Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-06
GIRL ROCKIES
REPORTED GONE;
CAMP ALARMED
Debutantes in Training
Camp Routed From Tents
to Be Counted
PROVES BUT IDLE RUMoR
Ru L1sETTA NEuKoM


CHEVY CHASE. Nd, May e.--wash-
ington society buds who are here at the
Chevy Chase military camp for women,
are good rockies"
They proved II Wednesday night. But
the news Of what they were accused Of
doing, but did not do was secret until
this morning; and even now the authori.
ties do not know their carefully guarded
story has reached the ears of reporters
All students have orders mot to talk" to
reporters
And this is the story Of the accused In
nocents:
Wednesday night, about lghts.olt time
when the young feminine soldiers were
getting ready for bed, something strange
happened. an unprecedented thing.
They were all called forth-out into
the night-lined UP i'm companies and re-
uuired to answer rollcall. The authori-
ties made no effort to conceal from the
young women the reason for the rollcall
at such an unearthly hour.
They said, There is a rumor that three
young women have escaped from camp
and that they have gone to attend dance
at the Chevy Chase Country Club. We
want to find out II there is any truth in
find out II they are here"
The roll was called.
EVERYBODY HERE"
There was an answer from out Of the
darkness for every name.
II there had not been the three girls
whose names, Of course, are not known
outside camp circles, would have been
dismissed in disgrace from the camp. That
is one of the penalties of being absent at
taps
The Chevy Chase Country Club is one
where the elite of Washington gather.
Many of the girls go there often when not
under military discipline.
Late that night the campers were dis
turbed by the lights of an automobile
officials called on the police and ma.
rines who are guarding the girls. The
intruders were sent away. Whether the
motorists were coming for the girls, who
never appeared" or whether they were
Just horrid things who came to scare
the campers is unknown.
Three skirts have been stolen from
the camp. but because the uniform dealer
is on the grounds daily, no Inconvenience
was suffered
AS result of this even the officer
of the day is, to have a whistle. so an
alarm may be given in case suspicious
characters are seen lurking near the
grounds.
Miss Esther l. Stiles, of -ryn Mawr.
was one of the guards blday She
served under Miss Williams, daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. John r. williams. of
Washington. sister of Mrs. Joseph Letter.
whose husband is the Joseph Letter Of
wheat-pit fame. Miss williams comes
of family of fighters.
Miss Isabel Goodenow, daughter OF the
president of Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore, registered today. Miss Callie
IIntEa C,Ntth AasNa Nf NAy- II lnlra
Smith, OF Georgia, Is among the students
of the camp. Miss Goodenow has her
automobile here and is doing scout duty.
Miss Smith is specializing in telegraphy.
Major Robert W. Patterson, of the Ma
tional Red Cross, today appointed DR..
Ryan Devereau camp surgeon
Miss Mary Martha Wiley, a Pittsburgh
rookie" in the camp here, read her first
newspaper since her arrival here, today,
and learned for the first time OF the strike
in her home city She is specializing in
first aid, and says she is willing to go
home and work there II necessary.
RULES WERE STRICT.
A new rule went into effect today. In
the future even Papa and Mamma, when
they come to see their soldier" daughters,
may not 20 to the tents, for which they
are paying the rent unless they are ac-
companied by officers. The visiting hour
of to has been extended from 4 to s.
Mosquitoes will have a tough time from
now on They must not be whirring and
buzzing and whizZing here to feast them
selves on the sweet morsels here at camp.
when the soldier maids sleep. They too
have been barred by new mosquito bars.
The bars are the regulation army ones
such as are used In the tropics by Amer
lean soldiers. They are placed on spe-
cially arranged frames, so the girls are not
bothered with netting while they sleep.
Mrs. Richard Wainwright, National
Commissioner of the Girl Scouts of
America, is the speaker this afternoon.
Her subject will be BE Prepared" She
will be assisted by troop of the Wash
ington Girl Scouts who demonstrate
signaling and first aid.
Tomorrow the girls are to appear in
white instead OF khaki. This will be the
first time they have been II civilian cloth