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How Girls Can Help Their Country

Adapted from

Agnes Baden-Powell

and

Sir Robert Baden-Powell's Handbook

1917

COPYRIGHT, 1917

BY

JULIETTE LOW

Transcriber's note: Italics are signified by underscores, _, and bold is
signified by tildes, ~, around the words. In one spot in the text [=V]
is used to describe a V with a line above it and [V=] signifies a V with
a line below it.




Contents


Part I.
                                      PAGE

HISTORY                                  1

HOW TO BEGIN                             4

LAWS                                     7

SELF-IMPROVEMENT                         9


Part II.

MEMBERSHIP                              20

QUALIFICATIONS FOR GRADES AND RANK      25

ENROLLMENT                              27

BADGES AND AWARDS                       29

TESTS FOR MERIT BADGES                  31


Part III.

GAMES                                   48

CAMPING                                 57

SCOUTCRAFT                              68

STARS                                   83

GARDENING                               92


Part IV.

SANITATION                              94

HEALTH                                  98

HOME LIFE                              106


Part V.

FIRST AID                              124


Part VI.

PATRIOTISM                             136

LIST OF BOOKS TO READ                  142

INDEX                                  153


Copies of this book may be obtained from Girl Scout National
Headquarters, 527 Fifth Avenue, City of New York; price 30 cents,
postpaid.




PATRONESSES OF GIRL SCOUTS.


MRS. PHILIP BROWN                New York
"    ARTHUR CHOATE                 "   "
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"    SNOWDON MARSHALL