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and how to see" the beautiful in their lives and their surroundings.
These girls are zealous, eager for knowledge, and quite ready to adopt
any suggestions offered for their growth into useful womanhood. They
are striving earnestly and eagerly to live up to the emblem of the
Girl Reserve Movement which is a circle surrounding a triangle in-
scribed with the insignia 'GR' representing the girl in her world endeavor-
ing to grow spiritually, physically, and mentally into a well-rounded
girl. They, as well as the other girls in the city, present an impressive
picture in the Girl Reserve uniform of white middy and skirt and a
blue tie inscribed with the letters 'GR.' So, this is what we are helping
the girls to accomplish by and for themselves."

"Now about your summer," I said, " I ' m sure it was as fascinating
and worth while as your other experiences." Before I could formulate
and utter another word, Helen had burst out enthusiastically in her
own charming manner.

"You don't know half of it! I n the first place, I realized the
ambition which is an innate desire of most of us Americans—to go
abroad—and I went in a most unique capacity. But I'm getting ahead
of my story. I sailed from New York, June 22, on the German ship,
Columbia, and immediately upon landing at Cherbourg, France, my
exciting experiences began. We had to haul down the German flag,
which fact gave me the feeling that we still as nations and individuals
aave far to go to attain the ideal of world peace and friendliness.

" M y itinerary included Paris, where I had a delightful, though
quite bewildering time understanding and being understood. You re-
member that my French was still in its infancy. Then I visited
Switzerland, which to me will ever be the land most defiant of de-
scription—it is surpassingly beautiful. Next came Rome with the
Vatican and its accompanying ceremony, and Florence.