n of her own, or if she becomes a
teacher of children, she can be a really good
Guide to them.

By means of games and activities which the Guides
practise they are able to learn the different
things which will help them to get on in life, and
show the way to others to go on also. Thus camping
and signalling, first aid work, camp cooking, and
all these things that the Guides practise are all
going to be helpful to them afterwards in making
them strong, resourceful women, skilful and
helpful to others, and strong in body as well as
in mind, and what is more it makes them a jolly
lot of comrades also.

The motto of the Guides on which they work is "Be
Prepared," that is, be ready for any kind of duty
that may be thrust upon them, and what is more, to
know what to do by having practised it beforehand
in the case of any kind of accident or any kind of
work that they may be asked to take up.

MAGDELAINE DE VERCHERES

"THE FIRST GIRL SCOUT"

It is a great piece of luck for us American Scouts that we can claim the
very first Girl Scout for our own great continent, if not quite for our
own United States. A great Englishman calls her "the first Girl Scout,"
and every Scout must feel proud to the core of her heart when she thinks
that this statue which we have selected for the honor of our
frontispiece, standing as it does on British soil, on the American
continent, commemorating a French girl, the daughter of our Sister
Republic, joins the three great countries closely together, through the
Girl Scouts! Magdelaine de Vercheres lived in the French colonies around
Quebec late in the seventeenth century. The colonies were constantly
being attacked by the Iroquois Indians. One of these attacks occurred
while Magdelaine's father, the Seigneur, was away. Magdelaine rallied
her younger brothers about her and succeeded in holding the fort for
eight days, until help arrived from Montreal.

The documents relating this bit of history have been in the Archives for
many years, but when they were shown to Lord Grey about twelve years
ago he decided to erect a monument to Magdelaine de Vercheres on the St.
Lawrence. It was Lord Grey who called Magdelaine "The First Girl Scout,"
and as such she will be known.

The following is taken from "A Daugh