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Show II OBJECT OF GIRL SCOUTING IS TO KEEP GIRLS HAPPYIN THEIR HOME , Members of Organization, in Uniform Or Out, Not I Permitted to Raise Money By Soliciting Funds 1 Or Selling Anything in Public Places I Articles published In The Standard -Examiner to explain cjlrl Soout work to the citizens of I Kdi n have awakened awaken-ed enthusiasm for the movement In the hearts of those Who were unfamiliar un-familiar with the ainn uf Scouting and reawakened Interest among former form-er Girl Scout workers n ho have dropped drop-ped out for one reason or .in other. Mrs. J, j. Falck, head Of the ' ir-den ir-den council Invites .nil who formerly were nassoela ted In the movement to come tn Council meetings. The.su meetings are held the second Monday of each month Girl Scouting seeks to make young women happy and keep then) at their homes. Thus Girl Scout air not pi-. -mlttcd to partirlpnte in tag (lays, or solicit funds in public the following Klwanls article explains: While the Klwanls drive for financing fi-nancing the Girl Scout movement la on, one will see no Girl Scout on the street In uniform or out, soliciting money from the. general public lor ihe maintenance of the organization in Ogden. The following Is a ruling from National Headquarters: "Soliciting by Girl Scouts Prohibited. Prohibit-ed. No Girl Scout troop may raise money for any purpose whatsoever, by soliciting funds, or selling anything, whether tickets or Roods. In streets, hotels, restaurants or any other pul -lie place. This ruling is absolute, and applies to S'-outa in uniform or out of It. with or without upervislon by Scout officers. I "All public handling of monej lhat may be necessary in connection with fairs, bazaars, or entertainments must be done by Girl Scout officers. or Council members, or some responsible! adult acting for the officers or parents, or Scouts. "In no caso should Scouts In uniform, uni-form, either together or as individuals, participate In ta; days, or in soliciting solicit-ing which Involves asking for or handling money In public places. 1 In-National In-National Conference on Child il-fare il-fare considers any practice of this sort extremely detrimental t children, chil-dren, particularly to girls. "iJocal Councils must raise their own funds for carrying on local work. They may render financial aid to troops In need of such assistance.' ' The aim of scouting is to keep the girl In the home. To teat h her the duties of a good citizen, a good hous -wife and mother "Through the lornl office o! Girl Scouts come man; appeals from gh is wishing to earn their money by siring for children, assisting in the hop., typewriting, piekinp fruit, or any errand er-rand which will in lp them Ret the money which they are required To earn to pay for registration ilm s, camp expenses and uniform ecfuip-rnent. ecfuip-rnent. "The reason why the Girl Scouts aro prohibited from ftrdiriting funds for the support of their own organisation organisa-tion lf. we presume; apparent. That which one does for self Is usually regarded re-garded as more or less selfish. 'Selfish' 'Sel-fish' w-hat a hateful word of that! The idea of scouting Is farthest n , moved from this It Is working for .the other, or for another, or as defined de-fined by the litln term, 'AltriUS.' 'Altruism' Is working not for self, but for others. The Scout work Is literau) 'Altruistic- fl fading Joy In service to I others. The gospel plan f Jesus may i mprehended In two words -- I'LiOVe' and 'Serve. ' The hlgesf philos-, philos-, ophy in tin world today Is thut whic h i teaches that the real genuine Joys ' o ml happiness of life come from ser- Ire to others In a world where self- Ishness st ems the predominant characteristic char-acteristic of human kind. It seems I eminently fitting that organizations should be chartered and nurtured which have fur their goal and aim the banishment of self isb ness. "if is good pedagogy that advises j the substitution of a positive vlrtUl'H I for the negative one If one wishes to get rid of the latter. Talking about an evil, preaching against an evl : doesn't eradicate, it. The one sensible way of disposing of It is to substitute something better. Do a good turn 'every da' does the trick. Ono for- gets herself in serving others, heniti ! soon learns the Joy of service. A j girl enjoys a good dinner but this 'Is merely physical a low order of enjoyment. The girl that Surprises ! mother h preparing a good meal w hen mother feels too tired and worn out to get It. tmd especially When mother didn't know that she could get jit. or hadn't dreamed that she WOU'.d I if she could, is in the way of having 'a real Jov come Into her life. Sh'j 'sees a happy smile on mothers lace and a grateful look In dear old moth- er b eyes that she had never seen be-; fore There is r.o much more In her; look than mere gratitude of being re-; lleved of a task, there is the. nope; the promise; th assurance that ftta I daUght er Is overcoming the arch n- I emy, selfishness' and Is developing a It in ism. ',We Said the other day lhat the Girl Scout movement is non-sei U " W'c did not say It Is non-re!ijloUS. To the contrary It Is profoundly religious re-ligious Drue religion and undefined is to visit th" fatherless and the widows and to keep u n spoil el from the world To bow many, 1 wonder, has it occurred, that the world lr spotted' with sel fisiiness. and that she who can forget self and thin I. only of others Is 'unspotted from the world' Ah. there Is more in this little creed of Girl Scoutlsm Do a good turn dnl)v'--l fear, than we had dreamed of in nur philosophy! Fundamentally, Fun-damentally, it IS sound, wholesome beautiful and, lit perfect accord with the teachings of the Master. It is tho Inculcation through work and practice prac-tice of the basic principle of Chris-1 lian pholosophy. "Ane one who s'udies the program Of the Girl Scout movement must become be-come more and more Impressed wtithl the idea, that It Is getting at tho great problem of education in a rather newj and a very effective way and must! need be a wonderful supplement tji the work of the home-, the church anJ ! I , s, h,.ol ' 1 |