Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-10

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: McComb, in Harper's Bazaar
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The Woman Camper,
| Needless TO say that camping woman
must not give much thoughT 10 the a.
| ,SaH9tieS OF the toiiet-cOld creams. and
! 'he Ike. She would better bend her
energies 10 the selection of small but
| complete outhJ OF kitchen and cooking
| utensils and good stock OF drv gro-
ceFieN' Special tins and frying pans are
!!uaue Tor these purposeS-tins that bit one
lHip the other. and pans that fold over:
C"Hte potS with special SpoutS. and So
On. hese details will be simple enough
| i"f uie feminine mind. \ woman will
ne Tess likely to remember the hunting
| hilIe, 10 be slipped into one Of the pock-
els Il waterproof matChSafe and com
| pass, his last is particularly useful
| should one he lost in the woods. Always
| carry these three articles with YOU
Wherever you go. You can then make "A
| Hre III an emergency. and eventually re-
trace your steps To camp. A bit of soft
solder tor mending the cooking utensils
- uSeiul and occupies little space. y
| bai LOT tWine, a small saw. and if you
! are true naturelOver. Il magnifying
glass should also be included. Such use
ini articles as needles, thread aud but
| IONS women generally remember. 1t is
useless to take postage stamps pen and
| INK. Limit your correspondence to pos
tai cards, and use only a pencil. Rain
cannot hurt that. Your watch also may
safely be left at home. The hour of the
| day doesn't matter much in the heart of
the woods. The sun is more satisfac,
tory timepiece when one gets down to
! first principles. a compact medicine
chest designed for tent life may be add
ed 10 the outfit.
Having selected your spot. which. as
every woman knows by instinct. should
never be in dense woods but rather in
an open space where the sun may freely
| shine. the next thing in order is to I'M
pack your wangau and pitch your tent.
Here are directions given by camper
ot experience, Assuming that you have
a good tent of khaki cloth. with a double
fly, you must cut four poles unless You
| have brought them with yOm seventeen
feet III length also one of twenty feet
| open out your tent. and run through its
top the long pole and a rope fifty feet
long Take two of the shorter poles. tie
them together with MARINE Irvine two
feet from the ends, and tie the remain
ing two in the same way, These sets of
poles support the two ends of the twenty
foot pole. Now, 10y means of them,
| ldiSF Sbui IouS pDle anu the tent lying
| the rope to short stakes driven into the
ground ten feet in front and ten in back
OF the tent. Now spread your poles out
at the bottom until the tent touches the
ground, ready to be pegged down. You
will note that this method does away
with the pole at the entrance of the
tent-always a great nuisance. Wher-
ever the tent says, pull in the cross poles
at the bottom, and it will again stand
erect and firm.
While You and your boon companion
have been busy pitching camp. some
others of the party have made a CHEEKY
tlre. This is not always easy to do if
the wood is wet from a storm. Some
times the only alternative is to chop into
the heart of log, preferably of cedar.
III order to get something dry enough
to start blaze. Shavings of it must he
used at the outset, placed under the
raised logs. For a quick fire. dry brush
OF birch and cedar is excellent, but for
an all night fire you must have hard
wood. Be sure and keep a plentiful
supply of wood with you at all times.
protected as much as possible from mois-
! ture.
II you have put pockets into your tent
before leaving home, you can easily ar
range your domestic affairs at this June
Iure, while the fire is blazing and the
Kettle singing. Nails driven into the poles
ana tea pot may be turned bottom ull-
i ward on poles outside the tent and the
| TN and other dishes may be neatly ar
! ranged on logs, covered on rainy days
! with black oil cloth. Inside the tent You
| may make impromptu shelves by driving
into the ground four short stakes, two
! at each end of your tent. Bind cross
! pieces al both ends of the stakes. with
| Irvine and lay even saplings across for
! shelves. Longer poles, with nails driven
! III. serve nicely for clothes trees You
! may add two other crotched sticks n
good distance apart, at the other side of
! the tent, laying across them long pole
! Over this you can throw . great many
! garments If you have brought a floor
! cloth, it is now spread out, Your dining
| table. made after the fashion of the
! shelves inside. is best placed under the
awning in front of the tent which the
| double fly provides. Seats may be
! placed both sides of the table 4 Lam
tern hangs from the center pole.
An excellent way to heat camp on
rainy days or chilly nights is to put
number of stones in your camp fire. and
| when they are very hot place them in a
| large kettle. Turn the kettle upside
! down jim the corner of the tent. and YOU
will soon be rewarded by gentle
warmth. HenGw as often as you like
with stones fresh from the FIRE
There is one caution which every one
who camps should heed and that is TO
keep everything neat and in order both
| in and around the camp. a disorderly,
dirty camp is too uncomfortable for
words Hang your cooking things where
| they belong after using, bury or burn all
garbage. and never throw things away
into the near by bushes or the lake
| Woman's Home Companion.
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Walking Trips in the Autumn
Walking trips, so termed, are being
planned for September and October by
many of the young married people
known in society. But such a trip is
by no means as economical as the name
suggests, for in the rear, or else foraging
ahead, is a motor or possibly two. as the
schedule demands. In addition to the lug
gage, provisions must be carried for use
when travelling through isolated places
Besides these second honeymoon
trips" as they are called by the younger
couples. several large parties have been
formed, and servants are to be taken
along. as well as the chauffeur, for the
picnicking side does not appear to the
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