The Washington times., 1913-07-21
GIRLS WIN ROSES
IN SUMMER CAMP
Good Food, Fresh Air, and
HeaIthfuI Exercise Work
Wonders for the Tired.

To sleep out Of doors. eat out Of
doors. and live out Of doors, to be c'ose
TO nature and forget the artihcialittes
OF life in the city. these are some OF
the greatest things in the world at
this summer season. According to the
young women who are making their
summer camp under the trees near the
Moves farm at Sligo.
The Junior League Country Club Is
more descriptive of the place. for II Is
not really a camp in the strict sense,
1t is an out Of doors home for girls
during the summer months. Three big
army tents provide sleeping accommo-
dations for fifteen girls. The big din
ing tent is close by and there Is COOK
house, ice house. arbors. bathing paw
lion. and a delightful space under the
thick branches Of mulberry trees which
line rhe brook, to be used for general
liunging and recreation purposes.
Camp Site Is Pleasant.
1t is a pleasant trip TO the camp. cne
drons of the train at Sligo TO discover
two country grocery stores in sight ana
evidences OF further civilization In tile
near vicinity 4 walk of ten minutes
I'D over the hill alcng a pretty country
road. through the iron gates of coll
onial estate, down across the pasture
and across tile run" brings one in
plain view of the camp spread out over
the green lawn at the foot Of slight
eminence and Just b. the edge of the
wood.
There is a good deal Of activity this
sfferpoon for visitors are expected, ano
N Is understood their pictures may be
taken. Up on the baseball ground sew
eral attractive young women are correct
ing paraphernaia to be used In connec.
ton with a photograph of the team
The captain of the basketball team an
athletic looking girl not yet out OF her
teens, is putting some Of her players
through their PAGES against a snap sno'
of some crucial point in the game
Most Of the girls, however, sttred
IN natty blue skirts and MILDLY blouses
are sitting quietly under the trees with
fancy work and books, drinking IN
the health giving country alr, ana resi-.
wstered and cared for by nature with
out the intervention Of park making
human machinery.
Program of Daily Events.
Up at I O'Clock in the morning is the
program. Beds aired. tents arranged,
clothes put out Of the way. hung up,
folded. and everything put to rights.
Dsft hands WELD brooms effectually. and
there is little primpIng for these healthy
young women, so that breakfast call at
7.so fnds them lined up at the clean
white pine tables fairly groaning with
eood things furnished by Martha" who
is cook and maid-of-all-work at the
camp.
.'Inspeetion." There are no sleepy
heads here. The discipline is not SO ex-
act nor trying as that In the numerous
boys camps, but it is effective Miss
Helen Woodman, gradsate Of the fam
ons Sargent Athletic School for Girls, at
Cambridge, Mass, is stickler for doing
things right. Everything about the
camp must be spick and span early IN
the day.
day. but we must have just = little
AasketbaIl to get our muscles loosened
up," is the order, and these girls, clad
in bloofners and sweaters, march away
to the athletic field for a short game.
ers and short skirts for the trim ath-
ietic costumes and away they go down
the road for an hours trip from which
they return eager for a dip ana
short rest before luncheon.
In the afternoon there may be base
ball for the more active, or croquet for
the quiet. Up at the house" several
girls are intent on improving their
record at bowling. But especially no
tIcea bic is the tendency after this stren-
uous exercise for little groups to COL
iect under the trees with books or
needlework. The hammocks are busy
and the place Is fine example of
restful quiet until Martha" announces
supper.
Is Really a Rest Camp.
In the evening there are pleasant
talks, singing. storytelling, and the
sound Of the mocking bird and the
whip-poor-will. blended with the hoarse
croak OF frogs. as evidence that the
city world is far away
There 10 no idea. however, of making
this camp a place for hard work 1T
Is to be a rest camp is the statement
of the young woman in charge. Work
and rest are carefully blended so that
when the two or more weeks are past
the girls may go back to the city with
roses in their cheeks and enthusiasm IN
the hearts.
There is a dancing class every We'd
nesday. Glasses in ''frst aid are con-
Quoted evrey Thursday. Girls may COME
into town every morning and return at
night II they wish; they may stay as
long as they like, may come when they
like and go away when sufficiently
rested. Mostly they are girls who have
to work in the city and have come here
for an outing, where they may be not
too far away and have some of the
plea sure Ct country life while they carry
on their work in town. No girls under
fourteen years Of age arc admitted TO
the camp.
Two Visiting Days.
Charges ere moderate. Visitors are
admitted on Saturday sft' moons from
Z to and on Sunday afternoons at the
same hours. As these times some at
tempt is made TO preserve the tradi-
tons OF social life and tea s served.
The Junior League is really a club
One has 10 join" But II costs only
Is cents to do this and the real expense
comes from the legitimate cost con-
nected with running the camp.
II is proposed to make the camp a
permanent Institution. During the com
ing winter a clubroom will be furnished
in the city, where the girls may meet
until the country club reopens next
season.