The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
WASHINGTON BOYS
READY FOR FIRST
AMERICAN FAIR
Community Centers Pre-
pare to Handle Youths
Event.

I0I lnG AlucIlCau SOuhthg
Fair. They will not be lacking
either In number or exhibits when
the day Is announced. The scouts
will probably have a bigger repre-
sentation than any other group or
groups of boys.
Each troop in the District win
contest lin the various events and
they look for large majority tof
the prizes, but they will have a
hard fight on their hands. One of
the best things at the country fair
will be the Boy Scout orchestra.
The orchestra Is one Of the bese
known in Washington and hundreds
of friends will be there. In wood
craft, the scouts will find plenty of
competition from boys in other
clubs. The boys in nearly every
organization have taken sup that
study during vacation periods and
they are proficient in the art.
Stamp collectors will also have "a
big exhibit. There will be hun
dreds of boys present who have
gathered stamps Of every country.
The stamps that some of the boys
have in their collections are valu-
able and care win be taken of
them. The total number of stamps
that will be exhibited will probably
reach near the hundred thousand
mark.
I Wireless and radio boys are
planning one of their biggest ex-
hibits. There are several boys in
those divisions Of the First Amer
lean Boys who have achieved much
fame for their work in that line and
they will have hundreds of exhibits
ready. Probably there will be sew
eral sets set up and the boys will
demonstrate their knowledge with
the keys.
In the chemistry division a sur
prise will greet the older men who
practice that line as G profession.
The chemists have q lot of exhibits
that will be hard to Judge and some
prominent chemists will be called
into service for the judging.
The Community Center depart
ment headed by Miss Cecil B. Nor
ton will take active charge of the
fair. The nineteen centers and their
secretaries are preparing for the
biggest event participated in by
boys in Washington Every center
will be q registering place and you
can register your name there and
your entries.
Boys who have been working in
the gardens during the summer will
be given a chance to show their
wares in that line. There will be
several boys from nearby states
who come from agriculture sections
and they will most likely enter
something in that line. Word from
the District boys who are gar
deners show that there will be
plenty of competition and they will
give the country boys an the nght
for honors that is needed.
There will also be plenty OF boys
who own boats that they have built
themselves and a keen judgment will
be necessary to decide the winner
in that section.
All boy organizations in the city
will be factors in the fair and each
will have hundreds of their MEM
bers at the event to keep up their
honor. The CLUBS will also indulge
in a field and athletic meet which
will be conducted under the auspices
of the First American Country Fair.
The Y. NJ. c. A has hundreds of
boys who are expert athletes and
they will have a big array in every
event. The Boys Club will also
have a big entry list.
The number OF animals that will
take part in the fair will make it
look like a circus. In the dog divi-
sion there will be hundreds Of en-
tries and the judges will work like
in a dog show. There will be hun
| dreds Of dogs which have been
trained by their boy masters and
they will show their tricks. Other
animals will include cows, horses,
monkeys, pigs and squirrels. There
will also be a big array of birds
at the fair.
Another feature of the fair will
he fhe boy orchestras. The Boy
scout Band and the First American
Bows Orchestra. The orchestras
are composed solely Of boys and ar
even led by boy leaders.