Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-02
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Z AT GIRLS CAMP
Feminine Scouts Leave All
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Home
OFFICERS WASH DISHES

This is the log Of good Camp Ahmeek.
1t sings Of dishwashing and Irish
stew. of going to bed in broad daylight,
OF learning to make beds and fighting
| the MOSQUITOES whose night haunts are
the Neshaminy Creek sn1d the placid
features of thirty Girl Scouts who have
crawled wearily into khaki tents beside
| 1t every night for the last week at the
witthing hour of nine o'clock.
Where. how, what, about Camp All
meek?
1t is the officers training camp for
Girl Scout officers and has been In ses-
sion for the mast week two and one
half miles from Langhorne. Socially
prominent Philadelphia girls have been
recruits"
To get there you have to climb into an
antique flivver and drive through corn
field. To stav there you have TO do
without electric light. a telephone. hot
and cold running water, tabIecloth.
powder on your nose or rouge You
must cat Irish stew and clear off the
table yourself
But who cares?
Not Gwen Martin. the daughter of
Judge apd Mrs. j.. Willis Martin, GER
tninly.
Kitchen Police for All
Every one Of the thirty girls taking
the officers training course at Camp
Ahmcek has had to take her turn. at
dishwashing. On Thursday, kitchen
police fell to the lot of Miss Martin.
Assistant Commissioner Of Scouts in
Philadelphia.
the little old dishpan was. in place on
tah or
doors Just outside the mess hal. En-
ergetically the maid of all applied her
mop. her little tin cage with the soap
in il went splash Down came the
Cloudburst. and everyone had to make
a run for the house loaded with dishes
and dishtowels.
eve were nearly drowned Miss
Martin commented a little later. as she
perchcd on one of the "dining room"
chairs in the mess room waiting for
the rain to stop. But the girls don't
seem to mind anything"
''One of the rules she continued.
"is that we must all go to bed at 8
o'clock. That's broad daylight. you
know. Between that and the mosquitoes
It's pretty hard to get to sleepf
Not far frfom Miss Martin in the
mess hall sat Miss Ellen Mary Cas-
satt. Commissioner of. the Girl Scouts.
Dressed in dark boomers and white
blouse. she sat perchcd on one of the
oilcloth covered tables Studying-for.
be it known. there Is n great deal to
be learned at the officers training
camp. Near her sat Miss Adelaide
Newlin, of Haverford.
And at her feet sat "Amicns" and
Nut" the two dog campers.
No Electric Lights
1--WE done everything but light the
lamps" Miss Cassatt called out, and
she pointed to the crude oil lamps that
are the only means of lighting the
girls to bed should it ever happen that
they stay up late enough to require
light. The only use found for the
lamps all week, by the way, was when
it stormed. Girl Scouts, by the way,
proved themselves very good Scouts, as
far as thunder and lightning were con-
cerned.
in her ears and there was no budding
together in the tents.
The tents in which girls sleep, by the
way. are regular ones and the hour at
which they spring from them is just
as regular. Six thirty. At 1875 all
hands must be out for setting up eX-
crcises. Bathrobcs, mddics and
bloomers, anything at. all may consti-
tute "A proper costume, but none must
be a second late.
The object of the strict discipline of
the camp, it was explained by Miss
Ruth Israel, who is its adjutant di-
rector, is to famiiarize the girls with
the life the young Girl Scouts, they
are studying to direct, are expected to
lead. For instance, there is the course
in bed making. You cannot teach any
one how to make bed without know.
ing how to make 1t yourself is slogan
of the officers training camp. The
officers are also put through the tender
foot and second test which is given to
the very newest little Girl Scout Stars,
merits, dcmerits and examinations are
given through the course. The. officers
in training are divided into patrols of
eight just as arc the younger scouts.
The director of the officers training
camp is Mrs. Flora b. Mundy.
Youngsters Come Later
When the older girls go home the
regular influx of Girl Scout campers
will como to the Ncshaminy. Miss
Helen Rebman, of Mount Airy, is dl-
rector of them and Miss Ruth Israel
will be assistant director.
Other Philadelphia girls, who have
taken the training, are: Miss Eleanor
Rice, Ovprbrook Miss Mary Scully.
1851 North Fifty fourth street Rose
Carey. 2049 East Twenty second
street: Elizabeth Strain, Mary Strain,
5000 Cedar avenue; Ruth Manough,
1721 North Twenty eighth street
Blanche Morris, 1913 North Erie ave
nue.: Anna Hitze, Oak Lane; Eugene
FCnStCr, Oak Lane; Lillian Watt, l2l
Fast Wyoming avenue, and Leo S.
Cross, Bill Chestnut street.
The camp was thrown open to Girl
Scouts of Pennsylvania, Maryland and
New Jersey. It.. is the first scout otli-
GERS training camp to be held in this
circuit.