SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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is a gloomy person who does not feel happier in the sun, 
and a happy and cheerful person is generally healthy. 
So get into the sun whenever you can. Walk on the 
sunny side of the street, and open your windows to the 
sun whenever you can. However, in hot climates and 
in the warmest summer days, remember that the sun can 
injure as well as help, and do not expose the head or 
body unnecessarily. 
Water — As about three-quarters of our body weight is 
water, the solid portions of bone, muscle, and so forth, 
constituting only one-quarter, and as considerable water 
is given off each day by evaporation from skin and lungs 
and with excreta, the loss must be made up. In addition 
to the water taken with meals and contained in the food 
a Girl Scout should drink at least six tumblers of 
water daily. This is a quart and a half. One glass 
should be taken on arising and before breakfast, two 
between breakfast and lunch, two between lunch and 
dinner, and one before going to bed. Be sure the water 
is pure, and boil any water the purity of which is doubted 
in the slightest. Water kept cool in the ice chest, or in 
a jar with a moist cover, is better than ice water, both 
because cool water actually quenches thirst more easily, 
being more readily absorbed than ice cold water, and 
because it is difficult to control the purity of ice. 
Food — Food should be clean and kept clean. Grow- 
ing girls can tell whether they are eating enough of the 
right sort of food, and if they are getting the best out 
of it, by seeing whether they are up to the right weight 
for their height and age. A chart is given at the end of 
this section showing the standard weight for each height 
at each age. The following are good rules to follow in 
making your daily food habits : 
Do not eat between meals. 
Eat slowly and chew food thoroughly. 
