Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-23


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hack Nht was aeparttnenl. editor. on
,he nailF News n lhns eia, and A.
such hao ehesgo 81 me BOY Scout
news atnpuN other ihioNn uf Perry
EuneEft rpwe'l came lo pet alolneh
g. deliver B seflte of lEtiNfos IN tAe
instttAH ~ tat knNni4 of ne Holy
Grail and the Hoy 9cohla ~ AnetIcn.
lYlv kni|ril 10 MIX oftr th6 work In
llht midst ~ tht CONGREGATION tha
lfl|onRhl c4nse ard was hurried out.
tpNn before me writer was really con-
ftclona ~ ~ import why. that wonla
be tne very thimg for my sirIs.r
4 cot cSufae h woala," vas nf. Pow
ems ananef. and right than and there
gle ON Scouts q Ainqrlca became 4
realty, DR. Powell arranNco for an
naAfesa hy tie writer she following
8ahfay evening.
We enrolled twenty-five girls the
fif4t Night and cailcd mcctlne tor
the follaWiDs Tuesday. the numbers
were greatly augmented 1t TIE Tees
DAY evening mcetinns and the organ.
inatlpn continued 20 grow from that
time.
A. first there was no plan 10 make
The ornaniaaflon national. Bu, peo-
pie teld their friends. and sllli others
saw articles about tho local meolinKa
fn the newspapers. Letters began 10
pour in' Thch The work bsgan in
rFnl earnest These letters had to
ho answered The people had 10 be
given an outline og the werk. IN order
that they might be able 10 urgan-
lze. too. This instruction was all
given shroueh personal letters. each
letter carrying fairly comprehensive
"details. The evenings were entirely
given over TO letter writing and the
revision OF my material already pre-
pared for 'AIy Oirls." and tho add.
ton Of such things ~ were desirable
The newspaper position was ssrenu-
GUS and mean, exhaustion by the time
home was reached in the evening, An
hour Of r1st was almost invariably
necessary before the duties Of the
evening could be undertaken. while
u was often necessary TO he down
every few minutes 10 rest during the
writing. u was still impossible TO
walk without some support. especially
n any slight rourhness or inequality
~ surface were encountered. while
running the typewriter, or anything
else that called into uge tho upper
muscles 90 the hack was little short
Of torture an the time. and some
times beyond possible endurance. Hut
under those handlcnps the manual
was finally prepared for the press
ana the correspondence maintained
purinr this time. too. the National
Council WAS started. and the scout
work introduced and organized In sew
erai states. ny the tirur The organ.
ixstlon was six months old We had
troops sn seventeen states.
We did not seek magazine publicity.
for we felt that u was better 10 walt
until We had really done thlnRp before
talking about them. rather Than to
snae the public with plans and out
lines whether we were wise remains
90 be seen Truly. NJ times we have
felt unwise
The history Of the attempt 10 steal
our work, substituting therefor an In
ferior training ~ a matter which We
have held frcm publication. and the
consequent flsht TO retain the work as
II a.. clean and with all essentials pre-
ferred before pomp. has not entirely
ended.
Passing over this phase OF the story
u viii be- we'll 10 take up the National
Council and other matters OF import
ance.
To start with. we have never made
the fame. Of any Of our members the
reason for spreading our work. Rl.h-
or. we have kept our literature free
from anything which could give that
appearance. until after the orgnnlza-
tiOn should have become 80 firmly ss-
tablished because OF the worth 81 It's
training that the question OF fame OF
leaders would not az ali enter into the
equation.
However. we have had splendid
group OF people 10 endorse our work
and many OF them. unable 10 take &C
tive part have still spoken In high
terms Of commentator OF what we
are doing. Among these are Mrs.
Woodrow WILSON, Miss Jessie Wilson,
Miss Eva Booth. clifford Pinchot ana
many others more or less well known
The National Council Is composed OF
two distinct fartions.--the advisory
board having the work Of advising.
and further active work being option
al with them. Some OF the members
OF this board. however are among
our most active workers
The names Of the advisory board
that We are able 90 announce al the
present time fmany being not entire
K IS decided. these ~ necessity must be
withheld until laterl are Or. David
starr Jordan. member Of the Interna-
tionai Peace commissioni United
states senator Albert ~ cummins. Ell
bert Hubbard Dr. Henry Wallace.
president Of the National Conserve
lion congress. chairman Of HoOFcVcit's