The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-08
CAMP FIRE GIRLS

ritual, help her to understand the
sym bolism OF her Indian name and
symbol
Teach foreign mother or girl
how to cook FIVE practical American
dishes Good not naturally used in
that special foreign family"
And so on down the long and In
teresung list OF activities
Much that is done by the American
girl OF today Is considered to be the
natural growth Of centuries Until
one works with girls in various coun-
tries 1t Is hard to realize how much
moro advanced the American girl Is.
This Is because she has the result of
the growth in her own country as
well as the combined experiences of
all other countries
The children of the families from,
different countries and from different
continents are brought together in
America under our American ciyiliza-
ton, and not only take from our civil
lizauon all that we have to give, but
bring to Ii many new impulses which
are valuable in the melting pot Re
aiiZing this the Camp Fire Girls have
formulated honors to be given for
learning what the foreign born girl
can do for Americanization.
Among these suggestions of what
SiH It-OOFn g1Fl can 90 for
Amerlcanization. are:
Learn the names and important
Facts OF i've great Americans
Teach members of your family to
speak and read English
Learn five city rules or laws
which viii help your family. such as;
/ the traffic rules. fire laws. school laws
/ etc.
learn American games
! Learn nve short poems Of great
4 American poets
Write paper of at least 500
words, on the meaning and celebration
or one of our national holidays.
Teach one kind OF native hand
work to Ave American girls
Last year the record of the Camp
FIRE Girls shows that 10000 girls
helped 10 maintain war gardens; S.
700 girls are. recorded as helping in
the support OF Belgian and French or
| phans. 46. 500 girls went camping on
money earned by themselves: $4,000
girls are recorded as having coop
Grated with the Red Cross during last
season 1t is estimated that more
man 100000 Camp Fire Girls will en-
10Y our summer camp life this sum-
ner In camps scattered throughout
every state In the Union, as well as in
Alaska, Porto Rico and the Canal
Zone
Lessons From Foreign-Born.
In thrift. economy. In fine needle
work. and even cookery. many girls
or foreign birth can teach our own
American girls valuable lessons
Camp Fire co-ordinates the lives of
girls In all nationalities and In the
parts of the country where many ma
tons are represented in the pupula-
uon, Camp Fire fills a need, In one
large last Oh
nationalities were represented
Camp Fire fills the greatest need
In the lives of these girls-that of
wholesome recreation. Camp Fire oc-
cupies their leisure time with hikes.
or handcraft or first aid. and from the
standpoint of health principles Camp
FIRE has been of inestimahle yaIue
especially to the foreign born girl.
characterization represents more
than equality of social opportunity It
i makes for integrity Of purpose and
individual responsibility.
Enlisted in the service of Ameri-
canization are the devotees of all the
seven laws adopted by the Camp Fire
Girls, which are the law
Seek beauty, give advice. pursue
knowledge, be trustworthy, hold on to
health. gloTfy work, be happv
The fundamental idea of the Carnp
FIRE Is to foster the personal rels zion
or the mother to her daughter, to Gull
4 tivate the closest intimacy between
them. and to magnify the home as the
sacred center of their relations Its
watchword, Wohelo, Is derived from
the three words, which embody the
fundamental principles of its doctrine
Work Health. Love. Its law opens
seven roads leading down long yistas
Of endeavor and opportunity, toward
the -oal Of balanced efficient, Young
womanhood. and the programme out
lined by its officers for this wear
which includes the important work Of
increased attention to the subject of
Am erica nization Of foreign born girls
will represent a powerful influence in
the whole general scheme Of recon.
tpructieu tor ppr country, -,