| Show pi f s J af poll of P CHOICE BITS as fT fir N 0 n a n WISDOM how women may dispense with mans help and still fully benjoya little rough life camping out in the wilderness to spend a night out under the stars artara with the breeze softly fanning ones cheek check and natures whispering whispering in the ear car that Is the ambition ambit loi or of every healthy young girl who has is never had the th experience and flip delight of all those who he know u what hat such fluch a lito life IS yet it Is rare that young women have the opportunity to go camping and really live in the wilder acsa ncsa so men sometimes take their wives with willi them into the wilds of the forest but the daughters are usually left in care of some doting saint aunt NIEN NOT NEEDED this summer with the war taking away so many mn men to light fight and detaining the rest at their desks and offices for economys sake women gomen have taken tho th matter of summer am amusement use and recuperation even more than usually into their own on hands and they have discovered that by judicious management it Is possible for them to camp out without lt hout the help of their husbands and brothers As AB a rule they do not po go very far from home or at any rate rat they take pains to deflect a spot which Is near some omo farmhouse or civilized protection when uben it Is necessary SMALL BOYS IN DEMAND one party pany that has baa just started to a place beside a stream whre where there Is said to be good con consists sistA of four girls girl and the mothers of two of them v with I 1 t h t two in 0 poor r boys y s about 0 u 15 years 3 0 old I 1 d who N were nere willing filing bigo to eaf go for tofa the aaa reb fun of if c 1 at t the h e expense x p A of s 1 y eno E el no the hoya boys were thought to hp be needed to put up the tent carry water and attend to such puch details of rough life as tho the eli gills la could not or would not do I 1 NECESSARY BAGGAGE their bagg kapeac agre velch aich they they took with them on the wagon consisted of a tent eight blan blankets keta and three hammocks with ith apt kettle tie frying fra I 1 ng ran pan coffee pot mhd big spoon for cooking ut eraiN and H n hat hatchet bet and a 11 mall sickle for culli cutting a 9 ution and ar eraas ass Alk MAKING KING A SMUDGE to the uninitiated it may SOLM sem tr anc that ihrl they should want in an tin implement for mowing the grass but one days expel lenco lence will prove that it to in indispensable dispensable it la in impossible to be comfortable any anywhere here v with ith au sorts aorta of carnivorous insects inflects MR alling one from every direction and the only thing which aloida q any protection from the pesta 14 1 4 a smudge e mosquitoes are alitt n 3 less ea numerous in ill august thrill than in july but there are still enough of 0 them hen to spoil camp life for those who do not know kow to drive them the m away CL a Y nothing makes a better belter ac than wet wel grass or hay and heie aci Is abere w here the sickle comm comes ITIL in on one e 0 of f the first things to do upon at ai rivin riving at ones lids dwig dinati n Is to cut a nice pile 0 of grass and dampen lt it I 1 ft f the weather Is Is very dry othera the d dews two c can an be trusted to furnish sufficient i to make a good A piece of paper or OP some dr dry y hay Is necessary to light the smudge after which the wet hay should be piled over the blaze until it la is nearly extinguished leaving only the volumes of smoke to burst burnt through and nearly choke the girl who is in tending the smudge for it has to be watched and fed with fill more hay the moment the blaak t hows symptoms lymp toms of coming through this will nill drive away most of the th and the th pennyroyal or tar la dope which the girl have brought along should do the rest rel tim THE cooL COOKING rire meanwhile two girls are feathering fra arewood with one of tile the bos lm an and I 1 alke hatchet haic liet to help there are arc always plenty oadry of dry branches and I 1 to bf be found if one on marches arches find and two girls can easily collect enouf enough to 11 last t all day igloe the next thing to bf be done don Is to send one of the boys with the hatchet to cut I 1 two forked sticks slicks and one straight one each about throe three feet lony to ti make the fireplace three good sted sl bcd stones with I 1 flat topi for be found useful to help make EL a good lire fire are an placed several inches apart m alth ith one at the bock back lofving a place in front to light the fire the paper or dry grass grasp and loaves leaves with some telga are laid between I 1 t the he s fatona t ones for kindling and the larger arger branches are piled above resting on the stones so as not to out the blaze before bufore it seta gets well started A forked stick has haa been driven into the ground on each side ald of the fire and the straight one laid across resting g in the crotch and now it la 18 time to put on the v ater u i aich has ben been br brought light from a nearby spring by one 0 of r the ohp boys boyn jf if there la Is no nearby spring tile the projectors of the scheme have mada mistake in selecting the place to camp tor for good ROO water Is 14 one of the first consider ationo agloni tile the straight stick slick Is slipped the handle of oc the kettle and cretu returned reed to its ita resting place in the forked sticks and alth the fire blazing beneath it the water 14 I 1 soon merrily boiling the potatoes or the th corn which have been provided for dinner the coffeepot may be ne set on the flit flat stones after the tire lias is subsided ailing an hat or 1 it 1 iq q a real camping coffeepot bf I 1 i with wit a b ball a i 1 it may bp be hung beside the kettle and whan it bolls bolla over Rs aa it aldays does no m matter after how bow carefully it may be watched hatched two girls will voll rush to the rescue seize the straight stick it at each end and cr carefully irefully litt lift it oft off the fire kettle and all it MAN SCORNS A KETTLE there are those who regard EL a kettle os as a superfluous luxury man usually reg girds such an implement scorn acorn and nou on thai potatoes and corn enan both be r apted jn in the ash aahl and a 11 kotti is a R encumbrance hilt hill can do more with a kettle theall with a campfire and were sho pho dependent upon the liot hot ashes find and I 1 om em hers which are arc the product ot of burning great logs log she ahe would wait a L long is ifs time for ht her dinner A kettle of water on the contrary will bubble joyously over the ahn most little apology ft for a blaze and the woman who to book lit in the open will take tier her kettle along alon and save eve her bet temper A large tin bucket will also bo be found cry up ulle tul ful for water while title the kettle Is in use and tor for carrying milk from the farm house that Is nearest the dillies should be tin or aluminum it one poes goes very el y far from home but it Is possible to carry eight porcelain cups and plated in a backet if one objects to the metal flavor it Is a good plan to pack groceries and the like lit in a I 1 lare arl tin boiler as this enn can be covered tight and kept tree free from insects and damp nes eg CPS SLEEPING NG quarters QU AnTEnS ono always expects to slumber on spruce boughs nhen camping in the tha eldwood and to obtain these the boy 4 and the hatchet are dry grass pra sa and some bundles of baa hu fetched from tho the farmers farm pra haymow will R ill be found noce sary auppl ments to tile row few sc scrawny rany branches that it ii 19 usually possible to obtain very near to these with the blanke ts and the he bam hammock mocks fl will bt be found duill bently comtoi able for girls aho ho have really done their share of the days work I 1 have purposely neglected to klap any advice about putting orth orthe the tent as everyone alio ho goell oos camping Is ih hooded with nith about loosening the pegs nes to oark lark t the rope nhen ten it rains derauso lm ruc rope phi anki alien it in wel wei about putting it on ft a bit of gigging ground so as not to be flooded in bet et w weather flea t h er and lin d a hundred adred other cra 0 of u useful s e 1 knowledge n g TILE THE NETTING CANOPY the girl v m ho he essa s to sleep la a hammock under tho lh crees a hlll ill find age ha suit self very much annoyed oy ely and lor for this the iturea has provided an exe flent diw vig sy dy in a tile 1119 shapo shape ut of a mosquito fetu canopy such ILS as Is 13 common in for or aping over beds abo e Calk fill wit will told fold so BO gio to occupy very lieth SP space e and are extremely popular wita campers pera this season of ef f them have been sent to thi the front to iii allu soldiers i to their infinite reillac and cor coo lot 1011 L the may bo be hung to un EM branch of oc IL tree u 1111 the Th etting fill illing down about the hanig nock ligi ill di an ai ri whether L below tin a siring it II will alho oe found useful by day waft vb tile hamnio ha manock ck girl takes her I 1 ilon and buries burac s hensell in a giol 1 tory mory mosquitoes do annoy eveah avea ta broad CAMP IN VACANT HOUSE instead of 0 actually camping ort wilk 8 a tent lent a parly of school in wa I 1 taken possession or of a vacant housah hoa b a small S luengene plies files of hay bay liot bart I 1 I 1 ben ell spread in the corners of the ro mooci and here the girls find ifa I 1 exposed to li the elements and ithac chaji ju it a ten benl L tots Is done to wt n expense ex as the rent in s practically bigia in faff find and by doing their own awk they hey can spend their alic lr vacation in att W cour country gEry at al very small cost coal for fer to cook by a compi lre hut but juitt secured an old stoe for nsf on oil ralef daya all in all it I 1 a most re remar effig a lulf how much a purly party of g garl ni take to have a g sw 0 e time a d 1 hot t you much h tun fun they manage to get gel lit of 0 P ft in SPI te of and e of 01 the 12 1 conveniences conven lenee attendant upon it ANNIE WOODS copyright IW by bv the att L crary und N defining a flirt flirl what ls ID a flirta flirt asked a aked the th amai be boy A flirt replied piled the 11 id 1 bac bactal tIl Is a pretty woman hut blit ahat hat kind hind of a pretty persisted the small her boy any kind of nt a pretty woman lff the old bachelor well bow must she b br I 1 youngster ster insisted youngster YounK oh pretty enough I 1 tc he have a EMIL 1 I to flirt returned the 0 old id bacill baci ile I 1 ml irritably sj anil and still the boy was wai not but as he be grows older olde rhe he hilll ill gladd stand it better chicago post poat |
