GIRL GUIDES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 9 May 1925, Page 3

GIRL GUIDES

GOOD (TiIZENS AvD GOOD HORSEY 1 YES FEATURES IN THE TRAINING An interesting outline of the work of i Girl Guides was given by Mrs TiJlyan! j last evening when speaking at the an , nual distribution of badges to the .01 Saints Girl Guides. Referring to tin*' large display of badges on the table * Mrs Tillvaiil said : "The whole aim and i scheme of the Guido movement is educational for the development of g >i,| e|..zens and good housewives. The j Britishers' idea of a holiday is to change his wor... s*i with the Guides, the plan is to change from school work or the. usual days work to something quite different but equally valuable. Some mothers here can look hack to their girlhood and remember that they were interested in a number of things, that* they did a little needlework, a liilh* drawing, a little cooking, but that th. v had no incentive to carry these* things through to a fine state of efficiency. A i Guide who wishes to win a badge mu.-; exercise concentration and effort. for the. badges are not easy to win. They arc j awarded for a great variety of subjects. * from cooking and lacemaking to geology and for efficiency as a horsewoman or air mechanic* so that any girl can fol-l low her particular bent. Of the awards’ to be given to-night the first is the; All Round Corel —tin* "Blue Ribbon" of* Guide atlainiueuts. It is given to a I girl who holds a first-class and seven | oilier badges. As a first class requires lour badges, the Corel means a total of eleven badges. There are four first i classes to be awarded. For tbe.se> the I girls each had to train a junior for her second class, to hold badges in cooking, sewing, child nursing and ambulance. . to pass tests in estimating height.! weight and numbers in order to show • balance ami proportion in lmr judgment, j to swim 50 yards and to have a shilling j in the Savings Bank.

"Second class is given to girls With a knowledge of first aid. knots, and signalling, and the history of the Hag. She must he able to make a bed properly and to rim a hundred yards hi 20 ’seconds. There arc live cook’s badges: for ilicse the mother is asked to certify dial Ihe girl has cooked salisfaetorv meat and vegetables, boiled and fried fish, a milk pudding and oatcake. At Ho' examination scones, short pastry and an apple pie were cooked. The needlewoman's badge requires two garments to b-* made —one by band and one bv machine. and loat samples ul darnme* ami patching shall lie shown. \i tii.- e>, am it i.i t ioi i a button hole was made' and a waist band set on to galh creel material. For the aittlioi esc- s nudge two essays must be written on subjects set by’ the examiners and an original perm or story presented. "Every girl should have* a thritt badge. ’ For this your mol her must guarantee th.it your room is kept tidy at home', licit you can darn your stockings, mcntl you clothes and make yont bed.' You must have a post, office savings account to which you add halt-a-crown a year out, of your own poekel money. This badge must be renewed annually, and aims at keeping girls up to the mark always, so that it cannot be said that Guides have ’no time lor home.’ r , "There is another badge—the Handywoman's —which should appeal to colonial girls who can turn a. hand U> any tiling.’ Some of the suggested achievements for this are to paper a wall, put* a washer on a tap, glaze a broken window, oil and work a sewing machine, and paint a household article. AVe have here also one gold service star, given for live years’ service. _ and several silver stars, one of which is granted tor each year's service.