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Show fjf''' iGirls Who Live if fo, ILike Indians jpF" Camp Fire Organization of Young Women, k mWmWBIF jsk. Now Has 60,000 Members in United States I Ww and Canada, Who Live as Did Minnehaha, l an Who Are Raising the Standard of I Health Among Their Sex. ! ! '5. I il Sixty thousand girls and young laornen In tho United States and Canada arc spending a part of their time In tho woods and Holds and on the water lllng like- Indians In tents and engaging in lh sporta common fco the Cherokee maidens on the Oklahoma Ok-lahoma r se e .1 1 Ions Thoe imltaors of the aborigines re members nf the Camp Bin drls, an organization which was Starcl eighteen months ago for tho purpose of giving girls a chance to win health and natural beauty and to combat the evil influences of modern life. E Dressed as Indians, with their hair tin braids, these camp lire glrld i- " h Swimming, diving, canoeing, sailing, ;Coaxlng. snow-shoeing, horseback Hiding, mountain climbing and other natural sporta. They do not taboo 'the sports of the present day, h.ov,-gver. h.ov,-gver. They play tennis, basket ball Wnd other games to make the blood How faster and bring nalth. For a tamp Fire Girl to have bad cold S unusual. Tin y live B ) b natural lives that colds seldom come to tnem. Living m the open for a part of the time every year under the direction di-rection of guardlani 1 i Camp Fire Clrlo arc Instructed how to take I care of themselves when at home. I Here they differ radically from the 1 Indian squaw, The musi 1 now ho.v to help about the house, how i I take care of fine furniture and hard- Wood floor.i jnd how to teed LllC j baby in tho most scientific manner I The Instructors of the Camp Flro ' Girls do not believe in susppendlng I the baby In a grass hammock from the top of the tepee and rocking 1 hi ni to deop. Tio- 'ii: .;,. , t z ; enter jj I In 1. -j wit!, 11, , :M zest, however, ir. the outdo. .r work. The 01. 11 l . I pa , I erne d in ni:i:n v. . , : 1 1 1 r 1 r 1 - -Box s.,vitv Out In the woods they learn how mm j to V ulld wigwams an They 1 cn carry wood and muld 1 roaring "re. and after the fire la built they Dr. Lutlier B. Hulick at upper left. can beat Old Xokomls. of Longfel-low's Longfel-low's poem. In cooking a meal. ni'vets and Hifjh Heels Are Left at Home. In short skirts and loose garments gar-ments they swing over the roads with the caso of an Indian woman who never was hampered with a corset or high heels. The Camp Fire Girls leave their high heels at home. Camp Fire Girls have no need of men. They pitch their own tent?, build their own shacks, chop their own wood, light their own (Ires, paddle pad-dle their own canoes and saddle their own horses. They learn how to build fires by rubbing sticks and learn to prepare food in the open. They borrow the good Ideas from the Indians and from the homes of the most civilized civil-ized whites. Living naturally. It Is believed they will learn to be helpful help-ful and self-reliant Helping others Is one of the cardinal principals of the order. They have three ranks, according to their efficiency. After that they are given greater honors. Upon entering the order they first are wood gatherers. The wood gatherer gath-erer is given tho right to wear a .-iler ring. As she discharges her duties faithfully she Is promoted The wood gatherer has to take a pledge to seek beauty, be trustworthy, trust-worthy, give service, hold on to health, pursue knowledge, glorify Work and be happy. I').: -.it'll several months of dally attainment she may become a Ore-maker Ore-maker nnd be entitled to wear the fire-maker's bracelet. Then she stands before the fire and repeats; "As fuel l brought lo the fire, so I propone to bring my strength, my ambition, my heart" desire. my Joy, my sorrow, to the flro of humankind. hu-mankind. For 1 will tend, as my fathers have tended since time began, be-gan, the lire that is called the Lovo of Man for Alan the Love of Man for God." To become a fire-maker she must, among other requirements, be able ; to state the causes of Infant mortality mor-tality In summer, the Influences of good milk, the laws of personal hygiene, hy-giene, and the rules of first aid to the Injured. Porch Hearer Must Pass Hani Tests. The highest rank, that of torch-bearer. torch-bearer. Is won by still greater achievement. The motto of the torch-bearer in: "The light which has been given to mo I desire to pass, undlmmed, to others." It is contended that much of woman's work ha been extended from the home to the community, that she should, therefore, learn to Intelligently cany on this larger work: to give her efforts toward bettering health conditions In schools, farms, factories or mines; In Improving the sanitary condition of establishments handling or distributing dis-tributing food, nnd In encouraging Clean and healthful habits of life. In a general way the founde rs aim to help the girls "get ready for the new world In which woman Is finding find-ing herself and to enable them to overcome tho grinding tendency of modern machine work: te show that common life contains the materials ma-terials for romance and adventure; to show by special names and symbols sym-bols the slgnlflcane e of the modest attainments Of life; and to develop In girls the power of keeping stop of co-operative effort." The extraordinary popularity and growth of the Camp Flro Girls' organization or-ganization Justifies the hope that It Is destined to perform a service of Inestimable value in the field of human hu-man betterment The organization of the Camp Fire Girls was accomplished large ly through Dr. Luther H. GuMck, president, and his wife, guardlau of the Sebagow olulo Camp Fire The national organization Is go-erned go-erned by S board of electors and hoard of managers. The head of ,.ich local organization Is a guard-Ian. guard-Ian. Several organizations oflen unite to camp together and a chief guardian Is chosen so there will be harmony all over the camp. Coming From Hanks Teaches Many Duties. Under tho guardian Is the torch bearer which is tho most Import ant rang a girl can attain. By tho time person ha" attained the rank of torch bearer she Is indeed a girl accomplished In the natural and practical crafts. Coming up from the rank of wood carrier she has learned many things She Is qualified quali-fied to be the assistant of the guard - 3UARDtAN'5 0 CIN fan and In times of need can act In the guardian's stead The torch beater must know how to sew and mend and cook. She must konw how to keep accounts i as not to waste money. She must know how to put out a fire caught In a child's clothing. Sho must know how to rescue a drowning poison, how to tlo up a wound and care for frosted foot In addition addi-tion to these things there aro fifteen elective honors she must win. She picks these honors from a long list furnished by tho national organization organiza-tion and accomplishes them. They In. ludo athletic stunts, work In tho home, acquiring of knowledge of nature and the like. The girls can win decorations by attaining certain things Here are Just a few of the stunts they must perform and the decorations: Dive eight feet for a reward of a red ribbon Work for a neighbor once :t weak for two months, doing cooking, to win a flame colored ribbon. rib-bon. Identify and describe fifteen trees winter and summer to get a blue ribbon. Do all the camp cooking cook-ing without any help or advice for four persona for one day for a brown ribbon. Make a hat or shirt waist and get a green ribbon. Save 10 per cent of the allowanco for three months and get a yellow ribbon. rib-bon. Contribute some service to the community In connection with the conservation of birds and get a red. white and blue ribbon. If klrl writes a song or poem or miken B drawing or a head band which will be of use In the national organization or-ganization she will be rewarded with a special bead. In addition to winning ribbons as honors th.- accomplishments will be applied as credits to candidates for the rank of torch bearer There aro several hundred othvr stunts Camp Fire Cirls can do to win the various colored ribbons. The names of the Camp Fires are choflen from primitive legends or customs, from the natural resources and Industries of a locality, or from the name of some person whom the members of the Camp Fire wish to honor Indian emblems are used for each camp. Ft Instance t Decrflcld. Mass.. tho name Hanna Dustln Camp Fire was given to a camp in honor of Hanna Dustln, who slew many Indians and escaped es-caped from them with her little boy during the Colonial days. Their emblem Is a canoe bearing the totem of tho tribe from which she escaped In Butte, Mont., the organization Is called the Copper City Camp Fire Ctrl- bo miso the principal Industry of that city is tho mining of copper. The pick and shovel Is their symbol. sym-bol. From Indian legends Indian names are taken and used In place of English names. The Clearwater Cump Fire la called tho Chelan, an Indian name, meaning clear water. Fngllsh names with a poetic sound also are used Such names as Morning Morn-ing Star, EveninK Star, Grey Leaves are favorite names for camps Therp Is no difficulty of forming a 1 amp fire and that probably is responsible re-sponsible for Its rapid growth. All that Is necessary is that a camp be formed and the name sent to national na-tional headquarters 1 1 S East Twenty-Eighth street. New York. Girls under 12 years old arc not nllowed to Join the Camp Fire. They aro allowed to Join an organization f their own. however, called tho Blue Birds. LIko tho Camp Fire eiirls. the Blue Birds have rank. First they aro nestlings. Then they become Hcdgllngs and finally filers. Bluo Birds feed birds In ;he win- t.r, play with doll, keep a garden and help their elders. A Blue Bird Is much like a Camp Fire Girl only her duties are not so highly developed devel-oped and she docs not have such responsible things to do. Instead of living to the bottom of a river or lake they learn to play hop scotch, blind man's buff, drop the handker-chiew. handker-chiew. pussy wants corner and the like. They learn lullabies to sing lo their dolls and kilvc doll parties. ' ''''' j Like the older girls. Ihcy lcaru to sew ami do housework. Jn tho winter they feed tho birds and take caro of the younger children. chil-dren. To be a good Blue Bird a girl must bo able to drJs herself In twenty minutes. She must bo able to lace her shoes In one minute. She must bo able to keep her own room in perfect order She must rlo lip heV own hair and go to bed by S p. m. She must help wash tho alshes, pt the table and do other household duties. Tho promoters of tho Camp Fir Girls believe tho modo.of life followed fol-lowed by them will make them unusually un-usually strong; and self-reliant worn-en. worn-en. They believe by becomnlg Camp Fire Girls the rising generation can develop into women with fine physiques, phys-iques, with ability to care for a home when they have one of their own and will be better able, to take the leadership in affairs. The organization Is for the pur-poso pur-poso of building up tho home and never for tearing It down. By having hav-ing been a Camp Fire Girl the woman wom-an of tomorrow will be a better wife, BO the leaders of the movement say. The movement is an attempt to help meet the conditions created by social, civic and economic changes affecting the girls and women and their relations to community The 1 girl no longer Is allowed to run iid romp as her nature dictates. If she tries it alone it makes her I conspicuous. When placed with a ' I hand of other girls she plays with I them and learns to live as she should. I The movement Is not alone for ,'j glrlj of leisure. Girls who have to 3 earn their own way In the world J r.rc given an opportunity to join the .1 Camp Fire Girls. 1 j The aim of the camp flro Is to win jg beauty, give service, pursue knowl- edge, be trustworthy., retain health, ftfl glorify work and be happy, ( 1 |