. St. Nicholas [serial]. SOME HINTS FOR CAMPERS By S. LEONARD BAST IN A TENT OF NEWSPAPER It is possible to make quite a useful little- tentout of newspapers. Secure a pole that is six orseven feet long; a piece of bamboo will do the upper part of this, wrap several thick-. nesses of stout twine. Then from this part runlengths of twine. These should be carried out intent fashion, and at the end they are fixed towooden pegs driven into the ground. In all,there might be eight or ten of these lengths. Cutthe newspapers into pieces ofa suitable size, and with paste,fasten them over the t
. St. Nicholas [serial]. SOME HINTS FOR CAMPERS By S. LEONARD BAST IN A TENT OF NEWSPAPER It is possible to make quite a useful little- tentout of newspapers. Secure a pole that is six orseven feet long; a piece of bamboo will do the upper part of this, wrap several thick-. nesses of stout twine. Then from this part runlengths of twine. These should be carried out intent fashion, and at the end they are fixed towooden pegs driven into the ground. In all,there might be eight or ten of these lengths. Cutthe newspapers into pieces ofa suitable size, and with paste,fasten them over the border of the paper shouldbe turned round the twine,the edge of the next bit beingstuck just over the part thatis turned round. An openspace should be left to act asa doorway to the tent. Tomake the paper waterproof,go over it with a brush dippedin linseed-oil. The paperwill then stand quite a fairamount of rain. It is easy to gather up the tent by taking outthe central pole and loosening the pegs. Thepaper then falls around the pole, something like agiant umbrella, and it is easily set up again. WATERPROOF MATCHES One of the commonest experiences of the camperis that of finding that the matches are so dampthat they will not strike. All this trouble maybe avoided by
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