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Use Novel Means in Observance. of * "Better Homes" Girl Scouts, everywhere 'are dem- onstrating ".how to keep bouse"ý this Week ' a s their contribution to the observance of Betterý Homies Wee-k in Anierica. At the national -little bou.se". in Washington they are being hostesses to vistors of national prom- inence with a series of l1uncheons pre- pared and served by Washîngto n Girl -Scouts. lu the eighty other little bouses, wliere the 'Girl Scouts play at lîost- essing,. similar local " parties will 'be given to local dignitaries and friends. But1 not -aIl the Girl Scouts have homes so we.lL.equipped as to- permit. of entertaining on such a scale..luI tact, ingenuity rather than efficient perfection- is, the distiriguishing mark of the dwellings where most Girl Scouts inake-believe theyare inanag- ing the homie whlch, they lîopg, will be actually theirs when they 'grow Up. AnYthing f romn a saw rpill to a street-car is good enougb, when imn- agination and skill get free play. *-It wvas ini Greensboro, N. C., tliat the Girl Scouts acquired the sawinill. The old bins ý-.!hichî were of poplar planks cut 'front-lie heart of the trees,. were converted into dinni,îg table 'tops, dressing tables and seats. The hoppers becarne benches, and the hecavy grinding stones nmade imi- pressve steps leadng to the renovat- ed fontdoor Moe .startling -still was the transformation of an aban- doned street-car which a traction company elsewlîere -donated gener-1 ously to a troop. Its dingy windowsl * are ,îoivslîining and not in its- most crow(led ruish' hour*.did it ever wit- iîess sucli activity-as it does now. lu Riverside, Calif., the-."little, --bouse" is grander, being a converted hotel. Falien fromi its h-igl estaté it came into possession of the Girl Scouts, and now its corridor-s eclic the girls sang the Scout 'lree- song written- bya Girl Scout leader. -"Iive, live, live, our fields a-nd wood- lands need you, * "Live, live, live,, our hopes and blessings speed you, "!ive, live, live, and may the fair godsý%Peed you." DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that shortly after the. English poet, Alexander Pope, had built a new home for himself on the river ThamÜes, a friend in Smyrna bent. him -a - drum of, figs ? Iu it was a smnall twigý which iii- terested him. very much. He planted it in the grouind ou tlîe river bank, -wbere,. to bis great' delight it grew. Inl 1775 a young British ofilcer, sailed 'for Boston taking- with him a twig of Popes willow. He gave it toMr. Curtis step-son of Geiieral Washington wyho planted, it near bis home ii Virginia,- where it took root-th.e cbild of Pope's willow and. the first to grow in Anierica.. Did you know tlîat if you, placeda willow twig up-side down -'in a glass of water,, roots will sproutt from btd? You- girls working on second class nature ought to try this. Did you know that ini the past three weeks eighteen different, birds have been seen in anîd arounid W\ilmette and Winnetka? How nmany have you seen ? Thjs is the. tune of the year to wvork on your Observer badge or any one of the Nature 'projects. It wvill be an- other year before we have such a- -fine opportunity to study hirds so very easily.- Troop, News, j WINNETKA TIROOP 4 Virst we had patrol corners. Then we -had a large hîorseshîoe formation with Mrs. Goodbue and ber Brownies. Mrs. Clark our lieutenant lias just cone back f rom a- tripto Spai, aiîd WILMETIrE Thursday, evening, Apnil 23, -the girls of troop 1 had a potlu4ck suppçr. 'Theý girls al wore camp clothes and the supper w as- served accordingly. We had as our. guest Miss Grobben, inew cirector of New Trier Council, Girl Scouts of America. Miss Groh- ben showed us a great niany inter- estiig things about maping which 1 arn sure we wiII be able-- to use ini making our first class maps.. Wc' played a fe.w>games, had a short sing, and then said good night. We en-, joyed Miss Grobben's visit very mnuch and hope. tliat we will see niuchi of ber i the nearfuture. Just a reminder about the cîrcus which is to ýbe, held the latter - part. of May. There will be fun for every-. body so corne and obring, ail your friends. By the way, there .are still a great many things ,to ,be done in preparation for the circus. Don'lt fail to do your part to make 'this pro- ject a huge success.-_IsabelI-IHaskits, Scribe, Troop 1, Wilmette. TROOP z On Thursday April 16;, Troop 2 liad the pleas.ure of Miss Elizabeth Grob- bien's company at thieir regular Thursday meeting. - Miss Grobbenl in structed us in Openiing Cerernon-., ies, We feit very grateful to Miss Grobben for ber turne and -we surely enjoyed having lier witli us. We hope she will corne againi.-.N ildred Fariner, Troop 2. How o easure How to Mý,easure Vour Troop's Real WVorth During Three. 1\onth s Tuiere sho'uld be: 1. Ei'irollrneii t of at least 12 Girl Scouts. 2.' At least 75 percent attendance at every meeting. 3. E yery Girl Scout registered as soon; as, she passes Tenderfoot. 4. One good song learned well. 5. . At least one part of the reqtiire- ment for. one badge passed.- Give your troop. a score of tell for ,every one of the above that is in- cluded ini your activîty and see whi score you rate. IF YOU DO NOT USE PATROL SYSTEM AND COURT OF HONOR THEN SUBTRACT .7511RO YOUR TOTAL SCORE. -Pro theCincinnati,"Compaýss" National Camp Andree Calling to Girl scouts, Second Clas s Scouts who are 14. years old may. go to Camp Andree, the national camp at Briarcliffe. N.Y Y., where girls corne f rom al over the country and often f rom foreign lands as well. -If you are 14 or older and at least a. Second Class Scout, you ought to be thinking.about going to Andee for two weeks.* There you> live in the woods-and up a hilîside, by patrols. hidden away from,:the next littie unit by a turn in the t *rail or a clump of bircb .trees. ."Black.;Birch," "Look- out," "Warbler's Nest," will be your address, -and you will..do your ownl marketing, cook your own meals, and have the, most fun. At "Innisfree", you'd be a whole haîf mile from "lKis- met," -where they giire out the mail and the big dinners to the amatetur cooks that might otherwise go lîungry. Fascinating. namnes at Andree,, fas- cinating gantes as well, and the jolliest group of Girl Scouts you can. im agine AUI, Second Class Scouts, somne First -Class, -some Golden Eaglets, ahl growi up girls like yourself. See, Miss Grobbein about further information. Kenilworth Girl Scouts Hold 2 Courts of Award Courts of award for the two Ken- ilworth Girl Scout troops were hield this week. On Monday -afternoon Betty Joslin was inivested'as a nIew. mnemnber. ,.of Troop No. 2,' and t1he following awýards were made to girls .i this troop: An- tnette, Williams and Barbara Clark, cooks' badges; Jean Geither, craftsmnans badge,, and Annette Williams and jane. 1-olmlby, Iaundress, .b adges. The Tlroop No. 1 awards were niade. Wednesday afternoon, as follows: Betty Schrei1, Dorothy Henderson and Ruthi Sprenger. second class badges; Betty Mr. and Mrs. Frank 'Barrett, 23.5 Warwick road, Kenilworth, and their daughter, Mary, returned early tliis week frorn a fi ve weeks' trip in the south. They spentseveral weeks at th Edgewater Gulf hotel and at Ashe- vland then toured the mfountai resorts tO Hot Springs, Va.