OUTDOOR LIFE AND THE FINE ARTS 

 traditions of the club established, little by little, the 

 fitting and significant form and time being found 

 for each element of the great revel. 



Not the least enjoyable and satisfying feature of 

 the Bohemian Encampment is the orchestral con- 

 cert which is always given in the grove on the Sun- 

 day morning following the play. Classic pieces are 

 interspersed with compositions by musician mem- 

 bers of the club. Notably successful selections from 

 former Jinks music are repeated thus from time to 

 time under the baton of the respective composers. 

 In this way a choice repertory of Bohemian music 

 has been built up and a body olf tradition established 

 which serves as a point of departure for future 

 work. 



While there are naturally ups and downs in the 

 quality of the Jinks from vear to year, the standard 

 of the performances is always high and the tend- 

 ency constantly upward. The blend of professional 

 and amateur talent is productive of extraordinarily 

 good results. The character of the club member- 

 ship is largely artistic, using that term in its widest 

 sense. Professional musicians, writers, actors, paint- 

 ers, sculptors, and architects form the nucleus round 

 whom are grouped an equally enthusiastic throng 

 of men whose central interest in life is supposed 

 to be business or a learned profession, but whose 

 artistic sympathies and talents render them not 

 less effective as true Bohemians than the artists 

 par excellence. The influence of the club has 

 perhaps done more than any other single thing to 

 preserve and develop the artistic festival spirit 

 that is inherent in California life. And while the 

 club's activities are year-long, and are not confined 

 to its open-air celebrations, yet these latter, and 

 most of all the Jinks itself, are the culmination of 

 all its entertainments; so much so, that it seems 

 almost distinctively to be an open-air organization. 

 Those who desire a more extended knowledge of 

 these most important activities are referred to Mr. 

 Porter Garnett's excellent illustrated treatise on 

 "The Bohemian Jinks." 



The Family Club, a somewhat similar organiza- 

 tion on a smaller scale, is a direct descendant of 

 the Bohemian Club. The Family owns a tract of 

 fifty-five acres among the redwoods near Woodside, 

 where in addition to various sports, it enjoys each 

 year, usually in September, a "Farm Play" as it is 

 called, written and orchestrated by club members. 

 The Nile Club of Oakland, too, claims kinship. Its 

 yearly symbolic plays and pageants, Egyptian in 

 motive, are presented among the redwoods of Santa 



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