Evening star., 1914-10-25
Girl Scouts.

Letters of appreciation were received
at the Girl Scout headquarters last
week from Miss Boardman and Mrs 7.
n. Mclaughlin. for the splendid work
done by the Girl Scouts in selling the
Red Cross flags Saturday, October IL.
Two hundred of these girls gave up
their holiday. and. by participation in
this philanthropic work. they were
carrying out the Girl Scout law No. g.
"A Girl Scouts duty is to be useful and
helpful to others" Assisted by their
respective captains. the troops netted
the following for the Red Cross war
fund:
captain, s160: Troop No 6, Mrs. S. A.
Mooers. captain, 500: Troop No. 10.
Mrs. NJ B. Foster. captain, S52; Troop
No. 3. Mrs. z. Richardson. captain.
captain. s4745: Troop No. IL, Mrs. c.
w. Cady, captain, $40: Troop No. ..
Mrs. Virginia Mckenzie, captain. SIS:
Troop No. IA. Miss NJ. A. Stinemetz.
captain. s36; outside contributions.
Troop No. 6. Mrs. S. A. Mooers, cap
tain. held three meetings last week to
consult in regard to the turning over
the receipts of the Red Cross flag sale.
The girls of this troop are making
articles for the Christmas ship, which
will convey greetings and good cheer
to destitute children in the European
| war zone. Along with the happy out
1ngs and good times enjoyed by this
troop the members are making practi-
cal demonstrations in how a girl can
serve her country" by being of serv-
| ice wherever they can do good turn.
At Fridays meeting Of Troop No.
| OF Takoma Park Helen Howard was
accepted as new member. Four other
girls are preparing for initiation next
week. This troop. consisting of twenty
five girls, will take an active part in
rally day. the first Saturday in Novem-
ber. The girls are not only thoroughly
trained in first aid and the semaphore
drill But they are efficient in all of the
work required of the scouts.
One of the new songs the members
Of Troop No. 13 have added to the COL
lection they are making for the Girl
Scout Glee CiNes-tg-a-typical Girl Scout
composition -.paA. 6fhs verses is as
1t is time to5a Ssssss,. Ssss z ID. to be true.
It It Is time to be finding the tttls-you can do.
Il is time to put by faes Dream app the sigh
AID 10 WORK for the cause -that,is holy and high.
| This troopsi is rehearsing,a little play
which will embody the scout work, as
well as illustrate the split of service
which marks all Of the scout activ-
lties. This PLAY ls-t0 be- spDt on sale
shortly s'"n forth for the ssasas;s5she organ.a.
| LhNtDGt1ntXAU
last meeting and who toek part in the
basket making wef4 Mrs. Jump, Mrs
II. S. France. Mrs-Partridge and Miss
Lena Bergman, from the Neighborhood
| House.
Saturday afternoon, October IL. the
members of Troop No. IA were initi-
ated into the tenderfoot class, there
being ten girls in the. troop. These
are Eleanor Tuths.sEdna RSse. Bulah
beth Duffy. Lucille Wright. Fannie
kConstantine, MinSs-xr isniefs Tilhemina
Bentheim and Doris Monroe. Miss NJ
A Stinemetz is captain of the troop.
The Parents Association of the
Thompson School invited Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter, captain of Troop No. l,
and Miss Neal. national secretary, to
address the association meeting last
Meeh IKE Mrs Ma,bsr1 Batter s,nw the work
which the Women all ovsEtIe Country
were receiving from ths-great move
ments organized for ihs .enlighten-
is Result sHS S1
| to train the next generation of mothers
to be healthy. happy. useful girls first,
valuable citizens and--n0ble women
next and then to be the ris:ht kind of
of the beginning fiirl Scout
organization and of ies-splendid growth
| in every part of theTco4fry Girls
are being adm1lIedS oS ~lh0 nunuTeQS
from kindred ORGANIZATIONS the en-
crossing occupations and the keen ex-
ercise of every faculty required for
the scout training appealing to a girls
! love of being, of-use along every ave-
nue. open to womankind.
Mrs. E. S. Elliott, captain of the For
ge;not troop Of Savannah. Ga, was
visitor at headquarters last Friday.
Savannah has the distinction OF being
the pioneer city in the United States
for the Girl Scout movement The ORDER
was started originally in Savannah by
Mrs. Juliette Low, who had seen IN Eng
land the value of the organized Slrl
troops directed by Miss Baden Powell
Troop No. 4. whose captain was Miss
Martha Bowers. will have to find a new
captain. Miss Bowers was greatly inter
ested in her White Rose troop. and tho
girls did excellent work under her
leadership The following members or
the troop attended the marriage service
at ST Johns Church of Miss Bowers
and Robert Taft, October Il: Sarah,
Esther, Julia and Margaret Stailey.
Maize Conord. Angie. Ruth and race
WoltZ and Hazel Reynolds. The troop
meets at Noel House
At the last meeting of Troop No 10
Margaret Foster was awarded a second
class badge. The girls of this troop are
planning an entertainment to be given
for the benefit of the organization. and
friends of the troop are eagerly await
ing the date of the performance. as
the girls are skilled along many lines
and are well equipped to turn their
talents to some account