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Show ; Rann-dcm Reels j i ! By HOWARD L. RANN ! i miwMnfwwuwuwiil SLEEPING IN A TEXT SLEEPING in a tent is a ivied and tested method of getting close to nature and the domestic mosquito. For some reason which science has never been able to ascertain, the American mosquito operates at his best In a w-all tent which has been swathed in netting. Many a man has left an air-tight chamber two flights up, where' he was free from mosquitoes and breath, and sought refuge in a tent out In tlie yard, only to arise in the morning decorated Willi the pink art craft of the nomadic mosquito and the treacherous red ant. A 7 by 9 tent which has been put up by a sixteen-year-old son who was in a hurry to go fishing is an inviting place to sleep in during a rain storm. After it has rained for a while the WHAFj Good A CANT 11 3 FOR. AnT BiT;,) ) Find M.V T 5-dCOfLA- l'MALE3 OTHER. t rtkglT Up ,ltoLD5MocCtS7W Nt - fy - rreAiGHTp -s The Tent Sleeper Is an Early Riser, Owing to the Milkman, the Iceman and the Insomniac Rooster. tent will lose the waterproof qualities it left the factory with and begin to allow al-low lean, penetrating streams of water wa-ter to wiggle down the necks of fhe sleepers. If It rains hard the water will also crawl under'the tent and col- lect in a large, damp body on the floor, so that anybody who gets out of bed to tie up the west flap will have no trouble in telling what it is at once. More internal rheumatism has been caused by sleeping in a water-soaked state in a tent which was guaranteed to stand off a cloudburst than from any other cause except putting vinegar Into the breakfast food. Oitring t'o lack of space in the average aver-age tent, the spring cot is used as a substitute for beds. As nobody ever manufactured a cot that was over five feet long the result is that several of the male members of the family are obliged to allow their feet to hang over in a graceful parabola, or else curl up like a telescope fireladder and collect a full set of internal contracting cramps. No man ever slept on one of these cots and became the unwilling prey of every homefaring pinch bug without cursing the manufacturer to his latest breath. Tents are constructed of strong fibrous materials .which will keep out everything but the wind, rain and man eating insects. When one thinks of the thousands of intrepid American families who go to roost every night in the summer in a dog tent, which is liable to cave in every time the wind gets above middle C, he will not fear that we are losing those heroic qualities quali-ties which shone at Bunker Hill and the late Chicago convention. The tent sleeper is an early riser, owing to the milkman, the iceman and the insomnia rooster, and therefore the practice should be encouraged. (Copyright.) |
