Evening star., 1915-11-21
Funds Already Coming In.

the scouts will not formally open until
tomorrow. already funds are pouring
in to the headquarters. it is announced.
Sometimes they are in the form of
checks and at other times cash, usually
accompanied by card or letter. The
following. received Thursday, is a sam
pie, showing the universal interest in
scouting:
The appeal for funds for the Wash
ington Boy Scouts, which was sent to
my father, -. has come into my
hands. 1 am inclosing you herewith the
pledge card for the sum Of, to-
gether with a check. -, as first pay
ment. / wish that 1 could give you
more, but ! have been on active duty
as an army surgeon in Europe since the
beginning of the war, and that Is not
an occupation that brings in much
money.
1T would give me pleasure to see
something of the Washington scouts.
My experience in Europe brought me
into touch with great number OF
young recruits, as we'll with boys
who expected to be called to the colors
some day, and it would greatly interest
me to see how our American boys COM
pare with the material that have seen
in Europe.
IF there is anything that I can do to
help the scouts, / should be glad to
do it,
The great canvass "thermometers'
have been placed on several prominent
buildings in the city, and at o'clock
daily the red paint will rise showing
the amount collected by the scouts up
to that time.
Campaign Starts Tomorrow.
Beginning tomorrow. a three-day
Campaign to raise funds with which to
maintain the Boy Scout movement in
this city for three years will start Al
though the campaign is to be conducted
by adults. scouts are to aid in many
ways in an effort to make it a success.
The thirty thousand dollars in three
DAYS" campaign will mean that the an
nual Boy Scout tag day" will be elimi-
mated. If 100000 can be raised it will
not be necessary to make another ap-
peal for funds for three years.
Deaf Boys Become Scouts.
Two troops of scouts have been or
ganized in the Kentucky School for
the Deaf under the authority of the
Danville. KY, local council. There are
sixteen members in each troop and the
boys are planning to take up all of the
usual features of scoutcraft.
Approved by Headquarters.
The latest issue of Scouting contains
the following announcement by ma
tional headquarters concerning the
sale of Red Cross Christmas seals:
National headquarters is glad to call
the attention of scout officials to the
work of the committee on the preven-
tion Of tuberculosis. which Is carried on
largely by funds obtained by the sale
of Red Cross Christmas seals
Last year thousands of scouts gave
voluntary service to local committees
in charge of the sale of Red Cross seals
and generous acknowledgment of
their services has been made by A. H.
Goddard. chairman of the committee
Any assistance scout officials or scouts
can render in the sale of Red Cross
seals will be given in a worthy cause. /"
News Prom the Troops.
Communications have been received
from troop scrtbes as follows:
Troop II.
Troop q has reorganized and is
meeting at Trinity Parish Hall, at Sd
and streets northwest. with Ion C.
Fisk as scoutmaster and Claude L.
Ayre as assistant scoutmaster We ex-
pect TO do some very good work in the
future"