shoes, shoes with high heels, and shoes with tliin papery- 

 uppers are undesirable for very evident reasons. 



For socks and stockings the thin woolen kind are the 

 best. Cotton socks are undesirable because they be- 

 come hard and sticky with perspiration and are likely 

 to cause blisters. 



Any kind of old clothing in good repair is good for 

 camping, overalls and khaki trousers, and khaki skirts 

 for women are also serviceable. For shirts, any light 

 weight flannel or summer outing shirts serve well. 



Most books insist on woolen underwear, but for the 

 ordinary summer camp, the usual light weight cotton 

 underwear with two or three changes is much m'ore 

 comfortable, unless one is accustomed to wearing wool- 

 en underwear at all times. 



A coat is well enough around camp or on cool even- 

 ings, but on the trail or in the canoe it is always in the 

 way. A sweater is much more convenient and on the 

 trail a man wears trousers, belt, shirt and a soft felt 

 hat, preferably gray in color and of light weight. In a 

 canoe one may wear an inexpensive large-rimmed soft 

 straw hat. A pair of lightweight leather outing gloves 

 should be added to the equipment. They are needed 

 to protect the hands from the glare of the sun and from 

 being scratched by brush and sticks. 



For a trip on which the equipment has to be carried 

 one or more packsacks are indispensible. There should 

 be one for each man or older boy in the party; one or 

 more medium large and one or more medium small. 

 Blankets and bulky articles are placed into the larger 

 packsacks, while less bulky objects go into the smaller 

 pnes. A small packsack is also very serviceable for 



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