GIRL SCOUTS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 3

GIRL SCOUTS

';\i;»ntao^y; i iß-iegjng"-;an'!theeuj)jeelof: is actively hereejf 'in. the .workof;, organising ''.the girls,-' .'and ;Miss/Violet" Markham,',:; who. Ie keenly .-interested in. •girls'/ : clubs ;'■ aid'/ settlements/- '■ Scouting for/g'irls ; (says-va; tondo*.writer) ; ' has never/been/ encouraged., by ' Lieutenant.General'■ Sir BobertHbaden-Powelli >and itwas not until so'inS 6000' , girls'-had: applied." to the headquarters in Victoria Street for registration that the''founder of 'the boyscheme for'an ;drganisation.':;fqr:;girls lV dii;'parallel "iines,'-,.but; 'differing.'iniaim .'and..detail.,to' suit the sex.' .The whole, aim-, of,.the.-girl scout' movement-is,' it;is alleged, to inake for, .womanliness, just as .the teaching .'.of.'the',, boy. ecouta.'makes.for -manliness, aid the girl guides.-arejrained .to- fit. themselves to be of-.practical use' in 'case of. invasion !by .being able to find the-wounded'.after :a : battle; to render, first aid; to .transport them ;to hospitals;'.' .to.';:;moke hospital .clothes; ■ '.cook, to, nurse, .■ to ' prepare 'themselves' for. colonial life,- in "case their destiny should lead .'to that, and'to make themselves'more'useful'to'others and'to themselves by; learning useful' occupations and handiwork, and.. yet' retaining their womauluiess../' The "local administration of "the.companies,o'f girl; guides'is in the hands'; of;' ladies'. .committees, : ;and; each : of...three 1 '.or -.'• more patrols. of eight; nrls 'each—is i- under ■■ a. scout ; l mistress,'. who - is;;styled<a "captain'." V, Sir Robert Baden-Powell'points out. that ,"8.-P.'s .Girl'Guides,",;as they are officially , called, may become feeders of the : Tenitprial- organisation of. Voluntary Aid.: , ; : .'; ; ; "-...■ , ', r !..-'- 1 ,- -i:" ".'."'.'■'■ ■ --'Miss Markham ;.is opposedvto'-;6couting for^girls,'.on the.ground;that'up' : to the' present' the-girl scouts.have certainly not: :been eng'aged.in.anyof the .UEeful occupations enumerated ■;by,Miss 'Baden-Powell,' and that scouting for girls'leads nowhere' from. a. national point ofVvieit' "There is too, marked .a. : tendency nowadays, to get girls to follpiy; .pursuits ..that -.rnake them, . 'mannish,"'( and.'. j any' ■ new. ■;. movement' ;which' would'.encourage that;-'should receive .■etrong/opposition.'! . As ;Mis3; Mork- ; ham's .objections are'.based only" on.- her observations of .a .smart .corps/of girl scouts/ which, has.spruug up in a : town' with : wliieK"she is acquainted,",it seems hardly fair to-.blame':all girl:scouts for . the unseemly behaviour of- one little ■ oom-pany,".and-:cond|mn'a powerful, bddy.siich as .the:'. Girl , : Scouts, 'has. grown'.into, 'it should'' : at 'least. be;/giyen';'the' 'time to' prove;if'such' an organisation, is tendingto of "womanliness."

• An ,old. woman was'being visited by .a friend. Sho ; was very ill, and had'giyen up. hope.; of-recovery.: Her. friend, 'entreated her ,to see .a. doctor,..but to .-.-no effect. •.. "No; ho,"' she : besought, "don't •bring me; a 'doctor!:-Let- me die' a .matriral' : death*. , ':"..V;"• ■.''-'V : .''.''" : : : ' ■''.*'■''*-: : -'' ' ■■'