Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

| ington ranks as one of the safest
camps in which to ''bide awhile" in
the United States. 1t is one Of the
few city camps with organized police
protection. 1t is as immaculate and
sanitary as the most modern hospital,
for it is inspected regularly by the
sanitary inspectors of the Army. It
is a healthy headquarters of outdoor
life, as depicted by remarkable free
dom from sickness. During the period
from March Is to the last week in
June more than $500 tourists have
lived in this tent city. Only one
case of sickness developed during that
period requiring hospital treatment.
The patient in this instance was taken
sick on the road coming to Wash
ington and was removed to the hos.
pital for treatment shortly after ar
rival here.
Living a care-free life, sleeping in
we'll ventilated cottages or open tents,
eating regularly of wholesome food
and enjoying existence in general, the
motor campers as a class are free
from physical ills. They approach, in
the excellence of their health records.
those of our forefathers, who battled
the vicissitudes of the American
Wilderness Medical statistics show
that the health record of the Amer
lean Nation has improved measurably
since the advent and popularization OF
the automobile and the increase in
the army of annual campers.
The welfare and civic societies OF
Georgia and other Southern Sites
have complained during recent months
of the prevalence of gasoline gypsies"
in Dixieland. Poor folks who own d.
lapidated cars wander main roads and
byways, begging a living as they go.
These undesirables beg, borrow or
steal food. motoring accessories, gas
and oil. The authorities Of one town
have aided the citizens to get rid Of
such automobile vac nts. The pres
ent plan adopted in the South is to
stamp out this clan of "tin-can cam.
pers." Charitable organizations have
promised to withhold aid from all gas.
oline gypsies." No trouble has as yet
been experienced around Washington,
in particular, or in the North in gen.
eral, from such touring parasites"
If they flock north of the MasonDixon
line, summary measures unquestion-
ably will be adopted for their extermi-
nation.
The Washington tourist camp re-
serves one section of its commodious
quarters for the use of Boy and Girl
Scouts and American school children.
From 1000 to $500 juvenile visitors
are accommo lated annually at the
camp during their educational visits
to the National Capital. The public
schools in Warren, Ohio; Stoneville
and Winston-Salem, n. c.. and Of
Avery County. North Carolina. con-
duct annual automobile trips to Wash.
ington for their graduating classes.
Certain troops of Ohio Boy Scouts
also enjoy yearly pilgrimages to the
Nations Capital by motor buses, and
stops at tc.rist camps en- route and
during their visits to Washington.
These youngsters come under the
chaperonage of their teachers. They
charter spacious motor busses for the
trip. These conveyances are used In
carrying the youthful travellers to all
the points of interest in and around
Washington during their visit. a
complete program and schedule, map
ped out in advance, is followed. Every
minute available for sightseeing is
thus used to best advantage. The
expenses of the trip are minimized by
the mass method of travel and the
use of the tourist tents as Washing.
ton headquarters.
The Welfare and Recreational AS
ISOLATION grants special rates to the
youthful Scouts and school children.
AS a rule, the camping charge is only
10 cents a night per child. The trip
is regular picnic from start to finish
for the young travellers. o