The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-08
by GLADYS KAYE RHINE


TOO old for THAR ~ no excuse
al ali for staying al home over week.
ends nowadays. You can come back
TO greet the mllkman or the office
manager on Monday without cold,
"a bad shoulder or even nour look.
You may have been miles into the
mountains. IN the wind. In the riin.
You may have been Lost for a day
and a night Rtin you can get back
smiling. There's a way.
The Caravan" tent n queen Of
the new portable canvas creations.
with It's square roof It's four walls
that spread az the base. rs light
door. lis window panes OF gauze. rs
"A miniature dwelling house. And
you can carry II IN q bundle under
your arm and use Il for d footstOol
In the back Of your niyyer. The
poles are collapsible steel meayy
enough. OF courscl. but easily carried
IN the smallest cor. There's room
IN the Caravan" for a double bed.
chairs-eyen stove and a table.
And, by the why, the new camp
bed has real springs. Is comfortably
wide. has a strong steel frame. You
can buy a pneumatic mattress 20 put
on u and sleep without a dream.
or you can have khaki.eovcred
felt mattress In three sections that's
fine. For my part. the common
army cot Of canvas and wood doesn't
seem bad at all. Even the ground
viii do with a good folded tarp. a fur
robe and one OF the new sleeping
bags. You can buy one that you
snap" yourself into. It's made Of
wool and down and covered with
sheer waterproof balloon silk. It's
equipped with stout spring-socket
fasteners along the sides.
Camp tables are Of many sorts. One
that rolls up TO the size Of an UNI.
brolla looks. when ready for use. ex.
actiy like a card table with a pania.
Eote top. stouter camp tables have
slat tops that respond. In packing.
Ike the Stats OF a roll-top desk. The
top rolls around the legs and frame.
There's an easy chair for trips that's
no harder 10 carry than a handful OF
kindling. II has arms. a comfortable
canvas back. and canvas seat on
cold and rainy trips you can cook
your meals under cover on a two.
plate gasoline stove that's as elm.
ply carried ~ suit box. The tank
unscrcws The draft screen makes
lid that closes tight over the top
Of the stove. Sit on II and you can't
harm II.
Then there's a way OF managing a
niyver trip and a night or two out
with just an nrmload or two u bag
gage. Have you seen PLAY Boy.
the Seattle.made tent that needs
no poles or frame or attaching 10 the
carr IL makes small four.walled
house big enough for two 10 sleep in,
and tall enough 10 stand in. The top
ia kept in position with rope fast
cned TO the limb OF tree. It's made
for a play tent for children at home
But how can a camper resist III
Wonderful lean.to tents there are
with flies to cover ones car. too, In
a storm. But they are heavy. A
hiker's tent has only short poles al
It's two ends. It's roofshaped. II
inches or so high at the foot. Ions
enough to stretch in. and high
enough at the head TO breathe in.
II were camping near a trou;
stream on a mountain and up for
breakfast at S. 10 want a wood fire
that could feel and see. too. A
camp grid" would be stove enough,
I'm sure. It's nothing but steel
fire frame on four hinged legs a
foot or more high. Room under /,
| for jolly blaze Of good-sized sticks
/ Place on top OF IL for a squatty cof
fee pot OF retinned steel. with moth.
ing about IL that can melt off
Room on II, too. for a whole family
OF pots and pans. There's space al
the side OF 1t for an amazing little
reflector oven that really bakes
It's made of bright aluminium. 4
pan for biscuits fits between two re.
! fleeing surfaces that help the fire
do its work, The oven is perfect
And when you are done with It. you
fold II up flat. as you do the grid
And IL you've planned 1t right and
bought nesting" set. the pots and
pans make just one handful, too.
Speaking OF nesting things. some.