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,,girl ,,scouts  ,,their ,,works1 ,,ways
 ,,and ,,plays  ,be ,prepared           
,illustration3 ,cover  ,illustration3   
,girl ,scout ,logo  ,,girl ,,scouts     
,incorporated ,,national ,,headquarters 
#ahi ,lexington ,avenue ,new ,york ,city
  ,series ,no4 #e     ,,girl ,,scouts   
,,motto  ,be ,prepared   ,illustration3 
,girl ,scout ,logo   ,,slogan  ,do ,a   
,good ,turn ,daily   ,,promise          
,on ,my ,honor1 ,i ,will ,try3     ,to  
do my duty to ,god and to my ,country   
,to help other people at all times      
,to obey the ,scout ,laws   ,,laws      
,i ,a ,girl ,scout's ,honor is to be    
trusted4        ,,ii ,a ,girl ,scout is 
loyal4       ,,iii ,a ,girl ,scout's    
,duty is to be useful and to help       
others4        ,,iv ,a ,girl ,scout is a
 friend to all1 and a sister to every   
other ,girl ,scout4         ,v ,a ,girl 
,scout is ,courteous4        ,,vi ,a    

,girl ,scout is a friend to ,animals4   
,,vii ,a ,girl ,scout obeys ,orders4    
,,viii ,a ,girl ,scout is ,cheerful4    
,,ix ,a ,girl ,scout is ,thrifty4       
,x ,a ,girl ,scout is ,clean in         
,thought1 ,word and ,deed4     ,,girl   
,,scouts  ,their ,works1 ,ways and      
,plays   ,the ,girl ,scouts1 a ,national
 organization1 is open to any girl who  
expresses her desire to join and        
voluntarily accepts the ,promise and the
 ,laws4 ,the object of the ,girl ,scouts
 is to bring to all girls the           
opportunity for group experience1       
outdoor life1 and to learn through work1
 but more by play1 to serve their       
community4 ,patterned after the ,girl   
,guides of ,england1 the sister         
organization of the ,boy ,scouts1 the   
,girl ,scouts has developed a method of 
self-government and a variety of        
activities that appear to be well suited
 to the desires of the girls as the     
#fj1jjj registered ,scouts and the      
#e1jjj new applicants each month        

testify4   ,activities  ,the activities 
of the ,girl ,scouts may be grouped     
under five headings corresponding to    
five phases of women's life today3      
,i4 ,the ,home-maker4      ,,ii4 ,the   
,producer4     ,,iii4 ,the ,consumer4   
,,iv4 ,the ,citizen4       ,v4 ,the     
,human ,being4   ,i4 ,woman's most      
ancient way of service--the home-maker1 
the nurse1 and the mother4 ,the program 
provides incentives for practicing      
woman's world-old arts by requiring an  
elementary proficiency in cooking1      
housekeeping1 first aid1 and the rules  
of healthful living for any ,girl ,scout
 passing beyond the ,tenderfoot stage4  
,of the forty odd subjects for which    
,proficiency ,badges are given1 more    
than one-fourth are in subjects directly
 related to the services of woman in the
 home1 as mother1 nurse or homekeeper4  
,into this work so often distasteful    
because solitary is brought the sense of
 comradeship4 ,this is effected partly  
by having much of the actual training   

done in groups4 ,another element is the 
public recognition1 and rewarding of    
skill in this1 woman's most elementary  
service to the world1 usually taken for 
granted and ignored4  ,the spirit of    
play infused into the simplest and most 
repetitious of household tasks banishes 
drudgery4 ,give us1 oh give us1 says    
,carlyle1 a man who sings at his work4  
,he will do more in the same time1 he   
will do it better1 he will persevere    
longer4 ,wondrous is the strength of    
cheerfulness2 altogether past           
comprehension its power of endurance4   
,,ii4 ,woman1 the producer4 ,handicrafts
 of many sorts enter into the program of
 the ,girl ,scouts4 ,in camping girls   
must know how to set up tents1 build    
lean-tos1 and construct fire-places4    
,they must also know how to make knots  
of various sorts to use for bandages1   
tying parcels1 hitching1 and so forth4  
,among the productive occupations in    
which ,proficiency ,badges are awarded  
are bee-keeping1 dairying and general   

farming1 gardening1 weaving and         
needlework4   ,,iii4 ,woman1 the        
consumer4 ,one of the features in modern
 economics which is only beginning to be
 recognized is the fact that women form 
the consuming public4 ,there are very   
few purchases1 even for men's own use1  
which women do not have a hand in       
selecting4 ,practically the entire      
burden of household buying in all       
departments falls on the woman4 ,in     
,france this has long been recognized   
and the women of the middle classes are 
the buying partners and bookkeepers in  
their husbands' business4 ,in ,america  
the test of a good husband is that he   
brings home his pay envelope unopened1 a
 tacit recognition that the mother      
controls spending4 ,the ,girl ,scouts   
encourage thrifty habits and learning   
economy of buying in all of its         
activities4 ,one of the ten ,scout ,laws
 is that ,a ,girl ,scout is ,thrifty4   
,,iv4 ,woman1 the citizen4 ,the basic   
organization of the ,girl ,scouts into  

the self-governing unit of a ,patrol is 
in itself an excellent means of         
political training4 ,patrols and ,troops
 conduct their own meetings and the     
,scouts learn the elements of           
parliamentary law4 ,working together in 
groups they realize the necessity for   
democratic decisions4 ,they also come to
 have community interests of an         
impersonal sort4 ,this is perhaps the   
greatest single contribution of the     
,scouts toward the training of girls for
 citizenship4 ,little boys play together
 and not only play together1 but with   
men and boys of all ages4 ,the interest 
of baseball is not confined to any one  
age4 ,the rules of the game are the same
 for all1 and the smallest boy's        
judgment on the skill of the players may
 be as valid as that of the oldest fan4 
,girls have had in the past no such     
common interests4 ,their games have been
 either solitary or in very small groups
 in activities largely of a personal    
character4 ,if women are to be effective

 in modern political society1 they must 
have from very earliest youth gregarious
 interests and occupations4   ,v4       
,woman1 the human being4 ,political     
economy was for a long time known as the
 dead science and was quite ineffective 
socially4 ,this was largely because it  
attempted to split man1 the human being1
 into theoretical units such as the     
producer1 or the consumer4 ,in the same 
way many organizations for women have   
died because they have not remembered   
that woman is first of all a human      
being4 ,thus nearly all institutions for
 women1 even those supposedly purely    
educational in character1 have existed  
to shelter her from the world1 or to    
segregate her1 or have been designed to 
make her into a good servant or to      
finish her for society4 ,the activities 
of the ,girl ,scouts have been selected 
on quite a different plan4 ,they have   
not been designed for women as women1   
but for women as human beings4 ,real    
work may be followed with a great deal  

of enjoyment provided it is creative and
 awakens the instinct of workmanship4   
,but it is when at play that a human    
being realizes his own nature the most  
fully4 ,so dancing1 sports of all kinds1
 hiking1 camping1 boating1 athletics and
 story-telling are encouraged not only  
as a means of recreation and for        
physical development1 but are made a    
basic part of the ,girl ,scout program4 
,methods  ,the activities of the ,girl  
,scouts are1 of course1 not peculiar to 
this organization4 ,every one of them is
 provided for elsewhere1 in schools1    
clubs1 and societies4 ,but the way in   
which they are combined and co-ordinated
 about certain basic principles is      
peculiar to the ,girl ,scouts4  ,in the 
first place all these activities have a 
common motive which is preparation for a
 fuller life for the individual1 not    
only in her personal1 but in her social 
relations4 ,it is believed that the     
habits formed and the concrete          
information acquired in these activities

 both contribute to the girls being     
ready to meet intelligently most of the 
situations that are likely to arise in  
their later life4 ,this concept is      
expressed in the ,girl ,scouts          
,motto--,be ,prepared4  ,the method of  
preparation followed is that found in   
nature whereby young animals and birds  
play at doing all the things they will  
need to do well when they are grown and 
must feed and fend for themselves and   
their babies4  ,to play any game one    
must know the rules1 so the ,girl       
,scouts have ,laws that they believe    
cover most of the needs of the ,game of 
,life4      ,the ,girl ,scouts ,laws are
 ten3         ,i ,a ,girl ,scout's      
,honor is to be trusted4        ,,ii ,a 
,girl ,scout is loyal4       ,,iii ,a   
,girl ,scout's ,duty is to be useful and
 to help others4        ,,iv ,a ,girl   
,scout is a friend to all1 and a sister 
to every            other ,girl ,scout4 
,v ,a ,girl ,scout is ,courteous4       
,,vi ,a ,girl ,scout is a friend to     

,animals4       ,,vii ,a ,girl ,scout   
obeys ,orders4      ,,viii ,a ,girl     
,scout is ,cheerful4        ,,ix ,a     
,girl ,scout is ,thrifty4         ,x ,a 
,girl ,scout is ,clean in ,thought1     
,word and ,deed4  ,these ,laws are known
 by all ,girl ,scouts1 but the ,promise 
to obey them is made only after they are
 understood and voluntarily accepted4   
,the ,promise summarizes the ,laws and  
is3            ,on ,my ,honor1 ,i ,will 
,try3     ,to be true to ,god and my    
country     ,to help others at all times
     ,to obey the ,scout ,laws  ,the    
heart of the ,laws is helpfulness and so
 the ,scouts have a ,slogan3 ,do a ,good
 ,turn ,daily4 ,by following this in    
letter and spirit helpfulness becomes   
second nature4  ,because the ,girl      
,scouts are citizens they know and      
respect the meaning of the flag1 and one
 of the first things they learn is the  
,pledge3  ,i pledge allegiance to my    
flag1 and to the republic for which it  
stands2 one nation indivisible1 with    

,liberty and ,justice for all4          
,organization and ,drill4 ,some         
observers have criticized the ,girl     
,scout organization because of its      
apparent military character4 ,it is true
 that the girls wear a uniform of khaki1
 and are grouped in ,patrols1           
corresponding to the fours in the ,army2
 that they salute1 and learn simple     
forms of drill and signalling4 ,but the 
reason they do this is because the      
military organization happens to be the 
oldest form of organization in the      
world1 and it works4 ,it is the best way
 men have found of getting a number of  
persons to work together4 ,following    
directions given to a group is quite a  
different matter from doing something   
alone1 and most of us need special      
training in this4 ,a group of eight has 
been found to work the best because it  
is the largest number that can be       
handled by a person just beginning to be
 a leader1 and moreover elementary      
qualities of leadership seem to exist in

 just about the proportion of one in    
eight4 ,it is probably on this account  
that children take so kindly to the     
form--rather than because of any glamor 
of the army1 though this must be        
admitted as a factor4 ,in actual        
practice the drill and signalling take  
up a very small portion of the program1 
and are nowhere followed as ends in     
themselves1 but only as a means to an   
end4   ,the ,uniform4 ,the uniform is   
simple1 durable and allows freedom of   
action4 ,it is of khaki because this has
 been found to be the best wearing      
fabric and color4 ,it is not easily torn
 and does not readily soil4 ,wearing it 
gives the girls a sense of belonging to 
a larger group1 such as it is hard to   
get in any other way4 ,it keeps         
constantly before them the fact that    
they represent a community to whose laws
 they have voluntarily subscribed and   
whose honor they uphold4 ,it is well1   
too1 to have an impersonal costume if   
for no other reason than to counteract  

the tendency of girls to concentrate    
upon their personal appearance4 ,to have
 a neat1 simple1 useful garb is a novel 
experience to many an over-dressed doll 
who has been taught to measure all worth
 by extravagance of appearance4         
,organization  ,scouts of ,different    
,ages4 ,the original ,girl ,scout       
program was designed mainly with the    
needs of the young adolescent in mind   
and the age was fixed from #aj to #ah   
years4 ,but the little girls wanted to  
come in and so a separate division was  
made for them called the ,brownies or   
,junior ,scouts4 ,then the older girls  
and women wanted to join and as time    
went on the original ,girl ,scouts grew 
up1 but not out of1 the ,scout movement1
 and programs are being made for ,senior
 ,scouts who are eighteen and over4 ,the
 three age groups seem to be natural    
ones and each has its own methods and   
activities4 ,the larger number of ,girl 
,scouts belong to the middle adolescent 
group4  ,all ,scouts are organized in   

the same way and all are enrolled with  
the ,national ,girl ,scout organization4
   ,patrol4 ,eight girls form a ,patrol 
which is the working unit4 ,the eight   
select from their own group a ,patrol   
,leader who has charge of the activities
 for a month or any period of time the  
,patrol may designate4 ,the ,patrol     
,leader has immediate responsibilities  
for the activities of the eight4 ,it is 
desirable to have each girl of a ,patrol
 serve as a leader at some time or      
other4   ,troop4 ,one or more ,patrols  
constitute a ,troop which is the        
administrative unit recognized by the   
,national organization4   ,captain4 ,the
 ,troop is under the direction of a     
,captain who must be at least twenty-one
 years of age and whose qualification as
 a leader of young girls is passed upon 
by ,national ,headquarters before she is
 commissioned4   ,lieutenant4 ,a        
,captain may have one or more           
,lieutenants4 ,the ,lieutenant must be  
at least eighteen years of age and her  

commission is likewise subject to       
control by ,national ,headquarters4     
,captains and ,lieutenants may be       
organized into associations in any given
 locality4   ,scout ,classes4 ,there are
 three classes of ,girl ,scouts1 the    
youngest being the ,tenderfoot1 the name
 given by frontiersmen to the man from  
the city who is not hardened to the     
rough life out of doors4 ,even the      
,tenderfoot1 however1 has to know some  
things including the ,promise1 ,laws1   
,slogan and ,motto1 how to salute1 and  
the respect due to the flag1 and making 
some useful knots4  ,the ,second ,class 
,scout has been a ,tenderfoot for at    
least one month1 and can pass a test of 
distinctly greater difficulty1 including
 a good deal about cooking and          
housekeeping1 animals and birds1 flowers
 and trees1 some important first aid    
things1 and the laws of health4  ,the   
highest is the ,first ,class ,scout and 
is to be attained only by a young person
 of considerable accomplishment4 ,she   

must be able to find her way about city 
or country without any of the usual     
aids1 using only the compass and her    
developed judgment of distance and      
direction4 ,she must also be able to    
communicate and receive messages in two 
ways--by signalling in ,semaphore and   
the ,general ,service ,codes which is   
the code used for telegraphing and      
wireless1 and which can be used in      
several ways4 ,she must have shown      
proficiency in ,home ,nursing1 ,child   
,care1 and ,housekeeping and in addition
 in either ,laundering1 ,cooking1       
,needlework or ,gardening4 ,she must    
also be an all round out doors person1  
familiar with camping1 and able to lead 
in this1 or be a good skater or a       
naturalist1 or be able to swim4 ,not    
only must she know all these different  
things but she must also have trained a 
,tenderfoot1 and served her community4  
,proficiency ,badges4 ,after a ,girl    
,scout has attained to ,first ,class    
there are still other worlds to conquer 

as the badges she has earned on the way 
are only a few of the many kinds still  
to be worked toward4 ,there are at      
present no less than forty-six kinds of 
subjects in which a ,scout may achieve1 
and more are being added daily4 ,just to
 mention a few3 a ,girl ,scout may be an
 ,astronomer1 a ,bee keeper1 a          
,dairy-maid1 or a ,dancer1 an           
,electrician1 a ,geologist1 a           
,horsewoman1 an ,interpreter1 a         
,motorist or a ,musician1 a ,scribe1 a  
,swimmer or accomplished in ,thrift4    
,each subject has its own badge and when
 earned this is sewn into the uniform4  
,council4 ,there may also be1 and this  
is desirable1 a ,council composed of    
women and men representing all the best 
interests of the community3 parents1    
schools1 religious denominations of all 
sorts1 business1 producers1 women's     
clubs1 and other social and             
philanthropic organizations4 ,the       
,council acts as the link between the   
,girl ,scouts and the community4 ,it has

 the same relation to the separate      
,troops that the school board has to the
 schools1 that is2 it guides and decides
 upon policies and standards1 interprets
 the ,scouts to the community and the   
community to the ,scouts4 ,it does not  
do the executive or teaching work--that 
belongs to the ,captains1 ,lieutenants  
and ,patrol ,leaders4  ,another of the  
functions of the ,council is to interest
 public spirited women and men1         
particularly artists and scientists in  
,girl ,scout work and get them to act as
 referees in awarding ,merit ,badges for
 proficiency in the many lines          
encouraged for ,girl ,scouts4  ,but the 
community's resources of wisdom are not 
only in the schools and museums1 and    
laboratories and studios--these are     
mostly to be found only in large cities4
 ,it is a poor place that does not have 
one or more wise old persons--a farmer  
learned in nature ways1 a retired sailor
 stocked with sea lore1 or a mother of  
men who knows life as perhaps no one    

else can4 ,the wise council will know   
where to find these natural teachers and
 see that the children go to their      
schools4  ,another prime function of the
 ,council is the raising of funds and to
 make available such other material     
equipment as camp sites1 meeting places 
for the ,troops1 etc4 ,the ,captain     
should turn to the ,council for help in 
arranging and directing rallies1 dances1
 fairs1 pageants and other devices for  
entertainment or securing money4        
,national ,organization4 ,the central   
governing body of the ,girl ,scouts is  
the ,national ,council made up of       
elected delegates from all local groups4
 ,the ,national ,council works through  
an ,executive ,board1 which conducts    
,national ,headquarters in ,new ,york4  
,the ,national ,director is in charge of
 ,headquarters and has direct           
administrative responsibility for the   
work of the whole organization with the 
general divisions of ,field1 ,business1 
,publication and ,education4     ,be    

,prepared  ,illustration3 ,girl ,scout  
,logo   ,officers1 ,national            
,headquarters ,girl ,scouts1 ,inc4      
,honorary ,president   ,,mrs4 ,,woodrow 
,,wilson    ,president   ,,mrs4         
,,juliette ,,low    ,first              
,vice-,president   ,,mrs4 ,,arthur ,o4  
,,choate    ,second ,vice-,president    
,,mrs4 ,,herbert ,,hoover    ,treasurer 
,,dunlevy ,,milbank    ,chairman1       
,executive ,board   ,,mrs4 ,v4 ,,everit 
,,macy    ,director   ,,mrs4 ,,jane     
,,deeter ,,rippin    ,executive ,board  
,,mrs4 ,,selden ,,bacon   ,,mrs4        
,,nicholas ,f4 ,,brady   ,,miss ,,ellen 
,m4 ,,cassatt   ,,mrs4 ,,arthur ,o4     
,,choate   ,,mr4 ,,francis ,p4 ,,dodge  
,,miss ,,emma ,r4 ,,hall   ,,mrs4       
,,juliette ,,low   ,,mrs4 ,v4 ,,everit  
,,macy   ,,mrs4 ,,snowden ,,marshall    
,,mrs4 ,,robert ,g4 ,,mead   ,,mr4      
,,dunlevy ,,milbank   ,,miss ,,llewellyn
 ,,parsons   ,,mrs4 ,,harold ,i4 ,,pratt
   ,,mrs4 ,,theodore ,h4 ,,price        
,,mrs4 ,w4 ,n4 ,,rothschild   ,,dr4     

,,james ,e4 ,,russell   ,,mrs4 ,,george 
,w4 ,,stevens   ,,mrs4 ,,james ,j4      
,,storrow   ,,mrs4 ,,percy ,,williams   
,illustration3 ,girl ,scout ,logo       
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,transcriber's ,note3                   
,two variations of the ,girl ,scout     
,promise appear in the                  
original text4 ,both wordings have been 
retained in this          e-text4 ,girl 
,scouts ,motto and ,girl ,scouts ,laws  
have          been retained without     
apostrophes1 as in the original4        
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