The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-05
THE girls beat the boys!"


At no time In the quarter Of . mil
lion years. more or less, that phrase has
been occasionally used was there more
satisfaction and complete triumph In II
than was given by the gangling, spindle
legged. yellow-haired member Of the
Pollyana Club. as she forced It out be-
tween tire serried alienation Of "nrst''
and sec md" teeth in as regular order
as her jumping UP and down and
brea titles. inner excitement would per-
init. at Camp Good VIII yesterday.
II was q tug of war. On one end of
a long rope there were dozen or more
girls On the other was the same num-
Der Of boys.
The boys were all members of the us
Men Camp. They have taken rpride In
the name and have determined to make
II a name worth being proud Of because
10 their name. The girls haven't any
such name. Miss Eliza beth Lacey or
ganized the 60 OF them In the camp into
good turn every day. But the girls
didn't take any particular pride In that
because they say that Is what girls are
supposed to do anyhow.
Hut the grown up airs and manners
OF us Men rather nettled the feminine
contingent. They wanted to show us
Men" in some unmistakable way that
little women have ability over little men.
useful little women they can't ticket Il
for exhibition purposes like us Men"
And SO came the tug of war.
20 Girls Win Tug of War.
with the first tug of the rope, us
they realized, that a struggle which
10 commonly reported to have begun
In Eden was on. They had expected
tn n Nly,,A .,,l 1891 -
girls all over the lot" They didn't.
In fact they didn't pull the girls any
where.
AT first they were much engaged In
holding their own. And then the
thing uppermost with them was what
might be called the second primitive
| impulse to save their faces by not
|, being pulled all over the lot" them
; selves. Both impulses were defeated.
The girls beat the boys"
| Yesterday the girls beat the boys.
Today something will happen In which
two weeks the hundred odd young
citizens and citizenesses will keep up
ihe struggle. one winning this day and
She other the next. At the end of the
two weeks that the children stay there
!: the old. old question OF supremacy will
be Just as much In the air as IL ever
| was. but lot Of ruddy checked. happy.
and thoroughly alive children will go
| back to their hot and stuffy homes
prepared by Washingtons biggest ana
hest and eight-year-old preparedness
1 training camp-Camp Good Will-to
Withstand the unhealthy surroundings
for another season.
In Camp This Week.
There were las people among the
campers at Camp Good VIII yesterday.
They have been there a week. And
they will remain for another week.
They represent every phase of life in
the District, that has more or less of a
struggle to call itself life. There are
q mothers. So little girls and s. little
| boys. Some OF the little boys and girls
belong to the q mothers and some of
| them haven't any mothers. More OF
them havn't any mothers at the camp,
but they've been adopted by one OF the
"a.
And. Of course, there's Granny Sell
lcrs. Granny Sellers Is a part OF the in
sutution Of Camp Good VIII. She has
been there every year for the whole
period OF the camp-eight weeks. Gran
ny sells flowers In the spring and sum-
mer at the Center Market.
! She makes paper flowers and sells
them in the winter. She has never
raised a flower OF her own. And II the
war don't stop soon she declared she Ia
going to have all sorts of time max
ing flowers next winter because
they've raised the price of paper on
her twice already"
But the war and the price OF paper
doesn't disturb Granny Sellers as much
as one would think 1t ought. She Is
the happtest OF all the girls" In the
camp. She says so herself and she says
there's a good reason.
These little sirls have been LIVING
less than twelve years" and as she
gazed over the broad green meadows.
the lift of the tree covered hills and
felt the cool breeze OF the pure and
wholesome countryside blow over her
fece-"and I have had seventy-eight
years enjoyment out Of 1t ALL"