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 done, the interior presenting a very restful and pleasing appearance in a shade of gray with window frames harmoniously contrasted. Drapery for the windows was furnished and two soldiers put it in place. A “Y” Secretary who visited the rooms soon after, said, “You people have a knack of always expressing beauty and art in everything you do, no matter how inexpensive it may be.”

At Camp Fremont, California, a beautiful building was also constructed by the Committee, costing $3045. It was of the bungalow type, in a setting of trees, and among other attractive features contained a great fireplace.

A large tent within Camp Hancock, Georgia, was the original center of Christian Science activities in that cantonment but later a very fine building was erected at a cost of $3265. This edifice looked much like the other camp buildings without, but its interior was most tasteful and comfortable. There was a large living room, adaptable either for reading or writing or for religious services. This opened into a smaller room used as a private office and in addition the resident workers had comfortable living quarters. Bright colored curtains at the windows, plants and flowers here and there, and a pretty vase or candlestick contributed the necessary home touches.

In Camp Wheeler, Georgia, the Government gave us the use of a building known to the boys as “the little cottage by the lake.” It was surrounded by a wide veranda and stood in a wooded patch on the edge of a little lake.

The building erected by the Committee at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, was the most commodious and expensive of all those owned by us. Merritt was