House & Garden 
The vacuum bottle, with its little brood of cups, is an essential for 
the motor trip. Courtesy of Stern Bros. 
Taking the Kitchen Along 
(Continued from page 51) 
Another invaluable aid in an auto¬ 
mobile trip is the fireless cooker, which 
makes a hot meal at any time a reality. 
Start it before the trip begins and by 
meal time you’ll have a real dinner, not 
a pseudo feast. These fireless cookers 
can be had, so don’t forget them in 
planning a trans-desert tour amid sands 
and dry winds. 
Refrigerators 
There are on the market admirable 
ice-boxes for the motorist. These come 
with partitions for ice and partitions for 
food. Some have racks in which bot¬ 
tles and other things are held firmly. 
The wicker basket lined with metal is a 
useful one and has a convenient carrying 
handle. It is of finest workmanship of 
imported reed, with hardwood bottom 
covered with two coats of mineral paint. 
The covers are of three-ply basswood 
finished in dark forest green. There are 
straps to fasten the cover, and the hinges, 
buckles and nickel-plated fixings are of 
perfect workmanship. The lining is 
nickel-plated zinc and specially insulated 
against aggressive, unwanted, outside air. 
The iceless refrigerator is an ice sav¬ 
ing and remarkable device which works 
on the old evaporation cooling princi¬ 
ple. The two earthenware crocks, 
which fasten together, are submerged 
before filling in clear water. When kept 
in a draught or in a moving vehicle or 
in a window, the evaporation process 
cools the food within. This device 
saves ice, the cool air doing the work. 
The other refrigerator boxes are ex¬ 
cellent, too, with their fine insulations 
and vents for melted ice. These are 
generally leather covered and zinc lined. 
Cooking Outfits 
Campers use cooking outfits that mo¬ 
torists would do well to copy. For ex¬ 
ample, the cooking outfits made of hard 
seamless aluminum, for from two to 
six persons, include, in the smallest 6et, 
one frying pan, two cooking pots, one 
coffee pot, two plates, two cups, two 
soup bowls, two knives, two forks, two 
dessert spoons and two teaspoons, all 
nested together in the big cooking pot, 
and weighing six pounds six ounces. The 
outfit measures 9 Yi" x 8^4", all wrapped 
in a canvas case. 
(Continued on page 64) 
Keeping t kings 
cold by evapora¬ 
tion is the system 
used in this motor 
refrigerator. It is 
shown through the 
courtesy of Jas. 
McCreery & Co. 
The solid alcohol 
stove is the most 
compact way of 
carrying fire on 
the road. Various 
types of stoves are 
on the market. 
Stern Bros. 
