Camp Brewster Devotees
Reveal Some Secrets
' Of the Order
'There is rejoicing in Camp
Brewster camp. Instead of posses
sin eight acres for the several
thousand girls who visit there dur
ing a season, they now have 75.
more ' than nine times the former
area. Announcement of this splen
did addition was made Wednesday
night at the Y, W. tC. -A) when a'
booster banquet for the camp was
given. v The $18,000 which purchased
this new tract of forest, was givei
largely by the business men of
Omaha. The girls themselves rajsed
"the first ten thousand" which went,
intoCainp ttrewstcr, and they are
now endfavoHiiR til raise among
themselves $1000 for playgroundl
equipment and a lake. 1 he finest
inland, camp in America" is the slo
gan towurd which those interested,
are working ' V
The spirit and influence of Camp
.Brewster arc del-ghtfiilly shown in
the following two speeches made at
the recent banquet. Miss Pearl
khy ho, member of the Y. W. C. A.
Athletic club, in telling of Saturday
night at camp, gives a glimpse of
the wholesome tun, the exuberant
spirit, and the beneficial sport which
goes out throughout the summer at
Camp Brewster, under the direction
of Miss Clara Brewster. Miss Bea
Swansqh, in "Sunday at Camp."
shows 'that, the spiritual tyte is not
lergottcn.
"The Forest," by 'Ethel Yost;
"The Summer BoardeY," Norma
Wass; "The Girl Reserves," by. Mil
dred While, and".M others at Camp,'
Mrs. P.VM. Garrett, were other re--spouses,
all reflecting devotion 'to
this spot which is only a carfare
or a good hike removed from the
center of Omaha. Miss Wass'
toast, in rhyme, brought' forth
bursts of laanghtcr and warm 'ap
preciation from those who "know
the ropes" of the camp. Miss Kate
Davis was toastmistress. . Mis.
Frank Juclson, Miss Clara Brewster
and Dr. II. Gilford wereotlcr
speakers at , the banquet.- 'The
speeches by Miss Khyno and 'Miss
Swanson follow:
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' "Saturday Night at Camp,"
By PEARL RHYNO.
Of course, all nights are enjoyable
at Camp Brewster. But somehow,
there is none quite like Saturday.
The Imos of Mischief, Merry-making,
and Sport.' are particularly
abroad on this night, and the quiet,
sedate girl of "the day,. becomes capa
ble of indulging in tlte w"l(lest of
'pranks. 1
Each car is filled with a chattering,
noisy bur.ch of girls, laden with
' bags, boxes and suitcases, and the
short w.Mk'up the hill from the car
line only adds to their enthusiasm.
When t!ey finally reach the office,
their '."pep" registers about 100 de
grees, with no hope for a drop.
Everyone wants to register at
once, and decided chaos prevails
while this is going on., Fortunately,
nr serious accidents have occured in
ihe mad rtili. other. than .perfectly
accountable girls forgetting their
r.ames and addresses, momentarily;
however, the invigorating-air soon
distols tltis slight mental derange
ment, .
The change from town clothes to
middies and bloomers is accomplish
ed in less -time than it takes to tell
it. and all are ready for the; time of
their lives. Some play tennis, in an
effort t.i reduce their rotundity to
more sylph-hke proportions; -others
go on a hike before supper to work
up aNre;.jular appetite; others, in
spired by the fresh air, gather about
the piano and give vent to their feel
ings by competing with the song
sters of the air.
At 6:30 the dinner bell clangs out
the summons to v"eats" and, as if by
ma'gic, the porch becomes thronged
with a boisterous, happy, hungry
buncU of girls. The "mess" Mine
is a long one, but the time spent
filing in is never tiresome, fpr all
manner of stunts are performed.cn
route, which kc.eps everyone in - a
fit of laughter. . " '
The dining room is a veritable
Chinese schoolroom all (during the
meal, for Campites are past masters
in ihe art of eating and talking at
the ' same time without serious
damage. .
After the food has had a chance
to settle comfortably comes the
"Saturday night bath." Not in an
ordinary tub, but out under the sky
in a fresh, inviting pool surrounded
by beautiful lilies, where one may
splash and swim around to her
heart's content.
Following the plunge comes the
real sport of the evening a jazz
orchestra and; a dance in the club ,
house in middies and blooniers no"
skirts, or other untwcessary female
incumberances to bother. Some
times costume affairs are given,, such
as hard time, Japanese and kid par
tits, and the originality in dre.4s J
brouKht out on these occasions, is I
in a class by itself. Talent 4s never
lacking at camp, and on - Saturday
night, diversion in entertainment is
varied, indeed. Ofttimes ice cream
is ma dye by some of the girls, and no
one ever seems to have a distaste
for this particular kind "of refresh
At ll:30"rhc "curfew" rings, and
with a great deal of reluctance, the
merry-makers gradually disperse to
their beds, cottages and tents, for,
at 12 all should be peacefully dream
ing in their trundles, and, "lights
out." "
But Saturday, night, with proba
bly a mtost inviting, beautiful moon
seining overhead; a host of girls
teeming with "pep" and the air per-:
ivtcated with the spirit of mischief,
never finds the fair maidens entirely
"dead" to the world at 12 bells. "
With the turuing'out of the lights,
all ears' await breathlessly the last
round of our guardian angel, Miss
Brewster, and her cherry, "Good
night, girls;" then, as her stt'ps fade
away in the distance, and the dior
slams on the porch, the "dead" come
to life. A giggle is heard here; some
one laughs qut loud by mistake and
brings down a score of "Slihhhhs;
another jumps out of bedjn a hurry
upon finding a fine crop of burrs
therein; then some one sends a. bit,
of snuff through the air, and, all is"
not. quiet in camp, f '
In another tent a crowd is kept in
convulsions by some clever story
teller who only becomes inspired
after 12 o'clock at night; while in
still another cottage a real , feed is
being enjoyed.
The wild calls to others, and out
they start upon nightgown and pa-,
jama parades with the stealth of
c.ts, but alas! not for long, for
someone slips and falls andyells
before she realizes the conse
quences; another lets out a 'sup
pressed laugh, and before many
minutes the q.uiet few are a noisy
multitude.
Then, like a bomb out of a clear
sky, conies a voice out bt the dark-
ness: "Quiet" please, girls," and the
silence is deathlike. There is a
grand scampering back to refuge,
and vh rn the patient "guardian" J
makes another round, the folks but '
a few -seconds before so full of life, I
have become as mummies in hcd.j
and the soft murmuring of the leaves
is the ontv nnitff tn ho hvirrt
In due course, however, the Spirit
oi Aiorpneus reigns supreme over
the rollicking ' Saturday nighters,
only after each, has promised skt
other that she will be at Camp the
following Saturday night full of
1,000,000 new ideas of a good time.
"Sunday at Camp
By BEA SWANSON.
Pid you know that the fairies
went 1o church out at Camp Brew
ster? ' They do! When fairies go
to church, and they do, every Sun-
uay morning, tney get ready the
night before. They take their fairy
dip in the early evening dew and
dance away the minute the big,
beautiful, friendly sun sinks his
sleepy head beyond the thin, airy,
gray horizon. Sometimes the moon
does quite a little, too, to get pre
pared for rhe Sabbath day, but she
is so qui?t that we never know, and
her beams are so timid, and shy
that it's hard to get any informa
tion from t jem. -
Would yo j like to know 'just how
a fairy church is conducted? Well,
the fairies' church is really wherever
there are trees and brooks and cat
tails, and waving' grass and where
there are no people. But out at
Camp Brewster they just love to
meet.-" somehow; they met there so
long before anybody knew anything
about the camp that they never
wanted to change it. 1
1 hey are never -hie to church,
these fairies, they come the minute
that the sun shoots up his rosy
fingers of dawn; they come in' with
a rushy sound and -get settled in
their -favorite nestling places and
then thcrobins and. the whole bird-
choir sing the opening hymn
Haven t you noticed how the birds
s;ng on Sunday morning? . Well,
they are singing their Sunday songs
and the fairies all keep time with
their little rands and sing, -too, at
certain places. That s why their
songs always sound so full of love
and praise. :
The sun sort of takes the pulpit.
I guess, and the fairies bow their
heads and listen, 'and bask in his
vresence. The trees give a long,
peaceful sigh and lift their leafy
arms to heaven and offer the morn
ing prayer, while the fairies close
their bright eyes and pray. too'. The
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flowers nod their pretty' heads and
remember God is their maker. A
iittle clap thunder catches up the
"amen" and carries it right up to
heaven. Then the refreshing mo
ment of p'rayer is over.
Suddenly voice are heard and
the fairies stop father short and
listen. But it is alright for it is
people - God's 1 people who have
come out to o to church' with the
fairies, and bring a little lunch.
Fairies love gatherings Jike these
and welcome these people as guests
to their churchy It ts only when sin
enters that fairies vacate their hal
lowed ground. .After they have
played for a while they pause to
hear the sun's benediction as he
teps down Out of the altar to make
way for the-evening star who is a
quiet teacher. . '
Wheq the moon is in session it
has chargi of the service, assisted
by the evening star. After this mes
sage is given v the Hermit thrush
softly sings the dosing song and
the fairies.slip silently, happily to
their nights rest Come out to
Camo Brewster and go to church
with the fames I . .
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when she first met the distinguished
Irish journalist and politician, and
after . marriage she attained con
siderable reputation as a playright.
As a hostess she also is celebrated,
and it is said that those who are
so fortunate as to be members of
the circle of friends who gather
at the entertainments at 4he O'Con
nor home in Chelsea, near London,
esteem themselves favored.
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: " Convention. ; ' .
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the Y. W. C. A. which takes place
in Cleveland, O., April 1J to 20.
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years ago," girls were just beginning
to make a timid entry into industry
and the business' world and the
first association taught girls type- Li
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