After you learn to count money up to one hundred cents or one dollar, it is easy to handle larger sums, such as five dollars, ten dollars.
The abbreviation for cents is cts. or ¢.
The abbreviation for dollar is this sign: $.
The monogram of the United States, “U. S.,” makes the dollar sign if you leave off the bottom of the U.
Reading the Compass
Some time ago some wild Australian natives were taken for a voyage on a ship. They had always been accustomed to finding their way by tracks on the ground, so when they got to sea they wondered how the Captain of the ship found his way across the trackless ocean and they kept a look-out in the bow looking over in the water to see if they could discover the footmarks or signs by which the Captain was finding his way, till at last they went to him and said, “How do you manage it?” So the Captain showed them the compass which told him which way was north, which south, east and west, and that by reading the compass, and reading his map with it, he was able to go into strange parts of the world without ever having been there before, but always able to find his way because he knew which way was north by the compass. He marked the points of the compass on his map and by comparing the map and the compass it led him north, south, east, or west. And so it is also necessary for a Girl Scout or a Brownie to know the points of the compass, because at any time you may be told to go off to the north or to the south with a message, or you want to know which way the wind is blowing, whether it is a north wind which is going to bring cold or an east wind, rain, and so on. But how can you do this if you do not know which is the south or which is the north? When you have not got a compass it is quite easy to judge this by the sun. The sun gets up in the east and sets in the west and in the middle of the day it is due south of you if you are in the northern part of the world. A Brownie must understand this and the different points of the compass before she can be considered a good useful messenger.
Clean Knives, Forks and Spoons
Use very hot water for first cleaning them to get off the grease. That is the secret of success. Rinse them and use dry clean towels. But mind you do not put the white handles of knives in the water, because they are apt to crack if you do so.
Make Doll’s Clothes or Brownie’s Overall
In Australia there is a school where the boys were taught farming, but the first thing that a boy had to do when he got there was to make his own saddle and bridle for riding a horse. He was only allowed to use that same saddle during the rest of his time at the school, some three or four years, so if he did not make it neatly and well, he was the laughing-stock of the other boys for the rest of his time. And it is much the same with the Brownies. They are given directions how to make their clothes but if they make them badly, well then they will be ashamed of them for the rest of their time as Brownies. So be careful to listen to all that is told you as to how you should make the things and then make them as well as you possibly can.