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Show (JIRLS ON 4.000-MILE TOUR The 4-H style revue champion of the United States and of nearly half a million girls enrolled in clubs, is visiting- points of historical interest in the eastern states. She is Mildred Startup of Silverlake, in the heart of rural Kansas. Everywhere she goes Mildred attracts attention. Folks like her natural beauty and her vholesomeness. She is 19 and a slendor blonde, and has a smile that show a row of fine teeth that simply captivates people. But with all her style she is the kind of country girl who knows how to step in and wash dishes or help with the chores in a pinch. No city person would ever guess it, but she does. At home she is just one of the family, helping along with the struggle which her parents in common with others of ordinary means have these days to make ends meet. In spite of it all this charming girl has won numerous honors Jcr her high proficiency in her 4-H clothing and other projects. k"s just a part of the new deal for the farm girl, points out her chaperone, Miss Lola Hilyard of the state extension service. Through the state leaders and specialists and the county extension ex-tension agents Kansas, like other states, is teaching its girls', and boys too, how to meke the most of themselves and their opportunities. opportuni-ties. How to earn money at home on the farms and to have social recreations and dress as well as town boys and girls and be just as confident of themselves. The women leaders bring the latest ideas in dress to the girls and mothers and show them how to adapt them to their uses, and also within their means. Mildred's entire costume, which won national championship for her, cost only S19.45. It was a blue wollen suit with accessories. The three other girls who were runners-up are with Mildred. They also reflected the new deal for the rural girl. They are Helen Clark of Portland, Oregon, accompanied by Miss Helen J. Cow gill, state leader; Mary L. Chambers of Moundsville, YV. Va. with her leader, Miss Gertrude Humphreys; and Margaret Franklin Frank-lin of Leesville, La., with Miss Stella Jones, state leader. The party will make 4,000 miles by auto, bus, rail and steamship going as far east as Plymouth Rock and ending at the Chicago World fair. . n |