The Washington times., 1911-08-18
FUN OF K|DD|ES
IN GOOD W|LLERS
CAMP NEARS END
Eleven Days More, And All
Are Making Most
Of Time.

Camp Good Will has but eleven day.
OF Its 1911 season, and those women and
children who are so fortunate as to be
there now are almost feverishly trying
TO crowd into the last little time all the
JOYS that the woods Of Rock Creek
Park and its swimming pool and the
good food Of the camp can give.
And quite equally those in charge are
seeking to make the last part of their
work the most helpful and joyful OF
the summer.
For they are not tired from their ef-
forts. They have made this summer S
camp the most successful since the ven
ture was started. They have given
happiness and health to more than
: 800 women and children, and they have
managed the camp with an ease that
has come Of long practice. There has
not been an accident beyond a stubbed
toe or a scratched finger, and the
health Of the Camp Good Willers has
been so remarkable as to surprise even
those who are accustomed to making
and keeping people healthy.
mo sickness, no accident" has been
the daily report.
The cooperation Of the public has
been especially pleasing to the officials
Of the camp and of the Associated
Charities, by which the camp is main
tained.
During the month of July-the camp
was opened on the first day Of that
month-more than 500 people went out
to see what Camp Good Will was like.
and hardly any one of them departed
without giving some assistance. Some
gave money, others took tempting foods
or toys, and yet others turned over
their carriages and motor cars for the
use Of women and children whose only
previous concern with such vehicles had
been to get out of their course. -
Even greater numbers, have visited
the camp in August and corporations
with big-hearted men as their managers
have loaned great wagons and motor
vans, given w6termelons and done
many other things that afford simple
but memorable pleasures.
The camp has accommodated an aver
age of 100 persons a week. They go out
in parties Of eighty each, so that there
are always eighty new and eighty old
campers. They are selected by the
agents of the Associated Charities out
of the districts into which the Dis
trlct of Columbia is divided by the AS
EOClateO
Before they enter the camp they re-
ceive medical examination. This has
proven especially beneficial to children,
who, during their fortnight in camp,
were given treatment for such ailments
as enlarged tonsils or diseased teeth so
that the helpfulness of the camp has
in many cases been made permanent.
The moral tone of the camp has been
enlightening for the children, too, the
spirit of fairness being held to the
fore, and the quality Of unselfshness
being advanced. There has been. how
ever, absolutely no effort to impel
anyone to acceptance of any creed or
church.
The Lords Prayer is the only form
of service that those in charge of the
camp have used. Religious services are
. conducted on Sunday evenings by vol
unteers, and attendance is equally vol
A., untary. In the same way the children
are allowed to attend any of the
Brghtwood Sunday schools; but they
are lot directed or persuaded.
Mrs. f. K. Bushec Is the superinten-
dent of the camp, and Miss Anna Bo-
gan her assistant. Miss Eleanor Keene
villa Brendle and Miss Helen Wright
are her assistants; Edwin AeFevre has
charge CT the boys and Bruce Webb
and Harry Gilbert are his assistants
The volunteer workers are Roswell
Ehremantrout and Mrs. z. Ray Keene.
Miss Mary Silcott is the trained nurse.
The program for the Camp Good
mothers to the Soldiers Home and a
series of games for the children. A
delegation of young people from the
First Presbyterian Church will have
charge Of the Saturday afternoon en-
tertainment Of the children.