FOOTNOTE:
[F] May be bought at drug store, or large department store.
CHAPTER X
On Looking Glass Lake
THE boys, however, forgot that Mary Frances’ girl dolls were Camp Fire Girls, and “Blue Birds,” and that girls as well as boys go on hikes—and meet with mishaps.
The mother of Soami Brave’s chum was the Guardian of their Camp Fire. The very afternoon that the boys went hiking, she took the girls of the first-aid class for a boat ride on Looking Glass Lake. They didn’t happen to meet any of the boys, however.
The sun shone very brightly into the playroom window, a beam falling radiantly upon Looking Glass Lake and reflecting brightly upon the faces of the happy boating party.
“Isn’t this lovely!” sighed Soami, as they drifted under the shade of a Christmas cedar tree which Mary Frances had planted on the edge of the lake.
“Isn’t it, though!” said Angie, her little chum; “only isn’t the sun hot, Mother!”
“It certainly is, dear,” agreed her mother. “I didn’t realize, or I would have told you to powder your faces to prevent sunburn.”
“Why, Mother!” exclaimed Angie, “you have always disapproved of face powder, and here you are recommending powder!”
“I know,” laughed her mother, “but I refer to toilet or talcum powder, a coat of which might prevent sunburn. As it is now, you girls will probably have to ask Miss Helpem’s advice.”
The Little Party Soon Scattered to Pick Wild Flowers
“Our class meets to-morrow morning,” said Soami. “Isn’t that good!”
By this time the little party had beached the boat on the shore and soon scattered to pick wild flowers.
At the sound of “Wohelo,” the girls gathered for their homeward trip.
“My, how my hand and arm burn and itch,” exclaimed one of the girls, scratching her arm.
“Oh, perhaps that is plant poison!” cried Soami. “Do you know poison ivy when you see it?”
“No,” the girl replied. “What does it look like?”
“My big brother, Ima, explained it this way to me,” replied Soami: