White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-09-18
GIRL SCOUTS AND IT'S WORK

That the Girl Scout movement is
making deep impression on think
ing women is shown by the fact that
such leading spirits as Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge, Mrs. T. ]. Preston, Mrs
William H. Taft, Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
have taken such great interest in It,
that they have lent the use Of their
names as Honorary and Vice Presi
dents to the organization. Miss
Juliette Low was the founder In the
United States and Mrs. Herbert
Hoover is the present President. Mrs
Edith Carpenter Macy, who recently
died, took q great interest in the
work, and she was constant source
of inspiration to those who were
closely connected with the active
duties of the National Executive
Board of the Girl Scouts.
1t Is proving of untold benefit in
health, morals and happiness, to the
American Girls, who are fortunate
enough to belong to the order. The
outdoor activities, which appeal so
strongly to the young, are presided
over by Louise M. Price, head Of the
National Camp Department, and she
arranges splendid summer outings for
the various Troops" which are, in
turn carried out by the Patrol Lead
ers OF the "Troops"-tried and en-
thusiastic women, who have the girls
welfare at heart. and see to 1t that
all are cared for.
In this short article 1t is impossible
to give more than an outline Of the
various activities which keep the
Scouts all busy and interested, earn
Ing and preparing equipment for
camp, earning the different badges
for proficiency In swimming, hiking,
home-making, camp-making, cooking,
ETC., ETC., each troop having it's own
set of local activities, which the fer
tile brains OF the clever girls are al
ways adding to and improving.
This organization has spread to al
most all the civilized nations Of the
world, as was demonstrated last sum-
mer when Scouts visited the Guides
at "Foxlease," the international
Home and estate OF the Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts, beautiful old Eng
lish Country home given them by Mrs.
Archbold Saunderson, an American
woman. There came Guides and
Scouts, eleven hundred strong, to the
first World Camp, held in beautiful
old England, presided over by the
Mother Of Guiding and Scouting,
Lady Baden-Powell. Delegates and
visitors from England, Scotland,
America, France, Poland, Norway,
Finland, Sweden, Malta, Canada, Den
mark, Holland, Latvia, Australia. In
dia, South Africa, Japan, Belgium,
Turkey, Russia, Austria, Spain and
Switzerland; each country's represent
alive gave characteristic native dis
plays" which proved highly interest
Ing and educational to all.
In whatever country Girl Guide
or Scout happens to be, she can al
ways count on the Guides or Scouts
In that country for help and fellow
ship. The order is International and
is as firmly established as the Ma
sonic order
Mrs. Cornelius Warren, OF Boston,
has given to the Girl Scouts OF Ameri-
ca an attractive country home, open
all year to Girl Scout officers and
their friends. The Home is surround.
ed by eighty-five acres OF field and
woodland, eight miles from Boston, It
is called the Mansion House, Cedar
Hill, Beaver Street, Waltham, Mass.
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