Show COSTUME FOR FAR NORTH casper whitney soon pound what was most valuable casper whitney writes in regard to his hunting expedition in the far north of canada oneat the first lessons I 1 learned was to keep my laaff tree from covering and also as cleans shaven as was possible under such circumstances it makes me emile now to remember the elaborate hood arrangement which was knitted for me in canada and which cheri seemed to me one of the most imbor tant articles of my equipment it covered the entire head ears and neck with openings only for eye and in town I 1 had as a ere t find but I 1 threw it away before I 1 ga within 1 miles ot the barren groi ads the reason Is obvious my breath turned the front 0 the hood into a sheet of ice before t had run three miles and as there was no fire in the barren rounds to thaw it of course it was Im me thing to wear in that region and a poor thing in any region of low temperature pera ture after other experiments I 1 found the simplest and most comfortable headgear to be my own long hair which hung even ith my jaw bound about just above tha ears by a handkerchief and the open hood of my caribou sl in capote drawn over all |