Evening star., 1937-06-29
PLAN HUGE SHOWS
DURING JAMBOREE
Scouts to Stage Rodeos
and War Dances in Mon
ument Arena.


es and cyclones, Indian war dances,
historic landings Of the founding
fathers-these and many other spec
tacles will be staged by thousands Of
oostumed Boy Scouts in the big arena
on the Monument Grounds, beginning
tomorrow night.
Twelve thousand seats. half Of them
reserved, will be available to the pub
lie each night at prices ranging from
so cents to $3.50 and tickets now are
being sold in booth on Constitution
avenue. near the arena. Admission is
being charged to defray the cost OF
the arena grandstandS.
Each OF the pageants, which start
at 8 O'Clock, will be preceded by
Indian dances put on by 500 Scouts
dressed in authentic costumes Of
feathers, beaded buckskins and war
paint There will be war dances,
ghost dances, rain dances and buffalo
dances.
Rehearsed by Hubbard.
The young performers are being re-
hearsed by Ralph Hubbard, son of
the late Elbert Hubbard, and nation
ally recognized authority on the Amer
lean Indian. Hubbard, who runs a
ranch and a boys school near Denver,
Colo. has hundreds of costumes made
by Indians of the West, and great
fund of Indian lore on which he bases
his, spectacles.
He has staged the dances with great
success in many American cities.
Some performers have worked under
Hubbard before and others will be
making their first appearance. Oddly
enough, as many Eastern as Western
Scouts have qualified for the dances.
Only the traditional eagle feathers
are used in Hubbard's war bonnets
He has been collecting eagle feathers,
bead work and other adornmentS for
years. His tastes have become known
In the Colorado back country. When
q sheep herder shoots an eagle, he
usually saves the feathers for the
collector. If an Indian turns up with
= fancy headdress, he is directed to
Hubbard.
Other Spectacles to Be Staged.
Other spectacles will be staged on
the nights Of Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday. Saturday of this week, and
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Of
next week. Loudspeaker systems have
been set up and the spectators will
receive running description of the
various events.
The series Of public entertainments
will be opened tomorrow night with
a camp fire and torch ceremony. On
Thursday night, Scouts from the Dis
trict. Maryland. Virginia. Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware will put on dem
onstrations of Scout games, drills, fel-
lowship and other activities.
On Friday night, New England
Scouts are to stage re-enactment in
costume of the landing of the Pilgrims
at Plymouth Rock, There will be a
Scout "shenanigan," general circus
and "cut up stunts by New York and
New Jersey performers.
Saturday night a down in Dixie
show will be staged by Southern
Scouts, including historical pageant
entitled The Fountain of YOUTH"
based on Ponce de Icons quest for
eternal youth. A fireworks display
will accompany the pageant. Stunts
will be put on against a background
OF cotton brought from Dixie.
ROdeo to Be Shown,
Plans for the show Tuesday night
have not been completed. On Wednes-
day, Western and Southwestern Scouts
will stage chariot races, Western rodeo
and a Kansas land rush and a cyclone.
Elaborate plans have been made for
the latter two events. Costumed "pio-
neers' in wagons and on horseback
will race for choice land sites, and a
frontier village will be leveled by
tornado, accompanied by light and
sound effects. Scout proficiency in
first-aid will be demonstrated on the
victims" of the tornado.
The final performance on Thursday
night will feature Westward, Ho"
demonstrations of Forty miners" in a
California gold rush, and Northwest
OF Today pageant. At the closing
performance, a farewell ceremony will
be held for several hundred Scouts
who will attend the world jamboree
In Holland.