The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-08
Pretty Spot Is Selected for Out
ing Near Spanish
Fork.
RATES TO BE REASONABLE
Garden Party to Be Given for
the Benefit of the
Plan.

Now that the spring days have come
and beautiful May is before us, our
thoughts turn to the enjoyment of
summer and summer outings and the
question, EWhere can we spend our
vacation this yearq' comes up and
the difficulties in the way Of girls find
ing pleasant place to go to when
they arc unable to travel as far as
coast or distant lands.
The subject of providing suitable
place for girls has been for some years
the dominant idea of the Girls Friend
ly Society of Utah. They want ia
build really nice holiday house in
some canyon in the mountains sur
rounding Salt Lake City.
1t is a large undertaking, but they
have determined to make strenuous
efforts to build one, so that 1T will be
ready for the summer of 1912. In
many states the Girls Friendly SO.
ciety have really charming holiday
houses that are filed to their utmost ca
pacity each year. The Utah Girls ;
Friendly society has so far been only
able to attain to a summer camp and
though camping in tents is very charm
ing during an assured spell of fine
weather. yet for several months dura-
tion a solid log house, impervjous to the
storms and rains in canyon, would
certainly be better than tents, where
food and clothes cannot be protected
from the elements, and nothing can be
more delightful in the mountains than
a big wood FIRE to sit around in the
evenings in new log cabin when the
nights are chilly, as they always are in
the mountains on the hottest days in
July.
In our neighboring state, Colorado,
the Girls Friendly society has large
and beautiful holiday house called the
Blue Jay Inn Tin Platte canyon) that
they have bought and fitted up so that
it holds quite a number Of people each
summer and that they have found a
great success, as each year it becomes
more and more popular.
1T will be two years In June since
the Girls Friendly society of Utah
first started the idea Of summer
Rowland hall, which was kindly loaned
to them, and between gate money and
donations raised about $140. This was
carefully invested in tents, cots, stove,
cooking utensils, etc, and a camping
location found IN Spanish Fork canyon,
and toward the end Of June the camp
was opened under the direction and
care of one of the associates who had
full charge, with the assistance of a
couple more associates for chaperons
and to help in amusing the girls. Tho
girls took turns helping in the cook
ing and the work around the camp,
but every one realized the work was
too much for those in charge, but funds
would not permit the engagement Of a
regular cook at that time and the
society hoped for improvement each
year. Last summer the camp opened
again in Spanish Fork canyon on nearly
the same plan as the first year, only
toward the latter half of the season
they had the assistance of cook, for
as The camp grew the work became too
much for the ladies in charge.
BY all accounts the girls that
awaited themselves Of the pleasures of
this camp had very delightful time.
A diary was kept, and it gives per
feet idea as to how the camp was con-
Quoted. Discipline was maintained, but
pleasure not interfered with. and all
enjoyed the mountain life, climbing
the hills, bathing daily in the creek,
going picnickiug and sitting around the
camp fire at night, singing songs or
telling stories, and then sleeping in
tent or out in the open and gaining
health aud strength along with pleas.
ure and fun and good companionship
Many girl wished she had more time
than week or. two to stay. The ac-
companying photos taken by the girls
| during the camping season give quite
an idea as to how they enjoyed them
selves and how thoroughly they went in
for outdoor life.
This camp is situated on very
pretty spot in Spanish Fork canyon and
the Denver e. Rio Grande materially
assisted by kindly giving special low
rates to the Girls Friendly camp and
stopping the train at Diamond switch
to accommodate them.
| The members Of the G. F. S. were
charged $3.50 per week and non m EN-.
bers SO for their board. but they found
this would not cover expenses and have
raised the charge very little for this
summer, as the camp is going to be held
once more in the same place and will
open about June 90,
| This year an excellent house matron