Arizona republican., 1918-06-16

Within the past three or four years there has been growing up among motor car owners what amounts to a cult, which we might call the fratern- ity of the motor gypsies. This simply means that an increasing number of motorists are discovering the de- lights of combining motoring with camping. The freedom from conven- tion that such a life brings, the op- portunity to travel as far and stay as long as one may happen to desire, satisfies the wanderlust that lies in each of us . But to be comfortable while camping is difficult unless one is an experienced camper and when the equipment must be carried by motor car, additional problems must be solved. A few words on motor camping and the equipment needed may be helpful to those who desire to enjoy this year, this most exhilerating of all sports.
 In the first place camping equip ment of all kinds must be carried in | the car or on a trailer There is | therefore, a limit to the weight that can be carried and the equipment must not be too bulky, as carrying space is definitely limited.
 The first consideration will bt sleeping quarters and here the manu- lecturers have done very well by the automobile camper. There is almost no limit to the variety of tents, etc. that are available. There are ordin- ary tents, made of balloon silk khaki and special fabrics, which oc- cupy little space when rolled up and may be erected in a very few min utes by means of special frames o1 steel rods.
 These will range in price from S1S ! to as high as one cares to pay. Spe- cial automobile tents, designed for at- | tachment to one side of the raised tor are on the market. In this way the | tent may be erected, the car used as a dressing room, after which thu tourists step down into the beds.
 There are a number of ingeniou: cots on the market, designed to bt stretched from the framework of thu ] top, so that the body of the car i: | converted into sleeping apartment Tn special instances car owners hav' had the seats of the vehicle so hinged l that they may be opened out to forn l very comfortable bed.
 Traiers for Tents
 Trailers are now offered so de signed that a tent is erected over tn l DOuN Ol NlllS eiuAliidls NCAiiNlC ehiAN NAA sides are let down to form singl | beds. This trailer equipment ha many advantages for the moto camper. at a cost running from les than S100 up to several hundred.
 With the shelter provided for tn next thought will be where to sleeI and a number of solutions of thi problem are available. There are tn folding camp cots, which are so mad as to fold and roll up into small com pass.
 The pneumatic bed is an admirabl thing to sleep on. It is simply rub Der mattress, which is blown up wit the tire pump and is truly more lux urious than your bed at home. Tn cost is on the average, somewhat les than $25.
 Special automobile beds. utilizin one of the running boards as tn head of the bed and firmly i'm planted stakes as the foot, are on tn market in many varieties. The moto camper may, in the matter of hi bed be as much of a sybarite as hi pocketbook will allow.
 With living accommodations pro vided for, the next thought will be tn method of providing food and tn first question here is cooking it. Cam kitchen kits are available in endles variety. There are stoves made ( sheets of cast-iron, which fold u when not in use into thin packae that takes up little room and weigh less. Yet the most elaborate cookin may be carried out on these cam stoves. even the baking of bread an roasting fowls. It is a good plan carry in addition toethe regular cam stove. which by the way burns woo an auxiliary in the shape of a spir or kerosene stove. These latter ma be had in a number of varieties an they are extremely practical, their u
 timate value appearing on the rain