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Show Expert Pathfinder Gives Outing Equipment Advice What You May Not Carry Isn't Much, but What You Must Take Along Is Considerable, Pack Mule Feels Offended at Slighting Omission of Reference to Him ,,T the spr ng everyone s fancy I Ivobody ever said that but it s I a fact Also when he got that far with it he quit He had to not becau e of the clubfooted meter Nobodv ever tr pped over so trivial a thing But no sentence could be bu It strong enough to carry all that he had n m nd In general the idea embraced the out of doors not the kind that is coaxed into a sleep ng porch but rath er the sort that sticks str ctly to the open and is mostly discovered anew ev erv spr ngt me This br ngs the subject down to the questions ot when a golf cap is in style and when a sk rt s not a skirt To a o d suffragette d sturbance, let the skirt be g ven precedence D vided t remained a sk rt. B t bv means of a new arch tailor cal device the Bee ticais result ng from the bifurcation may now be buttoned into pantaloon legs The effect is a long str do from the hob ble skirt to say The m rumuni accent on the mum ' About Cap and Gown Of course a golf cap is in style in the cow pool or mounta n billiard season The question, then is rather how and not when and the how is with a single piece cro vn th s ear The seams must go That is final and minor questions of outing styles may bo con sidered now In tramping and camping su ts for both men and women khak s still m favor, though a middy jacket of corduroy is expected to prove popu lar with fair explorers of woodland crvpts and winlswept spaces It goes with a skirt of the same matenal said skirt to be fitted with new improvements calculated to bel e its name For both men and women the nor folk jacket of khaki s expected to con tixiue in favor One negligible feature of all ontmg clothing for both men and women s to be the fit In contrast to the rule that only coltbes of ordinary and Sunday wear mut set well outing clothes must fit well espec ally those des gned for tramping nding camping lounging and fishing In nd lng trousers the side-pocket bow window effect will continue popular how, as to Trousers The patched in advance trousers are expected to rind favor with men who go m for utility This is not meant to give the impression that all of the patches are in front but rather that all sections of the trousers that are ever, subject to wear and tear are reinforced. That is they are of double thickness Shoes will be worn again this season, strange to say The favorite walking shoe is of some sort of leather marked Russian calfskin. For those who en joy the diversion of stopping in the shade )f a sagebrush to rest and swear the low cut shoe is recommended This gives opportunity for carrying on a dig ital flirtation with the pebbles that have hurdled over the low sides into cloe contaet with one s feet In this game, the index finger is inserted into the shoe just below the ankle joint and worked along until the end of it touches the pebble and movee it to a less sore spot Tiring of the pastime, the tramp er can take off the shoe and throw out the boulders resting secure n the aa-curance aa-curance that there will be more of tbem before he has gone far upon his way 'Seven League Boots" The shoe of nsual length tops has the advantage of being sensible and serviceable Its disadvantage is tbat it is ord nary In much more favor s the high laeed boot It combines the advantages of appearance and a Turk ish foot Datb Iso t enhances the exercise of tramping to the nth power per mile Of much importance to the camper and tramper is the question of equip ment. Above all things, he should have a compass One cannot become thoroughly lost withont the assistance of this indespensable little pilot W th out a compass the tramper is very apt to take the easiest road down some canyon and so arrive at a town or hamlet at the n outh of the canyon But with a compass to guide h m he w 11 strike gr mly across mountain and canyon toward where he easily f gures camp is and thereby will ga n much exercise and geograph cal exper ence Also he should carry a canteen that he may be prepired to take lon h kes between water ng places on each s de of h s tra 1 and make dry camps A newly invented subst tute for the old metal canteen s the canvas water bag It doesn t leak part cularly but the water gradually percolates through the bag so that the exterior s kept damp and the water ns de is cooled by the evaporat on from tl e surface The bag should be hung on the tramper a back a rubber or shelac coated shirt having been prov ded to protect h m fron the ooz ng dampness should he f nd it object onable Oh, Never Mind Weight' Of course the camper or tramper should carry at least one gun It should be heavy and of large cal ber with, suff cient carrying power to enable h m to shoot back to town from h s most d stant point of travel that those who stay home mav know he s out. H s cook ng kit sho Id be of the telescope pattern overything f tting into eyery th ng else so that as much weight as poss ble may be crowded into small space Th s is especially des rable where the k t s included in a pack to be car r ed by the tramper The equ pment should be devo 1 of nothing that is advert sed as indespensable to the camp er He should have a bowie knife an axlet a pa r of b noculars an elec tnc flash lamp a match safe a wh stle a deck of cards for playing sobtaire a qu 11 toothpick a pedometer a can era, numberless rolls of film fishing tackle a belt of cartr dges for bis gun soap towels mirror comb brush washbasin shaving outfit and sleepin" bag The ba? should have a pneumatic mattress and he should carr a bic cle pump for inflating it Some Pneumatic Pleasures In us ng the pneumat e mattress the most favored method is to go to bed flrt and inflate he mattress afterward therebv fitting the inflation to the con tour of the bodv and insunng sweet slumber as a result of the exere se of operating the air pump In the morn ing if the inflation is ont of the mat tress it should be examined for pun tares due to snags or spines on the ground under it and the puncture mend ed with a mending kit earned for emer gencies of the sort If the pack is still short weight provision may be inclnl ed. These may be according to taste The reallv hardy mountaineer and pla nsman in the making however w 11 sallv forth ready to depend upon game fjor sustenance Of cours the game laws are an inconven ence but one can not starve Care should be devoted to the color scheme in all o t ng cloth ng and equipment. equip-ment. None of the shades of the spec trum should be entirely neglected as nature has provided aorat thing in the landscape to blend with afiv and all colors Don't Go Bareheaded Fot those who go on excursions for an afternoon less care s neceesarv in the selection of the garb and other nec essanes Ordinarv street clothes may be worn if necessary A fair Salt Laker is anthonty for the statement that mid dies of white and green or red strip worn with white sk its are to be the thing for feminine wear at such fune-t fune-t ons this summer This however bor ders near to an encroachment ipon the fashions as thev obtain in urban life, and s beyond the prov nee of this discussion dis-cussion It is not intendel that hats should be dispensed with either in this sum raarv of the needs for outdoor 1 vlng or in the actual experience the elimination of the head covenng having proved a fa lure as a ha r culturo device But the style of the bat is left largely to the individual as is also the select on of handkerchlofs and the choice of matches If they are regarded as neces sarv to the needs of tl e occasion |