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OfgBiiizfttioii Be Helpful. Do your share of the work for the glory that the service brings, for the strength one gets in serving. Be Joyful. Seek the joy of being alive — for every reasonable gladness you can get or give is treasure that can necr be de- stroyed, and like the springtime gladness doubles, every time with others it is shared. Then use the regular ceremony of the Council cutting short the business unless it is very interesting. After closing by singing the Omaha Tribal Prayer, the Chief announces: "Our Council is ended, but our Council Fire bums; now, therefore, lest this blessing become a danger, it is the duty of our Fire Keeper to utLerly quench our Council Fire or hedge it about with an impassable barrier lest it become a source of danger." Closing Sometimes the Council is closed with another song such as the Zuni Sunset, or Bark Canoe, in which case the "Onmha" is sung after the lighting of the candles. The Council Robe A number of the members of the Woodcraft League have found the Council Robe at Grand Council both comfortable and picturesque. It is usually a blanket of light yveight material, decorated with badges for degree or coups when they have been won, also totems of the band, the tribe, etc. CONSTITUTION OR THE LAWS FOR THE RUUNG OF THE TRIBB I. Naint This Tribe shall be called "The Tribe of the Big Lodge of the Woodcraft League." n. Ptirpose Our purpose is to learn the outdoor life for its worth in the buildmg up of our bodies and the helping and strengthening of our souls; that we may go forth with the seeing eye, and the thmking hand to learn the pleasant ways of the woods and of