Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-08
CAMP LIFE,
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS OATH.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

ranged for lighting by the firemakers
and is kindled by the torchbearer who is
appointed by the guardian for that pur-
pose.
If the council is held where there is no
open fire. three candles are used. These
are lighted by the Wohelo ceremony
They are placed in the center Of a circle
one candle standing for work, one for
health and one for love. A taper Is given
to girl who lights the first candle. say
Wohelo means work., adding a brief
paragraph before returning to her seat.
A second girl follows. who says: II light
the light for health. for Wohelo means
graph The third girl says: Il light the
light for love- adding few words eX-
planning that the love includes all hui
mainly. After the fire lighting comes the
Wohelo cheer. set to music. which is
sung by all.
The value OF the Campfire Order in
the life of the girls is already apparent.
Mothers write
Value of the Order in the most
Is Already Apparent. tndorsem e n
of it in connection with the certificate
they send in testifying that their daugh-
and are therefore deserving of an honor.
Girls vie with each other in bed making.
cooking and dish washing, for by each OF
these homely tasks, faithfully performed
for a month, honors are to be won in
home craft. One girl tended baby Tor
an hour a day for a month, thereby
earning her baby craft honor and at the
same time a little money which enabled
4 forio 4.
form.
This uniform is of brown cotton cloth,
cut after a pattern supplied by head
quarters. Each girl is expected to make
her own uniform. 1t is trimmed with
fringe of the cloth cut Indian fashion
and is decorated with the symbolic design
of the order, such as hand-embroidered
fish or Birds or some small tin spoons
attached as pendants. or any other OBJ
jects, which are chosen as the sympols
of the individual groups or girls Ihey
wear their hair Indian fashion, either In
two braids or hanging loose. and they
make bands for their heads out OF beads
and other materials in which their official
symbols are introduced. AS a further Or
namentation they wear their emblem
the different crafts. These may be as nil-
merous as the skill of the girls may win
them. For instance, in home craft alone
it is possible to win full necklace or
fifty beads. At the beginning most Of the
girls are satisfied to string all OF their
beads upon one strong buckskin cord
which is provided. Each bead has story.
One little maiden in camp IN wash
ington told her story to camp visitor as
follows: These first three red. white and
blue ones are for patriotism. l won them
by learning the preambles to the Consti-
tuition and the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence. These four gold-colored beads are
for home crafts. I earned them busting
the parlor every morning for month,
getting dinner on the girls day out,
washing and ironing my best white dress
and polishing the silver for a month.
These two red beads are for health craft.
1 earned them for doing without candy
and soda for a month, sleeping with my
windows up and not having a cold or
missing day of school ON account OF
headaches for three months. The next
, two gold-colored beads were for making
the beds and washing the dishes when we
had no girl. l used to hate to do that,
but do not mind it now since l know It's
home craft. The blue bead is for nature
lore. ! found twenty different wild flow
ers and wrote descriptions Of them.