The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-25
FOR CAMPING N0VICES.
Beware Of the Old-Iimer Who Would
Advise You.
BE IS ABSURDLY NUMEROUS.
Csc Common Sense and DO Not Go bnrs
dencd Down or SO Lightly Laden
That You VIII
Freeze.

MOUNT DESERT July sO.--Aftcr you
have made UP your mlod fuly 10 go
camping and have spent an OF your spatt
time and most Of your vacation ihVney
In getting together what you iondly pc
lfcyc Is as complete and compact XII
~ camping utensils as can be round any
where. some friend-a veteran camper
himsolf-win come along. take one look
nj your outfit that Will blister the bottom
rient out OF your nice title basuhs pan
and command you 10 throw the whoie
thing away.
II thought you were going camping. q"
he will sheer. Il didn't know you IN
tended 10 open a department store out IN
the wilderness" -
Then you pick up your trim listle Oil
stove that You have spent four days ana
s. IN getting and he Will hold II at arm
length, so as not TO be coutamihateo ny
IL. and he VIII ask you why you didnJ
get blast furnace or hoiel range,
"The first time l went camping, ne say
10 YOU Il was fool enough 10 get one OF
those things myself / smashed IL Win
an axe the second time used H. would
Mt have one Of them now III they Haut
them in sterling silver They are an
right 10 look at. but when It comes TO
cooking anything on them, why they are
not as good as japanese lantern. Now
what you really want is one OF those
Dutch ovens. They can't he touched TOT
cooking anything you will shoot or eaten.
II were you ! would get It exchanged
before l started" .-...
GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST
after that you will begin TO be sus-
picious Of your trim little oil stove and
20 have about decided TO exchange H.
when your friend the veteran camper
turns himself loose on your carctuIy
selected bedding. In two minutes ne
nguratively has torn your blankets into
ribbons. he has punched all the SOFT
plumpness out OF your fat little pillow,
and he has wOoed you from the cot you
a. . N.Hfs. mn
inspect your layout. So he viii go
through all the list OF your purchases,
SCATTERING a tin pan one moment ana
wrecking a coffee pot the next.
II is best not TO pay too much attention
10 your friend the veteran camper. lie
is a necessary evil Of camping. and there
are lots OF him. II you give heed TO them
all you will either go upon your little
outing clad in wistful yearning smile
and an automatic reel. or else you will
start equipped for six years expedi-
lion with an army train in your wake
PUG DOGS NOT NECESSARY.
For a quiet two weeks vacation spent
under "a tent that is pitched out IN the
woods or by the banks of a lake or
stream. too great care cannot be taken
in the selection of your outfit. hut there
IS no wisdom in worrying yourself into
nervous prostratiOn over the advice your
friends who have been there before pour
into your ear. For example, II a man
=
pug dog in camp because his wife tried
II last year there IS little necessity for
YOU TO go around getting tho latest quo
tstions on pugs. Lots of kind-hearted
persons have been persuaded by their
wives 10 give their effete pugs a little
glimpse OF roughng IT, and they will
tell you with sobs and profanity that they
would rather chaperon farm full Of
fresh air fund Youngsters than one adult
pug dc He can unset more plans and
mike s. than a flock Of elephants.
The pug is one article of your equip
ment that should be left unanimously at
home.
IL will not he necessary for you either
10 SOW mint-julep bed in the front
yard Of your camping ground. Your
friends who are coming TO visit you over
Sunday viii Try earnestly 10 persuade
you 10. but YOU should resist them. There
arc plenty OF wild mint-julep beds wav-
Ing IN all parts Of the country. and IL
viii be good exercise for your friends
20 so out and harvest a little before