The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02

advance announcements 1t costs a
boy 10 cents in the ''wherewithal' OF
the camp for every meal he eats, and
if he wants candy occasionally he buys
it of the camp officials although his
purchase is limited.
Boys IndustriousIy Inclined.
All boys who show their ability to
save their earnings by amassing the
big sum of So before the camp breaks
up next Thursday will receive % cents
in silver coin to take home with them.
1t goes without saying that the boys
at the camp are industriously inclin-
ed under the circumstances
Once in while things do not run
smoothly with individual boys. One
little State Journal newsboy whose
two brothers are having a great time
was peeved at the time the State Jour
nal representative visited the camp. He
had broken one of the camp rules ear
lier in the day and had been required
to fetch a pail of water from the
spring without pay This punishment
he did not take with grace.
The first thing he did when he
caught sight of the reporter was to
pour out his troubles.
They make me work like the devil
here he said. And just locke here.
I'm all covered with bites here and
here and here"-and he pointed out a
half dozen of them. Wont you take
me i'll with you?''
Later in the evening he was one OF
the happiest Riddles in the bunch. 1t
was after all the boys had lined up to
get their share of stick candy that f.
L. Overton brought along in his mo-
tor car when he came out with the
reporter.
Are Many Diversions.
Indoor baseball played out of doors
is the official pastime of the camp but
there are a thousand and one other
diversions. There is a dip in the morn
ing in the creek for all of those who
wish it at $50 o'clock. Then IL o'clock
and in the afternoon are regular
swimming hours.
y popular amusement among the
boys is the snasging of bullfrogs and
the catching of crawdadS for bait. The
boys have had no small degree of sue
cess in fishing, too. John Bennett, one
of the larger boys. succeeded in land
ing an eight pound carp. There is one
boat available for the campers and it
has been in use a large part of the
time. At no time are the youngsters
permitted to GO swimming except at
the regular hours when the camp Of
flcialS are present.
One day a bumblebee nest was dis
covered and the whole camp was turn
ed into an army of bee destroyers
armed with clubs and other weapons.
The fight that followed was one of the
most exciting events of the camp life.
I1OIey DeSS were also SlSnCeQ IN q mol
low tree. The result of their conquest
was two gallons of honey that was de-
voured with a relish by the kiddies.
Good Things to Eat.
And in speaking of things to eat it
should be mentioned that the cook.
Bob Graham. serves up. dishes that
are ''fit to set before n king And
such appetites those boys have de-
veloped! Why. they consume four
and one-half gallons of milk and six
dozen eggs at a single meal-twenty-
five loaves of bread vanish in day.
At noon today the boys were treated
to a chicken dinner over at Berryton,
and Doctor Burr of that town made a
huge kettle of taffy. This afternoon
the camp Riddles are competing with
Berryton in a field meet. They Will
~sAike' back to the camp about two
and half miles away this evening.
Before the camp closes H. H. Pugh
Of the Continental Creamery company
will take out a freezer of ice cream
and some watermelons as n treat for
the campers.