The Washington herald., 1913-12-20
WOMAN AND THE HOME
JUNIOR CAMPFIRE GIRL
Edited By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

Have you a little bluebird In your home?
Bluebirds in their little nests are the
latest development of the Camp Fire
Girls movement. Younger sisters begged
SO hard. I'VE want to be Camp Fire
Girls, too." that something had to be
done. 1t wasn't making the world hap
pier to be making little sisters unhappy,
! and IL wasn't good moral discipline for
big sister. Yet they couldn't have wee
girls joining the real camp fires. 1t was
happy thought to establish a Junior
department.
What do little birds do?
"Bluebirds sing. Bluebirds help. Blue
birds grow" That is the motto of each
little nest. nest is a group of birds.
Each birdie Is called at first nesting" T"
then a ''fedgling." then ''fier." Nest
lings wear little downy gray dresses.
When they grow little bigger their
feathers of blue, cinnamon red, and white
begin to sprout. When the fedgling has
learned to fly she wears. big blue wings
and a cap OF ten feathers.
"Bluebirds sing" says the mother bird
That Is the camp fire way Of saying that
''bluebirds are for happiness
"BInebirds sing because they are happy,
not just to make us hear. Bluebirds have
happy relations with everybody. Happi-
ness lives in bluebirds."
These are some Of the ways in which
the bluebirds are advised to Sing"
Make a dolls house.
Model dolls dishes out of clay.
Learn four lullabies to sing to dolls
Learn Mother Goose rhymes to tell the
dolls.
Sing whenever you are tempted to
scold some one.
Wear a smile and answer braveIy when
disappointment comes.
Give a doll party.
Name five birds, five flowers, and five
trees.
Bluebirds also grow-that is, they do
things that are good for them physical
ly and mentally.
Knit a wash cloth. Do not buy candy
or sodas for one week. With the money
saved buy a doll for some child who
has none. Do not tease or beg for any
thing for a week. Go without biting nails
for one week. Work the biuebirds' motto
in cross stitch or in beads. Thread a
needle three times In a minute, and put
a good knot in the end of the thread
Have a garden. Turn bedclothes down
for airing. Drink no tea or coffee for
one month. No eating between meals for
one month. Be In bed not later than s
o'clock for one month. Know how to
tell the time promptly. Brush teeth as
often as your dentist requires or one
month.
And little brides also help. They pick
up toys for baby brother or sister: they
make their own beds, they mend the
tears in their dresses. they help to set
the table, they clean big sisters white
shoes or pick up papers on the side
walk in front OF their house
The camp fire guardians are especially
determined that the little girls shall not
forget their dolls. DIR. Luther II. Gu
lick, president OF the organization, said
recently:
Just as civilization and religion CEN
ter about the child. so do child interests
center about the doll. II these are to
develop into wholesome womanliness love
Of home and children. they must be given
opportunity. The netire school curric-
ulum Is OF less value than this develop
ment Of lIfe's fundamental likes and dis
likes. To have school, piano lessons,
dancing lessons. walks. and parties take
the major part of daily life is to stunt
the soul of the little girl in its most fun
damental aspect It is better to learn
to sew in making a dolls dress, to cook
in giving a dolls party, to work out a
color scheme on a doll, to sing dolly to
sleep, to learn to put dolly to bed regu-
larly and early, and to keep her clean
than to do all these things as separate