Evening star., 1923-07-13

a cooling lotion is required for per
son with a headache, it is well to
remember the value of milk and
methylated spirits. MIN the Two III
gradients in equal parts and then
soak a cloth in the solution; After
the persons head. The evaporation
of the spirits will produce an intense
cold which is almost as effective as
when ice is used.
II the Children Wander Away.
When children are taken INTO the
country, 1t is not unusual to hnd that
one of them has wandered out or
sight. A good deal OF time may De
spent in SEARCHING for the lost one
and much anxiety experienced for the
safety of the child. Much trouble
may be avoided it, upon starting out:
each child is provided with shrill
whistle and told IL lost to stand still
and blow hard. Impress upon the
children the importance of remaining
in the same spot until they are found.
II You Go Camping.
A cheap camp stove-lncluded
among the necessary articles in one
campers outfit last summer was an
old wash boiler with big hole
chopped through one side of the bot
tom. When the party stopped for
lunch they laid the boiler on it's side
and built their fire In it, Although
the smoke did not all find it's way
through the hole in the bottom. there
were at least two sides OF the hre
which were comparatively smokeless.
while the upper side of the boiler
furnished fiat and reasonably firm
surface on which to place the frying
pan and COffeepot.
Cooking fish without pant Is
very annoying to have fine fish for
the camp dinner and no fryingpan to
Il II
sound and those of Alaska employ
method of broiling fish that is very
effective and yet SO simple that any
one can follow il. First of all, they
split the fish from head to tail and
clean it, Then they cut a green stake
about an inch or an inch and half
in diameter and sharpen one end of il.
They split the stake far enough down
to hold the fish upright in the cleft
and bind the stake for a small space
a the bottom to keep it from split
ting all the way. They keep the fish
fiat by inserting two or three skewers
croSswise to the stake. All that re-
mains to do is to thrust the stake
into the ground at an angle that
allows it to lean with the fish little
over the fire.
DO Not Disappoint the Children.
If it rains. and you have planned a
picnic for the children, do not dis
appoint them. but have picnic in
doors. ore mother solved the prob
lem satisfactorily. BY telephone or
in other ways she reached all those
who were to have made up the origi
nal party and asked them to call at
about half-past ,. Including her own
children, there were nine In all. Be
fore the guests began to. arrive the
mother had bought some inexpensive
blank books. covered them with
bright green paper muslin and print
ed Our Picnic" in letters of red and
white on the cover of each. At the
beginning of the picnic each child
received a picnic book. The little
guests drew up chairs round the large
table in the living room, on which
was a large box filled with post cards,
advertisements. Illustrations from
hack numbers of magazines and other
kinds of pictorial matter. There were
also L3ttles of mucilage and several
pairs of scissors.
The first point to be decided. IL was
explained. was the place for the pic
mic. After some discussion a trip TO
the country was agreed upon by the
children. Each child was then told
to search the picture pages for some
country scene. When this was found
each child cut it out neatly and past
ed ii on his or her blank book cover
just below the title. The children
were then told to choose the convey
tUte III HlCH cdtn WOulu ike 10 go
and to look through the box for a
picture of it. The choice ranged from
a donkey to rowboat and from a
motor car to the swan chariot of
'Lohengrin." Each child pasted the
chosen conveyance on the first inside
page of his or her picnic book
Next the children decided what To
take with them. such as tents, ham
mocks, baskets. boxes and food. Each
one had a different idea as to what
they wanted to eat. The pictures of
the supplies covered many pages and
the children seemed never to tire of
hunting for them. Later they hunted
for interesting things to be seen on
the way or after reaching the picnic
grounds. About o'clock came the
great event of the afternoon-namely
picnic basket filled with real sand
Wiches. cookies. apples and other
fruit, and with a big bottle of cold
lemonade tucked away in one corner
A cloth was spread on the carpet and
all the children sat round it In picnic
fashion to enjoy the feast.