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Fifth Victorian Guiders' Conference. (CONTINUED). Ques tion 4 ( Miss P urne ll ): Are Gui d es i n dan g e r o f b ecomin g smu g?

I think, pel'haps, I will tell you the voting first, as we may need a little encouragement afterwards. The voting is, that on the whole, we al'e not smug. Now we have to face the facts. We are smug in a great many ways. We think there is a Guide way of tying up a parcel, and that is the best way. We think thel'e is one way of erecting a tent and we don't l'ecognise that othel' people have very good and useful ways also. We also even think there is such a thing as "Guide Honour." We neglect our other interests, all other interests -and our friends for Guiding, and we don't recognise the good points of other similar movements. If we are at party and we meet other Guiders, we monopolise the conversaÂˇ tion. When Guiders or Guides are travelling in parties they monopolise the train or the tram and very often break into song. When coming to Guide Conferences, we al'e so pleased to meet our friends that we ignore the lonely Guider. Our best patrols are in danger of becoming smug 01' are smug because they win a lways. Outsiders consider that we fuss a great deal over small details. Thel'e were arguments to prove that we are not smug. We never have a perfect company, so we are not in danger of thinking that everything is all right. We cannot be smug if we are really working according to the ideals given to us. People sometimes think us smug because we are shy and the uniform makes us so conspicuous that we become very self-conscious. This is mistaken for smugness. M iss W ebb then gave us her opinion as an outsideI'. I woke this morning with a dreadful feeling, "What am I going to do this afternoon 7" and I realised that I was going to talk about a thing about which I knew practically nothing, and I wondered if there could possibly be a worse person to do it than myself, and then it crossed my mind that perhaps it would be worse if I were feeling smug, and I a.-ked myself was I smug or not, and I thought J had better fmd out exactly what it was. 1 didn't get much help from the dictionary. The two I consulted said it was connected with the Dutch word meaning mean persons, but in thinking it over, I came to the same conclusion as the last speaker, with a slight modification, that smugness meant self-satisfaction . but self-satisfaction with achievement. My next procedure was to ring various people whom I knew had relatives in the Guide Movement, and I asked them point bank on the telephone, "Are Guides smug?" and I l'egret to tell you that the first person I :lsked said "Ycs," but went on to say, "You I'ee, they are doing good work, and people

who do good work are always smug." And I, taki ng up the cudgels for the Gu ide Movement said, "Don't you think it is perhaps that you just think them smug." Now there i a very serious danger in all societies that are concerned with good works, that they may become smug, because there is something in human nature that has to be checked, something in human nature that has been, I think, expressed well by two characters in iiterature. One character is the Pharisee, who thanked God he was not as other men. When you are concerned with good works and are always thinking of others, not only yourself, if once you get introspective about it and think about yourself, you think you are better than the other fellow who doesn't do these things, and you are in danger of becoming smug. I think in all societies where people are trying to do something good, not for their own benefit, they are apt to grow smug, so you can be on the lookout for ~.

The other character in literature is little Jack Horner. You remember. perhaps, that he sat in a cornel', eating a Christmas pie. Put in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said what a good boy am 1. We all do that, when something good comes our way and we feel that we have deserved it. I think from what I can see, I do not know any smug Guiders. I know a fail' number and I do not think any of them smug. Also, when I was coming in this afternoon and heard the laughter from these halls, I said, "Those are not smug laughers." I still do not think that you are. You should remember, I think you do, that you also, yourselves, are getting a great deal of happiness and a great deal of pleasure out of Guiding. You are getting something that probably a lot of you, or, at all events, some of you wouldn't get if you were not in This Society of some Movement like this. Youth. The third element that comes into smugness is one that I do not happen to know a chal'actel' in fiction for, but it is this-becoming a mutual admiration societv. There is always that tcndE:ncy. when a group of people get together, and Guiders are not by any means the only society that likes to get together. There is a devoted family in which father and mother, brothers ÂŤnd sisters think a lot of each other, and they think what a fine lot they are for doing it. Once they do that, they become smug, and nobody loves them, except that they love each othel'. If you become a mutual admiration society and one member of the family lets "ou down, there is not the same unconscious natural affection to fall back unon . It becomes strained. Well, those are three divisions of smugnes:. I don't think you have become smug. You WOljlrj not hnvG asked this question if you

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were, but there is a possibility, and I think you ought to be on the lookout for it, because smugness is a mark of deterioration. One of the people that I a~ked for guidance and advice in this matter, said, "She didn't think that Guiders were smug, but if t hey were, there was nothing to do about it. If any Guider realised that she was smug,' she must put up with it." But I think that is unduly pessimistic. If you eek the Chief Guide's and Chief Scout's advice, you are getting rid of the chief dangers of becoming smug. You nre playing a game, and if you do not think of yourself in relation to it, you cannot be smug. While you are plaving this game, you are really doing something that is very valuable. One of the problems 01' thiR morlern world has been bringing together all the different classes in a communitv. without friction, and bringing them tog-ethel' in such a way that there will not be that keen sense of distinction of class. which does exi t to-day. and which certain people resent very much. MORt of us give lip service to the idea of eQualitv but very few really practice it, and I think-I may be quite wrong-but on the whole women are less democratic than men. Women find it harder to be unconscious of class distinction. I think men are more conscious of na-

tional distinction than women, but it is the reverse when dealing with peonle of different classes. I know a wealthv family in which the boys have friends among rabbitel's. But the women of the family, the daughters, who say they are vel'Y democratic in theil' sentiments, do not carry out the principle, and onc of their young people who has become a Guide, threw the familv into great constcr· nation by the people that she invited to her home. Well, in mv private opinion. this ~ocicty i~ the one that does the mo~t in the direction of "mixing" people, and it would bc abl~ to de more but for the 'rather hide-bound VJCWS of people outside. You have come to the concluRion that vou flre not smug. but I would iust sav that J hope that you will bear in mind the fact that it was necessarv to ask the question, and T wouldn't wake in the morning saving, "Am I ~J11ug?" and go to bed in the evening .. aying. "Well, I haven't been smug to-day." Miss Campbell propo~('d a vote of thank to Miss Webb. The Evening Session opened with lhc election of a Committee to arrange the Conference for 1933. and later MI'. MacKie conducted a most helpful singing ~ession.

Tin Can· Cookery and Hike Outfit. ."I?id -,,:,ou actually fl'Y that eg'g hcre, in that ITImtJe tm?" asks the umpteenth intcrested visitOl' to the Girl Guide Handcraft Exhibition. The ranger in charge patiently replies, "No, the egg was not cooked on that particular tin. but (very quickly a~ the interested visitor shows definite. igns of unbelief) [01' over nine 1ll0nthH we have u..;cd l11inlic tins for t'ooking with excellent I'csulb. WI' usually have pan~ cakes or crumpcts." "You use a fl'yingpan of coun;c," volunteers the interested one, titill ~howing signs of doubt. "Oh, no," exclaims the rangel', "The can is turned upside down; you cut out a four-il)ch squarc near the ground-that is {or the fire, and this one inch hole, neal' thc top, on the opposite s id c, is to show the smoke the way to come out! All the cooking is done on the to).), which is the bottom of the tin." "You don't mean that you put food on the bare tin?" (Ties th thoroughly intel'estl'd visitor. "Yc:;," says the langel', "but, if thc lin is glazed, thc g la ze must first be bumed .0(1' 01' thCJ e may be ticl'iOLlS J'csults.. Onc of thc rangel's invellted a havcrsack for the 'tin can,' which al~o holds your mugs and food for the outing. If YOU have a visitor, offer hcr the lid as a plate." "In Englalld, where bumable wood is so hard to obtain, wet weather hikers carry dry twigs inside the can. It is not nccessary to do this in Austl'alia, but we think there would be fewer bush fire~ i r more people used the mintic tin."

"Our captain suggests leaving one side of the inch square attached so that the rll'aught can be l'egulated." "Yes, these are for sale; thc tin. includinll: tIle canier, costs 5/6; quite reaHolHlble, but you could probably make one at home fo1' 1 I ."

The ranger look:; 10ngiJHrlv as a melting ICC cream, takes a deep breath, \\'onders what possessed her captain to pick up with idcm;, and a lso why Ranger Guider~ take mOJ'e convincing than most pcople. Thr description beg-ins again. - D.M.

November 1st, 1932.

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Tracking. J have just read a vel v ~ad ~eJltence Jl'om a (;uide'~ es:::ay, which bl'ought tears to my eye,; and set me in a questlOn:ng Jrame or mind, here is the phrase-HEyen tlacking and ::talkmg have theil' atLractions.Âˇ' Oh, pioneers, \l'e bow our heads in shame. Oh, Chief Scout! What have we done to thi:; game you have given us'! 1 began to ask mysl'if what was wrong. The recruit comel> io the meeiing und JeUl'nl> the Law::; and PromiJ;e and bome knots. ]Juring the week she has the thrill of showing "her si~ters and her cousin:; and her aunts" the way to tie up a parcel with a knot that really won'i ~lin-smug, perham;. 1 week or ~o later P.L. ~ay s , "There are the iracking sign,; for you to learn." Then she draws a Iew arrow::. and things on paper, and say:;, "You make the::.e signs in sticks and tones and gratis. And so ~he goe:> on in time io lay and follow a second-class trail, and then "even stalking and tracking have their attractions." 0; I don'i think she'll go muth further. Let's see if a more attractive method of approaching traeking can be found. What about a story of a pioneer going through the fOlest on hi~ hoI' e and his axe in his righi hand. He knows the forest is so dense that unless he marks his path he cou ld never find his way back, so his conscience allows him to damage a few trees in such an urgent cause; therefore, the horseman slashes 'ome bark off a tree, with his axe, naturallv on the right hand side' this is called a -blaze. He goes on for ome yards, looks back, and makes sur e he can see the first blaze, and makes hL ~econd mark. When he wants to turn to the right he makes an ordinary blaze with a sn-raller one on its righthand side, so that anyone rollowing after him, or when he, himself, is retlttcin" his path. he will know in which direction to look fOI the next ~ign . We tell the recruits that Guide~ have secret ~igns like ihese, that only other Guides understand: but when we are going along a road and leaving a track for Kate, who had to go back to the station. because she left the billy in the train, it is 1I0t really a matter of life and death, so we don't damage the tree with blazes which cannot be rubbed ouL, so we lay signs at the ide of the road or place leaves in the bark of the tree. ow jet'. show her the signs-not drawn on paper-but real stich and stones and real arrolVs pointing exactl" in the direction of the n()xt sign. So she has learnt that one puts I'igns on the righthand ide, unlel'S one ha a g-ood reason for putting them on the left, the di~tnllce between them, the fact that one should be able to follow a trail backward and the general principles of tracking. When the tenderfoot goes out to lay her first trail. her tendencv is to do things in the grand 1I1annel', 1'0 we . uggest that, if we make the signs too ob"ious, strangel's may notice them and p rhaps guess their meaning, but as Guides are "on the lookout for such things,

they will notice quite small signs, about as large as one's hand." Once our tenderfoot knows to make sig'ns that oITer some contrast to the co untry in which she is travelling. i.e., sticks are used in stony country and vice versa, to destroy the track if she i~ the last person to follow it, and to write down the signs as sh e find~ them or sets them. she will be ready to set a trail of about 20 or 30 signs and follow one of the same length for her second class. It is flOW our .ioh to ee that the tr.lcking Leads to further romance and a h'enture, and doesn't simply "fizzle out." Do we make sufficient use of story tracks, sometimes using clues as well as the usual signs, which were ~ure ly only given as a beginning? Has your Company vel' made up uny special sign;;-all its own'! With such clues as the:;e first cla~'s and other test work can be introduced in an interesting manner. "Go in ,l N.E. direction till you have pa:;sed six diJferent tree, then look for the Jlext Sigll at the foot of a tree about (iO feet hi~h," "Take as Illany paces al-i there are :<tan; in the Southern Cross." Such tracks need a little planning' beforehand-but most worthwhile things do. Let us all make a resolution t.o do all tracking out of doors and never be content with drawing the signs. Mayall the tracks lead on to Adventure, not to "even stalking and tracking have their attractions." -H.M.D. "

Service. The Victorian Baby Health Centres Association is urgently in need of clean newspaper' for its newspaper depot. These newspapers are collected by their carriers, sorted at the depot, and sold to finns such as furniture dealer', boot manufacturers. etc., the profits from the ;;ale of paper' going towards the funds of the Association. There has been considerable difficutly latel" in obtaining supplie - of paper, com;equently many large orders have had to be. refused. It hm; been suggested that the Girl Guides' Association might be willing to co-operate with them in this matter, by allowing members of Guide Companies to collect papers locally, where they could be called for by the Depot's carriers, and the Executive Committee have agreed that Guide;, be asked to help in this way. It i!' hoped that Guide COlllnanie' will coopen,' e by collecting- papers in the various di~-(I'icl â&#x20AC;˘. Thl' telephone number of the Depot is Ffi771, and the address 495 Spencer street, W pst Melbourne. Any further information may be obtained from 1lrs. Skene, Victorian Baoy Health Centree Association, 271 Collins ~treet, MelbOlll'l1e, C.1. S. H. lRVING, State Secretal'Y,

MATILDA

November 1st, 1932.

Now Read The Brownies' Page! "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome."

AN INSPECTION AND FAIRY RING CEREMONY.

ONE WAY OF CLOSING PACK ,;MEETING.

Brownies in their sixes in corners. Brown Owl and Tawny Owl walk toward:; first corner to the tunc of "Nuts in May." Now we are going to Brownie Land, etc. On a (Thursday) afternoon. The first six (e.g., Elves) when Brown Owl reaches them, singsThis is the way the Elves will wait, etc. To go to Brownie land with you. While they sing Brown Owl inspects them lo see how they wait, and Tawy Owl collects their fare. They ;oin on behind Brown Owl. and skip to the next six. who in their turn sing. When all the sixes have been collected they form into the fairy ring. M.H.J.

1'une-"'ren Little Nigger Boys." Six little Brownie things went for a dive, One jumped into a whale, and then there were five. Five little Brownie things. 'itting on lhe floor, One disappeared below, and then there were four. Four little Brownie things climbed a big tree, One fell into a nest, and then there were three. Three little Brownie things, sailed into the blue, One soon reached Heaven's gate, and then there wer~ two. Two littl e Brownie things went for a run, One fell into hole and then there was one. One little Brownie thing sitting in the sun, She soon got frizzled U" and then there was one. Brownies in their sixes. Brown Owl gives each "Thing" a number. At the end of first verse, No. 6 in each group di appears. and so on till a ll Brownies have gone home. ST. MARGARET'S PACK.

HOW CAN WE BEFRIEND ASTRAY DOG? Stray dogs have a habit of attaching themselves to children, and when a miserable little creature follows one of the Brownies home or to Pack meeting, Brown Owl or the Brownie's parents may be at a loss to know what to do with it. If the dog is of re .. pectable appearance and one for whom you could easily find a home looks as though it has been well cared foramong your friends-its rightful (wner will no doubt be searching for it, and it can hardly, therefore, be termed a "stray." But that disreputable little animal who look ~ as though it has never had a decent meal or a good wash, is indeed a problem. It is not an easy mattel' to find a private home for such a dog. and we are glad that there i someone, i.e., the authorities of the Lost Dop:'s Home, who are willing to share the responsibility. Are Guiders aware that if a stray dop' is taken to the nearest railwa" station it will be despatched by rail, and the freight cleared, and dop: collected from the railways by th e authorities of the Home?

HOPPING GAME. Tune-"Jinp:le Bells." "Hon along, hop along, Hopping in and out. Turn and face Your partner, And swing vourselves about." llrownies in circle. One Brownie starts hopping in and out of circle. At third line of song faces a partner and swings with her. Song commences again and the partner learls and swing~ with another Brownie, who in turn leads until all the Brownies arc in a line. -M.H.J.

WHERE IS THE PEDLAR'S PACK? Report to Miss Johnson, 15 Airlie Avenue. Prahran.

ONE WAY OF OPENING PACK MEETING. Brownies want to go to Brownieland, so thev magic themselves into letters, neatly folded (110 creases in dress or tie) well stamped bright badge, and clearly addressed (Brownie Smile). Pack Leader then posts them and Tawny Owy is the postman, who delivers them to Brown Owl, who is waiting beside the totem on the edge of the fairy ring. She magics them back into Brownie and they sing the Brownie Song. To end. Each Brownie might be sent home with a HpeciaJ good turn to "deliver" to someone. N. D.-Would combine well with 3rd Ballarat Pack Parcel Game. -P.S.

ovember 1st, 1932.

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DISASTER. The Brownie Training Class Nature Log Book (big and black) which has been carried from training week to training class and from training class to training week, and has in the course of time become embellished by young Owls with nature drawings, experiences and ideas, is lost. Just imagine it-simply lostor, of course, it might be mislaid. Young owls, old owls, or owls of any age, will you please toss your drawers about anti untidy your bookcases in an endeavour to find it. If you do find it the Commi~sioner for Brownies will be your devoted - - (not quite certain, but it was something nice). H.Q. is the official resting--place. Thus doth a P.S. plea for her superior officer.

Peepy-The Flower Fairy. It was the flower fairies' last night in Fairy-

land, and the Queen had given a great ball. Spring had come, so the little flower fairies had to go to earth to take care of the plants as they started to bloom. Amongst them was a little fellow called Peepy, who was going to earth for the first time, and he was as excited as could be. As the time drew for them all to go, they gathered together at the top of the moonbeam, while the Queen spoke to each fairy in turn. When she came to Peepy, he bowed low before her as she touched him gently with her wand. and said: "Goodbye, Peepy, remember that troubles come to everyone, but smile and they will not seem so big." "I will not forget, your Majesty," answered Peepy. "Goodbye" shouted the flower fairies as they slid down the moonbeam, and all the other fairies cheered till they were out of sight. Down on earth each fairy found his own flower and set to work to make it look bright and clean. Little Peepy had a buttercup in his charge so he was dressed in the same color. Such a smart little chap he looked in his yellow jacket, cap and green trousers. The buttercup was just about to open its first bud, so Peepy spent his time polishing the leaves and stems. For a time everything went well. The bud opened into a perfect flower, while Peepy polished and cleaned till he could see himself in every petal. One morning Peepy was awakened by a terrible noise, and he had scarcely time to slide down the stem to the ground before Farmer Jones's cow put her foot right on the buttercup as she went home to breakfast. Poor Peepy looked at his flower, all crushed and dirty, with his face as long as a fiddle. "Hello, what's the matter?" called Yellowboy from the next plant. "Just look at my flower," wailed Peepy. "Well, that won't str'aighten its stem or smooth its leaves," his friend reminded him. "Come, I'll help you, and see if we can have , it looking all right by to-night." All day they worked hard, then that night rain fell, which made the buttercup feel much stronger.

The following evening the fairies planned a dance by moonlight, .which was a great success. But alas! A big black beetle chewed off nearly all the buttercup's leaves. Peepy stamped his foot, then seeing the beetle, gave chase to it, but Mr. Beetle just crawled into a crack in a tree, leaving Peepy outside in a terrible rage. Next day there were so few leaves to polish that Peepy and Yellowboy were playing tiggy round theIr plants, when a little girl came along, and before Peepy could say a word she had picked his flower and walked off. This was too much for Peepy, who flung himself down on the ground and cried till his yellow jacket was all stained and his cap crushed. "I'm going back to Fairyland tonight," he announced. So that night he started up the moonbeam, but he found it so hard and rough. "I must be nearly there," he thought. But no, he'd come ever such a little way, so he sat down to have a rest, very nearly crying again. "Peepy," said a sweet voice, "What are you doing here?" Peepy looked up, and who should be there but the Queen herself, smiling. Peepy sprang to his feet and bowed and smiled. "Your Majesty," he said, "I fear I had forgotten your last words, but your smile made me remember. I am going back to help my buttercup grow some more flowers." He' turned and started down the moonbeam and to his surprise, the bumps had all gone: -A.V.H.

The Importance of Being in Earnest. . '. . . Yes, of course, I agree with you. To bl'!ng buttons and imagination together is tres difficule. The imagination is often easier without the button. Confronted with so much linen or so much bone is apt to bring one to earth or to be more direct to the button. Your idea seems excellent. I could almost weep with the poetry of it. Never did I dream that a button could have such poten Âˇ t!alities-such possibili~ies. You say to paint lmen buttons (graded Sizes, of course) pink 01' blue (hollyhocks or blue bells are a matter of taste) and sew in a star-like fashion with black thread on either side of a green raffia stalk, beginning with small buttons at the top to larger size at the bottom. Thus is a garden born. And did you also say that such garden scenes look well on cosies, cushion covers, mats of hessian! Thank you, my friend, next time I look up to R.P.O. and am in trouble, I shall turn again to you. Yes, as you say in that serious way of yours, to cultivate the art of seeing the everyday thing in the light of some beauty and to place the idea before the Brownies in the Pack, is not a wasting of one's time, I quite ag-ree with you that the handcraft time should be a time of artistic growth. and we find the joy and desire to create very neal' the surface of each small Brownie. You and I can remember well the pleasUl'e we had in working

..:8_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~M:.:.: · ,\ l' I L J) A out som e handcraft, though the result of the making was but a poor thing. Still the effort was there, a nd I did think from that developed our appreciation for the good worK done b" others. Are we here to make or mou ld vour lives a thing of beauty or just to drift-so easily ? Often when I feel weary your eJ1coumg> ment cheers my spirit and I am grateful. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, CAROLINE. (Readers will see the importance of being in earnest abo ut the Handcraft Exhibition.)

Game to Precede Test Work SUCH AS HEMMING OR SEWING ON BUTTONS. Pack Leader takes material (old clothes 01' whatever they are doing) and hides in some corner of the room with the things over her or all round her. She weeps. B.O. or Tawny collect the Pack somewhere else and tells them they are going out to seek adventure like Knights of old. They set forth, accompanied by T.O. OJ.' B.O. and discovers P.L. in her disguise. They may say all k inds ot things when they find hel". (B.O. 01' T.O. anti Pack Leader have rehearsed their words beforehand) . B.O .-Why, what is the matter, Old Woman? P.L.- My children's handkerchiefs need' hemming, and I cannot hem them. B.O . (to the Pack) :-She can't hem t hem! What can we do? Pack (will probably say) : We'll do them! B.O.-We'll do them for you, Old Woman. P.L.-Who are you all? B.O. (to Pack) : She wants to know who we are! Who will tell her? The Pack will now probably do the requil'eu thing and say "We are the Brownies." (As you can never be quite sure just what t.he Pack will say, B.O. just has to be ready for emergencies and steer them into the right thing). P.L.: How do I know that you are? Pack and B.O . then form Fairy Ring l'ounti the Old Woman and dance l'ound singing the Brownie rhyme: Then the Pack takes off the w01'k to do. while one Brownie waits to escort the Old Woman. (This has been proved successful in a Pack Meeting).M.S.

TEST GAME FOR PARCEL. Pack Leader was a postman. and left wiih each "House" a letter for each Brownie. Each letter had a magic sign inside (odd shaped piece of coloured paper). Brownies then set off to Tawny's Cash and Carry, and bought a parcel with magic sign which they wrapped and tied up. After this. they went to ihe po~i office, and bought st amp with same sign from post master (B.O.) and posted parcels. -L.B.T.

November 1st, 1932.

Boating and Bathing. THESE BAT HING RULES APPLY TO ALL MEMBER S OF THE GUIDE MOVEMENT. BROWNIES, GUNDES, RANGERS, GUIDERS. No Guide shall take part in any boat tr<lll1ing until she can swin 50 yards. With a view to prevention 0.1' accidenis. Cuities should not be a llowed to bathe in dangerou~ places, even though other people may do . o. A re~pollsible piekei must be on duty in a boat or on shore. . I~ addi~ion to this, bathing places wIll be diVided Il1to the following g-rades by the District Commiss io ner and the Li.fe Savel', who will consult local author iti es. (a) Requiring iwo life-savers, one holdin"· bronze medallion of the Royal Life Saving Society, and the other, the Life Savers' Badge (hlennial). The bronze medallion io be reuewed every five years, and in addition, the holder must pass the endurance test during ihe current camping s ason if she intends io act a~ li.fe savel' at a Guide Camp. Endurance Test. 1. Swim 200 yards. 2. Swim 100 yards back stroke without using arms. 3. Save a subj ect by second method with release 20 yards. 4. Pick up a brick from <I bath not less than 6ft. deep. One min ute's rest to be a llowed after the 200 yards. 2, 3, and 4 to be done without a reo t. (If this test be tak en in a swimming bath there should be a time limit of five minutes for the 200 yards only. If taken in the sea it must be done within a reasonab le time according to prevailinp· conditions) . Life RaVel'S recommended by the R.L.S.S. and holders of th e Societ",s Award of Merit and Diploma, are exempt from this teo t. (b) For every ten bathing, a life sa vel', holding the bronze medallion, and two pickets (bronze medallion to be renewed biennially) . (c) Shallow Water-Where a responsible per on who can swim 50 yards, and has a knowledge of artificial respiration may take charge. "Shallow Water" does not apply to coa. tal or river bathing, and shall apply onl" in case~ where the water is Jloi anywhere more than a depth of four feet. (d) Baths.-In baths where a qualified life ~aver is actuall y in attenclance at the t ime. a Bathing Party may be in charge of one responsible person, and two picket:" to every fifteen Guides. It is urged that Captains see that Guide~. when bathing, wear some distinguishing colour on their heads. The time allowed for bathing in fresh water (rivers, dams, etc.) should be much shorter than fot' salt water, owing to the likelihood of <'ontracting chill. In all cases the person in question must be

N ~~0~ve~m~be~1~·~ls~t~,~19~3~2~.________________~M~A_TI~L~D~A~--__________________________~9 over 18 and must have a knowledge of thc organ is;tion of bathing parades. These; rules cannot be too rigidly adhcred to. Their observance has alrcady ~aved. several lives and has also exonerated GUlder~ from the ~harge of negligencc, and they apply to all Illcmbers of the Guide Movcment.

More Birds from Bendigo. Rainbow Bird: crown, back, inner-wing brownish - green; wing - quills orange-brown tipped black; band on throat blackish; line below eye, lower-back blue; 'Ehroat orange; tail black; two tail feathers longer; curved bill black; f., similar; 10. Regent Honeyeater: richly contrasted black and yellow; warty patch about eye; female similar; 9.2. Hed-backed Kingfisher: back, rump, reddishbrown; coliar, under white; crown dull green streakd white; dark band from bill through eye round back of head; wings; tail bluish; f., similar; 8. Red-backed Parrot: green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder, outer wing-quills blue; centre-~hou lder, abdomen yellow; :1'., brownisholive; upper; 11. Heed-Warbler: brown; head darker; under lig'hter; throat whitish; bill long, pointed; f., similar; 6.2. Rosella: crown. hind-neck, chest, under base tail scarlet; cheeks white; back feathers black edged yellow, green; rump, upvel' base tail, lower abdomen pale-green; centre-abdomen yellow; shoulder blue; tail tipned pale blue; r.. simi lar; 12.5. Red-capped Robin: crown, breast scarlet; upper, neck black' white stripe on wing; abdomen. under tail whitc; f., dark brown uppel'; forehead tinged reddish; throat breast faintly tinged red; 4.7. Restless Flycatcher: upper shining black; under white: f.. throat, breast burr; 8. Rurou Whistler: upper grey; throat white; hcad blackish, black side of neck, bancl Oil chest; rest under light rufous-brown; f., upper browni,'h-grey; throat white streaked blacki sh blown; rest under bu If; breast, si des. strcaked blacki~h-brown; 6.7. Welcome Swallow: breast, throat, fOl'ehear! lu,:t-J'cd: abdomen whitish' head, back, rump black; tail forked, a band of whitish spots; r., duller; 6.6. Sacred Kingfisher: head, uppcr-grcenishblue; whitish collar; buffy-white undcr; bill long, black; f., similal'; 8. Scarlet Robin: head, throat, upper black; cap white; white bands on wing; breast scarlet, lower-abdomen dull white; outer tail white; bill, feet black· f., upper, uncleI' brown; breast tinged red; white marks on wing; 5.2.

Sparrow: crown, nape bluish-grey; behind eye, side neck blOad che~tnut band; upper brown, one white bar on Wl11g; cheeks, throat black; under wh itish; f., duller; darker below; no black throat: 5. Spotted-sided Finc'h: crown grey; back, wings brown; rump. bill, eye red' s ides, chestband, tail black' sides spotted white; throa~. centre abdomen white; f., similar; 4.6. Starling: glossy-black, with metallic reflec· tions, upper feathers tipped buff, under tipped white; light tips lost in summer; bill lemonyellow summer; blackish winter; f., ,imi lar; 8.5. Spinebill (eastern): crown . line to crescent on side of chest, wings, tail black; chest white, che tnut-brown patch on throat; back brown; abdomen light chestnut-brown; outer tail. tipped white; eye scarlet; f .• duller; 6.5. Thrush (grey): Grev. black umber-brown; face whitish; under lighter: i.,' throat streaked dusky; 9.3. Tree-Creeper (brown): crown blackishbrowl' line over eye buff: throat buff with few blackish spots; upper brown; wings banded . buff; under greyish brown; flanks striped \v hite; f., throat chestnut spots; 7.2. Willie Walltail: upper throat, breast black; eyeblow, rest under white; long fan tail; f., similar; 7.5. White-browed Wood-Swallow; Slaty-grey; white eyebrow; abdomen rich chestnut; tail tipped white; i .. faint white evebrow' 8. White-plumed Honeyeater: greyish brown, tinged olive; under light-yellowish-brown; long white ear plumes, sometimes not seen until head is moved; f., smaller: 6.7. White-backed Magpie: upper white, except head, tiptail. wing-quills black; under black; f., back grey; 18. White-fronted Chat: forehead, face, under. tin tail white; back grey; band on chest, wing~ tail black; f., duller. faint band on chest; 4. 'i. White-necked Heron: Lead, neck, breast. shoulder white; under. wings, tail, uppel' blackiRh; f .. smaller; 30. White-faced Heron: face, throat white; upper, wings dark grey; under grey tinged ru fous; f., similar ; 24. Wattle-Bird: brown, streaked, lined white; red 'w attle \ inch; whitish below eye, between Bhouldc!' and gill: wing' quills and tail tipoed whitc' cpntrc abdomen yellow; f., smaller; 14.5. W 00<1 -Swallow (masked): dark grey u ppel', pure white edge to iet-black throat oatch; Ulldel' gre:v; tail tipped white; f., duller; 8. Wood-Swallow (dusky): smoky vinons-grey; willg quills black; whitc line in edge of wing; tail tipped white' bill blue tioped black; f .. similar; 7.3. Silvereye: crown wings, tail olive; back clark grey; white ring round eye; throat. centre abdomen, under base tail whitish: flankf. chestn ut-brown: sometimes throat, side-head yellow; f., similar, 4.5. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater: crown olivc-vellow; throat. about ear bright yellow; black from bill, round eye ab ove ear; uppct' clark-

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----------------------------------------brown; under yellow; f., smaller; 7.8. Yellow-tailed Thornbill (tit): upper olivebrown. base tail bright yellow; under yellowish white; forehead black spotted white; cheeks, throat, line over eye grevish-white ' f., similar;

3.8. Yellow Robin: dark grey; upper base tail olive-yellow; throat greyish-white; under bright yellow; f., similal'; 5.3. N.B.-The number denotes the length of the bird, and f. denotes the female. These descriptions are taken from Dr. Leach's Bird Book. Bird list are still required from Swan Hill, Wangaratta, Shepparton, and Cohuna. -J.H.

Correspondence. Deal' Matilda.-How could we bear to see you in any othel' form 01' dress? Fancy meeting our friends and not knowing until we begin to speak to them which friends they happen to be, it doesn't matter with casual acquaintances; but friends, it is quite disconcerting to think of. And now to find that you are actually going to "let us have it" because of thesethese-I've got it-Iconoclasts (a horrible name to hurl at them). Perhaps only foul' pages, but we Rhall have them on the first of the month! Why fir.'t? Tenth. twelfth, fifteen, all seem equally good, besides who knows when it is the fir. t of the month? Let's not mind looking old-fashioned! How many of us minded how old-fashioned our :mnua.1 registration forms looked by the time they were sent in? Yours, etc., "SOME OTHERS." Deal' Matilda-or, rathel', Deal' Editor, for I am about to discuss Matilda's face! I read with interest and some nervousness of the suggest ion that Matilda should be given a new covel'. May I explain ? Compared with older countries, Australia probably has little history, but we are having a centenary celebration in three years' time. Guiding history in Australia is merely in its babyhood. but this is all the more reason why we should tr" to preserve such few relics as we have. It has been so fascinating to read in the Guider of all the olden days of Guiding overseas, and we have all chuckled over the stories in The Story of the Girl Guides. Do many of your readers realise the story behind the covel' design of Matilda? The design was drawn by the originator and first editor, Miss Joan Hogarth, our first permanent State secretary. And do readers realise whv Matilda was so called? 1 sometimes think we should reprint the explanation once a year, for the benefit of new subscl'ibers who wonder why on earth she has such a ridiculous name! The origin of Matilda's name is surely a part of our Guide history, for was it not on board the boat

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on which Miss Kathleen Robinson and Miss Joan Hogarth came out here to help us with training, that the idea was bOI'n, which was later applied in this way we are discussing '( Yours, etc., EARLY VICTORIA. Note.-The sub-committee is interested to have your opinions, and, though the Editor is becoming hardened to the personal abuse being hurled regarding the question of a new cover and date of publication, she finds it quite stimulating! Perhaps "Early Victoria" will delve into her memories of the past to give us her version of how Matilda got her name. In the meantime we hasten to assure new readers that it has nothing to do with her veracity.

CAMP WEAR. Deal' Matilda, Have you room for a controversial correspondence in your pages'/ As the camping season comes round again, might I suggest that we adopt the practice of a sister State in wearing white collars with our camp overalls? The economists will immediately contend that laundering is too expensive, but I ~uggest that ordinary overalls be worn for morning orderly work, and the white collar donned after rest hour. After all, most of us wear a clean collar, if not a clean shirt, each evening at a Training Week, and have, as yet, avoided bankruptcy. The advantage of the white collar in appearance is immense. I still remember my shame, som years ago, at the chewed appearance of my clean overall compared with a trim white collared C.A. of another State. Think how much more satisfid our families would be on Visitors Day to see us thus araryed. How many prospective Guiders have been lost to the Movement after a visit to a Guide camp? They a&sure their enthusiastic friends that they are "certain Guiding must be great fun, but t he uniform is unbecoming, isn't it, my dear? Perhaps if they are less polite they may say "My deal', you looked a perfect fright"! I wonder what other campers think? Yours, etc., WHITE COLLARS.

Camping. CAMPING CONFERENCE. The 5th Victorian Conference of Guidel'~ holding the Camper's Licen ~e, 0ual'tel'master Certificate, and Indoor Camp Test Certificate, will be held on Saturday, 2Gth November, from 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hethersett. Burwood, by the kind permission of Mrs. H. Andrews. Lunch will be at 1 o'clock; tea, milk and sugar will be provided, but Guiders will take their own ground-sheet, mug and meals. CAMP PERMISSION FORMS. Guiders in charge of Guide Camps are reminded that Camp Permission Forms are essential in all cases. These forms should reach the Commissioner for Camping six weeks before the Camp is to be held. If it is not POg-

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TRAINING CLASSES. There will be no further Classes this year for Rangel' Guiders.

CAMPCRAFT WEEK.

TRAIN! G WEEK. The 27th Victorian Training Week, for general Guide and Brownie Training, will be held from 3rd to 10th January, 1933, at Morongo, Presbyterian Girls' College, Geelong, through the courtesy of the School Council. Miss K. M. Wilson, from Imperial Headquarters, will be the Guider in charge. Applications (envelope marked "Training Week") stating whether Guide or Brownie training is to be taken, and accompanied by a deposit of 5 / -, should be made in writing to the Secretary, Training Department, at the Guide Office, not latl!r than 14th November, 1932. Deposits will not be refunded unless withdrawal of application is made a fortnight before the beginning of the Week. M. E. BUSH, Commissioner for Training.

The 12th Victorian Campcl·aft Week will be held from 16th to 23rd January. 1933; fee, 35/. Miss M. Moore will be. in chal'ge, and the place \;Vill be announc~d later. . Applications, accompamed by a deposIt of 5/-, should reach the Camping Secretary at the Guide Office not later than 14th Novembel'. Guiders ai·e advised that Training Camp Life is strenuous, and that they should not apply if unable to take pal:t in Ca.mp routine. A limited number of GUIders wIll be tested for the camper's Licence. NO COMBINED RANGER CAMPS will be

held this summer. LONE CAMPS.

A Camp for Lone Rangers will be held from 28th December, 1932, to 4th January, 1933, inclusive, and will be followed by a LO!le Guide Camp from 5th to 12th January. MIss E. E. Moran, Commissioner for Lones, will be in charge.

APPOINTMENTS. District Commissioner-

SUll shine: Miss Bevan, Technical School, Sunshine.

CAMP EQUIPMENT.

None of Headquarters Camp Equipment will be available for hire during January. EDITH H. PURNELL, Commissioner for Camping.

Game for a Party. Patrols lined up for a relay race, one behind the other; while at he far end of the room stockings, each containing a similar filling of buttons, paper clips and other small articles, one stocking for each team, hung over stairs. The patrols are numbered, and each number is told the particular article she has to fetch from the stocking by fee ling alone-no looking allowed! When the objects are small and elusive the game becomes most exciting. (From "The Waratah")

WARRANTS. Captains-

3rd Brunswick-Miss W. H. Dickinson. 2nd Coburg-Miss H. Carter. 1st Dandenong-Miss Notley. 1st East Melbourne-Mrs. Ruddell. 1st Gardiner-Miss P. Downey. 3rd St. Kilda-Mi s S. MacLeod. 3rd Williamstown-Mrs. Johnston. Lieutenants-

1st Beeac-Miss D. M. Lang. 1st Murrumbeena-Miss V. Murrell. 1st Port Melbourne-Miss P. Wale. 2nd Richmond-Miss E. Jones. 1st Seymour-Mi ss I. W'hitbourn. Brown Owls-

3rd Colac-Miss N. Pearse. 1st Parkville-Miss L. Tulloh. Ranger Captain-

1st Echuca-Mrs. Kemp.

THE THREE BEARS. The Malvern District exhibit fl·om the recent Handcraft Exhibition will be displayed along with other examples of Guide Handcraft work, at Malvern Town Hall on Thursday, 3rd Nov., from 3 p.m. till 9.30; Friday, 4th Nov., from 2 p.m. till 9.30; and Saturday, 5th Nov., from 10.30 a.m. till 9.30 p.m. The Exhibition will be opened by His Worship the Mayor of Malvern (Cr. Milton F. Gray) at 3 p.m. on Thursday. The proceeds will be used by the Mayor to help to provide a Christmas Treat for children of unemployed in the district. Admission 6d. Guides and Scouts in uniform, and children, 3d.

REG ISTRATIONS. Packs-

9th Geelong. 1st Glengarry.

1st Nambrook. 1st Terang. .

Companies-

1st Murtoa. 5th Richmond

2nd Wangaratta.

Ranger Companies-

1st Derrinallum. Local Associations-

Aspendale to Carrum. Caulfield. Pura-Pura. Cheltenham to Mentone.

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