f Guides in Europe one
naturally thinks of those men who are mountaineers
in Switzerland and other mountainous places, who
can guide people over the most difficult parts by
their own bravery and skill in tackling obstacles,
by helpfulness to those with them, and by their
bodily strength of wind and limb. They are
splendid fellows those guides, and yet if they
were told to go across the same amount of miles on
an open flat plain it would be nothing to them, it
would not be interesting, and they would not be
able to display those grand qualities which they
show directly the country is a bit broken up into
mountains. It is no fun to them to walk by easy
paths, the whole excitement of life is facing
difficulties and dangers and apparent
impossibilities, and in the end getting a chance
of attaining the summit of the mountain they have
wanted to reach.

Well, I think it is the case with most girls
nowadays. They do not want to sit down and lead an
idle life, not to have everything done for them,
nor to have a very easy time. They don't want
merely to walk across the plain, they would much
rather show themselves handy people, able to help
others and ready, if necessary to sacrifice
themselves for others just like the Guides on the
North-West frontier. And they also want to tackle
difficult jobs themselves in their life, to face
mountains and difficulties and dangers and to go
at them having prepared themselves to be skilful
and brave; and also they would like to help other
people meet their difficulties also. When they
attain success after facing difficulties, then
they feel really happy and triumphant. It is a big
satisfaction to them to have succeeded and to have
made other people succeed also. That is what the
Girl Guides want to do, just as the mountaineer
guides do among the mountains.

Then, too, a woman who can do things is looked up
to by others, both men and women, and they are
always ready to follow her advice and example, so
there she becomes a Guide too. And later on if she
has childre