Part 34

MENUS SUITABLE FOR OVERNIGHT HIKES

Breakfast

Fruit Scrambled Eggs Toast Cocoa

Fruit Cereal Bacon Biscuits Cocoa

Fruit Bacon Griddle Cakes Cocoa

Cereal Cocoa Toast Jam

Lunch (To be eaten en route)

Sandwiches: Peanut Butter Bread and Butter Cheese Jam or Jelly

Sweet Chocolate Raisins Fruit

Supper

Komac Stew Green Corn Bread and butter Raisins Sweet chocolate

Steero bouillon Cheese and eggs Raw tomatoes Biscuit and jam

Irish stew with dumplings Bread and butter Baked apples Milk (if obtainable from nearby farm)

Baked beans (canned) Brown bread Berry or Apple slump Milk

Lamb kidneys Bacon Bread and butter Apple cake Cocoa

Sardines and tomato sauce (Campbell's tomato soup) Toast Boiled rice and syrup

Onion and potato chowder Uneeda biscuits Toast, cheese and jam

Shrivelled beef Fried potatoes Biscuit and cocoa

Note.--Hikers should drink very little water while hiking. This rule should be adhered to absolutely.

XIII

A DAY IN CAMP

The day is clear, the sun casts long shadows as it rises back of the woods, all is still, when suddenly a long whistle blast is heard followed by the bugle call, "You can't get 'um up, you can't get 'um up, you can't get 'um up in the morning," and an immediate babble of voices. Out of every tent comes tumbling weird looking figures in bathrobes, pajamas, sweaters and bloomers, tousled heads and half-clad feet. A line-up on the drill field, and setting-up exercises begin under the direction of the game counsellor or physical director. Ten minutes of work and then a mad rush for tents, wash basins, and the wash house, laughter and joking, dressing and hair brushing, and four whistles sound. Housekeepers, housekeepers, housekeepers, come! There they go carrying in the lanterns that have hung on the the lamp posts--trees in this case--all night.

Are your tables ready? Get the bread, the butter, the milk, and so on and so forth. The Director appears, a sign that it is time for morning colors. The Color Guard, five girls from one tent, all in Scout uniform, "fall in," the bugler joins them, assembly sounds and everyone but the housekeepers line up on the field. "Right dress, Front," and the Color Guard, bearing the flag marches to the flag pole as the Colors are hoisted and the bugler plays "To Colors." All pledge allegiance to the flag, sing the Star Spangled Banner. The Guard leaves the field and with a "Right Face, Forward March," all file in to breakfast.

There are always announcements to be made, some questions to be asked, and after the meal is over, or just before classes, is a good time to do this.

Inspection follows--all too soon for some. Tents must be in order, grounds around them clean, trash boxes emptied, and each girl in her tent, the chosen leader of the group, called the Patrol Leader, Court of Honor, or Orderly, at the door. The Director hears a murmur, "Here she comes, here she comes"; then all is still. A salute, a thorough look at grounds around, trash box, basins, cots, a look into a blanket or two for fear that hurry has caused some mistakes, and sometimes a look into dress suitcases, for cleanliness, and order must begin on the inside, a word of commendation, a suggestion for improvement and possibly a reprimand, follow.

The bugler announces the time for classes, each group whether far or near changing from one class to another, until the noon hour brings a free period to all.

The signalling class is under the trees back of the mess hall, the First Aid group in a shady spot on the edge of the woods, the basketry class near their base of supplies but sitting on the grass in the shade, the nature lovers in the woods to find new birds and ferns and flowers--and so it goes.

During the working hours, the housekeepers have been busy performing all kinds of necessary camp work. Some Scouts enjoy all of it, others none of it, but rarely does anyone fail to do her part. Dinner is served, the Scouts marching in to the mess hall, as they do for all meals, and being excused when all have finished. Much talking and laughter, but orderliness and courtesy, with an occasional sigh when something does not please, or a prolonged "ah" when it does, make the time and all there is to eat disappear in what seems a short time.