The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-31
OUTFITS FOR CAMP RS.
Latest Contrivances For Their
Convenience and Comfort.
GREAT VARIETY NOW FOR SALE,


For Camping Out-LRtest In Cams
Cooking Utensils Are Cooking kit
of Aluminium.
As this Is the season for camping out
the following article Will be Of timely
interest to hunters, fishermen and
those who enjoy living out In the
woods
Camping out things have Of course
long been articles OF sale by the deal.
ers I'm sportsmen's goods, but there
never was time before when they
were offered IN such variety and Of
such perfect adaptabillty to their use
as now, says the New York sun. OF
tents there is great variety Of ali
kinds and styles and sizes for from
two men up, and If these tents are not
I'm stock the dealer makes any Of them
10 order within - hours. There are
camp stoves and cap ovens and various
camp cooking utensils Among the
new things in this line are the cooking
kits Of aluminium, which are wonders
Of llghtness and compactness. Such
kits are made of various sizes for from
two persons upward.
An aluminium cooking kit and camp
outfit for six persons occupies when
packed for transport a space little II
any greater than that taken up by any
ordinary water bucket. Such a kit
contains four pals nesting snugly to-
gether and each provided with a cover
and bail. There are IN the kit knives
aud forks ana spoons and cups and
plates and conecpot and frying pans
everything that could be- needed for the
convenience and comfort Of the camp
crs-and everything made 50 that 1t
will 90 inside the lnnermost Of the nest
Of pals. The frying pans are ngen.
iously contriycd to be used with a pole
handle. which Is cut mt the camp and
inserted IN the handle Of the frying
pan. so that the cook doesn't have TO
bend down over the fire I'm the smoke,
but can with his long handled frying
pan stand up straight and away from
the heat and manipulate the pan IN
comfort.
The hunter or fisherman who camps
out can of course build bed for him
self with crotched sticks and poles, or
be can make a bed Of boughs upon
which to spread his blankets, or he can
buy a sleeping outfit that can be made
ready for use I'm much less time than
he could build bed from natures ma
terlals and that would at the same
time give him I'm the midst Of nature
absolute luxury besides being when not
I'm use light and portable to n high de-
gree.
Folding camp beds have long been
made. but they are made nowadays
Lighter and 10 do up in completer form
than ever. one can buy n camp bed
very comfortable TO sleep on that will
do M for transportation into a light
bundle 3 feet long by G inches square.
II he wants something more comforta-
bic still he can buy an air mattress
which can be quickly Inflated and
which. debated, makes a roll 30 inches
In length by ) inches in diameter.
Sleeping bags, which not many years
ago were articles Of limited sale and
which. when used. were more likely to
be supplied by the guides, are nova
DAYS made In variety and sold in con
siderable numbers. They are lined
with furs Of various kinds or with
lambs wool or blankets, heavy or light,
sleeping bags being made for use In
any climate. Sleeping bags may be
costly or inexpensive, according to the
materials Of which they are made.
There are camp chairs Of various
kinds. old and new. and tables like
wise, all highly portable, a table for
four people, for example, being made
TO fold into a bundle feet long and
inches thick one way by the other. A
modern sort of contraptlon is n pocket
ax. a useful little implement that can
be dropped in n pocket or in ones boot
leg. The pocket Ak has piyoted guard
that can be closed down over its edge
as the handle Of a razor is closed over
its edge, this for the protection Of the
carrier and to protect the edge Itself.
When the AK Is used, the guard Is
thrown back on its pivot to shut into
the handle out Of the way, flush with
the handles surface.
There are -eOmpasses, of course, the
modern camp compass being put into
a nickel case like a watch case, most
convenient to carry and use. There are
waterproof matchboxes and so on.
The camper out can also get In the
sporting goods establishments food In
considerable variety, this being, like
the sportsmans camp equlpage, food
nut up I'm the cOmpactest form possible.
He can buy in cylindrical paper box
Of the size of a quart measure and very
light to carry, in the form Of a powder,
the yolks Of six dozen eggs. In a form
somewhat like that Of dynamite car
fridge. six inches I'm length by an inch
or an inch and 4 half I'm diameter, can
be bought In this highly condensed
form peas sufficient to make two or
three gallons Of pea soup. Potatoes
and other vegetables can be bought
condensed. In a box not much larger
than that of a penny box Of matches
are sold a dozen capsules Of beef ex-
tract so condensed that one of them
will make a quart Of bouillOn. There
are soups and other foods, highly con-
eentrated, put up in little blocks the
size Of yeast cakes that when prepared
will yield a meal, so that 1t Is quite
possible for the man who IS going
camping out to carry along in very lit
tie space food as well If he so desires
for supplies until he begins to get his
own or to guard against an emergency
or for ekIng out other supplies.