The Washington times., 1916-05-23
Girls Drill and Shiper,
ButDodge ColdBaths
Archery Chase Camp

Drill and SILVER. drill and SILVER.
Life for about 200 women rockies
out at Chevy Chase National Servic,
School Is Just one prolonged effort {,
get warm these days.
But the rockies" are cheerful abou
II. They would have you know, and
one remarked. I'VE get such good grut
out here that no one is welching."
About the only point at which the,
rebel. and which is causing stern dis.
c1plinarians in charge of compa nies
much concern. Is a marked falling of
81 patronage Of cold shower baths these
chilly mornings.
est In baseball before are going in
Tor II to keep warm. Yesterday after.
noon much progress was made in get.
ting line-up FOR the Company b and
teams We have plenty who can
outraged coach" but we can't find a
pitcher who can put 'em across"
Newspaper Talk Barred.
The ban on news at the camp is ceas-
ing to be joke for war correspond
ents" who are between two fires. the
censorship at camp and the firing line
at city editors desks. The order has
are to talk to newspaper men.
But the war correspondents" have
found way to get around that by
being guided" through the camp. From
4 to 10 visitors hour. and the newspa-
per men then become visitors" and get
themselves Shown around camp by
Tookies assigned as "glides." No one
wander around without a guide.
bis (s a discouraging life," remark
/puide. Here we are. stranded
Job. and across the street there.
refreshment stand"
er rockies take particular de.
In getting cones and sundaes and
ing them up. across the line. to
ke the guides mouths water. The
les. a score OF them. get their af-
hoon's amusement In talking.
See those woods down there7" re-
irked one to a party who had admired
le scenery. well, they are too mean
let US 70 down there. But I go down
and sit on this side Of the line and stick
my feet across for inspiration"
Officers Garry Dignity.
A highly dignified. serious and earn
est young officer of the day yesterday
was Miss Frances Hoar. daughter of the
late Senator George F. Hoar.
Now Miss.beg pardon-captain,
Hoar. has q decided long Boston "a
ana Back Bay accent and some sSs
said her name was "Fra-W-nces'' Hoar.
pronounced with very long "A" by
asking her to- spell II. and insisting
upon her, her spelling out the ma, name .n Of
reason. The would-be humorists
wanted permission to go through tho
company streets, but they got no
satisfaction from Captain Hoar. after
After elicitinR promises that the
listener never. never will tell"
rockies" in one company are telling
SHORES SO ioadfy tSst hsr m tsnt mstes
and those of neighboring tents. are up
In arms about II. Serious and I'M
smiling protest was made to the cap
the disturbed campers sadly relate
nothing has been done about II yet"
Telegraphy Is Popular.
Ono OF the popular classes at the
camp 10 that Of the veteran telegraph
instructor, B. ]. Beal.
Let me tell you these girls have
about the quickest minds 1 ever met"
Quoth Beal, who has clicked out
copy" for about most every thing
from national conventions to murder
Anyone who thinks society girls are
empty headed is all wrong. have some
girls here who can receive twelve words
a minute. not to mention their ability
to send. which is easier than receiving.
The way these young women can grasp
a thing when you tell them once is
remarkable"
Through salutes and drills. and
military routine. creeps the inevitable
domestic touch. With knitting in one
hand. girls salute" with the other; and
one quickly clutched widely read
woman's magazine in her other hand as
she saluted passing officer yesterday
afternoon, much to the amusement OF
visitors.
Blistered Heels Epidemic.
Among the last group Of campers
poison ivy was the prevailing epidemic;
this time 1t is blistered heels. Some of
these have become infected, and had
to be treated at emergency hospital
under Miss Margaret Haas.
About the most popular course Is the
first aid class. Five young physicians
take girls out into the field, and there
one girl plays wounded" while the
others treat her. A few days ago one
OF these physicians fell from a tree
while he was trying to gather dog
wood. so the story runs, and he de-
clincd aid from his pupils but went to
a hospital in Washington.
Though the girls are busy and serious,
they are keen about amusing incidents,
and they collect and tell stories of in
teTcsulIlB happenings us uNldly as any
group of male campers. One Is going
the rounds about a speaker at an after
noon tent gathering. who seemed par
ticularly anxious to make n hit with
diplomatic visitors, As they would
stroll in and out he would extol their
native lands, and some of tho geo.
graphical Jumps he made We're remark
able. Suddenly a visitor resembling the
minister from Siam entered. From
South American nations the speaker
leaped to eulogy OF Siam. and waxed
most erthl siastic and voluble. He had
just cavorted over to Venezuela when
Minister Phya Prabha Karavongse,
really did anrear, and the speaker an
peared 20 be crestfallen Mt his wasted
efforts
Not Anxious To Leave.
Contrary to expectations the girls do
not seem anxious to leave camp. APP
plicatlcns for leave. which can only be-
granted twice weekly on week iays,
are being passed Ip'' by many of the
girls.
Capt. Frances Ioar. officer Of the da "
yesterday, was proud OF the fact that
two OF the companies had no leave and
the total number asked for was not
ten.
Captain Hoar and her orderlies decry
any leyity abodt the camp, especially |
any In newspapers,