The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03
By THE OPTIMIST.

II was indeed a pleasure for me TO pre-
pare to-day's page for your reading. my
faithful fellow-menbeTs. The response
made by each and every one of you TO
the beautiful charity to which we are
giving our little help has been most
gratifying. and the way in which you
have rallied around The Heralds Fresh
Air Fund Idea is beginning to bear fruit.
The first piece of news have for you
to-day fills me with pride, and I know
II will be equally a source Of JOY to you
since you are all sharers in il.
One of the tents at Camp Good WIZ
has been named THE Washington Herald
Optimist Club Tent" and Will bear that
designation all summer This tent will
accommodate six cots, room for six tired
little bodies to lie down TO sleep at night.
after a happy day at play in the fields
and the woods.
Every two weeks the occupants OF the
tent will be replaced by a new set Of
faces, and six more little ones will be
on hand 10 partake of the happy hours
at the camp.
On Wednesday I went out TO the camp.
News of what the optimists are doing
had preceded me, so that was heartily
welcomed No children had arrived then,
because Friday was to be the opening
day. when thu first installment OF moth
ers and children were carried out. BY
this time the camp Is in full swing, be-
cause 1t doesn't take the boys and girls
long TO get Acquainted with their sur
roundings, and the precious golden mo-
ments are not to be wasted.
1t was my first visit to the camp. but
IL will not be my last / shall make It
point 10 go again, and hope to be able
to arrange for a Washington Herald
Optimist Club day at the camp. when you
will all be invited to inspect the camp.
and perhaps a little special entertainment
will be gotten up for the children.
AS soon as our photographer is able TO
take the pictures of the camp, 1 am go
ing to use them on this page, so that
those of you who cannot get out may get
some idea Of how beautifully the spot is
situated.
am sure I would not object TO spend
ing my own vacation at the camp and
linger about Under the fine old trees and
let the breezes blow the cobwebs out of
my system. The breezes, by the way, at
Camp Good WHIP blow from every d.
rection-north, south. east. west. and
south by southwest. as WELL which We
all znow Is a good quarter in summer
There isn't any part of the camp that
isn't swept by the pure. sweet air OF
heaven. II must be a restful place al
night; IL Is so high UP. and the stars
viii seem so near on the clear night.
thought Of the poor tired mothers. and
the sick. teething babies that were going
10 be there: and also of the little tots
big enough TO run about. all the way Hr
10 twelve years old. which is the maxi
mum age for the camp. and 1 felt sure
each and every one OF you would bC
amply repaid for the sacrifices you have
made in order 20 give these deserving
and grateful ones an experience that viii
probably be the only time IN the fifty.
two weeks of he year that they wifi be
able to look back upon with pleasure.
Ny hopes OF raising 500 on behalf oil
the club are still high. You will notes
that we are already away beyond the
$50 mark, thanks TO the generosity Of my
faithful members.
I don't want you to think Of me as
ore who Is al ways asking for something
but il occurred 10 me If one of the lady
members who has a little spare timt
could donate banner for cur club tent
Il would look very smart, and distinguish
our tent from any of the others. I would
suggest that the flag be a small one, not
more than four feet long, the color q
be blue. with white lettering. On one
side the clubs initials: w. H o. Club
and on the reverse The motto: Let:
Help" We could purchase such ban
ner. but 1t would shave more Significance
II one OF the members would make H.
Who viii volunteer TO make the ban
ner?
We should go right along now and
swell the fund. 50 THAI we may reach the
500 mark by the middle of July The
money viii do the most good If contrib
uted now. Let US all help. No mattel
how small the amounts, every penny
counts, and remember that it only take.
$3.50 10 send a child 20 the country fol
a whole week
II you could see the tents, the beauti
full new dinipg-room with accommoda
tons for 200 people, the vegetable gar.