Evening star., 1925-04-26
GIRL SCOUTS

Troop 10, Hazel Scanlan captain,
Elizabeth Cahill scribe, met at the
Central Presbyterian Church. After
opening exercises, patrol corners were
held. Some of the girls passed their
tenderfoot test. Plans were made
that If the weather permitted the
troop would go on long walk. The
meeting adjourned at 1l:45.
On Tuesday, April IA, Troops Is
and had combined hike, a distance
of ten miles. Troop Is started at 10
o'clock from Eighth and 4. Capitol
streets and hiked to Fifteenth and G
streets, where they met Capt. Pain
and her troop, No. 3. From there
they rode to Key Bridge, where, be
cause of the troop mascot, JEFF,
Troop Is decided to hike to Cherry
dale instead Of taking the train,
as Capt. Pain and her troop did.
Troop 15 met the others at Cherry
dale. From the station George
Mitchell took them to his little shack
or camping house in the woods.
Every one was delighted with the
lovely location of his little camp and
with the fine water in the spring
about ten yards below 1t. The Scouts
were informed that three famous
Presidents of the United States had
drunk from chat spring-Lincoln,
Garfield and Roosevelt-as that par
ticular spot had been a favorite
haunt of theirs on long walks they
would take. After a delicious lunch
they went inside the little house to
rest The GOODNESS of the shadows
was welcome after the blazing sun
outside.
A true adventure of Capt. Pain
was read from a magazine by Leah
Woods. Mabel Pain played her violin
and then accompanied Troop in
singing America" and Troop Is in
1.-The Star Spangled Banner" while
Jeff" outside the house, howled
mournful accompaniment. Mr..
Mitchell declined an invitation to play
the violin, saying that he didn't want
to torture the maScot'S ears unneceS-
sarily.
The Scouts then followed the trail
up a steep hill, being rewarded at
the top with a lovely view of the
Potomac River and the surrounding
country.
Returning to camp, they were pre-
sented with two boxes of marsh
mAllows by Mr.. Mitchell. These were
soon roasted, and they proceeded to
carve their initials on an ancient birch
tree.
Guests. of Scouts were present Fri
day evening, April II, in the Kenil-
worth Church, Kenilworth, D. c.
Due to the rainy weather, some of the
parents could not be present. Seven
fenderfoot Scouts were invested: Edith
Mordfelt Catherine Kirby, Lucille
Maize. Earnestine Maize, Lucille Con-
rad, Dorothy Lewis and Phyllis Jen-
nings. Seven girls received their
second class badges: Louise Day,
Jacquelyn Ames, Virginia Lewis,
Julia Fletcher, Hilda Fischer, Lor-
raine johnson and Mary Jennings.
The Scouts gave short entertain
ment and refreshments were served.
On Tuesday, April IA, the captain
had a luncheon at her home for the
second-class Scouts.
On Friday, April IT, several of the
members of Troop "a met with the
captain, Vera Lawrence, at am.
far an all-day hike. Reaching Rock
Greek Park about 1880, they made a
campfire in the stone fireplace not far
from Pierce Mill. There they cooked
and enjoyed breakfast to the accom-
paniment of many bird songs. After
breakfast several games of horse
shoe throwing" were played, follow
ed by ball They then divided into
two groups, one group laying trail
of crossed sticks at the end of which
fhey hid a prize. About 10 minutes
later the second group set out to fol-
low the trail.
Some of the members practiced
Sudging heights and distances.
At about 11:30 preparations were
made for cooking lunch, so when 1t
began to rain, shortly after 2 o'clock,
ali were ready to be on their way.
From Rock Creek Park they hiked
to the Zoo Park, visiting the different
houses and leaving for home at about
o'clock.
The girls who went on this sun
rise hike were: Esther Rankin.
kathryn Mushake, Ethel Soper,
Josephine Rankin, Anna Fugltt and
Margaret Johnson.
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