The Girl Leader

MAY 11 VOLUME XVII 1 9 4 0 To Help Others at All Times" NUMBERs

The of Europe are very busy with tasks that wars have created, but how much greater is our opportunity to serve our country-instead of the neces­ sity of building back what others des­ troy, we may use our fortunate situation to add to the arts of peace; instead of having to exert all our strength to hold the advantage gained, we are free to press on as far as the way is open­ joining with our friends abroad in say­ ing, 1 1 Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me."

RILL your patrol at each meeting and practice put­ D ting on your gas masks, so that if there is a raid you can move your patrol quickly and quietly." Can you imagine with what feelings you would write such a sentence to one of your Girl Scouts, who are so safe and happy in the Western Hemisphere? Yet this is a suggestion from one of the monthly ''Sample letters to patrol leaders who are having to carry on without Guid­ ers" that the English Guider is publishing regularly. What is happening to the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of countries in and near the wars? From the foreign magazines* that come to l\ational Headquarter~ we giYe you bits and excerpts that add up to make a strange pic­ Dr. Lincoln Stu' k ture of youth-as strange as the occasional feeling that Daffodils ''all this has happened before." As in 1914. Girl Guides are busy rolling bandages, padding splints, gathering sphagnum moss for hospital dressings. collecting waste paper, and knitting. TRIBUTE But a different element has affected the lives and ser­ To the Polish Guides who fe ll in the invesion ' ices of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts all over Europe, be­ of Polend, September, 1939 cause never before have whole cities been evacuated of their children; not since the Dark Ages have people1; and 1;ocial groups been so thoroughly shaken and mixed to­ What tribute can we bring you, little Sisters? gether. It is in this vast migration that Guide" haYe No honor can be more than Death has set ~i\'en perhaps their mo~t Yaluable--certainly their most As finis to your lives, but this we Promise­ intcre.. ting-5enice. "Harpenden Guides recci\ed an S.O.S. from the e\·acu­ Not to forget. ation authorities. Four thousand leaflets about holiday arrangements must be delivered at top speed. The Guides To keep undimmed the bright ideal you cherished, were quickly on the spot and by the end of the same day To live with the same faith in which you died, 3. 700 leaflets had been delivered." "During evacuation week-end over seventy Guides were To live more truly, honoring your memory on duty at the [Leamington] station. Shall be our pride. "It was a proud moment \\hen the Director of Educa-

-Morgoret Tennyson • TA• Cuidtr (En1Jandl. .llotildo 1\' i r~oria. Au•tralial. L• Troft• (France), From ''The Guider,' N•1Yernber, 1939 an d t) ,co ' f"UI Bullt'tin cf 1he W'llr tcl Burtau. 117 118 lion ! E, acualion Officer) gave out through his micro­ are not future mother:- gro,,in_ up tth phone: ·ALL officials please go off the platform during ing and no help from Cuidin:! or an'\ arri\al of trains; Girl Guides and \ .. -\.D."s on I) are ganization? And are \\e cominced that t on platform dul) .' our movement we are gi' ing the tramm_ '"Guide" c·arried parcels. suit-cases, babies from station pare them. not. we hope. for e' acuation, b t t to school-.. from ::;ehools to billets, packed up 400 forty­ able \\here necessaq and lo run their hom • • eight-hom rations; provided. erected, and staffed 'I at::;' children will grow up clean and health, in d and a Ia camp for station arrivals: provided special me~sen­ body and with· the spirit of tolerance and :!ood ,,iJl? .. gers for billeting officer and hospital; arranged game" This is a thought that man) Amerit·an:-- midtt con-"der. for e\ anree~ at one school on the afternoon of their ar­ aJ,.o. In our sympathy for the more ob\ iou~ -ufferin_­ rival. so gi' ing the teachers an unexpected rest."' abroad, ''e should not forget the children of our own '"Orw lot in Hertfordshire seem to make a habit of urban and rural slums. nor our own homcle,..;; \\anderer­ bathing eight) babies and take it quite as a matter of - the mig1ant families seeking work who are -..o often cour:;e. It's just one of the things they are doing amon;r left to the sympathies of groups with ulterior intere,.l><. many other:-. They have taken a nursery school <"om­ These are not problems for our Girl Scouts. but \\C. pleteh under their company wing. Another Hertford­ a~ leader, of youth, need to keep them in mind. "Tho;;:e :.hire <'ompan) was mobilized at very short notice to \\ ho come after U'> \\ill inherit the \\<>rid we lea\ e them:· prepare an rmpt) house for the reception of e\ acuer>'. ~a\-. the Editor of the En!!:li,;h Guider. '·Each one of us The Guide" '-crubbed the house from top to bottom. ali've today has a respon;.ihilil\ to all mankind. howeYer helped to c-ollect furniture, and now the patrols take it unimportant we may think \H' are."' in turn to he on duty for messages, and so forth. The~ al~o work in the garden." Other Types of Service ..On(• ca~e in point is that of Sheila Burr. aged four­ Other !'enices that the EngJi,.h and 'coui,.h Guides teen. head-mistress of the infant school held in the church haYe undertaken include paintin~ curb;..tone ... so that they at Ilford. E!-"t'X. The schools had closed do\\ n and the can he seen during black-out ... : filling !-and bag::;: planting Guidr ... \\ere worried bv the fact that so marn of the un­ and tending garden!-: ;;cruhbing floor ... at first aid sta· evacuated tinies were at large, getting in their. elders' wa\ lions; running outdoor pia~ center-..; collecting. mending, and peevish and unhappy in their enforced idlene,-~. So and making clothes for e\ acuee-. and foreign refugees; a deputation of Guides paid a call on the 'icar, who "a... acting as escorts for ;.maller c-hildren during black-outs; a man of wisdom and understanding. Result: daih entertaining the blind: mending and even washing .,eJwol in the church. It is run on most correct and clothes for the men of a ~earrhlight unil; collecting books methodical lines. a register being kept and filled in regu· and magazines for men in the national en ices; collect· larly."' ing toys for e\·acuated children; entertaining aged ·'Glasgow Guides have been responsible for the com· evacuees with plays. fort of thousands of evacuees, for one of their jobs has During an air raid alarm in London in the early part been the collection and distribution of clothing and of the war. the Guides helped to dispel nenoOUO\ne"s in the blankets. '\earl) two thousand parcels of clothing were air raid shelter by getting e\ eq bod)-men and all-to sorted. parceled. and sent out from Guide Headquarters singing campfire song:,. in one month ... The girls, of course. are having the immense!~ ~timu­ \feeling and billeting the evacuees was only the begin­ lating experience of feeling necessary. of being ;.ingled ning. Guides have done a wonderful work in helping the out for responsibility. One commissioNer ha" a Ji,t of cit~ children adjust themselves to country life by keeping fifty local children wishing to be Guides becau"e '·they them bu<>y and happy so that their parents will not be have looked with em,. at the blue-clad Guide"' tearing­ tempted to take them back to dangerous areas. about on bicycles and' being given all the job... to do:· "In 1\orwich. the Guides, remembering that we are an \ew Guide companies are being formed all over Great outdoor movement, have started work on allotments with Britain, but Guiders are scarce. ~ince the go,ernment has the object of producing vegetables. They have also, in other work for many of them to do. and the e' acuation addition lo the usual sewing and knitting activities, taken has separated numbers of them from their !'nmpanies. groups of evacuees under patrol wings, helping in houses In this emergency, patrol leaders are carr) in~ on with ''here the children are billeted and seeing that they get an enthusiasm that astonishes their elder..,. proper fre.-..h air and exercise by taking them for daily \valk~ and explaining the country courtesy which pre' ent'> Guiding for Foreign Refugees lre")l:l""ing and the leaving about of litter." The foreign refugees, of whom there are many in Eng· land. are not being forgotten. '·In one di~trict an entire Observation from Australia c·ompany is being formed for refugee children. hut the \n article in Matilda, the Victoria, Australia. Guidrr;,' commi"'sioner is anxious that they ~houlrl ha' e frequent maga1ine. in commenting on the children "who"'e man· contact with her other companie.... and they ''ill be ab­ neh and hahit!' !'impl~ won't bear mentioning."' "'ays. sorbed into the Guide life of the plac-e .... '·The e\ al'uated child ha" opened the eye.; of the more ".\ cadet company i'> beinl! ~tarted in London-and priYileged people in England and cotland in a wa~ that it is hoped that other,; may he formerl 'en -oon for no amount of ~ocial "tudr could ha,·e done. It would the purpose of training girl-.. !HI\\ rdu!!t'e-.. '' ho may he intere"ling to <'on«ide~ what an erac·uation <>chcme one da\' be able to take hack to their !1\\ n fr•>e countrie~ would reveal in \ icloria. There \\ould he Je,s that j,. the idea and methods of a 'oluntan· 'nuth a-.-ociation sor 121 ) MAY, 1940 119 Our Juliette Low Pennies By Anne Hyde Choate Chairman of the National Juliette Low Committee HIS is a report of prog­ which is characteristic for the Girl Scouts in the t;nited T ress on the 19-lO plans Slates and their leaders. And it is also characteristic for for the Juliette Low ~lemori­ Mrs. Juliette Low herself, we have once met her in al Fund. England and can never forget her strong personality. The following countries of "The money will be used to the benefit of the Finnish the Western Hemisphere have Gi{l Scouts \\ho on the frontier or by the terrible bom­ been invited to "end Girl baroments haYe losed their homes and their property. Guide delegates to the Juli­ "God bless vou for this donation!:· ette Low encampment at ' :\'\:\I CoLLA:X. Camp Andree during the last Chairman. two weeks of August: Ar­ AI:XO SLPPA:\E:\. gentina, Barbados. Bermuda. International Secretary. Brazil. British Guiana. Can· ada. Cura~ao. Guatemala, Of the $500 allocated to the Girl couts of Poland, Jamaica. :\lartiniquE>. \Iexi­ $100 was sent to ~Ime. i\1alkow~ka. Founder of the co. "\e,, foundland. Peru, Polish Girl Scouts, for her home in De,·on,.hire, England, Trinidad. and L' ruzuav. The for Polish refugee children. Her letter says in part: foreign gue:-t:5 wiil !he in the regular un ib \\ ith the "Thank you ever so much for this generous gift. As other camper,- at Andree there are so many children living in terrible conditions during this period. and all in France, whose dream is to get one day into our Poli~h the American girl-.. in camp school here in Devon, so I thought that the best way to "iII be their ho,-te-..<:e-... use this money will be to pay the fares of some of tht>"e lirs. Arthur 0. Choate In regard to the contribu- children and help them to get to our school. The Poli~h tions sent from the Juliette Relief Fund pays for their keep, once they are in Eng­ Lo\\ :\Jemorial Fund to the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts land, but they don't give money for covering the travel­ in "ar areas. we know you will be glad to hear that ing expenses of the child. I have managed already to additional contributions brought the appropriation for get some across, for money that was given to me by Chine!'t> Girl routs up to .. 800. This ha~ been trans­ some English Guides. mitted through the Red Cross to :\lme. Chiang Kai-shek. "Most of these children are from very good homes, so The Chinese Ambassador to the l.,;nited State,-. \lr. Hu the change from riches to utter misery is very hard for Shih. has written to ~1r. Swift. the \ ice-Pre-..ident of the them. Their fathers are either 'missing' or they serve Red Cross: in the Polish Army in France. Their soldiers' wages are "You have always been \ery kind in bringing to me too small to keep a family alive. The consequence is. the encouraging news. I am especially appreciative of that the children are half starved. It is these children this donation from a group of young American girls. that I want to save as they are the future citizens of I am sure that you will receive direct acknowledgment Poland, who will have to rebuild our country. They will from Madame Chiang and, in the meantimt>. will you need for it physical. moral. and spiritual strength and plea"t> convey my profound appreciation to the Girl they should begin to build it up now. Scout• of the United States .... '' '·So. thank you for the help you have given me in this Very sincerely yours. work. it was trulv God-sent.'' Yours very sincerely. HL HIH. 0LCA MALKOWSKA. fj, E' hundred dollars was placed in the hand" of :\li,..s Anni Collan. Chairman of the Central Council of Girl The Boy and Girl Scout mo,·ement is being reorganized , coub in uomi-Finland, who was deeply touched on among the Polish refugees. The heads of this movement. learning that the money had been gi,·en in pennies by says \Irs. \'lark Kerr, "feel that they must keep in touch Girl Scout~ all over America. Just as we go to press with the small number of young people- only about five c-omE'~ this letter from Miss Collan herself: lhouMnd- who have escaped into the neighboring coun­ trie;;. The whole hope of Poland is contained in these." THE CE:'iTR\L CocxCIL OF GIRL ScouTs A letter from Dr. Grazvnski. President of the Poli~h I:\' Sco,u-FI'\LA :\'D Bov couto; and Girl Scouts. with Headquarters now in K.ouluhallitus, Helsinki, Suomi-Finland France. contains the follo\\ ing new,;: The 13th .liars 1910. ··on hehalf of thE' Central Council of Girl Scoub in "I take the advanta~e to inform you ahout the follow­ Suomi-Finland we send you the heartiest thank!' for your ing: The Polish Scouts Movement fulfilled during the generosity in ~ending us 500 dollars from your Juliette period of the hard struggle" in Poland entirely their duty Lo\\ Fund. It i~ a sign of the veritable Scout-!'pirit !Concluded on page 1281 120 THE GIRL

THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER The "Leader" for Assistant Leaders! Published monthly from October to June, by Beginning with the October. l C).lQ. i

Abbie Church Rickard Memorial Scholarship In memory of his wife, Abbie Church Rickard, who was for many years a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of Girl Scouts, Inc., Mr. Edgar Rickard has given a scholarship known as the Abbie Church Rickard Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Rickard stipulated that the purpose of this award was ''To assist a Girl Scout who has exhibited outstanding character and ability, who with moral courage has over­ come difficulties with cheerful effectiveness and blazed a trail rich with the happiness of those she has helped by her own example. Preferably the recipient might be a girl likely to maintain her interest in the Girl Scout or­ ganization in some capacity in her mature years." We are Yery happy to announce that the scholarship has been awarded to Miss Simone Stankovitch of New York. :\I iss Stankovitch, who was a Girl Scout for eight years. is now the leader of a troop under the Manhattan Council. She is a student at Wagner Lutheran Memorial College of Staten Island, and hopes to study medicine.

Paul Parke' Another Training Course WHERE I BELONG Please add to the list of national training courses on (Bellport, Long Island) page 108 of the April LEADER the following additional course in Region XII: I have been absent far too long from things I own. Now I stand, breathless, in these woods, Camp Osito, Big Bear Lake, California This blessed corner of the earth where I belong. June 15-21, camp counselors. My feet are ankle-deep in fallen leaves. Information: Mrs. Bertram Marriott, Girl Scout Head­ Untidy heaps of russet, yellow, red. quarters, 266 Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Young Autumn's needle-point Angeles. Crude patterns that !'he weaves, Making her world dhinely tape~tried. Above my head tall pines, pines older than I know, New Girl Scout Sticker Are sighing, bending, singing as they !-Way, Whipped by a boisterous wind. and down below At the request of many local groups in Girl , I catch a glimpse of whitecaps on the bay. a gummed sticker has been made with the full-color il­ And then .... for no apparent cau~e- lustration from the membership card. The sticker is the The wind ::.tops, and the tree.; are still. same size as the card. approximat~ly two and a half And in the quiet of that sudden pause inches by four inches. The price is 35 cents per hundred, I hear the voices of my children. $2.50 per thousand. It will be on sale about May l. Fresh. insistent, shrill ... Then once again the wind, the scattering leaves The deferential welcome of my tree~. Camp Andree, a Center for Older Girls I know my roots lie closely in this land, Land where the graves of all my loved ones are, Is camping still the climax of the Girl Scout year for And will so lie, until the Judgment Day. Senior Girl Scouts? Can they find new activities and last­ And even then my dust will surely cling ing satisfaction in a progressive program, or does the Persistent to some remnant of this star. camp seem only a repetition of former summers? That older girls do want to camp is evident, and from figures -From Butter Money, which was dedicaled to the Girl reported to the Camp Bureau we learn that 8,727 older Scouts of the United States girls were in established camps in 1939, 2,314 attended day camps, 1,~72 went camping with their own troops We are comforted by Mrs. Edey's own promise to for four days or more, 3,970 went on overnights and " ... cling week-ends, and 222 took gypsy trips or Mariner cruises. Persistent to some remnant of this star." Reports of their programs from all over the country tell Thi~ poem of hers tells so much more about her, whom an increasingly interesting story of new adventures and we all loved so much. than any words of ours could do satisfying experiences. that we do not hesitate to use it now. Birdsall Otis Edey, Camp Andree, the National Girl Scout Camp, is a cen­ National Commissioner and Chairman of the Interna­ ter for Senior Scouting under the supervision of the Pro­ tional Committee of the Girl Scout organization of the gram Division. It offers an opportunity for girls to United States of America, died on March 17, 1940, after choose and develop their interests in a real camping situa­ an illness of several weeks. tion. Fascinating activities and interesting contacts are 122 THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER made aYailable so that the girls may carry on their own your enior Girl Scouts more sugge~tions and more to­ "expe1·imentation."' There is a wide choice of intere!'ts­ operation from other groups. '' e first mu"t know what ''ea' ing, sketching. photography. nature, music, dancing, ) ou have already been doing. writing. bicycle trips. exploring, adYanced camping, and Please write today and tell us how ) our girl~ ha\ e so on. The girls live in units with other girls who have been exploring vocations. Address the enior Girl ...,cout '-elected the same interest. but of course do other things Adviser, Girl Scouts. Inc., 14 \\est 49th treet. \e11 York. too as they choose. For example, those in the nature unit. \1 orking out for themselves Marie GaudeLLe's latest plan for enior cout nature explorers. will have ample opportunity to swim, sing, cook, and dance also. Questions from Leaders The dates are June 28 to August 28 and the season is Q. \\hen an acti\ ity is duplicated in more than one di' ided into periods of two weeks each. The registration badge. :.hould the activity be repeated for each badge, fee is 2 and the weekly fee is $12.50. For further in­ or ... hould a girl be allowed to count one performance for formation write to the Program Director of Camp Andree. more than one badge? Girl rout!'. Inc.. U West 49th Street. l\ew York. A. \\ e are ,·ery anxious to ha'e girls choo ... e badges, a,. well a" acth itie ... within Ladgeo;. that do not duplicate Children's Spring Book Festival thing" done ebe\\ here. In other word:;.. "hen a girl earn,. a badge it should be for takinp: part in the required The fourth annual Children's Spring Book Fe:-;tiYal. number of acti\ itie::. \\hile earning that particular badge. sponsored by the Yew }'ork Herald Tribune, will be cele­ Tho;.e acti,·itieo; should be cho,-en because the 2irl is brated nationalh the ''eek of ~lay 5-12. intere,ted in doing them. She may <"hoo~e ont> that is Each year t\1<; prize,- of ,__ 250 e~ch are offered by the ... imilar to one done before and do it owr in a more Herald Tribune for the be!'t books for children published interesting way. or she may chno ... c !'Omethin!!: new and in the !'pring ::.-cason, that is. from Januaq 1 to :\lay 1. different. We do not wi~h to build up a credit ... ystem Prizes are awarded in t110 elasses. books for younger and ha::-ed on past accomplishmenl!-. or to etH'nurage a girl for older children. to do :,omething once, then count it in a 'ariet~ of places. As in the pre\ ious ) ears of the contest, the judges' de­ There is a natural overlapping or duplication in many cision 11 ill be made in accordance with four basic prin­ badges because interests overlap. but each single activity ciples, which are interesting to leaders working in the should be credited only to the badge that the girl was Literature field: concerned with when she planned and carried out that l. A book for children must be interesting. activity. Many badges include cooking. '-Oille form of 2. It must ha1e Yaliditv; that is, it must be true to life craft. or community service, for example. hut no girl or true to the basic ethics. underlying the fairy tale. should think, because she cooked once or did a piece ~- It should haYe distinction, both of thought and ap­ of community service, that it should count to\\ ard each pearance. badge that includes these activities. If we think of badges. 1. lt ... hould ha1e harmony of design holding together as interesting program suggestions that are helping a girl text and illustration. to broaden her mental and social outlook. thi ... an--wer to the question seems not arbitrary but sen ... ible. The Book Fesli\ al this year will be celebrated in e1 cry ~ection of the country. with schools, stores, and or~aniza· Lions cooperating. Many schools have organized local Q. There has been some misundcr!'taiiding ccmcerning letter conteo;ts to select favorite books, and programs are the requirement for First Class rank. Doe... the ... tatement to be given during the festival week with lectures, talks that the badges, in addition to those cho ... c>n for the major, by authors. and drawing demonstrations by artists and should be taken from two or three program field ... mean ill just that. or can ''two or three" be interpretc>d .b meaning U'ilra tors. ·'o;c\ era!"? A. The requirement that the additional bad!!:e,; be To Report Your Camp chosen from lwo or three program fields "hould be inter· preted literally. These badges should be taken from If ) ou ha1e not receiYed the forms on which to report at least two and not more than three fields. your camp this year. will you please write to the Camp Bureau for copies? The following report forms are a\·ail­ The Second Class activities \\ere sugge... ted in order to gi1 e the girl an opportunity for sampling all field!'-. As able: she progresses in these varied experience" toward First Report of a Girl Scout Established Camp Class rank. she should be readv to choo,.e hc'r main Report of a Girl cout Day Camp interests and concentrate her activitie,o in a few fields. Summary Report of Troop Camps Under Local Real accomplishment in a few field .. should gi\ e a girl Councils a more satisfactory experience than continual sampling. Report of a Girl Scout Lone Troop Camp Report of a G)p:-i) Trip Q. Where can I find arts and naft-. material ... listed in the Equipment Catalog? A. Arts and crafts materials are found only in the Older Girls and Jobs leader's edition of the Catalog, on page::o E-G. The ,-pecial l\1ore and more older girls ask their leaders how they index for the additional pages in the leader's edition lists can prepare for future jobs. If we are to give you and "Arts and Crafts Materials" and "Handicraft \1aterinls." MAY, 1940 123

Escape from Poland From an account in "The Gu.der, " November, 1939

ADI\\lE \1..\Ll\.0\\"SK.\ \Ia:; in charge of her "Chool M on the Southern frontier in Poland "hen war broke Mme. Malkowska, the Founder of the out. ... Although there wao, no official ne"" of war. she Polish Girl Scouts, escaped from the realized that mallero, "ere becoming "eriou,. and. on -\u­ gu:;t 28. sent the children to their homeo;;. keeping with war zone and made her way to England. her t\' elve Hangers [ enior Girl ~co ut~ l "ho were on Here is her story about what happened. the school staff and t\\O small orphan-.. a boy and 0airl aged nine and seven. eager rl'adine«;. to gi\e help to our Polish refugees. Thank Aug~st 31 ~he went in to the nearr"t to" n for pro­ . <;ln ) ou for it all. nswns. ~he spent the night there. a!:-' wa'- her custom. ··I am bringing you in return warm o-reetino-s from the but at four >\.\!. on eptember l !

worl..er~ \1 ere oven1 helmed in the \1 ork of evacuation. routs and the Y.W.C.A. Guide;;-in case children and Each Guider organized a group; the leader, from five imalid, and old people have to be moved from towns. A.~I.. < yded through the area ,·ic:iting each hou..,e, ::oeeing All girls over sixteen years who ha\c the permission from that all were ready and their belongings securely tied their parents are in this Association, which is called 'The up: others of the group followed, took the women and Scouts and Guides Helping Association.' . . .'' children to the station, and handed them O\ er to those The i\etherlands Padvindsters ha\e a new National responsible for taking them to their new destination. Service badge for girls over fourteen who have the writ­ .. At the beginning of 'cptember many convoys of ten con!ften with inadequate sanitation. For a Guider used to the rules for air raid protection. camping, it was a simple matter to improvi e wash From Luxembourg: "Our Eclaireuses had a sale of places, palliasses, and place~ for drying towels. After that handicraft in January for the benefit of the people ·of the she collected the children. played Scouting games, gave eYacuated village of Schengen, whose houses were dam· them c-ountry dancing, while the teacher faced the other aged by misdirected shells." problems of settling in .... It is worth noticing that the work the Girl Guides and .. :\ 'oung Guider in a big town in the military zone Girl Scouts are doing, both in belligerent and in neutral write-. of her experience. All the mothers and children countries, is the work that women have always done­ were being evacuated from this area; there was no room protecting, healing, helping, encouraging. There is noth· at the station where they might rest while waiting per­ ing political about such service. haps many hours for their trains. This Guider, ju~t grad· uated from her social service course, and a young corn· "Through the Windows of Eternity" panion went direct to the prefect and explained the need What is the feeling among the leaders who are seeing for a ~>orial center at the station. The "ame dav a hut the international friendship they have worked for shat· wac: provided; the next day the rest of the eq~ipment arriH•d: they then had an information bureau. rooms tered, and their young Guides' training put to use in such a world? A :\ew Year's editorial by the Editor of The for a c-reche, a kindergarten, a place of re~t for the mothers, and another for older children where they could Guider answers this question, we believe, for innumerable <>blain milk, bread. and chocolates.'' leaders in all of the Girl Guide and Girl Scout associa­ From Le Trefle, Bulletin of the Leaders and Senior tions in Europe: Girl • couts of the Federation Fram;aise des Eclaireuses: "What Poland and Finland have suffered we also can "The Eclaireuses of France "ent l.:-325 franc.... collected in bear, should the need arise, with equal fortitude. That is not what is troubling us. It is the agony of mind which 'Thinking Day pennie~.' to the Girl ::;, out::- of Finland." is unbearable. it is the fact that in this ad\•anced stage of Finni~h Girl Scouts did n \londerful work with nursing history the world can still be wracked by war and the and with helping the homcle~". ;'\otes about the Polish evils attendant on it, it is the disillusionment of all our Guide" are publi,.hed on page~ 119 and 123. We have had no word of the Girl coub of Czechoslovakia beyond dreams. which make us turn away our faces and refuse to the fa('! that they ha,·e heen di,..banded. look into the future. We believed in peace, in the brother· hooa of man and now we can no longer believe. "\\e are so impatient, we cannot learn not to think in In Neighboring Countries terms of year::. and centuries and we find it so hard to There is not much new,. about what the Girl Scouts look at the world through the windows of eternity. We and Girl Guides of European neutral countries are doing are jealou" for our own generation and that which must to help the refugees pouring O\ er their borders, because come after u~. and we cannot see reason in this senseless in "UC' h o;ituations it i" b '~t to ,..en·e and not to talk; but cruelty, this futile wasting of time, it seems like retrogres· we do know that Lithuanian. Rumanian, and Hungarian sion and there is so much still to be done.... Girl couts have been helpin"' Polish refugees, and that "Before we begin to build again we must be certain Swedish Girl Scouts have collected clothes for homeless that the foundations are firm and faultless .... Man has Finns. and we have no doubt that such services are be· such a tendency to make God in his own image, to dictate ing carried out in all the countries whose near neighbors to God what humanity requires, rather than to offer him­ are suffering from wars. self as a tool in the service of humanity.... From Miss Parm, :'\orway: '·We have been working "What part. then, can the individual play in the scheme very hard, trying to create the best conditions in our own of the univer"e? As I see it, a most important one. We country and trying to help other people who are suffer­ ha,·e to examine with care our motives and ideals, we ing hard ... receiving the fugitives and collecting clothes have to satisfy ourselves that our attitude to life and the and money for them and for others in many places .... world is the right one. And not what we consider right One great thing: this situation makes people one--every· according to our own standards and interests, but what body is lending a hand, to whatever party she or he be­ ic; right for humanity as a whole. We have to cast out longs.... " all hatred and bitterness, all hasty, unjust criticism, all From Countess Haugwitz, Denmark: "Our Association trace of petty bickering. We have to pray, 'Let there be has gone in for a helping Association, together with the peace on earth, and let it begin with me.' " 126 THE GIRL SCOUT LE.A.D ER Contributors' Column

A Model for Posterity I ion that \\ e could not .tn'-\\ er \\ t' put do\\ n the name of a pari«h o;;taff member who could help th out. There By Mrs. John T. Bailey wa~ a general groan wh('n \\C came to the question. --Do Leader Troop 2 Crosby, North Dakota troop membe'rs participalt• in the cure of the room? .. and after it went the pledge. •·) e,.. - from now on:· lnci­ FOl R of Ill\ Senior ~couts made a four-room hou,..r dentall) . some personal health and -.afet\ infnrmation , ..upple-bux .. l. complete!) furnishing it '~ith furniture wa .. also woven into the di,..<·u~;-ion. · made from -.mall dtt'ese-boxes. upholstered, paintrcl. ·n· \o one wanted to stop ,d wn the Lime came. One airl eYef) thing. This "0 p leased the c,tate pre~iden t of the di ... cm ered that the cupboard ,, hrre we keep our thi~as American Legion All'.iliary that ::,he reque... tl'd u~ to make needed "etting in order hadh. and I had diffindtv in a model of an earl)·da} fort that had o;tood on tlw old keeping her from doing it the~1 and th<'re. thouah it. was Lewis and Clark trail in 1828. \~ e all went historintl at a lready nine o'clock. Se,<'ral tackled it a t thr r~cxl meet­ once. and ran"acl..cd libraries and \Hole to our railroad ... in!! and it hac, been in upple-pie order e\er ... irw<". for information on earh da'"· It's a wonder \\C didn't And there ha' e been l \\() or thn•r other re-..ult.... \\hen e\en \\ire our tongn•... ,.n{an. After two \\eck< work- dur­ the leader and I relax after wa' ing the la-.t dt>partina in!! "hit"h \\t' had u"<'d up man) feet of .,.oft pine. rmwh figure on her "a~. 'er) I ittle remain~ to be done but pt~ oak c,tain. !! lue. and hrads, and rendered almo'-'l tN•(p ...... out the lights and go homt' our ... eh l'"· I There ''a, an '-ix jaC'kkniH•... -we had our fort. unu ... ual wa\ e of order. of cour--e. one e\ ening "hen a It "a,. ,.hipped to the \orth Dakota "tale Com Pillion mother appeared to e ... t ort all the dtildren on one bloc·k of the Ameriean Legion Auxiliary. \lhf're it \\aS ll"l'd a ... home a~d "a" amdouo;; to gather tht>m together .b quickly a centerpie<'t' commemorating our fifty ) cars of statt'· a .. po~!>Jble.) A l ~o. \1 ~en we were di-.cuc,sing nur troo1> hood. Later it w a" taken b~ the c,tate pn• ... ident to the hudget recent!). one grrl ;-ugge.,ted that we -.hould 2:i\ e Hi~toril·al Societ ~ at the capitol in Bi,marck, "here it 'omething to the hou,..e. '-ince the\ had ai\ en U., '-UCh a was placed on di.,pla). It will remain there for po .... nin• meeting place. .-\nd I cann~t n•me~1ber '-Cein!! the terity, I prrc;;ume. since our troop became the proud P""'' ... ofa u~ed for an) thing l1ut ... itting for :oome time. !'e~!Jor of a letter of accceplance and thanks from thl' Historical Sotiel). c,ealed with the great "eal of the o;talt>. The Honor Brite Library Again Troop Housekeeping By Mrs. W. H . Ireland Lead r Troop 1 Wellsville, Kansas By Margaret A. Dysart \\F. I'PRE<.: I HEn the "rite-up concern ina the Honor Brite Assistant Leader Troop 13 Manhattan Lihrar) in the ;\larch GIRL ::::OcouT LEA;ER. \\ e ha,·e re­ OUR TROOP meet;-; in a parish house ,,here no pain" are n•iH·-t of their playtime upon the "treets. Con ... e­ that amount "ill help \\ith the taw.... though he didn't quentl) troop cJi.,cu"sions are nece..,.sar~ on juc,t \dl) rug, a ... k for any rt'nL Since the Chamber of Commcn·t> tal..<' ... eare of the fuel. we Ut'e the remaining S.1 fur ..,TO\\ th. a re to h(' rolled up before acthe game ... why tahlrs are 0 \_ext year. _the city has r,;aid, the librar) will ha, e a defi­ not to hi' leaped O\ rr or sat upon. and "h) one dot'"n 't jump up and do\\ n on uphobtered sofa<:. r ... pecialh "ith nrte place Ill the budget. We wen' too late thi .. \Car. ... hoes on! \\ e \\ere in the mi&-t of one of the!'e ... olt-nm \ nd now we are ~cad~ to launch out on our· .;pring c-onclan~s I on the matter of shoe" and sofa cu:ohion" l and program. \\ e are gomiZ to convert the back room in our ~elling no\\ here. when on an inspiration. I said. ") ou library building into a Girl cout apartment. '\\I' want know. I haYc a que... tionnaire* here on troop mt·t•ting to \\ork on interior d~corating in this mannrr. Tht> pa... t place.... I het if we \\ent oYer it. we'd find we had an month we ha' e '-tud1ed color~. I) pc... of furniture. up­ almo"t pt•rfeet one. and one \\ orth keeping in or Association having a month's experience and testing to ::-ee if they Fof Great Britain and the American Girl cout organi­ wished later to train to be camp counselors.... zation ha' e arranged exchange scholarships for leader­ ··1 Io,·ed the friendly atmosphere of Pine Tree and "as ship training. We belieYe that leaders will be interested thrilled to rneet Mrs. Storrow, after ha\'ing bet>n to the in kno\\ ing what the 1939 exchange campers thought of Chalet four winters and twice in the summer. ... She the other nation's camping, so ''e present a fc~' excerpts can ne'er guess what joys that home brings to dozens from two of the reports to 1Irs. Edey. "ho was, as ) ou and dozens of us. We just cannot thank her enoue:h .... know. Chairman of the International Commillee before --I liked the way the girls at Camp Bonnie Brae were her death on March 17. all so proud of everything to do with their camp. They The first report is that of Miss Marjory \\ atson of were making the most lovel) cathedral in their "pare Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England, the Guider time. They had worked hard at it and cleared trPe~ and "ho visited some of our American camps. Perhaps it is made arches.... bec-ause her report w a:; also a thank-you lcllcr that she ''Camp Pottawatomie Hills, Elkton. \\'iscon:o.in ... was did not mention our faulb. a great hiking camp. The pioneers went off for three day::-. and the younger ones look me breakfa4 hiking F r om Miss W atson 's Let ter twice ... and another time we went for a canue hike. --From here I ,-isited Camp Juniper Knoll and thought .. I had ,uch a grand time in all ~our camp:; that I this was a grand camp too. The children "ere encour­ do fl•cl that I cannot begin to do an) of them juslice aged to do much on their O\\ n initiati,·e. and ran a per­ D) pen. 1 thank you mo;;l tremendously for alJo,,ing me fect campfire. at which I had the prl\ ilege of being al­ to 'isit ) our camps and do indeed feel deep!) moved by lowed to speak. I was inlrodu('cd and thanked in a most the friendliness, courtes). and kindness of the Scouts delightful way. This camp seemed to work ~o well with and leaders with whom I came in contact. its local association. I mel some of those member.- there ""1 was asked to give a talk to the 'future professionals' at lunch, and one-time coun!'elors came back a .. if they at Camp Edith :\lacy and at almost all the camps I found it a home hard to forget. ... 'isited. In all cases I saw e\ er) one earlier in the day "I was amazed to hear of the many interesting al'livi­ and told them to prepare questions for me beforehand Lies of the day camps and the large ;lumber of children on anything they wanted to kno\\· about. 1 found the helped by them. What a grand idea!" 'professionals- interested in our organization and leader­ ship and how we helped the Guides to keep their 'Duty to God' promise. I met se' eral of those girls again later at camps and was alwa_y" Yery much impressed by Of the two American leaders "ho went to England, them. and do feel that America need ha' e no fears for Miss :\Iary Fread. leader of Senior Troop 7 Terre Haute. the future of her Girl Scout work if she chooses and Indiana. wrote the fullest report. Since her return to trains all her profe:::sionals as carefully as thol;'e were America she has been kept bu~y telling group" of leaders chosen and trained. There wa::. something so lremendous­ and Girl couts in her 'icinity about Engli-.h Guiding. h real and sound about those girls. One felt that they ,;-ere ready to cope with any emergency and would take e\'erything 'smiling.' From Miss Fread's Repor t •·Jn the Girl Scout camps. among the girls and their "On arriving at Southampton I was met by an English leaders, I found that the) were tremendou1"ly interested Guider. and due to her presence, in uniform. I had no in the international side of Guiding.... I think that it is difficult) with the Customs. The officer said that being most heartening to find them all so keen to be friends a Guider was sufficient recommendation for them. with people in other parts of the world. '·The first camp I attended was the Surrey ~;roodcraft ''I noticed too in most camps that the girls were in­ Camp near Haslemere. This was for Guiders' training terested in such a ''ide field of things in connection with and was required as part of their camper license. There SC'outing. I was e\'en asked to give an outline of the were twenty-eight Englishwomen, one Frenchwoman, and educational system in England. and I found the children myself. On the second day, seven German girls came as just as keen as the grownups on knowing how we keep guests of the English group. They were allowed thirteen the first part of the Promise in England and in other days to visit with the Guiders. . . . essions were held in countries. To me it was thrilling to find that the higher splicing. gadget making. stalking and trailing. nature, the ideal. and the harder to attempt. the more it gripped leaf prints. plaster casts. and hike cooking. One night the idea of the children .... the German girls told us about the Hitler Youth :.\Iove­ "The week at the Philadelphia camp was one of the ments "hich they each represented. They look a Yery happiest I haYe ever spent. I was made to feel one of acti\ e part in our camp and were interested in all that them1"ehes from the first moment. The spirit of hap­ was done.... piness. friendliness combined with a sense of duty, and "From Haslemere I was taken to Foxlease for a week the wish to make the children enjoy themselves were quite of Guide and Ranger training. Twelve different coun­ unique .... There was no coming down to the children's tries were represented here and it was an interesting leYel in a way that I saw in non Girl Scout camps, but week. Our trainers were Yery fine-one. the Guider-in­ the children \,•ere encouraged to give of their best and Charge, and the other, a trainer from South Africa. They they did. I was most interested in the group of girls made the sessions enjoyable and tried to make the Guide 128 THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER program practical and natural rather than to. ~each the Program Previews material in an artificial situation. The trad1t10ns and atmosphere of Foxlease made us all loYe the place, and Of the May "American Girl" we were sorry when the time arrived for us to leave. ·\re any members of your troop working on badges in The sessions were similar to the ones that we have in the fields of Community Life, Literature and Dramatics. our training courses and they gave me a fuller under­ or Health and Safety? Help in each one of these pro­ standing of the English Guide program. In ta_lking to the gram interests is provided in the May American Girl. various nationalities represented there. I acqu1red a deep­ ··Can Girls Be Good Citizens?"-that's the question Dr. er appreciation of the international phase of Girl Scout­ Lillian M. Gilbreth asks and answers in an article by that ing .... title, which will be stimulating reading for any girl work­ '"l\lv next 'isit was in the East Surrey Guides Testing ing on the Junior Citizen badge. ''Dressing the Play'" Camp. at Bexhill-on-Sea. To this camp the Guiders had by Oleda Schrottky completes the series of three articles each brought len of their Guides and a quartermaster. on play production. Your Dramatics "badgers" will and were camping as units under the supervision of th_e find in it useful facts about making inexpensive costumes. county advisers. This too ~s requ~red for a camp~r. li­ They will al"o want to read the article on pages 28 and cense. The experience was mterestmg to me as I Vler camps wearing a dress coverall rather than ,;wer: Have a camera handy when some interesting troop -shorts. The hospitality of all their groups to me was activity is in progress; be sure your Girl Scouts are in delightful. Each one I was with tried to ! also from the '\ine-year-old Brownie, Rebecca, by name, was care­ material." fully reading over the Girl Scout Laws, in lively anticipa­ tion of her tenth birthday. Two hundred and fifty dollars haYe been sent to Dr. "Mother." said she. "it savs here that a Girl Scout is Grazvnski. The committee is anxiou" to send more as a friend to all and a sister to every other Girl Scout. Why soon· as funds permit, since he is able to give direct help aren't the Girl Scouts sisters to every Girl Scout, instead to these refugee Girl Scouts. of every other Girl Scout?"' This is a great opportunity for us all, remembering­ -Blanche C. McGowan "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of Local Director, Texarkana, Texas-Arkansas these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." MAY, 1940 129 Just Around the Corner Health and Safety in Action By Marie E. Gaudette HE Health and Safety insert on the Local Council T Annual Report form is bringing in rich returns in the HERE are some people who think they cannot do many interesting accounts of activities being carried outdoor activities unless they are camping in a \irgin T on in this field. The following items show a few ex­ forest that is at least one hundred and ninety-nine miles amples of bow it works in different age levels. away from home. If this were really true, then many of us would still not be able to tell a cricket from a flying Manhasset, 1\'ew York: The members of one Bro~'nic squirrel. In fact, we would not know how to build a fire. troop carried a Health and Safety project over many or how to plank an egg lyes, that's what we said, '·plank meetings. A registered nurse talked to them about ill­ an egg"), or how to play a game that would warm our ness and what little girls can do to prevent it; a dentist benumbed toes on a winter's day. showed them his office and tried to help them overcome If we make the simplest of simple aprons we call it their fear of dentists; and a policeman talked to them sewing. If we make an evening gown, what do we call about safety and their part in it. it? Some would say sewing, others would call it dress­ St. Petersburg, Florida: Brownie Scout mothers in making. Some people might refer to us as (now take it particular have been instructed and informed in regard gently, please) modistes. Regardless of the fancy name to the Brownie Health Chart. The response has been we give it, however two pieces of material are fastened overwhelming interest; there is a troop committee in together with thread, it is called sewing. This being so, every Brownie troop now. it is safe to go on to say that whenever a person gets out from under a roof and engages in an activity that has to Ne~tlon, Massachusetts: A troop of ten-year-olds do with the out-of-doors, it is an outdoor acti\·ity. worked on diagrams of safe routes to school, discussing An outdoor activity may be a walk down a city street the reasons. This troop also made "safe" toys for chil­ to see the Big Dipper squeezed between apartment-house dren and gave them to the l\ew England Peabody rooftops. Again, it might be a night spent on a mountain­ Home for Crippled Children. top to see the Big Dipper as "one among many." It is Durham, North Carolina: One troop arranged an ideal an adventure to explore some far-off area to find rare cafeteria. including proper menus, sanitation in the and exotic things. It is an adventure too to explore one's cafeteria, protection of food. and so forth. This has own back yard for what might be growing and moving been a popular project in many troops. in the grass. Certainly it is an outdoor activity to go camping for Cedarhurst, .'Yew }'ork: ''Safety in the Home" ~~a ... a a week and cook all our meals on an open fireplace. It project carried on by a troop in the ·assau Indu,.trial Settlement House. There was an exhibition showing two is also an outdoor activitr to find a corner in some­ one's yard where we can ro I together a few stones, build homes-one a safe one, the other unsafe. The girls a fire, and cook our steak. (If you don't like steak we had the advice of the local Red Cross. can have sausages or eggs!) It is most certainly an Austin, Texas: Groups of campers undertook to im­ activity in the out-of-doors if we play golf. If we should prove health and safety conditions in a new camp at play Roadside Cribbage on the way to the troop meet­ Blanco. They dug up stumps, cut branches off trees. im­ ing, is this not an activity in the out-of-doors? provised showers, dug drains, walled in wash places with There are two fields m our program that lend them­ fiat stones, chlorinated the water for the showers, cut selves particularly well to outdoor activities: Out-of­ trails through the brush, and, with the help of the care­ Doors and Nature. These two should never be separated taker, marked and removed poison ivy. This was not in anyone's mind. They belong together like apple pie only health and safety-it was real pioneering. and cheese-"one without the other would be folly." West field, II' ew ] ersey: One troop took a window in \'\'hy put off the fun of doing things out-of-doors until the public utilities building during Girl Scout Week that distant day when we set ofT on a pack trip through and every afternoon demonstrated safe and unsafe prac­ the Sierras, or on a canoe trip in the "far Northland"? tices in the home. The girls made posters for the win­ Let's begin tomorrow to take advantage of every oppor­ dow and did a splendid job on the entire project. tunity to enjoy the ad\·entures that lie "just around the corner" for tho~e who will ri~k one eye--or e\ en two! Staten Island, New York: Troops and leaders have visited fire houses to learn about apparatu<:. alarms, fire prevention, and the danger of false alarm<:. During Fire Brownie Crafts at Camp Quidnunc Prevention Week, Girl Scouts in schools collected slips made out by students as to fire hazards in their homes, (Continued from page 131) and delivered them to the fire chief and the borough records of fern fronds and sa!"safrac; '·mittens." There president. They wore their uniforms and carried red \1 ere wonderful shadowgraphs to illustrate in song and oilcloth bags with the fire prevention insignia while col­ story their faYorite ballads. There were costumes and lecting. Excellent newspaper publicity resulted. includ­ scenery for their fa\·orite plap. There was a rhythm ing photographs in the local newspaper. band. and the Brownies made most of their musical lanesville, Wisconsin: One Senior Girl Scout troop instruments. climaxed Health and Safety work with a joint Boy Scout All the!>e crafts have kept our Brownies at Quidnunc and Girl Scout meeting. The Stale Highway Commis­ busy and happy and the program director and counselors sion furnished films and the Junior Chamber of Com­ ha\e enjoyed them as much as the children have. merce a speaker. 130 THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER Youth Serves!

Senior Girl Scouts Use Their Program as a Link

"Youth is needed ! nity needs that girls can hope to meet some of them. The world needs its In making plans for a Christmas party a California troop Courag e-to-pioneer, its decided to invite girls through the local community chest Ca pacity for hard work as guests; "special" company added impetus to the And The f reshness of its d reams. planning and carrying out of the program and the mak· ing of the favors. Because child care was the center Youth Serves!" of interest in a Michigan Senior troop, preparation of a "maternity loan chest" to be used by the county nurse lit reads the foreword of the pamphlet } outh and physician was a natural outgrowth, just as inspec· T .'ienes- a compilation of program suggestions in the tion of their own bicycles was the way in which a safety­ Community Life field. which is now a\ ailable through minded group cooperated with the city-wide safety drive the \ational Equipment Service for 25 cents. In it i~ in Fairfield. Connecticut. A Schenectady Senior Girl implit>d the generalization that Senior Girl Scout pro­ Scout project-collecting dolls and dre~sing them ap­ gram~ mu~t not stop with the girls' interests nor with propriately-became a community project when it was the troop itself: they must lead '·up and beyond'': they decided to contribute the dolls to the To\ Loan Library; mu-.t ··~et going"'! likewise. a study of economical meals for a family of But how? Ho\1 may Senior Girl Scouts become aware four led to the making of a large poster, which was of an e\ er-enlarging community? How may they gain placed in a window of a grocery store during Girl an inneasing «t>nse of social responsibility? "'eout Week. Local institutions have been the scene of Before going be~ ond the troop. we must be sure tlut Senior Girl Scout activities as a logical part of two thP girl~ ha\ e gained some social insight and respon~i­ g-roups' programs: a marionette show. written and staged hilit' II\ u«ing resources within the life of the troop­ by a Massachusetts troop, was considered good enough that · if:.. that thPy have shared in the maintaining of an by the girls to be performed in a crippled children's appropriate meeting place; that they have kept their hospital; in :\Tiagara Falls music. games, songs. and equipment in good repair: that they have placed a pre· stories-all of which were learned during troop meetings mium on cooperation rather than on competition; that -became entertainment techniques during a visit to an they have placed emphasis on de~otion to the good ~£ orphanage. the troop rather than self-aggrandizement at the troop " expense; that they have had a chance to practice ac;; Whatever the interests of the girls, whatever the com­ well as preach the democratic way of doing thing!~; and munity need-using your program as a channel may help so on. The girls are then ready for a wider commu· you answer in the affirmative the following questions: nitv. the neighborhood. the nation. the world! The pro­ gram itself may be used as a link, for in it are potential Will both the troop and the community be better off linf's of contact. because of the project? How and why? Fir<>t. girls should know their own community­ Are all the members of the troop {both leaders and throu~h excursions. through trips. through a stud~ of girls) planning the project together? the economic life of the local scene; while seeing what Are the girls accepting the responsibility for the suc­ i:;; happening in the community they may at the «ame cess or failure of the project, or are they merely doing time advance program plans. For example, a troop what they are told? inlt>re~ted in homemaking visited a housing project. took Consider the project from all angle". Is the project excursions through the city's utility plants, and made practical? a -.urwy of the various aspects of a local cooperative. Can it be carried through to a successful conclusion? If a troop\. interest is current events, it may wish to oh­ Do you think the project will bring about a greater sene l'Uth e\ents as the local town meeting or a For­ cooperation among troop members or between the troop eign Policy Association conference. and other groups in the community? How? Of cour~e. proper handling of the troop's funds should What causes the community need the troop is attempt­ he a part of eYery troop's management. In addition. if ing to fill? Should the troop be filling the need or the group intere~t is camping or nature. such topic<: "hould it be working. instead. to get rid of thf' condition ac;; ero,.;ion control. reforestation. or water con~en ation that caused it? How? might be dbcus~ed. \lembers of a Senior Girl Scout Are the results obtained worth the time. effort. and art~ work--hop might find out more about the jobs of money expended? ~onw of the townc;;people: the publisher of the local ne,,·,paper: the outstanding sculptor of the community: the '-Lylist of the l ea din~ store. Through <:uch activitie,.; For further reading: older girls ha,·e not only become better acquainted with The Sew York Primer bv Luther Guli('k and Rudolf their e\-eryday environment but have also become better ~lodley (The Regents' lnqui~y. 261 BroadMy. ~ew York. aware of the large family of occupations now open to 25 cents) presents for citizen« and parent<:. in pictures women. and words of one syllable. the school problem~ of "'ew It i-. only in becoming well informed about commu- York and suggests some solutions. MAY, 1940 131 Brownie Crafts at Camp Quidnunc By C. Evangeline Ford

HE little people in a Brownie unit in camp are Can ) ou imagine the pride with which a Brownie places Talways so eager to do things for them,.,ehes and to a ga} yellow candle in a beautifully modeled clay candle­ male things that are interesting that a 'ery diversified stick. glazed a bright blue and fired in Quidnunc's own program of crafts can be developed. ~ ince \\·ork that kiln. on her very own dressing table made from an requires close concentration and fine muscle manipulation orange crate? .\tiaking things for the home is so im­ i;; not satisfactory for Brownies (tin) hands to do big portant that there must be many things to choose from. work. big hands to do tiny A Brownie who likes to do sim­ work ) . the simple. beginning ple weaving can make several step~ of the crafts are far more nice things. particularly little de.-irable. purse~. She can. with a little Crafts that emerge naturall~ help. e1en make a loom. She from camp living ah1 ays pro­ can weave mats and little table s that make you comfortable. Or not. we mav add. Short!' shaped to IDEXTIFICATIOX EMBLEMS and Troop \umerals fit. Qlacks designed to deligh.t the eye and flatter the (particularly those above the numeral 100) beg to be figure. O\ eralls for digging in the dirt or sunning tht· included in the above petition for plenty of time allowed !'hould<.>r~. or culottes catering to careful cyclists-what· for receipt of merchandise-for these, too, are manu· ever the choice. Girl Scout sport clothes will he I p you factured only on special order, and require a minimum uit Your,.elf. The annual Sports Clothing Folder. so of ten days for the process of manufacturing. titled and aiding and abetting one to do just that. i" 9-181 Identification Emblem (name of town or citv. about readv to be mailed to everv leader for distribution only) ...... 10 cents to the Girl Scouts in her troop.· Generous-like, we are 9-186 Troop \umeral ...... 8 cents selling an} of the items illustrated (with the exception (Minimum order-12 of one name or number) of the ~tandard uniform) to any and all admirers.

ADDICT-to give (one's self) up or over (lo) as a A SLIP of the loom made a slight fault in the hose-re· constant practice. A Trupe Addict-that's us. accord· suiting in a shipment of "seconds'· to be sold at a con· ing to Mr. Webster. And we react to the shout of siderable savings! The feel and the legs of these ankleb "Gam."' "Revel.·· or "Trupe" like an old firehorse and knee socks are perfect. and the fault lies only in the to the smell of smoke - for Trupe Parties haYe ac­ design of the trefoil-with a mis-stitch here or an une\·en quired the fame of double features in our neighbor· outline there, affecting neither the wearing quality nor hoo-d. And although not mercenary-minded, who are we general appearance of these hose-but definitely affectinf!: to scoff at its money-raisinp; possibilities--for financing the price! pet projects, making possible a camp scholarship. or Seconds in green tweed ho~e. Sizes 8%-101~. buying badly needed troop equipment and art-. and 7-218 Anklet ...... 10 cent-. crafts material~? Anvone with the hardihood to under· 1-206 Knee sock ...... 25 cent-. take a Bridge Tourna~ent will find a Trupe Party mere ehild's play-for "finding a fourth., is no necessary SPEI\KJ"\G of hose -fashion flashes report continued in­ undertaking. since from two to five players make a terest in knee socks- for spectator and active sport~. as table! And each table requires hut one pack of Trupe campus casuals. or for camping comfort. Official knf'C' at the one price of 50 cents a pack. c:ock<:. originally designed for Girl Scouts and their ilk. 11-946 ...... 50 cents ha\e been discO\ered by leaders and adopted a!' their verv own. and are equally popular in the warm tan with rich GABARDI\E of finest cotton as firmlv woH•n and a'> bro" n ruff or green tweed with solid green cuff-both silky smooth a!' !'oftest wool serge. in the. cool deep green decorated with the trefoil design. of waving banana leaves. or the warm rich ) ellow of the Perfects in knee socks. Sizes 81/2.10¥2. ripe fruit- nothing else would do for our ne\\ PlayMate 7-106 Green tweed ...... 40 cenb set of slack!' and blouse. And. once seen, nothing else 7-146 Solid tan ...... 40 cents will do for thosp who plan to go on a deep-wood!' camp. -E. HALLECK BRODHE\D