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22 WILMETTE LIFE January 10. 1930 The tnost luxurious instrument New Trier Girl Scout News Following is an account by a Girl Scout leader regarding the fifteenth national convention of ~ :d Scouts held last month in New Orleans, La. It should p·r ove of great interest to every person in the township interested in the Girl Scout movement. The report reads: "Far outnumbering those of us who were there in person, were those wh~se ·parted presence' was constantly w1th us and in whose behalf as well as our own we consulted and conferred, enjoyed and informed ourselves, absorbed and mentally noted and generally r~ freshed and reconditioned ourselves for to look forward to with rejoicing. And t;\·en·one in Girl Scouting is going to feel ·the henefit of it, her own self, f?r· her own particular little patch of Gtrl Scouting. "On the Convention program, Dame Katharine Furse, director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. made U:, ·feel actually hand in hand v.-ith comrades i.n Girl Scouting in a score of far countries, made the countries themseh·es seem near and friendly, through girls and leaders doing- and liking the same things as we. ~Irs. Louis Slade, regional director of the Xew York .League of \Vomen Voters, made us feel our stature and privilege and. oppo:-tunity and obligation as citizens teaching and setting an example of citizenship. Mrs. Ida S. Harrington, exccuti\·e director of American Home~Iaker=', Inc., following Mrs. · Slade's pointing GUt that though woman's place is in the home, today the world at large is her home, which she must do her part in knowing and administerin~, showed that the home-making qualities and skills and graces, the homemaker's understanding and judgment and. command of capacities are more than ever neeed in making of the \\·orld the human home it should be. "Xor. must we forget the banquet. gala event. one of its toasts. proposed 1)\· our director, to 'the C nofficial Delegate, the Girl Scout Husband'; a 'day letter· irom Mrs. Hoover read; a Girl Scout orchestra playing a jolly accompaniment and Girl Scouts distributing a Convention 'Special Extra,' American Girl; and Dorothv Dix herself rising at the speakers' table to read, amid rollickin£:" response, excerpts from 'problem' letters such as 'Girl Scouts will never need .to write'! "Besides, _and·, inter perse.d thro~gh the ConventiOn days, were stght-seemg trips, afoot and 'bv motor, to the lev~es ot the ~lt£sissippi, the harbor and Lake Pontchartrain, to the picturesque old French Quarter, the "Vieux Carre," stopping for lunch in this charming old courtyard, for tea in that colorful old. ~---------------------- Devoted to the Interests of the Girl Scout Movement on the North Shore VICTOR ever built Girl Scouts Give Christmas Party for Orphan Tots The Girl Scouts from troops 1, 2 and. 4 under the captainship of Miss Lillie . Mae H nmphries went dO\· Vn to the Illinois Children's Home the Satur.day hefore C}·ristmas to provide a l~ttle Christmas cheer for those poor httle unfortttn.ltes. \Vhen we arrived the Scouts all assembled in a main room an~ then all the girls in the home came m and were introduced by the matron. So.on the boys came over and they were 111troduced likewise. Then began our good time. Some of the Scouts and older orphans recited some verses. Tv.-o little boy twins sang us a song ~nd we had une solo from one of the gtrls. Then the scouts sang one or two of their funnv Songs so as to get everyone readv ami in good humor to have a good time. Then in came good old ·s anta Claus with a bag-full of presents. Every one of the orphans received some gift. I really think that everv present was different. Old Santa passed out popcorn balls and everyone was a-bustle having a good time. The Scouts then assembled and we sang a good night song and t~ps. A bugle sounded taps and we satd goodbye and left. Miss Humphries received quite a few letters from the orphans telling how they \\·ere impressed and what they thought of Girl Scouting, and also how the\· enjoyed their afternoon visit. . -Janet \Vright, Troop 4. ~ Victor's greatest triumph of . 1 I ··~IIIJIJ Df!Nfore the next step~ ion..;ard in Cirl Sc('~llt ing. "First there was Training camp. ~[ ~-~. Edey. · with all her ready wit and fine fellowship, as Camp Chief. Class~~ hy da\· and campfire by night alongstdt a loveh· hend of bayou fringed with great lh'f oaks and rust-color'::'d cypresses festooned with silvery Spanish moss; or, when the weather ""as less fa,·orable within-doors aroe·1d VIctor a.dio-EI~Ia le aadblazing open log fires. Early mor_ning and late afternoon S\vims in a deltgbt·allecl oa n-eryeoore. All·eleotrie ful artesian pool. :\egro S})irituals snng Ndio aad ~rd reprodootioa to us In· real Southern darkies. Long-of amaziq aew briUiuoe. Come leaf pi"nl.:~. bronze china- berry and Ia ud let your ean pron it I W· pecan tree:;. and cardinals. and mockare belaiad Viotor·Radio to tbe ing birds calling from thetr branches. Folk · dancing amid gay HaltO\n'en limit. We kaow muaioal iaatr. decorations in the dining hall. Motor 3 ~eU-coowaed DDita, launch and canoe trips along the bayou each remoncl u eaaily u yo. between beds of china-blue water would opea · bureau drawee. h\'acinths and past fascinating old I piantations. And on our Founder's Built ia · factory aad eold in a Birthday, planting two lovely young etore where experieaoe ud repumagnolia trees in her memory. These tation for quality ud fair dealia· we cherish as a few of the high spots . are aad treuurecl above of our Loui. iana · camping together, 128 ~~~ . campers from some 31 states. "Open-mindedness. a spirit of progress readiness to scrap the outworn and· go -=1dventuring along new trails ti<.:ked off the minutes .and struck the hours throughout the . convention. I think we all felt that. Particularly in the session on Standards and Awa~ds was a ne\v note of departure struck for all to hear. The new Five-Year Development Plan, by which a program of unprecedented expansion and. development in Girl Scouting, to cover the next five vears, is financed and set in operation, resounded mightily throughout the convention days. This splendid, inspired and inspiring- plan every lea:;t Girl Scout (if there is such a thing as a 'least' Girl Scout), every groping troop committee members, and · A. recliedlat Ia rean, amuical ..._ ·· .... · the lonest of lone leaders is going to .n..Jeetrio Victor Reoonl nprod....... 11 e feel behind her before very long, tak· - - . . price. Victor Ldio-BI....a. a&IS. ing her by the hand and carrying her D1 ,_ ltaJiao atyle along in the most thrilling march, that at times, out of sheer enthusiasm and excess of energy, is certain to break into a hop, skip and jump. ,, "Listen, my children, and you shall hear !-thde are going to be, by this new plan, greatly multiplied helps for camps, for Councils, for training courses-and more training courses, helps in handcraft and pageants and nature and Brownies, more and better helps for 712 CHURCH STREET, EVANSTON the captain with her troop, pivot of Univ. -4523 all Girl Scouting, more of everything that has been and many new things 7-42 ELM STREET, WINNETKA that haven't as yet been. Much, much Wi~ 1!tka 3<t 7 4 tone 'Girl Scouts Entertain in Visit to Arden Shore All of the \Vilmette troops went to Arden Shore before Christmas, laden with clothe5, to\·s, and cookies. \Ve all went in cars ·a nd arrh·ed about 3:15. The .Scouts ga\'e two short, funny plays and also sang some songs. Then it \\·as the bovs' turn. First thev sang a song ahout Arden Shore. Then a ho\· told a rather long joke-it was ve~y funny. .'\ fter singing some more songs. we went into the dining room to have some ice cream. candy, and. cookies. This was what the boys liked best because thev never have ice cream unless they have visitors. · \\.hile we \vcre eating, the instructor asked the boys what they had gained according to the length of time they had been there. The most was fourteen pounds in two weeks. \Ve left soon after the refreshments because it was getting late. Everyone had a lovely time, and several of the boys sent us letters thanking us for the party.-Georgette Beck~r, Wilmette Tmop 2. ··te. ···rded .a.-. complete North Shore Talking Machine Co. · I patio, where flaming hrbiscus blooms · dropped at your feet and banana trees hung ripened bunch~s of fruit and purplish red flower pods over your should.e r; visiting artists' studios and antique shops, the old St. Louis Cathedral and the Ursuline Convent and the Cabildo, the ancient government house DRAMATIZE CAROLS \.vherein Louisiana underwent transferOn December 18 the Wilmette troJps ence from Spanish to French and from dramatized six of the Christmas carols French to United States hand.s; and at the Methodist church. Everyone at midnight, foregathering, as is the thought that these were well done. The custom of the townspeople and all Scouts were all in costume-some as tourists, at the old French Market for carollers, others as shepherds, wisefinest a:td blackest of coffee and men, angels, king, page, Madonna, etc. featherlight doughnuts. Such was the Preceding this program, Troop I prehospitality of our ~ew Orleans ho~t sented a brief American Girl Sketch esses and their friends, such the ad- urging scouts and others to subscribe venture of visiting them, that we luok to fhis splendid magazine. Also a back upon it as a red-letter experience brief Court of Awards was held and rich with color and event. several merit badges as well as sec-)nd "X ext vtar the Convention hostes'!es class awards were presented. Followare to the Indianapolis Girl Scout ing the program in the community hall, Council. Indianapolis is the population everyone was invited to visit the new center of the country, so it should cer- Girl Scout room for the troops which tainly draw a record attend.ance. Be- meet at that church, and refreshments gin now to plan for your going. One were served.-A Member of Wilmette shouldn't miss Convention." I!roop I. be