SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
find out how long it takes to put your own room in order. 
There is only one way to find out. 
Fighting Germs 
Keeping clean in these days means keeping free from 
troublesome germs as well as visible dirt. Germs thrive 
in dampness and darkness. They can be overcome by 
sunshine. For thorough cleanness, the house needs fresh 
air and sunshine as well as sweeping and dusting. The 
Girl Scout must remember to let the fresh air blow 
through every room in the house every day. She should 
sleep with her windows open. She is fortunate if she 
can sleep out of doors. 
Of course she is in honor bound to have no dark, damp, 
hidden, dirt-filled corners in any part of her house, not 
even in shed or cellar. Let in the light and clean out 
the dirt. 
Fighting the House Fly and Mosquito 
House flies carry disease. They breed in filth, human 
waste, animal droppings, decayed animal or vegetable 
matter, and are so made that they carry filth wherever 
they go. Since the fly alights wherever it pleases, it 
carries dirt from outside and distributes it wherever it 
chooses. 
Clean up all heaps of rubbish where flies may breed. 
Keep your garbage pail absolutely clean. Disinfect out- 
door water-closets and cover with gravel or slacked lime. 
Get fly traps to set on your porches. Kill all flies that 
come into the house, especially the early ones, in the 
spring. Keep your windows and doors screened. 
Fight mosquitoes just as you fight flies. Leave no 
still water even in an old tin can, for the eggs of mos- 
quitoes are deposited in still water and hatch there. The 
mosquito, like many other insects, has an intermediate 
stage between the egg and the grown mosquito. During 
