The Washington herald., 1910-06-30
CAMP GOOD WILL
OPENS TOMORROW
Everything in Readiness for
the Season.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE
One Hundred Guests to Arrive This
Week-More TO Come Later-Per-
msnent Buildings Erected and
Many New Features Added-A
Most Worthy Charity.
The season OF 1910 at Camp Good VIII

The season or 1Sl0 at camp COCO VIII
opens tomorrow.
All da" long carloads OF happy chill
dren and tired and work-worn mothers
viii hopefully turn their faces toward
the breeze-swept hill where the white
tents are pitched. and by nightfall, when
taps" are sounded, there viii be more
than 100 guests at the camp. to whom
this brief but happy visit Of two weeks
is the only respite of the year from dis
tress and hard work
What golden moments Of rest and play
must be crowded into those two weeks!
at the end OF that time the guests must
give way TO another contingent, good
bys must be said, and new faces Will be
seen in tho games and at the tables, in
the swimming hole. and all about the
camp.
All In Readiness.
The camp presented a busy appearance
yesterday. All the workers and helpers
were out. The big consignment Of army
hospital tents had arrived and were IN
position. The brand-new dining pavilion.
which will accommodate about 200 per-
sons comfortably, was much admired
There Is a new social pavilion, where the
mothers will sit IN big comfy" rocking
chairs, and meanwhile keep a watchfuI
eve on the numerous progeny playing
near by in the sand piles. on the swings,
or in the hammocks. Special attention
Is given to the comfort OF the mothers
and the very little children.
Nor are the older ones neglected. The
boys have a big field set aside for their
baseball stunts, and many are the home
runs batted out on the diamond. amid
the cheers of the admiring crowd. The
field yesterday looked In prime condi-
tion and seemed to be only awaiting the
eager crowd that will swarm over II on
Saturday. when the big doings will
really commence.
Then there is the swimming hole in
Rock Creek just below the hill Boys
and girls each have their hour for water
sports and those who haven't yet learned
to swim viii make the best OF their
two weeks opportunity TO learn. A
competent guard IS on hand TO see that
there are no casualties.
new fence has been put around the
camp where the tents for mothers and
very little children are located The
tents are in the form OF hollow square,
with the main field, or campus" in the
middle. The fence is 10 prevent the
little ones from stTaying far afield after
they have been put to bed and the
grown-ups are occupied elsewhere.
An Ideal spot.
The situation of Camp Good VIII is
ideal Right on the crest of a hill. with
the ground sloping away gently in all
directions the camp is in a position to
catch the cool breezes, no matter from
which point OF the compass they are
blowing There is no such thing as a
hot place in the entire camp.
There is a vista OF cool. green woods
and shady roads and paths lead down to
the creek and surround the comfortable
looking old farmhouse which serves as
headquarters. II is here that the
superintendent and her helpers live, and
the volunteers" who spend the summer
at the camp lending a hand here and
there for the good Of the guests.
The house and all the outbuildings have
been treated 10 new coats OF whtewasf
and paint so that the camp this season
IS a white City" in very fact. The
tents are all located in the open fields
since they dry more quickly that way
in case of rain, than X they were under
the trees. They are army tents. big and
roomy, with accommodations in each fol
six cots. and with the flies open, tn,
breezes sweep through them day and
night.
IN the day time, II the sun is too hot
to make the tents altogether comfortable
there are acres of shade where the guests
can roam at will
Fresh Vegetables Daily.
The big new dining room is open anC
screened about, so that It IS cool all day
Right beneath its windows Is the vege
table garden, worked fer the sole beneh
OF the camp and yielding fresh vegetable.
every day. Not a vegetable has 10 b,
brought from the city. To the untutoreC
city eye, the garden looked 20 be IN
state of luxurious opulence, and It mad,
ones mouth water TO think of the goo,
things in store for the guests Of IN,
camp
Fresh pasteurized milk only is giver
to the children. This is a feature which
costs considerable, but 1t IS found to b.
better in the long run. as it helps man,
OF the little ones over a season OF tn,
year when the most vital need is prope
food. The only regret is that the sta
Of each child must necessarily be 81
brief owing 10 the many hundreds VIII,
have 20 be accommodated during the tw,
months that the camp is open.
This is one of the many reasons VIII,
Camp Good VIII must have more money
To increase the accommodations means
just that much more good done But tn,
institution is supported entirely by vol
untary contributions, and the sum to b.
spent is limited
The work at Camp Good VIII is one fl
which every citizen of Washington
should be interested. The future mer
and women Of the city are here givel
their first idea perhaps, of cleanliness
sanitary habits. good behavior. They ar
brought face to face with smiling Nature
and their eyes are opened to wonder
that they hardly dreamed existed.
No children over twelve are taken Z,
Camp Good VIII, and many little char
nine or ten is looking forward regret
fully to the time when he shall be owe
age. and no longer eligible TO the goo,
times Of the camp.
One Of the volunteers at the camn
woman who has been an army nurse an,
who Is identified with many charita III
movements, came out on yesterday nre
pared 10 stay all summer and give he
services absolutely free. She Will he'll
the mothers with their babies, give coun
cil and advice. and make herself gener
ally cheerful and useful
She told The Washington HERALD 70
porter OF a case that had recently com
10 her attention. A poor family living Fl
the neighborhood OF the Union Statfon
in one OF those dilapidated houses tina
are 10 be removed when the plaza i'm
provements are completed, appealed 7,
her TO get the children into the camn
The father. a Dane, had been IN viii
a fever all during the spring The filI-il
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