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This room is invariably provided with a piano, shelves 
filled with books and magazines and a supply of games, 
and here on stormy days supper is frequently served, after 
which the boys are free to cluster about the open fireplace 
and to make merry as they see fit. 
Generally, a fleet of rowboats and canoes is a feature of 
the camp, and sometimes motor boats are provided to sup- 
ply swifter locomotion and to tow long chains of the smaller 
boats on extended trips. War canoes of varying sizes are 
likewise frequently supplied, affording opportunity for in- 
teresting crew work. 
The different sports indulged in are no doubt to the boys 
the most interesting diversions. These are carefully limited 
as to time, and care is taken that no boy over-exercises, or 
undertakes feats for which he is physically unfit. Swim- 
ming, diving, rowing, and paddling are among the most 
attractive features of camp life, but no boy is allowed to 
use a canoe until he has passed a definite swimming test. 
Such regulations are enforced regarding all water sports 
as have been found necessary for the absolute safety of the 
boys. 
The usual rising hour is 6:45, and a half hour later the 
boys gather round the long table in the breakfast tent, where 
they soon make away with oatmeal and cream, eggs and 
corn muffins, coffee or milk, as preferred. After breakfast 
the tents are put in order and the boys are free for the day’s 
enjoyment. Baseball or tennis practice, swimming, diving, 
etc., occupy the time until dinner, after which a rest hour 
is in order, during which the boys can read or write, or go 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
These little men are taught to cook and they love to show their skill in the camp culinary 
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to their tents to rest, as they wish. ‘The afternoon is de- 
voted to various sports or sometimes a walk through the 
woods, affording to those who are interested in nature study 
an opportunity to study birds and flowers. In the evening, 
games, reading, music, and other amusements pass the time 
all too quickly until nine o’clock, when the boys repair to 
bed. In some camps on very warm evenings, supper is 
served out under the pine trees, and if it be moonlight, a 
row on the lake is permitted. 
Horseback riding is a feature of most of the camps, and 
frequently riding squadrons are formed that exercise sev- 
eral times weekly, affording any amount of fun for the 
riders. In addition, several times during the season, the 
entire camp takes to the water, and in small boats towed by 
motor boats, journey several miles down a lake or a river 
to play ball with a rival team. 
Side-trips to the nearest village, or drives through the 
woods each week, have come to be a regular pastime of 
several camps, and they are events to which the boys look 
forward, for in great, high wagons, each drawn by four 
strong horses, they are at liberty to make merry with songs 
and laughter. Camping trips of several days duration, 
sometimes to neighboring islands, and often to a distant 
mountain, are regular features of all the camps, and on 
such trips, each boy has to carry his personal outfit, help 
pitch tent, make fires, prepare food, wash dishes, and help 
in all the other duties attendant on life in the open. Need- 
less to say, such trips are star days in the lives of the boys, 
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SHRM 
