GIRL GUIDE NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22329, 1 August 1934, Page 10

GIRL GUIDE NOTES

By Guides. , LEVIES. All company, levies were due at provincial headquarters on July 31. Any companies still owing are asked to forward the money immediately. The treasurer would also be glad if committee levies could be paid as early as possible. It should be noted that the financial year closes on September 30, and all levies for 1933 should be in by that date. LADY ALICE FERGUSSON CUP. • It was mentioned last week that entries for the Lady Alice Fergusson Cup should be in the hands of divisional commissioners by August 31. Owing to the fact that there has' been a request' to show the winning entries at the Scout Hobbies Exhibition, at the end of August, it will be necessary to have the complete company entries—that is, those eligible to compete for the Twenty-first Birthday Cup, in at an earlier date. Companies are therefore asked to send their entries direct to provincial headquarters by August 23. Accompanying each entry should be a list of patrols and number of articles supplied. Companies are Once more urged to make an effort, to supply their full quota of articles, MELBOURNE CAMP.

Advice has come from Dominion headquarters that the shipping company asks for a deposit of £5 from each traveller. Melbourne headquarters requires a deposit of 10s camp fee. These, two amounts must be in the hands of the provincial secretary by August 15. Failure to send in the amount will bC taken as an indication that the application to attend has been withdrawn, though courtesy, requires a letter to this effect. JUMBLE SALE. Articles for this week’s jumble sale will be received any time before Friday' night. Even the smallest contribution will be welcome, ■ and would be a help to the association at a time ' when, finance matters are very difficult. FIRST CLASS TESTS. Guides are reminded that a further set' of tests will be held at the end of September. The' child nurse badge, for which lectures are at present being given, will be a step towards the goal. It may be said in this connection that while appreciating the interest of “ Outsider,” whose advice would carry more weight if it were not anonymous, a closer knowledge of the Guide movement would show that all training for .first-class work_ is done in any company where a Guide desires to do the, work. Actual cases of refusal of a Guider to do this, a position hardly likely to arise, could always be referred to the district commissioner. THE GOLDEN HAND. (Continued.) Clean Shoes.-—There are ways and ways of cleaning shoes. What the Brownies should be given in this part of the test is the elementary tuition in the care of leather. Teach them not to use a knife 1 to scrape the dirt off, but to clean their shoes they come iu, so that a stiff brush and a damp cloth are sufficient to clean the dirt off the shoes before polishing. Give them a pride in a real fine polish, and make them want to clean underneath the instep and around the edges, places which do not show so much perhaps, but which need the polish just as jnuch. So we come to the end of our first class test with something which .is a humble service, and brings with it, asdoes all true service, its own reward in the joy of work done well If we have done our best to teach the test thoroughly and well, we shall have given the’ Brownie a great deal of useful knowledgewhich will give her confidence in herself, and if she is really a first class Brownie she will have the desire to use it for the service of others. LITTLE SISTERS’ DAY.

The Ist Company of Knox Brownies celebrated its sixth birthday recently, when each Brownie brought a small sister or friend. Altogether .there, were 36 children present. A picnic was held, .at the Botanic Gardens, where games were played until afternoon tea time.' , On the return. to the. pack home, the day was brought to a close with the, singing of Brownie Taps. RUMANIA.

This year the first National Camp of Guiders was held, from August 1 to 12. They camped in tents, which waa in itself a novelty, as hitherto the Rumanian Guides have-camped iu buildings. This camp was, therefore, a new departure in two directions —technical camping and Guider’s training. Thirty Guidera attended out of a total of 100 in the country. The mornings were reserved for a discussion on the methods of the Movement, and on the various essentially Rumanian features which had been introduced. A real understanding of the underlying principles, and the means of applying them to their own country was insisted upon. In the afternoons training in camping, woodcraft, and Scouting games was carried out, and in the evening round the campfire Guiders from different parts of the country told their experiences. The whole atmosphere, balanced programme, the beautiful scenery and the excellent spirit of the Guiders, combined to make the camp a success of which they may justly be proud. Most of the Guiders were teachers in the secondary schools, and among them were two young head mistresses. The Minister of Education, who visited the camp, declared himself very pleased with the work that was being done iq the schools. The number of Guiders in Rumania lias grown to about 2500, and there are companies in 25 different towns. Up, until now all the companies have been school ones, except one in . Bucharest. There are about 200 Brownies, called Mici Cercetascle (Little Guides). The companies arc called “ Centuries,” and throughout the winter, they meet. in the school to which the companies belong. In general the prospects of the Scouts and Guides in Rumania are very favourable. It is the only outside Movement which is allowed in the State schools, and it is the only National Movement for yonnsr people. This is why. so much stress is laid on Duty to Country,” and in the promise is found the natural expression of loyalty to country and King.

A thief who was arrested for shoplifting in Tokio was carrying the following stolen goods:—Bottle of whisky, purse, tin of butter, two forks, cuff-links, tin of beef, dictionary, powder compacts, four pencils, and pocket-knives. The stolen articles were packed in a suitcase. This also was stolen. A cobbler's shop has come to town from the remote Warwickshire village of Houington, where, for 200 years the same family had been making shoes and boots for the community. All the equipment, w -hich has changed little since the beginning of the eighteenth century, has been removed to the Bethnal Green Museum, where, a small room has been arranged ns a typical cobbler’s shop. Almost all onr footwear is. to-day, made by complex machinery, so the village shoemaker's shop is rapidly becoming a museum piece.