lfthe L · d GIRL SCOUT e IJ e r

FITTING THE SUMMER INTO THE YEAR Ray Mitchell

JANUARY TO JUNE In a year-round program of Girl Scouting the big summer

plans have already been made, of course, in the troops, p lanning boards, troop committees, and counci l. Camp folders are our, troop events have been planned and community projects set up. The specific suggestions on the following pages ( 2 and 3) may remind you of what your girls and thousands of other G irl Scouts have said they want, or they may serve as substitutes if some of your plans fall through, or they may add a few ideas of interest. Summer vacation offers the opportunity to enjoy many things the troop couldn't find time to do, and makes it possible to see through the many projects undertaken and not finished . Best of all is the opportunity to be out-of-Joors.

SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY In a year-round program the first fall meetings of troops,

planning boards, troop committees, and council will surely in­clude an evaluation of the summer months. Popular projects started will be carried over into troop activi ties, new ideas and interests will be added to troop plans, and new f riendsh ips will flourish . Brownie fly-ups will become Intermediate troops more quickly, and girls entering senior high school wi ll find their places as Senior Girl Scouts. New leaders, program consu ltants, and committee members will be secured, and the community will know more about the Girl Scouts if rhe summer months have been fitted into the whole year.

The chart on the next two pages offers suggestions.

THINGS

TO DO

THINGS

TO MAKE

PLACES

TO GO

THINGS

TO READ

PEOPLE

TO

INCLUDE

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. FITTING THE SUMMER INTO TH~

BROWNIE SCOUTS

Go to camp---Brownie day camp ·unit, Brownie established camp or unit.

Play. (Leader's Guide to the Brownie S(ou/ Pro­gram--Chapter 17; LEADER, May, 1946).

Go on hikes and simple picnics (Leader'J Guide, Chapter 16).

Give own "slfow" out-of-doors. , Go wading-learn to swim (March, 1947, LEADER). Have all the nature adventures possibl<!. Work in

the garden. Learn to arrange Rowers. (Leader'! Guide, Chapter 15. ) 1

Take care of pets- have a pet show (LEADER, May, 1947).

Finish things started in troop meetings ; recall and do some of the things a few girls wanted when the majority voted for something else for the troop last spring or winter.

Take part in Treasures for Pleasure (page 8 of this issue).

Playhouses-especially out-of-doors Kites Dish gardens and terrariums Sit-upons Things for the . troop room-such as boxes for

supplies Baskets Objects of clay Hospital tray favors of things found out-of-doors Toys and scrapbooks for Treasures for Pleasure

(page 8 of this issue); (see Chapter 8 in Leader's Guide )

Back yards, parks, nearby woods, streams, and fields

Florist and fruit shops, pet shops, aquarium, plane­tarium,· museum, airport, railway station

Pottery, quarry, bakery, candy factory, flour mill, shoe shop

Places of civic and historical interest- power and light company, city hall , library

Becky 'a,td Tallers by Eleanor Thomas (Catalog No. 23-62 1, $1.50)

Bright A,bril by Marguerite de Angeli (Catalog No. 23-622, $2.50)

One God- the IJVays IY/e IIVol'lhip Him by Flor­ence Mary Fitch (Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, $2 )

]ulieue Low by Mi ldred Mastin Pace (Catalog No. 23- 135, $2)

Each others' favorite books Stories recommended by the librarian

Sisters and brothers-both younger and grown-up ones

Other children in neighborhood; especially new ones Fathers and mothers T roop committee members Senior Program Aides Friends who can help do things

10- T0.12-YEAR-OLD GIRL S~OUTS

Go to camp---day camp. established camp, troop camp. Complete Second Class requirements in the Out-of-Doors and select

activities from Foot Traveler, Outdoor Cook, and Campcraft badge~ (Girl Scout J:landbook., Day Hikes, Cooking Our-of-Doors, and April, 1946, LEADER).

Ride bicycles, skate, and play outdoor games. Go swimming (Swimmer badge, and March, 1947, LEADER). Have campfire evenings-games, songs, dramatics, star study. Go on nature explorations; go on hikes and picnics; cook out. Complete Second Class requirements in Nature and select activities

in Tree Finder, Insect Finder, Star Finder, or other Nature badges (Handbook. and April, 1947, LEADER).

Work in garden-use garden produce. Finish things started in troop meetings ; recall and do things a few

girls wanted when the troop decided on something else. Take care of pets or farm animals. Take part in a community service project. Take part in Treasures for Pleasure (page 8 of this issue ) . Start hobbies for rainy-day activities, such as stamp collecting (page

5 of this issue).

Le3rn to lash and to use a knife and hatchet, making such things • as roasters, pot hooks, outdoor tables. ( Campcraft badge; Things to Make for Troop Campiftg, Catalog No. 20-806, 5 cents)

Buddy burners, tin-can stoves, knapsacks, sit-upons, and other articles for outdoor use (same references as above)

Designs found in nature and sketches out-of-doors (It's Fun to De­sign, Catalog No. 20-308, 75 cents ; Arts and Crafts with Inexpensive MaJerials, Catalog No. 20-303, 50 cents)

Baskets; something out of clay ·Something whi ttled or calVed out of wood (Second Class require­

ments 1 and 2 in Arts and Crafts and selected activities in the Drawing and Painting, Pottery, Wood, and Basketry badges)

Terrariums, dish gardens, nature prints (Leader's Nature Guide, Catalog No. 20-205, 35 cents)

Equipment for the troop room or Little House Hospital tray favors·of things found out-of-doors Toys and scrapbooks for Treasures for Pleasure (page 8 of this

issue)

Back yards, wooded lots, parks, woods, streams, and fields Farms, zoos, gardens, pet shop, florist shop Swimming pool or beach Potteries, quarries, museums, library, churches, airport, railway sta-

tion, city hall, civic buildings Places of natural or historical interest To see interesting and unusual persons Bakeries, industries, city water supply, and so on

The American Girl Magazine (Girl Scouts, $2 a year) ]11liette Low by Mildred Mastin Pace (Catalog No. 23-135, $2) Shanty Brook Lodge by Fjeril Hess (Catalog No. 23-615, $2.50) Toplofty by Fjeri l Hess (Catalog No. 23-6 17, $2.50) Children of the Promise by Florence Crannell Means (Friendshi p

Press, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York 10, $ 1) Each others' favorite books; books selected at the library

Sisters and brothers Other girls and boys in neighborhood, especiall y new ones Fathers and mothers · Troop committee members Friends who can do things; program consultants

THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER

- JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 12- TO 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL SCOUTS

Go to camp- advanced day camp, established camp, troop camp, trip camp.

Have hikes, cook-outs, picnics, supper parties out-of-doors, camp/ires, nature trips, sketching trips (April, 1947, LEADER).

Select activities from Out-of-Doors badges in preceding column and others from Exploter and Pioneer badges.

Select activities in chosen N:uqre badges. Participate in a conservation or civic improvement project. Play tennis, go bowling, take part in other summer spom. Go swimming and boating, acquire aquatic skills (Life Saver and

Boating badges, and March, 1947, LEADER). . Go on trips-by foot, bicycle, bus, train, car, plane (Cyclist badge

and March, 1947, LEADER). Work in garden-use garden produce. Complete earlier troop plans with especial cc,msideration for minority

suggestions not yet carried out. Give parries, Jearn 10 dance. Have folk dancing and singing parties. Produce outdoor theatricals. Take part in a community service project. Take pan in Treasures for Pleasure (page 8 of this issue). Start hobbies for rainy-day activities, such as stamp collecting (page

5 of this issue).

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Selected articles for outdoor aC11v1t1es in preceding column for hikes and trips

D esigns found in nature and s,ketches out-of-doors Selected activities from Arts and Crafts badges in preceding column­

Basketry, Pouery, Wood, Drawing and Painting, Weaving Equipment for troop room or Linle House Articles for Treasures for Pleasure (page 8 of this issue)

Woods, streams, fields, parks, gardens Swimming pools and beach Interesting spots in and near community: airport, CIVIC buildings

and those of historical or architectural interest, museums, farms, quar­ries, poueries, industries

Nearby city for sightseeing, concert, or play Nearby community 10 visit other G irl Scout troops To see interesting and unusual persons

The American Girl Magazine (Girl Scouts, $2 a year) The Council Fire-International Girl Scout and Girl Guide paper

published quarterly by World Bureau (available through National Headquarters, 50 cents a year)

fulieue Lotu by Mildred Mastin Pace (Catalog No. 23· 135, $2') Toplofty by Fjeril Hess (Catalog No. 23-6 17, $2.50) CaJtle Camp by Fjeril Hess (Catalog No. 23-6 16, $2) The Moved·Oifterr by Florence Crannell Means (HoughtOn, $2) Each others' favorite books; books selected from library Books recommended in The American Girl

Members of the family; other girls in neighborhood Girl Reserves, Camp Fire Girl s Boys Persons who have lived in other countries or other states Troop committee members Friends who can do things; program consultants

JUNE, 1947

SENIOR GIRL SCOUTS

Go to camp-advanced day camp, Senior established camp, troop camp, trip camp~ serve as Program Aide in camp.

Have hikes, picnics, cook.outs, supper parties out of doors, camp· /ires, nature trips, sketching trips.

Go swimmin8, boating, and canoeing; participate in water pageants; acquire aquatic skills.

Play tennis, go bowling, participate in other summer sports. Have parties and dances. Work in theatrical and music groups. Work on selected activities in the Wing Scout or Mariner Scout

program; take a Driv~r Training Course. Serve as a Program Aide, Child Care Aide, or other Aide. Work in garden, · use garden produce; swdy Rower arrangement. Go on trips, by fom, bicycle, bus, train, car, plane, boat. Take part in a community conservation or civic improvement project. T.ake pan in Treasures for Pleasure (page 8 of this issue). Entertain and make plans with Intermediate Girl Scouts ready to

b<>iome Seniors in fall. Complete projects undertaken during year and consider earlier choices

of minority. Start hobbies for rainy-day activi ties, such as stamp·collecting (page 5

of this issue) .

Equipment for camp, troop room, or Liule House Costumes and props for theatrical productions Selected crafts- weaving, needlecraft, knitting, and so on Outdoor sketches Project crafts or equipment for any program being carried on Arric;les for Treasures for Ple~sure (page 8 of this issue)

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Woods, lakes, beaches, streams, mountains Swimming pool, tennis couns, bowling alleys Places of interest in and around community Other communities for special interest-concerts, plays, shopping,

sightseeing, spots of historical or architectural importance, visits ro other Girl Scouts

Airport; boat basin To sec interesting and unusual persons

The American Girl Magazine (Girl Scouts, $2 a year) The Council Fil'e (see previous column) fu/ielle Low by Mildred Mastin Pace (Catalog No. 23· 135, $2) Current books about o ther countries; other books selected at library

Members of fami ly Friends- boys and girls Members of other groups- Y-Tcens, Camp Fire Girls, Hi-Y, Boy

Scouts, and so on Per~ons with background different from own in nationality, race,

or religion Parents and other adults; troop commiuce Program consultants and other persons with special interests

Girl Scouts and National Dog Week RAYMOND J. HANFIHD

Assistant Secretary, National Dog Week

"YOURS FOR KEEPS"- THAT'S THE THEME FOR THE TWEN­t iet.h Anniversary observance of National Dog Week, occurring this year September 21-27.

With more than twenty mi ll ion Jogs in these United States and almost as many dog owners, much education is needed to meet the problems of housing, treatment, and public control of the dog. furnishing this education has always been the guidepost of National Dog Week, a non-profit organization founded in 1928 by Captain Will Judy. National Dog Week does a great service for dogs, their owners, and those inter­ested in their welfare.

The seven-point objec;tives of National Dog Week are: (I) A good home for every dog. ( 2 ) Eliminating stray dogs from the streets. (3) Better informed dog-owners. (4) Considera- • tion for dogs and all.animals. (5) Emphasizing the dog's use as a companion and protector. ( 6) Securing fair Ia ws for dogs and dog owners. ( 7) Respecting the rights of persons who do not own dogs.

Last year many Girl Scout councils and troops, on their own initiative, took part in the observance of Natwnal Dog Week. This year the scope of the week's activities have been broadened to include the participation of the entire Girl Scout organiza­tion. The National President of the Girl Scouts, Mrs. C. Vaughan Ferguson, is serving on the advisory board of the movement.

This year, as mentioned in the May LEADER,- each commis­sioner is being invited by the Nation~! Dog. Week Comn:•ttee to appoint a council member or leader as chalfman of Nattonal Dog Week for the local community. The_ name will be se~t directly to the National Dog Week Committee, and the chatr­man will work closely with this committee and receive help on program and publicity. .

Here are a few ways in which Girl Scouts can cooperate m this campaign:

Ways to Observe Dog Week

1. Decorate a window by illustrating the seven objectives of National Dog Week, or the Girl Scout Cat and J?og badge, or the Sixth Girl Scout Law. Your local humane sooety can nearly always be relied upon to cooperate in working out an exhibit. Use National Dog Wee!k's appealing p~st.e~s and sticke~s. ~se photographs of National Dog Week acttvltles and publtcatwns on the dog and his care. Make use. of store £roducts, such as nationally advertised dog foods, harnesses, collars, beds, and so forth.

2. Local veterinarians will be happy to visit various troops to give talks on first aid or general care of dogs. Help make a special survey to locate stray unwanted, and lost dogs and cats.

3· Promote a well handied all-breed dog s~o-~. This wi ll encourage a better understanding of and responstbt!tty for dogs.

THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER, published monthly from 1'-!ovember t~ J.une inclusive and bi-monthlySeptembcr-October by Girl Scouts, Natrona! Organrzatron, r )) East 44th Street, New York 17, N. Y., re-entered as second-class matter, February 27 1942 at the !1ost Office of New York, N. Y., under the Act of March, •879'. Subs~ription )O cents a year in the United States, 75 cents. elscwhe~e. (Note: for registered Girl Scout leaders, assistant leaders, troop commrtt~e. chatr· men executive directors, field directors, local council members and commrSStoners, boar'd mer(lbers and presidents if t he council is association form, subscription price is 2) cents, wh ich is included in their annual membership d ues.) Vol. 24, No. 6, j une, 1947. ·

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Dogs are well fitted for pet shows because they can be handled easily and with small chance of ·escape or injury.

The above are only a few suggestions. There are many more in Hotv to Organize National Dog ~IVeek in YoM Community, obtainable free of charge from Nat!onal Dog Week, Inc., 424 Madison Avenue, New York 11· , Dog Obedience T raining, as outlined in the February issue

of TH" GIRL ScouT LEADER, is an excellent project for the week. Few people are fam il iar with the rapid progress being made in practical qbedience work w!th dogs.

Your commissioner has. already had the announcement about National Dog Week and may have been asked by the National Dog Week Committee to act as chairman in your community or to appoint someone else. Get in touch with her or with your executive director, either of whom will have up-to-the-minute advice and information for you. Lone leaders should write directly to National Dog Week, Inc. (see address above).

There is no limit to what troops ran do. Here is a chance to start early fall meetings with a brand-new type of program, which can be altered from year to year with new ideas. Plan for it now! Here is an opportunity for program enrichment and development! The G irl Scout organization 'has accepted and promotes National Dog Week on the same basis that it pro­motes any ocher of its activities- as part of its responsibility for character building and c;itizenship training in girls.

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FOR ,, KEEPS

THE GIRL. SCOUT LEADER

STAMP COLLECTING PROJECT~ (For Girl Scouts of All Age Groups -Brownie. Intermediate, and Senior)

ANNE BRONKHORST AND MARIE E. GAUDETTE

THERil IIAVE DEiiN SEVERAL REQUESTS, IN THE PAST YEAR OJ\

so for a badge on stamp collecting. After ta lking with many pdople who arc interested in ~h.e Girl Scouts and in st~mp collecting, we came to the deos10n that we would not ltm1t this interesting subj ect to Intermediate Girl Scouts . We have made it a project open to all ages, like the Dog Obedience Training project, with 110 badge attached.

The following are not requirements but recommendations as to breadth of knowledge one needs to become ao intelligent philatelist. When girls work on this project with a program consultant or their leader, they may wish to change some of these act1vit1es. They are perfectly at liberty to do so. Our sug­g~.:stions arc only Jllggestions, and are to be used merely as a guide.

The Stamp Collector

t. Make a collection of at least I,ooo different stamps, prefer­ably used ones, from at least 10 different countries and properly mount them in a suitable album or notebook.

Or Make a collection of at least 1,ooo different stamps, prefer­

ably used ones, of one country or small group of countries and properly mount them in a suitable album or book.

2. Be familiar with some of the history of one of the coun­tries you have chosen in No. I, as depicted on its stamps.

3· Know the regulations for the following postal services and the forms and stamps used in them: Air mail, different classes of mail, special delivery, registered and insured mail, foreign mailing, money orders, pan;el post, postal note, and postage due.

4· Learn about the history of stamps, the first countries to u~e them, and how the mail was carried and financed before the1r u~e. Find out about the Universal Postal Union and how it has benefited world postal service.

5· Prepare for exhibition in your troop meeting, schoolroom, or school. library a topical collection of at least 20 stamps on s~me ·subJeCt such as philatel ic zoo, music, architedure, maps, b1 rds, t~ans~ortat.i~n, authors, poets. Or, stamps honoring or co.ncernmg. Scounng. Or, stamps from the countries that have G1rl Scoutmg or Girl Guiding.

6. Make a map of a continent and illustrate it with stamps from your collection.

7· Correspond with someone in another country and learn as much as you can about that country from its stamps.

8. K~ow t~1e meaning of the following philatelic terms: perforatiOn, Imperforate, surcharge, commemorative, semi­postal, ~atermark, rouletted, cachet, condition, cover, error, mmt, p:ur, ~lock coil stamp, plate number, revenue, first day cover, first fiJght, cacheted covers.

9· Learn about the various types of cancellations such as pen kdler, colored, and precancel. ' '

10. K~ep a scrapbook of stamp news found in newspapers or magazmcs.

1 1 · Learn the approximate value in United Stales currency of

the face value of stamps from five different countries. JUNE, 1947

12. Learn the stories behind ten commemorative stamps in your collection.

r 3· Learn something about the way stamps are printed and the difference between engraving, typographing, and litho­graphing.

14. Learn how to use the Sttlllfitll'd Postage Stamp Catalog to identify s<amps. Be able to use a perforation gauge and a watermark detector.

It stands to reason that a stamp collector should have a col­lection, so one part of No. r should be the basis of the project. The activities that shou ld be done in addition will be d1osen by the program consultant or leader and the girls because the additional activities done will depend on the ages of the girls, and the opportunities for collecting and study. It wou!CI seem, however, that No. 8 and No. 14 should be done anyway.

There are thousands of stamp collectors all over the country. It should not be diffiCult to find one who would help the girls with this project. It is a subject that is of considerable interest to boys, so a stamp club in connection with a Senior troop could be a popular activi ty. You might form a joint boy-and· girl group for this, as has been done with radio workshops. The Boy Scouts have a stamp collecting project, and a Boy Scout and Girl Scout group might be an idea.

Many local stamp clubs have exhibits and might be per­suaded to have a section for the Girl Scouts. It should also be possible to arrange a Girl Scout stamp exhibit at the local library or in some other public place where the stamps would be safe. Program Aides might lind a knowledge of stamps most useful when working with groups of younger people. Those who are interested in international friendship will lind stamp collecting of value. Stamp collecting makes an excellent summer activity. A fascinating book for young people is Amer­ica's Stamps by Maud and Miska Petersham (Macmillan, $3.50), including a hundred years of AmericanJostage.

Philatelic catalogs and magazines may be ha from various sources. Here are a few; write to them for a list of their pub· lications.

H. L. Lindquist Publications, 2 West 46th Street, New York 19. (Also publishes Stamp.r, a philatelic weekly magazine-$2 a year.)

Severn, Wylie, Jewett Co., P.O. Box r66o, Portland 2, Maine. (Also publishes M ekee/'.r IY/eekly Stt~~up Nell's-$x a year.)

Linn's Philatelic Products, Sydney, Ohio. (Also publishes Linn's IIY eekl)' Stamp Nell's, a weekly magazine-5 cents a copy, 50 cents a year.)

Scott Stamp and Coin Co., 1 West 47th Str_eet, New York 19. Pbilately (a news magazine of stamp collecting), 200 South

7th Street, St. Louis 2, Missouri. Tbe American Pbilatelisl, State College, Pennsylvania. ( r2

issues, S 3 a year.)

•This prOJCCI was onginally WrltiCO by t.·l r>. c. M . n.ul<h<Jirt•. Lone Tronp Comult.rnl, State Collcgt, Pcnn•ylv.rnr.r . In ,,f,lriO<rn, we lrH•t had the help and advice of Mr. Donald 1'. Lybar~:cr, Prcmlcnl , Ameman Phdatcloc Socie ty · Colonel Ralph A. Kimble, F.dilor, '1/J' / lmrllu/11 Plul111dill; Mr<. Lvclyn P. Chapman, Sccrelary, Association nf South )crs<·y Slalllp C lub': Mr . Waller A. Wirth, Ghent, New York: Mrs. Emil llildc:br:rndt, Urownlc Smul Leader. Cl.nton, Iowa: and Mrs. \\'l . .E. ]Jams, Coundl Member, Shre"cporl, lour~rana.

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SOME ASSETS OF MEMBERSHIP

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The Right to the Worldts

Best Ideas

AGNES W. KAMMERER

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THIS is the third in the series of articles, "Some Assets of Membership," written by outstanding Girl Scout volunteers. Mrs. Paul T. Kammerer, J~ .• Chairman of the Executive Committee of the

Girl Scouts, started in Girl Scouting in 1920 as a member of the Elizabeth, New Jersey. Council. She has served with Region II committees and has been a member of the National Field Committee. In addition, she has been Assistant Secretary of the national organization, a member of the National legislative Policy Committee and of the National Religious Policy Committee, and Chairman of the National Girl Scout Catholic Advisory Committee. She was elected Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee in 1942 and became Chairman in 1945.

WHETHER YOU ARE A BRAND-NEW LEADER OR ONE WHO HAS

led a troop for twenty-five years, you always need new ideas to vitalize your troop. If Girl Scouting is all new to you, you are grateful for any idea. If you've been doing Scouting success· fully for a long time, you expect to keep getting excellent new ideas for your troop.

Whether you are new or experienced, you can take for granted your right to good ideas, never considering where they came from, who had them, or how much work they took. This is your privilege as a member of the national organization of the Girl Scouts .. You would be justified, too, in being annoyed if one of those ideas suggested by the national organization wasn't a good one.

But, have you ever stopped to consider this as one of the assets of membership in the Girl Scouts?

Because Girl Scouting is a national and international move­ment, your membership brings you not only the prestige of belonging, but the privilege of sharing ideas, ideals, and pro­gram with more than two million other members throughout the world.

The machinery for getting any good idea to you from another leader in the same state, or from.,a troop in Guam, from another youth organization, or from a Government source, is operated by your national organization. Three important parts of that machinery are· contacts, pooling, and channeling.

Your Contacts Are Made for You lt would be a · little difficult for each leader to make the

initial contacts from which she benefits. Think of what your o~n private life would be if you had to unearth all the im­portant contacts that help enrich your program and your ideas. You would probably be doing nothing but writing and taking trains all over the country to reach important people and groups. You would even have to take round-the-wo_rld trips continually to get the same good ideas you · now get by being a member of the Girl Scouts. As a member, you have thousands of other

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people, all over the world, making contacts for you. You are represented at every important meeting concerning youth, whether it's in Washington or in Fran~e. You are represented at meetings of the United Nations, you're g~tting ideas from the National Social Welfare Assembly, from Attorney General Clark's Conference on Juvenile Delinquency, from other youth agencies, from organizations concerned with camping, from humane societies, from famous doctors and educators. Aviation experts are giving you their best advice. So are renowned drama· tists, and curators of well known museums. In fact, no matter what idea comes to you in Girl Scouting, it is coming from the best source on the subject, because your national organization makes all these important· contacts for you.

Seeing important people, attending vital meetings, and work­ing with other large organizations is only ~he· first step.

Ideas Are .Pooled , Next comes "pooling." All kinds of unrelated ideas come

into the national organization. They come from all the sources named, and they come from nearly every leader and community - a bit of an. idea here, a phase of an idea there, a variation on it ' somewhere. else. The national organization takes all these bits and pi.eces of ideas, applies knowledge of Girl Scout pro­gram and practices, and puts them together. When you get an idea, you know it has been tried, it is educationally sound, and it will. add something to what you want for the girls in your troop. Furthermore, you know it will work. Pooling is a real asset of membership in. a national organization. It makes it possible for everyone to benefit by the · good ideas any one per­son or group artyw~ere in the world has ...

Ideas Are Brought to ·You Once the national organization has made important contacts

and poqled the ideas from all over the world, the only way (Concluded on page 9)

. THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER

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BUDGETING FOR THINGS TO COME NADINE JENKINS

MrJ. Merwin Stillwell JenkinJ iJ a member of the Natioi~al Budget Commitlee.

TROOP FINANCE IS TROOP PROGRAM IN DOLLARS AND CENTS

Many good activities can be carried on in a troop at little or no cost. But there are times when you must think of what you want to do in terms of money. Though the best program is not necessarily the most costly, there are some troops that could use more funds - and the time to be thinking about troop program and troop finance is now, when you and your girls are planning programs for summer and fall.

Did you ever sit on one end of a see·saw, only to find that nothing happened until someone sat on the other end? You know what program activities you want, but you can't make the see-saw work until you have the money to carry out the projects. It may be a matter of ten cents or of twenty-five dollars.

PROCORAM

Many . girls fail to realize the relationship between troop budget and troop program becaus~ planning is don~ for them and not with them. Troop comm1ttee and sponsormg groups will be glad to help you and the girls ':"ith money-r~ising plans. Just as the girls shou ld have a part 1n the plann1ng, so also should they be active participants in the raising of money. It should not be clone for them. They need to be shown how to help themselves.

Study Troop Finmzcing in. DollarJ and Senu* from cover to cover. Then interpret it to your girls in a way that they can understand it best. Have them plan what they want and need in order to maintain their membership in the national organization, carry on troop activities, do something for ochers. To make the see-saw work, the troop will need to put forth effort to raise money to carry on the things it wants to do. Now the see-saw moves up and down and things begin to happen.

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Parents will lend a hand here too. You will find that most of them would be delighted if their daughters could learn to earn money and be prepared for the coming Gi~l Scout year. As one mother said, "My little girl is ten. I reallze that I am three years late in starting to teach her money values, but it will be easier to do it now than it will three years hence." Another said, "I wish I had had some idea of the value of money before I had to learn the hard way."

Every girl has her place in the work of the household~ for which she should not be paid. There are many other thmgs, however, both within and without the home, that a resourceful girl can do to earn money.

"Troop l'inancing i11 Dollar~ and SeiiSe (Catalog No. 19·324, 2, cents).

JUNE, 1947

Whether or not your troop meets regularly all summer, do as the farmer does- plant in the spring what you want to reap in the fall. Here are some considerations and suggestions:

1. Make plans for the first few weeks of the fall. Help girls estimate the cost of these activities .. Remind the~ that 1t is always good to be resourceful a.ncl thnfty, but that tn order to carry on the projects a definite sum of money will be needed.

Have you ever tried st~etching a nicke!? Put a small ink mark on the rim of the com and on a p1ece of paper. Roll the coin along a line until the ink ~pot makes an~th~r point .. Ev~n the youngest Brownie Scout wdl see that th1s llne~ w~1ch m reality is just the nickel in a straight li.ne, has a begmnmg an~ an ending and cannot be stretched. G1rls should learn to esti­mate costs and modify programs according to what they can afford.

2. Impress upon your girls the fact that a tr~op should never go into debt. They need (a) to- plan th~tr prog~am within the budget they have made; (b) to get thetr dues m.to the troop treasury. This is a good time to g ive an overalJ pte­cure of" our national organization to your troop. The youngest Brownie Scout in the' most remote lone troop is just as im­portant a Girl Scout as our National President, Mrs. C. Vaughan Ferguson. Belonging to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and being sisters to every other Girl Scout means having certain rights and privileges. It also means carrying certain rasponsibilities. One is the responsibil ­ity for registering and paying dues. When one member falls down in her duty as a Girl Scout she slows up the whole world-wide movement by just that much. Financial support is needed as well as moral support.

3· If your troop registration comes before December, ·and if national annual membership dues have been saved in the troop treasury, it is wisdom to plan so that there ~ill be a surplus. Otherwise little can be spent on program becaus~ all incoming troop dues will have to be saved for troop regtstra­tion.

4· Any Girl Scout transferring to another troop or to your troop should take with her the money she has saved up in the first troop's treasury for her next registration. This is one and one fourth to three cents per Scout week since her last registration. (See page 12 of Troop Financi11g b1 DollarJ and Seme. )

5· Money earned is more wisely spent than money obtained through donations. Discuss with the girls how they can earn money during the summer months for next year's Girl Scouting. Methods of earnings are as varied.as the girls themselves. (See page 20 of Troop .Financing i11 Dollar I and Smte.) Please send to the Program Division reports of your budgets and how you have raised money, so that your suggestions can be passed on to other leaders.

6. Perhaps you had an excellent program last year. Never be completely satisfied with wbat you have done, however. Keep reaching out for an even better Girl Scout program. That is what makes the Girl Scout organization continue to grow and become stronger.

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PEOPLE RETURNING FROM TRAVELING THE . WORLD T6DAY

stress the continuing need for food, clothes, toys, bo?ks, and similar necessities for existence in other parts of thts glo~e. This project is for toys, books, and fo?d, to g~ t~ th~ G trl Guides and Girl Scouts of other countnes, for dtstnbuttOn by them.

Toys Beyond the vital needs of food and clothes, almost every­

one has a· word or two about the complete absence of toys or smaU treasures in the overseas areas.

A toy could s·tart a dream for a better tomorrow, and what fun we could have making toys or treasures' for other girls and boys!

Dolls or balls or belts or whistles, . Or cheerful tokens as light as thistles, Something to cuddle or something to bounce, • A friendship message in every ounce!

Bread means life, but a toy means love. Can you imagine what life would be like without a plaything? We think the Girl Scouts of the United · States, through their sister Scouts overseas, can help to bring a new sparkle into lots of little eyes and g ladness to many hearts. .

This project is just as good. for day camps and establt~h~d ·camps as it is for troops, and tt makes a good summer actlVIty if enough of your girls are at home. Some troops may have to wait until fall to begin. But we are sure that every troop will want to send toys or treasures to children overseas.

Tell your girls to consider carefully what sort of toys or treasures they would like to receive themselves; for what age levels the articles are best suited ; whether they want to make new articles or coHect and renovate toys. Remember, paint should be free of lead if used on articles for young children.

Here are a few suggestions: Yarn toys, cloth or stocking dolls, cloth scrapbooks, clothespin families, wooden doll~ or cars or trains or puzzles, jump ropes, jackstones, balls, games, whistles, belts, bracelets, lapel gadgets, headbands, all sorts of such things made with yarn, string, or leather. (Quincy, Massachusetts, campers made pencil cases out of leather dis­carded by the Quincy 'fheatre when it re-covered its theatre chairs.) Perhaps your girls would rather put together the mak­ings for some of these articles into kits, so someone else would have the fun of making them. Or maybe they'd like to dress dolls to represent various peoples of the United States, such as cowboys, Indians, Puritans. How many other things can you think of?

Remember: A Girl Scout is thrifty. All articles should be clean and d11rable. Mechanical toys get out of ki lter and frag­ile materials don't last. It is better not to send anything than to send something that will be disappointing.

Books Many of the young people abroad can read English or are

studying it. Why not put some books-picture books especially --'in the box of Treasures for Pleasure? Scrapbooks of pic­tures of some of our cities, of birds, trees ana flowers, would be welcomed. A copy of The American Girl would be good to send. Also, some of your favorite storybooks. An interest­ing troop project could be to choose a theme in selecting your books, such as music, American literature, poetry, nature, sports, homemaking, crafts, and so on.

Food Children enjoy hard candy, cocoa, cookies, and milk ; raisins,

prunes, apricots, and other dried fruits; canned fish or meat. ' •Mrs. Horace Moulton, Chairman; Mrs. Sargent Wellman, Mrs. Maurice

Finn, Mrs. Frederic Winthrop, Mrs. Duncan Thayer.

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<:reasures AN INTERNATIONAL PRO.

Suggested by the International Section o

Why not make up a box of these foods- evaporated or d~­hydrated if liquid, otherwise especiai!y well packaged - 111

your box of Treasures for Pleasure, or make a special box of such foods? Think what this would mean to some of our young friends across ·the sea !

Directions for Packing and Shipping

Each item need not be wrapped separately, but do include a good supply of .gay wrapping materia:ls.

Each article could have a greeting card attached to it with the name, age, and address of the sender.

Use small or medium-sized cartons and be sure they, are securely wrapped and tied. ·

Each carton should be carefully labeled, "Girl Scout Treas­ures for Pleasure" and should be marked to indicate the approximate ages of the children for which the contents are intended.

Each carton should be carefully addressed to one of the Girl Scout commissioners or secretaries listed below.

We are not listing all the co~ntries in which there are Girl Guides and Girl Scouts because (I) some have written that they do not need the toys, books, and food as much as the. others do, or ( 2) because the duty on these boxes would be prohibitive, or (3) because the G irl Scout movement in some countries is not established well enough to be able to distribute the packages. ·

Austria:

Addresse~

Pfadfinderinnen Oesterreichs Ebendorferstrasse 6. V. Stock Wien I, Austria.

Attention: Fri. Charlotte Teuber Mat'k packages for Austria: "Made by Girl Scouts-dona­

tion."

Czechoslovakia:

Finland:

France:

G irl Scouts of Czechoslovakia Havlickovo NameW 28 Praha II, Czechoslovakia

Attention: Sl. Vlasta Litochlebova

Suomen Partiotyttojarjesto r.y. Pohj. Rautatienk 23-A Helsinki, Finland

Attention: Mrs. Saara N evanlinna

Les Guides de France 92 Avenue d' lena Paris 16, France

Attemion: Mme. Fran<;oise Beaulieu also

Federation Fran<;aise des Eclaireuses 10 Rue de Richelieu Paris 1, France

Attention: Mlle. H . Lavoine

THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER

((It Pleasure IECT FOR All GIRl SCOUTS

=the Storrow Committee of Massachusetts*

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Great Britain: Girl Guides Association 1"7 Buckingham Palace Road London, S.W.x, England

Attention: Miss Penelope Wood-Hill Do not und books or toys to Great Britait1 beca11se of d111y.

Send food boxes only--11p to 22 po11nds.

Hungary: Magyar Cserkeszleany Szovetseg Prater utca 17, I em.

Italy:

The Philippines:

Poland:

Budapest VIII, Hungary Attention: Zimmermann Roszi

Unione Giovani Esploratrici Italiane Via Napoleone III No. 8 Roma, Italy .

Attention: ·Sra. Emma Graziadei also

Associazione Guide ltaliane Palazzo Doria Piazza Grazioli 5 Roma, Italy

Attention: C~ntessa Giuliana di Carpegna

Philippines Girl Scout Headquarters Schoof of Hygiene Herran Street Manila, Philippine Islands I

Attention : Sra. Vicente I

Zwi~zek Harcerstwa Polskier· o Gtowna Kwatera Harcerek Wiejska 17 Warszawa, Poland

Attention: Mme. De Witz

Greece: (Special instructions) Food and toys are preferred for Greece; books are con­

sidered non-essential at this time. Pack items in wooden box if possible. Since Greek War Relief will handle packages for Greece, ship your boxes to:

Greek War Relief Warehouse 420 East 54th Street New York 22, N. Y.

Write in smaller letters on left-hand side, For Girl Guides of Greece-Gift Greek Girl Guides Association Karageorgi Servias 4 Athens, Greece

Attention: Mrs. M. Tsolaki

Some Things We Need to Remember Do not send anything in glass containers.

. Be sure that everything is CLEAN, neat, and in good condi­tion.

Send all packages by pac~el post. When sending, there may be several forms that will have

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to be made out. In some instances the contents may have to be listed. It will save time if they are listed before they are packed.

The size of the box can be no more than 42 inches long, and no more than 72 inches the combined length and girth.

The boxes must be wrapped and tied securely - and not sealed.

Ten pounds may go in any box to any country. Twenty-two pounds of food can be sent to England.

Check with your local post office to see if regulations ace still the same.

Be sure all addresses are correctly spelled. Send all yo11 can/ Do NOT send packages to National Headquarters!

When Do We Start?· This project, Treasure for Pleasure, starts notv and con-

tinues until Christmas, December 25, 1947. · 11) this project you will find a practical application of the

Girl Scour Laws, craft projects for all ages, safe and sane toys for child care, ideas on nutrition, a wealth of ideas for world gifts, world knowledge, and literature.

Friendship and good will are the thoughts behind this proj­ect. Postage is expensive, so make every ounce count!

This project is just as good for camps as it is for troops!

Note: It would be of great interest and assistance to the national office and the Storrow Committee if each council and lone troop would summarize the number of boxes sent, and the countries to which they were sent, and send the informa­tion, on a postcard, to the Program Division, Girl Scouts, 155 East 44th Street, New York 17, by January 25, 1948.

SOME ASSETS OF MEMBERSHIP (Contin11ed from page 6)

these ideas can be of any help to you is to get to you. This makes channeling an important asset.

Geeting ideas from one place to another calls for a geod many channels. THE GIRL ScouT LEADER is one of these chan­nels. Good ideas come to you constantly in the LEADER. An­other channel is the books the Girl Scouts print, such as the handbooks, the leadership books, the pamphlets and booklets on every phase of Girl Scouting.

The national convention, regional c9nferences, and sectional conferences are channels for getting information on Girl Scout· ing to you. Then there are training courses and institutes, pre­pared by the national staff and given locally, in national schools, or by correspondence. Some of you get the B11iletin for Leaders of Lone Troops twice a year; some of you get information through your council, which gets information in turn from the national organization. Some of you are visited by members of the national staff; some of you get help from local staff, which is supervised and trained by che national organization. All of you have the right to every good ide·a on Girl Scouting that anyone in Girl Scouting gets.

The right to the world's best ideas is yours as a member of the Girl Scouts. When next you read of an important meeting anywhere in the world affecting youth, or hear of an individual or nacional organization that could help you, just sit back and relax. X ou are represented ac that meeting, and someone is calling on that individual or national organization in your behalf. Whatever ideas are to be found to benefit the girls in your troop will get to you. This is, indeed, an asset of member· ship.

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'lthe GIRL SCOUT LeAder

National President National Director

Editor Associate Editor Assistant Editor

June, 1947, Vol. 24, No. 6

Published by GIRL SCOl)TS

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION

155 East 44th Street, New York q, N.Y.

Mrs. C. Vaughan Ferguson Mrs. Paul Rittenhouse

EDITORIAL STAFF Fj eril H ess Virginia Greene Margaret Ann Dysart

Order~ for addi tiona! copies of the current issue and of previous issues (insofar as copies are avai lable) will be filled upon receipt of 5 cents for each copy; address the LEADER direct. In case of new memberships, as with late renewals, the initial delivery of the L EADER

IS subject to several weeks' delay.

WHAT REALLY COUNTS? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A PARTY AND HAD A PERFECTLY wonderful time - and enjoyed it even in retrospect until you

' discovered that the society editor h ad inadvertently left your name out of the guest list in next day's paper ?

D id that upset you? Very likely. But you were at the party, whether the paper said so or not. ·And you had a good time. \X'asn't that what you went to the party for, after all ?

Th is is by way of begging troops and counci ls not to be upset if their names never appear in THE GIRL ScouT LEADER.

The purpose of the LEADER is to circulate information from the national organizat ion, to give help on leaders' problems, to provide pr-ogram sugge;;tions and resources, and to. keep the ., adult membership abreast of developments nationall,y and in· ternationally.

National H eadquarters receives thousands of stories. of G irl Scout activities every year, and hundreds of photographs. Obviously, in 144 pages per year, the LEADER cannot publish them all ! The authors and editors h ave to select those that illustrate a point, that seem . different or unusual ; and they like to mention the source. But such mention does NOT mean that the national organization is singling out special groups for recognition. It is not intended as "publicity."

W e want your ideas, your suggestions, and your reports whenever you have something to share with other leaders. If they are not used in one way, they are almost certain to be used in another.

But don't think that mention in the " LEADER" matters -after all, you did have a good time at that party, didn;t you? And that is what counts !

NO SUMMER ISSUES THIS IS THE LAST ISSUE OF THE G IRL SCOUT LEADER UNTIL the latter part of September, when the September-October issue comes off the press.

CHANGING YOUR ADDRESS? PLEASE SEND YOUR CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO THE REGISTRATION Department promptly when you move. And be sure to include postal zone number, if there is one!

CAMP REPORT FORMS FOR COUNCILS CAMP REPORT FORMS HAVE BEEN MAILED TO YOUR, COUNCIL. Forms for reporting a summary of all troop camping have been mailed to all executive directors, or to commissioners where there are no executive directors. If you operated a day camp andj or an established camp last year, or applied for permission to operate one this year, you will have received report forms for these also in the same mailing . If these forms have not been received, please request them from your national branch office or from the Camp Bureau.

You shou ld have three copies of each form; one copy is for your local records and the other two .copies are to be mailed to the Camp Bureau at the close of your camp season or before September 1 5. Study the reports carefully before camp so that you will know what information is being requested and will have the necessary material available.

GIRL SCOUTS RECEIVE NAVY'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD

AT THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, March 19, the above Certificate of Achievement was presented to Mrs. C. Vaughan Ferguson, President of the Girl Scouts, .by Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, Commandant, Third Naval D istrict. H e said in part:

" I do want ro say that we in the Navy deeply appreciate what the Girl Scouts of America are doing in this country. We know what you are teaching, good citizenship. After girls are mar­rie?, they carry on in their families, which produces splendid c1t1zens.

" In addition to that, the Navy is very g rateful for what the Girl Scouts did during the war. They developed many forms of activities .• As I recollect, th'ey h elped in the service canteens;

. t~ey acted as junior hostesses at dances and parties for the en­listed men, and treated the patients in the hospitals with great consideration by writing letters and fu rnishing them with scrap­books. Then the Senior Girl Scout Mariners, naturally being interested in maritime affairs, adopted the crews of many of our small craft, like the L~I' s .and the· LST' s, and wrote ·fine letters to the men and furnished them with packages.

"For all .this we are eternally grateful, and the N avy D epart­ment has dl!ected me· to presenno the Girl Scours of America a Certificate of Achievement, which is the highest civilian award that the N avy makes." .

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CAMP. REPORT FORM FOR .LONE TROOPS A CARD FORM FOR REPORTING ALL TROOP CAMPING WILL BE

sent to you in the fall mailing. Please be sure to keep a record of the 'number of troop camps you have been on during the year and the number of girls attending. This is the only way we have of knowing the total number of troop camps operated. Do send in your card promptly so that your camping will be included in the count for 1947.

ERROR IN CITIZENS IN ACTION ATTENTION: RECIPIENTS OF THE FIRST PRINTING OF Citizens in Action- the Girl Sco111 Record, 1912-1947 (Catalog No. 20·

420, $1.50) - an error appears in the last paragraph on page 119. Please insert chis correction in your copy:

"Mrs. Ralph G. Wright, wartime Chairman of the National Executive Committee, resigned in 1945, at which time Mrs. Paul T. Kammerer, Jr., assumed that' office. At the 19!1-6 Con· venti6n," etc. ·

GIRL SCOUT NUMBER OF ROSIN THE BOW THE JULY 15 ISSUE OF Rosin t!Je Bow, THE EXCELLENT LITTLE magazine devoted to square and folk dancing, will be a G irl Scout number. Best way to be sure of getling a copy is to sub­scribe now ($1.50 per year) or to send 15 cents before July 1 for the Girl Scout number. Address Mr. Rod La Farge, r 15 Cliff Street, Haledon, New Jersey. If you send coins through

DO YOU NEED MORE HELP ON U nderstanding girls in your troop? Community cooperation? International planning in G irl Scouting?

Register now for one of the Institutes at Camp Edith Macy, August 24-29.

Special help for you on what you want. ·

Write for folder and application form to:

Director, Camp Edith Macy Girl Scouts, National Organization 155 East 44th Street New York 17, N.Y.

the mail, tape them to a coin card and seal envelope firmly. Troops that sent folk dance photographs to Mr. La Farge

will be interested to know that selection will be made July I

and the pictures returned . Photographs may be sent in up to June 22 (see page ro of your January LEADER) .

.United States Del~gates to the International Encampment

THE WEST WILL GREET THE EAST AND THE NORTH WILL meet the South as Se.nior Girl Scouts from large and small communities in every state, the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, and Alaska come together with Girl Guides of other nations at Camp Barree, Pennsylvania, on June 26. For three days the American Girl Scouts will prepare for their guests from foreign countries and then,. with them, "build a better world through friendshi.P" from June 29 to Ju ly x6.

Great interest was expressed as applications came from all .sections of the country. It was a tremendous job for the com­mittee of volunteer adults and Senior G irl Scouts to select, from hundreds of outstanding Senior Girl Scout applicants, the forty-eight Girl Scouts to represent the forty-eight states. Their names follow:

State Representatives Donna Anne Dugger, Sheffield, Alabama; Patsy Gann,

Phoenix, Arizona; Helen F. Smith, El Dorado, Arkansas; Dor­othy E. Morey, Placerville, California; Mary Ann Nieminen, Denver, Colorado; Artemis G. Pazianos, Manchester, Connecti· cut; Alice M. Mearns,. Wilmington, Delaware; Betty Gena Blanton, Jacksonville, Florida; Betty Gene Balk, Augusta, Georgia; Beverly Nelson, Boise, Idaho ; Joan Dittmer, Peoria, Illinois; Pat Campbell, Indianapolis, Indiana; Ruth 'Mary At­~ater, Des Moines, Iowa; Georgia Earlywine, Pratt, Kansas; Marie L. Nicholson, Ashland, Kentucky; Virginia Morgan, Alexandria, Louisiana; Constance Fales, Lewiston, Maine ; Margaret Walker, College Park, Maryland ; Barbara Chick, Malden, Massachusetts; Constance Washington, Detroit, Michi­gan; Mary Ann Hurley, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; Rosalyn Kenneday, Meridian, Mississippi; Mary Watson, St. Joseph, Missouri ; Kay Kraber, Great Falls, Montana; Shirley Alberti, Omaha, Nebraska; Joan L. Metzger, Reno, Nevada; Evelyn 0. Titus, Berlin, New Hampshire; Irma Geddis, Montclair, New Jersey; Helen Barreras, Springer, New Mexico;. Roberta

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S. Silver, Queens, New York; Mimi Temko, Greensboro, North Carolina; Beverly Baney, Minot, North Dakota; Erma Lois H arper, Akron, Ohio ; Betty L. Burruss, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Barbara Jean Hawkins, Portland, Oregon; Doris Jean Ganges, West Chester, Pennsylvania ; Judith H . Cowey, Middletown, Rhode Island ; Aileen Rives, Greenvi lle, South Carolina; Jean H edstrom, Deadwood, South Dakota; Anne Curtis, Knoxville, Tennessee ; Elizabeth Reich, Houston, Texas; Florence Ferrell, Salt Lake City, Utah ; Mary Jean Burr, Rutland, Vermont; Ellen L. Hoover, Arlington, Virginia; Pamelia Hartman, Seattle, Washington; Mary Louise Turk, Clarksburg, West Virginia ; Mary Elizabeth Zilg, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Jane Bidwell , Casper, Wyoming. Dot Taylor, Curundu, Canal Zone, and Jackie Higgins, Washington, D. C., will represent the Canal Zone and the District of Columbia.

Because several countries were unable to send Girl Guides, a few vacancies were created. The following G irl Scouts, chosen because of experiences or cultural backgrounds which will contribute to the International Camp, were selected as camper delegates at . large: .

Representatives at large

Nonna Cheatham, Berkeley, California; Jeanne Gottfredson, Pocatello, Idaho ; Barbara Leichty, Lansing, Michigan; Clara H elgeby, Flint, Michigan; Sonja D . Barth, Oaklyn, New Jer­sey; Olga Firgau, Rahway, New Jersey; Jeanne Alter, Ithaca, New York; Janet Rabi(leau, Albany, New York ; Thea Spyer, White Plains, New York ; M ary Fraser Tremain, Fayetteville, North Carolina; Charlotte A . Meredith, Cleveland, Ohio; Mary Frances Siebert, Chickasha, Oklahoma; Rosemary Lee Thomp· son, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Eleanor Morisuye, Sharon, Pennsylvania.

These campers wi ll report on their experiences at· the Inter­national Encampment to G irl Scouts in their communities and states. Watch the fall issues of the LEADER, too.

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PROGRAM IDEAS FOR SUMMER . .

HESTER JEWELL

H ungry?

Are you going to bake cookies in your reflector oven this summer ? (See Cooking Out-oj-DooH, Catalog No. 20-532, .$1.) You can make them thjl shape of the tre­foil. Cut a two-inch strip f rom a No. 10

.can with your tin shears, and bend it into shape. Bend it back over one blade of the shears for sharp ang les. Use a paper strip for measurement, and be sure to allow an extra Ys inch to overlap at the link, and with a hammer bend down Ys inch all along one side to prevent cutting hands instead of cookies! (Trefoil-shaped cook­ies may not be sold. )

Going Swimming?

Winter or summer, pool or Jake, these games* are good : Tug of IJV m·. Two teams hold a_ rop_e with cen~er ma_rked.

Each team tries to tug the rope co tts stde. All swtm, ustng a shallow arm pull and scissor kick .

W a/nul. Players form a circle. One person in group throws a walnut or a handball down into the water in the center of the circle. All players t ry to grab object as it floats to the sur­face. Whoever gets it makes the next throw.

lfYind the Clock. All join hands forming a big circle in shallow water. Break circle at one place to designate a leader. and an end man. Following the leader with joined hands, wind up the circle spiral fashion and then unwind again .

S!raw H al l<ace. Each contestant jumps into the water wear­ing a straw hat. The swi~mer must sub~erge,_ come up under the hat, get it back on wtthout couchmg tt, swtm to goal. .

Novelty Swimming R.ttces. Swim while carrying an open umbrella, flags, or a fan. Swim back crawl carrying a towel in each hand. Carry a ball between the knees. Swim while holding a waiter's tray. Push, blow, or throw some floating object, p ing-pong ball,

balloons, or corks. Pair off, inner legs tied together for three-legged race. Br011cho Tag. One p layer in e_ach unit is " it." Th_e remaining

th ree or four p layers in each untt hook up one behmd another. " It" tries to hook on to the end player. When she succeeds, the head of the broncho becomes " i t. "

Bal Bali: Two teams are set up, one at bat, one in the field . T he batter hits the rubber ball with hand and swims to goal and back to home plate. A fly is out . Fiel~ers atte~pt to tag the swimmer out by throwing the ball to htt her. Ftelders are not allowed to carry the ball , but ~ust pass it to another player in better throwing position. Each team gets three outs. Each run scores one point. ·

Are You Remembering ?

Many of you have been collecting books, magazines, and rec­ords for veterans in nearby hospita ls. D on't forget those men now. Continue your g ifts, and find out from your local Veterans'

•These games arc taught in Red Cross Courses.

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Administration office what they most want now. In H amilton, Oh io, Girl Scouts collected and washed used silk, rayon, and nylon hose for one of their men who was blinded in the war, and he crochets rugs from them. Other g roups arranged to pre­sent plays for g roups of veterans. The Veterans' AdminiStra­tion is eager to arrange with you to p resent your play, and there is no better audience than these men. See "Ho w co Find a Play" in the April, 1947, LEADER, and consult our Catalog of Publi­ca/ions for a complete listing of G irl Scout dramatics publica­tions. G iv ing a play is exciting for everr one, costu~er a~d leading lady alike, and this is one opportuntty no Thesptan wtll want to miss. When you' re having fun- don't forget the veteran.

Odds and Ends

If you have a pen pal, you will be_ intereste~ in knowing that N ew York G irl Scouts sent leaf pnnts to thetr correspond­ents. Just one more way of acquainting our friends with our own country!

W e heard that a troop from Montgomery, Alabama, planned to visit the Mobile G irl Scouts. So the Mobile g irls decided to make nose-bag lunches for them. If you're going to be hostess to a visiting troop- we make friends at home, coo, remember-:­keep the Mobile suggestion in mind . A nose-bag . lunch, 111

fresh paper bags, consists of probably two sandwic~es ("one meat and one sweet" ) , a raw vegetable such as cn sp carrot sticks, fruit , cookies, and perhaps a bi t of candy-as who does not know!

"To Be Continued- "

Miss Gussie MacGasket just stepped into this office. "Have you a word for other leaders? " we asked. " ~ . have t~ousands of words !" said she. W e took down a few: A conttnued story ends each installment on a note that lea,ves you in suspense and makes you anxious for the next. installment. Make the troop a 'continued story'! End each meettng and each season wtth some­th ing planned that wi ll make the members eager to get back! "

DO YOU WANT HELP ON

Arts and Crafts ? M usic? D ancing? Literature and D ramatics?

Out-of-Doors?

Register now for "Leadership of Program Activ­ities," Camp Edith Macy, July 15-24. Special help for yo11 on what you want.

W rite for folder and application form to : Director, Camp Edith Macy G irl Scouts, Nat ional Organization

I 55 East 44th Street · New York 17, N . Y.

THE GIRL SCOlTf LEADER

PRINTED RESOURCES FOR SUMMER PROGRAM Do not order from Girl Scou/s unless a catalog tmmber is givetl

More About the United Nations For months we have been looking for a book that would

explain the United Nations to young people in lang uage they can understand. Result- You and the United Nations (Catalog No. 23-127, 6o cents ), written and delightfully illustrated by Lois f-isher. It is addressed, so the jacket says, "to those of age ten and up." Intermediates will love it, Seniors and leaders can build discussion groups about it.

Please note that although the title is identical with the pamphlet w hose Catalog Number is 23-125, this is an en­tirely different publication.

How /be United Nations JIVorks by Tom Galt (Crowell, $2), also for ages ten apd up, gives more details on the subject.

Paul Park~r

The amusing illustrations of You at1d the United Natiom bring smiles to three members of Troop 3·95, Greater New York, as Mrs. Alfred R. Bachrach shows them the book. Mrs. Bachrach, of the Girl Scout Board of Directors, is our official observer at the United Nations.

If leaders would like to get the background of the meetings that preceded the establishment of the United Nations, you will enjoy readiPig United Natiom Primer, by Sigrid Arne (Rinehart, $1.25). It gives detai ls of meetings from the Atlantic Charter to the San Francisco Conference in readable, chatty style that moves along swifty and pleasantly.

Fiction for Vacation Reading Whether they are seasoned New Yorkers or merely hope to

visit New York City someday, older Girl Scouts are certain to enjoy Ply Away Home by Fjeril Hess (Macmillan, $2.25) and to learn much about the nation's largest city in the process.

The story is simple and heart-warming, with real people as well as real places. Motherless Petey Hardcastle, who will al­ready be familiar to readers of Miss Hess's SaddLe and BridLe, leaves her Colorado ranch to come east for the winter with her friend Brenda Coleman. She becomes part of the lively, devoted Coleman family, learns what life is like in a New York apartment, and explores the city thoroughly under the energetic guidance of teen-age Bruce and T urner Coleman. They are full of information about names ~nd places, make sure she sees

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such famous spectacles as the Thanksgiving parade; and take her on a Christmas shopping tour from Yorkville to Chinatown that should cause even native New Yorkers to make notes for future reference. But in spite of the wealth of information the book contains, it is much more than a guidebook, for Petey discovers not only what a city is like but what a real home is like, and begins to see that she, too, can create one for her father on the Colorado ranch when spring comes and it is time for her to " fly away home."

The story of a Girl Scout troop in a Roman Catholic academy is wel l told in H ouse of l:riendsbip by Rosemary Buchanan (Longmans, Green, $2). The troop plans and furnishes a troop house with the interested help of families and friends, and littl~ by little becomes an important influence in the school, the neighborhood, and, not least, in the lives of its members. The characters are likable, human girls, with enough faults to make them interesting, and the Intermediate program is on the whole accurately and ski llfully presented as a background to their adventures.

Pets An enjoyable and useful book for Girl Scouts interested in

the Cat and Dog badge is Dogs by Gene Byrnes (Grosset and Dunlap, $1}. More than fifty different breeds of dogs ranging from 01ihuahuas to St. Bernards arc described, most of them with accompanying photographs. There is a generous bonus in the form of cartoons about dogs by the author, who will of course be known to most of your troop members for h is comic strip, "Reg'Jar Fellers." ·

It's a far cry from dogs to turtles, but turtles make good pets, too, and may sometimes be kept in crowded city Jiving quarters where keeping a dog would be neither kind nor feasible. Younger Brownie Scouts will enjoy T11rtles by Wilfrid S. Bron­son (Harcourt, Brace, $1.75). The information it gives is both complete and a~using and there is a helpful chapter on caring for pet turtles.

Free Helps with Health and Safety The Home Economics Department of the Maltex Company

has prepared a packet of fascinating materials for leaders whose girls are working on any activity connected with food. The G"ame of Seven Breakfasts has had an especial appeal for many troops. In addition, there are plays, posters, and a special food chart workbook that will interest girls and lt:aders alike. (Free on request from Home Economics Department, Maltex Com· pany, Bu rl ington, Vermont.)

An excellent safety article appears in the February, 194 7. issue of Tbe Magazine Digest. lt was prepared by the National Safety Council and entitled "Sudden peath on Two Wheels." The National Safety Counci l has just made reprints for limited distribution. It is a must for leaders who are planning bicycle trips for their troops this summer. Write to the National Safety Council, 20 North Wacker Drive, Ch icago 6, for your copy.

Arts to Beautify the Home A number of recent books published by the Manual Arts

Press, Peoria, Ill inois, deal with early American household crafts that can still be used to good effect today and fit in well with vari.ous aspects of the Girl Scout arts and crafts program. Candlemaking by William W. Klenke ($2) gives complete directions for this craft, from the proper waxes and formulas

(ConcJ11ded on page 14)

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Haue You Heard?

The whole G irl Scout or­ganization will be happy to hear about the great honor bestowed on a member of its national staff. A citation and a medal from Pope Pius XII were presented on f\pril 5 to Mrs. John C. Carney, Director of the Community Relations Department of G irl Scouts, for " distinguished work with American youth." Alice Con­way Carney has been a mem­ber of the national staff for twenty-seven years, and has served in many ca·pacities. The citation is called "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For Church and Pope)" and rec-ognizes, among other things, her successful efforts to bring more Catholic girls into Scouting.

Many of our readers will recall that five years ago this award was bestowed also on Mrs. Paul T. Kammerer, now Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Girl Scouts.

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Do you watch page 15 of the Leader to see what The American Girl offers in the way of program ideas? You won't have the Leader during July and August, so we thought you'd like to know that the summer and early fall issues of The American Girl will have arti­cles on sailing for beginners, bowling, dating, fashion modeling as a career, fall parties, how to organize a water ballet, how to teach your dog tricks, and how to organize a meeting-among many other things. Use these helps with your summer activities and early fall plans! ·

How does your troop impress people when it appears in public? The following letter came to us recently from a teacher who was once a Girl Scout herself:

"Where is the pride the G irl Scouts used to have? Don't they ever press their uniforms? ... I seldom see them when they are pressed ....

"We were ne11er allowed to chew gum in public while in uniform. Consegucntly I was very much uvset Wednesday to see a group of seven or eight girls in uniform on the train ... chewing gum as hard and fast as they could-and blowing bubbles while chewing. The comments of the passengers were very detrimental to your organization. . . . .

"Every one of these g irls pushed on the train ahead of the chaperones. They were told to sit together, but two of them refused to.

"These complaints may seem minor to you, but they indicate a lax ity in discipline in the group .... "

American Relief for Czechoslovakia has asked us to notify our leaders to make no further shipments to its warehouse, which is to be closed on June 1. The post­office and railway express are being instructed to re­turn any shipments received after May 15.

The Twenty-ninth Convention of the N ational Council of G irl Scouts will be held at Long Beach, California, November

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THIS MONTH

FITIING THE SUMMER INTO THE YEAR by Ray Mitche)l . . .... . ............. . . . ........ .

The summer motzlhs have atz importatzt place in the whole yetlr's program; see the chart 011 pages 2 and 3.

GIRL SCOUTS AND NATIONAL• DOG WEEK by Raymond ). Hanfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

STAMP COLLECTING PROJECT by Anne Bronkhorst and Marie E. Gaudette . . . . . . 5

For Brownie, ltllermediale, am/ Senior Girl Scouts.

SOME ASSETS OF MEMBERSHIP- III. THE RIGHT TO THE WORLD'S BEST IDEAS by Agnes W. Kammerer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

BUDGETING FOR THINGS TO COME. by Nadine Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Troop budgets are part of program.

TREASURES FOR PLEASURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Atz itztemational · proiect for Girl Scouts of all ages:

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

UNITED STATES DELEGATES TO THE INTERNA-TIONAL ENCAMPMENT ....................... 11

LEADER'S NOTEBOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Program ideas and printed resources for the summer motzths-and after.

HAVE YOU HEARD? ....... . .......... . . . ......... 14

NATIONAL EQUIPMENT SERVICE)~EWS & NOTES 16

Cover photograph shows Iowa City, Iowa, Brownie Scouts itzitit~tin/!, new camfJ sile.

lEADER'S NOTEBOOK (Continued from page 13)

to usc:: through dipping and molding. It also tells how to make new candles from waste materials, and the many illustrations are both helpful and interesting .

Those craftsmen who would like to try their hand at home­made rugs will enjoy R11gmaking Craft by · Edith Louise Allen ( $z ) , for this book gives complete directions for making hooked, braided, kn itted, crocheted, and woven rugs. This book, too, is profusely illustrated.

M odem l\1etalcraft by John L. Feirer ($3.50) would be help­ful to anyone s~riously interested in this craft and gives sug­gestions for making many kinds of useful ho~sehold articles­among them lamps, book ends, trays, d ishes, candlesticks, flowerholders, and salt and pepper shakers. A good book for a counci l or camp library shelf, where its use by more than one group would justify its cost.

"My Country" Tbe Story of the Declaration of Independence and The Story

of tbe Comtitution, both written by John W. Mace and Irving T. Gumb, are published in pocket-size illustrated editions, 2 5 cents each, by the House of Little Books, So East I Hh Street, New York 3· They telJ in an interesting fashion the history of these two great documents. You may find them handy in con­nection with My Country badge.

Only those publications for which a catalog tmmber is give12 should be ordered from Girl Scouts. Order all others through your local bookstore, book counter, or mail o1·der house, or direct from the publisher.

THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER

;t'~ of these ideas* to help

BRICHTEN YOUR TROOP PROCRAM

the ·June AMERIC.AN GIRL all • 1n

* MORE TROOP IDEAS INTERNATIONAL ENCAMPMENT

One or tho most lml>Ortant events of the 1947 Girl Scout calendar Is the International Encumpmcnt hold at Cam p Dnrrce, Pennsylvania, June 26-July 16th. This Is a special nrtlcle about this Encam1>· mont In the June Issue-one or the monthly series or apeclnl Girl Scout features: which is another of the reasons why so many readers find THE AMERICAN GIRL so helpful.

ALL OYER THE MAP As usual, this two page illustrated report high­lights Girl Scout troop local activities, and provides many useful Ideas that can help spark your own program.

* STILL MORE IDEAS THE CIRCUS

Hero's t ho story of n Circus the students of Snglnnw, Michigan's South Intermediate School put on cnch yen•· In their school gym to raise money for chnrlty, It's illustrated with photos t hnt s how how It 's done. Might be an iden your troop o r sovcml locnl troops can use.

BRINGING UP YOUR PUP There'll bo pet s hows everywhere during Nationnl Dog Show Week t his month, and that will In­crease the Interest or your troop members In their pots. They'll eat this article up on how to select and buy their pup, It's illustrated with some real appealing photos too.

*ANOTHER IDEA SUMMER THEATER

Even the stories In THE AMERICAN GIRL provide good Ideas for you. There's a new serlnl starting In t he June issue, "Shoe String Theater," by Nancy Hartwell which is full of Ideas for a summer theater which you girls could easily run.

YOU CAN WIN A

fill!,_~~ AMERICAN GIRL f'/~ S U B S C R I P T I 0 N

If you're one of the many thOusands of leaders who are using THE AMERICAN GIRL ellectlvety In your troop program, just write a letter on "How I Use THE AMERICAN GIRL In My Troop Program." For the 10 best tellers we'll award free subscriptions. If you already have a subscription, we can extend It a year or enter II tor a member of your troop. Some of the winning letters will be published In the "Girl Scout Leader''. The judges of the contest will be Miss Marie (Gussie) Gaudette, Program Division; Miss Dorris Hough, Personnel Division, and the Editors of THE AMERICAN GIRL. Be sure to mall your tellers on or before July 15, 1947 to: Circulation Department, THE AMERICAN GIRL, 3D West 48th Street, New York 19, Hew York.

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LET'S HAVE A PICNIC Every girl in your troop will want to read these practical suggestions for a Bike Breakfast, a Beach Party and an

. Outdoor Coaking trip. In this artlc.le, by Linda Ripley, it tells how to outfit the basket, what to take along, and what to do when you get there. The ideal picnic basket that c.an be made at home is described, and readers are invited to write for Instruction sheets.

*MORE IDEAS: GOOD GROOMING AND MANNERS

SUMMER HAIRDOS Every girl In your troop will 1M excited about these pllotograplls ef s•mmer hairdos especially styled for AMERICAN GilL readers lty VIctor VIto, famous New York hairdresser. Mr. VIto has deslgaed simple b.t smart hairdos which each girl can arraage aad maaage for herself.

BON VOYAGE Since almost every girl does some traveling durhsg the sommer, tile girls In your troop will be especially Interested In Mary Parlier's tips on travel etiquette. She tells what to wear, how to tip, how to act on. train, plane and boat trips.

--- ---- -----*A VERY GOOD IDEA: EACH GIRL IN YOUR TROOP CAN SAVE $1.00

Circulation Manager, THE AMERICAN GIRL

30 West 48th Street, New York 19, New York

GSL 6-47

Send me full details of the troop Registration Subscription Plan which enables each girl in my troop to get her AMERICAN GIRL subscription at half the regular price--one dollar instead of two--by subscribing at registration time. Also send me ___ Troop Subscription blanks.

NAME ______ __________ ___ TROOP NO- --- -

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National Equipment Service NEWS AND NOTES ..

Keeping you posted on the latest happenings in Girl Scout equipment-with some helpful suggestions now and then

Finger Stuff Every feminine heart longs for a piece of jewelry - some may like it (',':'\

fancy, but for those who prefer it e~ ~i:l~;~'.'-~ .j plain and simple, there is a dainty (]. " sterling silver ring to grace. the hand. This circlet has a raised trefoil de-sign, which is balanced on each side by fretwork. Its simple and neat lines- keep it in perfect good caste for all young girls, and adults, too. Sizes 3 to xo, with half sizes, also. 12-16o Ring ................ $1.

(tax included )

No Burnt Paws! r. If you've provided yourself with

the proper utensils for holding that succulent corn, wiener, ka­bob, or whatever you're cooking over the fire, you won't have to do the cat-and-the-chestnuts act and go resurrecting your good food out of the ashes. For clamp­ing down on three wieners at a time, there's a roaster, 24" long.

For spearing, there's a handy extension fork of steel wire with a red enameled handle. And, for anchoring steaks and ham­burgers, there's a cube steak broiler in a wire grill style. 13-494 Roaster ........ 2oc; 13-498 Extension Fork ........ 25c; 13-493 Cube Steak Broiler ........ 45c.

In the Bag Everything goes into them! Camp clothes and various other trappings arrive fresh and clean in the duffel and then, when they're soiled, they are popped into the laundry bag. These are two necessary traveling items to take to camp. The laundry bag is sturdy green duck with rein­forced eyelets and drawstring

top. It's washable, too! For coming and going, there's tile sturdy water-repellent duffel of green duck. It is 13 by 31", with a throat piece for greater packing convenience. 13-161 Laundry Bag .... $1; 13-126 Duffel....$3-50 (tax incl.)

Hurrah for the Green and White For a more streamlined look and .easier action all round, choose tomboy tailored shorts for your sports. These have clean, smooth lines - they're dark green twill with a snow-white stripe down each side. The color is fast - and can the shorts take it from the wear-and-tear angle! You can also have shorts of the same style in reverse color - white jean with dark green stripes at the sides. Both are in sizes 8 to 20. 8-u4 Green Shorts ...... .. $1.65; 8 -I 58 White Shorts ........ .$1 -35·

Sport Jacket Fo~ boating, hiking, bicycling, or for any sport where you

' prefer a light-weight jacket, ·we recommend a si lky-finished "Mackinaw" poplin one that is tailored and smart-looking, too. It's windbreaker-styled with a full-length zipper closing, two deep front pockets, and buckled side tabs to allow for adjust­ment over bulky sweaters. The color is a lovely blue-green· and the poplin has been Zelan treated to repel rain. It's San-forized, too. In sizes 10-20: 8-275 Jacket .. ....................... $5.75

Clean Cut It was great fun to catch the fish (even if you are stuck with the fish ­cleaning job). Anyway, make the best of · this malodorous task-just whip out that Iii' knife; whet it and slice away! Should you fall heir to any other cutting jobs, like splitting the kindling or slicing the meat, re­member that all good blades, big or little, thin or th ick, appreciate a keen edge. So, keep a good sharpening stone on hand. This round one is a fine-quality abrasive - its green leather case can be worn on your belt. 11-320 Sharpening Stone ................................ ...... .................. soc

Cozy Com·panion A sweatshirt is hardly in the Sunday-go-to-meeting class, but for downright practicality and longevity, it has no peer among sport clothes. No one has yet de­signed a garment to replace it at post-game sessions. It is still the ideal cover-upper in the gym, on the playing field, or,.at camp. It's fleece-lined to keep you cozy and the cotton knit bears up superbly

under frequent washtubbings and the hard life to which a sweatshirt is submitted. White cotton with green trefoil em­blem. Small, medium, and large sizes. 8-270 Sweatshirt.. .. $1.60.

Quiz Three guesses as to what the odd­looking obj_ect is. No, definitely not a shower curtain hook! It is, of all things, a pair of safety scissors foe that cutting-up youngster. These miracle shears will cut paper, cloth, everything but the user. There are no sharp points and no way of ge.t­ting an errant finger caught. The scissors are made of fine steel and are self-sharpening. Tney' re a boon to the leader or mother who worries about letting young children use regula~ion shears. 11 -654 Safety Scissors ..... , ..................................................... 29c