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

stead of forming separate organize
lions for this work it may be used by
any society or club by adding or in
cooperating the girl scout work.
All Glasses Interested.
Girls and parents of all classes Of
society are actively interested in the
work. The wife of a professor In d
certain college wrote asking to have
her girls admitted to a patrol 1T is
what l want them to have" was heI
comment. The effect of the work is
interesting to watch. The girls have
been searching for persons who ap
peared to be in need of anything and
doing what they could to supply these
needs. One of the girls walked nearly
two miles to pay a bill of ten cents
that she owed Contests have been
held between the girl and boy scouts
in securing new members for their
Sunday school classes and in their
own attendance at Sunday school and
various church societies. Many of the
troops are raising money for sight.
seeing trips in the spring Some OF
them are even learning to saw and
split wood.
A campaign is being waged to secure
protection for all animals and birds
and the girls are encouraged to put
out food for birds whenever it seems
probable there will be scarcity of
their usual supply. me check-rein is
coming in for it's share of extermina-
ton, purity of life are required.
girl scouts, and the welfare Of horses
will be looked after in other ways,
Purity of thought, purity of converse
ton, purity of life are required.
The influence of the organization
has brought marked improvement in
its members in developing character,
in making them more selfreliant and
helpful and leading to a fuller and
more helpful girlhood. =.
Before becoming a scout a girl must
take the scouts oath, thus:
con my honor I promise that l will
do my best.
81. To be true to God, my neignbor
and myself.
20. To keep my thoughts pure.
"3. To obey the scout law"
The scout law reads in part as fol
lows:
/. A girl scout is honest.
2. A girl scout is cheerful.
3. A girl scout is pa ient.
4. A girl scout is economical and
industrious.
s. A girl scout is helpful.
6. A girl scout will keep herself in
good condition by proper care.
Z. A girl scout is a lady under
every circumstance.
In order to protect from impcsters
all scout masters are requested to
secure scout masters certificates. The
initial step for a national camp and
training school have already been tax
en-.
Crusaders and Guides.
Such pronounced desire to do SINH
lar work has been expressed by the
girls who have reached eighteen years,
the limitation, and by women, that 1t
has been decided to start scout work
for them under the name Of Crusaders
of America. At the beginning the
work of this body is practically the
same as that of the girl scouts, but
more achievements are required of the
members as they progress.
Slightly more than a year ago the
Girl Guides of America was started in
Spokane, Wash, by the Rev. David
Ferry, who was prominent in the boy
scout movement in that city. There
was such a clamor from the girls for
a kindred organization that letter
was written to Sir Robert Baden-Pow-
and his sister, Miss Agnes Baden
Powell, requesting information regard
ing the Girl Guides of England. When
the facts were received troops of girl
guides were organized in Spokane and
the application of the idea spread until
now girl guides are organized in every
state in the Union, in Canada, in
Mexico, in the Hawaiian islands and
in Japan, all under the direction of the
American association.
The work is based on that OF the
boy scouts, but is essentially different
in some respects as applied to girls
It's aim is three-fold-to promote, first
womanliness; second, intelligence;
third, usefulness. Womanliness is to
be developed through the refinement
and elevation of character by the study
and observance of the guide laws; In
teligence, through the study of nature,
people and things; usefulness, by car
ing for those who are unable to care
for thems elves; hous keeping, garden
ing, cooking, and resourcefulness in
emergencies.
Tho origin OF the name, as told by