The Washington times., 1921-07-03

lacks the luSter of life, and preSt
The sun Is shining there today. and-
in its rays are reflected the Joy and
merriment in the hearts OF childreu-
children of the poor-to whom those
eight weeks OF sunshine mean fresh
air. fun, wholesome food and ap-
probation OF the JOY OF living.
Angel abode-that IL Is" ex-
presses the sentiment OF the fairy
tale teller OF the children. In reality
IL is the abode OF fellowship. faith,
hope, and charity-in all good will"
which expresses the ideal OF the
Board of Charities The board guides
the destiny OF this summer sunshine
spot"
Camp Good VIII. Il is called. There
rest the children of the poor. the
under nourished. neglected waits who
ride the tide OF fate and circumstance
unable to help themselves. For two
weeks OF the year they are taken
from the poor sections OF the city to
the camp of good will. Their drab
life Is tinted with sunshine and hap
piness. and today Is the first sunday
OF that golden period.
IN A STRANGE LAND.
Four times year the camp is flled
with boys and girls, whom poverty
things OF life. Nearly zoo children
live the camp life each two weeks.
This year has found more youngsters
than ever at Camp Good Will
It Is like travelling 70 a strange
land for these District waits. to leave
their squalid homes for a country
stay Their haven in Rock Creek
Park, surrounded by nature as II Is,
seems to impress them as a foreign
O. rr@N.
with green grass all under their feet
and trees all around, and the sun
shining-it seems to bewilder them.
Then their hearts respond TO the
song OF Joy, and away they go to
enjoy themselves. There is a place
to pick fiowers-there is a place to
wade in the cool water-there on the
hillock is something else. It's all too
good to be true, the children seem to
think.
Even the smallest OF the babies
takes on new life as the fresh air
tonic, with the oxygen so seldom in
sufficient quantity in their neighbor-
hoods, thrills them till some fairly
laugh In joy.
The jolly doctor is there to watch
out for stomach aches, in case the
youngster, who saw so much and tried
to eat II all, feels the effects. That
smiling nurse is friendly, and all the
kids know her. Camp Good Will Is
all that its name implies.
Miss Louise o. BeaIl is the fairy
godmother" of this story. She has
charge OF the arrangement in the
camp. DR.. Joseph A. Murphy is the
jolly doctor.
They both can tell many stories OF
the camp. and how much good II
does. Every day is a page from LIFE"
they say.
In several instances the whole
family is there. Now there are seven
children in the camp who expect an
other Of their clan soon. When the
eight OF them went for examination
IL was found that fat Freddie had a
fever. He must get well nrst. and he
will go to camp.
\ FIRST FAMILY DINNER.
Several mothers are visiting with
their families in Rock Creek Park.
A story is told of how one mother
sat down to the table with ave Of
her children. She said 1t was the
first time in her life IL had ever
happend. for she had always to wait
on the family and, work around the
house at meal time. pathetic note
was sounded when she said, "Yes,
and often when the children finished
eating there was nothing for me-
The automobile ride to the camp
proved to be the first one several
OF the children had ever had. They
carried on and enjoyed themselves
immensely, so the street asphalt so
aueerly ran away from the choo choo
wagon"
One cheerful Irish mother spent
yesterday looking for shamroeks in
the park. She made application last
March. ''St. Patricks month, you
know for admittance. she said She
was sure OF her place. Another
mother had her children ready for
examination at o'clock in the morn
ing, taking no chances OF being left
This sunshine spot is located near
the Camp Good Will farm, which
furnishes all the produce for the
meals OF the children. The sun Is
due to shine several weeks more. and
the laughter OF the youngsters will
sound just that long-but when the
last contingent leaves-then the sun
will fail to give the same luster, as
IL has in the past, II seems. Camp
Good Will shall sleep through its
Arctic winter, waiting till next sum
mar for the sun TO shine again