Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Mar 1933, p. 16

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March is International mioth for Girl Scouts-a trne to beconie better acquainted with girls froni otherlands; to find. out how they ive and play and work, and to see that al girls, .where- ever. they live, have a lot iii common. Let us hear. what; the troop scribe., write aboutit: .Troop 1has been workingonte few weeks>.; at the last meeting, 'the girls. stopped1 at' Hollanid. Not',only. were,.customs, dress'anid food frômthis land, of wooden shoes discussed, but the girls sang D3utch f olk songs, wbich àre so f ull of Dutch atmosphere.. T roop 2 made -a visit, in -spirit, 'ta 1Mexico,. wheni Miss. Heleni Beach, who bas, traveled extensively. ini that coun- try. talked té the scouts'about life down below the Rio Grande. She showed the girls beautiful exaniples ofMeia handicraft-a serape of heavenly blue woven by Mexfttui ingetrs, ,atid Ëlay dolis and animaIs, which won the hearts of American scouts quite as readily as those. of Mexican children for whom the>, were intended; and various kinds of Mexican hats-for a new bat is quite as important for dress-up down there as up here. According to Mar- jorie Wood, troop scribe, the ,girls en- joyed Miss Beacb's talk immensely. Troop 7 Enjoya Travel Talk T roop 21 %vas a treasure hunt; figura- tively, the trail ledl over bill and dale, and,ini spite of following the wrong scent several times, the ,scouts final.1v were vNictodrious; as they.consumed :the treasure-sacks oôf candy-their senti- ment, if flot expressed .in words, *at least was acted tipti-to the victor be- long -the spoils. BrownieNw ht Those enltrprising Brownies of ,Tin- ker. Bell pack.have recently started .a news sheet which will be 'publishcd ever-y week. Here are exc-terpts.f rom the XVST TII[Nxi ~RAINDROTPS CAN BE MEASURED What happens ini March -, It rains a lot, doesn't iWewould vyuu ike to have soinie fun .with the rain ', Here's what you do to measure raindrops. HOW TO M-,IASURE *R AIN - DROPS: Use a shiallo\w pie titi. or cake pan, a flour sifter and a ittle flour. Sift the flour into the pan to cover the bot- tom' Now take the pan to the winidu\ý or door and hold the pani out i ust long Ma T vu........... ý...... Borchù... ................... Stark Shiema ........ ... Stark Michomocho ....... Traditinal-Shapiro Kedu-sha ..... ....Stark-Shai1ro Let the Words....Idelsohn-Shapiro, ,%nthieni: "foly Art Thou' .......... ..... 11-adel-Shapi ro Sôo: "None. but the Lonely, Heart" ............Tschalkow-sky mies Lucillie Long. Va'Anlachnu........Bne trgo..........Perinian Elohenu............ Stark É. P. eC.Nw (Conttribiited) A talk on "ýVocational, Guidance" was given last Thursdav eve.ning be- fore the WVilmiette ,Bus-ýiness and Pro- fessional Womnen's club. by. Miss Esther S. Stamats, -social servicé di- rector of the Y. WV. C. A. in Chicago. One of the mnost encouraging t4ioetghts Ieft -by the speaker wasth fact that a great deal bas lŽeen done to supply work for the many womnen who lost their jobs when the decline iM business came. ,"The best way to find %vork- for these jobless woinen is to train theni for the w.ork miost suited to their per- sonalities," she stated. \\nyX*om- en are doing tasks most unsuited to them, and by careful research, ques- tionnaires and intelligcence tests. neuw wïll De xollowed ar i ;JU Dy: a ULiV c-. Votional service led by Dr. Oscar Thlomas Oison, during 'vhich theý Chorus choir wilI sing. *At 8 o'clock the. various grouips, will assemle'in separate rooms to discus.s the various subjects. Groupl. iwill be'led by Prof. Franik M. McKibhen., of Northwestern. university in aâ dis- cussion' of modern views on the Bible. Group II w-ill discùss one of thé* '.Big Sellers,"" in "Contemporary Literature and its Meaning for' To- Grou pI, le b the Rev. Randali B. Hamrick, will. again . resumne 'Thinking it Through with Younig People." G roup IV wvill consider. the six- teenth section of the report. of ;the Rcsearchý commission appointed by former President Hoover to investi- gt 2RecentSocial Trends." eititled -Labor Groups in the Social. Struc- ture," %which was ritten by L;e-- \Volnan and Gustave Peck, menuber, of thie faculty of economics of thie Cohllege of the City of Ne%% York. Thie speaker will be 'Professor Mul- lenbachi, who is the leading authoritv oni the arbitration labor matters Mn die United States.~ %vrite." Mis Beacha exchange of gifts ma( both countries. Troop 10 was also Miss Beach; wben of a regular meeting to hear Miss Beach, mously voted to post also suggested an, die by the girls of privileged to hear gîven the choice or an opportunityý the scouts unami- :jpone the planned out Mexico. They Miss Beach, .that se one. pellts ot nard uough. .1!acn ballor pellet will be just about the. size of a raindrop. Be sure not to bold your pan out too long, or. the drops will run into onie another and you won't have an ac- curate measure., Minnesota, where sunis of money r op C %vere provided to maintain a "cbnic" brougl to 'combat the ilîs of unemployment Isabell and, if 'possible, provide work for Northi everyone. The work lias been suc- cessful, she asserted, to the extent of providing work for 80 percent of Mr. the jobless people who came to the Chicaî clinic. ,daugh, Another thouglit Miss Staiats Pasa ýprmger is teacdn.Iingat 41\.Nri Ilegiate in Minneapolis, S it vith her as ber guest, -M e French, also a teachier .op. HAVE DAUGHTER .and Mrs. Tom Banglhart 'o announce the birth o f ýer Sunday, -Mafrch 5, at t ant hospital. Mrs. Bangha biintz; me io uo1wing ;ýUUU4y, maren an 411 vuin11 V4h 1iandI 26, the Squirrels have invited the over the Ieft end,,an American Eagles to tea at the,1home of the rigbt, and pull. Shirley Mouat,, ten-montb old Miss Clara G. Weber of Cie' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence arrived in Wilmette, Stnday fi IMouat, 616 Lake avenue, is now con- indefinite visit with her brothe valescing from a severe case of sister-in-Iaw, Mr. and Mrs. Eq pneumonia., -C. Weber, 1721 Lake avenue.

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