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As a result there appeared at the rally several groups of Girl Scouts in folk costumes. They dug out the patterns of the cos tumes and made the dresses. In many a group each Girl .Scout se cured such a garb, wlhile in other groups all the girls contributed their part in preparing one cos tume which was subsequently de m onstrated by one Girl Scout whose characteristics best h ar monized with the dress perfected by them. The Girl Scouts proved their determ ination and ingenuity in obtaining m aterials and details. They were aided in their efforts by old grandm others with infor mation and advice. E.g. th e group “ Chaika” of Cleveland traced out real homespun linen for shirts and skirts, while another “Chaika,” from Jersey 'City, N. J., m anaged to make also homespun simple socks, adorned with a design, to wear with their costumes. and his widow, a renowned paint er, is continuing her work. She studied at first in Lviv, under famed painter Novakivsky. She intercepted from him a liking for colors which tendency is con tinually noticeable in her paint ings. A fterw ards she w ent to Prague where; she completed 'her studies, and where she met her future hu sib and. However, it was only at Paris where she has de veloped her talents more im pres sively. She has been displaying her canvases every year at the Salon of Independent A rtists. H er par ticular characteristic is — figures of m others leaning tenderly to ward babies. The expressiveness may be detected even from mo ther's hands and foldings of her dress. Close to 120 Girl Scouts ap peared for the showing. M ost of them selected the co'stumes of Central U kraine which are re garded as representative attire of Ukraine. The next largest was th at from Hutsulia, the C arpa thian region of W est Ukraine. Then followed the group from Polissya which presented the A group of Plast Girls of Cleveland, Ohio, at the Jubilee Rally at Grafton Ont., Canada, wearing the costumes of Polissya. Jubilee Rally of Plast During the weekend, A ugust 3 through 5, at Grafton, Ontario, Canada, took place a jubilee rally of Plast, or Ukrainian Scouts. Around 1,000 Scouts gathered to observe the 40th anniversary of Plast, and to dem onstrate their strength in their displays and competitions. The groups of the Scouts had been preparing all year long for this festival. Their slogan was “W andering over the Ukrainian lands.” The groups had been studying ethnography, history, art of ev ery Ukrainian province, and had been trying to carry out some thing that interested them. One group made a model of an old building, the other learned folk songs, and still another collected landscapes. The groups Of Girl Scouts were interested in folk art. clothes of the swampy Pripyat River region. A ltogether there were 9 Ukrainian provinces rep resented in the exhibit. The boys and girls enjoyed im mensely all manifestations at the rally, finding th at they have gain ed much spiritually and have learned more about Ukraine. UKRAINIAN ARTIST IN PARIS At Chenevier near Paris, France, there is in the shade of poplars a little house. It was built by the late P eter Omelchenko, m aster of graphic arts, along with his wife, Sophia Zaritska. Peter Omelchenko died in 1952,
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