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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
ready for an overnight hike, a week-end trip or a good 
vacation in the open air, and plan accordingly. 
For a walking trip a Girl Scout must travel light and 
learn to do with a minimum amount of clothing, uten- 
sils and food. On the other hand, if she is going to 
spend the week out, why not be as comfortable as possi- 
ble? This requires more of an outfit, but it is worth it. 
To know how to do this one must, of course, have first 
learned the simple rules of camping in Girl Scout train- 
ing. 
» Hiking 
Hikes are a good way to get this training. Extreme 
heat, or a downpour of rain is the only kind of weather 
which should interfere with a hike. Soft rains or 
snowstorms are very pleasant to hike in. 
Skirts are dangerous for cross-country travel on ac- 
count of brambles, rock work and climbing over brooks. 
Knickerbockers or bloomers should be worn. 
In the city when starting off for a hike use squad or 
double file formation through the streets, railroad sta- 
tions, ferries, etc. Silence is maintained in this forma- 
tion. 
Hiking Order — In the country, even along unused 
roads, hike in single file on the left side of the road. The 
advantage of this formation is that all danger from pass- 
ing traffic in any direction is averted. It is not necessary 
to keep step, and talking, laughing, singing, etc., may be 
indulged in. Permission to break this order is only given 
when in woods, or fields, where there is no danger. 
When returning home use Scout’s Pace if weary. 
This helps to make the distance seem shorter. 
Scout's pace is a walking and running device which 
serves to increase endurance when covering a long dis- 
tance. It consist in taking a certain number of walk- 
ing steps followed immediately by the same number of 
