GIRL GUIDES

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 15

GIRL GUIDES

A FINE PROGRAMME

The Wellington South Company of the Girl Guides presented a very interesting performance in the Concert Chamber of J the Town Hall on Satur-j day' night. It' was entitled the "Girl Guide Gaieties," and proved very popular with 'the large' audience that attended. . Tlie first half of the programme was a pageant of .the..'history of the, Guides from their inception in 1909. This gave interesting glimpses of events in s the life of this wonderful movement, and concluded •with.1 a suggestion of what the future may hold. .The second portion of the programme-/, consisted of, a variety of eleven items.:; T;he» cast of the entire entertainment .was -provided by the girls. ' -'• The producers, who were congratulated on their success,.included. Miss Moxtdtt (Commissioner), Mrsi Key, Mrs. Miller, Miss Phillips, and'; MiSs ; Coulter. Mr. C. Levin, was stage manager, and Mr. W. TurnfeUir'TOs.-in :chaVgct of the'lighting effects. >:;;v; : ;;-/x;'V'\' ■ •■'.' f IRISH CromES^TTHE . ' ; VATIOAN. ■;; : ::/, \ '-:;; The following interesting account of .a.". visit to the Vatican ; .appears.in the "Monthly News?' of ithe-"Girl Guidesr-r----•"The 100 and-m6're;:€atMiC; Girl Guides of IrelandNvho arrived in, Rome on Holy Saturday wereCgranted .;one of the fewl Papal; audiences of'- Easto .Week. ■■:, :-"-;;:' '-i-P -/^ :V':-' V-: 'V "His Hollnoss iitspected thek thirty flags, showing particular inter, est in the flag of St. Brigid/ Patroness of the Guides," To each of the ; girls he gave his ring to kiss, and spoke, : to. them for twenty minutes, • ■ "The spiritual director ojf the pilgrimage, : the Re.V.;Dr. Bastibte^presented to his Holiness a silvei*-.^presentation of the flag of' Stkßrigid^and Father Vaughan,'who had chargel of the Dublin Guides, presented him with the Peter's Pence subscribed by the Girl Guides of Ireland. 'Commissioner of Cork presented a seroll inscribed with an address in. Italian and illuminated with a Celtic design by one of the Dublin Guides. "Tho Holy Father gave to the Bishop of Cork (the Most Bev. Dr. Cohalan) a number of medals of St. John Boseo, which liis Lordship presented to the girls. "Places wore reserved for the Guides in St. Peter's for the canonisation of St. John Bosco and they assisted in the work of first-aid in the Basilica." CAMP AT BELFAST. ' A party of eight Guides hag been invited to attend a summer camp to bo held near Belfast next year, when, after travelling expenses are paid, there will be no further expense to the visitors. It is mentioned that the Irish Guides are looking forward to welcoming visitors, from all over the world with the greatet pleasure. It is hoped that some New Zealand Guides will be able to accept the invitation so cordially given. There are many other matters of great interest to Guides in the1 August number of the Guides' News Sheet.