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VOL UME NUMBER VII 12 DECEMBER 1930 The White House Conference a Challenge to Youth Katherine Glover Staff Associate, Tl/ltite House Conference s the Girl Scout LEADER goes to press this month ing a planning committee which has grown with the an event of very great significance to the youth of bigness of the job until the conference personnel now A this country is happening in Washington. Prepara· numbers twelve hundred, divided up into a hundred tions for the \Vhite House Conference on Child Health and forty committees. And these are but a nucleus, and Protection which l\Ir. Hoover has called for ~ovem for innumerable other committees and literally hundred~ ber 19-22 are drawing to a close. Tv,·o or three thousand of thousands of volunteer \\'orkers have in ~ome way con men and women, ranging from Cabinet officers to simple tributed their share to this national census-taking of field workers among children and youth, will gather in youth. the nation's capital to pool their interests and knowledge. ~~~- Hoover, being an engineer, believes in surveying The conference will attempt to study the child and the ground well before he builds his bridges. He was those factors which enter into his environment; to unwilling to assemble the conference without this thor· find out what the rapid changes in our present-day life ough groundwork of fact-finding. lt has taken a year are doing to the oncoming generation; to counsel a~ to of intensive, high-pressure surveying on the part of the wiser methods of protection, of workers in their various fields. In education, of character training, reality research and inquiry reach and to devise means of returning much further back than this one to youth those things of which a year's efforts, many of the experts Keep you Christ's birthnight highly mechanized and urbanized have been at work in their differ· life is robbing them. It "·ill, in Every year's day. ent fields for manr years, steadily short, make a sounding of modern Give the gifts He gave, assembling facts which no\v are youth and of those forces which Along your way. brought together. Light Christmas candles are shaping it. Where there is gloom. The conference is not to be one Such a gathering of experts in Lay boughs for Christmas of open sessions, since it is pri all the phases of ·work among chil I n the poor room. marily a working conference. The dren and youth at the seat of the Hang on Life's gift-tree, delegates, invited by the President, government, saying humbly "Let As we are told will come from e''erv state and us find out what is happening to Kindness like silver, many communities, ea~h an official our children," is unique in this Service like gold. representative to gather material country, and perhaps in any coun His perfect courage, and take it back to his or her lo try. The finding out has been go His charity, cal groups. ing on for more than a year. It Each day for His day, The result of the White House was in July of 1929 that i\Ir. Hang on His tree. Conference, when its facts are all Hoover called the preliminary brought together, will be to pre conference of experts to work to sent a fairly complete picture and ward the final conference. That pattern of American youth. ::\lany was a small initial group form- organizations have been working L
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too intensively in their own fields to see the relation of their activities to what others are doing. Gleams from the Council Fire What the pattern will he it i~ not possible to foreca~t "Education for world-citizenship is education which as yet. Preliminary repun ' \\ hich have come in indicate promotes among all people, a ,ympathetic, peaceful co a few .. ignificant thing~. They indicate that .\merican operation based on democracy." . . . and that j, what youth on the whole is healthier and better protected against Guiding and Scouting are doing. communicable disease5 than ever before; the city child In the \\'orld Council number sur October, 1930, The slightly better protected than the rural; that the city Courwl Fire gives the Guiding and Scoutin~ news from child is ~uffering from the la~:k oi many natural advan manY countries of the world. \\·e all know what our tages which the country child enjoys, but that the city :.\Ia~·s and Elizabeths of ::\Iaine and l\linne~ota are doing, child on the whole show, himself more adaptable to con but are we familiar with the doing,. of the Marie:. and ditions than the child of the farm. The finding, make it Yvonne,; of splendid Pari, and flo"·ery ~ormandy? Do evident that modern \·outh ha .. been cheated in mam '' av,., "e know the problems and achieHments or Hanako and That they have been -robbed of the training for horne-m~lc Kiku of Tokyo near the sacred mountain Fujiyama? ing and the home-making activities and tor rhe responsi Let us read the Council Firt and learn. bilities of parenthood and family life ''hich the home of Even we, ,~~.-ho from the beginning ha,·e had great faith an earlier day, more srahle and producing much that it used, naturally provided. in the ultimate possibilitie3 of our Scouting movement, are The preliminar) linding .. ::.how also that roun!! peo- delightedly amazed at its rapid deYelopment through the • ple cannot ,afdy grow up without idealism and without world ... ince the beginning of organized effort.. twenty years a:::o. reverence, nor can they be ~a:i:>fied with education or with occupation which rob· them of creati>ene5s and initia Is it the common smu as well as the fine human ideals, tive; which is, in a word, tandardized and machne-made. that ha, made the tiny seed grow so suddenh· into a strong The ,.cnse of the findings i, that old conditions cannot young rree? The leaders can help to answer that. be revived nor older war, returned to, but that substi Here is some interesting news for us all: at the "•orld tutes must be found which /ill the :.arne needs in the de Conferen~:c held in England la~t July, the de-i!!n ... for The velopment of youth as the old methods of training. It i" CcJUncil Fire cover conte,t were voted upon. Forty-five in working toward the development of tho>e substitute~ desi{!ns were submitted to our national office, twenty-five that such organization~ a the Girl Scouts ha'e a great of which were sent abroad to take their place with CO\'ers opportunitr. made by Guides and Girl Scouts from all part... of the There is going to be a ~reat call to the leader.;hip of world. The first prize oi $50.00 was won by ~!j,.~ Rosa youth. lie ~I. Brown; the second prize of $25.00 wa:. won br One of the :.trong and insi~tent notes in the preliminary ~Ii~:. ;\L Peterson-both En;;lish Guides. The third prize reports i~ the need to train youth for parenthood and of $2=i.OO was won br an American Girl Scout, :\!iss home life and recommendation' that such training be in Helene Sherman of l\1as achu5ett~. And the design sub corporated into our educational ~ystem. Such an organi mitted b) :.\1iss :.\lar!!aret Hall, of )las~achu~eu,-, wa:. zation a, the Girl Scour,, b~ strengthening its effort:. al praisl"d and commended. readr beF!un, has the opportunity to lead in this direction, l\Iis~ Brown's design on the October number of the not waiting for formal education to change it:. curricu Council Fire, interpret~ simply and graphically the uni lum. Ancl after it has changed, still carrying on where versal fellowship of Scouting. the school lea\'es off. The Girl Scouts of America echo The Guide:- Own The 'Vhite House Conference will ha'>e just begun Prayer, which bids us "go forth with stren~thened faith when the e.xperts ha,·e tinLhed their session:. in 'Va,h to carrr on our mission of heightening the ideal, and ington. They will sketch out plans and method,, The power, of womanhood, and of helping through closer un real building will lie in the hands of tho~e who bridge der,tanding to bring about a happier Ru~e of Peace and deal with youth, such a' Girl Scout captain,. The privi Good 'Vill upon earth." Could there be a better 'rill at lege of tho,e who build toward:. a reinforced American this Chri~tmas season? youth will be very great, for the task that awaits this new youth is not merely national, it is a world task. One can but hope that those who build will build soundly and Theatre Workshop well. There has recently been organized a Theatre \\·ork Shop Association. It is a central theatre ... en·ice and in Girl Scout Staff at Washington formation bureau for teachers and director:. and all tho-e Girl Scout leaders "dl he int• c,ted to know that mem interested in amateur productions. The :L~ociation is bers of the National Offi~e .. raff have given much time educational. and e.xists primarily for the ad,•ancement to and effort in the last six month~ to gathering and organiz creati,·e productions. ing material for different reports for the 'Vhite House Information regarding stage furni .. hin:!', properties, Conference. lightin;! and costumes j, included in the service offered. The Girl Scouts are represented on the Committee on For membershp information, write to t~e Theaae 'York: Girl>.' \Vork--one of rhe Comm ttee5 reportin~ on Youth 'hop A~,ociation, H30 South Penn :>qtUre, Philadelphia, Outside the Home and &:hool 10 Section III. Education Penn'' 1\"ania. and Training-by our '\ ational President, l\Ir,. Edey, ~lis, Schrottky feeb that this Association can be of and hy 1\Iiss Gunther, Executive Secret..ry of the Pro help to Girl Scout Leader,;, helping them to plan and to gram Division. Miss Gunther is in Washin:::ton, in at produce their productions with a saving of energy and tendance at the Conference, a~ the LEADER goes to press. mone)·. THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER 3 1-Have and Oh-Had -1 A New Christmas Story Retold from An Old Tale Virginia Olcott
T was Christmas eve in the little cottage. E•ergreens sang the Bird. Higher and higher he climbed, and just hung over the kitchen door. A fat plucked goose as he reached out his hand to grasp its golden wing, like I waited on the table to be stuffed and roasted. Oh-o-o! a flash Oh-Had-1 flew away! how spicer and good was the smeU of the sweetcakes on Klem followed her. He followed his treasure Bird for the :;hdf. Yes, everything was ready for Christmas day. many miles. He followed for many months. But Klara But Hans and Hilda, sitting on the bench near the spinning busily at home. never forgot her brother. Each hearth, could not take their eyes from the little fir tree day she waited anxiously for Klem to return. Each night in the corner. Such a beautiful Christmas tree they had she prayed that the next day would bring him. never seen before. It was laden with tinseled balls, One dav as she worked, she looked up and saw perched gilded nuts, little white candles, and golden gingerbread on the top of her spindle a tiny Bird. Her feathers were boys and girls. On the floor were the gifts wrapped in sleek and dull brown, and she sang with a voice of such paper as white as snmv-mysterious, knobby packages happiness that Klara cried: one for every member of the family. "Dear little Creature! You bring content to my cot "I wish I had a gingerbread-boy to eat," exclaimed tage," and she left her wheel and wove a soft nest of her Hans. finest wool thread. "I wish I had my Christmas package now!" sighed Hilda. The Bird undcr~tood that she was invited to remain. Their mother laughed, and nodded her white-capped Each night she slept in the nest. All day, while Klara head. Then she said gravely: spun. ~he fluttered singing about the room, and while "I had.' I lzad! \Vhr aren't v-ou content with the nice listening the girl 'carcely knew that she was working. things you lzat• e~ Come, while ~n "-ait for father, I will And the wheel went round so fast and so much woolen tell you a story about another brother and sister in our thread was spun, that ~he "·as able to sell it to every Germany." neighbor. So by winter, Klara was the richest girl in the And this is the story she told: countryside. Once in a little cottage lived Kiem and Klara. They Christmas day came again. As Klara sat spinning, the ·were brother and sister. Bird began to sing in a most astonishing manner. The From early morning Klara was busy at her wheel. room -..vas filled with the sweetest sounds. From early morning Klem whistled or slept. But eYen Suddenly the Bird hopped upon the edge of the nest, though Klara worked and never "topped, she could scarcely and a shower of golden eggs came tumbling on Klara's earn enough money to buy bread for the cupboard. head and rolled in dozens and dozens over the floor. One Chri~tmas morning a Stran!!er came ro the cottage. At that moment Klem staggered into the room. "Is there Christmas charitY in-thi:. house," asked he. "I am faint with hunger." · His clothe5 were tattered and torn. His feet were bare. At once kindhearted Klara gave him the last piece of His teeth chattered with the cold. bread that the cupboard held, and bade him warm himseli "0 HAD I stared a• home! Klem cried when Klara at the fire. ran to embrace him. Then he told her of his misfortunes, BuT., buT., Klara sat at her wheel and ~pun. Klem in the and how he was not able to catch his treasure Bird with corner yawned and slept. The Stranger glowered at one golden wings. and looked lovingly at the other. Finallr he rose and said: "OH HAD I stayed at home!" he sighed over and over. "Child-Spinner, there are two Bird11 who live in your "In my chase for riches, I have become poorer than ever land. One is called the I-Have Bird. She is not very before." handsome to luok at, but her voice is as sweet as content. "I HAVE stayed at home!" cried Klara, and showed The other Bird is called the Oh-Had-1. She is wonder Klem the cupboard overflowing with delicious foods, the fullr beautiful. Her feathers are of je\veled gold. But shining pots and pans and the soft rugs spread on the take care! Her heart is as hard as gold." cottage floor-all bought from the money earned b} her And when Klara looked up the Stranger had vanished. summer's spinning. At that moment Klem woke from his long doze, and Then the brother and sister gathered up in a basket all straightway Klara told him of the two remarkable Birds. the golden eggs, while the 1-H:\ \TE Bird in the nest sang Klem was amazed at the ne\YS, and started off at once cberrily: crying: ''A Gift for Christmas charitv! ''I shall catch the Oh-Had-1 with her wings of solid A Gift for loving industry! · gold and we shall be rich forever." \\·rule you've been spinning, spinning away, Away he went. One day while walking in a far off Content in your cottage home to stay, forest he spied a glint of gold on the topmost branch of a I have been giving you eggs of gold, lofty tree, and he saw directh· above him a superb Bird. As much as vour woolen nest will hold. It was the Oh-Had-1. \Vise little Spinner, whose Christmas cheer Klem climbed up into the tree. Sweeter and sweeter And kind content goes through the year." 4 THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER Signalling Games Trail Signalling This is a combination of a nature trail and a signalling Si buried b\· tremendoth ~hower' of volcanic ashe~ and petri EYer greens for Winter Study fied in s~cce~~i\'e upright In) ers into forests ~of \itone.~' Fossils have been iound in .:\lar) land, Kan-.as, :\ ew Bertha Chapman Cady Jersey. Dakota. Tc,:t-, be- Then one day the) found an egg in the garden. It lay THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER shining with all the rainbow colors, golden green, golden Published every month by blue, and the finest tint~ of mother-of-pearL The King's GIRL SCOUTS, INC. children touched it in wonder. Lo! it fell apart and out 670 Lexington Avenue, New York City flew a creature wonderful to see. It had wings, yet it was not an ordinary bird-nor a butterfly, nor a bee, nor a Bent free to all Girl Scout captains, commissioners, and loeal directors. To others, 50e per year's subscription. dragon-fly. It was the splendid Bird Imagination! Edited by the Program Division The Bird lent the children its wings. It carried them round the garden. It brightened eYerything. It taught Chairman - • - - MRS. ARTHUR 0. CHOATE Executive Secretary- - - M1ss EMMA H. GUNTHER them truths and opened their hearts to the ex-periences of Editorial Chief MRs. FRANCES YouTz the world. So the King's children were happy all the rest National President -- MRS. BIRDSALL OTIS EDEY of their lives. National Director MISS JOSEPHINE SCHAIN So, through imaginati011-that blessed ;;eeking faculty that young folk have-you leaders can awaken the desire Vol. VII December, 1930 No. 12 and right values for the finer things of life. Contentment, honesty, courage, homely wisdom, those ideals you wish to develop in a Girl Scout, can be fostered in your Story We take great pleasure in announcing the appointment Hour. of Miss Josephine Schain as National Director of the Girl Scouts. Yiiss Schain brings to her work a rich background of Letter to the Leader experience in social organizations. As Director of the "Dear Leader: Department of International Cooperation of the League You are so valuable to Captains who are actually run of \Vomen Voters, she devoted much time to the develop ning troops that I can't bear to think of your being wa>ted ment of an international program of world citizenship on those captains who have mm·ed out of rown or other for women. She was one of the three women sent to wise given up their troop,;. I ha,·e been wondering if you the London Naval Conference by the ".' ational Commit would mind clearing up your mailing list to date and while tee on the Cause and Cure of \Var of which she has I know you are suppo~ed to go to every captain (whose been the administrative chairman. registration is paid) for a rear, I am sure you are going We know that Girl Scout leaders will welcome her to some who aren't using you and some temporary or not as we do. -EMMA H. GuNTHER yet-registered captains are having to get along without you." Each month manv Leaders are returned ro us because Story Time of incorrect address: \Von't you help us by forw·arding A recent government report on radio program showed at once any notice of change in troop leader,hip or in that history, with its accounts of lives and deeds of great home address? men and women, was a favorite subject with boys and Membership Cards girb. And a dramatic presentation of this material was L eaders, won't you plea~e tell the members of your preferred to any other. Do we make enough of stories about noble people and troop that they must present their membership cards in anecdotes of great ad,·entures in our Girl Scout pro order to purchase Girl Scout equipment at a department store or at a Girl Scout shop? ~Iail orders must haYe grams? These tales should not have morals appended the captain's signature a:; well the number and loca to them, but they should be inspiring. The listener un as tion of the troop in which the Girl Scout is registered. consciously associates himself with the hero of the story, If there arc member~ in your troop who are not regis and feels the emotions, and shares the deeds of that hero. tered, please register them as soon as possible so that If the thought is kind, generous, and brave, the listener there will be no question about their registration in ap will for the time at least have shared these ennobling proving Girl Scout equipment orders at Christmas. qualities. There are tales of pioneer men and women, of Indian leaders, of wilderness "Scouts." The conquest News From the American Girl of the poles, the first balloon flights, are fascinating stories You will find suggestions for holiday troop meetings for girls as well as boys. ~Iany adventures in science are and holiday parties in the December issue of the American most exciting. There is a wealth of material from which Girl. There are special articles, recipes, and stories that to choose. will interest every girl. The Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, has a great fund The llmerican Girl is an excellent gift for your niece$ of stories and anecdotes that translate Scout Yirtues into and young friends. concrete experience. Benjamin Thorpe, the English scholar, in the intro A M otion Picture Worth Seeing duction to Yule Tide Stories collected over seventy years "Africa Speaks" is a travelogue portraying the Colarado ago, tells of the Birth of the Story. Here it is in a fe\v African Expedition which was sent to Africa two vears words: ago for .;cientific purposes. ~Ir. Hoesler, who w;s in There was once a Prince and Princess who had every charge of the Expedition, gives remarkable ,·icws of the thing in the world; gardens of choicest flowers; beautiful native Pigmies and the wild animals of the Congo junglt:s. playthings; singing birds and bowls of silver fishes. But The film is being shown in the larger cities of the United the King's children were unhappy. Something was lacking States so many of the Girl Scouts will have the oppor in their lives. tunity of seeing it. THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER 7 Read it and you will find yourself in the most dramatic Christmas in Bookland period of France's history. It is the life of :\Iarie Jeanne Philipon, who afterwards became the bra,·e Madame TE.~~II~G hot turk~y, foaming sauces, spicey ~akes, Roland. lt is a :;plendid, human history. Girls of fourteen fruits and sugar del1ghts are a happy pan ot our years to eighteen will enjoy it. S Christmas sea~on. But these are not enough. Come! let us feast of the dainties that are bred in a book. Let us Silver Shell. By Mary Ellen Chase. Published by Henry eat paper and clrink ink, as Shakespeare bids us do. And Holt, New York. Price $1.75. good books ·will not spoil the appetite like raisins and plum The story of plucky Judith and her friends in a light· pudding. They make us want more. house on the 1\Iaine coast. Mary Christmas and The Girl jrom the Big Horn Country arc delightful books by the There is an abundant book-feast this year. Library shelves and book stores are rich with new editions of our same author. old favorite~ and "brand new" books that we have never Scar Neck. By Rufus Steele. Published by Harper, ~ew read. ~o matter what our age or special taste, there is York. Price $1.00. something for U$ all-stories of thrilling ad venture, ex The adventurous story of Scar ;\eck, a great Nevada citing mystery tales. pretty romances, beautiful poetrr and ::\1ustang. fairy books. Wanda and Greta at Broby Farm. By Amy Palm. Trans X aturally we all want the best book for our own read lated from the Swedish bv Siri Andrews. Published ing, or to give away as a Christmas gift. 'Ve want a book by Longmans, X ew York·. Price $2.00. that can be read the first time with breathless interest and An exciting tale of the everyday doings of Wanda and the second and third time; and then to be treasured like Greta on their big farm in Sweden. A book Brownies an old friend. will love. You leaders, who in the next few weeks will be busy Ood-le-T..:J:, The /Panderer. By ~Iargaret Alison Johan selecting and ad,·ising books for sen. Published by Little, your troops, remember that a book Brown, Boston. Price $2.00. is an adventure. The Girl Scout There is no frigate like a book A fine story. It tells of the who takes the trail into the book To take us lands away, adYentures of a young Eskimo lad world should meet e:~:perience~ that Nor any coursers like a page who drifted on an ice raft from will strengthen her and make her Of prancing poetry. Alaska to far Siberia. You will a better Scout. ~or must we This traverse may the poorest take enjor his life among the half recommend new books odv. Without oppress of toll; pagan tribes in their reindeer land. Do not forget that th~ "old" How frugal is the chariot For girls from thirteen years to authors have written some of the That bears a human soul. sixteen. iinest books in the world. Granny's Wonderful Chair. By One of these "old" authors Emily Dick.iJtson Frances Browne. Published whom we know so well, Dr. by ::\Iacmillan Company, Henry ,-an Dyke, has jusr cele- Xew York. Price $1.00. brated his iith birrhdav in :'\o,·ember, and here is his A charming book oi quaint and imaginative tales "Wise advice to e\·eryone ·of us: Specially good to tell or read aloud. . ll'itch's Maiden. By ~!abel Tnrell. Published br How to Read Books Harper, Xew York. Price $Z.OO. - A stirring story of the days of Cromwell and his men. "Read the preface first. Go in through the front door. The p:etty, young heroine becomes a serving-maid of an "Read plenty of books about people and things, but not old Witch-woman. It is a thrilling and mysterious ro too many books about books. mance. "Read one book at a time, but never one book alone, Well-worn books always have relatives. Follow them up. Lf.ntartic Adventures and Research. By Griffith Taylor. "Read the old books, those that have stood the test of Published by Frederick A. Stokes, New York. Price time. Read them slowly, carefully, thoroughly. They will $2.00. help you to discriminate among the new ones. This is not a story. But the experiences of the brave ''Read no book which the author has not taken pains men who explored the Antartic in the dangerous past are enough to "'rite in a clean, sound, lucid style. Life is short. as romantic as any in fiction. Having read these adven "Read over again the ten best books that you have al tures you will more thoroughly appreciate the accounts ready read. The result of this experiment will test your of Commander Byrd's expeditions. :For older girls. taste, measure your advance and will fit you for progress Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. n,. B. E. Steven- 1n the art of reading." son. Published by Henry Holt, N c~Y York. Price $3.00. Have you seen any of the exhibits during the Children's A lovely collection of poetry for young people, and for Book ·week in ::\ovember? No doubt you saw just the older pt:ople, too. right book to bur for Christmas. If you have not already Little Pilgrim of Penn's 1¥ood. Bv Edna Albert. Pub made your book-choice, here is a short-too short-list lished by Longmans, ~ew York. Price $2.00. -that may help your selection. Brownies should not fail to read this story of Selinda .Daughter of tlte Seine. By Jeannette Eaton. Published by Reinhardt and go with her from her home in Germany Harpers, New York. Price $2.50. to the little log cabin in the American wilderne-.s. Beautifully and sincerely told is this biographical story. (Continued on page I 2) THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER on ~eparate ~quare~ of paper so that the collection might A Handicraft Game for Troops be kept intact tor future U3e. Helen Kimberly McElhone The thirty symbols .;elected from the pamphlet arc as follO\n: 21-eagle, 2-1-magpie, 2~nake, 32-turtle, HIS is a game that can be played at any time of 35-frog. +0-buttcrfly, 4-1-bcetle, 45-dragonfly, +9- year, indoors or out. \\'nile it is suitable for an) spider, 51--centipede, /&-buffalo horn~. 10-1-tree, 105 T party or entertainment and appropriate for this sea -trees on a mountain, 110-mushroom, Ill--cactus, son of Thanksgiving and Christmas gaieties, it is not re 125-valler. 150-ri,er with islands, 160-star, 179- lated to any one festival. As the guests are not in the morning star at the horizon, 183--cloud, 186--lightning, secret of the game, the girls of the Troop who are gi,·ing 191-tent, 201--camp circle, 220-saddle hhnket, 222- the entertainment ba,·e all the iun of preparing for it in ,tirrup, 231-arrow point, 233-pipe, 251-imaginarr great ,;ecrecr. ln case of an i~olated Troop. one or two human figure. 277-huffalo eye, 302-mountain~. These Patrols might act as entertainers ro the rest of the Troop. were studied and selected as the be,;t for this purpose. It is taken for grnnted that most of the entertainers enjoy l\lany of the three hundred and eight symbol" )!i\·en are getting ready for n part} and like to do things with their impossible for use in this game, as the meaning is too hand~. After the required secret symbols are made, ther ob~cure. form an exhibition of unu~ual intere,t. The svmbol:; are Playing the Game authentic, and as their source is almost limitles:; you can Each guest is supplied with a pencil and a sheet add to it from time to time, until you suddenly lind your of paper. These paper~ are prepared beforehand, Troop the po~se.;sor of an Historic Collection of real with the numbers from one to thir~ in a vertical value. All this is accompli,hed in a few hours oi gay and column at rhe left margin of the sheet: On the other delightful work, cutting and pasting bright colored papers side of the same sheet in a vertical column must be by the group of entertainers, no special artistic talent or printed or t) pc\nitten the names of the thirt\ S) mbols. e.:... perience required! The Indian Symbols io the game as Thne namel mult not be written in the order in which here described are limited to thirty. tl:e /ini!lm/ dnigns are hung. The game is for the players Requirements to iit the right name to the right :<) mbol. Let o;ome girl A small pamphlet called ''Indian Bend \Vork, A Help !!'\plain that the players are to guess what each of the for Students of Design" br Clark \Vissler. This may thirty Indian designs symbolizes, and each one write the be had br sending to The American ·Museum of ~atural name oppo,ite its number on her paper. The thirty names History, 79th Street and Central Park \Yest, ~ew York of the 5) mbol.- on the back ot her paper are to be ~tudied Cin·. Price 20 cents. and con.;ulted. a~ an aid to makin~ the correct gue,;s. There A sufficient amount of manila wrapping paper to cut mu.. ~ be a rime limit, half an hour is not too much. If thirty oblong sheets 9xl2 inches and three or four large given by one troop to another. the Patrol with the highest sheet:> each. of the clear bright color~ in paper. Borh the ~core at the rnd of ~hat time wins the game. If it i, a partv manila and the colored paper may be had in packets cut gi' en at home. the person with the greatest number of srm'- in the sizes de~ired, at an) general Handcraft Supply Shop, bols correct!) named, i, the winner. · such as :\Iilton Bradley Co., Springfield, 1\lass. They will send free samples of all their papers on request. Pencils. rulers, scissors and paste. Directions for Making the Symbols The symbols illustrated in the pamphlet are not more than half an inch in height. Let the girl~ who have a ~ense of proportion enlarge the chosen symbols, either br the ere, using a ruler for the straight lines, or by a scale of 1 to 10. If the small srmbol measures about half an inch, it should be dra'm on the wrong side of the colored paper at least five inches in size. As soon as they are correctly drawn, let other girls cut them out and in turn pass them along to still others to do the mounting on the manila sheets; and with this team work, you will find yourselves the proud possessors of a collection of thirty authentic Indian S} mbols in an incrediblr short time. The collec tion mar be done entirely in black .:.ilhouette if desired, but the bright color:> make a much gayer display, and at the same time give a color hint as to the meaning of the symbol. such as tree-green, mountain-purple, river-blue, saddle blanket-red, butterfly-yellow or of <;eYeral colors, beetle-black, etc. Hang the finished symbols in a group or groups on the wall if played in the house, on strings stretched across the Added to the interest of a good guessing game is the tent if played in camp, or on the trunks of trees if out historic value of this collection of S) mbols. lt also per of doors. :\umber the s\·mbol~ in order from one ro thirt\·. tains to a gre:tt number of Girl Scout acti,·ities . .;tarts an In the illustrating photograph, the numbers were print~d interc5r in ·~imple design and in the old symoolic languaga THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER 9 Sofia, Bulgarill: l\Iiss Grace L. Harris writes us that From Our Mail Bag she is organizing a Girl Scout troop in the American School in Sofia. Rochester, X ew York: The Girl Scout Council has Fredonia, Pemzsrlvnnitt: The first award in this vicin on hand seYeral hundred costume' for rental at a nominal ity of the Golden Eaglet, highest honor to be recei,·ed by sum-wood nymph, Indian, Pilgrims. Colonial, :\lay pole :t Girl Scout, was presented to Esther Session~ at the first dancers, early American pioneer, both men and women. Girl Scout ralh· to be held here. )!iss Sessions was at The Council offers orchestration,; for an orche:;tra of fortr Camp Andree · last summer. Thirty-two Scout"' were piece~: o;uch dances a5-the :\orwegian \ rounrain ::\I arch. awarded merit bad~es and Gertrude Christoffer-; was Irish Lilt, Swedish Polka. Dutch Dance. etc. For further awarded a first cla"s badge. information, write the Girl ~cout Council. 519 Cutler The rally took place in the i'ormal School auditorium Building, Rochester, Xew York. Saturday e\ ening in the presence of more than 1SO peo Xorfolk, T'irgiuia: The Admiral in charge of the large ple. Girl Scout~ were in attendance from Fredonia, Dun ~aval Station here pre~nt:; the badge.; at the Court of lcirk, F ore:;t\ ille, and Jamestown. Awards, and Coast Guard cutters take the girls about two Xew York Cit,\, Xew York: Greater Nevr York's Girl thirds of the war to camp in the summer time. In return Scouts have shared in honoring Admiral Byrd. At the fo,. this active interest on the part of the Navy, the ~or Town Hall in October when Admiral Rnd received the folk Girl Scouts have decided that the\ will be responsible Civic Forum ::\1cdal for Distinguished Service over one for beautifying the :\aval Base and a~c planning to plant hundred and twenty-five Girl Scouts were guests on the hydrangea bushes there in the ~pringtime. platform. In their speeches the Admiral and ::\lajor Mc "Fair Jf?inds," TuckeNlflu•rr, Brrmudn: Hazel Adams, Kinley ga' e recognition to our Scouts. and by request, the an Eaglet Scout. write~: "How I wi~h rou might share Girl Scouts .;ang a toast to Admiral Brrd a;o he received the fun I am having and the wonderful companionship of the :\Iedal. The next afternoon. at Columbia University, :\Irs. Storro\\", ::\ l iss Agnes :.\Ia}'nard, \I iss Julia 'Villiam Admiral Byrd reviewed twenty honour Girl and Boy son, ::\Irs. Alice Adams, and ::\lis~ Edith Sinnert, who arc Scouts. E,·err one recei,·ed a picture of the Admiral and all in the room with me at the present moment in ::\Irs. hi~ three as~ociate:>. The girls were all :FirH Class Scouts. Storrow's Bermuda house, reading, writing, planning.. , Sioux Cit). lou·a "This summer the Sioux City Jour ()I iss l\Iaynard, English Guider, i~ givin!! a Training nal and Garden Club ~pomorcd a "Siom: City Beautiful" Course in Bermuda.) mo,·cment, which included a Junior Garden Club. :\ly Darrouzett, Texas: ::\Ii~s Thelma Cope, Captain oi troop entered a Rower garden 45' x 55'-a reallv beauti Darrouzett Troop ::\o. 1, writes: 'Ve haYC made $25.00 ful, worthwhile project, transforming a \Yeedpatch into a this first month of school toward a trip to the Girl Scout fairyland .... From this the girls have supplied hospitals Camp near Carlsbad Cavern, in the spring. The Scouts and churches with their Aowers."-:.\Irs. W. F. Ayers. are collecting tin foil, the proceeds to go to\nrd a fund Champaign, illinois: Among their many successful ac for an Orphans' Home at El Paso. \Ve sell the tin foil at tivities during National Girl Scout 'Week, the Girl Scouts thirty-fi,·e cents a pound. of Champaign vi,ited the children's \Yards of the town's E11g/a11d: ::\Iiss Edith '"· Conant i;,; rr:n·cllin!:!: in Eng ho:opital. They entertained the little innlids and gave each land tor three months and "ill go to Foxlease during her one a small writing book with a Girl Scout Silhouette on trip. the co,·er. I n'ide \\ a,. written : "Best wishes for health." A Handicraft Game for Troops-Continued and secret codes and signals. '\\' e ha'e all, no doubt, at To a joyou~ jamboration some time in our li,-cs, helped to invent a secret language :\ear the ri,·er with the islands for our games, in which we could communicate secretly. As it flows into the sea; '\"e could send messages to each other in letters and stories And b) the code you'll notice no\\·, using any of these designs. Send a message to the There'll be mushrooms for your tea! LEADER in Indian code I There are many Scout possi To make our message quite specific bilities that might be opened up to wide-awake girls, with \Vc write in Indian hieroglyphic. thi~ game as a starter. In the hieroglyph pictured here the S) mbols used are: human figure, eagle, tent, camp circlt>, river \Yith islands. mu,.hrooms. Two Decodings of this lndian ::\les,;age: Our Captain sends by flying mail to your Captain. from our troop at our tent in the camp circle, to your troop at your renr in rhe camp circle, an invitation to join troops beside the ri\·er with islands for a picnic. There w·ill be mu~hroom" for tea. Or: Our Captain to your Captain By fastest flying mail From our tent to yours On the camp circle trail Send hearty invitation 10 THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER A Brownie Pack, the Best Foundation for a Girl Scout Troop DITH BALLINGER PRICE, Great Brown Owl ex-Brownie-what tests she ha.; been required to pass; and author of our Brown Book for Brown Owls what training and preparation she has received. It has E and the monthly column for Brown Owls in the been proposed and approved by the Brownie Committee, LEADER, addressed the National Girl Scout Convention that one session of every training course ior Girl Scout at Indianapolis on her favorite subject, "A Brownie leaders shall be devoted to the Brownie program, so that Pack." Those who heard her wanted to send on the each may have an outline of the other's work. message to fellow Girl Scout leaders and Bro·wn Owls The Brownie program is passing out of it:; pioneer stage all over the country, so this month we will gather into a better organized branch of the parent mo,·ement. Around the Toadstool to read how Brownies are grow And now we have a new and important ~ational Brownie ing into their own: office, filled by your old friend, Miss Julia 'Villiamson, This is an opportunity which I appreciate very much, who has very recently become Brownie Advisor. To her and which only goes to show the importance which the desk at the National office should be addres~ed all in Brownie Program has attained in our national develop quiries about Brownies. and she will be at the head of all ment. For here you all are-and here is a Brownie executive Brownie field work and training. Gniforms and person talking to you. Heretofore, there has been a spe insignia for Brownies, Brown Owls and Ta,my Owls, cial Brownie session at the same time as several other sec are carried in increasing variety, by the Equipment De tional meetings, and you've all said, "Well we haven't partment. We have had during the past year, and shall taken up Brownies yet in our community," (as if they continue to have, a Brownie column in the Girl Scout were miniature golf or something,) "so we'll let the Leader-Around the Toadstool. The Brown Book con Brownie people go to that meeting." Which was a pity, tinues to be the official handbook of the program, and because of course the Brownie people knew quite a lot though we still haven't enough regional trainers to go about Brownies already, and it was you we particularly around, the machinery is now better geared than it ever wanted to talk to. And what you didn't, perhaps, re has been, to serve you. alize is that you are all Brownie people whether you The Brownie Program want to be or not. If you are in this game of Scouting The Brownie Program is a solid stepping-stone. It at all, you ought to ha,-e an awareness, an understanding, is the key to the first gate of the temple of Scouting. Be of all its phases, as well as a thorough knowledge of your cause Brownies are little people, still in the individual own special part. vVith Brownies growing by leaps and and imaginative age, the terminology of the program is bounds, more and more children ''-·ho have been Brownies drawn from folklore, centering around the useful tra pass on to you in the Girl Scout Troop. It is your duty ditions that the Brownie is a fairv who comes into mor to know what their training has been, that you expect tals' homes and inconspicuously does good turns. The neither too much nor too little of them. There are at toadstools, the fairy rings, the Brown Owl leader, the present 8,400 registered Brownies in this country, a fanciful ceremonies, are the outward trappings of a solid growth of 2,200 since the last Convention. The Five and practical training in handicraft, health, home-service, Year Development Plan counts on 29,000 Brownies at intelligence, team-work, fair play,-all leading toward the end of five years-there may be even more. The the wider activities of Girl Scouting. The Brownie is goal is-a Pack for every Troop; every Girl Scout to bound into the great international sisterhood to which have been a Brownie. we all belong, by a twofold promise that grows into the The psychological moment has arrived, when you must deeper promise of the Girl Scout. She is the future Girl realize that the Brownie Pack is not only the best but Scout, and that is why we must realize her importance the most logical foundation for the Girl Scout Troop. -for the integrity of the movement rests, potentially, on To begin with Girl Scouting is like skipping the grammar her small shoulders. vVhencver we find Brownies failing grades and starting with high school. The Brownie is in a community-as we occasionally do-whenever we find not a child playing at some game unrelated to Scouting; that the Brownie, instead of going eagerly on to the Girl she is the little sister of the Girl Scout. The Brown Owl Scout Troop, does not go up at all or drops out soon after, (as the leader of the Brownie Pack is called) is a Girl -we may be quite sure that the wrong: conception of the Scout; she must be at least a Tenderfoot before she can Brownie game has been given her. If she has had nothing get her commission. It is her duty to know something but diluted Scouting, after three years of it the Brownie of ·the Girl Scout program toward which she is guiding quite naturally is disappointed when she reaches the her children. It is equally your duty and responsibility to longed-for Troop and finds that it has nothing new to know something of the Brownie Program which your offer. Scouting is ever the Brownie's goal-its great new Scouts have just completed. With the growth of principles of honor and fitness and service are those in Brownies an ever-increasing percentage of your new en which she is trained, but its forms, its awards, its games rolments will be drawn from their ranks. In neglecting and ceremonies, are not hers till she reaches the Troop. to acquaint yourselves with what their training has been, As in Girl Scouting, beneath the game lies the balanced you are in the position of a high-school teacher who has lesson of concentration, co-ordination and co-operation; no idea of what her pupils have learned in the grades. beneath the quaint ceremony lies the loyal Pack spirit. You owe it to yourselves to know what to expect of your And leavening it all, is-Imagination. ~ ------~~------ THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER 11 E vergreens for Winter Study P ine You will surelv study some members of the pine family (Continued from page 5) and there are many delightful experiences awaiting you. The name is derived from pinus, a raft, because the wood of the earth's history? If not, it will be well for you to was abundant and soft enough to cut easily so early peo get a book on geology and look at the table which will ples used it to make their rafts and boats. show you the periods when the world was covered with The Greeks held it sacred to the sea god. great club mosses and ferns; when the great forests grew 'V e find many references to the music of the pines even in the polar regions now covered with ice and snow; when many thousands of years "before science marred the poetry the flowering plants first appeared. With your geologic of nature." One of the early myths makes the pine the chart before you, find the Tertiary period when we know, mistress of Boreas the wind. from fossil records, that the Cypress spread around the A German legend tells of the birth of wood nymphs world covering the entire ~orth American Continent. from the knots and holes in the bark of the pine trees. The Indians of our own country ha,·e always used the Juniper nuts of the pines as a food. These nuts are becoming a If you will turn to the Bible you will find there many regular market stock now and the gathering of them sup interesting references to trees and legends associating them plies an occupation to many Indians and :\Iexicans in our with the great stories and characters of the Bible. It will Southwest. The Romans ate these nuts and as they con interest you to trace the relationship existing between such tain much oil they were looked upon as "strength givers." trees and their descendants in our own forests. There is Thieves of Bohemia are said to eat these nuts believing the story of the Juniper that sheltered the Blessed Virgin that the oil in them makes the eater "shot-proof." as she fled for safety with the Infant Jesus. The branches The pines growing on the shore so cheered the Puri suddenly grew about them so that the soldiers of King tans when they landed at Plymouth that they stamped a Herod failed to find them. The Juniper, Blessed of pine tree on their coins, and it has become a part of the Heaven, is hung over the door on Christmas day by the state seal of .:\lassachusetts. peasants of Italy to keep evil spirits away. If there is a Pines plar a most important pan in the art of Japan. hole in the wall or roof of a cottage these same peasants There is a Yerr famous pine tree near Tokio at Lake carefully brush it over with a bough of juniper to pre Biwa. Like so manr things in nature the 1apanese have vent the entrance of spirits who might bring sickness to made this tree sacred and in their devotion to its age and the inmates. symbolism they protect it with a roof. This tree "is In England during the Middle Ages it was thought ninety feet high, has a circumference of thirty-seven, and that no witch would enter a house where juniper hung throws its three hundred and eighty branches to an ex over the door as the magic bough made the witch stop to treme of two hundred and eighty-eight feet." This sug count its leaves. If you know how small the leaves are gests another field of interesting search as there are many you will readily appreciate the reason why the witches sacred trees as well as trees of historical interest. always went away discouraged. • * • • Books which will help you. Fir As an aid to the leader who would follow some of the If it is a fir tree you are stud);ng here is another story: suggestions made here this list of books is recommended: If Tree Ancestors, A Glimpse into the Past.-Edward \V. you were to visit the neighborhood of the Hubinchen Berry. stein, a hill in the Hartz mountains, :tt Christmas time The Story of the Thousand Year Pine.-Enos :\1ills. you might find the peasants silvering the fir cones and Big Trecs.- Walter Fry and John R. White. using them as ornaments. And this is the origin of this The Apple Tree Liberty-Hyde Bailey. custom: Once upon a time a miner fell ill and left his The Human Side of Trees.-Roral Dixon. familv with no food to eat or wood for the fire. The Field Book of Trees and Shrubs.-F. S. :.\Iathews. moth~r in despair climbed the Hubinchenstein to gather fir come:> to sell her neighbors in order to get money for :Myths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and food. As she entered the forest a little old man met her Plants.-Charles 1\1. Skinner. and pointed to a great fir tree and said she would find that Bible Flowers.-Rosemary Cotes. it gave the best cones. She followed his advice but as she stooped to gather the cones there came such a shower from the branches above her that she was terrified and Real Community Service This would have fled had her need not been great. She filled In ~orfolk, Virginia, the Girl Scouts cooperate "splen her baskets and started home, but they were so heavy she didly" in the Community Fund campaign. They are re could scarcelr carry them. \Vhat could this mean? She sponsible for the collection of the money in the schools, wept for she thought it was because she was failing in her making the collection boxes, delivering one to each room strength when she was most in need. in every school. then collecting and counting the money. She entered the house and emptied the baskets on the They help also in countless small ways both in the pre- • table. They fell with a great noise and the light that liminary work of equipping the adult workers and during shone up into her face dazzled her eyes so for a minute the active campaign. she could not see what bad befallen her. The secret was A former Girl Scout Commissioner is Chairman of the solved when ~he found that everv one of the cones was Community Fund Preliminary Auditin)! Committee, and sih-er. · her Committee includes several Girl Scout Captains. 12 THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER Christmas in Bookland To Be Prepared You Must (Continued from page 7) Thistle Inn. By Katherine Adams. P ublished by Mac Be Equipped millan Company, ~ew York. P rice $2.00. The Last Call for Christmas Exciting things happened in mysterious Thistle Inn during the days when the Bonnie Prince, Charles Stuart, You've forgotten somebody! Choose a gift from this was plotting to win the throne of Scotland. The whole list and mail the order today. Then you may breathe a story is alive with romantic adventures of sixteen-rear old sigh of relief knowing your Christmas shopping is over. Elspeth and her cousin Glenfinnan. For girls from thir EverY Girl Scout treasures her ven· own note paper with siihouettes of herself in uniform drawn on a green teen rears to sixteen. American Folk and Fairy Tales. Selected by Rachel Field. background. If in doubt this is a safe present to give any Girl Scout friend. A quire packed in a specially deco Published by Scribner, ~ew York. Price $2.50. Here is a fine collection of folk tales and legends from rated box costs 55 cents. our own countr); Indian tales, Negro animal stories, and A kodak is an ideal gift for mothers to gi\·e Girl Scout lumberjack tales. daughters-whisper this to your mothers. A camera is Judith Lankester. By l\I arjorie Hill Allee. Published by something every girl longs for and yet it is hard to save Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Price $2.00. $6 out of a small allowance. The Trefoil insignia is Proud young Judith leaves Grandmother Lankester's stamped on the camera and the case and there's a strong fine home in the South, and lives in a little settlement in strap on the case to slip over the belt on hikes. Indiana. The hard work-a-day life among the simple, A lounge robe made of dark green flannel trimmed with fine Quaker folk develops the girl's character, and when a lighter !>hade of green, useful at home and at camp, is the moment comes which shall decide her future, she priced at $7.50 with the Girl Scout emblem and $7 with make:. a wbe choice. For girls from twelve to sixteen, and out. \Vhen vou have a toilet set all packed in a rubberized for older one~. too. Finders Keepers. By Carroll \V. Rankin. P ublished by case you feel you can start off for camp or boarding school Holt, ::\ew York. Price $1.75. or a night at your grandmother\; at a moment\ notice. The mern· ad,·entures of the BailY family, and how The special Girl Scout toilet set, costing $2.35, comes they adopt a~ orphan boy, a desolate clog, a l~st girl, and equipped with a wash cloth and towel, each in their sepa a cat. The Brownies will like this story, and the Scouts, rate pocket, soap in a box, a comb, mirror, toothbrush as well. in a case and toothpaste. Freedom's Daughter. B,- Gertrude Crowenshield. Pub A marshmallow fork with a scarlet handle is a gift lished h} Dutton, '\C\,.- York. Price ;:)2.00. am·bod\·', zlad to see a' it tumbles out of its wrapping-; The tale of Reba Standhope. a young and pretty Quaker on. Ch;i,tma' morning. The Girl Scout fork at the lo~ price of 15 or 20 cent-;, according to the length of the maid, and the part ~he played in helping her country dur ing the days ''hen the Redcoats held Philadelphia. handle, is so cheap that you'd better buy several to keep on hand for the forgotten person of ,.,-hom you may think Some addresses where you can secure book lists fot· as late as Christmas Eve. }'oung people: Girl Scouts learn to love archery at camp so when Your own public library. you give a :;et for Christmas you aren't wrong. The Committee on Library \Vork for Children, American Li archery set for leaders and older girls is $8.50 while the brar) Association, Chicago, Illinois. regular set is $5. There is also a set for Brownies at Book Committee of the Child Studv Association of $3.00. Because of the expense Girl Scouts aren't apt to America, 221 \Vest 57th St., l'\e": York City buy an archery set for themselves. Surelr Christmas is The Book Shelf for Boys and Girls. Charles Scribners the time to give "luxury" presents. Sons, ::\ ew York City. .\lany other publishing houses The romance of camp is epitomized by the folding earn· ~elected book lists. candle lantern, price $2.25 in aluminum and $1 in sheet The Bookshop for Boys and Girls, \Vomen's Educational tin. This lantern folds flat into a waterproof case with and Industrial Union, 270 Boylston Street, Boston, pockets for two candles. \Vhen ready for usc it is square ~lass. in shape. The adventure loYing girl will hang this lan The Junior Literary Guild, 55 Fifth Avenue, ::\"ew York tern in her bedroom at home as she waits eagerly for sum CitL mer and o\·er-night camping trips. Books are alwa\·s welcome Christmas ~fts for we can't ha,·e too many of ·them. And especially do we need books Attractive, Convenient, Time-saving for camp. Old Songs and Balladry, $1.50, written es Each Girl Scout leader in Tulsa is given, when she pecially for Girl Scouts by l\Iarjorie Edgar is just off the begins playing the game "·ith her troop, an attractive pre''· Acting ballads are illustrated with photographs green covered, loose leaf note book. The Tulsa Council of a lar!!e size-,howing the details of appropriate cos mimeograph~ on sheets of uniform size all notices, songs, tumes. You know how helpful this ''"-ill be to the ama new games, program suggestions, etc. Often the pages are teur costumer improvising in a hurry. made attracti\ e with clever little sketches cut into the A last word from your Equipment and Supply De stencil-a bag of money Qn the page reminding the cap partment says that from no>v on the insignia will be omit tains to encourage her girls to begin saving in their camp ted from the officer's hat. thrift books, etc. :.\fiss :\!abel ~Iessner, Local Director, Don't allow Christmas shopping to bother you! Let reports that the scheme is a success. us help.