Evening star., 1919-04-09
Eight Kinds of Memberships.


! open. One dollar makes one an active
| member; 50. a contributing member;
| IS. councillor member: $40. an as
sociate member; $25. sustaining
| member: $50. an honorary member;
800. life member. and $500. a pa
tron. Checks for any Of these
amounts, or for any amount, may be
made out payable to the treasurer of
the Girl Scouts of the District of
Columbia, and sent to the local head
quarters in room els. Woodward
building.
Special effort will be made to get
400 ten-dollar-a-year members. as it
Of 100000 people at least 400 who can
contribute $40 ach to the cause of
the local Girl Scouts.
Some Of the things done by the Girl
Scouts here during 191Sare outlined
by Mrs. Edna NJ Colman. director;
Scouts of the District sold $4,000
worth of bonds, and $55.000 in the
fourth loan. In the war saving and
thrift stamp campaign the scouts sold
$2.12S worth of stamps and certif-
Gates.
Prepare Lunches.
During the summer vacation a con-
stantly changing patrol of Girl Scouts
under the direction of captain work
lunches for war workers and selling
them from the truck assigned them
by the War Camp Community Service
in the grounds near the Corcoran CAL
lery- Under the direction of the De-
partment of Agriculture individual
gardens and troop gardens were
maintained by Girl Scouts throughout
the District During the vacation Girl
Scouts furnished service three days
week in the United Service Club.
Girl Scout canning teams. which had
been trained in food administration
classes. worked for three weeks last
summer for the Department of Agri-
culture preparing jams and jellies for
the soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital.
In all branches of war activities Girl
Scouts gave generously of their serv-
ices releasing by labor replacement
in the Treasury, Labor and Agricul-
ture departments. They assisted with
clerical work in the food administrF
ton. Red Cross and Navy Service
League.
Do Community Service.
During the influenza epidemic Girl
Scouts who had had courses in invalid
cookery maintained diet Kitchen
at Central High School. which pro-
vided nourishment for 1890 patients.
This kitchen is now being maintained
at 1101 M street. In addition to the
invalid service. five gallons of soup
are sent daily to certain Of the play
grounds. Girl Scouts answered all
Santa Claus letters sent to the Wash
ington post ONCE. collecting toys and
garments from their homes and dis
tributing them in the person of Santa
Claus messengers.
instruction has been given in four
classes Of nursing under the Red
Cross. and also in signaling. bird
study and sewing. in which class
garments were made for Belgian chill
dren. Under the supervision of cap
tains numerous hikes have been made
into the country and up the river.
and knowledge. of fire making, path
finding. pioneering. camp cooking,
first aid and signaling put to prac-
tical usage. Three rallies have been
held during the year. at which time
Girl Scouts demonstrated the various
forms of troop activities.
Executive Committee.
Members of the executive committee
follow: Mrs. Charles Hamlin, COM
missioner; Mrs. Newton D. Baker
Mrs. Montgomery Blair. Mrs. Adolph
Miller. vice commissioners; Mrs. Will
liam NJ. Scudder. treasurer; Mrs. Edith
Smalley, secretary; Mrs. Frederick
Brooke. chairman finance committee;
Mrs. Beverly Randolph Mason. chair
Clarence M. Woolley. chairman edu-
cational committee; Mrs. William H.
Church. chairman camp committee:
Mrs. Edward Root. chairman welfare
and industrial economics committee;
Mrs. Robert A. Taft, chairman pro-
G. Heron. Mrs. Myron Whitney. Mrs.
Frederick Atherton. Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman and Mrs. Charles Roger
Lindsay. 3r.