Evening star., 1926-05-09

When Lady Baden-PoWell, the chief
of all Girl Guides in England, arrived
at the station on May she was greet
ed by a group of SO Washington Girl
Scouts, with Mrs. Charles r. Lind
say, jr., the commissioner of the Dis
trict Scouts. and Mrs. Frederick II.
Brooke of the Girl Scout Council of
Washington.
She was later presented May
basket of flowers at her apartment In
the Mayf1ower Hotel by two Girl
Scouts. The flowers bore q card from
the Girl Scouts of Washington.
She was received at the White
House by President and Mrs. Cool
idge Then n luncheon was given In
her honor by Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs.
Brooke, Mrs. GerTitt S. Miller, Jr.;
Miss Helen Page and Mrs. Conrad II.
Young at the Girl Scout Little House.
The luncheon was served by several
Girl Scouts.
They then attended the Boy Scout
rally held on the Ellipse in honor of
Sir Robert Baden-Powell. From there
= the party went to the child health
day festival being given in the Cen
trail High School Stadium. They we're
met by an honorguard Of Girl Scouts,
with Lucille Weber, Laura Brundage
and E.tfie Wade bearing 'the colorS,
who escorted the distinguished guest
and her escorts to the flag-decorated
pavilion erected for them
AS Lady Baden-Powell marched
across the field with her honor guard
the Washington Scouts, who were
seated in a. group at one side or the
field, arose and stood at salute until
the Chief Guider" was seated.
During the ceremonies OF the after
noon the Girl Scouts, numbering ap.
proximately 200. marched on the field
and gave an impromptu, snappy
demonstration Of their setting-up eX-
ercises, under the leadership Of Miss
Ruth Brigham, athletic instructor at
Columbia Junior High.
The following officers in uniform
were presented to Lady Baden-PoWell
hy Mrs. Lindsay: Misses Margaret
Tuckey, Hazel Seaman. Katherine
Wiley and Vera Lawrence and Mrs.
T. T. Read and Mrs. w. B. Pain.
Following the drill Lady Baden
Powell spoke to the girls, and among
other things urged them to make 1t a
duty to keep going forward" In their
Scout work. Her talk was followed
by three rousing cheers from the
Scouts, led by Mrs. Miller.
Saturday night Lady Baden-Poweii
and Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Brooke, MISS
Evelina Gleaves, local Scout director:
Miss Betty Adams, field captain. and
Miss Katherine Wylie attended the
Boy Scout celebration at the Cont
mental Memorial Hall.
On Sunday morning q group of
Scout delegates from other countries
will arrive in Washington and Will
be met at Union Station and taken
10 the homes of their respective
hostesses, where they will have
breakfast and lunch. The hostesses
will be several members of the Girl
Scout Council who have offered the
hospitality of their homes for these
delegates.
The following program has been
arranged for the two days they Will
be here: Sunday, 2:15 pm. Motors
will call for the delegates and all
will meet at Mrs. Hoover's home. from
where they will drive up Sixteenth
street, past the embassies, through
Rock Creek Park to the Cathedral
from there to the Pan American
Building. which will be opened for
them; from there they will pass the
Monument and Freer Gallery. then
back to the Lincoln Memorial and
around Potomac Park. over Long
Bridge to Arlington, where they will
see the grave of the Unknown Sol
dier, the Amphitheater, the house of
Robert L. Lee, etc, then will cut
through Fort Myer to Mrs. Theo-
dore WilllinSon's home at Park Lane
for tea.
At z pm. buffet supper will be
served for them at Mrs. Hoover'S.
Monday a.m.-Delegates may take
any one of a group of trips offered.
All will start at GAS am. except
the trip to Mount Vernon. which must
start at 8:45 sharp. Delegates will
be called for.
At12 12:15-Delegates not taking any
trip will be called for to go to the
White house. At 1890 the President
will receive the delegates at the
White House. Mrs. Coolidge will re-
ceive them later.
At Las pm. lunch will be served
them at the Girl Scout coffee house.
2:15 p.m.-There will be a trip
through the Capitol, seeing the Su-
prame Court, House OF Representa-
S---es and Senate, with a short stay
at the Senate. II there is time, dele
gates will be also shown the rotunda
of the Congressional Library.
4:45 pm.-They will have tea al
Senator and Mrs. Reeds home, on
Nineteenth street.
5:45 pm.-The delegates will re-
turn to the homes of their hostesSes
Gas p.m.-They will be called fol
to go to a buffet supper at the Girl
Scout Little House. This supper will
be cooked and served by Scouts.
s p.m.-A reception will be held
at the Red Cross Hall, when they
will meet the members of the Wash
ington Girl Scout Council. officers
and a group of representative Scouts
from the various troops.
10 p.m-The delegates will be
taken to the homes of their hostesses
TO get their baggage. and then they
will be taken to the station to board
the train for New York.
II in doubt about any part Of the
program or If the motor corps fails
10 call on time, delegates are noti-