Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
WHITE BEING USED
AT HEALTH CAMPS
Summer Outings Committee,
in Repainting, Considers
That Most Clearly.

White cities are going up at Camps Good
Will and Get Well Rock Creek Park, and
at Camp Pleasant. Lincoln Heights. The
summer outings committee has adopted
white for all its painted structures both
inside and out. The only deviation is the
khaki tents and the awnings Of the rec
reatfon pavilion. The interior walls of
the administration building Of Camp Good
win have been rewhitened and the barn
and outbuildings are receiving a fresh
coat Of whitewash. White has been adopt
ed as the best symbol of cleanliness.
With the establishment of Camp Get
Well another link In the chain of sum
mer outings for poor children and their
mothers has been added. Hitherto the
workers of the Associated Charities have
at times been unable to send the family
away to the country, because there was a
nursing mother and an i'll baby for whom
adequate provision could not be made.
Now, with the fully equipped baby camp.
these mothers and infants can be pro-
vided for while the other children are
being looked after at Camp Good Will.
Camp Get Well is designed for sick babies
who cannot be cared for at either Camp
Good VIII or the Children's Country
Home. Every physician working among
poor babies has the privilege Of recon-
mending his illest babies for a stay at
the camp. The length of time of this
stay will be determined by the need of
the child.
Mrs. Louis A Simon, chairman of the
committee on Camp Get Well. will re-
main in Washington during the entire
summer to be at hand as volunteer
housekeeper. DR.. Louise Tayler Jones
will live at the camp during July and
August. A graduate nurse has accept
ed the SUPPLEMENTARY of the camp.
Children Build Sleeping Porch.
The director of the vocational train
ing in the Washington public schools,
Frank Woodward. and his assistant
William F. Smith. have superintendent
the erection OF the sleeping porch at
Camp Good VIII. the labor for which
has been given by the pupils of the
vocational school. different groups of
boys working on different days
The Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
has offered to follow up any children re-
ported as physically defective. These
children Will be followed up at home after
their return from the camps by the dis
trict nurses to see that they receive
proper medical attention and that the de-
fects are remeded. h
Each child will be weighed upon enter
ing and leaving. The camps daily con-
sumo very nearly a quart of milk for
each child besides other food.
The following are the officers of the
summer outings committee and the three
camps: John Joy Edison. chairman of the
summer outings committee; Andrew
Parker. treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Brown,
committee secretary. and Mrs. Edna
keene Bushee, superintendent of Camp
Good VIII; Rev. w. ID. Jarvis. chairman
of the Camp Pleasant committee: DR.
George w. Cabaniss, treasurer, and DIR.
j. H. n. Waring. medical director and
superintendent of Camp Pleasant: Mrs.
Louis A. Simon, chairman of the commit
tee on Camp Get Well. DR.. Louise Taylor
Jones. resident physician, and Miss A.
Victoria Hasein, superintendent of Camp
Get Well.