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Summ , ,i^r jp*Sn^^?r*A ALONG th.? Virginia shore of th? Potomac river above Aqueduc bridge up to the quarry is i scries of tented camps ant several houseboats in the river, forming a summer colony. What is the impulse which impels folk to seek this life without mosl of the comforts and all the luxurie: of their city homes? Who are the) that seek the pleasures spread befon them in this manner of life? Some of those who live there say \ Is the freedom from the cares requirec to keep the complexities of home lift in order; others, that it is propinquit) to the broad river, which gives bath HIS H'H! UUilllilg, OUHIC, cucic ?*coolness of the nights, when blankets and sweaters become a necessity others, the companionship at niglu about the camp fire, the good health which brings keen appetite, the con templative?perhaps sentimental?tim< spent in the moonlight, so much mor< beautiful in the open country. * * * There may be a thousand and on< ources of pleasure in the camps, bui underlying them all is that fundamental Jove of tlie earth whence w< sprang, and where we may live like our fellow-animals, although not reverting to type and fortunately nol losing our happier development. II Is like the impulse which in the spring sends the migratory birds to the greal north. These camps are filled for the mosl part by young men engaged in busi? ness in the city, and the morning hours see canoes, motor and powei boats shooting down and across the river, taking campers on their way tc their dally occupations. But not all the campers are young in years, and not all are men. Some of the men art young only in spirit, and some of tht campers belong to the other sex, and not of the severe suffragette type, either. A few eras or so ago, when the Potomac cut its way to the ocean, the southerly bank was left very steep and unsightly, but time has covered it with beautiful trees, and moss forms a soft cushion over the rocks. At the foot of the bank, south of the quarry, between the bank and the river, is a stretch of ground nearly a mile long and varying from fifty to a hundred and fifty feet in width, running at a nearly uniform height of ten feet above the water level. It is shaded by* beautiful trees, and among them the camps, protected by the high hank behind them, are pitched for the season. * * * "Camp Ease" is the first one thii side of the quarry. Four canvas sleeping tents and an open dining tent shelter this family party of father, mother, wife, husband and daughter and their friends. They celebrated thelj independence by taking possession of this delightful spot on the Fourth of July and they intend to stay until colc weather drives them out. although this may not mean so very much: for already the night breezes down the river are cool. The high bank shelters them from the worst winds, a nearby spring furnishes pure, cold water, the woods provide the wild flowers which decorate the dinner table and the waters of the river furnish, after due patience on the part of the angters. fish for tin noontime meal. Friendly birds visit them, and. so far this season, the highvoiced mosquito has not put in his appearance. "To-Quan Camp" borders upon "Ease" literally and in the punning sense which suggests itself. Here seven young men settled last April, to remain the whole season. They find it very comfortable to paddle from the Maryland side in the afternoon and after getting out of business clothes to take a plunge into the river before sitting down to the dinner which "Shorty," cook, purveyor and guardian of the ramp, provides in liberal variety and quantity. A launch and seven canoei constitute the camp navy and are required to carry the campers and their many visitors. The tents have board floors and comfortable beds. Good books, music, plenty of woolen and rubber blankets and "Shorty," with hit paraphernalia, make a camp equipmenl which is very complete. * * * Three young men have occupiet "Camp Roost" since the 1st of April and they expect to remain there unti the snow flies. Fortunately, the groun< on which their tent stands is quit< high, so that when the floods came las Hay and washed over many of th< other camp sites this was not reached "It is always dangerous to inviti guests here," said a visitor to thii camp. "It is my first visit, and I havi already notified my host that I intent to staV as long as I can, and that thh first visit Is most emphatically not m; last."* He evidently had the first symp torns of the impulse to return fron artificial to real life. The next was a ladies' camp?"Rest ; While"?made up of four tents, a chaperon and some people who were spend Ing the summer there. ."For amuse ments they read a little," said th< obliging camp historian, "swim a little IH^^B .^^rth^iifittwHR ^I^HwSwfflffn nra LADIES' DAY AT RACCAR CARP. I ??????_____SMUflHV j '; *: jK^^OTT'T ?*>&: t? .*-$ s&IL. IKMr ?X. , v^ vg^Ni ST > ' it ^ ^ im ' L/WWC CAMP EASE row a little, eat, sleep,and rest a great t deal." . o On a delightful site, the highest point a in this section, is "Camp U and Us." r A party of young men founded this c camp four jears ago and keep it open v from May to October. Among the en- ft: tertainments they have given, with e the assistance of their mothers, this n year was a Saturday afternoon bridge c; party to twenty-four girls. A trip over a in a launch, a picnic supper with Iced a watermelons, a ride on the river in the >' moonlight made up the afternoon's a pleasure. d "Sum Kamp" is a home camp made ll of agreeable families who occupy eight 11 I tents and Just live out of doors. Sir. I Burbank, its founder, was a pioneer h I in camping lr. this section, and his e ( daughter, aged nine months, is the a t youngest camper along the river. If plenty of fresh air to live in and sleep P In makes a baby healthy there is no ' chance that this young woman will a 1 ever reach the stage of elegant inva- " lidism. c j * tl 1 * " 11 "Krazy Kamp" is a chartered club, s established in 1911. Its six sleeping s 1 tents and dining tent are presided over li 9 by a chef, -who is kept busy looking ' after the needs of the twenty-five mem9 bers, all of whom come into the city 9 daily. This is one of the oldest camps o 9 on the river and has the distinction of w being the first to adopt the "krazy" tl ' way of spelling "kamp." T f At "Kamp Komfort" a small party of tl young men are spending the summer, w 1 The tents, fitted up with all the camp a accessories, a good chef, a steam launch o i and canoes, make as comfortable a fi summer home as one could desire. fi "Raccar Club," with its large tents, si comes next.. This is an.organized.club ei s limited to twenty members, with a li , waiting list of fifteen. A t<ibl? thirty- li W v*? .-. P|jJ^RSm^@|| * :~2& J^&BPilSL.. >X;? .jj" iWfcWWIi 11 v" iww-x jjji ! ?~ ''r2&99ME99MHKSIflK^MHMUBBHBHHK2M A wBwBf^mBjl A VIEW OP KLASSV KAMP. xfflRM^F k ^ ^B| ^ 'j* n/WT fcfe McmEf Ar jW BKr.'^^',**^^BfcM? "1-v^iff 55/ - - i v :, THE MOST XORTHURLV OF TB wo feet long, sheltered under a great pen fly, is placed close to the river, nd thence the diners look at the broad iver and beautiful Maryland bank and atch glimpses of Georgetown Uniersity and the Naval Observatory, lonthly stag rackets are held, and two venings each summer month ladies' ights are heralded by the arrival in amp of ice cream, cakes, watermelons nd peaches. Saturday nights nearly 11 members are on hand. Sundays beig ladies' days, the attendance is exctly doubled. A chef and a waiter, uner Commodore Birch, provide a wonerful menu. The navy consists of .verity canoes and two motor boats. Just below these clubs lie several ouseboats. Houseboats are as differnt in construction and finish as boats re. The great distinction is between lose which have their own motive ower and may cruise at slow speed rom point to point, and those which re constructed without power and relain at the place where they are anhored until the anchors are raised and hey are towed to some other destinaion. They are all alike in these repects: they are a house built on a ubstantial hull, and the people who ve in them have good times. ? The owners of the first of the several f these crafts anchored off this shore ere their own naval designers and hen their own naval constructors, hey designed and built a boat about hirty-two feet long and sixteen feet ide, square across bow and stern, with thirty-inch freeboard. In the center f the boat and surrounded by a twoDot deck is the house, which springs rom the bottom of the boat about even feet. This space, about twentyight .by, twelve feet, is divided,into-a ttle kitchen and a big main cabin or ' leg room. T'. i n?v<wi ;,y plenty i ; >ng Vir The Series of 1 Along the Shaded Sh forts and Luxuries Freedom of the Woo Thousand and One the Camper?Cano Thpir Sharp Tnwan Living?South Banl tiful Place to Spend Most of the Cam With Sleeping Tents ing Tents?The Va Who Can Also Serve boats Anchored Of1 Occupants All the E Largest of the Colon ing in Camp, With ! fire Stories and the , BmnH?ffiffiiMHi H^DH^V'''^V '- ' fit ' 'V? ... . t'vi^ ^ ^ 'y.Z*-^ ' ''''' '' '/ | IE CAMPS. ____________ ; ,r'^: ; . "v" { > - ' : ' ? " M-. ' . ; K . * ' , - ' ' . ^ s ' ^ H | . ^ , \ ' '' . ~ ' ^ B5^, HOUSEBOAT ANCHORS of windows, and js fitted up with bunk! camp chairs, tables and rugs, and pre 8ents all the comforts of a little bun galow. It is admost as steady as -house on- shore, except that the swel from an occasional passing steame starts a gentle rooking no* ion .vliici glnia SI ents and Houseboats tore, Where City CornAre Given Up for the ds and the River?The Sources of Pleasure for es and Motpr Boats Do d Making Life Worth < of the River a Beau the Heated Spell, ps Are Fully Equipped . Cook Tents and Din lue of a Good Cook, as Guardian?Housef Shore Furnish Their freezes That Stir?The ies?A Summer Even^lusic, Games, CampMoonlight. ^ HHBl w < ? ' -- ; *<* V DIG -'SmI ??????? T e _ <^ d ,v:'; . ' a~: m ,j '* . " ' ' ><|s. " >% -' *-*i * ' - * v ,? 'lsmtkLa*imi t( & & V 'V-; x'->;.'i<i'- ?. ' ^ ' v e . :-.\ :<: , ?, ??. _ ti n _???????taj it li D OFF VIRGINIA SHORE. Is A s, makes one, especially at bedtime, wish tr :- it would last longer. In time of sudden si i- rain its house doors are opened wide, rf a for the occupants of passing boats on n 11 the river and of tents on shore which * r leak a little, seek refuge in the cozy ti li cshin or living room of this snug e-ott. u Be . e | Hp& ^^HiB r - -. . -; .^^^BKfT-. - .e fi^FW*'! frJeegjlMb??.' ? ?>>& : jngM|Bttg|H^HHB^Hpp|H^V *Sjrt &?* j HKrB^llffTWWlfft^HBlfcllTHTTrT^ gBfiS^^Pl^ i jBMEjjspJfc'^^^^BI^EH^^j^BBljTOr'" aw^BHSI ' I' I M il ' SIX CAMP OF THE ANALOSTAX CI VISITORS AT CAMP ROOST. he inevitable canoe provides the ownrs with easy means of reaching the Ity. The "Big Six" of the Analostan Boat lub have a camp on these shores. Six i inoes, a launch and a power boat contitute the navy. Four sleeping tents, bathing and dining tent house the x members and accommodate their lany friends. Their camp has been pen since April, and will not close ntil late in the fall. Visitors help to make life pleasant, i nd he is a poor fellow, unworthy to i Ive in camp, who has no sister or I FEffiMCH EEA1 =q UCCESS in this war hinges, of < ijv course, on many factors, but the 1 ? factor of artillery ammunition an- ' ears to be of a very high degree of ^ nportance, if it really is not the fat- j >r of greatest importance. Each of i te allies is straining every endeavor 1 nd every natural resource to increase 1 le output of shell, to feed the hungry uns, to replace the guns worn out by i ing and to actually increase the numer of cannon that Are powder and ' hell and powder and shrapnel by the 1 tousands of tons and which promise 1 3 fire these things at an increasing 1 ate until the war ends. 1 The world has become familiar with ' te call of the allies for shell and yet ' lore shell. Without doubt the capao- ' y of Germany is being worked to the : mlt in the production of cannon and s mnon ammunition, but from Germany i heard no call for such war essentials. < call of that kind would not be per- 1 litted to fall upon the ears of the out- t Ide world. It would be construed as t jvealtng military information and i light give aid and comfort to the en- > my. i rri the' years just preceding the war i ie J-'rench and Germans were known t ; 1' " better equipped v. nh cannon rn A Ul IKT DAY AT KAUP KOMKOR1 HI : /': '' ^ *, &%.'?*. ?.-., *X.*TL M. -.'~ jf* ,,gHP ' ' ' ?.'' . .IB. J : ^IBU W> ^ St*friend with a sister or some one willins to he a sister to try the experiences of camp life for an afternoon. In this particular camp a large party of girls with some mothers were guests for several days. A mighty sycamore, which stood before the camp, fell one night with a crash, smashing some seats and causing great excitement. * * * "Klassy Kamp" with its eight tents, ts cook and dining tents, on quite high ground, is the one lying farthest down he Potomac. It is arranged to accomJZED VALUE OF :annon charges than any other peoples, rhey had sensed the dominating part vhich artillery was to play in the next var. Thjey piled up ammunition and mjarged their capacity for producing t. They provided a ratio of cannon to ides and shell and shrapnel to cannon hat made the artillery of the war esablishm'ents of Russia, (treat Britain ind the United States appear feeble, tnd yet in spite of this they vastly inderestimated the ammunition that uould be consumed. The French comnission of the budget in its supplenentar.v credits for the army and navy recently asked the. sum of J30,000,000 for artillery and wrote the following -cport. which gives one a realistic con eption of the demand of France, the jest armed and prepared of the allies, or cannon a mmun't'on: "The conMimntinn of ammunition has exceeded ill the estimates made, and in the last nontlis of 1914 it was necessary not >nly to use all the resources at home, >ut lo have recourse to foreign counries for very large quantities of nuierial ready made, machinery and raw naterial. By reason of the uncertainty it that time as to the quantities that t might be possible to obtain at short '.otf'<\ and the prices that might have o n; .1 v. as not thought .prudent . .. . ... . . ? c?" - - j >tomac jj i I'cit' '^C"-" KJ&gl^HMH r. modate family group.', and comfortable equipment and good cooks make living here easy. The men go to business and the women and girls take up light summer occupations. This is one of the largest camps on the river, and Sundays and Saturday afternoons is filled not only with members, but visitors. Some fine musicians in this* camp help to make evenings pleasant, and occasional dances add to the festivities. Nearly all the camps have musical instruments. Many of the campers play well, all sing?some with good voices and some with volume only?but they help to swell a chorus. Week-end partips intprpjimn visile vuppo pnrl aIIipp sports make the camp ti;ne go pleasantly. The hardships and petty annoyances are slight compared with the pleasures of the outdoor life and the freedom from home worries. Almost every Saturday afternoon a regatta of some sort is held down the river, and in some of the events the campers take part. The events always cause ^ desertion of the camps, for all go to see the fun. There gather around the finishing point canoes of all sorts and styles, from the racer driven by a two-bladed paddle to the war canoe propelled by eight men; the canoes driven by motors and those propelled by sails. In some of these are he-spectacled fathers with several children, the speed boys in abbreviated bathing suits, the youth who paddles with a girl, always distracting, lounging on the cushions. The inevitable camera man is opening fire or maneuvering for a position whence to snap anybody and everybody. Friends are greeting friends on all sides. The varied colors of the craft, the flashing paddles in the sunlight, the bright parasols of the girls, the kaleidoscopic change of light and color make a magic picture. But with the sinking of the sun the boats scatter. The unfortunate turn to the city, but the elect paddle to camp or houseboat along the darkening shore. Lights twinkle from camp to camp. The outside fires begin to burn brightly, forms move about in the light and sink away in the shadows. The evening in camp by the water, in the woods, under the moonlight, has begun. A Famous Mississippi Race. S\iJTEN" familiar with the history of the *"*1 Mississippi steamboat traffic are generally agreed that the greatest race ever run on that river was that betwetn the Xatchez, commanded by Capt. T. P. Leathers, and the Robert E. Lee, under capt. jonn w. cannon. j ne ."Natchez was a Cincinnati boat, while the Rob- I ert E. Lee was built at New Albany, I For a long- time rivalry existed be- I tween these two boats. When the I Natchez broke all existing; records by I accomplishing the 1,278 miles between I New Orleans and St. Louis In 1 I days 21 hours and 58 minutes, the I . captain of the Robert E. Lee resolved to I outdo his rival. He engaged the steam- I er Frak Paragoud and several fuel B boats, arranging that they should meet I hint at various points up the river with B wood and coal. Then he had his boat B cleared of all her upper works which B were likely to catch the wind -and so B hamper her progress. B Thursday, June 20, 1870, at 4:45 p.m., H the Robert E. Lee steamed out of New H Orleans. The Natchez followed five minutes later. The race had been well H advertised and was awaited with great H interest in all the river towns. Large H crowds were gathered at Natchez. H Vicksburg. Helena and other towns. H Between Cairo and St. Louis the Natchez lost, it was afterward claim ed, seven hours and one minute by rea son of a fog and broken machinery. The Robert E. Lee. however, was not delayed, and arrived in St. Louis thirty three minutes ahead of the record es- H tablished by her competitor. Fifty H thousand persons, it it said, on house tops, on the levee and on the decks of H other steamers, welcomed the winner H as she steamed into port. Capt. Can- H non was the hero of the hour, and a H big banquet was given, in his honor by H the people of St. Louis. H H 1 A1T1LLE1Y. I credits by extraordinary accrrra, vnum might never have been needed. The competition in foreign markets among H the powers who wished to buy has caused a rise in price of manufactured articles, raw material and freight. H which was unforeseen arid had to be borne." Further along in the report may he found this paragraph in reference to powder: "The powder department was obliged to purchase raw material for manufacturing explosives at any price to turn out a forced output. These materials, coming in general from England and Germany, became so scare that prices rose far higher than had been expected." Other raw materials which France bought abroad were steal, copper and zinc, and the wholb etrm spent for artillery material duri&g the first five months of the war apaopnted to well over JlOj.OOO.QOO. Tfiis tvas suppleinentary to 'he Iargp sums approprlated for artillery before the beginning of hostilities, and as shown the iigures apply only to tlie first five months of the war. The expenditure of money for ammunition, cannon and the raw materials of ammunition has steadily Increased since the quoted figures became public littcugli llic,repuct of the -onmti-sich of tile b'ldcot. ^