Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1924, Page 57

. CONDUCTED BY YESTERDA\' 'was a big day with the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia, for it was the date of the annual court of awards. Seventy- five Washington girls recelved badges, some re- celving several badges, making the total number of awards pre- sented about 100. There were three girls who received very high awards. They were Cath- erine Platt, Janet Rutter and Eliza- beth Garber, all of whom received the first - class badge for fine all- MILDRED AVERILL. round scoutship and generally meritorious work. Catherine Platt received a second award that was even higher in rank, being second only to the golden eag- let, the highest of all possible deco- rations. Catherine received the medal of merit for especially fine scoutship. Mrs. Richard Emmett is chairman of the awards committee. The young lady in charge of ar- ranging this court of awards for yes- terday is an energetic and-conscien- tious young person, not much older or blgger thal most of the Scouts themselves. Her name is Mildred C. Averill, and she considers herself the representative of all the girls’ in- terests, the person to whom they come direct for matters on which they do not consult the captalns of thei roops. Mildred Averill is a Virginia girl, now making her home in Washing- ton. She received her high school training in Lynchburg, normal school training in the University of Virginia and & business course here in Wash- ington. She has an exceedingly deep interest in the Scouts and all of their activitles, and has been with the headquarters for seven months. also is captain of Troop 43, which has thirty members The work that Miss the headquarters is secretarial, com- bined with the office work done by the district director. At present there is no district director, since the res- ation of White, who held that position for Several years and brought up the bership from 100 three years 9 ‘Washington girls in fifty-eight troops. The next big event that the Dis- trict Girl Scouth are planning is the second rally, in the of four planned for the testing of the girls noose the the entire ate in The the girls of iet membership to partici field meec next summer. will be held early in forward Scouts for the near with illustrations *aul Bartsch of looked Another Ly the big event to Girl future is a le 10 be given by Dr. National Museum, in the museum The exact date has not been unced. Later the girls will make tour of the museum, Girls- on the Play- srounds and a the played rour cet activities e D s this year 1,000 ba the season just closed on the grounds, accord- ing to Miss Maude N. Parker, direc tor of gi activi ties on the play- grounds, Among the many things enjoyed by the local girls are basket ball, schlag ball, swimming, folk-dancing, story- tellin industrial work, inclu basketry, sewing and knitting; training in first- aid work, ring ®ames, and such athletics as dashes, Foal throwing and balancing. Test buttons of bronze, silver and gold are iven for proficiency in these different Ninds of work and play, and during the present year 900 of these buttons have been distributed to girls on local playgrounds, MAUDE. N. PARKER The girl in charge of these activi- 1 is Maude N. Parker, who, as she says herself, practically grew up in the District playground work. For the past ht years she has been an kotlve worker, and claims its prime interest for her personally is the pos- sibilities of the community and soclal service worl that can be done through this medium. Although she has been in Mrs. Rhodes' office, handling the EIrls’ activitles especially, since last August, Miss Parker had the Garfield playground for seven summers of work, and is proud of the fact that 1wo of the girls she tralned on that playvground are now play leaders, and her assistant at the rfield for the past three years is another girl whom nse has helped to grow up in the play- ound work. Miss Parker is the representative of Birls' activities In playground work on the bis basket ball council of ‘Washington, of which Mrs. Benjamin Cook is chairman, and which has as members men and women interested n promotins a raised standard of coach and referee regulations of games plaved by local girls' basket Lall teams. The council also wishes to establish & code of health and to keep the girls playing on various teams from being exploited for commereial purposes. The last meeting of the council was Beld at the Marjorie Webster School Jalt Friday, and many of the meetings 2y held &t the Y. W. C. A. It is plan- ned to have a big annual meeting in Yecembe. and a smaller monthly :uct!nz everg eother month of the ear. Averill does at | ball during | ing| 4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, NEWS OF SCOUTS, HELEN FETTER. | | The Young Girl and Her Studies. Julia Lydig Hoyt, famous society | woman and motlon picture actress, {has offered the following | sirls ana studies: | “I fear I do not put much faith in | the education we recelve as children |We retaln the things in which we {are interested, and these we study voluntarily. The others we do not re- (tain and sometimes in later years we are forced to learn them, when ft is more difficult to do so. As chil- dren we shut our minds to what does Inot interest us. At least, I know that this was the case with me. But then. With the exception of a love for music and literature, I was anything but a studious child, Just the same, {1 still hear girls discussing “cram- ming” for exams; and wondering whether they can ‘get away with' their unlearned lessons in school next morning. “The teacher « view on n do much toward making the study interesting to the child. I recefved most of my edu {tion at a very small school in New York, run by a woman of amazing knowledge and education. She was a brilliant woman, but almost a fa- natic on certain subjects. Also, she was extremely jealous of her pupils being interested in anything outside of her school. These are not particu- larly good qualities for a schoolmis tress to possess. She hated my Interest in music and took every opportuni- ty to ridicule and disparage it. “Quite naturally, I think, this made | mo less anxious to study the things| she wanted me to. | “Every girl should study dancing even though she has no particular talent for it. It is splendid physical exercise, and cannot fail to improve the carriage, walk and way of mov- ing—all very important things later on. And it is not a bad idea to give Written and Illustrated BY EDWARD McCANDLISH, ROTHER James Raccoon had a yellow hound dog that he used to use as a plow horse The old hound had been in the Raccoon family for years and years and he was getting rather the worse for wear. Most of his teeth were gone: he was blind in one eye, lame in ring spavin, hoof and mouth disease and the Jose scale. In spite of these handicaps the old hound still went by his original sporting name of “Prince.” One morning Brother Ra ing his old corncob pipe. Ma Rac- coon was doing the dinner dishes and carrying on a conversation with Brother Jim at the same time. Brother Raccoon sat and watched turkey ard sailing over the tops of some pine trees for a then he arose and knocked the ashes from his pipe “Well." #aid he over I shoulder. mosey down to &' vi an’ hook up wid a customer. to sell old Prince Ma Raccoon came to the door a plate in her hand, and looked at Brother Jim over her spectacles. a Ala “Reckon 111 age dis mawin 1 aims o every child a chance at studying i music, though it is useless to force| her to keep at it after it is apparent | that she is not interested. I remem-| er quite well the occasion of my first piano lesson. My mother, being very musical, was naturally anxious | | that her daughters should be inter-| ested in music. Consequently, she had | insisted on my older sisters taking piano lessons—much to their disgust. One day when we were staying at ! Southampton the teacher arrived to give my sister a lesson. Our mother had gone to New York, and my sister decided to duck the music lesson, We | looked everywhere, and at last lo- :ated her in the attic. She had locked | | ne in and flatly refused to be! | persuaded to come out. | “I (being four and a half at the! time) had been breathlessly inter- ested in the hunt, and was standing |close by the teacher as she pleaded through the keyhole. Finally, turn-| ing hopelessly from the door, shP] spied me, and laughingly asked it 1| would like to take the lesson. I, who! one finger, nearly died of excitement. | Rushing downstairs, 1 clambered| upon the stool and received my nrs(t piano lesson { | { next day the teacher wrote my that she feared it was waste her time and my mother's money | attempt to teach my sister music. | | A few months are sufficient to show | whether a child should be kept at her lessons.” Y. W. C. A. Girl Reserves." other | music On Friday evening 150 girls held a {reunion dinner at the Y. W. C. A, | |614 E street. These were girls who had epent their vacation last summer at Kamp Kahlert, the new Y. W. C. A. camp on West river near Galloway: Md. Mrs. A. W. Chapman., camo hostess, acted as toastmistress. The |girls in charge of the reunion were | | |councilors at the camp—DMiss Mabel *ook. assistant girl reserve secretary Frances Coughlin, Mary Waters, Elizabeth Bourn and Genevieve Moore. Next Friday evening the Girl Re- serves will hold a recognition supper at the Y. W. C. A. building, 614 E street. It will be followed by an in- itiation service for new members from the five high school clubs. One entire club, “Semper Paratas” of Cen- tral High, will be Initiated. Margaret Croissant is president of this club. The group in charge of the service s known as the high school council, made up of a representative and the president from each of the high school clubs. Margaret Loane of Eastern High is president of the council. The Y. W. C. A. is offering a course of instruction for women and girls who are interested In the work of the younger girls in the association, The January meeting was held on Wed- nesday evening at 614 I street, with Mrs. Albert H. Putney, chairman of the industrial and mercantile commit- tee of the Business Women's Clubs, presiding. Miss Ruth V. Pope, ¥, W. C. A. director of education, spoke on “The Psychology of the Adolescent Girl.” At the February meeting health education will be discussed. Dr. Ada R. Thomas will preside, and the speaker will be Mrs. Benjamin Cook, physical director of the Y. W. C. A. and president of the girls' basket ball council of Washington. At the March meeting representatives of all girls' | Prince? “You aims to sell old Who you suppose is goin’ to buy dat ole, mangy. toothless plow wreck, 1 wants to ask?”’ “Nev' mind ‘bout Brother Rac ‘bout dem dinnah dishes an’ leave d ales end to a salesman,” said he. Ma Raccoon regarded him for a minute in a pitying way, and then said she. dat” replied | went on about her dishwashing, as directed. Brother Raccoon hied him- self to the woodshed, fished about among a collection of bottles on a shelf and finally produced a blue bot- tle labeled: “Dr. Muskrat's Guaran- teed Rejuvenator.” “Dat's d' boy!" exclaimed Brother Raccoon. “Dat's d' medicine what makes old lamps as good as new ones, | now lemme tell you!" he bottle a little pat with his hand, Brother Raccoon put ft carefully away in his inside coat pocket, and went on out to catch old Prince, who was ranging about in the cow pasture. The poor old lame hound was led up and tied in the barnyard, while Brother Raccoon hauled a rickety Giving Prince was soon hithed up with a set two of his legs and he had | coon was | sitting outside his shanty door smok- | while, | Raccoon. | | with “What's dat vou're ravin' 'bout?” “Jest you go 'long | had already picked out tunes Withiy,khoara out of the wagon shed.| s Oof Intere GIRLS ACTIVITIES, ACCO®NYT Wite Freeyy soon jogging along the Big Road t ward town. Moving along at a snail's pace, a full | half hour was consumed in covering the half mile that separated Brother Raccoon's place from town. The old hound had asthma very badly, and every time they came to a low grade he wheezed like an antiquated pipe organ. Just before they reached the outer edge of town Brother Raccoon dis- mounted; took the bottle out of his | instde coat pocket; carefully measured | out & teaspoonful of the liquld, and | held old prince’s mouth open while he | administered the dose. The result was electrical. From a poor, droopy, half-starved of harness made of twisted rags, rope, | creature, the hound became {nstantly twire, an old beit buckle, and the two were | tWo-year-old. shoestrings, safety pins and | transformed into a racing, His head and tall— D. C., JANUARY I il which nsually hung at half-mast—were both well ‘up now, and when they reached Main street in the village, they went past the crowd at the drug stora like yrocket shot out of a gun. Folks in the street had to scramble the sidewalks to keep from being passed out at the other end of town, and turned a cor- ner on two wheels. After a while the effect of the medicine ran its course, a sk on run over, and the: | and the o!d hound slowed down to his normal snail's pace. Brother Raccoon hitched his hoss to a huckleberry bush, and strolled back through the village to pick up the remarks. Half-way down the Street, he met Brother Groundhog, who was Umping, and who looked very pale. “Great balls of fire, Brother Rac- “You come tearin’ down Main strest SCIENCE, 1924—PART = /7, > by Wy % e, s = like a chicken with its Bead cut off.| A little bit mo' an’ you'd a been| | readin’ in @ Shanty Town Herald ‘bout my de-mise! Wher'd you get dat blooded nag at?” “Nug?" replied Brother Raccoon con- temptuously. ou call dat three- minute filly of mine a ‘oag’? Dat 11| filly could knock d' spots out of ‘In| | Memorian.’ " “Yes,” replied Brother Groundhog, rubbing his off hind leg, “a little mo' an’ my family would a been layin' up precious recollections me—in | memorian.” “Howsoever,” he continued. “All | Jokin® aside, I been jus' dyin’ to own & spirited little sprinter like what you fot, an’—I'll lay my last crop of jin- ng root against dat 1il'l filly.of yo's. What's d° animal’s name Prince,” Brother Raccoon. Brother Groundhog stralghtened up | quickly, and looked at coon very hard “You means to tell me dat | half starved, moth-eaten— | “Hold on!" Brother Raccoon com- | manded. holding up one hand like a| | about said mangy. trafflc cop. “Hold on Dat mang, half stahved, moth-eaten animel can outrun any Zev whatever drew rein | A minute—a m A mile—a minute. Dat's Prince's record. You hear me. I'm tellin’ you. Jus’ stand wha you is lan’ T'll give you a demonstration.” | Brother Groundhog seated himself | | the curb, a cracker box, and | Brother Raccoon ambled off to where | | nis “nag” was tied i About three minutes passed without of the nag his driver, and then Brother Groundhog | the bell of a hound in full ch | There was the sound of a rattling| | vehicle approaching at a rapid pace, | | the rapid pad of running feet, and the | hound gnd the buckboard hove in sight, with Brother Raccoon holding on with all his might, and yelling: “Help!" “Fire!" and “Murder!" Brother Groundhog jumped from his seat just as the buckboard ar- rived opposite the Green Goods Gro- céry. The buckboard struck a large rock; the shafts parted in the middle, and Brother Raccoon described & par- abolic curve into the thin air, crashed | through a plate glass window,. and | 1anded on his stomach in a cracker barrel. at on - sign or * % k% The next day Brother Raccoon had a call from Dr. Bob Muskrat. “Brother Raccoon,” said the Doctor. “I hear you've been advertisin’' my ‘Rejuvenatsh’ How come you to pile up yistiddy, Uke dat? “Excuse me, Doctah,” replisd Brother Raccoon. “But I done made & mistake. ripping, | coon!” exclaimed Brother Groundhog.|I went an® give ole Prince d' whale bottle!™ Preparing for the Basket Ball Game EARLY every: group of boys can turn out a pretty falr sort of basket ball team if they only know the way to go about it. Before vou start any kind of bas- ket ball practice, call your bunch to- gother and read the rules, They will tell you what you can do and what you must not do. Learn them, so that from the start you will play in the authorized way and will avoid form- ing wrong basket ball habits. When vou know something about the rules you can go on with the formation of your team. A place to practice and play games is the first thing to look for. Many churches have basket ball courts and are willing to let groups of boys use Mail Travels THIS is the interior of a rallway mail car. Hundreds of these cars are traveling day and night all over the United States and Caaada so as to get your letters to you as quickly as possible. The men on these cars work hard and swiftly, sorting thou- sands of letters during a single trip. A few weeks ago, during the Christ- largnnllationu, including Girl. Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Girls' Friendly and high school clubs will meet to discuss thelr problems and activities. Knew All About That The woman sald she wanted a book to give her boy on his birthday— semething. useful and instructive. “Here's an excellent one on ‘Self- help, ” said the clerk. Selt-help!” exclaimed she. “He doesn’t need any instruction in that line. You ought to see him at a party!” & (T TLOOR. THE ISHOT. their floors. When you have secured your place call your first practice. The practice should at first De de- voted to passing and dribbling the ball. No one must ever run with the ball, for that is a foul. Pass rapidly, but not so fast that it is impossible to catch the ball. After a few minutes of passing, take shots for the basket. In shooting bas- kets try to make the ball pass through the ring without touching it and make the shot “loop” well into the air, as is shown in the fllustration. The object of practice is. of course, to win games. Games can be won only by teams which have a strong offense—that is, teams which can way mail cars would often work six- teen hours sorting mail, and then, when their train pulled into its des- tinagion, they would go to sieep right in the car on a pile of mall sacks. At times they would sleep only a few hours and start right back working again. A rallway mall car is about as » Joms—i 2o T e break through their opponents and make shots for the basket.’ Here are the six important points in building up a strong oftense: Have more men in the attack than in de- fense, use vour head, be able to pass in the open, pass the ball so that op- ponents cannot reach it easily, pass the ball €0 that a player can receive it while he is in motion, pass to the man in the best position to make a try for goal. Next to belng actually able to shoot baskets this passing is the most. important clement in the game. To pass correctly, use two hands on the ball and make a short, snappy throw from the chest with a wrist and el- Wild Animal Prices The price of wild animals Is going up! Look at that ridiculous fellow, the giraffe. He was bought recently for $5,000. Previous to the war a giraffe would not have brought such a price but after-war conditions have so in- torfered with the industry of provid- bow motion, letting the body sway slightly forward, so as to get the body weight into the pass. Dribbling is the next great point in basket ball to practice on. Cor- rect dribbling is obtained by bounc- ing the ball at a comfortable posi- tion slightly in front of and to the side of the body. Strike firmly with the open hand eo as to make the ball bounce about waist high and do not hit the ball so it bounces too far from or too near to the body. Practice these points when you have the chance and think about them.! A lot of good basket ball can be learned just by thinking about what you are going to do during practice. he soon developed a cross dis- position, weighed only five pounds at birth and is valued at $5,000. Good lions are selling for $1,250. Before long an expedition is going to start to India to secure lions to bring back for exhibition purposes. Elght were shipped to a certain prov- ince in Indla a few years ago and al- lowed. to roam at will. Since that dirty and as dusty a place as can bo| oo/ ough wild animals to meet the | sime the number has o increased found. Every effort is made to keep demands of zoos and circu that that the animals ére a terror to the la procession mas mail rush, these men on the rail- | them clean, but after working In one | "0 o 4+ bromburg, Germany, | country and the people will be glad only a few hours you need & SCTub-| . ior of the world market for wild | o ses some of them depart to Amer- bing brush to get clean with. Some of these railway mall cars carry packages of bonds and money worth thousands of dollars. When they have such & load aboard, armed guards are sent along to keep ban- dits from robbing the train. Some of the most desperate bandit battles ever staged have taken place in cars Just like this one. The men who work on these cars are a jolly, likeable bunch of fellows, and they often race to see who can sort the most mail during their trip. The mext time you go for & trip on a train, walk up to the forward part of the train and take & look at animal bargaining, has, consequently gone up. A hippopotamus is bringing from $2,500 to $5,000 these days. A pig- my hippopotamus was born not long ago at the New York zoo, the first to be born in captivity. A plgmy hippo is only a fourteenth as large as the regular kind. “Trotzky," as the baby was named, perhaps be- the railway mail car. You may be allowed to get In one and look around if you ask the clerk in charge of {t—that s unless the clerk has a valuable lot of mall fcan and European zoos. For Business Reasons Teacher—Tommy, why do you spell bank with auch a.large B? mmy—'Cause pa sald & dank wi no good ynless it had a large capital ADVENTURE, DISTRICT SCOUTS Boy Scouts. The January mesting of the Scout- masters’ Club will be held in room D at the City Club next Tuesday even- ing at 8 o'clock. This will be the annual meeting for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and Barry Mohun, recently elected scout commissioner for the District of Co- lumbla, will be the speaker. A re- ception will follow the meeting, enabling all the scoutmasters to meet the new commissioner. Boy Scouts are all Interested in thrift, and will be found faithfully ubserving national thrift week, which runs from January 17 to 23. One of the laws to which every scout sub- ¢ scribes declares: “A scout s thrifty He does not wantonly destroy prop- crty. He works faithfully, wastes nothing and makes the best use of his opportunities. He saves his money, so that he may pay his own way, be generous to those in need and helpful to worthy objects. He may work for pay, but must not re- ceive tips for courtesics or good turns.” Washington scouts are interested in the announcement of another world scout jamobree to be held in August in Copenhagen, Denmark. Forty- eight Boy Scouts of America, to be chosen by some form of competition, s0on to be announced, will partici- pate. The official representation Is limited to delegations of this size, =0 that all countrics may be on an equal basis. This jamboree is a gathering of Boy Scouts from every the world to compete in scout events and to emphasize the world brother- hood of boys that has been brought jabout by the Boy Scout movement of the world. The first of these jamborees was held in England in the summer of 920, Scout Scoville Aspinwall rep- resented the Boy Scouts of the Die- trict of Columbia. Competition will be keen to determine who shall go this year. The meet will open with of the soouts of all na- tions organized in the presence of his majesty, the King of Denmark, and other distinguished spectators. Dis- plays illustrating national charac- teristics will be an important feature of the entire event. The world scout championship will | 80 to the troop having the highest score in the following contests: Turn-out, camp craft, including pack- ing and transpostation, the outfit, quick camp-making, best camp after three hours’ work; songs and yells, national folk dances, campfire enter- tainments, observation in town, deduc- tion, woodcraft, pathfinding by night, bread-baeking on a branch; first aid, lariat-throwing, handy-man work, tree climbing, running, throwing, jumping; canoeing, cruising, includ- ing packing and outfit, rowing, sail- ing, capsizing, camp-making, forag- ing, swimming, diving, life-saving: pa- trol obstacle race; twenty-four-hour patrol hike, including observation, bivouas, sketohing, 1og-book, etc., and camp routine. Marks will be given for the most original treatment of tribal displays showing the genesis of scouting, am- bulance work, first aid in accldents of all sorts—such as train collisions, airplane accidents, shipwrecks, floods, fires, earthquakes, runaway horses; physical training, cycling and trek cart, gymkhana, hut building, bridge bullding, model camps, rocket drill, fire lighting, cooking and any other original troop or district exhibits. Divisions 3 and 9 are scheduled for the *“scout hike™ to the National Mu- seum next Fridsy night. These trips, under the leadership of Dr. Paul Bartsch, in which scouts are given first-hand information about the Dirds and animals of the Distriot, are proving exceedingly popular. The following troops are listed for the trip this week: January 18, Troops 2, 13, 14, 24, 31, 34, 36, 37, 45, 63, 73, 85, 86. 101, 103, 104, 106, 111, 117, 119, 120, 131, 122, 128, 126, 127, 129, Scouts who are watching the ad- vancement contest have not failed to note the “come-back of last year” of Troop 10 of the Ninth Street Chris- tian Church of which Mr. Thomas J. Kelly 1s scoutmaster. Three years ago this troop was leading in nearly all of the city-wide scout contests and agressively contending for all avail- able honors. Then came a period of inactivity when the troop dropped far behind. Now it is leading again, and has held its place at the top in advancement since the opening of the contest on October 1. The troop has fifteen merit badge scouts, Including its two assistant scoutmasters, Ray P. Kelley and Alfred De Groot. They are, in addition to these, Carl Acker- man, Willlam Ackerman, Earl Daw- son, Miller Dorsey, Henry Hoffman, Ronald Hubbard, Alexander Hulse, Harold Rhind, Arthur G. Rollman, Willlam Smith, Clarence Stauffer, Elmer Whitney and Frank Whitney. Other troops might profit by the systematio method In which thesa scouts seek advancement. They study the merit badges and perfect them- selves in the work by groups. Re- cently eleven scouts worked together for the merit badge in personal health, many of them taking public health slso at the same time. That scouting is more than an in- door game was proved last week on the coldest night in the year, when eighteen members of Troop 100, which meets at the boys “Y." carefully pre- pared themselves, and then held their troop meeting around a campfire in the woods. They might have been scouts of the far north, trained to the cold, instead of from the un- usually balmy Washington, so eff- clently did they manage their prepa- ratfon and campfire. Scoutmaster Dan J. Tyrrell and Assistant William Stephenson arranged the trip. Winter weather is not interfering in the minds of scouts, with thoughts of next summer and camping. Many are saving already for the Camp Roosevelt season in June, July and August. Listen to this: Scout Ells. worth of Troop 6 was at Camp Roosevelt three weeks last summer. Did he enjoy it? He has already earned and laid aside $70 for a six- weeks' stay this year. nation of | [ i i ! Girl Scouts. Troop 1. Mrs. J. Harris Franklin, captain; Mary Coleman Worthington, scribe, held its first meeting the holidays on January S. After the opening ceremonies, Capt. Franklin spoke of the court of awards meeting, when several members of the troop will receive badges. played and the meeting journed. Troop 2. Miss Mabel tain; Grace Muirhead, sc held its weekly meeting in the clubroo Epiphany Church. The girls were signed to their new patrols quickly fell into formation. A short business meeting followed The girls then formed two te and played basket ball for half an hour. This troop s anxious to play with other troops. Any team wishing to make an engagement should get in touch with the manager, Margaret Scott of Hyattsville, Md Troop 4. Mrs. Loretta Murphy, cap- tain; Leah Woods, scribe, held no meeting on Wednesday the 2d, ow- Ing to the weather, but its next meet- ing will be held Wed at Nowy House. Troop 10. Miss Hazel Sca tain; Florence Rice, scribe, met Sat- urday at the home of the capt The meeting opened with usual scout ceremonies, followed by a bus- iness meeting. Ruth Shaughness passed part of her signaling for first class test. The troop then divided two sections. Knot-tying w ticed for the coming rally. The two groups formed two lines and a competition was held to which side could recognize the i leaves. The girls were given paper pencil and shown ieaves, which they identified. Several girls passed the second-class work in tree-stud this time. On Saturday evening at 7 eight girls and the captain went down to the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Compary headquarters where they and other scouts were shown motion pictures of the telephone, and were then shown through the build- ing. Violet Troop 17, Miss Theresa Fitz- morris, captain, met January 1 the N. E. Catholic High school business was discussed. An enter tainment was given by the girls, a a new group of four girls was pointed for the next week. Troop 28, Miss Evelina Gleaves captain; Edna Simpson, scribe, held its meeting Thursday, January & All the second class scouts, or one that were working for second class were together, and those working for first class formed another group. The prospective second class scouts studied the observation part of thel test; the others studled compass. Af- ter that, patrols were formed and on- girl was made a tenderfoot scout. The girls were drilled in marching. f the court of awards. Following court of honor meeting, the troon was dismissed. Pine Cone Troop 34, Miss Vera Lawrence, captain; Esther Ran scribe, held its regular meeting Mon day evening, in the Anacostia Metho- dist Church hall. The opening cere- monies were followed by a business meeting. A letter of appreciation and thanks from the boys at Walter Reed Hospital for the homemade Christ mas candy which the troop sent wis read. The court of awards meeting W discussed and other coming activi talked over. Two girls, Evelyn Hazel and Esthor Rankin, plan to write to scouts in ‘Wilton, Me. Patrols were changed little. Winifred Rankin was mads corporal of the second patrol. Jose phine Rankin was made patrol leadcr and Helen King corporal of the third patrol. Alice Gibbons and Lillie Haz«! acted as flagbearers. The Nature Club was given practic: in {dentifying leaves of trees by blue- print copies which had been made. A meeting of the Nature Club was held at the captain’s home on Thurs- day afternoon, when the girls had a ohance to see several of the winter birds which daily visit the feeding shelf the capti has provided for them. This club and several other mem- bers of the troop plan to visit the National Museum for the bird lecture to be given Saturday, February 2. The next meeting of the troop will be held Monday evening in the Bible class room in the Methodist Churel. Troop 42, Mrs. Conrad H. Young, captatn; Katharine E. Merritt, scribe, met as usual, with an attendance of thirty. As Capt. Young was in New York Lieut. Helen Wheeler was in charge of the meeting. Patrols wers formed for the regular ceremonies, after which gemes were played. The meeting of the Officers’ Club was held Wednesday evening, Janu- ary 9, at the usual hour, with about thirty-four members present. The dinner was followed by the opening ceremonies and the investiture of seven of the members as tenderfoot scout officers by Mrs. Herbert Hoover, national Girl Scout president. The group was then divided patrols and drilled in facings and marching by a sergeant of marines. A business meting followed, with Miss Katherine Wylle, the vice pre dent, in charge. The secretary's rc- port was read and approved, followed by a report from the treasurer. Lieut. Nan.Surface of Troop 20 gave a talk on winter camping with th Girl Scouts at Camp Andree. Mrs. Theodore Wilkinson made sev- eral announcements and Miss Hazel Scanlan reported that scouts wishing to visit the new city post office would be given that opportunity through the courtesy of W. H. Haycock. The Girl Scouts of Washington and their officers have extended their sin- cere sympathy and deep regrets to Mrs. Theodore Wilkinson upon the recent loss of her mother, Mrs. Rich- ard A. Harlow, who had only recentiy been made commissioner of the Nis- trict Scouts. since imes then were s Nelson. can- was prac and o'clock, into Calling Him mes Ben—I'm a little stiff from bowling. Bill—Where did you say you were trom?