Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
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turned up full inch, SO that when filed
with live Goals they will not roll off.
Next to this a heavy iron pot with deep
iron cover like the pan. 1t is often called
quart tin pail for coffee, long granite
spoon. and tin dipper. surprising
amount of cooking can be accomplished
If 1t Is possible to have an oil stove
lighter ware will do equally well, but with
wood fires ironware is de rigeur,
Just enough china should be allowed for
each member of the party; also large and
small spoons forks and knives. Agate ware
is the lightest to carry and the easiest to
pack, and it may now be had In Dresden
finish which bears comparison with china.
If the camp is to be kept for number
of weeks it would be well to put up per-
manent table and to roof it over in such
way as to protect 1t from the storms; then
the comnissary department is entirely re-
moved from the living tent, which is an
advantage all around.
If kerosene can be procured, together with
several single lamp stoves, 1t will greatly
tighten the labor Of the campers Two one
moved from one part of the tent to an
other. If any member of the party has
sufficient ingenuity to construct an Inn
promptu Aladdin oven with butter firkin
or half barrel, 1t may be interesting TO
know that a single lamp stove gives out
quite as much heat as an ordinary lamp;
only the round tin tube called for must be
altered to accommodate the little stove.
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source of water supply, every drop that
Is used must be carried to the camp. If
close to a brook little bay may be dug at
the margin in which to sink and keep cool
the milk, butter and other perishable sup
plies, placing them in glass preserve jars
or tightly covered tin pals If ice Is pro-
curabl it should be kept in a barrel sunk
in the earth and well covered.
For baking dig hole in the ground to
the depth of the Dutch oven before men
toned, and about ten inches larger in di-
ameter. In this build up fire. and when
there is a good amount of hot Goals draw
them away from the center, set in the pot
with its contents and heap the Goals around
the sides and over the top. For slow,
continuous heat the top of the hole may
be covered with turf and left the required
number of hours. For biscuit or any quick
baking the first fire will suffice with Goals
on the cover, but it will be found much
better as soon as settled in camp to pre-
pare pit for the second fire, as disturbing
the Goals Is likely to spoil the regular fire
for general cooking.
The Mountain Camp
Offers vast scope for the exercise OF
artistic taste and ingenuity One million
aire has every alternate room in the main
cabin entirely open in the front to piazza
that connects all the parts of the irregu-
larly built building.
The chinks in the inner surface of the
green Hchens and MOSES of the Adron-
dacks held in place with cement. Navajo
and Iroquois India - blankets
make the floor and wall coverings and are
thrown over divans comfortably piled with
pillows covered with harmoniZing colors.
Indian arms and ornaments are tackled
upon the walls; rustic furniture of wealth
cred oak and hickory is disposed about the
rooms, with trophies of the chase hung
over a corner mantel built of stone with
great cedar log for mantel shelf.
Electric lights hang in East Indian lamps
and Indian baskets of Abenaki make form
convenient receptacles for reading matter
and odds and ends of various sorts.
Such furnishing gives the effect of rich
simplicity and comfort, is entirely har-
monious with the warm brown of the log
walls, the green ceiling of the fragrant
pine boughs which often canopy cabin
costliness OF the materials employed.
Practically quite as pleasing an effect can
be got with cheaper sorts of hickory fur
niture, East Indian cotton prints and
blankets and rustic ornaments chosen with
discrimination.
Cushions covered with colored plaid
mating are charming novelties for sum-
mer homes, while pieces of stamped
burnt leather are fashionable as covers for
chair seats and cushions, frequently held
in place with surcingle.
A beautiful wall treatment In a log
cabin living room is color scheme of dull
green and brown. The walls are covered
with extra heavy jute burlaps of cool
shade of green, and this is paneled in
squares by means of crosswise strips of
cedar bark about three or more inches wide.
great Modji mat of East Indian grass
In green tones is spread upon the polished
floor and the room Is furnished with the
beautiful and costly grass furniture made
of American prairie grasses from the far
northwest. The walls are decorated with
bright prints and photographs, which give
a touch of needed color to the forest-hued
room.
For cabin wall coverings the handsomest,
although not the most expensive, materials
are jute and ordinary burlaps in plain coll
ors, of which almost every tint may be OBJ
tanned. The favorites are natural hemp
and wood tints, green and deep reds. These
colors are also TO be had In denim, cotton
rep. cotton and linen taffetas and tickings,
either plain or figured.
Jute and taffeta wall coverings also have
elf-toned figures and stripes, which are
admirable for couch, swing cushion COW
ers.
One summer house mistress who did not
care to use cloth upon her walls simply
had light brown cartridge paper stretched
over the logs that formed the inner walls
OF her cabin and paneled 1t with strips of
silver birch. A big silver brentwood box
stood by open fireplace.