The scouts smiled sympathetically—or at least, those girls did who had not yet spoken. Natalie continued:
“I planned for a morning of hiking in the country; coming home to a fine dinner out on the lawn under the trees, then a general council and other gathering at Camp, with our relatives in attendance, and an evening given over to whatever form of fun we all decided on. I thought the supper could be served at camp for all who came.”
“Jot that down, Scribe, for discussion,” said Janet, turning to Frances who came next.
“My idea was along the same lines, but I thought to ask Mr. Marvin and a friend of his who would have a touring car, to drive out from the city and take us all for an auto trip in the afternoon, and then we would invite them to sup and an evening’s entertainment in return,” explained Frances.
Janet turned to the Scribe and said: “Add to that last memo ‘Frans says call for two autos from Marvin.’”
Belle’s turn came next and she said, languidly: “I never got past the idea of baking a huge birthday cake with two great wax candles on top of it.”
This idea caused a laugh, and Janet approved it at once. “We won’t need to discuss that, Belle—it is decided upon that you bake the best and largest cake Rachel can accommodate in the oven, and decorate the frosting so elaborately that the two monster candles will look all the funnier on top of it.”
Two of the scouts had ideas for each girl making an individual gift and presenting it at a Council held in the afternoon. Janet amended this to the giving of gifts made by the donor, to be held in the evening.
One of the scouts had a plan for giving an amateur performance, the play to be written by one of the members, and the acting to take place in the woods with natural scenery.
“That’s fine! We might try Hiawatha or a play written along such lines. We must get our heads together and invent a new play something like Hiawatha, so we can use the stream and the tent and the clearing in the acts. The play can be part of the afternoon’s entertainment to the Four Corners’ people,” exclaimed Janet eagerly while the other scouts all felt agreed on the suggestion.