Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-20
OUT FOR A CAMPING TRIP
Wings to Put in the Pack and Others
TO Keep in Mind.
SOME DOETs WORTH NEEDING
Pine Collection 90 suEEestions CaIeu-
lated 20 Make an Informal
Outing one Of the Best
Ever.


Don't be a square peg IN a round hole.
Go To- a place you like aud Do the thnEs
YOU enjoy. For example. II you do not
care for boating and bathing don't 60
where they are the principal amlss-1ents
n n.t-H you love the intormauty %
4 mp life-try % be happy a. a fashionable
/ miner resort where three toilets a day
y are the proper thing on the other hand
II you ike elaborate meals and resort gay
ETY. don't go camping
Don't forget THAI most camping parties
are overloaded with superCuitlss. Use
common sense and have your outfit TT tie
trip Even II you 20 into camp by wagon.
60 light. II by boat go lighter. Il on foot
60 lighter
Don't forget that outdoor life viii give
you a hearty appetite and don't forget 20
do enough actual work 70 correspond with
your heavier meals Work hard enoug. %
.-Fweat freely at least once day
Don't forget your medicine chest contain
ing simple remedies that your doctor vin
suggest. Change of water and food and
habits viii probably upset your system
more or less.
Don't take women and children out in
a sailboat-unless YOU are an expert and
are familiar with the boat and TIE water.
Every Iandlubber seems TO think himself
a heaven born sailor. he is worse than
the man who diIa.t know it was loaded.
Don't try to combine boating ard bathing
Trey are more ENJOYABLE as separate sports
and a boating costume makes a poor bath
ing costume.
Don't pun q gun ont OF "a boat or through
a fence by the nuzzIe. don't carry il so
that il points in the direction Of a com
panion. don't neglect % carry f. safe;
don't shoot az a moving object IN TIE
woods just because IL is moving.
Don't pick Wild flowers that YOU cannot
use. just because they are beautiful and
please your taste. Take your pleasure
from them and leave them TO give pleasure
TO someone else
Don't be a game hog. Don't take more
fish than you can use Don't Kill for the
sake Of killing. Don't wantonly defacs the
fair face Of nature. Be a gentleman. Be
a sportsman.
Don't give up and assume that the fish
not bite just because they do not take
the bats and lures you provide. They
may not ike either the bait your lime
Of offering il. study the water and the
fish. II they are there they must feed on
something during the twenty-four hours.
Find out what that something is and when
they eat it-and they are yours.
Don't forget that any gun viii carry
farther than you think II will. especially
- r-sre is a human being in front Of H.
4 -on't carry an expensive watch into the
t01ds. Nothing VIII happen 10 a cheap
bus
! Don't sleep on the dry ground
Don't forget 10 put out your tire upon
leaving camp.
Don be a didn t-know-it- was-Ioaded
fool.
Don't neglect to keep dry kindIing in your
tent Always know just where you can lay
hand on some birch bark.
Don't pollute running stream or live
water
Don't let the camp get dirty and breeo
a plague Of flies. Don't neglect 10 burn
all the garbage that can be burned and
to bury what you cant burn.
Don't forget thar the two stars in the
outer rim Of the Dipper Great Bear point
directly TO the North star and the north.
Don't start off blindly II you get lost.
Sit still until you recover from your panic
and are sane again.
Don't forget to be mighty careful how
you handle your rod IN bait casting from
a boat spinner with gang hooks is
Nsomething you don't want to use on your
bCaLInan or companion.
Don't take eatables into the camp in
glass bottles. Pry-up Tin cans are handy
and will not break. Things with square
corners are nuisances; avoid them as
far as possible
II you carry a belt knife be certain
that it viii not fall out OF the sheath when
the sheath is upside down, or you are sure
TO lose IL. A long, ught-fitting sheath will
do the trick.
Don't start out on an outing with a pair
OF new shoes not yet broken in. You will
find a change OF footgear luxury when
2iing IN camp.
DON'T forget that while company stores
" in common. you should have your OWE
personal outnt
Dnt leave at home your toothbrush and
Their toilet articles. Don't neglect YOU
teeth and hands Just because you are ir
the wilds
Don't forget that brandy is the best
quick-acting stimulant IN an emergency
Otherwise coffee Is a better stimulant THAI
(Lquor.
4 Don't forget TO take an extra pair OF
spectacles. II you wear them. EpectacIes
are better than eyeglasses II your ewes
are sensitive 20 light take coiored glasses
Goggles are better rhan colored glasses.
Don't Try 20 do your cooking over
RaAesrg fire. Have a camp fire and a cooking
stove. The camp fire is a big, blazing fir,
for jollity and warmth. the cooking fir
IL a small FIRE OF live Goals for cooking
Don't pitch your camp in damp place
or where the sun cannot get al II 10
several hours IN the day. morning pre-
ferred. Don't neglect 70 air your cIothin,
and bedding daily IN the sunlight
Don't Try 10 sleep without a pillow; yo
are too civilized. Almost anything soft VII
serve the purpose. but you Viii be mIssr
able without some substitute for your bal
Of feathers
Don't go in bathing on a fun stomach
for the cramps viii catch you II you don
watch out And don't plunge INTO col
water when overheated- And don't stay Fl
the water after your teeth have begun Z
chatter.
Don't eat when utterly exhausted or over
heated or when in clothing wet with Per
spiraion- Food Is poison m such circum
stances. and you are tempting death. Gs
rested. ana cool, and dry, then eat you
Oh
Don't III up or any kind OF water ever
tine you come 10 H. Rinse out your mout
and take q swallow. drink freely when 20
come 70 water that you know Is good