Petticoat Camp

Several young married couples, all intimate friends, decide that it would be fun to have a camp of their own for the summer. One of the party discovers an ideal little island, they lease it, and joyfully proceed there. The men are thoroughly happy. They arise early, eat enormous breakfasts, and then go fishing and hunting. Finally the wives begin to ask themselves where they come in. "It is a picnic for the boys," remarks one woman, addressing the others, "We do the cooking, the washing and the general housework." Finally they agree that the best thing for them to do is to institute a lock out. That evening when the husbands return, there are no wives or supper to greet them, Just a note informing them that their "ex-slaves" have taken up a camp for themselves on the next island. It strikes the husbands as a good joke, that is, it does until they sit down to a frightfully prepared supper, then they see the sorrow of it. One of the husbands has an idea and the others cheer as they adopt