way.

[Illustration: THE TOWN PUMP]

With a counsellor presiding at each table to help in serving and
maintaining order, there is no reason why each girl should not learn if
she has not already done so, the simple table manners which add so much
to her attractiveness. People are not born with good table manners; they
acquire them by being taught and by watching others, and sometimes a
good appetite and being hungry makes them unmindful of others and of
what they do, even if they have been taught. There is no desire on the
part of any Director to make of her camp a finishing school, but she
should be filled with a keen desire to make the most of every
opportunity to give what will be of help to the girls as Scouts and as
women. The time spent at the table can be most profitably filled by
guiding the conversation into interesting channels and by being merry,
while eating.

The Mess Hall should always be kept swept, either a fire burning, or a
fire laid on the hearth if there is one, fresh flowers on the tables.
If the room is used also as a recreation room it may be possible to have
a writing table with writing materials on it for the benefit of all
campers.

Closing Camp

As the camp days begin to draw to a close prepare for that last day when
every bit of equipment must be packed away, every nook and corner left
clean and the last camper silently steals away.

Use what provisions are on hand, buy only what is needed from day to
day. Begin to pack and clear out wherever possible, but do not let this
work interfere with the program which should be continued to within a
day or two of closing, or the giving of a last grand party, a fancy
dress or masquerade affair with "eats," as campers would say.

The Scouts can be most helpful after their personal equipment is packed
and out of the tents. They can assemble blankets, pillows and basins,
sweep tent floors, collect and burn all trash, leaving the grounds
clean. When all is ready for their departure let Assembly sound and with
every Scout in line on the field, have the colors lowered. Then come
goodbyes and general leave-takings.

It is well for the Director personally to inspect the Scouts before they
leave camp, that she may know in a general way their condition. This can
be done after they assemble and before the flag is lowered.

If arrangements are made with the counsellors to remain for a few days
after the Scouts leave, all working part of the time and pl