Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Services at Camp Good Will
This Evening.
SIMPLE PROGRAM PLANNED
Daily Routine of Pleasurable Events
for Boys and Girls-Rest
and Recreation.
SIMPLE PROGRAM PLANNED

Church are to conduct services this eyen
ing at Camp Good Will for the edifica-
ton Of the seventy-f1ve or more little peo-
pie and their mothers who are there for
the week. The meeting will be held from
to O'Clock
The services will be simple. There will
be singing. the lords Prayer will he said
and there will be a talk to the children
me camp van will meet the visitors at
the car line and transport them to camp
MI. Murati, Japanese student at Van
derb1lt College, who is qualifying himself
for a minister OF the Methodist EPISCOPAL
denomination, and who has been in Wash
ington for fortnight. was a visitor at
camp last week. Mr. Muratf umpired a
ball game between boys Of Camp Good
VIII and a Brightwood team, in which
the camp nine was victor by the score of
to i. After the game was over Mr.
Murau talked to the children concerning
child life and child sports in Japan, MAX
ing comparisons with American customs
Children Tractable.
Mrs. E. K. Bushee superintendent at
Camp Good VIII, gives a good account of
the little folks intrusted to their care.
they give her little trouble.
The swimming pool in Rock creek,
where the boys and girls in camp congre-
gate daily, is the great delight of the
brief vacation Exclusive use, during the
morning hours. is given to the little folks
at the camp-first to the boys then the
girls.
A day at Camp Good Will is day of
happenings. from 6:1J o'clock in the
morning, when the rising bell sounds
until O'Clock, when every head is on it's
pillow, sure to be motioness in sleep
within fifteen minutes, worn out with a
days pleasure.
At O'Clock breakfast is served. After
the morning meal the children fix up their
tents. making their beds and straighten-
ing up things. The boys. accompanied by
couple of the young men who are as
sisting in making Camp Good Will a
success, go to the swimming pool at s
O'Clock.
The girls have their turn an hour later
by which time the boys are back. A po-
liceman and some young women attached
to the camp go with the girls.
While the boys are swimming the girls
are riding Maud the mule that has been
at Camp Good Will since the beginning
Maud is the playfellow of the boys while
the girls are getting their dip in Rock
creek, but Maud has to stand the brunt
of the affections of both sexes when
swimming time is over.
Dinner time is at noon The little folks
are provided with meat and two vege-
tables and sweets of some sort. The
mothers drink tea, while their children
get only water at this meal.
Afternoon Program.
The afternoons are varied at Camp Good
Will. Sometimes it is a ride to the Zoo
In the camp van. This has to be ar
ranged beforehand, as the team has
many other duties to perform about the
camp. Sometimes it is a game of hare
and hounds, or blackberry hunt, or
something similar.
The very tiny folks find recreation in
playing with paper dolls and in peanut
hunts. The mothers are given occupa-
ton in sewing bees. when they make
something useful for the camp, and are
rewarded with lemonade and cake.
Supper comes at ) o'clock. Plenty of
milk and bread Is consumed. Then there
is fruit or something sweet for all. At
all the meals the tables are waited upon
by the young men and women who are
giving their services to the camp. There
are no servants about.
The ball game comes after supper and
enthusiasm runs high. Sometimes the
contestants are two teams made up from
the boys at the camp. and sometimes
there is a match contest with some team
representing the vicinity boys. Occasion
ally the girls get tired of looking on and
play rings while the great American con-
test is proceeding at the diamond.
Goodnight Service.
The goodnight service, at 7.45 O'Clock
in the evening. is one of the features Of
the day Then whatever talent is latent
Is stirred to activity. Little soloists sing
and a number of the boys are singers at
tached to motion picture shows. Girls
recite and all the children unite in
strongly voiced choruses.
At ! o'clock comes bedtime. A quar-
ter of an hour afterward there IS no
sound in camp.