Evening star., 1934-03-18
ENJOYS TO ATTEND
GIRL SCOUTS TEA
World Association Sponsors
Event at Little House
Thursday.

The National Girl Scouts, Little
House. 1850 New York avenue, Thurs
day afternoon will be the scene of
colorful gathering of representatives
Of 29 different countries. For few
hours, Ambassadors and Ministers
from all the nations affiliated with
the World Association Of Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts, will lay aside the
cares of Office and meet at an inter-
national tea for discussion of their
mutual interest in child welfare edu-
cation, social service and human prog
reSs in general. With them will
come their wives and daughters, in
Guiding many women who themselves
once were Girl Scouts or who for
years have been patrons of the move
ment.
In the list of guests expected to
attend are the diplomatic agents Of
Australia, Austria. Belgium, Brazil,
Canada. Czechoslovakia. Denmark,
Egypt. Estonia, France. Great Britain,
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State, Japan, Latyia. Lithuania. Lux
embourg, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland South Africa. Suomi
Finland. Sweden, Switzerland, Yugo-
slavia and the United States Of
America.
Girls to Assist.
Girls wearing the Scout uniforms
of their sisters in these distant lands
will assist, and Mrs. Gerrit c. Miller,
jr, acting commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia Girl Scout Council,
Will receive.
The world association was founded
by the Right Hon. Lord Baden-PoWell
of Gilwell in 1928, and headquarters
are maintained in London. To SYM
boliZe the work, a world flag has been
designed, showing a trefoil with stars,
signifying the promise" and the
'laW" of scouting. a compass needle
which will always give us the right
course or way in guiding" and the
flame of the love of mankind
Dame Katharine Furse, director of
the World Bureau. describes the ideals
of the association as ''world-minded-
ness"
Local Leaders.
Lady Baden-Powell is world chief
guide of the association, and a World
Committee of nine members has an
advisory responsibility for the progress
of the work.
The international tea of the local
I1,-ov ,DI, of hn Sc
nual affair. This year the following
members of the District Girl Scout
Council are assisting in arrangements:
Mrs. Warren Austin, Mrs. Frederick
Atherton, Mrs. Warren Barbour. Mrs.
Harry S. Brenton. Mrs. Joseph Brad
ley, Mrs. E. Goring Bliss, Mrs. Freder-
lex Brooks, Mrs. George Burnham.
Mrs. R. w. Breckenridge. Mrs. Robert
Carey. Mrs. B. F.. Cheatham, Mrs.
Hamilton Claiborne. Mrs w. F.. Cros-
by, Mrs. Taylor bennett. Mrs Proctor
L. Dougherty. Mrs. Barron Du Bois,
Mrs. Robert H. Dunlop, Mrs. Charles
Deming, Mrs. Phelps Dodge, Mrs.
William Mckee Dunn, Mrs. j. Harris
Franklin. Mrs. Amos Fries, Mrs H H
Flather, Mrs. Roy S. Geiger, Mrs
Joseph Graeme. Mrs. Theodore Gill,
Mrs Charles S. Hamlin, Mrs. r. Bruce
Horsfall, Miss Elizabeth Houghton,
Mrs. Paul E. Howe, Mrs. John How
ard, Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper, Mrs.
Martin Jones. Mrs. Daniel Knowlton,
Mrs. Harry c. Kramer, Mrs. Oliver
Owen Kuhn, Mrs. Arthur Macarthur,
Mrs. Charles McNary, Miss Mary L.
McQuade. Mrs. John Minor, Mrs.
Arthur Mullin, Mrs. Alexander Berk-
ley Moore. Mrs. Harold Moulton. Mrs
Arthur Orr, Miss Valerie Padelford.
Mrs. George Pillsbury, Mrs. Henry
Rowland, Mrs. John H. Russell, Mrs.
Lindsay Russell, Miss Elizabeth Rob-
erts. Mrs. George Scriven,. Mrs. Anson
Phelps Stokes, Mrs. T. Turner Smith.
Mrs. Marcy Sperry, Miss Olivia Phelps
Stokes. Mrs. Corcoran Thorn. Mrs
Walter Tuckerman, Miss Marian
Trumbull, Mrs. F. Bagley Wallace.
Mrs. Campbell Waters. Mrs. Charles
D. Walcott and Mrs. Hewitt Wells.