The Novel Magazine was the first British all-fiction pulp magazine . It was Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson 's rival to Sir George Newnes 's The Grand Magazine .
12-1155: Previously titled The Lady's Magazine (January 1901 to June 1904), The Lady's Home Magazine (July 1904 - October 1904) and The Home Magazine of Fiction (November 1904 to March 1905), the first edition of The Novel Magazine was published in April 1905. Under its final incarnation, The Novel Magazine continued until December 1937 when thereafter, it was subsumed by its rival, The Grand Magazine . Former notable editors of The Novel Magazine included Sir Percy Everett (1905-1912), E. C. Vivian (1912–14 and 1919-1922), and Roy Vickers (1915-1918). Contributors of fiction to The Novel Magazine and its predecessors included Bertram Fletcher Robinson , Rafael Sabatini , Murray Leinster , Agatha Christie , Elinor Glyn , R. Austin Freeman , Edgar Wallace , Sax Rohmer , Baroness Orczy and P. G. Wodehouse . The Novel Magazine also published ghost stories and weird fiction by Barry Pain , A. M. Burrage , Elliott O'Donnell , and "Theo Douglas" (the pseudonym of H. D. Everett ). This article about
24-530: A Suggestion for Character Training for Girls , also published in 1909, twenty efficiency badges were needed to obtain the Silver Fish. This was later reduced to fifteen and, additionally, good all round work was required. By 1918 a Silver Fish was awarded by headquarters "on the recommendation of County Commissioners for some very special Service to the Movement". In May 1918 The Girl Guides Gazette reported that
36-579: A literary magazine that publishes works of fiction is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Percy Everett Sir Percy Winn Everett (22 April 1870 – 23 February 1952) was an English editor -in-chief for the publisher C. Arthur Pearson Limited and a Scouter who became The Boy Scouts Association 's Deputy Chief Scout . Born on 22 April 1870 in Rushmere, Ipswich , Everett
48-578: A number of badges, then via numerous stages to the highest award in the Guiding movement worldwide, and then on to its position as a Girlguiding award. The Silver Fish is not earned, but given to those who are nominated and are considered worthy of the award. Recipients must be members of Girlguiding, have done outstanding service to Guiding in more than one capacity and made a contribution to world Guiding. Ideally candidates should be at least 18 months from retirement and have held an appointment within 6 months of
60-594: A six-bead Wood Badge on Everett, which, in 1948, he passed to Gilwell Park's Camp Chief John Thurman , to be worn by successive leader trainers. He was knighted in 1930, "For services in connection with the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Movement". Everett wrote The First Ten Years in 1948 (88 pages, published by the East Anglian Daily Times ), about the first ten years of the Scout Movement . Everett
72-470: The Silver Fish: In October 1917, the award changed to being given for outstanding service to the movement. At this time, the design also changed from a whiting with its tail in its mouth worn on a silver chain, to a swimming fish worn on a dark and light blue striped ribbon. Olave Baden-Powell was presented with a gold Silver Fish in 1918, then the only one of its kind. Percy Everett , one of
84-402: The nomination. The award of Silver Fish existed from the beginning of the Guiding movement. The choice of the silver fish was as a result of Lord Baden-Powell visiting Japan, where he learnt that when a son was born, parents would hang a small silver fish on their door, signifying the boy would be able to successfully 'swim upstream' through life's challenges. If a daughter was born, a tiny doll
96-654: The requirements for the Silver Fish would change in order to capture the award's "original character" and that it would become "the highest award that was given and not gained." Around the time of the foundation of the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912, their handbook listed the Silver Fish as the highest honour in Girl Scouting. However, before anyone could earn it, the Golden Eaglet was introduced. Five American women were awarded
108-739: Was Hon. secretary of the Girl Guides Association and was awarded the Silver Fish Award , the movement's highest adult honour, in 1921. This Scouting or Guiding article about a person is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Silver Fish Award The Silver Fish Award is the highest adult award in Girlguiding . It is awarded for outstanding service to Girlguiding combined with service to world Guiding . The award has changed greatly since it first appeared in 1911, initially being awarded to girls on completion of
120-600: Was assigned by Arthur Pearson to support Robert Baden-Powell in publishing Scouting for Boys . He helped organize and participated for a day in the Brownsea Island Scout camp in 1907 and organized much of the promotion around the launch of the book and Boy Scout scheme. He became the first Scoutmaster of the 1st Elstree Scouts on 13 March 1908. In 1919, he organized the first Wood Badge leadership training in Gilwell Park . The Boy Scouts Association conferred
132-622: Was the third of the eight children of parents Robert Lacey Everett (1833-1916) and Elizabeth Nussey (b. 1840). Everett married Sarah Cay (b. 1872) in St. Hilda South Shields on 23 April 1896. The couple had a daughter, Geraldine "Winn" Everett (1903–1998), who became a prominent physician in Elstree. Her godfather was the notable English journalist, writer and editor, Bertram Fletcher Robinson . Everett died in Elstree on 23 February 1952. In 1906, Everett
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#1733084576264144-662: Was used. This indicated a girl's sole aim was to raise a family. Lord Baden-Powell decided to make a Guide's highest honour a silver fish, to show that girls are just as capable of battling against the odds as boys. The award is mentioned in the November 1909 edition of the Boy Scout Headquarters Gazette in "The Scheme for 'Girl Guides'". Here a girl must pass seventeen specified efficiency badges. However, in Pamphlet A: Baden-Powell Girl Guides,
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