Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-20

No casualties have been ~
result OF the war being waged ba,v., :, !,
sufrs' and "antI-suffs" at the pbl,ss.,.. u'
Ioday and Tomorrow Civic Exposl,I,S 3 SS,spna
the question whether It is fair q .g,,. vSi
to deck them with Votes for ,tyc{yS,s f'sp''n
bands, ribbons, buttons and h,na't' s1n
fact there seems now 10 be desire Z, \, =
part OF the suffragsts, at,ieast---la wv, VI.
another clash. None Of the weata4s n'y" y, y.
yellow are visiting the anti-suffrass.. "
any more, and that may be one fSs.lo o'sa y,
the temporary lull in hostlIltl.s Siisgh icr
children are being presented ns ,,.n,t w ~. ue
the suffragist equipment. 'FsuN win
Persons In attendance az tho boo,x.
tne Womens Suffrage party and fhs ~ y
eresslona Union are maintaining Al.
Greet silence SO far as their opponenss ~ ~.
concerned. For once the woman r,t W
not talk has been discovered, ss, wy ~. vln
q yellow arm band. Hut not 40 ths cS0,A,s msais
Opposed to N,}mens Suffrage. rhis rhs.v y
ganization processes now TO be a,nnsSa Ky "
the efforts of the suffrage workers a. ~ ~
exposition to obtain n demonstra,i.. w W
their favor" In a statement istusd y y
Mrs. George P. White, Chairman ofEa ~ ~
ganization Committee. It was assertsS' aS' yc
eager have become the suffraelstp 81 ,,.s y
score that they have impressed iii ~.
young children on whom they can Mn "
badge bearing the words Votes for womsr,
TO wear about the exposition bading. NJ
antis laughingly say, The suffrage rsr..
must indeed be weak when II cAlIsybr sS.
intelligence of children from s 10 I4sss,,
to become Its supporters -"
The children, the cause of all th,,
trouble, are the real attractions today an
the grounds, as well as in the buildlnr. thsv
are having everything their own way Raw
Scouts and playground youngsters a,
demonstrating what they can do,
Hundreds of boys and girls are demon.
strating the method of play, as supervised
by the Board of Recreation on the biz oy,
playground on the Coliseum grounds
Leonard Mason has arranged a program
which includes flag and shuttle relay facer
singing games and other events "a froup
of boy tumblers from the Sherwood Recres
tion Centre of West PhlPI, 'lphia during tho
day, Is to perform, and s0ne Of the other
big features include scores of girls In COS
tune, giving flower, milkmaid, allnatons
and Colonial girl dances. f{a
Two thousand Boy Scouts are EXPECTED
Three hundred of them, representing the 10
districts into which the city Is divided will
compete during the day in a field meet for
he awarded 10 winning district and Boy
Scout fobs 10 -, Individual yictorsS
1t Is "thrp,.ring" affair thatla Boy
Scouts are putting on. The SeoutSNe d.
vided into three classes, and each elazz Is y
entered in four events. All three olasses are
to perform at the same time. II; ;;sa
This morning the Scouts gave exhibitions
of their handicraft, both inside and outside
the model, A model Boy Scout camp Of
a dozen tents has been constructed on ths
Coliseum grounds. In the central tent
Scout hospital, with an attendant always
on duty, Is maintained. 1t is the only plac.
in the Coliseum for emergency cases Il
has been pressed into use seyefat times, n
cludlng the occasion when schoolgirl faint,
ed inside the building. Boy Scouts carried
her to their hospital, where "frsta!d~ was
successfully applied.
Following the field meet there VII b
special exhibitions of fire.lighting and wan
scaling Throughout the day the Scouts
Will cook their own meals, Tonight they
will hold campfire,