The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-02

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good at making a camp comfortable.
They never pitched in damp places:
they could always find water and light
good fire in no time. NY brother
greatly admired the way these guides
would turR their hands to anything
that was wanted, such as cooking, car.
pentering, driving. These men could
sew and wash and bake, but best Of all
they could think themselves. So we
wished the girls to be called girl
guides
Laws Guides Observe.
Tho Girl Guides of America are call.
ed guides, however, not only because
of their usefulness but because women
ought to be guides to the highest life
of mankind The guide laws, repeated
in unison at each meeting of the differ.
ent companies, are in part, as follows:
1. A guides first duty it to her
home. She will gladly forego pleasure
of any kind for the sake of that duty
2. A guide will endeavor to do a
good turn to somebody every day. In
addition to being helpful in her own
home, she will help the poor and will
be ready to help others at all times.
8. A guide will be honorable and
trustworthy and will never willingly
break her word.
4. A guide will never gossip or
carry shady tales. She will exercise
love and charity towards all.
5. A guide will be lady-like in
speech and behavior. Simple and mod
est in dress, never wearing anything
extravagant or extreme in fashion or
material. She will endeavor to do no
thing that will bring criticism or dis
grace on the girl guide society.
G. A guide will be respectful and
obedient to her parents, teachers and
officers.
Z. A guide will be on the lookout
for girls who are strangers, lonely or
unhappy and will be ready to help.
s. A guide Will be cheerful at all
times and under all circumstances, and
will endeavor to bring cheer and sun
shine wherever she goes. Note-Being
boisterous and clustering is not being
cheerful and sunshlny.
8. A guide must take at least one
half hours exercise every day, unless
excused. She will sleep and work in
as much fresh air as possible.
10. A guide is thrifty.
The guides motto is the same as
that of the boy scouts, "be prepared"
Their uniform is a sailor suit of dark
blue and sailor hat, with band of com.
pany color. The emblem is the up
lifted torch.
The girls find many ways of being
specially helpful. Last summer many of
them formed committees for supplying
wild and garden flowers to persons
who could not get them for themselves.
Some undertook to beautify a city,
town or neighborhood by planting
shrubs and flowers. In one town the
girls succeeded in getting some of the
weather. people interested enough to
supply them flowers and shrubs for
certain street on condition that the
girls would induce the people living on
the street to plant and take care of
them. At the close of the summer
prizes were awarded to the best
lawn.
Plan Unification.
AS it was with the boy, so 1t is with
the organization of girls. 1t is propos-
ed to amalgamate all the different
American groups into one national or
ganization DR.. Luther Halsey Gulick
Of New York is chairman of the COM
mite in charge and Miss Elizabeth
Boies of New York, the secretary. The
work has been going on for several
months. Before going ahead with a
permanent organization the committee
wishes to standariZe all the interest
ing and valuable activities of girls in
new way anu On al Aitlu5lhO oNaiS'
The difficulties in the way OF doing
this so as to develop just the right
kind of activities for the girls in Flori
da, New Mexico, the lower East side of
New York, and Boston are much great
err than would be generally supposed;
but the committee is patiently trying
to overcome them It wishes to have
a clear field ahead when it does begin
the work of actual organization-a pro
position that will meet with national
approved-and funds to carry on the
work in a national way from the start,
While the desire is to unite all the
organizations into one body, 1t cannot
be started with any degree of certainty
that this will be accomplished
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