Show A house in the woods better than any printed instructions the illustration accompanying this ar tide shows how the frame work of a rough and ready house in the woods can be constructed by a few handy boys the front should be 6 feet 6 inches and the back 6 feet the house should be 1012 feet to make the cross pieces secure they should be tied with strips of bark the sides and roof are made from small branches of the pine or other close leafed tree as shown when the frame work is completed to tion the sides are put in place taking the large end of the branch in one hand with the other weave the windows and doors the roof Is constructed in the same manner the branches of course being longer and running from the front to the back the large end of the branch being at the front and the tip at the back it will be well to lay another row of branches across in the opposite direction to assure a waterproof root by selecting tour branches an inch or so in diameter with a crotch top the supports of a good camp bed jare at hand bury the end of the crotched branch in the ground at least six inches and in the crotches lay long straight branches free from pro tuber ances these make the sides of the bed the house the bed and the thatching small end in and out between the cross pieces it will be well to place the first layer beginning at the third row of cross pieces from the bottom and finishing one side in this way be fore covering the side higher the second layer should be accod palled at the fourth cross piece pass ing the end inside the third and out side of the second bar overlapping the first layer and so on until the walls are covered with a thick mat ting open places must be left for frame across these at each end lay end pieces and at intervals from the head to the floor lay others tying them in place with pieces ot bark it camping in a pine wood gather a lot of small branches and pile them upon the frame work to the depth ot 12 inches or more over this lay your rubber blanket or a piece of canvas and then cover the whole with our woolen blankets this makes an ex cellena healthy bed that induces peaceful slumber |