SIX HINTS FOR CAMPERS

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 21 (Supplement)

SIX HINTS FOR CAMPERS

PREPARING FOR SUMMER.

TF YOU ARE CAMPINO rather early or late in the season, you will often find that it is cold in the tent after dark so why not make a stove. It consists merely of an old biscuit tin, preferably of the tall, round variety. Knock a number of small holes in the sides, and place the whole tin inside a large, flat preserves tin, the bigger the better. This is to reduce the risk of fire. The Whole stove will now appear as In Fig. 1. Now fill the inside tin with cinders from the camp-fire, or charcoal if you have it. This stove will provide you with sufficient warmth, 1 am sure!

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 show lwo useful methods of attaching the candle, both outside and inside the tent. In the long run it would be too expensive to use an electric torch. Fig. 4 Is a shoe scraper, which should be found in all camps, large and small. How often one returns from the woods or fields with a thick layer of mud on one’s shoes! The scraper is merely a piece of hard, triangular wood. The forked branches hold the scraper in position. And lastly, Fig. 5 and Fig. G show two practical fireplaces, which can be made in a fe\v seconds. Fig. 5 is a so-called “brick" fireplace, and is very economical, as the hot bricks help to warm the saucepan, too. The fire is made of straw and twigs, and Is lighted between the bricks. Fig. 7 is useful for warming tinned food, in this cause the saucepan is placed on top of three or four solid blocks of wood, between which the fire is lighted. So see if you can’t make your camping more comfortable this summer with these simple preparations, all you camping enthusiasts. SllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllf llllllHi