New-York tribune., 1919-06-10
Rain Fails to Put Damper
: ON City's Enthusiastic
Response for Lads in
National Campaign Week
Pageant This Afternoon
Crowds in Wall Street Hear
McAdoo and Leaders
fell Real Anarchy Cure
takes more than rain and in

,ment weather to cripple Boy Scout
workers, no matter what the task may
be.
Statietics Of Scout week tabulated
last night at Scout headquarters, were:
Associate members to be en-
rolled during the week in
the United States. ......... 100000
Associate members to be en-
rolled in New York. .. $4,000
Already enrolled in New York
(estimated) ........... 10000
Already subscribed in New
York (estmated) ......... 100000
To be enrolled here during the
rest of the week. ...... 175,OO0
Although rain prevented the pageant
of Boy Scouts in Fifth Avenue during
the afternoon, the Scouts themselves
were not responsible for the change in
their programme. Officials of the or
eanization decided there would be an
insufficient number of spectators to
warrant the marching Of boys through
the streets, no matter how ready the
Scouts were.
Lets marcn no matter how hard it
rains," was the cry of the khaki-clad
bays.
But since men and women refused to
appear in the streets during deluge of
rain, it was decided that the boys
might as we'll postpone their exhib-
tion until this afternoon. AS a result,
the pageant that was to have passed up
Fifth Avenue at a o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon will be seen to-day at that
hour.
Crowd Hears McAdoo
Wall Street, however, was crowded
with persons who defed rain to hear
the story of the Boy Scouts, as told by
William G. McAdoo and other heads Of
the campaign for leaders for the Boy
Scout movement here. The Sub-Treas-
ury building was the centre of great
crowd, who clamored for an oppor-
tunity to sign their names on the dotted
line when blanks finally were offered
them at the conclusion of a series of
explanatory speeches at l o'clock.
Neither the cash subscribed nor the
number of new members of the Scout
body who subscribed their names to
water-soaked blanks was obtainable
yesterday afternoon, but it was esti-
mated that several thousand potential
Scout leaders and many thousands Of
dollars were sent to the Golfers of the
organization as a result Of the meet
ing.
Mr.. McAdoo, Martin Vogel, A. B.
Leach, representing the Citizens Com
mittee, and Colin H Livingstone,
JamesfE. West and Dan Carter Beard,
of thes Boy Scouts, were the speakers.
big Biz" Edwards, chairman of the
Greater New York Committee, presided,
Staid financiers, government officials,
brokers, clerks and stenographers, who,
during the last few years have been
accustomed to seeing unusual gather
ings on the steps of the historic build
ing, witnessed a reversal of the Gus
tomary conditions. Instead of hearing
appeals for manhood, the throng which
stood before the benevolent figure of
George Washington yesterday listened
to arguments in favor of the nations
boyhood.
Chinese Scouts Present
AS an indication of the extent of the
organizations influence, nine diminu-
tive Chinese Boy Scouts stood in the
shadow of their foster country's father
during the ceremonies, and visuallzed
the character Of the nationwide move
ment which seeks to enlist a million
associate members during the present
week.
Five thousand people crowded about
the Sub-Treasury steps, while the
speakers dispelled the gloom of a
cloudy day with bright and sparkling