Evening star., 1925-03-21

leaders would qualify. A leader must
| be sedate-over IS years of age-yer
| young enough not to let the troop
| run away with the spoon" which
| would make the little dogs laugh
| to see such scout craft"
me Girl Scouts of Washington and
| baltimore jointly go into camp during
July and August, but this wear tn.
| local girls have to face that $4,000
| quota which is their share in the
| purchase of a $500, 600 national head
quarters in New York VIII thev
raise 1t before camping time? They
| are running two tea houses for their.
| own support-one in old Pierce Mill
| Rock Creek Park, and the other on
Hams Point, on the Speedway. But
that $4,000 can't be foretold in tea
| grounds. The council has gone into
trade-selling silk hosiery for mon
ana women, and cotton hose for chill
dren. True, they have seen better
days, but that $4,000 must be raisedl
They get an extra bonus if thew MAKE
| 1000 sales before camp time. ana
! this is bonus administration Of the
| Girl Scouts.
! There are in the United States 2os.
| 162 Girl Scouts; the movement bapaD
IN 1917, so 1t is young yet. There are
Girl Scouts also in most of the conn
tries OF Europe, and the international
conference binds all together, SO that
| II two Scouts should meet on the
steppes of Siberia they could recog-
nlze each other as well as If upon the
steps of the Washington Capitol. YET
they are not so internationalized as
70 rorget their pledge to the United
States flag
They can become brownies" when
only years old. but they have to be
l3 years old. or older. to be real Girl
| Scouts. Then they go or. from glory
to glory, winning honors as scribe.
citizen, craftsman, musician and in
terpreter; studying homemakinE.
wo9dcraft' swimming, first aid and
zoology. They never tell fibs nor
fail to do a kind act daily. Not a.
Vamp among them. They can Gal
most) beat the Boy Scouts in wood
| craft and marching, signaling and
caring for baby.
X X X
The Camp Fire Girls might be
jealous If more space is taken be
| fore describing them. Once there
were two merchants advertising in
the same paper. One took nearly a
whole column to describe his bar
gains. There was just half an inch
at the bottom for the other adver-
tiser, so he looked over the bargains
| Of his rival and in his half-inch. he
! said, "Me, too" That is how 1t is
| with the two kinds of fine girls
| There are 10000 Camp Fire Girls.
but not all in Washington-only 500
| here.
The laws OF Camp Fire Girls are
| Seek beauty (of character, rather
| than of rouge), give service pursue
knowledge, be trustworthy, hold onto
health, glorify work, be happy"
They emphasize home work. To
win Que honor, however, they must
walk 40 miles in 10 days Another
honor comes from refraining from
gum, candy and ice cream sodas for
! one month and to attend some re-
I lig1ous service 10 times in three
months. They can gain three ranks:
Wood gatherer, f1remaker and torch
| bearer. One of the important stunts
they must do occasionally is to cook
| Sunday dinner while their mothers
rest. The basis of the Camp Fire IS
| the home. During this week of the
! thirteenth anniversary of the birth
/ of the organization the girls are Civ
ing group parties, at which their
/ parents are guests Of honor.
X 4 x x
There are many pessimists among
grown-ups who slander the rising
generation frivolous and wild.
Such pessimists are invited to study
the Boy and Girl Scouts and the Camp
Fire Girls and try to match them
with the youth of past generations.
Copyright, 1929, by Paul Y. CollinS.e