Evening star., 1925-11-08
GIRL SCOUTS HOSTS
TO Mrs. COOLIDGE
President Also Entertained
at Dinner, Which Opens
Campaign for Funds.

carl Scouts of Washington enjoyed
the most eventful day in their history
Yesterday. when they opened their
tfpsl drive for financial assistance ny
eutertaining Mrs. CoolidE" at Sp"-
ctal entertainment given AT the llNoh
rbeater. serving for the President
and Mrs. Coolidge typical Vermont
dinner AT their Little House. Low
New York avenue and then S3thetlhS
AT the church of the EplphahE To
hestow the golden eaglet on MISS Au
ellie Weber, Western filgh Sch""i
senior. with numerous lesser l"i'"'
badges for various men"eiS.
Painstaking preparations on 'He
mart of the girls 10 serve the lreSl-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge, the latter thef
honorary president. who showed SIN
cere interest in their movement by
appearing in a Girl Scout UNIFORM.
We're amply repaid when the 'hleI
Executive frankly told them the meal
could not have been improved upon
and he enjoyed every bit OF the tood
served him.
Mrs Coolidge had sent a gorgeous
bunch of pink roses, which she dlS-
tributed among the girls who served
the dinner, at its conclusion.
Presented by Mrs. Hoover.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, chairman of
the national executive committee of
the Girl Scouts of America, presented
Miss Weber with the coveted golden
eaglet, the highest award or the Girl
Scouts. The young girl has been
Girl Scout for five years and is pro
claimed a distinct credit to the or
ganiZation.
Two letters of commendation, the
second highest honor which can be
bestowed in Girl ScouthOod, were con-
ferred on Judith Steele and Caroline
Hobbs, both local girls. In addition
numerous merit badges We're dis
tributed.
A feature Of the program at the
church was the showing of a film of
the Girl Scout activities as they were
recorded in England two years ago
At the first international gathering of
the Girl Scouts. 1t was the first show
ing OF the film in this country.
Addresses on Scout work were made
by Mrs. Hoover and Dean Sarah
Louise Arnold of Simmons College,
Boston. national president of the
organization.
Those who sat with Mrs. Coolidge
in her box at Tivoli yesterday were
Mrs. Gerrit Miller, Mrs. Henry Fiather,
Mrs. Charles Lindsay, jr., Mrs. Theo-
dore Wilkinson and Mrs. Charles
Sheldon.
Drive For 100000.
Elaborate plans are TO be carried out
this week in the drive for the $4,000
necessary to cover the Girl Scouts
budget for the coming year. 1t is
explained that for the past four years
the Girl Scouts have financed them
selves through the tea houses they con-
Quoted at the Pierce Mill and at
Haines Point. These tea houses have
now been turned over to other chari-
table organizations, and the Girl
Scouts. out of the money they are TO
raise, expect to establish a permanent
coffee house at the Little House.
Another item to be taken care OF is
the establishment of camp for the
girls on the Potomac River. In the
past the girls have been compelled to
share with Baltimore Girl Scouts a
camp which is % miles north of the
GunpoWder River.
The principal event of the week will
be a ball to be held in the interest of
the Girl Scout fund al the MayfQEer
Hotel next Thursday. Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman will be in charge. Boxes
will range from 500 to $50.
To promote public interest in the
Girl Scout drive the merchants of
Washington are donating portions of
their windows this week. where Girl
Scouts will demonstrate various sides
of their work. In Chevy Chase, par
tiCularly, plans have been laid. which
include an entertainment and card
party.
A thermometer is to be erected on
the old Ebbitt Hotel site, and it will
daily show the public how the drive is
progressing. While the Girl Scouts
will collect no MONEY themselves, they
will distribute pledge cards to all in
terested Neutrality-suspicious..