Evening star., 1929-10-06
|SHBEL MACDONALD
VIEWS GIRL SCOUTS.
Premier's Daughter Is Anx-
ious to Compare Virginia's
Mountains With ScotIand's.
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

II am sorry to have to leave you in a
few minutes, but 1 am anxious to see
how the mountains to which I am 60
ing compare with our Scottish noun
tains," thus standing on the west hill,
looking into sea of eager little faces.
Miss Ishbel Macdonald bade farewell
to the Girl Scouts yesterday afternoon
before her departure for Rapidan
Camp. where she and Mr.. Macdonald
are the week end guests OF President
and Mrs. Hoover.
Miss Macdonald seemed to be in her
natural element and thoroughly enjoy
ing herself as she viewed the Girl
Scouts, about 500 or 600 of whom had
gathered for rally on the White House
grounds at the invitation of Mrs.
Hoover.
Watches Girls at Games.
For some time before joining the
girls on the grounds, Miss Macdonald
stood with President and Mrs. Hoover,
Mrs, Jean Henry Large, sister OF Mrs.
Hoover, and Mrs. Gertrude Bowman on
the south balcony of the White House
and watched the girls at their games.
Later, she accompanied Mrs. Hoover
duction as Miss Macdonald from Eng
land and Scotland" she gave an IN
teresting and short talk to the girls; AS
she started to speak noisy alrpiane
swooped overhead with deafenlng
whirr. which obliged her to pause a
moment. Much Laughter was occa-
stoned by her remark as 1t passed oy,
Its a very rude one, isn't II?
Although YOU did not know IL, snc
said. II watched you for some time as
YOU played. and it was interesting 10
soc that YOUR games look very much
like the ones we play in Great Britain.
Dressed in a dark blue tailored SUIT;
with lighter blue blouse and a smali
French blue hat. Miss Macdonald ap-
neared much more at ease talking
about camping, games and the out OF
doors with the Girl Scouts, than sne
did when she was forced to pose before
the cameramen on her arrival FRIDAY
and again on Saturday morning, sne
was obliged to answer all sorts OF ques-
tions from an army OF newspaper
women.
will Get New Experience.
Expressing her pleasure at anticipa-
tion of the visit to the Virginia noun
tains. she said, II have often been
Camping, but this time, am going to
get experience of an entirely different
sort. I have gone camping or mixing.
as we call it, in my own country with
lust one other person. After walking
all day. we have pitched our tent, rolled
up in blankets, cooked our breakfast
next morning and started out again,
after frequently having to pack our
things soaked and very wet from the
rain"
Miss Macdonald added that in Eng
land. they have the Girl Guides. which
correspond to the Girl Scouts OF
America.
the Girl Scouts owed their origin to
England
After posing with the girls, Mrs.
Hoover and Miss Macdonald waved
their way from out the groups around
them and walked to the White House
where the automobiles were waiting to
take them to Virginia.
Just as they were crossing one OF the
walks to the house. Miss Macdonald
and Mrs. Hoover were stopped by two
Girl Scouts and asked II they wouio
pose for a picture. They smilingiy
consented and Dorothy Smith of Troop
26, is anxiously waiting to see how heI
picture of the Presidents wife and the
Premier's daughter will turn out after
being taken under shady tree on
cloudy day.