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Show Practical Outfit for a Girls9 Camp, SEASONED campers "like the. girls of j the Golden West, who have been reared at frontier army posts or ou big ranches, can drink the coffee made in au ancient tomato can. eat the broad i toasted on a forked slick nnd sleep beneath be-neath a sky high roof and be none the worse for the experience, , A forlnicht of that sort of camping food Mould well nigh wreck Ihe digestion f Ihe uvcrage young girl, and (ho discomforts dis-comforts of so rough an outing would render her so irritable that her hostess would cheerfully bid her farewell, Yet lo isi( a camp equipped with bathrooms and butlers, French chef and maids, is merely repeating in "the woods" the i.oiiven'.ional existence at a fnsjiionable summer resort. It is quite possible, hnw-eyer. hnw-eyer. lo be a semi-clr ilied gypsv and still get as close to nature as any aborigine, ab-origine, and by devoting snlicicnt forethought fore-thought lo the equipment of her camp the girl who gies such a r-'irfy may make her guests thoroughly comfortable. For a camping company of fivo girls, a i h.iperon and a cook, two 12x11 foot vail and two A tents should be provided, 'le larger shelter lo servo '-ns dressing noiiis and the smaller ones as quarters i' i the servant and the stores. TbU i ssiiiuing Unit every member, of the nriy w'M wish lo sleep in Ibe opr-n air ihIit a tenl fly oipported. by corner a inl equipped with mosquito nrt-ng nrt-ng cnuopics, Holland shades1 and rub-eri.ed rub-eri.ed i-rinvas curia ins. to be used as Jeasiou requires. . The safer plan is for the younu hosier lake a cook to her camp rather than I depend upon Uadiug :i suitable person I i 1 Itic neighborhood of the woods. Aud, nearly every well placed family haB Uached to il nomo ancient man servant rho is willing to follow tin; fortunes of :s younger members wherever freak or ate may direct them, it is i.se to np-i o'uit lhal person major doino ' of the ramp. , ' . P.e sure to take I rim ulom; when purchasing pur-chasing the kitchen equipment, ac his ad- he about oil stoves, ovens and ufcnsils ill in- valuable, but iu any evenf do nol v leci lo take a percolator nud a chaf ing ilisi). to be iisc-J in case the keroseue should give out. The Western camper cooks over .1 brush lire and rarely gets! into trouble, but the Eastern camper is quite apt to tire the forest and get into the courts. ; Have none but fibre pails. Ihe currying curry-ing of water for a camp is a real hardship, hard-ship, and only buckets of the lightest sort should be used. For each member of the party provide, a roil fitted with large hooks from which ' lo suspend extra garments, laundry, dressing nnd shoe bngs-; also a collapsible; cot and a sack for holding its bedding. j Every pillow lu the camp should have: a day cover, so that it may bu used in! Ihe hamniock nnd swinging couches I which, with several folding tables and chairs, furnish the open air living ronin.j There should be several sectional mir-' rors, as they are ihe onl kind easily curtetl over rough roads, and were a I looking gli.s to be broken eu route, some' important member of the party per-j chance the cook might suddenly rcmeui-i ber weighty business elsewhere. j Lanterns are the only really safe! means of lightiug a camp, and Rome ofi the new kinds afford nearly as much! illumination au a large lamp. If nnyj 1 member of the party is timid give her a pocket ch-clric lamp to kep beside herj cot at night instead of a caudle, ami' ! within reach of your own bands have' a bilver tea ball and a liny alcohol stove. I A cup of hot tea ndmiuistered t the j psychological moment will restore caltn (to almost any camp chaperon. I Hetter than crockery, glassware and' I llueu are paper dishen, collapsible nirtalj drinking cups and paper napery, and It; 1 U wie to gic in advance to each iui-rn- j tier of the party a souvenir knife, fork land spoon set, so that the cook may be I spared the worry of lookiug after a class !of table uteusils which are prone to lose! I themselves directly after the meal. The gypsy camp hostess, cliaiir-roticd by a maid, should precede her guests by' nboqt three days to the settlement near-j est to the scene of the encampment-! There he can engage a carpenter to lay floors beneath the teuls and whichever ! ' Hies arc to serve as aleeping porches,' I Vim' boats and saddle horses and contract con-tract for regular supplies of chickens, I fruiiH, milk, Dieuli, fish, eggs and oil. j |