Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Y. W. C. A. News


Of O'Clock on the roof Of the Y. w. G. A.
/ Seventeenth and K streets. This hour
will be continued during the hot sea-
son. The program will be given by Mrs
| Charles. Haupt, r.. pianist; Miss Doro-
| thy Sean1ens, violinfst and Mr.. J. z. S.
! Kinsella, baritone. Miss Aleada Nelson
of the staff will be the hostess. Visitors
are invited.
Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown, president
of the Washington association, left last
| week for Vineyard Haven, Mass. Later
| Mrs. Brown will 60 to Camp Wapite.
| Tatten, Me-. returning to Washington
about the middle of September. Mem
| bers of the Washington staff leaving
| for vacations this week include: Mrs.
| Mary z. Smith, assistant cafeteria di-
rector at 614 e street. Mrs. Gladys
| Nest of the business once, who win
spend several weeks in Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and Atlantic City, and Mr..
Charles F. Kuechle. supervising engi-
neer, who will attend the grand coun-
| Gil session of the Universal Craftsman
Council of Engineers IN Detroit, Mich.
The Summer tourist season has
brought many visitors to the head
quarters building.
Health Education.
! There are three classes for little boys
| in swimming, which started last Satur-
day, but registrations will be accepted
I'D to August z. The boys classes meet
| Tuesday Thursday and Saturdays at
80, 2:30 and o'clock. The girls
classes meet Mondays, Wednesdays and
| Fridays. The 8 O'Clock class starts
Monday, while the 2:30 class has met
once. The much requested advanced
diving class at K street will be held on
Thursdays at 1880 O'Clock, commencing
August 8. On the ninth. the only eve
ming class will begin meeting three
times a week, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, at 6 o'clock. This is a second
grade tside-stroke and treading water)
class. A first grade class beginning Au-
gust 9 will meet once week at 1880
O'Clock. Monday provides one new class
at the e street pool, first grade, Monday,
"wednesday and Friday at O'Clock.
The daily dip hours at K street are
from Z to O'Clock in the morning,
80 to 100 at noon, $50 to 6 and
to $50. The z street pool affords more
space between IL in the morning ana
5 at night. With the exception OF
Saturday, there is an evening plunge
each day from $3.50 to 8.
Ramp KahIert.
Life for the seniors at Ramp Kehlert
has been unusually exciting this week
due to the combined activities OF MISS
Saida Hartman and Miss Virginia Wing
field. On Tuesday the girls cooked and
ate a picnic supper on the point. Inc
| following day the group attended an
| old-fashioned country fair at Tracys
Landing. horse tournament and a
base ball game were leading features.
For many of the Washingtonians q
country fair was a new experience.
Junior camp this week has been ca
pably managed by kamp kouncil made
up of Amy Veerhoff, Hortense Clifford,
Florence Hardgrove. Ona Regan, Bud
Knight, BettSie Watkins, Belle McGin-
| mis-, Anne Baker and Josephine Griffith.
The morning worship has been based
upon a consideration of the elements
which make up Girl Reserve as inter
! preted in the code. On Wednesday Miss
| Wingfield discussed the opportunities
| which Y. w. c. A. membership offers a
girl.
The camp Is divided into groups, each
one of which had an opportunity dur
| ing the week to cook a real camp break
| fast, using the dining room menu out
| of doors. Many new types of fires and
original cooking methods were devel-
| oped. On Thursday the entire camp
| went for an all-day boat trip to Her
ring Bay, where supper was prepared.
A chance to enjoy the sandy beach was
1
being arranged.
The campcraft group has concerned
itself with trail blazing, types of camp
| fires, outdoor cooking utensils and flik-
| Ing. Among the types of foods consid-
| cred were steak on stones, red devil,
bacon wrapped in cheese and pigs in
| blankets. Girls In the group were Anne
! Baker, Genevieve Rowyee, Frances
| Hawzee. Catherine Cotton. Virginia
IVaaV1d
| Florence Hardgrove and That's Spencer.
With II life-savers already in camp,
a class has been organized this week
which Is being instructed by Miss Gut
| mann. Emphasis is being placed upon
! endurance as well as mastery Of the
| correct technique. Girls in the group
are Lorraine Gerard, Hortense Clifford,
Helen Permut, Ona Regain, Marth Linn
baugh. Janet Young and Miss Meyer.
During the week boating tests were
| passed by Bessie Watkins, Dorothy Nor
ton, Mary Engle, Virginia David. Anne
| Smith, Dolly Bailey, Helen Jones and
| Hortense Clifford.
The big event of the week was the
| water pageant, The Princess Learns
| to SWIM" prepared by the dramatics
group. under direction of Mrs. Morse.
with the cooperation of the life-saving
crew and Miss Sylvia Guttman and
Miss Mary Esther Smith. The pageant
| presents the Red Cross idea of the
proper means of teaching swimming so
| that fear Of the water will be forgotten.
! The pageant was presented at the pool
! just at sunset. The cast: Queen of the
nymphs, Doris Tucker; princess, Lor-
raine Gerald; King Ferdinand, Dorothy
| Mills; Jester, Helen Permit: professors
Mary Engle and Aria McGinnis: herald
Jessie Barton; attendant, Elizabeth
May; page, Suzanne Morse; swimming
instructors, Janet Young. Atala Lamar
| Martha Mercer, Bettsie Watkins, Fran
! ces Cox. Hortense Clifford. Louise Bur-
CESS, Betty Craig; frogs. Brownie Mid
dleton. Jerry Lessner; children, Reba
Barton and Dolly Bailey.
| Sunday afternoon the dramatics
group presented Nance Oldfeld" to
| the camp and visitors. The play pre-
sents a true incident in the life of a
great actress. Mrs. Oldf1eld, Amy Veer-
hoff; Susan, Reba Barton; Nathan Old
| worthy, Belle McGinnis; Alexander Old
worthy, Doris Tucker: butler, Bettsic
Watkins. Seniors who left on Saturday
| for Ramp Kahlert include Misses Hazel
| Grabbard, Elizabeth Green, Dorothy
Hangliter, Florence Ellen Jones, Caro-
| lyn Mellichampe. Bertha e. Snyder,
| Asya, Luba and Taisia Stadnichenko.
| Juniors who leave on Monday for camp
are Misses Elizabeth Cain. Jane Cham
ness, May Crawford, Virginia Hunter,
| Alice MacKnight. Mary Mockabee, Anna
and Ethel Jane Pidgeon. Frances Pope,
| Adelaide Ran, Edith Ray Sparling,
Helen Thompson and Mildred A.
Wheatley.
| Vacation Lodge.
The family at Vacation Lodge Is a
constantly changing one, and the hot
weather has turned many toward the
| comparative GOODNESS of the wooded
| hillside at the lodge. Miss Eunice Wal