Show I CAMOUFLAGE F FAt AI HITS AUTO Velie Machine i Fig Tree by Ct Cie I Southern Artists I ANGL LOS ANGELES Se Sept Sept- Pt- Pt s i camouflage corps has played Important part In the work of lied armies and Its work ha haJ J effective and so thoroughly ir n that several corps of being organized In America occasion In France a strip miles long was successfully cc from German airmen for I means of a quantity of paint pain mense strip of canvas and th the the camouflage corps rj In Los Angeles a group p painters and artists are ac studying how best to conce conceal objects with a boat of paint a likely the tho government will Ica fea some of these men to serve J I American department of tarn camf when that division Is organized these are the staff of sc scene nell 1 employed by the Edwin H. H Flag I Ic fe company Headed by Mr these men have been spare moment with experiments colorations and have hav pUshed plashed some notable results One of the most successful ments In this line was made l las when the Velie Velle six owned J Flagg was so carefully camo that It could not be distinguish trees and shrubbery behind li i distance of yards It M The car was drawn up In fro small fig tree and other shrub I Long Beach boulevard Then r rI I direction of Arthur Hurtt artist the leaves branches and figs were reproduced In full tull c coli coh ll the sides of the car Other small shrubs were also paint on the car and taken of the result The photo which were taken at close rang rang the Velie very plainly but iron fron tance of yards it would uhf h very good eyes to drat dist the car from the surrounding A temporary paint was easily washed off and did not the handsome finish of the Yell VeIl the camouflaged ed Velie presen presen an unusual appearance that its has all allowed owed the paint to rema renia rema the car bedecked in fig leaves a decided sensation when It is through the downtown cl |