The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-17
ARMY CAMP FUN
FOR 'K|DBROTHERS'
WEEKS OF HARD TRAINING T0
BE SPICED WITH WHOLE
SOME ENTERTAINMENT.

Washington Star: Amateur night
nj any theater. any place. is pretty
good fun. But amateur night at al
army cantonment Some class. One
can let his Imagination run riot as
10 the volume of noisy appreciation ano
caustic criticism.
And amateur nights are to be
regular. recognized feature of the Ma
tional army training camps. in conJunc
tion with the theatrical entertainment
nropram for the citizen soldiers, ac
,,ording to Raymond B. Fosdick, char
man of the war department cominls
sion training camp activities. Noiuh
tarv singers and actors from nearby
tovrs and cities viii be invited 10 ap
near. and because turn about is ran
play. the civilian population OF thoss
cities viii be invited later TO attend
.as the audience and submit to entertain
inauts provided by the soldiers theih
,seNes. -.
Marc KlaW. the senior member oil
4be nationally known New York theatri
cal firm is chairman of coninlttee
of well known producers when Is mo
bilizing the best theatrical talent ano
moving picture favorites to play CIR
emit of the sixteen National army can
comments and the sixteen National
Guard training camps. In each OF the
sixteen National army cantonments
monster theater is now in process OF
conetrruction. where these information
ally famous artists Will entertain the
soldiers and where the soldiers them
selves will stage their amateur per
formances
For Benefit Of kid Brothers"
This Information along with muct
more. Is contained in an article pre-
uared bv James II, Collins for the com
mittee on public information, dealing
largely with the adequate ana proper
outlets t. he provided for the natural
pius the exercise-inspired. energy oil
kid Brother" as the recruit has been
Ctsnbed There will shortly be grouped
800 900 American boys with more en-
ergy and with better ideas of how 70
use IL. points out the article, than have
ever been possessed by an equal number
of kid brothers in this generation.
II kid brother has heard anything al
ali about training camp activities, and
its hazards. it is probably only about
that part relating to booze and vice
So much has been SAID about safeguard
ire his morals that he may have had
good reason to think that in the canton
Inent he would have a pretty dun. sissi
fled TIM
Suppose the kid brother comes from
some country town where good shows
are seldom seen. If he got chance to
tee a real Broadway success he would
not let il go by. Well. he is going tc
have a chance 10 see some of the rea
Ssroadway successes. Booze ana vice
have received altogether too much pub
Iicity in connection with the soldiers
srasnirC. Mr.. Fosdick says-they ar'
negative activities in his job, and aist
ahe least important and most uninter
.asting. Despite great public curios
ttv IN connection with this phase o
fhe work there has been little difficult,
an making our training camp surround
anxs clean. Vice and booze are givinl
little trouble. and that is about al
zhere il 10 say of them.
Leading Actors Volunteer.
The active work IL much more inter
srsfing Each cantonment Will have ia
own theater. SEATING $500 people. and
An these theaters every night there vii
be shows given by professional actor