The Washington times., 1913-07-05
LITTLE ONES HAPPY
IN CAMP GOOD WILL
Hundred and Twenty Children
From Poor Homes Find Joy
and Health There.
l children to the number Of 12o
aging in Camp Good Will today.
AZ in the pool, driving in the big

lying IN camp SOO0 VIII To-Day.
AZ in the pool, driving in the big
"A. stalking imaginary Redskins in
49, neighboring groves. fishing, or pre-
tending to fish, in Rock creek, and
generally enjoying life in the open.
They are children from the poorest
homes in Washington; children to whom
camp life is boon to the Imagination
as well as to the body; children who
would know no outing were it not for
the Associated Charities. which pro-
yides the means, and for the philan-
thropic persons who supply the funds.
Go TO Camp Good Will today and one
will hear the cries of happy children,
the ecstatic giggles of the little girls,
the joyous whoops of the small boys,
and not far away in the special baby
camp the cooling gurgle of little babies
who have been sick, but are now on the
happiest sounds that children utter, at
Camp Good Will, such youthful laugh
ter as Congressman Townsend of New
Jersey described as follows, after visit
ing the camp:
Instructive as to the work accom-
plished is the tone in which the chill
dren laugh. 1t is the kind of a laugh
that bubbles from the lips of child
when II Is. unafraid, innocently happy,
and has recently been washed and
Lessons for Children.
One Thousand small children and 300
mothers of children will be guests at
Camp Good Will before 1t closes Sep
tember /. For these children there will
be some lessons learned which some
would not have learned in their homes.
And all that is needed is the opportun-
tty. Children are pretty much alike
the world over" say the camp authori-
ties, only some are more advantage
ouely situated than others"
Camp Good Will is not a school of
table etiquette or personal hygiene. but
knowledge along these. lines is learned
by some children during their stay in
the camp.
The day at Camp Good VIII begins at
o'clock. and at 7:30 o'clock breakfast
Is served in the dining hall, which is
a pavilion with screened sides: From
the sixty tents in the camp the chill
dren flock to the dining hall. waiting
their turn to pass in with the impa-
thence of young appetites, stimulated
by q healthful mode of life.
They are waited on by young women
who volunteer for work at Camp Good
VIII and two paid mattresses The
quantity Of food devoured is astonish-
Ing. In these days Of the high cost OF
living the grocery bill for Camp Good
VIII comes to very pretty penny
Immediately after breakfast the chill
dren go back to their tents and put
them in order. After that the boys
go to the swimming pool in charge Of
little girls have their turn In the water.
Want To Visit Zoo.
Early on arrival for their two weeks
at Camp Good viii all the boys and
Girls demand to be taken to the zoo.
Just why all children have a passionate
interest In wild animals has never been
explained by anyone. and the fact Is
more interesting than the explanation
possibly would be. A wagon which Will
hold forty to fifty children, depending
somewhat on their age and size. is
owned by the camp, and in this daily
drives are made to the Zoo and else
where in Rock Greek Park.
Some years past there was a donkey
which could be hitched to small
wagon and driven by the children. to
their great happiness. This donkey grew
old and surly and had to be killed |
Possibly the fact that It was the only |
donkey discovered in recent years the
name of which was not Maude accounts
for the bad temper and untimeiy death
of this animal
The tents in which the children sleep
are of the big hospital kind, and six
one The children have small collapsi-
bic cots The mothers or other adult
supervisors Of each tent-"tent ma
irons" they are called-have the regu-
lation army cots
Three of these tents are named Tor
donors of s25 annually, these being Mrs
A. c. Moses. Albert H Carroll and
Catarina Loeffler.
Pleasant Time In Evening.
AS might be expected, baseball is a
favorite pastime at Camp Good VIII.
and the little girls play ii, too. Almost
every afternoon there is ball game
going on: sometimes two or three.
The best time at Camp Good Will
comes between 7:3o and s:SO Then all
are assembled in the main hall, another
open-air pavilion. Each tent mas
sit around in a great circle, with the
lanterns punctuating the darkness at
intervals. Then comes the singing OF
hymns and patriotic songs and some eN-
perienced story steller tells thrilling
tale at which 100 or more small pairs
of eyes glisten.
Taps sound at o'clock. Thereafter
there is nothing to be heard save the
CIV of a hoot owl in a neighboring tree
or the everlasting chirp Of crickets and
IT does not cost much to send boy
or girl to Camp Coed VIII. All ex-
penses considered, child can be main
famed there a full week for So, and for
two weeks for twice that sum. The
life restores to health many an ailing
child, and the outlay is small compared
TO results.
Camp Good Will is conducted by the
Associated Charities. under the general
direction Of Secretary Unord and As
sistant Secretary Elizabeth Brown.
Mrs. Edna Keen Bushe is superintend-
ent of the camp and Miss Anna Began
Is her first assistant.