Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
VTRHARDINGH
FORD-EDISON
PARTY IN CAMP
Famous Folks ENJOYING
! Outdoor Life. With
Some F rivolities

y m CAMP, LICKING CREEK
p1RKBANK, Md, July 27.-"Hey
toIks." yelled Henry Ford, "come
anu THAT'S not the way to say it,"
.orracted Mrs. Thomas A. Edison.
~ should yell: Come and get it. "
that's the way dinner was an
+. ,onnced to Americas most celebrat-
5 ed camping party Two white-eap,
nod chefs cooked the dinner over
ip"ood fires and a portable gasoline
stoye on the bank of the creek.
' Lap butler, in white jacket
.orved it under a big green tent, end
the campers sat at great round table
~ collapsible table than can be tax
on apart in three minutes.
In the center was second table,
sorpral inches above the main board,
.bot revolved. SO when President
Harding asked H. S. Firestone, the
host to pass the salt, Firestone just
reached out and gave the inner table
wbirl and it spun around gently
and deposited the salt and-pepper aad
chill sauce in front of the presidential
plate. IS.
d-bome type of camp this is. There
never was a camp just ike it nor a
distinguished company to compare.
There were present at dinner Pres
ident Harding and Mrs. Harding, Mr..
and Mrs. Firestone, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ford. Mr.. and Mrs. Edison, Bishop
W S. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Firestone Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Edsel Ford, George Cristian,
Jr. and Russell Frestone.
1t was the first dinner served on
the annual observation-disclosures
camping trip-with the president
taking the place Of John Burroughs,
This is the first time women have
accompanied the famous campers.
A caravan of automobiles and
motor trucks brought the campers to
the camping grounds, a spot 20
miles west of Hagerstown. In the
caravan were more than 40 persons.
Loc0mobiles and Packards brought
the campers. There were several
Fords, too. Two specially built
trucks carry the kitchen and food.
One truckload of food was brought
from the Firestone farm III Ohio.
The truck contained two rcfrigera-
tors with several hundred pounds of
meat, butter, eggs, milk and melons,
and 100 dressed chickens.
Another truck is a "lZitchen cabi-
net" on wheels. 1t contains every
thing a housewife has in her kitchen.
We rear folds down into table. One
81 drops down and deposits a gaso-
Me range on the foot5oard.
The caravan carries 20 tents, so
cots and scores of blankets. Every
tents has canvas floor. The entire
camp, which is moving from place to
|. place, can be packed in 80 minutes.
Y Food? Here's the dime" menu:
Broiled lamb chops, GriIcd ham,
boiled potatoes, corn on the rob, hot
biscuits, watermelons and coffee.
Ford declined to let the chefs and
assistants to everything. He grabbed
an ak and split up firewood. He
also unpacked the knives and forks.
Edison tried out his agility by swing
ing himself from low hanging
branch of a tree. Then he took a
wash basin and went out and picked
basinful of mint.
Now that I've got the mint, what
am | going to do with it," he de-
manded
A big camp fire was built between
The dining tent and the company
street" Of small green tents, set up
as living quarters for the guests.
FORD prepared charcoal smudges to
uflVe away mosquitoes. Camp help
efs wear regulation camp dress =
flannel shirts, army breaches, heavy
snoes and puttees. Not the guest
campers, though. The women of the
party who are attended by maid,
were dressed in dainty frocks, silk
stockings and high-heeled shoes.