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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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That Pot of Beans. 
Did you ever dig a bean hole by a far-off northern lake, 
Heap in the blazing pitch-pine, rake the coals, and set to 
bake 
A great, big, greased and sweetened pot of beans? 
Did you ever snag a muskie in that same far northern 
land, 
Wrap him up in leaves and plaster, and lay him in the 
sand 
Right next that slowly browning pot of beans? 
Did you ever mix a bannock (in the sack to save the 
dough), 
And lay it in the bean hole, next the beans a-baking 
slow, 
And then go off and paddle all the day? 
Have you paddled long and wrestled with the waves and 
wind and storm, 
Fought on until the night fell, and a vision you would 
form 
Of that tempting, juicy, browned pot of beans? 
Have you paddled through the stillness of a chill Cana¬ 
dian night, 
Naught but the stars to guide you, and the brilliant 
northern light. 
To the camp, and to that steaming pot of beans? 
Do you recollect the comfort of the camp fire’s warming 
glow, 
The supper ready, steaming, and the good things that 
you know 
Are awaiting in that glorious pot of beans? 
Do you ’member how the hardships of the day just melt 
away 
As you roll up in your blanket, with just a pause to pray, 
That you will always have that pot of beans? 
Robert E. Pinkerton. 
Colors. 
Sportsmen who hunt or fish in tropical coun¬ 
tries, where it is not necessary, as yet, to wear 
red sweaters and caps as protection against per¬ 
sons possessed of nervous trigger fingers, may 
glean information of more or less value to them 
from the experiments conducted by the United 
States Army Quartermaster’s Department in de 
termining the effect of heat and the sun s rays 
on various fabrics and colors. 
One of the conclusions is that a fabric of 
olive-drab color, the yarn of which is dyed be¬ 
fore the cloth is woven, is softer, more pliable 
and therefore cooler than khaki cotton cloth. 
Clothing of this material was subjected to tests 
in the Philippines, and a board of officers re¬ 
ported that white gave the best results, followed 
by khaki cotton and the new olive-drab cloth in 
the order given. The matter was then referred 
to the superintendent of West Point for tests 
throughout the year to determine the invisibility 
of cadet gray and olive-drab, and these experi¬ 
ments are summarized as follows: 
With the light green background of early 
spring, the 'cadet gray cloth is less visible than 
the olive-drab. 
With all the other backgrounds, viz.: snow 
background between snow and early spring, and 
during the full-leaf period of spring and early 
summer, the olive drab cloths are less visible 
than the cadet gray. 
Against a typical fall background the olive 
drab cloths are less visible than the cadet gray. 
The quartermaster-general decided that the 
olive-drab uniforms fade from view more quick¬ 
ly than those of khaki, and invisibility is re¬ 
garded as of first importance. It soils less easily, 
and therefore it was decided that no change be 
made unless gray be adopted as the color for 
service uniforms. 
ISHING IS FUN. IF- 
you are fitted out for it; and the first thing necessary to 
an angler’s comfort is a good, stout, water-tight pair of 
rubber boots. 
You won’t make any mistake when you buy the sporting line of 
Woonsocket 
ELEPHANT HEAD 
Rubber Boots — 
Boots built for hard usage ; boots with easy, graceful lines, 
which look well and are comfortable. 
We have been making sportsmen’s boots for 
45 years ; we have the only exclusive rubber boot 
mill in the United States, where we make 10,000 
pairs a day. 
All Dealers. Always 
Look for the Elephant Head 
Trade-Mark 
All our shoes also have the Elephant Head trade-mark. 
WOONSOCKET RUBBER CO. Woonsocket, R. I. 
Dephant Head 
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