The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
GREAT FALLS CENTER
OF BIG CAMP MEETING
"City of White Caps" Rises Mid Picturesque Sur
roundings, and Enthusiastic Religious
....-. Services Are Held. -...... -.

the "cutest', little outing cottages i'm
aginable. Most of them are two-roomed
affairs. decidedly unconventional and Bo.
hemian. The front room" is a combi'
nation parlor. library. and reception
room; the rear apartment is for sleeping
purposes. In some cases the beds OF
cots are in the front room and the back
room Is kitchen and dining-room com.
bined There are a few three-room tents
In which the question OF condensation
and compression Is not SO complex.
Domestic System Complete.
IT is not at all difficult for q family to
camp out at Great Falls. The cooking
is done on gasoline stoves: dishwashins
is made almost as easy as in the city
through the excellent arrangements this
season. The purchase Of provisions and
supplies has been systematized. Weeks
before the city came into being agree
ments were made with farmers to deliver
stated amounts OF fruits and vegetables
every day at stipulated prices; other sup
plies come from the city under contract.
and the housewife Is not left to her own
devices.
The morning marketing is. indeed. one
Of the most picturesque features Of the
camp. The farmers, with their teams,
gather in the roadway below the camp,
array their fresh wares in attractive
fashion, and await customers, after Mr..
BloubloclV has made his bulk purchases.
It Is little wonder that hundreds of
Washingtonians now look forward to the
camp meeting as their annual outing.
Among the women from the city who
are spending two weeks In the communi-
ty are Mrs. w. H. Robinson, Miss Nancy
Nesbit. Miss Mary Johnson, Miss Carrie
Riddle, Miss Bertha Rogers, Miss Alma
Washington clergymen attending are
Rev. ]. Hoard Wells, Rev. J. L. Kib-
Ter. Rev. H. P. Hoyt. Rev. w. P. john
son, and Rev. r. L. Fultz.
The two leading evangelists at the
camp are DIR. John A. Rice, Of Fort
Worth, Tex, and DIR. Gross Alexander,
OF Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. The
Biblical Institute, for the inspiration OF
the clergy, is now in session; the camp
meeting proper for the laity opens next
Wednesday. The members of the COM
mittee on the Biblical Institute, in ad-
dition to Drs. Prettyman and Gather,
are E. " REGISTER, Of Baltimore: Rev.
d. H. Kern, of Staunton. Va; Rev. w.
II. Best. of Ronceverte, w. Va: Rev.
II. Light. Of Richmond, Va; Rev. w. II.
Joyce. Of Roanoke, Va; Rev. H. c. Fe-
brey, or Buchanan, Va: Rev. r. H. Ben
nett. of Lynchburg. Va: Rev. 8. C..
Hatcher, of Richmond: Rev. J. X. Jol-
lift, Of Petersburg, Va.
The committee on the camp meeting is
composed Of Samuel W. Cockrell. Of this
city: Arthur Burgess, of Great Falls; ].
n. Follin, Of Vienna, Va.
Only Four Years Old.
The Great Falls camp meeting was
initiated in 1901. when the entire colony
consisted of one small tabernacle and
ten tents. Only few families braved
the wild for the sake of an outing
The next year twenty tents We're erected.
Last year there were forty-four family
tents, and corresponding increase Of in
terest; this year the attendance is al
most doubled; and the promoters see
their way clear toward making the
event a national affair next summer,