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their town, and helped to get them obeyed, there would 
be a wonderful lessening of epidemics and a wonderful 
advance in the health and beauty of our towns. 
If the Girl Scouts stood, all over the; country, for the 
intelligent guardianship of the public health and recrea- 
tion, they would rapidly become one of the greatest and 
most respected organizations in America, for this reason 
alone. 
6. THE HEALTH WINNER 
. . For since a little self-control, since 
a clean and elementary diet, pure water, openness 
of the body to sun and air, a share of honest 
work, and some degree of mental peace and lar- 
gesse, are the simple conditions of health, and are 
or ought to be, accessible to everybody — 
“To neglect these is sheer treason.” 
— Toward Democracy, by Edward Carpenter . 
Five Points of Health for Girl Scouts 
A cheerful Scout, a clean Scout, a helpful Scout, is a 
well Scout. She is the only Scout that really is pre- 
pared. She not only knows the laws of health, she lives 
them: she stands tall, she plays daily in the open air, 
she rests and sleeps at night, and conserves her energy 
at all times, she is careful to get the right amount of air, 
water, sun and food each day, and perhaps most impor- 
tant of all, she keeps clean. 
1. Stand Tall — Every Scout should be recognized a 
long way off, not only by her uniform, but by her erect 
carriage. In sitting, the lower back should be against 
the back of the chair. In bending forward to read or 
