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Girl Scouts Are Boon to piç nics, Wise Hosts Know The wise host, making, up a picnic at tis summer, willicuea Gr Scout amnog the. guet.Tamit be:rule.,numiber one iii any fortbcoming book on the subject of summier, diver- Everyone knows -tbe picickerdear to tbe heart of. the comic strip. artist. He is ýthe man wbo sets out gaily on a sunny morning and gets borne with blistered f eet, bitten f ace and a pain in the tummy f rom eating cold flood' smotbered, in sand or.grit. The Girl Scout picnicker, *ho incidentally calis iersèlf a day-crri1*r, comes home, on the other banc!, bappy, rosy-cheeked -and ,ested. Sbe is an expert-.wliere the other isa rank amateur. The amateur picnicker drives at ran- dom inito the open spaces, expecting heaven. to reveal the ideal spot at which toý stop. The expert picks the spot first, and settles down to enj oy -hersélf as long as tbe dayligbit lasts. T o. Muclu CoId Foo>d The amateur brings along sandwiches and somethirig bottled to drink. To thé expert cold f ood is anathemna. Tbe Girl Scout always plans to bave one bot meal, usually a nieal cooked in oue pot. .ven thepot:imay be left bebind, and instead tbe, menu consist oî sonie- thing savory cooked on a stick. It ýcat be a "kabob"; or sliced bacon or f rank- f urters,ý followed by cbeese, nuts and fruit. Cocoa -makes a sàtisfying drink for someë. Others like cold water. But the water may be dangerous, the amateur may object, or bard to find. The spot cbosen by a Girl Scout will have a suniily somewhere handy.* if convenient tree. As tor bites, scratches, cuts and accidents with poison ivy-a small first-aid kit, skilfully chosen- will take care 'of those. .Yes, it, pays to h.ýve a Girl 'Scout in apicénic party. T.he only sufferer can be :the, comic strip artist who, would lou e a ubject good for .a. taugb. f rom every lazy stay -at-home. 'I L ôodLooking Girl" Contest to Prove That Beauty Is More Than "Skin Deep"p A test of tbe adage déaling witb tbe depth of beauty wilI be conducted 11y the Amerîcan. Girl,' officiai Girl Scout magazine, which is sponso ri ng a '"Good Looking Gr Contest,' an- nounced in the May issue. In response to,.the editorial question "Wben is a girl ýgood-looking?" it is suggested that good looks depend on plentiful lustrons hair; 'bright. eyes wîth no dark circles beneatb; pink lips; pink finger nails; soft clear skin; firmn strong muscles moving. with -the trained grace of a- dancer, and bead high on rounded shoulclers. How does a girl get that way?, asks every. girl in the world, and every Girl Scout knows tbe answer to that. E~very Girl Scout lcnows' tha~t to acbieve the state of 'positive health wbich, is the first step on tbe road to fundaniental good looks, she must realize the importance of balanced TroopNw WILME'1T TROOP 6 On May 10 the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Girl Reserves and the Camp Fire Girls gave a Mother's Day pro- gram at Ravinia Park. The Camp Fire girls were tbe first to march on to the field, next came the Girl Scouts,, Sea Scouts,: Boy, Scouts and Cub Scouts. The programn was ve 1ry interestiflg. Several men gave short talks. Onie wasLordHampton, the chiief coin- missioner of the British Boy Scouts; another was, James West, the chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America. When mlt the troops were in ttheir as w~e sang songs twr parent's uight. Miss Danburg was present to belp us to sing well and to teach the proper time. We sang and sang until we knew the songs quite we1,l. We, tbe Scouts ini Troop 2, stayed toQ bear somne announce- nients :and to electthe two best Scouts. to be fiag bearers in the Motber's Day programi Maýy. 0 îliving, proper: food,, suficient rest, 1exercise, recreation: and: adequate 1amfus ,emfents. That is one reason,%why Girl Scouts have the jump o te girls wbe.n it cornes to .keeping, cheer- fui, interested and energetic in their iletisure hours. Their, Scouting pro-, grain offers well balaniced, schedules ifor work and play for- growing girls. Every reader is invited to. send his answer1 to the "When Is a Girl'Goodý Iooking, Contest?" in the American Girl Helen Rawson Cades, Good Looks Editor of the Woman's Home Companion, wîil be the judge, and, the prizes will be,' for the beist an- swer, a bureaui set to match the color of the winner's own room, and a mani<ctrre set for thte secondi best ianswer. .Letters must flot be over three biun-. dred .wo.rds and they must be sub- niitted. b'efore May 25 to be eligible. TROOP U ýThe Girl Scouts of Troop I, the older group, planned to take a bicycle. trip on Saturday, May 9, at 9.' This. group of girls bas becomne very efficient in outdoor cooking and proper fire building. Two weeks ago they baked 1cbicken and *carrots in a bole wbich liad 'been properly. heated, and the meàl ccrtainly tasteq fine. After the dinner somne of the girls wvent. out and studiçd nature. TROOP 6 We had a business meeting, recently., During, corners Mrs. Burnham, bad' the girls corne> up to ber and pay -their, registration money.- Mrs. Burnbamn said that w'e would have the horsesoe at 5 o'clock because we had so much business to attend to. After corniers we sang songs. Esther Hearne came again to play for us. We sang forj at sang was md a Tenderfoot ging and annoutncements we and the meeting was over -Barbara Burnbham, TROOP 4 First we h ad 'patrol corners. In theni we -wrote notices -.to- our -mothers Glencoe Scouts Plan ,session at: C. amp Next Month, The Girl Scouts are to be -given, tbe'opportunity of attending the. Girl Reserve camp near Elgin for the first session beginning June 17. The camp was visited by niembers of the camp comtnittee Iast week, and found to :be in, every w#ay satisfactory and well ordered camp., It is hoped that ail who désire to attend the camp> will obtain appli- cation blanks at once from Miss- Heflin or from Miss Goodnow. Mrs. Clark Munn is chairmnan of the camp committee. Would-be-campers 1 Gleneoe OGil Scouts attention! We were ail disap- ppinted about Iosing camp Alite Ches- ter this year, but here la a grand miii- stitute. A Y. W. C. .A- cam 'p Jocate4. flv< miles on the St. Charles -road from Elgin has room for any girl who wlshes to attend. Our camp committee of Scout mothers vlsitéd the camp last week and wéee very much pleased with-it all. The camp was only bulIt lagt year'so that everythinfg is fresh and neat. 1A small i nland lake is warm and re- freshing even ln the early ten day period front *une 17 to June 2,7 when they ask us te corne. Hurry and get your applications ln If you waiit to have a real good vacation. -Suzanne Goodnow, TrYoop 1 Trôop. IV formally invested Marjory Mitchell, Jessie Arnie. 'Nancy Wilder, and. Audrey Caihoun as Girl Scouts at their regulaý- Monday afternoon meeting. Mary Cooper, EvelynHofedr n Maxine Philipsborn became Girl Scouts of Troop 111 on Tuesday afternoon. Barbara Austin, Grace >Bull, and Luella Weber completed theý work. f« Second Class last week and are -noôw busily enjoying their niew prMv.lege of working formnit badges., Fifteen girlýs from Troops 1 and Il passed the fifty Yard swimmîng 'ré- quirement for tlrst cim:es at the tank 'at, New Trier High'schooL. ,)f these fifteen, seven (Jean Younglove, Peggy Panrker. Dorothy Edwards, Mary Ellen McKee, and Suzanne Goodnow from Troop Iland, MarjoYr3y Lynn and Barbara Hess frorn Troop ID) suceeeded in passng the.-dif- Mrs. Clark read us- something 'about observýation. Then we played a nature game with flowers. Then we played a knot game using the Tenderfoot knots and tying tbem:on ourselves in di ferent positions. After.that we sang Taps and %vent home. -JeanClark, scribe of Troop, 4, MWinnetka., llq