Evening star., 1933-07-01
CAMP terra PROVIDES HAVEN
FOR UNEMPLOYED WOMEN
Project Sponsored by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Perkins In Bear Mountain
Is Proving Success.

up. Then she told us about her kids
Yeah, can you feature that? She called
them kids. No side at ADJUST like
one of us
Bell Rings for SWIMMING.
bell down by Lake Tiorati rang for
swimming and corrective exercises. Out
of log and screen cabins girls came
On small wharf they lay on their
backs and kicked their legs to one-two,
one-tWo. Two colored girls were among
them. Pee Wee. from Trinidad. cut
capers. The others laughed. There
was no trace of race prejudice to be
seen.
These are girls from many walks of
life leveled to one by their common
menace, unemployment A young
widow. caught in the Florida real estate
slump. lost her $4,000 home and now
spends her evenings learning short
hand. She knows tvping, but that isn't
enough these days.
former hotel clerk spoke Of a trip
to Yellowstone last year. My dear,
want to tell you. the cabins here are
palaces compared to the ones out West
It's simply too good to be true" She
smiled happily out over the lovely lake
with its many small islands. "Heav-
enly"
Miss Tinker is as enthusiastic about
the girls as they are about the camp
The most marvellous thing" she said
is that We are finally finding the girls
employment. Already three have gotten
jobs. We don't let them go unless it's
sure thing
Age Limit Raised.
Since Mrs. Roosevelt's visit consid-
cradle red tape has been cut The
age limit has been raised from IS to
40, and girls whose fathers have par
tial employment are now eligible
The girls are splendid in their CO.
operation" praised Miss Tinker Very
little friction. as few rules as possible
and practically no cliquing"
When asked if there was much
homesickneSs, she smiled sadly How
could there be? These girls have no
homes to return to-"
The swimming period over, the
girls wandered into the play room"
in every manner of costume for a tap
dancing lesson. New girls. conspicu-
ously pink and white in their abbrevi-
ated clothes, sat shyly together around
the walls
III say it's the berries" one ex-
planned Why, do you know what
they give us to eat? Me? Oh. what
I do when 1 work? And I'd hate to tell
you how long ago that's been.
take care of kids. I guess people
aren't having them any more"
A salesgirl. out Of work for two
years, speaks: Things are different.
You can feel it. And people are buy
ing again. My friend still has job,
and I know"
The class is going through the ele-
mentary routine Of tap dancing.
Brush. tap step, brush, tap. step"
The nursegirl nudges the Salesgrl.
Let's do it. too?" Giggling. self
conscious, happy and awkward, they
join Brush, tap, step. brush, tap,
step"
Dates Only on Sundays.
wait till my boy friend sees me do
this. Will it burn him up?" the sales
girl laughs, and stops. Say, can you
have dates here?"
An old-timer mods. Sure, what did
you think? Only on Sundays though"
Camp Terra. Miss Tinker explained. is
still in the experimental stage. 1t is the
hope of Mrs. Roosevelt and Secretary
Perkins that other camps will be estab-
lished. The camp is financed by Fed
eral funds, the camp itself having been
lent for the experiment by an insurance
company. Five dollars week. in this