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The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
JOTTER-
DOWNS
BY TED YATES

NEW YORK-CTYP)-Lil Green,
vocalist and exponent of new kind
of blues. is the reason for the back
to-fames rise of Tiny Bradshaw
Cab Galloway and ork dis up OF
$4,000 recently at the State Lake
Theatre in Chi. >. Ella Fitzgerald
sharing the bill with famed -Four
Ink Spots at Brooklyn Strand here
set new attendance high. Elias
band gave the First Lady superb
swingeroo harmony in presentation
of Melinda The Mousie" gals lat
est nursery rhythmic tune. Lion
el Hampton "groovy'' in Chi ap-
pearance. Five Crackerjacks doub
ling from Leon and EddieS to IA
day at Roxy Theatre .. Andy Kirk
preemed at the Famous Door last
Satiddy T.. . Dancers Tip, Tap and
Toe in fifth week at Radio City
Music Hall -. Teddy Wilson and
band at Downtown Cafe Society
here.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27

Lady Reader Who Loves Torr1d
Tales Kicks at Lack of Them ....
Signed D. T., I find this squabbling
letter from lady reader in the
morning mail. Listen you, spend
my good nickels buying the paper
each week, expecint to get some
thing else beside a lot of dry data
about this and that movie; this and
that stage play, but OF late moth
ing about the hidden lives of folk
in the public eye. no keyhole klblt-
zing, no back-door busting. 'Smat-
ter? Gone softie. got religion or
something, or just plain Skeered?
Well you needn't be. It's been agin'
the law to shoot reporters, ever
since Al Capone's gang bumped off
Jake Lingle. It's close season now
on neWShoundS. so get hep. snap
out of it! There's plenty goin' on,
so Give, Gate, Give!" Sorry, sister.
Haven't time to answer you right
now but maybe later on. But right
now 1 have to gain tell what is 60
ing on at the Hollywood studios ...
Really though / don't write scan
dial
No calls for colored players for
five days When il rains It
pours," but when it ends, comes the
dust storm. With cOlored players
so much in demand during June
July and August that studios were
arguing over their services, the bot
tom came to Charles Butler of Cen
tral Casting bureau for the colored
players he is in charge of placing
according to orders from the stu
dio
In ALMOST AN ANGEL an up
to date comedy for Universal a call
came to Central Casting bureau for
some middleaged red-caps 40 or so
years old. Quite an unusual call,
but the script characterized long
time employees of a railroad COM
pany Cast and entirely Satisfac-
tory by Charles Butler were Jesse
Graves, Wade Dumas. Jasper We'll
don, Irving Smith, Oscar Vena,
Richard Coleman. Henry HaSting,
William Johnson, Henry Roster is
director; Phil Karistan. assistant;
Deanna William fl CarveYrfiG
Deanna Durbin and Charles Laugh
ton, famous English actor, are CO.
stars. Seems odd naming the col
ored players before the stars and
directors, doesn't it? But you see
they are the most important to u.s.
In Morning After" a melodrama
now shooting at Paramount, Sic
bert Hannibal has been working as
Stand-in for Dooley Wilson, noted
player who entered pictures after
completing the run of Cabin in
the Sky here at Baltimore. A stand
in is used to save a star the dis
comfort Of standing while the lights
are measured and adjusted ior :he
next shot, so a double was also
necessary for Dooley when action
called for him to drive a car. Mix
ed types Of all races are cast in
the pi-c-ture. Patricia Morrison
and Albert Decker are co-stars.
Red Time Story" a comedy at
Columbia, used Ted Collins, Will
liam Broaddus, and James Adam
son in scenes last week that kept
them on the lot almost "a hours.
Frederick March and Loretta
Young are the stars: Alexander
Hall, the director.
New Orleans Blues the big
musical fnelodrama featuring Jim
my Lunceford's band, made addi-
tional scenes, using more colored to
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27

add to the number of more than
a hundred who have already work.
ed in it last week. Filling a call for
StevedoreS over six feet tall, with
big muscles, and capable of really
doing hard work if necessary, we're
Willie Williams. Noble Blake,
Charles Wilson, and Everett Brown
we'll remembered as the oxford ed
ucated African prince in Universal'S
"Nagana' over seven years ago.
Made up TO depict an aged man and
woman of "a. were Henry Hastings,
and Matilda Caldwell. other play
ers included Eddie Lynn, Maggie
Thomas, and Pearl Lancaster.
Confessions of Boston Blackie"
at Columbia last week had DE
Forrest Cevan as a bootblack in
this mixed type comedy As IL rs
just starting more colored players
will be needed later.
Earl Morris. who did a fine job
increasing the circulation on an
eastern paper. nearly recovered
from broken leg suffered while
playing the tramp in Dixie Ma
tional's up Jumps the Devil'-Sid
Dones Is preparing 10 make a movie
short founded on Desert acres. lat
er 10 be developed into a fun length
war time feature. called From Hell
to Paradise"
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
FOOTLITE
FLICKERS
By ALVIN MOSES


NEW York; (ANP)-- Ella Fitz-
gerald, a headliner in the field of
jazz singing, scored again last week
at the Apollo theatre 9. wonder II
tempremental (as we'll as provo
cative) Ella ever thinks back to
the, CAV when she STOOD befU-e an
Apollo audience wondering just how
they'd receive this unknown girl
Chick Webb many claim this hon.
o. balyhooed as being "a rising
star" =. there is so little sentiment
attached to stage troupers, contra
ry t. I'll of the maudlin bunk and
tokum feature wis 'rS of both rAceS
have dished out to their readers
from time immemorial.~ 500
Lii Barbe, de-lovely ChanteuSe
who makes habit of dropping in
to the "after yawning spots"
white or colore6, and singing
number for better than the .....'
paid employees" either has more
money than common sense, doesn't
give hoot what we writer's think
about her free additions that hurt
some hard-slaving inferior perfor-
mer," or is 49,. just another exhi-
bitionist as we dash off these
lines, she's planning to drop in on
the Yacht club, (through the
back door of courSe), and sing be-
hind (believe it or noD screened
motif, heralded as the . walled
nightingale?????" ... Uncle Tom
died many moons ago, but it ap-
pears that many of us in the ridicu-
lOuS ana odlouS character Of 49,.
Aunt ThomaSina" .... Stlll greet
each new cycle of years!!!l...,
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27

Early this year, Mr.. Barbirollis
suggested that Mr. Still write
something especially for the CEN
tennial, and the composers first
thought was to offer orchestral
suite.
Having planned and completed
the suite, Mr.. Still decided that
something more significant was
needed for the occasion, and re-
membered Miss Chapin's poem.
Sometime before, he had promised
to set the verse to music, after
their collaboration Of And They
Lynched Him on "a Tree" which
was presented at Lewisohn sta
dunn in California.
The score had originally plan
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ned an orchestral prelude and in
terlude to set off the two main
sections Of the solo, but upon Mr..
Barborilli's suggestion, a postlude
was written to complete the orig
inal thought.
Said Miss Chaplin, autheT Of
Time Has No Shadows, and
'Cutside of the World THE sue
cess of my collaboration with Viii,
liam Grant Still in his setting OF
my ballad poem And They Lynch
/ed Him on a Tree" his dramatic
and lyrical ability. his fine, truly
American idiom makes me delight
ed to collaborate with him again.
It may be remembered that Mr.
Still received the Guggenheim and
Rosenwald fellowships. was COM
poser of theme music for the New
York Worlds Fair, and Afro
American Symphony. "LenoX
Avenue. "Kaintuck' and many
others.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
SHORT SHORTS ABOUT STAR
COMEDIAN, EDDIE GREEN:


One of the few players who can
boast billing in radio. stage
screen. And add musical comedy,
light opera and burleSoue. He
can sing, dance. act, write: do caro-
tricks and run restaurant. .
Born IN Baltimore. Md, went to
grade and high school there. -.
Started i'll show bushes as a boy
magician Did magic. then dis
carded cards for comedy. Was
Billy Minsky cOlored star Cor eleven
years Was the original "ho
Ko" in The Hot Mikado q" Won
instantaneous fame for his written
and acted blrlesques of historical
and classical heroes for RUDY VAL
lee. Co-starred with Louis
Armstrong in radio Co-Starred
with Paul Robson Created role
of Sweeney the Jockey with Ben
Bernie program. Made several
appearances in Columbia's Pursuit
of Happiness series. Has been
guest star in comedy and straight
roles on many radio programs from
Hollywood Featured in many
Warner Prothers short subjects. e.
Starred in featurettes made by
Sepia- Ert Pictures (all-coloreo
casts Is married TO the former
Constance Piper, a dancer. e..
Daughter lives in Philadelphia
Sideline for Eddie is conducting
chain of Harlem restaurants.
Hobby is amateur radio. Has held
license for IS years and operates
Station W2AKM. New York. =.
Favorite food is not fried chick
Ell. he likes T-bone steak
smother in French fried potatoes. .
He and John Kirhy's orchestra star
in ''Duffy's Tavern" broadcast via
CHS. Thursdays. $50 to 1855 PM,
EDST. Rebroadcast at midnight.
FDS'T for the west coast.
THE TAPER TATTLES:
Hazel Scott Of Cafe Society is a
likely candidate for the important
role Of Mrs. Lillian Hardin Arm
strong in Orson Wells forthcom-
AIAS hOulS AIDiSJIO1lO IllONlS DdS1o
on the trumpet kings life story.
Bill 'Boiangles' Robinson guestarred
on Col. Stoponagle's local NYC show
over DEAF, Tuesday, September
16, Boogie Woogie pianists, AL
oert Annons and Pete Johnson, did
their duty on MICS Basin Street
series. Monday, September Is,
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
TAPPING T
AIR WIRES
By HAROLD JOVIEN

Dorothy Maynor, jrenown So
pranc, appears as soloist on the
Ford Sunday Evening Hour pro-
gram broadcast over CHS Sunday,
October 5.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
INSPECT SHRINE

WASHINGTON. d. c. CANP)-
Making an inspection tour of the
Frederick Douglass home at Cedar
Hill here recently, Mrs. Sallie w.
Stewart, president of the Frederick
Douglass Memorial and Historical
association. together with Mrs.
Frederick D. Perry. newly elected
member of trustee board, Mrs. A.
B. DEMENT, and Mrs. Julia West
Hamilton, visited the office of the
recorder of wills, examined and took
photostatic copies of the will of
the late Helen Pitts Douglass The
Cedar Hill property was bequeathed
to the association by Mrs. Douglass
for the establishment Of a museum
Of moments regarding the Negro
race.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
RATING THE RECORDS
Nv FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS

When Columbia waXed "St. Louis
Blues" by Maxine Sullivan. 1t found
her in wonderful form and John
Kirbys band at its best. Same goes
also for 1.-The Hour of Parting"
slow and pashy with Procope's alto
having a fit . Jumping like a
kangaroo, in a brushfire, Count
Basic does his stuff on DIGGIN
FOR DEX, Okeh. Tate rides su-
perbly on tenor and Jones' drums
are solid as a rock. Flipover, H.
AND j, also jumps but not like
the first side . Tony Pastor does
quite all right on Biluebird with
SHEPHERD SERENADE and YOO-
HOO. Both sides bounce and the
sax section is potent.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
paul ROBES ON TO OPEN MUSICAL
SEASON AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE
C0ILQborates On
Ne1D Composition

NEW YORK -(ANP)-W William Grant STILL noted COM
poser and Miss Katherine Garrison Chaplin white for the
second time have coaboraed American composition
scored orchestra based Miss Chapins poem Plain
Chant for America and dedicated to President and Mrs
John Barbrol white. plans introduce it dur
ing the New York Symphony orchestra CEN
ennia Thel collaboration brought about by DR..
Alan Locke Miss Chaplin in private life, the wife OF
United States Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle. q.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
TO HEAD GIRLS SCHOOL

CROOME, Md-(ANP)- Named
to succeed Mrs. Galloway as head
of the girls school here, Mrs. Esther
GeeGarner is supposed to take ov-
er the administrative duties OF the
institution prior to October l. Mrs.
Garner, wife of the noted Talladega
athlete Ralph S. Garner, is grad
uate of Howard university and
pharmacist by profession
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
CHAPLAIN RENOWNED
AS ARTIST

CAMP EDWARDS. Mass, "a.
N. PD-The 363th Coast artillery.
anti-aircraft, recently arrived col
ored regiment from Fort Ontario,
Oswego, N. Y, has given Camp Ed
wards an outstanding and inSpir-
ing personality in 1st LIT. Ben Al
bert Richardson, regi4nental clap
lain.
Besides being the former pastor
of the Grace Congregational
Church, New York City.
1t. Richardson holds notable
place in art and has made some
commendable contributions to mu-
sic
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
earle ON PIANO

earle ON PIANO
Several months ago Columbia
album of piano solos by frankie
Carle, composer of Sunrise Sere-
nade," was so well received that a
new collection has been released
entitled frankie Carle Encores." |"
The tunes are SOMEBODY LOVES
ME and 1 KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW; SWINGIN' DOWN THE
LANE AND THE LOVE NEST; l
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE
IN LOVE WITH ME and AFTER
YOU'VE GONE; THE ONE I
LOVE BELONGS TO SOMEBODY
ELSE and SWEET AND LOVELY.
Backed mainly by bass guitar and
drums, many of these sides have
jitbugs and the rest are definitely
enough bounce and satisfy the
pleasant. Carle' is a good pianist
and knows his way around a key
board. Although these tunes have
been around for sometime, they still
sound mighty good.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
SENTIMENTAL GENTLEMAN

AullllIGlS VI tommy dorsey Will
want his Victor album, Getting
Sentimental with Tommy Dorsey"
containing eight reissues which had
a lot to do with elevating the from
bone playing maestro to the top
Included are Getting Sentimental
Over You" and Royal Garden
Blues. Marie" and Who: Star
Dust and Song of India" I'll
Never Smile Again" and Little
White Lies" A good collection for
any hot fan
STROKIN' AWAY
That Cootie Williams on open
trumpet follows Louis Armstrong
closely is forcibly shown on the
Okeh of West End Blues" The
Coot, backed by small group OF
Benny Goodman bandsmen. gives a
good copy of Satchmo's famous old
recording of the late 2O's. On the
other side, G-MEN. Cootie growls
his way through a rip snorting
bounce. Trombone is also tops on
both Positively the zaniest dit
ty of the year is SAM YOU MADE
THE PANTS TOO LONG by
Vaughn Monroe on Bluebird. In
dirge tempo. ziggy Talent sings to
his tailor and ends with as scrowy
wall is you'll ever hear. Compan-
ion piece is the rhythmic TWO
PAIR OF SHOES! But that Sam
is the number.
Tlillia Jotirlor, f;,Ie that torpIt
tunes, JIM, perfect for he rtalentS
on .Okeh and it sounds like Ted
dy Wilson on piano, Coupled is a
slow version of the oldie, LOVE
ME OR LEAVE ME, and it's ano-
ther star in the Holiday firmament
/ LOVE WITH ME, and Buck Clay
tons sensitive trumpet also clicks
Billie and Teddy also team on the
Columbia of 1 CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH
ME, and Buck Clayton's sensitive
/ trumpet also clicks.
Built around a simple riff, "A
Sheridan SQUARE" on Okeh by
Red Allen is a powerful, guilty blues
with Ed Halls gorgeous clarinet in
bOp lOIll. ulllONtI Is d hlChlIlS NCl
sion of INDIANA. OF course Reds
trumpet is swell on both . Here's
an extraordinary Charlie Barnet
Bluebird. Spanish Kick" has heat
to sell, while LOIS, much slower
is wonderfully scored. Hear the
male voices behind the trumpet
male voices behind the trumpet.
Barnet cuts loose on sax on both.
The Phoenix index., 1941-09-27
NEWS OF
THEATRES
Leuette Turns
To- Poetic Form
By HARRY LEVETTE

HOLLYWOOD-(ANP)--YOu scribber of the Oh kOl+
yum awoke from his virtuous couch in poetic mood this
Ayem so BEFORE too brilliant brain becomes logged
up with the happenings of the day I'll pass this master
piece on to you Shades of Edgar Allen Poe Longfellow
and Paul Dunbar
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-09
DIR. EN0CH SKIES
DIES AT CLEMSON
Former President Of College
Dies Unexpectedly Of
Heart Attack

CLEMSON, S. c., Jan. 8.-R-
DR.. Enoch Walter Skies, who re.
tired last July 1 after IS years as
Clemson colleges President, dice
unexpectedly today of a heart at.
tack. He was Y. years old.
He was at his home for lunch
when stricken. He had not been
ill, and even this morning he was
walking on the college campus, ap-
parently in usual good health.
Since his retirement DR.. Skies
had engaged in research in South
Carolina history and had lectured
to numerous societies and clubs
throughout the southeast.
Funeral arrangements were not
announced Immediately.
DR.. Skies was born in Union
county, N. c., the son of a farmer.
He attended Wake Forest college,
where he played football and was
active in other student pursuits,
was graduated and in 1891 re-
ceived the Master of Arts degree:
and Johns Hopkins university,
where he was awarded the degree
OF doctor philosophy in 1897.
He returned to Wake Forest in
1897 and taught history and politi-
cal economics until 1916, when he
was chosen President of Coker col.
lege for Women at Huntsville. In
1911 he was a member of the North
Carolina State Senate.
Under his guidance Cocker col.
lege flourished, and attention was
attracted to DR.. Skies.
In 1929 he succeeded the late
DR.. Walter M. Riggs as president
OF Clemson. He retired last July
l and was succeeded by DR..
Robert F. Poole, who came tc
Clemson from N. C. State college.
In 1900 DR.. Skies married Miss
Ruth Wingate, daughter of the late
DR.. W. w. Wingate, president Of
Wake Forest college, who sur.
wives, along with a son. Walter
Skies of Washington, D. c., ano
a daughter, Miss Ruth Janet Skies
of Charleston. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-09
MRS w. A. Becker

Mrs. w. A. Becker, 81, died at the
home of her son-in-law, the Rev.
c. R. Hinton, at Green Sea, S. c.,
yesterday morning at 1870 o'clock
after an illness of three months.
Funeral services were held from
the Green Sea Baptist church last
night at 8 o'clock, with DR.. W. W.
feathers, Jr., pastor of the Conway
Baptist church, assisted by the Rev.
Frank Fisher, pastor of the Loris
Baptist church, officiating.
The body will be taken to Church
land, N. c., for funeral rites this
afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev.
J. Clyde Yates officiating. Interment
will follow in Churchland.
She is survived by one son, H. j.
Becker, of Lucama; M daughter,
Mrs. Gladys B. Hinton, of Green
Sea; three brothers, ]. B., w. F.
and H. J. Reece, of ~Statesville; two
sisters, Miss Lila Reece, of States
vile, and Mrs. H. L. Swami, of the
Baptist orphanage at Thomasville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-09
OBITUARIES
MRS. ANNIE W. HODGE

Funeral services for Mrs Annie
"nlte Hodge, se, widow of Rob.
ert Allen Hodge, who died At The
nome of her daughter, Mrs. J.. R.
hollls. on Masonboro Sound Tues.
gay night at 6 o'clock, will be held
rom the Cross Roads Presbyterian
church this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Inc funeral party will leave viii.
mlngton this morning.
Mrs. Hodge lived at Mebane I'm.
I'll the death of her husband six
years ago. She was a member OF
or SG Roads Presbyterian church.
She is survived by the following
Mrs. j. R. Hollis and
t MIS- Menora Billiard, of Whining
A tUh; MIS- rs W. R. lobe and Miss
Aoole Mae Hodge, of Mebane; DR..
Snar1es +. Hodge, of Atlanta, Ca,
aiiu .. w. Hodge, of Orlando, Fla.
sisters, Miss Jennie a IN j
iora White, of Mebane; and tine
aGliowlng grandchildren, Hiss Vir-
g1nla Anne Quinn, Robert, a n d
Enarles Hollis, of Wilmington;
m x1i Lillian and Ruth Ellen and
wilson Hodge, of Erie, Penn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-09
JOHN S.

fuheral services for John Swami
Waters, formerly of Wilmington,
VINO died at his home in Asheville
tuesday morning, were held ir
Asheville yesterday.
lnterment followed in Oakdale
cemetery here.
While a resident of Wilmington.
MIR. Waters was connected with
the Consolidated Railway, Light
and Power company.
He was the son of William Wat.
tiers and Sophia Waddell Walters
and was born on the family planta-
ton, Clarendon, in Brunswick
county on June Is, 1860. He mar
ried Miss Kate Lord and from this
marriage one son, j. P. Waters,
was born.
Mr.. Waters is survived by his
wife; one sister, Miss Frances Car
ollne Waters; two grandchildren,
John Lord Waters and Marie JAG
queline Waters; and several
and nephews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-09
MRS. M. G.

Funeral services for Mrs. M.
Garnet Saunders, 81, who died at
her home at 401 South Front street
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock aft
er an illness of several weeks, were
held from the late residence yes
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Bishop Thomas G.. Darst, assist
ed by the Rev. Alexander Miller,
conducted the services. Interment
followed in Oakdale cemterey.
Active pallbearers were: Alex
ander Hall, James L. Sprunt, Jr.,
George LeGrand, William P.
Emerson, B. R. Morrison, and
Maurice Moore.
Honorary %pallbearers e r e:
DR.. j.. W. Hooper, DR.. David
Murchison, ]. c. Shepard, W. 1.
Baxter, G. A. Cardwell, w. S.
Bunting, T. T. Hamilton, Robert
Grover, R. G. Grady, E. H. Mum
son, E. R. Toms, du Brutz Poisson,
John Elmore and W. B. Thorpe.
A native of Wilmington, Mrs.
Saunders was the former Miss An
ME Royal Hawkins, the only child
Of Almira Corbett and William
Moore Hankins.
Mrs. Saunders was among the
first graduates of the old State
Normal college, which is now the
Woman's College of he University
of North Carolina. After her gradu-
alton she attended the University
Of North Carolina, living in the
home of her cousin, DR.. Edwin
A. Alderman, who was then presi-
dent of the university.
Educational and civic improve
ments were among her chief in
terests. Mrs. Saunders was a
member of Sorosis, the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy, the
Poets club of North Carolina, the
New Hanover High school COM
mittee, and a communicate of St.
Paul's Episcopal church.
Mrs. Saunders is survived by her
husband, M. Garrett Saunders;
and three children, Mrs. Carson
West, of Spartanburg, S. c.; Mrs.
Clyde Cass Carter, of Raleigh; and
M. Garnet Saunders, Jr., of Win
ston-Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-09
BADEN-P0WELL. 81
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Funeral Services For Founder
Of Boy Scouts Will Be
Conducted Today

NAlROBI, Kenya Colony, Jan. 8.
LIP Lord Baden-Powell-a mill
tary genius who devoted much OF
his life to a peace organization, the
Boy Scouts-will be buried tomorrow
on a sunny slope of Mt. Kenya deep
in the Africa he loved.
The man who Won British &C.
claim as the defender of Mafeking
in the Boer war died today at his
home in Nyeri from a heart ailment.
He was SO.
At the outbreak of the Beer war
in 1899, Baden-Powell was in COM
mand at Mafeking, a sultry little
town of corrugated iron buildings
in Bechuanaland.
With a force far superior to Baden.
Powells band of irregulars, the Beers
attacked Mafeking Immediately.
The Beers cut the water supply
of the Veldt village. Baden-Powell
dug wells . they brought up heavy
guns and poured shells on the de.
tenders. Baden-Powell invented a
system of warning when the big
shells We're on their way . Pos
sessing only two little seven-pound-
ers, it was useless for the irregu-
lars to fire back. Baden-PoWell coun-
tered with a series of daring bayo.
net sorties.
For seven months this kept up
and then help came. The Beers
were driven away. The rescuers
found Baden-Powell organizing a
regular system On recreation in the
baked and shelled town.
Baden-PoWell became a world hero.
More glamor was attached to his
figure when it was disclosed he took
his army examination "just for fun"
and scored second in a list of 700
applicants.
He remained in Africa, lending
his talents for organizing to form
ing the South African -constabulary.
Next he was inspector general of
cavalry for Great Britain. In 1910
he retired.
Always interested in boys and
girls, he commenced a work or
ganizing youths in groups for in
struction, he commenced a work that
eventually led to the Boy Scouts,
and formation of the Girl Scouts.
From little groups in Britain, the
movement spread.
Baden-Powell served as a British
intelligence officer in the World
war.