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Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 8

&y Handicraft Making a Cheap Tent Ideas for Camping in Comfort Camping holidays are great fun if you plan them properly. A good camper seldom “roughs it,” because he knows how to make handy little gadgets that prevent unnecessary discomfort. This article will help you to become a good camper. CAMPING KlT.—When you have decided where you will camp, make a complete list of essential equipment, including the tent, - waterproof ground sheet, blankets, cooking utensils, billy, unbreakable plates and cups, knife, fork, spoon, waterbag, soap, towels, bathers, firstaid outfit, pocket knife, tin and bottle opener, comb, brush, mirror, torch, matches, string, change ——r — TIE. CORD SECURELY TO THESE. STICKS CORD ■^fcPEGS 'A</. AT LEAST IFT. TURN IN FOR, SOD CLOTH? RINGS SLYfN ON TO THE. CANVAS (D LIGHT WEIGHT TENT MEASURING 6'LONG. 3* HIGH 5’ WD'E, WEIGHS A FEW LBS. CANVAS MEASURES 6‘ * 10! I ® A CAMP TAELL COMPOSED OFT SHAPED STICKS AND BOARDS, of clothes, sporting material, food, tooth brush, and pocket money. * Pack your articles In the tent and bags or boxes. Label the boxes to show the contents. You can waterproof brown paper bag - for carrying and storing food by immersing the bags in a solution of paraffin and petrol. Squeeze out the surplus by pressing the bags between sheets of paper. Items such as sugar, salt, and tea should be carried in tins, and butter and dripping in glass jars with screw-on lids. The Tent. A lightweight simple type of canvas tent, which can be made cheaply, is easy to erect, and has ample room for three boys or two adults, is shown in Pig. 1. If lightness is desirable, use aeroplane cloth rather than canvas. Crease a piece of canvas measuring 6ft. x 10ft. down the centre. Mark off a 4ft. width from the crease on each side, and on to these lines sew seven small ’ ass rings so that the tent can be pegged to the ground. The remaining foot of canvas on each side is turned inside the tent to make it weather-proof. Fix a brass eyelet at each end of the ridge of the tent, and pass a 14ft. length of cord through the eyelets. Leave 3ft. of the cord projecting at the back of the tent and tie a knot on each side of the eyelet. Then stretch out the cord and the ridge of the tent, tie knots on each side of the other eyelet, and the tent will be ready to erect. Tie the short projecting piece of rope to a tree or a post at a point about 3ft. from the ground, stretch out the ridge of the tent, allow the cord to pass over and be tied securely on to the Y shape of two crossed sticks driven a couple of inches into the ground, and then peg the free end of the cord to the ground. Use the tent pegs (Pip. 2) to bold the bottom of the tent to the ground. The open end of the tent should always face away from the wind. The back of the tent can be filled in with a piece of canvas tut to the correct shape d then sewn in position. It will be necessary to erect the tent temporarily to find the correct shape for the end. Also, if you wish, you can cover the front opening of the tent with tw~ pieces of canvas, which -an be laced together. .... If rain is likely to fall, the tent should be loosened slightly. When the tent is wet do not touch the walls or water will leak , through the canvas at the places you touch. Dig a shallow trench around the tent and pitch it before the evening dews The Bed. A good bed can be made by placing leafy twigs or bracken in layers on the ground, a waterproof ground sheet on top of them, and blankets on the ground sheet. Remember that to keep warm you should have as much bedding under you as over you. Air your bedding every day If possible. In mosquito-infested country arrange a piece of mosquito netting on sticks over the head of the bed. . „ „ If you sleep on the ground, dig a shallow hole where your hip will rest. An air mattress slightly inflated makes an ideal bed for summer camping. Camp Site. Choose a camp site near a supply of good drinking water, a place exposed to breezes and some sunshine. Avoid damp, shady places, or places where the grass is green, and beware of sites where there is danger from falling stones and trees. Useful Furniture. A table Is almost indispensable If you stay in the one place for several days. Fig. 3 shows an easy type to erect. Such conveniences as a washstand made like a table, clothes hangers (Fig. 5). and a candle-holder (Fig. 6) are worth making. Two Y-shaped supports driven In the ground with a thin stick across them make a good clothes drier. ..... Telescopic tins Fig. 4) are useful. Various Items which are likely to spill can be packed In the Inner tin for transporting, and then, when camp Is reached, the outer tin can be used for carrying and storing water, and the inner tin can be used for washing. ~ . (More hints next week.) 23 •J V. •STRING 'STICK, dr~ s COAT AND TROUSERS HANGER. i Q CANDLE, TWISTED WIRU (?) TELESCOPIC ©CANDLE W HOLDER TOP TIN USED FOR. TO HANG ON WASHING, BOTTOM TREJL OR STICK. FOR STORING WATER. IN ’GROUND Attractive Fan Made With Lavender Flowers THE fan illustrated suggests a new Idea for the use of lavender flowers. You will find It very refreshing on hot days. To make it you require two 6in. squares of buckram, or fine tapestry, canvas, about 3ft. of heavy wire or cane of the type used in the making of. raffia baskets, 1J yards of green ribbon about 4in, wide, a little - gold thread, and some lavender flowers. Cut the two canvas squares to the shape of th# fan, tacking them together, but leaving a few inches open to pour in your dried lavender flowers, j Insert the wire between the two pieces of canvas i and bend to follow the shape of the fan. Punch holes with a pair of fine scissors at regular Intervals' of 4in., and approximately 41n. in from the edges of the fan. Thread a raffia needle with the green ribbon,, and beginning on the handle, wind the ribbon upj to the fan and bind it carefully, keeping-tha ribbon flat round the edge of the work. Continue down the other side of the handle to the top, then turn! and bind down to the beginning, and finish off neatly with a few stitches. Take a long thread of j gold cotton and bind round in the opposite direction to give a firm finish to your work. The front of the fan has a small design depicting an old world maiden in a lavender dress among the flowers. It can be painted in water-colours, but if you wish you may tint the fan a soft green and place a lavender bow across the centre. A fan of this type would be greatly appreciated by an elderly woman or an invalid, PARCEL RACE TVTEXT time you have,, a party try this game? i ’ Divide up your players into two groups of four or five, and rope each group together fairly tightly, l like a bundle of sticks. The groups must then race from one end of the room to the other. Give the signal to start, then watch and listen to the fun I t to Carpenter’s Problem ■V THE solution to this problem, which was given last week, is given in the diagram. The dotted lines show bow the wood was cut. The two pieces were then fitted together to form a rectangle, ,