SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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visible in the latitude of New York, the others (those 
starred) belong to the South Polar region of the sky. The 
following table of the brightest stars is taken from the 
Revised Harvard Photometry of 1908, the best authority 
on the subject. 
THE FIRST TWENTY STARS IN ORDER OF 
BRIGHTNESS 
1. Sirius, the Dog Star. 
2. *Canopus, of the Ship. 
3. * Alpha, of the Centaur. 
4. Vega, of the Lyre. 
5. Capella, of the Charioteer. 
6. Arcturus, of the Herdsman. 
7. Rigel, of Orion. 
8. Procyon, the Little Dog-star. 
9. *Achernar, of Eridanus. 
10. *Beta, of the Centaur. 
11. Altair, of the Eagle. 
12. Betelgueze, of Orion’s right shoulder. 
13. * Alpha, of the Southern Cross. 
14. Aldebaran, of the Bull’s right eye, 
15. Pollux, of the Twins. 
16. Spica, of the Virgin. 
17. Antares, of the Scorpion. 
18. Fomalhaut, of the Southern Fish. 
19. Deneb, of the Swan. 
20. Regulus, of the Lion. 
OTHER CONSTELLATIONS 
Orion (O-ri-on), with its striking array of brilliant 
stars, Betelgeuze, Rigel, the Three Kings, etc., is gen- 
erally admitted to be the first constellation in the heavens. 
Orion was the hunter giant who went to Heaven when 
he died, and now marches around the great dome, but 
