SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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things convenient to know when ordering uniforms and 
buying clothes, but any physical director, gymnasium 
teacher or doctor can tell her if these are in good propor- 
tion for her age and general development and advise her 
as to how she may go about to improve them if they 
need it. 
The accompanying table (given in the last section of 
the Health Record) shows the right height and weight 
for girls at different ages. The way to consult it is as 
follows : 
First, find your height by measuring yourself without 
shoes against a wall. The best way to do is to have 
someone lay a ruler on top of your head so that it ex- 
tends to the wall and touches it at right angles. Then 
the place should be marked and the distance measured 
with a yard stick or tape. Count a half inch as the next 
highest inch; thus if you measure 59 inches call this 
60. If you measure 59*4 count it as an even 59. Stand 
with heels against the wall, and head high: “Stand 
Tall” 
Second, find your weight with only indoor clothes on. 
Take the weight to the nearest pound, counting as be- 
fore a half pound or three-quarters as the next highest 
and disregard the amounts less than one-half. 
Then take your card and look along the top row for 
the age to which you are nearest, counting six months 
past one year mark as the next year. Thus, if you are 
within six months of being 13, count yourself 13. 
Then look at the left-hand upright row of figures and 
find your height in inches. 
Then with a rule or paper find the corresponding num- 
ber of pounds for your height and age. 
You will see that a girl may be any number of inches 
tall within wide limits, but her weight must correspond 
to her height rather than simply to her age. 
