Life — August 2, 1917 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Boys’ Camps UMMER camps for boys have now become a feature of every distant forest preserve, and the echo of the adolescent tin pan can he heard in the summer time, from the piazza of every summer resort hotel where fond mothers hire rooms in order to be within shouting distance of some future President of the United States. The boys’ camp is usually presided over cither by a retired member of Congress, an unsuccessful physician or a past master of some Young Men's Christian Association chapter, none of whom has ever been able to carn a dollar. This gentleman secures for his side partners # number of school teachers. They are willing to work for nothing during the summer time for the privilege of get- ting two or three square meals every month and a dip in some lake which is secretly fed by mountain springs and medium-sized city sewers. The idea of boys’ camps is to bring the boys up to learn how to wash dishes and do without too much nourishment during the time when they need it most. Occasionally the boys’ camp is visited by « fond father of one of the boys, after he has given due notice ahead, so that the sheets can be changed and the water in the cooler, which stands in the shadow of the broken-down old log cabin used for a dining-room, can be renewed. When a boy has been going to a camp for several years he is finally graduated with honors and a gold-filled medal, after which he is able to perform all of the functions of a hired man, and his spirit been thoroughly broken There are, of course, exceptions. If you are willing to pay all the way from two hundred and eighteen dollars to two thousand dollars for nine weeks, your boy can sleep on a box spring at night and have his food brought to him by a graduate of the Hampton Institute. He can also listen to mandolin playing and be permitted to wear evening clothes every Saturday night. Only one thing remains to make a boys’ camp complete, and that is to extend it into the winter. At present boys are permitted to come home from camp in the fall, to track mud all over the house, ruin the furniture, cat up all the good food and cause disturbances among the neighbors. If their parents could arrange to send them off to some camp in the winter for not more than two or three times the price that it would cost to keep them at home, in the course of time we might begin to feel as if there was, after all, some pleasure in raising children. At present the fact that we are obliged to have them home a fraction of the time docs not make us feel too kindly toward this idea Even Unto the Third and Fourth Generations IVINGSTON (Knickerbocker Club, in the year 2040) : Have vou any idea why young Brewster was black- balled? Fraxkiin: Yes, a genealogical search disclosed the fact that his maternal great-great-great-grandfather commanded a German submarine. “TEPER * THE POINT OF VIEW The Man in the Parachute: Gre, 1T MUST TAKE NERVE To vo THAT! Health Hints ON’T cat too much. If you find you are cating too much, don't cat quite so much, always making sure, however, that you are getting enough nourishment. Eat the right kind of food. This may easily be deter- mined hy the simple process of eliminating the wrong kind of food. Get plenty of sleep. Go to sleep, if you are sleepy. If you are still sleepy when you wake up, go to sleep again, but don’t overdo it. Don't drink to excess. A quantity of drink which is beneficial will be found to be quite sufficient. Take water from time to time, especially during the wak- ing hours. Authorities agree that water should rigidly he eschewed while asleep. Keep yourself in good condition. Neglect of this rule will quickly put you in bad shape. Don't do anything to undermine your constitution. comicbook Sa