Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Part 80

"Dances of the People," Elizabeth Burchenal, Schirmer.

"Folk Dances and Singing Games," Elizabeth Burchenal, Schirmer.

"Social Games and Group Dances," J. C. Elsom, Lippincott.

"Country Dance Book," C. J. Sharp, Novello.

[Ill.u.s.tration: DRESSMAKER

SYMBOL--SCISSORS]

1. Must hold Needlewoman's Badge.

2. Must know the bias, selvage, and straight width of goods.

3. Must cut and make a garment from a pattern following all rules and directions given. It is suggested that two girls work together on this.

4. Be able to clean, oil and use a sewing machine.

5. Demonstrate on other persons the way to measure for length of skirt, length of sleeve, length from neck to waist line. Sew on hooks and eyes so they will not show. Hang a skirt, make a placket, put skirt on belt. Skirt must be hemmed evenly and hang evenly.

6. Know what to do if a waist is too long from the neck to the waist line and does not fit well.

REFERENCES:

"Complete Dressmaker," C. E. Laughlin, Appleton.

"The Dress You Wear and How to Make It," M. J. Rhoe, Putnam.

"The Dressmaker," b.u.t.terick Publis.h.i.+ng Co.

"Clothing and Health," Helen Kinne and Anna M. Cooley, Macmillan.

"Clothing: Choice, Care, Cost," Mary Schenet Woolman, Lippincott 1920.

[Ill.u.s.tration: DRUMMER

SYMBOL--DRUM AND STICKS]

Be prepared to play all of the following taps and steps and in order further to show proficiency on the drum, perform any feat selected.

1. "Roll off"; 2. Flam (right and left hand); 3. Five-stroke roll; 4.

Seven-stroke roll; 5. "Taps" step; 6. Six-eight step; 7. two-four step; 8. Single Stroke.

REFERENCES:

"Recollections of a Drummer Boy," H. M. Kieffer, Houghton Mifflin

[Ill.u.s.tration: ECONOMIST

SYMBOL--BEE]

A Girl Scout must qualify for 1 and 2, and either 3 or 4.

1. Offer record of ten per cent. savings from earnings or allowance for three months.

Show card for Postal Savings, or a Savings Bank Account.

2. Show record from parent or guardian that she has:

a. Darned stockings.

b. Keep shoes s.h.i.+ned and repaired.

c. Not used safety pins or other makes.h.i.+ft for b.u.t.tons, hooks, hems of skirts, belts, etc.

d. Kept clothes mended and cleansed from small spots.

3. For girls who have the spending of their money, either in allowance or earnings, show by character of shoes, stockings and gloves, hair-ribbons, handkerchiefs and other accessories that they know how to select them for wearing qualities and how to keep them in repair.

4. Show record of one week's buying and menus with plans for using food economically, such as left-overs, cheap but nouris.h.i.+ng cuts of meat, b.u.t.ter subst.i.tutes, thrifty use of milk such as sour, skimmed or powdered milk, and so forth.

REFERENCES:

"Scout Law in Practice," A. A. Carey, Little.

"Thrift and Conservation," A. H. Chamberlain, Lippincott.

[Ill.u.s.tration: ELECTRICIAN

SYMBOL--LIGHTNING]

1. Explain the use of magnets for attraction and repulsion.

2. Describe the use of electricity for forming electro-magnets and their use in: Electric bell; Telegraph; Telephone.

3. What is meant by low and high voltage in electric current? Describe the use of current in: Dry cell; Storage Battery; Dynamo.

4. a. Describe how current is sent through resistance wire resulting in heat and light, in case of Electric lights, Electric stoves, toasters, flat irons, etc., and

b. How it is converted into working energy in Motors.

5. Describe fuses and their use, and how to replace a burnt-out fuse.

6. Connect two batteries in series with a bell and push b.u.t.ton.