The Guides' Spring Party

Scarcely had the clock passed half past three on Friday afternoon, May 25, when we began to see the Girl Guides of the Muslim Scouts arriving in their charming uniforms at the Islamic Orphanage... And before long we saw that the street leading to that house was thronged with the crowd of people gathering at the gate; we had no doubt that something new was afoot in the world of parties...

I entered with those entering, full of hope that what I was going to see and witness would be new, absorbing, and delightful.

How lovely were those blossoms whom I found standing in two facing, ordered ranks to receive the guests, in their scout uniforms, their artless lips lit with a smile of hope and confidence...