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Girl Scouts Tell Yuletide Menus of Many Lands JJoily and ivy on 'windows and walls and misiletot over the door- waysi, Few, hanging theni as Christ-. f mas decorations, remienber what they meant for oid-timeý Christmas and pagans., Prickly holiy with its crimt- son. berrnes to symbolize a blood stained crown of thorns, ivy 10 make a coronal for the brow of Bacchusi mistletoe su. sacred that enemies passing hencath it hiad to.,make peace. .They , busg :it bigh ini the old days, so. that nothing would ditturb 'the merriment that found its climax ini the Christmias feast. Peace on earti and good wiil to men is still the. motto of the day, and still its activ-I ities: revoive'round the dinner- table. Under what does the Christmas table groauRlsi. .le li Anica 4nder tttrkey and' trimmings, but they are not 5 o pp- ular elsewhere, it is 'revealed by 'the Girl Scouts who now have' sisters in twenty-eight different lands.' The Girl Scouts, through the nmedium oi their -international postbox" and in- ternational gatherings, have become authorities en the Christmas menus of many countries. Turkey, they say, is associated with (Christmias only in 'England and the U. S. A., and even in the former the boa'r is the more historic dish. Den- "wild boar of the wood," chased that day f rom the vineyard of the Lord. Mince, pie is English, too, but. the modern variety is only a polite, aiüic equivalent of its ancestors, that mncluded ducks and« 'geese and turkeyýs and neats' tongues and twen- ty p ounds of butter and two bush eis of flour as well as other ingredients, such as eggs, pickled mushrooms and spices. They ate heartily in those r Camp Build Character Chicago Co ?ikmots, 95.5 JVest Grand av-emie, can' scud 40<) boys a.nd girls fiont its densely crotvdcd" river eteiylzhboriaood for two weeks al its MAicliigacî cap., Contributions arc greatlv eeded ini ai-cir that miore chi- cire»i mav derive hie benefits fr-ont the camping Progr ami. and oudt-of-door' lite, accordliýta Grahamn Taylor, treasurer. TROOP 4 Our troop divided into three grou-ps, ed oit compass and on signallhng. After the groups liad worked long enough they reassembled as a troop, and two people were choseni as cap- tains, for a game. They chose sides. Then we sat opposite each other in a line on the floor, and the games began. One of our leaders said to the first' girl in one line, "Speli. pot back- wards." The girl spelled, "Top." The leader said, "Now pronounce it back- of uls passed lire' building. The new% 'girls worked at their knots and practiced very liard so as to be ready for Investiture. Troop 8 is a very small troop.but there. TROQPZ 21 >I At lour last meeting. on . Deceruber 8 we played two bean bag reiays. Then we went to patrol corners ýand .learned the points o'f thé compass. We then played ,a game where each person changes' thrce things on him- self, and his partner guesses what they were. We ended the meeting by.. singing taps.-Suzanne Lyon, Children's' home in iEvanston. Tihe- girls trom each orga girls' will put on stunts and Santa TROOP 8 with the serving ci Claus will1 have a present for eacli On Tuesday, Deceniber 8, Troop The money raised one at the children's home, and also' 8 met. at Mrs. 'Lowrey's house. We be used to send gi a big popcorn baIl for everyone. bilît ires in the backyard. and some Commons . to camp. play staff. 'hree The -Wînnè nization will heip niany fine ne f the dinner. 'room at the in this way will books. were ris fronu Chicago Troops 2 and, Winnetka. a Girl Scouts havc books in the Scout larish Hîouse. These ven by the girls of formeriy Troop 1 of JCamp Brings Joy to Pamily Groups Ccgoof Crowded City ChcgCommons Farm camp is ; big farm in southern Michigan,1 i Ne* Buffalo, which was given to th.. settiemnent. in 1923. Lt is backahu four M iles from Lake Michigan, a?ý! bas a smail river-.---the- Galien'river-, fiowing diagonally across the fariii. 'There is a beautiful'woôdlanod, one Of the loveliest cf beach woods, and Jgreat variety of other trees-tui)i. sycamnorgej walnut, oak,, Maple, andi. great longe pine towering over tlw farm bhouse. The big level field-, giv plenty of place to play. It is a camp especialiy.for theel iii dren, young people and famnilles of' the neighborhood a bout Chicag,, Commons, one of the most crowdeil parts of the city, where there is ver,% littie to remind one of trees or.:grass. For buildings, there are now a di» - ig hall and a' recreation hall, and headquarters cottage with acconinio dations. for the nurse, and there ait- two large cottages housing aboui forty-five girls, and five small cot- tages for fifty boys. Tbe girls' camp is used hy mothers and little chiidre*î one period each summner. Plan Cottage for Mothers Camp leaders hope sorne day tg bave a cottage built especiaily foi- mothers and little chiidren, and arc already working toward a smnall cot- tage for older 'girls. This is greativ needed as the girls do not have reg- ular vacation periods, and cannoe. well be accommodated in the large r dormitory for younger children. AIst<î it could be used for week-ends, mhicii get asà$. vacations. The girls, themi- selves' have stared a fund toward thuc building of the cottage, and are add- ing to the fund gevery chance, they get, hoping some day to be 'able t,( really have the cottage a.d. use it. Last suminer there were 459 clii!- qren camped in periods of thiirteetîî