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I cl Ii i j r J Y 1 ii S 4 Y k I 4 T i I f 4 1 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON 1 bIE IME IllE was when the country boy was was inclined to be a bit sorry for his bis city cousin because of the letters letter's lack of chances for enjo enjoyment ment of the i sort of days s 's of real sport port which I only lif life in the country can give Ac According ordin to to- the thc country countr boys boy's idea Iden the ol only ly place in the whIch Ithe city f fellers llers could play was the street and arid what fun was was was' there in tr trying ln to hav a n re really lly good time o on a n paved thoroughfare thoroughfare thorough thorough- r fare shut In long between Iong r rows of brownstone brownstone- 4 r front houses You had to out fur for vehicles of all nil sorts if you ou tried ried to tor play ball chances chances's s 's i t re that the bit ball go sailing through a window and that meant meant an n Indignant householder 1 or a cry of If Jiggers l the e cop to put nut an nn end to your our fun How v can can a boy hoy enjoy himself if n theres there's no green reen grass to run and roll on shu shady 1 under which t tp loll youre you're tired and andal c al nU kinds binds k of open spaces where you can yell as i loud as ns you ou please without somebody complaining about entirely too much noise Now of c course u s-e s its it's true that the city boy has hns hasIn J In the thc past been under somewhat of a handicap F for tor the same kind of outdoors enjoyment th the that t the thet t country boy could have But Cut there are re city parks s t 1 where tile the grass Is just as green as in the country try and where the he shade of the trees Is just as ns cool though it Jt must u be admit admitted ed that park policemen would look with unfriendly e eye e upon any attempt t to shin up those trees And there are public playgrounds where where the the he city cUy boy can whoop op it t up r all he pleases and have all nIl sorts of riotous fun funs s even e though supervised super play would sort of cramp the style of carefree youth according to the country bo boys boy's s notion In late Inte years however X the city boy hasn't had to depend upon such limited limited lim ted resource resources as ns the city offers for his outdoors 1 recreation The development of tile the sum summer ummer mer camp q k Idea ha has b been n giving Ing him an Jn opportunity trinity to know mow O rr the the same kind of enjoyable abIc outdoor life tife as ns his f a Country cousin k knows The pioneer in the Idea of summer summer r camps for city boys was the Yonn Young Mens Men's Christian asso asso- l elation dation wl which ch began establishing temporary x a camps amps back in the eighties The plan developed y rapidly until today It Is one of the most Important y pieces o of of work being done by this organization j a. a and there are ure permanent Y Y M II C C. A A. A camps In all nil j parts of the country A newer development de however how ever eer Is the winter camp Idea Ide which h gives the city boy hoy an opportunity to enjoy life In the country country coun coun- try try in the thc winter as well as ns summer and if the experience of the Chicago Y M M. M C C. A. A A with the thet Y t two ti vo winter inter cam camps w which It It established three r years ears ago agu is any any c criterion th these s camps with their opportunity t to the the city city boy for an outing when the Fl mow covers ers th the ground will be as popular as the f I r which give him hm his recreation when the thc I j earth is carpeted with green g o The work orl of the Chicago o Y Y M. M C. C A. A which 1 I Il Is l- l r t typical p cf f the service rendered by hy this or 1 linn l flun to Young America which lives In other con ron JA rested Bested metropolitan areas arcas began hegan with th the establishment estah- estah 11 r I of on one a summer camp back in 1000 At t J the pres present nt time it has four camps In Michigan t i h hV two In Wisconsin and three thre In ln Illinois a total of nine for bo boys bos well I camps s as ns as ns for men t i The Ilie Michigan an ramPs camps are Ire the thc following Camp 5 Thanning on Upper Scott lake near Pullman 1 Gamp amp amp Martin Johnson near ton Camp i PInewood on Echo lal lake c near Twin lake and 1 I Wa Wabash ash near Benton Denton Harbor r. r In Wisconsin Wiscon f. f 1 sin fn It ft maintains Camp North Woods and Camp c i both hoth nth on the Lac fac du Flambeau Indian reservation in the northern part of time the sta state r te e and In it has hils Camp Duncan on Fish lake near I non Round nIl Lake station forty miles from Chicago and t two camps amps the Hastings s Lake camps on I J lake e near Lake Villa If itis Is In the Illinois camps camp that the i idea feu of ivi iv- iv g Iy t i ins the tho city hoy boy a winter outing was first tried amp Dunt Duncan an was given I en to the West Side depart depart- meat of If the Chicago hla 1 Y by Joseph S S. S Duncan and It servos serves particularly the ho boys of poorer s 's Chicago's os o's great West Vest side This Is camp open to boys between be be- tween the the n ages es of ten and mid eighteen all I of each summer nod I it Is also open during the Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving ln and Ch Christinas vacations and the spring vacations for special outings The rule boys pay about half of the cost of the camp an and the thc balance Is mn made e by Mr 11 up Duncan and other friends of the f boys The Hastings l lake ke camps were wele provided r a J L i i.- i. f rt r kY i. i 11 I t f LM 4 a v- v t X i 2 ALL SET SET r II rigged out in rub rubber er boots n Lazar Chicago everything Harry a X boy bay starts a thrilling ski slide down d wn the steep hill and on to the icy lake at Camp Duncan conducted by the Y M. M C A A. A of y Chicago near n near Round Lake III FOX N GEESE in the snow Is a game that h no city boy will forget when he gets j a chance to play it where there is plenty of white snow in the country at the Y Y M. M C. C A A. A i winter camp 3 j R TALKING IT OVER around the big R fireplace in the lodge at Hastings winter t camp conducted by the Y M. M C. C A A. A of Chicago near Lak Lak- Villa Ill III over each I week end The boys from left to right are j i. F F. F Kriz 1353 South Komensky avenue J J. J 1339 West Eighteenth street R R. R Lidster Lid Lid- 4 ster Normal Park r H H. H Hopkins 1842 f street F F. F Byron Krist Milwaukee avenue Dick Wren Parnell avenue 3 Ed Eagen Parnell avenue L. L Elbe i 1 2866 Otto street M. M Johnson Greenview Greenview Green Green- view avenue and W. W Rosenow o Milwaukee avenue 4 R AN APPETIZER APPETIZER bred boys from 1 R Chicago sawing wood for the first time In their lives and learning some some of the experiences of pioneer life in the country while i attending a Y Y M M. M C C. C A A. A winter camp at Camp Dunc Duncan n near Round L Late Lake Ic III during the holidays x 0 THE ICE DERBY The DERBY The boys line up 4 and crouch in e eagerness for the word Go IGO Then they're off on the ringing steel across the glassy surface of the ice on R Round und Lake at Camp Duncan Duncan- l through h the generosity of A A. A E E. Cross and Arthur Cutten of the Chicago Board of Trade and anti Mr tr and Mrs C C. C II II Worcester of Chicago It t is under the g general mann management ement of the general of the Chicago association It has hns a n camp director J J. J P P. P Har Hargrove rove who lives there the thc year ear round in ha having ho boys bays s 's come corne to camp each week enl end through throughout h. h out the year ar As the thc result of the thc establishment of these camps S by the Y Y Yr lI M. M C. C A A. A more than city boys each year have hn the opportunity for Il healthful wholesome play piny In a n new environment and under circumstances which are arc particularly valuable In building a finer t type pe of ot young manhood In the winter camps their da days s 's sure are filled with all sort flIrt of outdoor s sports Thc They have their choice of skimming over the glassy surface of the tho lake on skates sliding down the steep hills on skis or on ona ona a toboggan un and amI go whizzing out over the lake fishing through the Ice or playing ln any of the number num nurn- ber her of games which a It good fall of snow offers It may be he a n lively snowball sno light fight In the open or behind the defense of a snow fort which I they he have built hullt or it may be he old game gume of II fox fax fox find and eese a game which American country bo boys s I have c a pla played ed for generations The rue city boy learns woodcraft too In these camps for when theres there's snow on the ground they turn In Indian hm and test their gieir skill In tracking through the woods In fact In n a region that Is 8 s rich ich yin In Indian lore there Is s plenty of Inspiration for tor pla playing Indian A recent I 1 Issue sue of Chicago Men Jien the o official nl publication of ot the the C Chicago p 1 r r. r a. a r A Ai i ir r a x o Air AF Y Y M. M C. C A A A. contains the following story of ho how Young Palefaces Hold Powwow A jA In Indian I In camp was s enjoyed e by hy 50 boys end and mid their dads froth from th the tha Englewood lI Hyde Ie Park and South Chicago o departments 1 Y L M C. C A A. A over one weekend week nt at Hastings s Lak Lal camp Contests In fn tracking running shooting with with's b bows s 's and arrows and oilier other sports give ive n a d chance aI e for Cor the young oung b bucks backs s to test their mottle mettle tte in ll ti I tion with the older and wl wiser pr Ten of the these thee e young youn paleface braves competed In an Indian stor story telling Infest contest In the evening nin around the campfire The od all men n of the tribe served n as jud judges es to the tIle winner wanner who rece received ed a genuine Jenuine Indian bonnet n as a prize Clement Stud Studebaker hal er thirteen years C 7 37 avenue won won this tills honor telling Blackbird Not only do these city ho boys hos s enjoy Imitating the life of the t first r t inhabitants of If their state th the red men hut but they also learn how the tle i pioneers rs who conquered the wilderness that Is now n II rich rih richand richand and thriving country lived hived They tall s of ol those brave hr old da days s 's when th they y gather n round the campfire at nt night after the lays days fu fun furl I is over to eat ent toasted v nuts and apples and the fire file Is I kept ept blazing with the tile wood s which they have cu 11 cat for th the fireplace themselves ehe That Is th they spend the evenings s thus unless RS the lure of outdoors Is still too strong for them In to resist even e when darkness falls Often Orrell the ho boys s 's put up up j torches touho tOl hc alon along g the shore of Ilse Ihl loge Inke and continue their fun far into the night Aside from the chance for healthful which these camps otter offer for the youth of If tb hl gig big city it th there Ie 11 are t values In icse Iese Y M C. C A A. A camps ramps which are arc II Indicated en in n t the lip following edl tonal notes In n a recent Issue of Chicago o Men Ien When u a city boy hoy learns to pitch his tent slake make his bunk and fl fry his hia own and bacon hacon Inthe in to inthe the woods the cam camp has encouraged e that hay boy to develop new lIew qualities of self reliance tint that should help him through life l When lieu till hll hay In im the he out out-nf out doors s hears the moaning of he the pine Ul l lou looks loos up at the great sliest silent stars sIal's overhead he gets ts a i new Mew understanding under standing of the Creator that he may never get In the man mm alade city it Two Catholics one Olle orthodox Jew few cw stud and a It Metho Methodist list dist make mula a u tour of six Chicago o VO t two other otherY Y Y M. M C. C A A. camps this summer In Wisconsin and a I Michigan J One of these men nun has hac already spent five yews years Cl S sl studying ln for t time h priesthood hood Each rendered rendered ren ren- I dered a n SI specific cInc service III In of these camp calUp The four b became close friends nn and enthusiastic boosters for the camps I r r |