would be exceedingly interesting.
We have our Sweet Auburns and our
"buried cities of the plain not buried
under the belching deposit of a fierce vol
scano, but under the growth of trees and
brambles that have sprung up after their
abandonment. One such is recalled by
the Kansas City Star this week, mu-
nicipality of which few of the present
generation have probably ever heard, but
which half a century ago had won a
place on the map with an apparently
fair prospect Of swinging into the front
rank Of the boom towns of that period.
1t lay about four miles south Of Atchi-
son, on the Kansas side of the Missouri
river. and was founded in 1857 by an en-
terprising colony of New Englanders,
who went there not only for business.
but to establish an anti-slavery spirit
in northeastern Kansas as an Offset to
the sentiment of Atchison, at that time
decidedly pro-slavery. One of the origi-
nal stockholders was George Sumner, a
younger brother of the Massachusetts,
senator. and for him it was named.
Summers fame spread to the east and
it had its share Of newcomers looking
for investment. It's hostelries and board
ing houses were crowded, and its largest
hotel had seventy rooms. Streets were
laid out and graded. houses, warehouses
and wharves sprang up, and regular
line Of packets was operated between
- to- ~
ate points. Seven or eight steamships
were loaded or unloaded at Sumner each
day. and as high as fifteen of these boats
used the main wharf in a single twenty
four hours. It was in the big hotel, the
pride of the place, that the late Senator
John ]. ingalls, spent his first night in
Kansas and announced next morning that
he should settle there and practice law.
After the town failed he bought the ho-
tel. and the key to it is still in Mrs. In
gals possession. Among the citizens of
the place for a short time were Albert D.
Richardson of the New York Tribune
and Minnie Hauck, once a grand opera
star.
full creation is a tumble-down. untenant-
ed house and the vine-covered foundation
of the old hotel. It seems strange that an
enterprise which had gained such an
impulse and was conducted by men and
women of energy and character should
have passed into such utter oblivion.
But in 1850 the county seat fight was
started. 1t was between Atchison and
Summer. The latter had 500 more popu-
lation. but the former was named as
the county capital. That hurt its
chances. but the coup de grace did not
come until two years later. when q cy-
clone carried more than half the town
into the river or over to the Missouri
side. Another illustration of the same
sort is the abandoned town Of New Dunn
fries. on the Potomac south Of Washing
ton. the earth remains OF which, showing
wharf plans and the like. are still Wis
tied BY occasional travellers.
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Very Prosy.

DROF. BRANDER MATTHEWS of CO.
lumbia, in one of his addresses on the
drama, said of an unimaginative and
prosaic dramatist:
HE it was, l am sure, who in his youth
on being asked in examination what
Shakespeare meant by the phrase, ser
mons in stones wrote in reply:
"'When passing by a tombstone. you
may learn the name and the dates of
birth and death of the departed one, and
also, from the inscription a valuable
moral lesson from his or her life. Walk
ing along road, you may see from the
mile stones the number Of miles to the
nearest towns and thus acquire geo.
graphical information. HEAPS OF stones
by the roadside indicate that repairs are
to take place, and so inculcate a lesson
in neatnesS.'
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other churches are fast becoming inter-
ested in the movement, and Mr.. Chesley
hopes to make it widespread through
the city. The teachers are becoming
greatly interested. and one of them hopes
to train her class of twenty-five boys that
they may qualify as boy scouts.
There are three rungs in the boy scouts
ladder. He must first pass the test to
become a tenderfoot. and this means
work. for. though it is a practical and
useful knowledge that is required of the
scout. the average boy finds himself de-
ficient. None of the Washington boys
has gone higher than the tenderfoot
stage. but it will certainly not be long
before The scouts at the National Capital
will become second-class scouts, and then
arrive on top as first-class scouts
= *
1.-THE big room in the boys department
of the Y. NJ. c. A. at about half-past
four of an afternoon is certainly a Pc
culiar Workshop remarked Mr.. Chesley.
over in one corner sits little fellow
with his head buried in the book of laws
and signs for the boy scouts; several of
the boys are grouped together endeavOr-
ing to tie at least four knots out of the
seven-reef, sheet bend Glove hitch, bow
line, middleman'S, fishermans and sheep
shank. Others are practicing the signs
and salute and discussing the composition
Of the national fla" and the Dro1er wav
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They Desire Envy.

NTHE ostentation of the idle rich OF
I Europe" said H. X. Adair, the
San Francisco detective, on his return
from trip of criminal Investigation on
the continent. makes me think of little
Tommy Traddles.
''Fommy's mother gave him an apple
one morning, and afterward, at lunch,
she said:
why, there's your apple in your
pocket stills Why haven't you eaten it?'
didn't see none of the fellers about
Tommy answered. Apples taste best
when there's another kid to watch you
eat EN-
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any warriors of old. In just this fashion
Washington's boy scouts have been hav
ing their fun. learning the various
methods of warfare and generalship AMI
proving their honor by the war code
which every true scout must follow.
Albert A. Chesley OF the boys depart
ment OF the Y. NJ C. ~, with the aid OF
a number of olergymen. teachers and
Business men interested in the move
ment. has succeeded in establishing this
sturdy branch of the national organiZa-
ton noted for its splendid work among
boys He has been appointed first scout
master by the national committee, and
until local council has been forme' TIE
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1t was signed Thaydore Rosenfeldt. 1t
was me that was causin' tn panics,
stickin' me feet in tn wheels iv in
dusthree. corruptin' tn administration iv
justice an destroyin' tn constitution. l
don't know how nanny times he ex
PEELED me firm tn Union in thin dario
days. TIL young pathricyans that come
down firm tn club after supper FIR a
little athletic sport breakin' up our meet
ms, an got it, mind We, called Thin
silves Rosenfelt Minyit Men.
Ellis pitcher hung in all brokers' Offices
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reported In tn mugwump papers undher
not undher tn head Nv Crime an to
know that tn milishy hasn't been or
dhered to sleep on their arms just be-
cause 1t looks as though might win this
year. like tn sinsation. Pierpont. pass
tn cigars. James. ordher me motor %
be here at a quarther to four.
Il wondher how long il will last. Him
missy? viii l wake up some fine morni,'
an find that all me arrystocratic frinjs
has left me again? TIL dimmycrat party
is ony fash enable whin it's a kind ~
timpry shelter FIR republicans that have
left home because they object to tn
smell Nv house clanin. We hear rumors
Nv throuble firm wan Nv our leadin'
statesmen that does chores rr tn re.
publicans. He comes out an says that
some ~ tn boarders are kickin'. an Ia
thinks il We can make our party COM
Portable an attractive to thin they'll
Thomas Jefferson to tn wall. put a copy
iv tn Aldhrich tariff bin on the front
parlor table. chase out William Jennings
Bryan, who's had the best bedroom rent
free an his meals in bed rr fourteen
years an go an sleep in tn woodshed.
Says our leader: There's much discon-
tint over in the great house an all tn
boys that have tn front rooms is ready
TO quit If We can offer Thin injoocmints'
But there aren't many Nv thim,' says
we. I know that says he, but IL they
move out all tn fellows in tn hall bed
rooms will go with thim.' he says. Blu.
why don't they grab tn best rooms THIN
silves?' says we. They don't want Jawn
ID. Rockyfellar's room, they want his
compny.' says he "An' here they come
he says, so I'll throuble We to get or
tn premises he says.
"An' there We ar-re. We've got thin
on our hands an Wen have to change
our entire method Nv livin' as long as they
stay. Afther awhile whin they get tired
Nv SEEM our faces in tn back yard they'll
leave US. But in tn manetime We thry
an not do anything that will make
thin unhappy Hinnissy. Reminder that
they were tindheriy reared an amy allu-
sion to dimmycratic doctrines will hurt
their feelin's."
'1t looks like dimmycratic year." said
Mr.. Hennessy.
'1t does,' said Mr.. Dooley. at know
We ARE goin' to win. I feel 1t In me
bones. I'm so uncomfortable"
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colledge prisidint who's waitin' FIR Jawn
Archbold's ring at tn dure says things
that tn Freshman shudden't hear. It:
about him that tn Bar Assocyation calls
an -imargency meetin' an tn joodicyary
can't talk comfortably without putin on
tn black cap. It's in front iv his houss
that tn mob gathers armed with goold-
headed walkin' sticks an pass books; an
tn iditor W tn paper says: i can't
think iv anything more to write about
Rosenfelt, SO Mike, ye'd betther dig up
that old Bryan iditoryal an change tn
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RS. G H A r L E S
EVANS HUGHES
has long been re-
garded a m o n 6
those whose des-
tiny was bound to
bring t h e m to
Washington in some
official capacity.
Several years ago
her personality was
a matter Of alb
sorhing interest, in
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organization of patrols is under his au-
thority Immediately following national
committee meeting in New York. which
he attended Mr.. Chesley began his work
among the boys of Washington.
vacations with a desire for some sort of
athletic sport and with a slight knowl-
edge OF the boy scout movement CLEANED
from the newspapers and magazines,
said Mr.. Chesley recently My first step
was TO gather together several young men
to act as patrol leaders. A large placard.
posted at the boys entrance of the Y. NJ.
c. A, brought the main body of the
troop, over a hundred strong, at an early
hour on the day of the first outing. And
since that day the number has been
steadily increasing.
In fact, every day brings recruits for
our troops. All boys under the required
age limit are welcomed, and when six
names have been received a patrol is
formed and patrol leader elected We
are anxious to use the older boys, gen.
orally those in high school, as patrol
leaders. for they are less likely to lose
sight of that part OF the scheme which
tends toward character building than are
the boys of thirteen or fourteen"
MIR. Chesley has endeavored TO estab-
fish patrols in the various schools and
churches. and with the aid of the teach
ers and clergymen has thus far been
most successful The Waugh Chu ch
with four patrols is in the lead. but the
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the management of q home with great
skill and without adding their care to
her husbands burden. Her devotion to
her husbands interest and her cordial
sympathy with his ideals is one of her
strongest characteristics as well as one
of her most charming qualities.
Books, music. paintings and rare old
engravings are Mrs. Hughes fads. Her
home is filled with excellent pictures.
framed and hung with care. Before pub
lice life absorbed his time so completely,
Gov. Hughes with his wife spent many
vacations travelling abroad. They have
gathered some interesting treasures in
this way. and their home is entirely
of their individual tastes
and entirely furnished away from conven-
tional lines. During the somewhat no.
madic life they have led since Justice
Hughes became prominently identified
with the public service, Mrs. Hughes has
faithfully packed all her treasures and
brought them into each new home.
Life in the Hughes family radiates from
a library rather than the drawing room.
and 1t Is one of the cheeriest and most
attractively furnished rooms Of the kind
which Washington can boast.
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On. the Political Situation.
Ry FINLEY PETER dunno,

ii be movin' firm a dimmycrat to a re-
publican ward A republican saloon was,
a caffey an dimmycrat saloon was
doggery. Ivry time l cast me vote 1 was
made to feel that 1 had betrayed me
native land.
was put to in thin days was as a mop
to clane out tn republican household.
Ivry wanst in awhile tn betther iimint