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10 GAUGE, lever action Winchester shotgun with l box shells. Call Blue 634.
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MRS. BLACKWELL RETURNS

Mrs. Vera Blackwell has returned to her Juneau home after brief visit in Sitka.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
BY Robert Shosteck.

The recent observance Of the 34th
anniversary of the founding of the Boy
Scouts of America recalls the little
known fact that the American Scout
movement had its origin in this city
and that many Of the outstanding lead
ers in the early days Of the move
ment were Washiongtonians.
The Boy Scout movement had its
origin in England about 1906 when
Lord Baden Powell organized the first
group. Several isolated Scout troops
were established In the United States
in the next few years, but it was a
fortunate incident in London that
really gave the organization its start
here on a Nationwide scale. This Incl
dent occurred in 1909, when William D.
Boyce, Chicago publisher, became
lost in London fog and was assisted
to his destination by Boy Scout The
Scout refused to accept tip, saluted
Mr. Boyce and said, Sir, I am Scout
and cannot accept tips for courtesies
and good turns"
This incident deeply impressed Mr..
Boyce, who sought more information
about this unique organization. He
met BadenPowell, who sold" him the
idea of creating q similar organization
in the United States. Shortly after his
return Boyce came to Washington and
interested his friend, the noted attorney,
Colin H. Livingstone, to assist him in
the project. Livingstone was instru-
mental in Incorporating the Boy Scouts
of America in February of 1910. The in
corporators were Edward S. Stewart
and Stanley D. Willis of Washington,
D. c.. and Mr.. Boyce of Chicago
Boys of Washington
The purpose OF the organization as
stated in the original document was as
follows: ''The object of the Boy Scouts
of America is to organize the boys OF
the District of Columbia and elsewhere
in the United States into units, and to
teach them or cause them to be taught
through duly designated leaders, disci-
pline, patriotism, courage, habits OF
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Early Leaders Of Boy Scouts Were Prominent Wasngonans

preservation and self-control and ability
to care for themselves In all exigencies
of life"
Colin Livingstone, descendant of the
famous African explorer. David Living
stone, was elected president and served
In that capacity for is years. He had
come to Washington in 1896 to accept
a position as Secretary of Interstate
Commerce. Later he became vice pres
ident of the American National Bank
and was chairman of the board of the
Washington e. Old Dominion Railway
for many years.
First Scout Chief
Another Washingtonian, James E.
West, was appointed chief Scout ex-
ecutive in 1911 and has since given
his full time to the movement. DR..
West, native of this city, was or
phaned at and, while still In the
orphange, became boys leader in the
institution. He worked his way through
law school and later was admitted to
both the local bar and the bar of the
United States Supreme Court. He was
active in YMCA work and successfully
organized local groups behind q bill
which led to the creation of Juvenile
Court In this city 1t was through his
interest that President Theodore
Roosevelt called the frst White House
conference on the care of dependent
children. DR.. West has played lead
ing role in advancing the Scout move
ment for nearly 80 years.
The infant organization gained con-
siderable prestige from the support of
President Taft, who served as honorary
president, and Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
the honorary vice president. Other
prominent officers were the noted au-
thor, Ernest Thompson Seton, chief
Scout; Daniel Carter Beard, famous out
doorsman and author, national Scout
commissioner, and Admiral Dewey of
Manila Bay fame, member of the Ma
tional Council
Met in White House
The first annual meeting was held in
the White House in February, 1911, and
by the end of that year over 0000 boys
and men had enrolled in the organiza-
ton. BY 1912 membership had scared
to the 100000 mark.
Upon his election to the presidency
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Belgium's Battle of the Bells
BY Thomas r. Henry,
Star staff Correspondent.

LONDON Delayed The battle of
the bells now is in progress all over
Belgium.
1t represents what is perhaps the most
acute crisis in the little kingdom since
1910 due, say Belgian leaders here, to
its symbolic significance.
A few months ago the German au-
thorities issued orders that all church
bells, except those with historical sig
nificance," be handed over for scrap
metal. Now every Belgian village has
at least one church and every church
has at least two bells. Each bell rep
reSents close to a ton of metal. The
pealing of these bells, with the towns
so close together, was before the war
one of the most striking features of
Belgian life.
Moreover, say Belgian government
spokesmen here, the bells were much
more than religious tokens Dating
from the Middles Ages, community
which rated a bell was considered a
AACC lilS grew OQU VI uIlc
use of bells to call the citizens to-
gether for public meetings. This atti-
tude is reflected today in the fact that
one of the most vigorous protests to
date has come from the Belgian Com
munist party which in the past has
been exceptionally anti-religious.
Would Not Sacrifice Them
A proposal by the Germans to con-
fiscate Belgium's bells in the last war
was defeated by the diplomacy of Car
dinal Mercier. The present primate CT
the Belgian church, Cardinal Van Roye,
bishop of Malines, has protested no
,ess vigorously and has been able to
costpone the seizure until now.
When the ulsiznat,lm was issued the
n
Evening star., 1944-02-27
When the Statue in Washington Circle Was Unveiled

at an early date, Joseph H. Hilton, q
Miss Smart and Mrs. Coerr, said to have
been the mother Of Mrs. Green: Mr..
Strup. tailor, and Mr.. Kirby.
Early Residents.
quite an old residence which once
stood on the northeast corner Of
Twenty-fifth and L streets, and which
originally formed the nucleus of the
Columbia Hospital for Women at this
site, was the old Ringgold property,
where once lived Tench Ringgold, an
early United States marshal for the
District of Columbia. It was erected by
Mr.. Ringgold in 1912, and was his home
for number Of years, and was later the
residence OF Sir Frederick Bruce and
other foreign diplomats, including Mr.
Bagot, the British Minister, 18l6-1s19;
John Mason, jr., and other persons also
resided here.
In 1872 the mansion and 10000 feet
Of ground was purchased by the Gov
ernment for 5000, with an allowance
Of $1,000 in addition for altering and
repairing the building, and the following
year Congress provided $4,000 to COM
plete the alterations and for renting
the hospital and $28,5O0 for its mainten-
ance, and much additional ground was
subsequently acquired
This hospital had its beginning in
March. 1856, mainly through the efforts
of Dr.. J. Harry Thompson, who was
surgeon in charge from 1865 to 1878,
when he removed to Rome, Italy, where
he died. Originally the home of the
hospital was in the old Hill mansion,
which stood to the northwest of Thomas
Circle, where Fourteenth street and
Massachusetts, avenue intersect.
O'Neale's Tavern.
A famous old landmark which stood
for many years at the northeast corner
Of Twenty-first street and Pennsylvania
avenue was O'Neale's Tavern, later the
Franklin Hotel. William O'Neale was
Evening star., 1944-02-27

cardinal was requested to have GEN.
sus of the bells taken, as the Germans
did not wish to melt up objects of great
historical interest such as those dating
from the 18th and 14th centuries. The
cardinal refused this fatty. 1t would
be, he said, cooperating in a das-
tardly act if he consented to allow his
priests to help relieve the Germans Of
the responsibility of destroying valuable
antiques. If they insisted on stealing
the bells they must take them all, With
the blame which would follow.
Consistently, according to latest re-
port from Belgium, the village priests
have refused to surrender the keys to
the belfries. 1t has been necessary for
the German collectors to break down
the doors of the churches in order to
get the bells. In scores of towns there
has been much more than this passive
resistance. Appearance Of the German,
salvage parties has resulted in riot after
riot and hundreds have been injured.
II will never consent to allow q
church bell, intended to call people to
prayer, to be used to kill our friends" :"
the cardinal has said.
At the last count, say Belgian off,
cials here, the bells have been stripped
from 1000 of the country's 3,185
churches. The smallest had two Some
of the largest had 20. Among those
taken are some of considerable histori-
cal interest-such as the bells of St.
Martins Cathedral in Liege and those
of the Church of st. Guidon and st,
Catharina in Brussels.
There have been some picturesque
ceremonies before the Germans came.
In several towns the priests have or
dered the church bells tolled all night
before their confiscation. In others fu-
nerals have been held over them and
wreaths Of flowers placed on them.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

In 1918 woodrow Wilson accepted the
honorary presidency of the Boy Scout
organization. In that year the move
ment won national appreciation through
Its service during the floods in Ohio
and Idiana. Hundreds Of Scouts also
aided Civil War veterans during the
celebration of the 50th anniversary Of
the battle OF Gettysburg.
The year 1916 was a landmark in
Scout history. Congress bestowed a Fed
eral charter upon the Boy Scouts of
America which gave special protection
to the name and insignia of the organ
ization. President Wilson signed the
bill on June Is, 1916, amid a distin-
guished assemblage at the White House.
In First World War
In 1917 the full resources of the move
ment were placed at the service of the
Government under the slogan Help
Win the War" Scouts sold over $780,
100000 in War Bonds and Stamps and
distributed over 10000 900 pieces of war
literature and posters. They also per-
formed an invaluable service in the col
lection of strategic war materials from
nouseholders and in other war activities
This work won special recognition in a
presidential proclamation.
The Boy Scout movement has grown
steadily through the years, both in size
and In prestige and in the quality OF
its service to American boyhood. To-
day over one and one-half million boys
and men are enrolled in the Scout Or
ganization. AS in the last war, the Or
ganization is fully geared to service in
the "all-out" effort, performing notable
work in bond sales and rallies, in scrap
collections and in civilian defense work.
Thousands OF adult Scouters have en-
tered the armed forces. already trained
in many of the attributes of good SOL
dier-physically fit, self-reliant and
with a valuable knowledge of the out
Of doors.
Washington Scouts
The development OF the local Scout
movement has paralleled the growth OF
the national movement Thousands of
boys. nurtured in Scouting during their
formative years, now in their manhood
are making their mark in the world of
business, science and the professions.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth streets
and Pennsylvania avenue and M street
small wooden house surrounded by
an orchard and occupied by a colored
man.
From the same source we find that
there were also standing on the north
of the Avenue between the creek and
Nineteenth street the following build
ings:
Between Twenty-second and Twenty
third and M and N streets, two
story frame house, occupied by Mr..
Houseman; on square bounded by
Pennsylvania avenue and L and Twen-
ty-third and Twenty fourth streets,
four brick houses, one a three-story
and three one-and-a-half stories (known
as the Round TopsD and owned and
occupied in part by Mr.. Pollock; on
the square between PENNSYLVANIA ave-
nue. and K and Twenty first and Twen-
ty-second streets, the Six Buildings,
three stories high-owners and occu-
pants not recollected also an old frame
adjoining; on square between I and K
and Twenty-first and Twenty second
streets, three houses, two brick, three
stories, one owned by Joel Brown, esq,
and the other by William O'Neale ESQ.,,
and one two-story frame occupied by
Samuel Mcintyre, esq; on square bound
ed by Pennsylvania avenue and I and
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, 10
houseS-one 3-story frame occupied by
Mr. Middleton, one tWo-story frame,
owned and occupied by William Waters.
esq. and the Seven Buildings, brick,
tween I and K and Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets, four frame houses
one a small one-story, occupied as
Quaker meeting house; one two-stoiy,
occupied by Joseph Hodgson, esq.,, and
the two other of one story each, owned
by Mrs Ray, afterward Mrs Kedgele,, ;"
Round Tops.
The area known as Round Tops"
approximately between Pennsylvania
avenue and L street and TWenty-third
and Twentyfourth streets, was one OF
pilC lll ob dAChS W NC DQ1lO uPOil III lllAo
part of Washington. just what kind OF
houses were early erected there it would
be difficult to say definitely at this time.
as all, no doubt, have been removed ere
this. The four brick houses mentioned
as having been there around the year
1900 might have been as described or
they might have been slightly different,
but at least all agree that there were
four old houses there around this time,
and we are even told that they were
erected by Robert Peter the first Mayor
of Georgetown, and that in one of these
he lived shortly after his marriage.
Robert Peter, who was substantially
>Georgetown's pioneer businessman, was
born in Scotland in 1925 and came to
Georgetown shortly after he had at
tanned his majority, and in 1852 en-
barked upon what proved to be a sue
cessful business career, begun in what
was called Robert Peters Rock Greek
store" One authority gives the names
of his sons as Thomas, Robert,
David, George, Sandy and James, for
whom the senior Mr.. Peter erected six
three-story brick houses on K street in
groups of two each, prior to 1900.
One group, which stood at the corner
Of Twenty y-fourth street. was destroyed
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Ceremonies at the uueing of the statue of General Wash
inqton in Washington Circle Februarl %. 1860

the proprietor and he settled in this
block on I street, between Twentieth
and Twenty-first streets, as early as
1876, when he was engaged in making
buckets, barrels, tubs, hogsheads, ETC.,
for he was by trade cooper However,
he had a room or two to spare for three
or four gentlemen, fact which he did
not hesitate TO advertise
He was prosperous Irishman and
soon had built up quite hotel business,
having enlarged his place considerably,
and operated private buses from the
Capitol to his place of business for the
benefit Of members of Congress, one of
his early guests being Gen. John H.
Eaton. who soon formed an attachment
for the proprietor's daughter Margaret,
whom he later married.
Known when a girl as Peg" ONeale,
Evening star., 1944-02-27

this famous lady married June 20. 1915,
purser In the United States Navy
named John B. Timberlake, whose death
was mysterious one. When Gen. Eaton
came to the Senate in 1918 friendship
was soon formed with Miss O'Neale,
who, it is said, had the 1.-the form, the
fair skin, the dark red hair and the
keen, catlike gray eyes of her Milesian
ancestry, while she was as full OF fun,
frolic and Irritation as the typical damsel
on the banks of the Lake of Killarney"
"Caressed and teased by the guests Of
the tavern" it is said, "she grew up to
be pert, piquant and audacious, and
Gen. Jackson, who had always admired
her when she was child, was delighted
when he learned years afterward that
his little friend Peg was to be married
to his old comrade, Gen. Eaton"
Evening star., 1944-02-27

The Washington Scout organization
had its beginning in 1910, according to
the recollections of Mr.. Gordon Leech,
leader in the early movement. In
1909 Ernest Thompson Seton sponsored
a summer encampment for "Y" leaders
at Lake George. N. Y. His object was
to demonstrate Scouting activities as he
had observed them in England the year
before. Three representatives of boys
work at the local YMCA attended:
Albert M. Chesley. city boys secretary:
Gordon Leech, his assistant, and Julian
R. Hoovey, an older boys leader at
the "Y."
This demonstration Of Scout work
created very favorable impression upon
the three delegates, who resolved to
organize Scout troop in Washington.
Mr.. Chesley, who had a fair for show
n1anship, worked out a plan to start a
troop with an all-day outing at Pierce
Mill in Rock Creek Park This jamboree,
held on Sunday. August 10, 1910, at
tracted over 100 boys, practically all of
whom became Scouts before the end of
the day. Games, Indian stunts and
big feast were the order of the day. The
troop was formally organized at a camp
fire meeting at sundown, with Mr.. Ches-
ley serving as the first scoutmaster. He
is still a Washingtonian and is now
retired and spending the winter in
Florida.
Troop l grew rapidly, attracting many
youths who belonged to the "Y" boys
department. The early days Of this
troop were recollected by Scoutmaster
Francois E. Matthes in the October,
1917, issue Of Campfire, Troop l paper !:
The troop in those days was very large
and numbered fully $50 boys. 1t really
comprised all the Scouts there were in
Washington. 1t had large number of
patrols and it is significant that many
of the patrol leaders have since be-
come assistant scoutmaSters in various
troops. ="
Mass Meeting of 1912
Further along in this account he de-
scribes the great rally held in the Arcade
ballroom at Fourteenth street and Park
road Another big event in the life of
the troop was great mass meeting and
exhibition of Scouting on April q, 1912.
Ernest Thompson Seton, who was Chief
Scout, prepared the program, which in
cluded several Indian dances and songs
and ceremonies. The troop did
its first bit Of public service at the in
augural parade on March d. 1918 - 1t
has since done duty on many important
Evening star., 1944-02-27

by fire while it was still incompleted. A
second group was midway the block be-
tween Twenty-fifth and Twenty sixth
streets, and the most historic Of all,
the two which stand between Twenty
sixth and Twenty-secenth, where Pres
ident Washington often stopped to lodge
Evening star., 1944-02-27

his troops, he put spurs to his horse
and dashed up to the cannon's mouth.
His terror stricken horse stops and re-
coils. while the balls tear up the earth
beneath his feet; but Washington, cool,
calm, collected and dignifed. believing
himself simply an instrument in the
hands of Providence to work out the
great problem of liberty, remains firmly
seated like god upon his throne. The
repose of the hero at this moment OF
imminent peril to his life contrasts
admirably with the fearful agitation
manifested by his noble but unreason-
ing steed, who is sustained by none of
the considerations which impart courage
to the hero and the Christian,
Evening star., 1944-02-27

occasions, marching at the head OF the
Boy Scout Regiment in the prepared
ness parade and lining the streets at
the funeral of Admiral Dewey, at the
Confederate veterans parade and at
the second Inauguration Of President
Wilson"
Among the early Scoutmasters of
Troop l were several geologists with the
United States Geological Survey. Be-
sides Mr. Matthes, who Is still with the
Survey, there was DR.. George H. Ashley,
now State geologist Of Pennsylvania, and
o. E. Meinzer.
Others Prominent Here
During these formative years many
other Washingtonians prominent in local
business and professional activities gave
their service to the movement. Mr.. E. S.
Martin, local playground director, be-
came executive secretary of the local
council in 1911 and subsequently Scout
commissioner. Mr. Vernon Bailey,
well-known biologist and wildlife expert,
organized one of the early troops in the
basement Of his home. NJ. o. Chance,
former Washington postmaster, and
Philip Hermann Of House & Hermann,
an old Washington business house, Or
ganized the nearby Kensington Council.
John Cole, an agronomist with the De-
partment Of Agriculture, also took an
active interest in Scouting at that time.
Mr. Chesley, while serving with Troop
l, was Jealous evangelist for Scouting
and spent his spare time organizing
troops in churches. He was instru-
mental in setting up about IS troops,
mostly through his "Y" and church
contacts.
Washington Scouts Today
The local Scout movement Is now
headed by Capt. Chester Wells, U. S. N,
retired, who has served as president Of
the Area Council since 1888 His prede-
cessors in office were George E. Hamil-
ton, l928-l933; L. A. Sneed, 1923-1927;
Huston Thompson, 19l8-1923. Mr.. Linn
c. Drake is the area Scout executive who
actively directs the affairs of the local
organization. He has served in his pres
ent capacity since 1925, succeeding Ed
ward D. Shaw, who held the position
from 1918 to 1926. Preceding him were
H. H. Grogan, 19l5-l91s, and E. s. Mar
tin, 19l1-1915.
The current enrolment in the District
OF Columbia area consists of 6,240
Scouts, 1,745 Scouters (Scout leaders,,
30l9 cubs, 375 cubbers (cub leaders,, or
a total of 1879 men and boys.
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or dine, or both, and sometimes to Just
visit with Mrs. Thomas Peter, Mrs.
Washington's granddaughter. who prob
ably resided in the house farthest west
OF the two-now numbered 262o K street.
Besides Robert Peter the elder, the
other residents OF Round Tops" were.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
In the Old First Ward.

The west end part of the old lst
ward Of Washington where this statue
stands, was certainly, up to 1860, sparsely
settled and an account beginning as
early as 1900 tells us that at that time
there was in the block bounded BY
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LoCkLAND W NEWS
Home Nursing Glass

Home Nursing Glass
Here IS your opportunity to
learn Home nursing the Fed
Cross way. A class will start
Wednesday, Jan. S and will
meet from 7:3O-9::3O each
Wednesday evening. Each per-
son desiring to take this
course should register at the
Lockland Branch Y.M.C.A. by
Jan. /.
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and instruments to form the
right musical pattern, just as
he'd choose material for a suit.
trimming here, building up
there. remodeling until the cns-
toner likes the fit.
Sosnik has no patience with
temperament. Radio, lie feels.
is business like any other. and
the fact that the public secs iii
TO throw an aura Of romance
over his particular field Il 10
justification for an inflated eeo
or mock heroics Deeply al,-
sefhcd IN his work. Sosnfli tres
10 balance his perspective by
spending his free time With peo-
nlp wins have no professions ia-
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Musical I aiIor

terest In radio and who are in
tent on talking about their own
work.
Yet Sosnik, slender, fast-mov-
ign and quick-wftted, is far from
phlegmatic. He drives himself
with the "Reminiscences os d man
IN love with his work.
Brought UP in Chicago, that
cradle Of SO many musicians.
Sosnik's first contact with music
was at eight, when his mother
decided on piano lessons for him.
He had to be driven TO practice,
like 50 many boys, and his in
terest was no more than casual
until he was Of high school age
and began playing with a jazz
band weekends. At 18, he sud.
denly realized he no longer
Waated 70 be an architect but
musician
He then attended the Ameri-
can conservatory OF Music in
Chicago and when he had fin
ished his formal study there be-
gan doing radio arrangements
for Ben Bernie, Paul Whiteman
and Coon Sanders. All the same
time he was conducting and
playing piano in orchestral
groups. both serious and Jazz
His first radio program under.
his own name was in 1881, for,
MEG, and he has been In COM
naercial radio ever since.
Since he has been in New
Yoik sosnlk has kept up his
sturdy Witli courses at Juilliard
and with private instructors, as
Nell as tiains sanNc COMPOSING.
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You're too young to 60 regu-
Tar with any one BOY. Let him
know too, that his big talk
doesn't frighten you IN the
least.