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Show SCHOOL GIRLS' OUTDOOR CLUB ' Editor Woman's Page The high j school girls in one town decided to j organize an Outdoor Dub instead of the "secret society" of the previous 1 winters. 'They chose Rye points about a mile from the town, to one of which they walked every da ; this gave them a daily walk of two miles. On Saturdaj a tramp of four or five miles was taken. Part of the club pre- , ferred to take the daily walk in the morning, rising a half hour earlier for that purpose, the others went ! after school. The members of the club were divided equally, and a report re-port was kept by both captains of the regularity of eaxh girl In this daily exercise, the side making the most points to be entertained by the Insers I "Weather was not permitted to interfere, in-terfere, the only stipulation being that clothing offering suitable protection I must be worn. Bach girl kept a note hook In which she jotted down incidents A limit of 25 words for the short walks, and 100 for the longer tramps, was fixed, and the notes were read at the monthly meetings These notes brought out many excellent points and j made a great deal of fun as well I 'The long Saturdaj walks develop-I develop-I ed Into all sorts of delightful amuse-I amuse-I ments. During the autumn thev gathered gath-ered nuts, ferns and beautiful leaves, land had cozy picnics In sheltered nooks of the woods. When snow came they learned to go on snow-shoes, snow-shoes, or had coasting and skating parties They gathered Christmas greens, and occasiono lly. when some of the boys joined them experienced the rare fun of a winter picnic "This outdoor living did wonderful things for tired nerves, and the school work progressed as never before And they learned so much of which they had never heard, or at the most only through books; bow the feathered j reatures prepare for the winter exo-j dus. and bow the furred ones get readv for their cold weather housekeeping: house-keeping: that the winter woods are unsuspectedly interesting; what birds come earliest and what ones remain the year round; which flowers and! plants are bravest in spring and how all the little woods "homes" arc con- structed MRS A M A." |