Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-01-13
hoy SCOUTS
AND THE FLAG
Beautiful and Significant
Event at Last Evenings
Dance
BY MRS. PRINCE
Society and Officialdom Out in
Full Force at Brilliant
Affair.

As the New Mexican had predicted,
the dance for the American Boy
! Scouts, at the National Guard armory
last evening, proved the most enjoy
able and mos brilliant society event
OF d busy season.
More than llo people were in at
tendance, the music rendered by Nor
rson's orchestra was first class. the
! floor was as smooth as a mirror and
the dance united cougeniaI social ele-
ments The picture was one of
beauty and charm and teh program
of dances proved to bee well balanced
and well selected.
The refreshments served in the As.
sembly room of the adjoining public
| library were feast. They were well
prepared and delicious, 1t was mid
night when they were served. cover
ing the intermission between the TWO
parts of the program.
The presence of the Boy Scouts in
uniform, added a military touch to
the affair and whenever they drilled
or made their appearance in a body,
! they were applauded. Ca@tain Jack
Garret was in command, and the boys
made a striking appearance. Their
soldterly bearing and 2 ntlemanly
| behavior elected enthusiastic praise,
of which was due to Rev. J. Grat-
tan Mythen, who heads the Boy
Scout movement in New Mexico.
The patronesses formed a receiv-
ing line in a nook OF the hall which
had been carpeted with Indian rugs,
In line were: Mrs Mills, Mrs,
Prince Mrs. Palen, Mrs Walter, Mrs,
/ cartwright. Mrs. Arthur Seligman,
Mrs. Laughlin, Mrs. Harroun, Mrs.
Thomas and Mrs Charles L. Bishop.
In charge of the refreshment table,
decorated with superb bOquet OF
roses. were Mrs l. Sparks, Mrs, Chas.
A. Haynes, Mrs. T. Z. Winter, Mrs.
Fl. S. Kaune. Mrs, e. F. Whitman,
, Mrs. A. p. Hogle and Mrs. Henry
Woodruff.
r Flag Presentation.
A pleasing and striking incident Of
the affair was the presentation of a
imagniticent American nag 10 if1e i3u!
Scouts by Mrs. l.. Bradford Prince.
The BOYS faced the receiving line and
stood attention, while Mrs. Prince in
/, an address which was superbly de-
, livered, appealed to their patriotism
and told them of little known Incl
dents hat attended the designing and
maxim of the first Stars and Stripes.
Morton Seligman, of the Boy Scouts.
responded with clear voice and ex-
: pressed with evident feeling the graf
itude of the Boy Scouts for the flag
: and for the support that the COM
munity has given the boys. Then
with the large flag proudly borne
aloft by him, the boys with the steady
l. and regular tread Of veterans march
e ed to their quarters amidst handicap.
e ping, and deposited the precious EN-
y blem which will form the hI5st Cher
n ished part OF their equipment. There
a was also great applause for Mrs
d Princes Grafton, especially the mas
r terly and eloquent peroration. She
T. spoke as follows:
o Boys, 1t gives me great pleasure
!. TO greet you, tonight.
q When Mr. Mythen first suggested
o the organization of company o.
q Boy Scouts, here in Santa Fe, he ask
cd mo if 7 n
=. replied that | would esteem it q
- privilege as we'll as a pleasure to dc
so.
,r | congratulate you on what was ther
y. only a hope and is now a realization
and that already you have such {
creditable organization of which We
are all proud.
Among the first lessons taught tC
the Scouts is that of patriotism, and
as you all know, the flag of our coun
= try is the emblem of that sentiment
d It represents to us the great natiol
to which We belong which claims ou
loyalty and is the object of our love
We are told in the poetic word
p which every one Of you no doubt have
read in recitation. that lin that an
cient day to be Roman was create
than to be king" But in our da,
to be an American is the highest glor.
that any human being can possess
[ for America represents all that i
l. best and noblest among mankind.
In few short years the American
- boyhood of today will be the Amer
Il can manhood which will have to SUI
port the honor and dignity and glor
Of the American name. 1t is for yo
to see that when your day of powe
al and responsibility comes, the natio
will rise to greater heights in all tha
VI is noble and glorious than it ha
de ever before attained.
or The Flag, represents the nation
he in peace and in war it is the banne
We of liberty, the flag of the free, th
he standard of justice and equal right
OF which has the respect of all nation
MS and the love of every American hear
as. AS school children, you doubles
ell learned that the first flag was mao
he in Philadelphia under the directio
no Of comely young woman named Be
in sic Ross, in the little shop whic
tn was then No. SO Arch street, and ye