New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
THE CAMP FIRES GLOW
It Will Shed the Glamour OF
Romance on the Lives OF
American Girls.
Wohelo for aye,
Wohelo for aye,
Wohelo, Wohelo, Wohelo Tor aye.
Wohelo for work,
Wohelo for health.

Wohelo for health.
Wohelo Wohelo Wohelo for Love.
Does il have an Indian sound? 1t Is
meant to, for 1t is the musical chant OF
the Camp Fire Girls of America, an or
canization whose purpose is to throw the
ioy and the glamour of romance over the
lives of American girls. The official cos
tune is the Indian robe. and the muslcal
cheer is to follow the ceremonial lighting
of the real camp fire or the candles which
take its place. But it is not really an
Indian name any more than the high school
girls and little stenographers and Factory
girls who squat around the camp nre are
real Indians Wohelo is their watchword'
coined out Of the first two letters OF the
three notices: Work, Health and Love
Wo-he-lo There it is. "Wohelo' for aye!
II IS a very nice word to yodel across
lake in the summer woods or from the base
of the Palisades, where the woodgatherers
of the typewriter clan are collecting ma
terial for their Election Day camp fire be-
side the Hudson. II is equally appropriate
therefore, for all girls, rich or poor since
working. keeping in good health and loV-
ing ones neighbor as ones self are equally
admirable in all girls
The inventor of the watchword is MIS-.
Luther II. Gulick, who, with her husband
DIR. Gulick, director of the department Oh
child hygiene Of the Russell Sage Founda-
tion. has been active in forming the new
association 1t really has sprung from the
ashes of the Camp Fire Society formed
last spring which later developed into the
Pioneer Girls and burned with httul
flame all summer No fire can burn for
ever. encountered only by the happy faces
around II: crude prosaic fuel IL must have
and the Pioneer Girls had no financial
backlog Hence il languished. This year,
however. Mrs. Russell Sage and other
wealthy friends of American girls came to
che rescue. and so there is fuel enough for
three years.
Also. the association has secretary,
Miss Gerda Subbelov, of noble Danish
family. She is also called 'Niviarsiak, the
red liIy." but that is by the Esquimaus
Of Greenland When she went TO them for
three years from the University Of Copen-
hagen. where she had specialized in an
chronology. one tribe she visited had never
seen white girl before So they sat her
on a stone, and the whole village marched
around her. commenting on her appear
ance. The EsQuimau skin is very dark, and
so one old crone told her she looked like
"NiviarsiaK the red lily, in field OF ice,
and the name stuck. For three years she
skied and rode behind the Esquimau dogs
and taught the people white mans wis
dom. Then she came to Columbia Unl-
versity and later served as assistant
curator of the museum at the University
of Pennsylvania. Last summer she lived
H1a, ulN -lNn
Indians OF Oklahoma, studying their tribal
life and sleeping on the open prairie with
only her faithful horse grazing beside her.
Oh, she's certainly an outdoor girl! and 1t
is expected that she will insttl some of
her love of athletics and blue skies into the
hearts of the Campfire girls.
She arrived at her Office. No. 1lS East
2sth street on Friday morning and one OF
her first tasks was to explain TO a Tribune
reporter the purposes and hopes of her new
work.
You have read the law OF the camp
hre?" she asked. 1T tells the whole story
Seek beauty give service; pursue knowl-
edge be trustworthy hold on to health
glorify work be happy The object is to
add the power of organization and the
charm Of romance TO health, work and
play The American girl does so many
things that are not standardized. In school
alone are her achievements measured
When she has finished a certain reader
che is promoted None Of the things
she does out of school have had any
value set upon them. II she becomes
Camp Fire girl. however, she can
gain honors in all branches of her ac-
tfvities. Mending stockings, getting sup
per. padding q canoe, climbing noun
tain, gaining skill at her typewriting or
bookkeeping, contributing a service to her
community in street cleaning or beautify
ing neglected plsces-anything worth do
ing Is worth recognition. These activities
arc grouped under seven heads each OF
which Is represented by a different colored
bead 10 be worn with the ceremonial robes.
Health is rewarded by bright red bead.
homecraft by orange, nature lore by sky
blue. campcraft by wood brown. handicraft
by green. business by black and gold and
patriotism by red. white and blue. a
clever girl naturally wins honors under all
these heads, and has a perfectly gorgeous
barbaric accumulation Of beads. strung on
leather thongs around her neck. For spe-
cial deeds of prowess, like rescuing a child