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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
THE LIFE-SAYING DRILL

with nature, cut off completely from
the life Of towns and villages.
They lead the life of young savages
eating, sleeping and playing. But
it all is under the close supervision of
men who know and love boys, and
it is an exceptional youngster who
could go away from Camp Roosevelt
without gaining benefits which will
stand him in good stead through his
life. He will be stronger of body and
cleaner Of mind.
1t is from the intimate sympathetic
communion with nature that the in
dividual boy at Camp Roosevelt prob
ably gets the most benefit. He has
57-acre tract of beach and forest
for a schoolroom, filled with a rich
variety of native mammals, flowers,
trees, snakes, insects, rocks and sea
shells. Among these the boy roams
with understanding guides. There are
daily bird and botany hikes over the
vine-tangled hills and along the jut-
ting sand cliffs. Scouts learn the lore
of leaves. They are initiated into the
lovely mysteries of butterfly wings.
They get smattcring of the ancient
language of the rocks and the loca-
tons of the stars. Their ears are
attuned to distinguish the voices Of
BIRDS In the deWy branches.
X X
THESE are all city boys. Their
outdoor schoolrooms hitherto
have been restricted parks and
gardens with a largely exotic vege-
tation, struggling to adapt itself.
They have not had the priceless ad.
vantage Of country children Graded
in woods and blossoming fields. They
are almost illiterate in the sign Ian.
ghage of nature when they come to
Camp Roosevelt. But after few
weeks most of them can teach their
farm cousins something of the popula-
ton and decorations of Summer
woods. Their education is brief but
intensive. A foundation is estab-
lished in the boys mind not only for
esthetic appreciation, but for scien-
tific knowledge of the wonderful
multiplicity of life in the outdoor
world.
The Scout learns to distinguish
wren and sparrow with a certainty
which is not attained by the average
country boy. He can point to the
evening sky and distinguish Venus
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for exhibit. The boy, if he takes any
interest, can sly learn more geology
in these few. weeks than he would OBJ
tain from the average school course.
The boys have reported Al different
birds this Summer. More specimens
are spotted in the branches from day
to day and it is probable that the
number will run to 60 before the sea-
son is over. DIR. Bartsch has provided
a splendid collection Of stuffed birds
from which the identifications can be
made, as well as inclusive illustrated
panels Of local wild flowers for the
use Of the botany students.
The camp museum, which also
served as an assembly hall, is we'll
provided with textbooks, but the boys
are not encouraged to spend their
evenings in study. They are not in
camp to learn from the printed page.
But they are urged to continue their
studies at the public library, the Ma
tional Museum and in school, when
they return to Washington and to
spread the gospel of the protection of
wild life among other boys who may
go to the seashore or the country.
EVERY American boy associates life
In the woods with Indians. AT
Camp Roosevelt they are living in
land rich in Indian associations and
they have as their teacher a full
blooded Indian. He is Mark Phinney.
an Interior Department employe, who
is a member of the Numipu tribe Of
northern Iowa, graduate of a western
university and versed in the Legendary
of the red men, as well as an en-
thusiastic nature student. Chief Red
Bird, as he Is known at camp, has a
host of devoted followers. The entire
organization has been imbued with an
Indian atmosphere.
In the first place Phinney has
secured the reservation for actual
relics of the Indian tribes. He has
found numerous arrowheads of quartz
lite and sandstone. which were rather
unusual materials for this purpose.
He also has collected in the woods two
bits Of stone, obviously fashioned by
hand, which he believes were battle
axes of a very early date. The Indian
occupation of these woods. Mr.. Phin-
ney says, probably was pref Columbian
and he Is unable to identify the tribe.
The implements are cruder than those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

| and Saturn out of the thousands of
sparkling points Of light. The planets
and the worms are endowed with an
individuality instead Of remaining
just stars and worms.
A boys reactions to nature long
have engaged philosophers and poets
There is a sense of kinship which Is
keenest in the toddling baby and
which grows less distinct with the
advancing years, but which never is
lost entirely. Something of this sense
of kinship, or Of unity with the woods
and fields, can be recaptured now and
then in the trap of memory. The
child, falling asleep under a tree on
Summer day, probably approaches
perfect happiness or absolute balance
of desire and fulfillment more closely
than ever again in this world. Some.
thing like this is the philosophic basis
of the. nature study courses at Camp
Roosevelt. The boy, without realizing
the process, is receiving a dose of
spiritual therapeutics which will re-
main with him through all the days
of his life. The moonlight and star
light are driving impurities out of his
character. much as the sunlight on
his naked skin is driving them out
of his bloodstream. Many weeks of
tCae TWINS DidChUOdTuS WOulu uC
required to add so much to the boys
education as comes from these few
days in the woods.
These Washington boys have the
| advantage of the teaching and inter-
probation of one Of the best nature
teachers in the United States. The
courses are designed and directed by
DIR. Paul Bartsch. curator Of mollusks
at the National Museum. DR.. Bartsch
is one of the foremost biologists now
living. But he combines with the
depth and accuracy of knowledge of
the scientist a boys viewpoint on ma
| ture. He is one of those rare men
| who retain, amid specimen cases and
microscopes. more than effervescent
patches of the glamour which haloed
hills and marshes in earliest school
days. And he is able to impart this
glamour to others.
He is chairman of the Boy Scout
camp committee. Every week end he
goes to Camp Roosevelt and leads his
| charges through the woods, explain
ing the mystery and beauty of the OBJ
jects with which they come In con-
taok 1t is a work OF love for the tall.
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One Of the interesting outcomes of
the nature study work is the camp
museum. Here are classified and
placed on exhibition specimens OF
flowers, rocks, fossils, abandoned bird
nests, feathers, snake skins, WOODS
and leaves. Everything is collected
and identified on the daily hikes. and
the boys are taught to recognize the
articles again when they come in con-
tact with them. Birds, Of course. are
not collected, but DR.. Bartsch has
standing award of 25 cents for every
nest which has served its purpose and
from which the family has moved.
This is increased to 81 for rare birds.
In a, few weeks 1t is planned to
make rather extensive collections OF
butterflies and moths and mount them
for the museum.
Occasionally a rare bird or flower is
observed by some of the boys. Last
week, for, instance, Scout saw and
described a vespef sparrow, rather
common in the Blue Ridge Mountains
but almost never seen close to the
seashore. It is beautiful little bird,
whose sweet songs at twilight are re-
sponsible for it's name.
From the Chesapeake Bay cliffs a
splendid collection of fossils has been
obtained These consist mostly OF
sharks teeth. Their owners probably
swan in. the vicinity ten or fifteen
million years ago and these almost in
destructible teeth are all that is left.
From these collections the boys get a
good idea Of the teeming, monstrous
life Of the past days OF the world. The
bony structure Of the teeth Is fossil
ICED or turned to rock. Shark teeth,
IL Ia likely will he fOyOritA watch
charms for Washington boys this
Winter.
The vegetation Is undisturbed In its
growth. Here Is wood plant sanctu-
airy among towering sweet gums, tulip
popiars, sycamores and black locusts.
Almost every floral type which ever
has been reported In this section OF
Maryland or Virginia has been found
growing on the reservation. For the
most part the boys leave the fora un.
disturbed, The camp directors wish
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in use on the Atlantic Coast during
the 18th century when the first white
men arrived in the new world. These
antiquities are priced articles in the
museum collection.
His second activity has been to
| teach the boys the Indian sign Ian
guage, system of gestures which
| served as an almost universal method
! Of communication between different
tribes whose spoken words had little
similarity. At the campfire the boy is
required to tell in gestures the story
of his hike that day. Some OF the
in this primitive method of connhtni-
cation. He also is conducting classes
in the Numipu language. The differ
ent tents are given Indian names.
Troop leaders take the names of IA
nous chiefs in history. Above all, the
boy is given an insight into the primi-
tive viewpoint of nature held by the
red men.
Two campfires are held each week,
on Monday and Friday nights. There
under the moon and stars, with the
tang of burning wood in his nostrils,
the imaginative boy has little diff
Guilty in putting himself in the place
of an Indian boy of centuries ago.
welt has been in existence the camp
fire never has been lit with a match.
This has become a permanent feature
of the camp tradition. 1t must be
ignited either with flint and steel or
by the bow-drill method, where a
spark is obtained by friction. Neither
of these ways of starting a fire is
easy. The boy must practice for
hours before he attains any prof.
cheney. Success at these tricks is one
of the requirements for secussag
letter.
At the Friday evening campfire the
awards for the week are given out by
Scout Executive Linn C. Drake,
There is great competition among the
boys Of the different troops for these
honors, which all count in obtaining
rank in scoutdom. After the an
nouncements, the evening is give over
to story telling, both by the instructors
and the boys themselves.
On Saturday evening comes the I'm.
pressive ceremony Of the week, initia-
ton into the c. M. o., or Boy Scout
fraternity. Every boy is eligible who
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the forest to remain just such a place
| as it was when wandering tribes of
red men pitched their lodges there
| many years before the first white
| men, led by the renowned Capt. John
| Smith, came up the western shore. A
few trees and shrubs, however, are be.
! ing introduced for educational pur.
poses. A few weeks ago, for instance,
some white birches were transplanted
successfully. Other woodland trees
and bushes will be brought in.
A feature of the camp is the album
dance of holly, which seems to thrive
in the sandy soil and is left undis-
turbed. The boys are taught to pro-
tect this DISTINGUISHING local bush,
which is so mutilated along the road
sides by motorists and campers.
The trees often are a-f1utter with
the red wings of cardinals. Probably
nowhere else in the neighborhood of
.. the National Capital is there such an
abundance of these most colorful of
local birds, who have hit upon a habi-
tat where they are assured of protec-
ton. The same families return there
year after year. The bird life Of the
reservation has learned that these
Scouts are extraordinary boys, who
seek to be friendly rather than hostile.
AS d ICouiL Tic 1GdLHSTSu pOpuleLllOAi
is remarkably tame. One phoebe has
built its nest in the rafters of the mu-
scum. Another is lodged in the roof
of the mess hall, where it watches
philosophically the mobs Of hungry
boys at their meals.
The pet of the camp is a young fish
crow, black as jet and fat and i'm
pertinent. This bird was found with
a sprained leg. The boys fed it and
petted it until 1t lost all fear Of them.
Now it lives just outside. the door OF
the museum, greeting visitors with
raucous call and waddling after its
little protectors. It is just as friendly
with the new boys as the old and
shows no fear of strangers. Eventu-
ally it may die of overeating.
The geology. Of the reservation is as
varied and interesting as it's wild life.
The boys are taken to inspect typical
rock strata and taught to distinguish
various mineral deposits-such as iron
pyrites. or false gold. which deceived
the earliest white settlers into dreams
Of quick wealth from the new land.
Forty or fifty different types have been
chipped on and placed in the museum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
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OO1~lOO1- Il "a "a 4OO1 tOUl-
toot-ta-ta -tooti
Reveille echoes over Chesa-
Il peake Bay and 200 sleepy-eyed
youngsters crawl out of o. d.
blankets and line up before their
tents in tattered shirts and pants,
after night of such dreamless slum-
Der as is known only to healthy boys
living in the open.
From the mess shack few hundred
feet away floats the delightful odor
of boiling coffee. The boys are so
hungry that as soon as they have
rubbed the sleep from their eyes they
are willing even to forgive that most
INSCRIPTIONS and loathsome of human
beings-the bugler. The morning
breezes, salty from the bay. whet
appetites already raZor-edged. But
before the dash for the mess hall
there is that pestiferous business of
brushing teeth and washing faces,
without which there is no breakfast.
There also is the salute to Old Glory,
which already is being hauled up the
flagstaff
But the boy never has felt better.
This has been his first night at Camp
Roosevelt, the wooded expanse in Cal
vert County, Md, on the shore of
Chesapeake Bay, where the Boy Scout
plans to provide two-week vaca-
ton to more than 1000 Washington
lads in the next two months. 1t is
nine years since the camp was estab-
;isi,ed and this is the busiest Summer
st ever has known. Every Scout in
Washington seems anxious to get
there for at least two weeks. SO
far as possible. every one will be ac-
commodated. The boys come in
patches of approximately 200, blanket
rolls over their shoulders. to learn
the lore and get the benefits OF scout
ing in an ideal location.
Camp Roosevelt 4 miles below
Chesapeake Beach and with one of
the finest bathing beaches of its Own
In all southern Maryland. Is an open
air college. where the boys of wash
ington learn some of the most Valu
able lessons Of their lives-cleanli'
ness, discipline and ability to take
care OF themselves away from home.
II is far from any human habitatlon'
The nearest farmhouse is more than
q miles away. The heys are alone
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Behrend will
receive Monday evening from 8 to 10
o'clock in honor Of the confirmation
Evening star., 1927-06-01

be with ner parents, MAJ. dHu Nh -
Edward A. Keys, at their home, Edge
wood, Bethesda, Md.
A benefit card party for the District
Memorial will be given at the Hotel
Hamilton through the courtesy or the
management tonight at $50 O'Clock.
Among the sponsors for the affair
are the treasurer of the United States,
Col Frank White; the assistant treas
urer, Mr.. Frank J. f. Thiel; assis'
tant treasurer, Mr.. Hugh 7. Tate;
Mr.. Frank A. Birgfeld, chief clerk
of the Treasury Department; Mr.. An
drew w. Starratt, chief of Account
ing Division, United States Treasurer
Office, and Mr.. James 2. Greene, CHIEF
of Stating Section, TreaSurer's office.
Mrs. Maude CT. Wilson is chairman
of the committee in charge Of ar
rangements and assisting her are Miss
Mary Leet. Mrs. A. Z. Weinerth,
Mrs. #. ]. Harmon, Mrs. z. NJ. Greg.
DRY, Mrs. L. G.. Ratcliffe, Miss /. A.
Serumgard, Miss Mary G. Keane, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ricatton and Miss Moss
Owen. Miss Elizabeth Tatum and Miss
Olive l.. keithley will have charge of
the candy and flowers, which were do
mated by S. kann Sons Co., Brown
ley's and Blackistone's.
Among those who have taken tables
are Mr.. E. F. Bartlett, chief of book
keeping and warrants: Mr.. r. G.
Hand, commission of accounts and
deposits, and Mr.. D. w. Bell. deputy
commissioner of accounts and depos-
Ats,
Evening star., 1927-06-01
of their daughter, Amy, and Dora
Waterman.
Card Party Tomorrow Aids
Holiday House of Girls Friendly.

Among those who will attend the
benefit bridge and mah.jong party at
the Holiday House of the Girls
Friendly Society, near Mount Vernon.
tomorrow afternoon are Mrs. Grahame
H. Powell, Mrs. John Simpson. Mrs.
Ord. Mrs. Dan c. Kingman, Mrs.
Charles Thomas, Mrs. Davis, Mrs.
stiles, Miss Alice Burdette and Miss
Clara Bubb.
Mrs. John Joseph Hagerty enter
tanned the graduating class of George.
town Convent yesterday in honor OF
her sister, Miss Cecilia Talbot men,
Der Of the class, at swimming party
at Wardman Park Hotel, followed by
buffet luncheon in Mrs. Hagertys
apartment at 2s01 Connecticut avenue.
The guests included Miss Jane Wells
Coonan, Miss Alma Johnson, Miss
Caroline Wilbur. Miss Sarah Jane
Coates. Miss Marjorie Ryan. Miss
Catherine Corbett, Miss Marjorie
Lynch, Miss Mary Ahern. Miss Del
rina Keith, Miss Rosemary Wurzer,
Miss Lillian Doheny, Miss Margaret
Johnston, Miss Ellen Bates and Miss
Suzanne Hall. Miss Cecilia Talbot and
Miss Alma Johnson recently enter
tained the class at a tea dance at the
Mayfiower Hotel.
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Such styles-such colors-such quality.
as you never dreamed of! Smart little
frocks with gay bows, clever pleatings,
shirrings and embroideries. The two
piece models and one-piece models and
the new sweater and skirt sets that are be-
coming so popular, Georgettes, plain
Rajah and crepe de chimes. Misses sizes,
16 to 20. Women's, 36 to a.
secondr IS
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. r. Eccleston Gallaher
of New York are spending several
days at the Carlton Hotel en- route
from Hot Springs. They will open.
their Summer home, Bellehaven, at
Greenwich, Conn, next week.
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Macleod Of
Manila are stopping in Washington
on a trip around the world, and are
at the Wardman Park Hotel. They
will shortly FOR New York, and
will sail Saturday, June II, on the
Leviathan for Europe.
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Simmins of
New Orleans are passing a few days
at the Willard, where they arrived last
night.
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. N. T.. Edwards and
daughter, Miss Mabeile Edwards, OF
Los Angeles arrived today at the
Willard, where they plan to remain
several days.
Evening star., 1927-06-01
SOCIETY
CONTINUED from Eighteenth Pagel

be with her parents, Maj. and Mrs.
Edward A. Keys, at their home, Edge
wood, Bethesda, Md.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-15
Beta Phi Ceremonies.

Initiatory ceremonies were conduc-
ted by Montana Alpha chapter Of Pi
Beta Phi sorority, last Saturday af-
ternoOn, at the chapter home on South
Tracy avenue; when Miss Leone
Galerneau of Billings and Miss Eliza
beth Gardiner of Anaconda were init
ated into membership. Following the
ceremonies, a formal banquet was
served at the Gilkerson room, with
twenty-three young women seated at
the table. The Pi Beta Phi colors of
wine and silver blue were used with
cut flowers and ribbons to add beauty
to the table service. For after-din-
ner speakers, the chapter president,
Miss Frances Wylie, called upon Miss
Josephine O'COnnor and Miss Helen
Gary, as well as the two newly init
ated members. There were also a
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-15
DIZZY DOINGS.

The pencil has made pointed re-
marks about the sponge being soaked
all day and the waste basket being
full. The scissors r cutting up, and
the paper weight is trying to hold
them down while the paste is sticking
around to see that the stamps get a
good licking. The inks well, but APP
pears to be blue, while bill is stuck
on the file, and the calendar is look
ing fresher after having had a month
off. The blotter is lying around TAX
ing it all in.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-15
KOA'S PROGRAM
WEEK OF april II

Various special services on Easter
Sunday, April II, feature the pro-
gram to be broadcast next week by
KOA 1924 meters) Denver station
Of the General Electric company. 1t
will be a "week themed to Easter
tide" and will hold much of interest
for everyone.
Sunrise Service-At $50 Easter
morning, a special Knight Templar
sunrise service will be broadcast by
KOA from the Municipal auditorium,
Denver. The service, which will be
particularly bright and in~spiratiOnal,
will include music by a male glee
club, a trumpeter quartet, and the
organ, as well as a sermon by DR..
Loren M. Edwards, "The Easter
Quest"
Easter at Church-KOA will broad
cast Sunday Easter services, both
morning and evening, from Central
Presbyterian church, Denver. A quar-
tet, a choir of thirty voices, assisted
by organ, violin, cello and harp, un-
der the direction of Clearance Rey-
nolds, will furnish the music. Rev
Martin E. Anderson, pastor, will give
the sermon: "The Easter Vision"
At three in the afternoon, an organ
recital, from the Central Presbyterian
church, will be given by Clarence
Reynolds. Following this, the Brown
Palace orchestra will broadcast it
regular dinner concert.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-15
GIANT Plane TO HAUL "PULLMANS"
THROUGH SKY LIKE RAILROAD TRAINS

6ERLdN- Observers Of German
aviation developments are picturing
q Ume in the not too distant future
"nen the "air train" will be an &C
cOmpllshed fact. The locomotive will
De a powerful airplane and the "Pull-
mans" a row of gliders coupled to
Ine locomotive and to each other, as
Inc cars of a train, only with on
Siuerably greater spacing between the
units.
passengers in each glider will be
destined for some particular town and
as the airdrOme of each town is ap-
preached the glider for that destina-
zion will be released from the end of
n string and settle gracefully down
with its special pilot and its passen-
gers.
The possibility of such a develop
ment has been worked out from the
recent experiment at the Karlsruhe
Tying harbOr when a glider was
hltched to an airplahe by a wire
cable. It took the air as a "tOw' Of
the motored air vehicle and was pro.
PEELED to a considerable height. The
glders pilot then cut his machine
loose and guided successfully back t.
a landing.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-15
H~Ousekeepers' Club.

HOusekeepers' Club.
The meeting of the HOusekeepers'
club was appointed for Thursday af-
ternoOn Of this week, at the ranch
home of Mrs. Dora B. Leach. Mrs.
J. E. Moore, Mrs. Frank McCabe and
Mrs. Afford Yergey were hostesses
with Mrs. Leach and the annual cleo
ton of officers occupied the greater
part of the session. There were also
annual reports of the club work &C
complished, and Mrs. C. L. Beveridge
read a paper telling of Omitted States
Preparedness for Asiatic Attacks"
Musical numbers were rendered by
the club quartette, Mesdames Lind
say, Marvin, Tretsven and J. W. Yer
gey.