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Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
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Show a skirt and coat you have pressed.
3. How is starch made? How is it prepared for use?
4. What is soap? How is it made? What is soap
powder?
5. How can you soften hard water? How are a ringer
and a mangle used?
6. Name steps to take in washing colored garments.
7. Should table linen be starched? Why?
8. Why do we run clothes through blueing water?
What is blueing? How made?
9. Know the different kinds of irons and how to
take care of irons.
10. How to remove stains; ink, fruit, rust, grass,
cocoa and grease. Why must stains be removed
before laundering?
11. What clothes should be boiled to make them
clean? How are flannels washed? What should be
done to clothes after drying before they are
ironed?
REFERENCES:
"Saturday Mornings," C. B. Burrell, Dana Estes.
"First Aid to the Young Housekeeper," C. T. Herrick, Scribner.
"Guide to Laundry Work," M. D. Chambers, Boston Cooking School.
"Approved Methods for Home Laundry," Mary Beals Vail, B. S., Proctor
Gamble Co.
[Illustration: MILLINER
SYMBOL--BONNET]
1. Renovate a hat by removing, cleaning and
pressing all trimmings and the lining, turn or
clean the hat and replace trimmings and lining.
2. Trim a felt hat and make and sew in the
lining.
3. Make a gingham, cretonne or straw hat using a
wire frame.
4. What is felt and how is it made into hats?
5. What is straw and how is it prepared for
millinery purposes?
6. How is straw braid for hats sold?
7. What is meant by "a hand made hat?"
8. Can the shape of a felt or straw hat be
materially changed? if so by what process?
9. What kind of thread is best for sewing trimming
on to a hat?
10. How is the head measured for ascertaining the
head size for a hat?
REFERENCES:
"Art of Millinery," Anna Ben Yusef, Millinery Trade Pub. Co.
[Illustration: MOTORIST****
SYMBOL--A WINGED WHEEL]
To qualify for this badge a Scout must be at least eighteen, and must
pass the examination which was required for the Motor Corps of the
National League for Women's Service.
This includes:
1. A certificate of health from a physician.
2. Possessing the First Aide Badge.
3. A diploma from a training course for motorists,
such as that run by the Y. M. C. A., with a mark
of at least 85 per cent.
4. A driver's license from her State, signed by
the Secretary of State.
5. Taking the oath of allegiance.
REFERENCE:
"The Gasoline Automobile," by Hobbs, Elliott and Consoliver, McGraw,
Hill Book Co.
Putnam's Automobile Handbook, H. C. Brokaw, Putnam.
[Illustration: MUSICIAN
SYMBOL--HARP]
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