Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
boy SCOUTS TO ACT
Performance to Be Given at
Arcade April q.
DIRECTION OF Mr.. SETON
Author and Chief Scout to Take
Fart-Has Just Returned From
Europe.
DIRECTION OF Mr.. SETON

With the return Of Ernest THOMPSON
seton. chief scout OF the Boy Scouts
OF America. yesterday from his Euro
pean tour, where he went on business
relating to the scout movement in
England. he will Immediately make
preparations for the scout and Indian
performance to be given under his d.
rect1on in Washington at the Arcade.
April ~, for the benefit of the boys
department of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Albert NJ. Chesley. in charge of the
boys department, has succeeded in
organizing the complete corps of Y. NJ
c. A. Boy Scouts, who will participate
in the performance while other scouts
throughout the city are rehearsing
their parts in the minor roles assigned
to them. Fifty-six of the Y. NJ C. A.
scouts will take part in the correct re-
production Of Mr. Seton's famous
Woodcraft Council Fire at Lake George.
which will be the most important
feature of the show.
Mr.. Seton to Appear.
Not only will the campfire scene be
as correct a reproduction as artistic
scenery can make 1t, but Mr.. Seton will
himself appear for the first time in
public wearing his BLACK Wolf In
dian costume. with paint and feathers
The stage will represent a forest scene,
and the curtain will first go up show
ing twenty-five scouts dressed as In
dams and seated about a campfire
with Mr.. Seton, as the chief, seated
in their midst. The Ichibuzzhi and
the ghost dances and songs and other
Indian music, written by Alice Fetch
err the composer, Will be features OF
the act. while the entire Y. M. c: A.
troop will Join in the weird. pictur-
esque war dance which will close the
scene. Rehearsals for this dance have
been going on for more than a week.
The whole scene will represent a
sleeps by the campfire.
which is to be followed by practical
demonstrations of Boy Scout accom-
ed drill. comprising the gymnasium
squad of the boys department.. This
will be in charge of H. w. Long,
physical director of the department.
Mr.. Chesley wrote to Mr.. Seton last
night regarding preparations for the
performance and several changes in
the program have already been made.
Because of the extensiveness Of the
production, 1t has been decided to omit
the minstrel show which the boys have
been rehearsing, and the program will
follow closely scout and gymnastic
exercises.
List Of 7. NJ. c. A. Scouts.
The list of the Y NJ C. A. scouts
| who will participate in the program
| follow:
Glenn Allen. 3; Charles Ashford. 3:
Roger Baldwin, 10; John Barnes. 10;
Cecil Baumgarten, 3: Minor Blackboard.
s; Ralston J. Burgett.. s: Herbert
Bruncken. 1; Albert Brown. s; Benjamin
Cravens. s; Chantry w. Davis. Z: L. w.
Davis. 9; Paul Demonet, l: Paul DON
nally. 8; Paul Duffey. 4; G. Duke, S:
Richard Edmonston, 3: John Eisman. 1:
Frank Ellis, l: Charles Fadeley. 8:
ing. 10: Paul E. Carbon. S; Charles L.
Gates. 8; David Gates. s; Herbert Gates,
>: Boardman Getsinger. 3; Fred Imirie.
IL; Carvel Leary. l: Alexander Nickel
Myers. 9: NJ Morehouse. 4: Terry More
house, 4; Harry Peters. 2; Rein
Pidgeon. 7;Lawrence Proctor, IL; Logan
Ramsey. z; Charles Richardson. 8;
Jerome southeriin. i: Norman speiden.
q: John Stockard. s; Oscar Styron. 3;
Edward SWANS, 2: Steven Treuleben,
10; Myron West, z; ". K; Wilbur. s:
B. B; Wilson, Jr. 4; Donald Woolf. s.
Boy Scouts Of Peck Chapel. 4th
| Troop, will be represented by the fol-
| lowing: Raymond Guton. corporal, Bear
| Patrol; George German. leader Bear
Patrol: Morton Anderson, scout, Eagle
| Patrol; Edward Kidwell. scout, Eagle
| Patrol. The 10th Troop will be repre-
| scented by Charles Starnell, William
Thomasson, Arnel Carpenter, partol lead
ers; Ernest Elwood, assistant patrol lead
err; Chester Guy. Joseph Pitts. Wesley
| Allen, Charles Latham, William Gee
Clarence Shrout. Charles Schmidt and
| Waldo Jones, scouts.
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