New Britain herald., 1921-07-06
woo HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AT
 NEW BRITAIN'S FRESH AIR CAMP

| all times necessary for this work The | children are invited to the clinic where | they are given a thorough eXamina- | ton under the care of experts prOvid- 1 ed by the state, assisted by local doc | tors. lnclplent cases of tuberculosis
 and those moderately advanced are 1 given advice. Those whose teeth need
 care are sent to dentists, and where i ever possible children whose health l will permit it, are sent to this fresh
 air camp to bask in the sunshine and 1 mountain breezes for two weeks
 laugh, play, exercises in the open, and 1 grow fat, if they can. The camp is
 for all children below par physically,
 and so ia tho clinic.
 l Helping to build up an immunity against disease" is the way Miss Lo-
 gan puts it. While the fresh air l camp is not all the work done by the clinic, Miss Logan says, ''We feel that
 it is a big step toward preventing that
 which should be prevented.'
 | Automobile trucks provided by To- cal merchants at the request of the | Rotary club, furnished the children
 transportation. After three thorough examinations at the clinic, the chill dren are told they may go to camp. | Dates are assigned each child. At fthe appointed time they assemble at A.. Booth building, where the clinic l holds it's examinations, bags and bundles and kids all are loaded onto | trucks. Miss Logan gives the word, '"All right and they are off.
 An hours ride through the coun- try, past brooks and wider streams,
 over bridges, through beautiful and prosperous villages, winding along
 narrow road, on one side a deep valley, a .'unning stream or single track and deserted looking railroad,
 on the other side, massive overhang- ing rocks, fertile fields, or rugged and rock studded hillsides, and sudden ly the car swings around bend in the road, an old-fashioned farm house comes into view an the jour ney is ended.
 Miss Bartlett in Charge
 Here again are found evidences of Ia smooth running organization. Miss Caroline B. Bartlett, who is always
 busy doing things for others, is the "big chief" in the camp. But her authority is the rule of love, her ef- ficiency is derived by doing rather than ordering and her success lies in her perfect sympathy with the hearts of her juvenile charges. Not so young in years as the youngsters over whom she watches with the aid of her capable staff, Miss Bartlett is as young in heart as the youngest. With her we find Sheldon Wessoleclk. Sheldon does odd jobs, looks after a mans portion of the work and keep a weather eye on the boys. Misses Helen Rackliffe and Elsie Martin, kindergarten teachers, supervise the games and other pas times. Miss Freda Lunn, a regis tered nurse, whose record for bravery as war nurse with the A. E. F. in France has proven her ability to work and fight with her boots on," looks after the health and hygiene
 of the camp. Two paid helpers as- sist in 11ing the cooking, making the nd other work.
 The nhouse is divided into
 kitchen, commissary, pIayroom and
 sleeping quarters for women and girls. fitted up like a modern bedroom and
 occupy IA beds therein. Each child
 has his or her particular bureau or dresser, made from an orange box
 and neatly covered with cretonne. A
 wash basin, soap, paper towel and tooth brush are provided every child. Program of the Day.
 When the youthful campers arise i in the morning, at seven o'clock they | take their basins, gather about the
 new iron pump, which has been in stalled this year, replacing the old l fashioned bucket and rope, get a l basin full of water and the morning I ablutions are on. Four times each day every child is required to use a tooth brush.
 1 Meals are served in a large can-
 vass mess tent, which formerly did duty as an aeroplane hangar. Break
 fast consists of cereal and milk and bread and butter. Plenty of milk is given during the dIy to those whose l needs require it, and it is real milk, topped with a thick, rich yellow
 cream, so different from the kind that comes in bottles that even the city bred newspaper man felt home sick for the farm. Thirty-three quarts
 of milk are consumed each day. 1 Dinner, served at noon, consists of meat, potatoes, vegetables bread,
 butter, milk and desert. Yesterdays S 1 desert consisted of blueberries picked
 nearby by the children.
 l Dry cereal, 1n1lk, bread ana butter
 and fruit makes the final meal of the day. The meals are wholesome and
 the food is not stinted. Fancy foods are strictly taboo.
 l New Improvements.
 A new feature of the camp this | year, and something which is entire 1 ly new in camp equipment is the | sanitary bubbler. The bubbler is very much like sanitary public drink | ing fountains, except that it con- tains a tank for water, instead of being connected by pipe with a city
 water supply.
 1 There is no limit to the opportun-
 ities for healthy recreation at this
 farm. One young man was seen
 Things Came il