Evening star., 1905-08-20

generally regarded as being thoroughly sci
entlhc and up to date.
AS to hat you will, of course. launch out
on your trip with something more sensible
than straw sailor or crash cap. Let it be
a large brimmed felt of tan color from
which the leather sweatband has been re-
moved so that it will not blow off while
you are on the summit of Mount Washing
Ton or canoeing some Canadian rapids
rms hat when you get acquainted with it
VIII become so dear a treasure you will
preserve 1t as faithful friend. 1t will be
sunshade. umbrella, seat at noon, landing
net for your big fish and its brim. bent to
cup. will do admirably for a refreshing
draught from the wayside spring or noun
tain brook.
But your wet feet you say Never mind
them Colds, 1t has been demonstrated by
a hundred scientific experiments do not
come from wet feet nor draughts on the
pach OF your neck, nor going in swimming.
nor playing tennis on a windy day-but
from physical condition of the Individual
Wear heavy wooden Socks-heavy, you
observe-no matter what the calendar says
the month is Wear moccasins, oil tanned,
dark, thick and flexible, nearly waterproof
the gift of the North American Indian who
never knew what either a cold or con-
sumption was until the white man made
MS acquaintance. The mOcCaSn is the cor
rect shoe for all outings away from the
stone pavements 1t permits you to be as
nearly barefooted as grown-ups are;
1t will get your feet back into a little of
cramps from your little toes and furnish
you most remarkable illustration of how
much of the apes grasping instinct lies
dormant in the foot you persistentlv box
up in stiff leather fastened with steel nails
Fair warning, however. The moccasin
will hurt your feet as they say at first
So do the trick an Indian showed me once
when at the beginning of a long canoe
cruise l complained of stone bruises on my
not yet hardened feet. He cut inner soles
of thick birch bark and on we journeyed.
May be you cannot really get along with
out heel to your shoe l have known a
few folks who could not. Then wear shoes
of large enough size to take the heavy
socks and treat your shoes to compound
of sweet oil, mutton tallow and little bees
wax melted up and applied while warm
not hot This will furnish you with shoe
as nearly waterproof as any shoe can be
made. The preparation is excellent, by the
way, for moccasins, hunting shoes and any
leather exposed to the weather. So much
for your travelling outfit proper
Now as to clothing The union suit is the
only thing for the athletic man or woman
anywhere. Yet there are times when you
will want extra thickness over the body or
legs, so carry suit of the regular style
Two thin garments will be found as warm
as one thick one as heavy as the two thin
ones combined. We have not time to rea-
son that out here, but you may accept Ii
without question.
Flannel shirts are the correct thing, and
old, though not worn out, wooden clothing
since the woods life is hard on clothing
and you may not want to be compelled to
back your way out of every gathering
until some cloth can be had for a patch on
the bosom of your trousers. A coat made
of the famous Pontiac or Loden wooden
cloth will be found far better than any
sweater for warmth, and such a coat will
resist rain a long time.
The customary method of rigging yourself
in the real woods life is to wrap the lower
part of your long trousers around your legs
and draw over them your heavy wooden
seeks This furnishes you with a snug
clean, foot equipment which will not catch
on brush and which is far more comfortable
for walking. Plenty of dark colored hand
kerchiefs OF the old bandanna style should
be taken, and, Ii you wish, one celluloid or
rubber collar for the Saturday night in
some town you may visit along the way.
Whether you are going far into the wilds
or only to some civilized camp there are a
few things you should be sure to carry with
you. One is good waterproof matchbox.
The marble metal match box is such a one
1t has no detachable parts to get lost is
light and has striker on the side. The
Abercrombie rubber match box is another
excellent pattern. which can be changed
into a most ingenious salt shaker by the
addition of a little perforated rubber wash
er. Matches should be invariably carried
Oh every outing, in wild country no matter
how short that outing may be, and 1t is
clear that damp. useless matches may some
day come very close to precipitating a
tragedy.
A good sheath knife is another essential.
With it you can do almost anything in the
way of obtaining shelter and fuel Many
good knives to pattern and construction
are now on the market, but perhaps the
hest of the lot iS % lnt
made in four sizes. with laminated leather
or genuine buckhorn handle and having a
ts ng running clear through the handle.
A good compass should be part and parcel
OF every outing kit. And the bad habit
which so many compasses have Of remain
ing behind on some log or stone where you
lunched, miles away, Impressed itself
upon one experienced sportsman that he de-
Vised compass with a sort of safety pin
attachment. This compass is fastened to
the shirt and requires no further attention
being in convenient position for reading at
any time. This ingenious patent is the
property of w. l.. Marble the maker and
seller of the compass. These various i'm
plements are mentioned, 1t may be wise to
state because they are leaders and in some
cases the only things in their line.
good map should be in the pocket or
kEapsack of every man who goes camping
Nothing better than those furnished by the
United States geological survey, Washing
ton can be had. They sell for five cents a
sheet and show towns rivers, roads, trails
elevation and everything one would care to
know. In case Wild unsurveyed country is
visited, the local railroad company or, in
Canada, the government itself should be
written to for maps.
Getting lost in the woods is the expert
ence of almost every novice. Generally 1t
turns out humorously, but sometimes the
daily press runs reports for days of the
effcrts to find lost parties.
The ease with which one can become lost
in comparatively well-known country is
amazing to the uniformed. The writer
knows of one case where an unusually in
telligent New York sportsman foundered
around in Maine bog for three days, all
the time within two hours walk of his
camp. and never having had the presence of
mind to discharge his gun three times, the
customary signal Of distress in tie woods.
Lost folk generally travel in circle ana