Evening star., 1915-04-02

There will be about 500 of the finest
boys in the world assigned to place
tag upon your lapel, or on your motor
car, or on your front door tomorrow.
Mr. Washington. and the one great
hope expressed by the officers OF the
Washington Council Of the Boy scouts
of America is that you will not turn
him down with a growl
.If you must pass the boys by: II
YOU feel YOU don't care to be tagged
don't have a crouch when you refuse.
Saw No with n SMILE" is what one OF
the big men of this city advises He
* extremely interested in boy scouts
feels that it is the greatest influence
for good ever started among boys, ana
knows what bad results follow some
times when a boy meets grun refusai
from a full-7edged man
Past experience shows that only the
exceptional person refuses the oHer
which the Boy Scouts hold out on a
tay day. The scouts are well known,
each year they are recognized as O
greater and greater force for the ae-
yelopment of the citizenship OF the CITY
and the country at large, and the les
son in courtesy. chivalry. bravery and
effectiveness which they present. is a
cumulative one. When the opportunity
Ia contribute a mite comes tomorrow. 1t
will he met in thousands OF instances
by men who know Immediately that !ney
are contributing to a movement Wnlch
will perhaps make the manifest sener-
ation of BOYS the world has ever
known.
What the Organization Does.
The Boy Scouts organization" as ex-
planned by Arthur C. Moses, the presi-
dent of the Washington Council, does
things for the boys between twelve
and eighteen that scarcely any father
has time to do in these busy days. 1t
takes the over-bubbling spirit Of boys
which leads them into mischief ana
snarls them up with the police some
times, and directs those ehervescent
energies into lines which pr1ng oue
nature. 1t makes them strive to do
one courteous thing at least every day;
IL makes them truthful, it makes them
straight in body and morals. II does
want 10 do, but quite frequently can
not do.
1T is making trained army OF boys
III to take the front rank IN any
emergency In every city there are
hundreds Of scouts organized, drilled.
prepared, ready. The stories OF some
Of the quiet accomplishment of scouts
are almost past belief"
The 500 Washington SCOUTS VINO Will
tag you tomorrow will have about
$1,000 worth of tags apiece at the
start Their prices will be plainly
marked, 10 cents. IS cents, so cents.
etc.
Tagging Done in Advance.
The lifeguards of the District gov
ernment-the superintendent of police.
chief Of the fire department and health
officer-were tagged" today by Boy
scouts who have received medals Of
honor for 1ife-saving. The District life
savers, all of whom are enthusiastic
supporters Of the Boy Scout movement,
found that their duties tomorrow, Boy
Scout Tag day, would prevent them
accordingly asked the scouts to tag
them today. even II they were ahead Of
time.
Maj Raymond Pullman. the new su-
perintendent of the police department,
was tagged by Denslow EggIeston,
seventeen years old. of PA Oak avenue.
Takoma Park. Md. an eagle scout of
Troop 81, to whom q silver honor medal
was awarded for having rescued Jo-
1eph Powers. fourteen years old, from
drowning. Joseph Powers was swim
ming In the Chesapeake bay summer
before last. when he became exhausted
while in deep water and would have
drowned had he not been rescued by
Eggleston.
Chief Frank ]. Wagner Of the hre de-
partment was tagged by Walter Jex
seventeen years old, a first class scout
Of Troop a. Summer before last the
scoutmaster of his troop, Chauncey
Hackett. was taken with a cramp while