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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
The city girl may live in an apartment and may never 
think of a cellar. 
Look at the cellars of two or three houses. How are 
they built? Did you plan for one in your house? 
The cellar should be well ventilated, having light as 
well as air. Its windows should be screened ; the floor 
should be dry and if possible made of cement; the walls 
should be whitewashed. Ashes should be kept in a 
galvanized iron barrel, to prevent fire. 
A cellar should be a clean place, corners and all. 
The Kitchen. The kitchen is a work-shop; it should 
be sunny and airy. 
Look out for windows to let in the fresh air and sun- 
shine. And while you are thinking of windows, be sure 
that they can open at the top and bottom to let sweetness 
in, and drive bad odors out. 
Your kitchen should hold things that are necessary, and 
nothing else. It should be easy to keep clean, having- 
painted walls, and the floor should be of hard pine or 
else covered with linoleum. When a Girl Scout takes 
care of the kitchen she is in honor bound to keep all the 
corners clean and to leave no dust nor crumbs of food 
anywhere about. She will take great pains to keep flies 
out of the kitchen and so will have her windows screened. 
A good kitchen is provided with a sink and if possible 
with running water ; and it must have a good stove, with 
a place for keeping wood or coal if either is used. 
The Kitchen Floor. The floor of the kitchen should be 
made of hard wood. Maple or hard pine will make a 
good floor. A hard-wood floor can be dressed with shellac 
or with oil. The wood absorbs this dressing so that 
water will not soak in. A floor which has been shellacked 
should be wiped with warm water. Not much water 
will be needed. The oiled floor can be wiped and dried, 
then oiled lightly from time to time. 
