SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28,
Girl Guides' Grotto
The first Internation Camp alnce the formation of the world office of the Girl Guides' Association was hold at Blerville, in France. Over 120 guides were there. Australia and New Zealand were represented by guldes who happened to be visiting France at the time, and
there was a large contingent from
1929.
THE CHINA MAIL,
ROUND THE CAMP FIRE
EXPERIENCES IN ENGLAND
I attended a Gulders' training
week at Foxlease, England, writes a Rockhampton Guide. It is a
SPLITTING A SHEET OF PAPER
Some people are incijned to think
that it is impossible to split a sheet
The Cubs' Corner
To do this little trick you will, have to be wearing a jacket or blazer. First of all you run up to a friend and ery:
"I Bay Did you know I had a false arm?"
Britain. The other campers hailed beautiful home with lovely grounds of paper; yet it is not only possible, England and has been adopted by right hand. Gently pull your left|
A COMPASS FOR THE BLIND A compass for the blind, known as the Montgomery-Alexander com pass, has recently been perfected in Each room in the house is called but extremely easy. Get a plece of the National Institute, for Blind. after the people who furnished it. plate-gloss and place on it a sheet Such a compass should be invalu- Thus the drawing-room was called of paper; then let the latter betion could be preserved without the Scotland, the bedroom 1 shared
able for acaulling at night, as direc-
the compass.
COURTESY
Courtesy is such a lovely word, Whether it means a graceful little
baw,
Or, even better as we use it now A gracious act, by love for others
Then bend your left arm up in front of you so that it is lying: Now see that the edge of the alcove against the front of your jacket. catches against the button, and then grip your left wrist with your arm so that it alldes out of the sleeve and then let it go back with
This appears so strange to your you do it many times, because your arm appears to be a clockwork one!
a jerk.
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THE ONLY WAY
his evil way of life always made An Eastern prince who WAL often reproached by his father for
Courtesy is lovely, dead and word!do right, he did not know how to
stirred.
the excuse that, while he desired to
attain his desire.
ANNE CLEVELAND CHANEY
from Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Lithuania, America, Holland, Cze- choslovakia, and, of course, France. The camp was held on the pro- perty of Mr. Mare Sangier, a woll with two Welsh Guiders was called thoroughly soaked. With care and necessity for showing a light to see little friends, and they will make known enthusiast for world peace. Denbighshire, and so on.
There a little dexterity the sheet can be In the same ground, three years were Gulders present from England, aplit by removing the top surface. ago, was held the sixth Interna- Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Jeru-But the best plan is to paste a tional Peace Conference, with 5,500 salem. Colombo, Madras, New piece of cloth or very strong' paper delegates from 82 different lands. South Wales, and myself from to each alde of the sheet to be split. Everything about the chateau Queensland-42 altogether. Ouce When dry, violently, and without preached "peace." A tall Calvary there, we became Guides under hesitation, pull the two pieces as- crowned the highest point; in an-Patrol leaders. I was in the Rook under-when part of the sheet will other place a atatue of St. John, Patrol. There were four patrols of 'be found to have adhered to one holding aloft in his hands the book ten. Each patrol had its day for and part to the other. Soften the in which he wrote his message of mess, washing up, house, and at-paste in water, and the pieces can love, was erected. The word "pax," tending fires-as all the main rooms be easily removed from the cloth. in letters of gold, was graven in have large open fires. The rising stone in the fields.
bell went at 7.15 a.m., after which we had prayers, then the saluting of the Union Jack on the lawn in front of the house, after which breakfast was served. The rest of the day was spent in Gulde Work, either as Brownies, Guides, or Rangers, with canteen at 11 am, lunch at 1 p.m., tea at 4 p.m.. and supper at 7.30 p.m.. After supper we had "Camp Fire in Scotland," 9.30. Taps was sung at 10,30, and finishing with Foxlease Vesper at all who were not in bed went to their doors to sing it. Sunday we were allowed to go into On the
the New Forest, and my room mates and I had a wonderful walk. There were so many things new to me, such as the thatched roof cottages and the little forest ponics and aquirrels. leave, as all the Guides showed the I was very sorry to spirit of the 4th Guide Law ("a Guide is a friend to all"), as did the Guiders of North England.
The French "cheftaines" were wonderful hostesses. They wore determined to give another proof of the sisterhood of guides, and so they cncentrated on friendliness rather than camp technique. Their guests all comm inted on the as- tonishing meals the camp books produced. The hors d'oeuvre was as much a matter of course as the meat.
The day began with prayers, one Protestant and one Roman Catholic group-and ended with a camp Bre. There were discussions of guide problems and entertainments to which each nation contributed typical songs or dances.
"We all eame away from the camp with memories of hand held In hand," wrote one of the guides. "We understand each other's aim and thoughts, and we hope to spread that understanding among the peoples from whom we come."
Concert
Saturday last was
The "Old Scout's" Column.
IN
Scouts Honour Unknown Solier-Boy Scouts placing a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlingian Cemetery as representatives of the organisation of American youth paid homage to the nameless hero and his sla in comrades of the War.
The father, therefore, determined to teach him a lesson. He ordered the youth to carry a vessel full of oil through the market place at the busiest time of the day. Be- hind him were to walk two execu tioners with drawn. swords, and if one single drop of oil were spilled his head was to be instantly struck oft.
The experiment was carried out,| and the princo returned to the palace, having successfully per- formed his task.
"Did you notice anyone when walking?" asked his father.
"No," said the youth, "my thoughts were fixed entirely on the vesset of oil, and I saw and heard nothing else."
"In the same way," rejoined the King, "let your thoughts be fixed on goodness, and you will be able to exclude all suggestion of evil.":
THOSE KNOTS
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyes all heavy and red,
A Guide sat pondering her knote
o'er,
Racking the brains in her head, Think, Think, Think,
But never a thought to her came, She inwardly cursed that knot
(And outwardly just the same). Try, Try, Try,
While the captain is tending her
lot,
Oh, why can't she think of that
O to be so forgetful
knot.
When others their second class,
have,
For they have learnt that knot, But she let her's go to "pot." Toll, Toil, Toll,
The concert given ciently to persuade them to take up genius, a specialist in girls. Others duty to support his leader in every- Try, Try, Try. About Your by you in celebra- the fairly intensive course of train-think she is an ordinary, pleasant thing he undertakes and says. A tion of your Coming necessary before they can be human being. But surely Brownie leader also expects his Second to ing - of- Age on given control of a company. But guiders must possess particularly help with and think out ideas to It's a capital one. perhaps the hard work involved is rare and delicate virtues. They help the patrol, or suggestions for I never knew there wha so the best guarantee that the women have to deal not with sensible patrol good turns, or any other work much youthful talent among who take it up have a sense of their guides, but with perverse little of the patrol. you. Biddy Gomes, as Al Jolson responsibilities. It would be hard beings that live half in fairyland. should make full use of his to say too much in praise of the It may be pure love and under- voice. Who kaowa: but that gulders. Being a brownie is not standing of little children that he might one day be just as great quite such a serious business as "brown owl" posseases, or it may as Al Jolson. I like his singing being a guide. Pack meetings are be some more occult quality. But and his "coonish"! ways. The mem-revels from beginning to end-but she is entirely benign and charm- bere of the Sea Scout Troop, the well-considered revels, for all that.
Ing. Wolf Cubs and the Guides all made The games are planned to develop a very good impression. I hope the self-control and observation. concert has helped materially to. | Brown owl's stories stimulate ward achieving your object.
young imaginations and curiosity about the world out-of- doore.
י
rouse
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A Patrol
Second
The work of patrol leadership is so im portant that it la too much for any Scout to be expected to do by himself. A Patrol Second is therefore, appoint- The qualities of the ed to help him. A Second is to a The Ideal ideal guider have, Leader as a Lieutenant is to
Guides been, from time
to Captain. He is his right hand and time, the subject of assistant, and takes command of were there enough "guiders" to speculation. No definite conclusion the patrol when the leader himself guide them. The difficulty in every has so far been reached. country is to interest women suf-think ahe ought to be an expert, a law, Loyalty, it is also a Second's Some is away. Remembering the second
There are OVET The 799,000 guides in the Sisterhood world, and thero of Guldes would be at least half as many more
MOVING A MODERN guns, and personnel in small num-
ARMY
NEW THEORY OF WAR: "TANKETTES" & "FLUID"
OPEN WARFARE
The text taken by the General Staff as its guide is as follows, writes the military correspondent of the "Observer.” "During the last decade mechanization has been rapidly on the increase in all walks of life. The Army in its general form must be modelled on civil life, and consequently must also me chanize gradually.?
rogress:tha
bera, the various. weapons being re- moved to the ground for action or fired from the vehicle at rest; and Unarmoured Carriers, Transport Vehicles, and Tractors, the second of these boing, whenever possible, of general service type, such as four, and alx-wheeled buses and lorries.
The exercises above referred to proved of great interest and were favoured by ideal weather condi- tactical operations they should not tions, although as strategical or
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the General Staff is ao to increase that mobility as to ensure that, in a future struggle, deadlock may be avoided and warfare kept "uid" or "open." Although it is too early yet to attempt to sum up all the lessons to be learnt from the recent operations, for many detailed reports and narrative have yet to that the exercises proved beyond come in, it can definitely be said question the value of the working of Bght with medium tanks.
Punctual and Regular
He should be punctual and regular in his at- tendance, and should set an example of tidiness, in this way doing his duty to his leader and his patrol. It is also his duty to help his leader in teaching Tenderfoot and Second Class work. One of a Second's chief duties to his leader and his captain is to carry out the 7th lew, Obediencs, thoroughly and quickly. For if a Second does not obey his leader and set an example, how is the leader to get his patrol to do so? It is also his duty to keep ahead of the patrol, for fre quently a Second is not only an leader as well. assistant leader, but a potential
armoured, fighting, "baby" motor- vehicle, carrying one or two ma chine guns, with a speed up to 90 mp.h. on the road, capable of
and with a radius of action of ap a fair average speed across country, proximately 150 miles.
As regards other lessons which have been learnt, is seems clear that form part of an infantry brigade fight tank battalion should not A for better plan would be to form
which the divisional commander armoured brigader and to keep these as divisional troops, from could when required, dotach a light bean doubled, for in the exercises nk battalion to help infantry. they could be, and were, used with when required. The mobile work- a greater freedom and at a greater shops were a access. What speed than beretofore. Seeing that struck the writer of this article
that by means of this co-operation It is scarcely too much to say be taken, too seriously. It was the value of the medium tank has above all things necessary that the operations should take place upon Government ground, for the damage mit upon, property, if allowed to which mechanized forces can com-
the road to mechanization is already more than anything else was the
Till the brains began to fly, O'er and under and over,
For a thousand ways did she try, And toil, toll, toil,
Over and under and o'er, Oh, why was that bowline
made. Such folly good times to bore. Then Smile, Smile, Smile,
ever
For at last she has it right, And smile, smile, smile,
Perseverance makes all things
bright.
Oh! how glad am I
For I am no true Guide
To keep that eighth Guide Law
From the 1st Valley Company,
If I do not keep this law.
Brisbane.
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