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FOREST AND STREAM 
AUGUST , 1917 
FITTING UP THE CAMP NOWADAYS 
I T’S the great oucdoors, the getting back 
to nature, that sounds the kindred note. 
The rod and the gun, the fish and the 
kill are not the real essentials. Camping 
out is the thing after all. 
The camp, the tent, that bit of shelter 
in the midst of a great silence, with the 
wilderness and its possibilities all around 
you: the air, the sky, the green carpet and 
the friendly pines. You don’t have to 
travel beyond the pale of civilization to 
find this little bit of Heaven. As you sit 
walled in, the cares and bustle of a busy 
day weighing heavily on your soul, you 
can almost see across the housetops a site 
to pitch your tent. And the same stars 
and the same moon will welcome you 
“Somewhere out there.” And the best part 
of it is that it is less expensive than stay¬ 
ing at.home. Of course, you can be as sin¬ 
fully luxurious as you please. But the 
main thing is to go. 
A wall tent about 9 by 12, made of army 
duck, will fill the bill for the house end 
of the scheme, and a good one we saw can 
be secured for $26.53. Or if one is of a 
nomadic turn of mind, and every now 
and then just has to “fold his tent like the 
Arab and silently steal away,” a hiking 
tent weighing 4^4 pounds, easily carried 
on the back, can be secured for $17. A 
canoe tent, weighing g l / 2 pounds, for $24, 
or an automobile tent for $35 are also 
practical shelters. The cost of any of these 
“woods mansions” is but the monthly rental 
of a stuffy bedroom. 
Real enjoyment in camp is always direct¬ 
ly traceable to the cook, so the cook 
should be the best looked after per¬ 
son when it comes to equipment. 
Much can be done over a well built 
camfire, but a stove in some form is 
highly practical these days. 
A folding camp stove of sheet steel, 10 by 
12 by 26 that weighs 18pounds has two 
holes and costs $7. For an oven, the 
aluminum folding baker is unequalled. No 
one article ever invented has done so much 
to further the comfort and convenience of 
the camp cook. It will bake the most deli¬ 
cate cake or roast meats, fowl or fish bet¬ 
ter than a regular oven. The medium 
sized baker at $5 is the best for all ’round 
use. Having erected a tent, the really jolly 
part, ‘fitting up,” is in order. A sleeping- 
bag on hemlock boughs is a couch fit for a 
king. The “Pussyfoot” is an 
ideal bag, simple to take apart 
for airing, and the cover is 
c raven etted, 
secure from 
dampness or drafts. One quilt is sufficient 
for a temperature as low as 40 degrees, if 
lined with lamb’s wool, which gives maxi¬ 
mum warmth with minimum weight. The 
cost of this outfit is $20. 
Next to the campfire’s glow the most 
satisfactory light in the woods is a lantern, 
and the most prac¬ 
tical fuel for the 
backwoods lantern 
is the candle, 
which is easily 
carried and is 
safer than kero¬ 
sene. This auto¬ 
matic folding can¬ 
dle-lantern, made 
of aluminum, 
weighs 9 ounces 
and costs $2.75. It 
folds flat and can 
be carried in the 
pack or pocket— 
hangs against the 
side wall or ridge¬ 
pole or sits on the 
Forest and Sr earn will answer any inquiries and attend promptly to orders for articles described in THE TRADING POST. 
Goods will be personally selected and sent prepaid on receipt of the price. Remember this service is absolutelv free of diarize■ 
all we desire is to be of service to our readers. Address THE TRADING POST, office of Foest and Stream Nine East For¬ 
tieth Street, New York City. 
OLDSMOBILE 
The Car Aristocrat Given An Ordinary Price 
For more than a generation the very 
name “Oldsmobile” has expressed 
“Super-excellence.” So it devolves 
on the new 1917 products of the 
Olds Motor Works to maintain this - 
prestige. 
Each 1917 Oldsmobile model re¬ 
flects the resolute determination to 
produce cars of masterful domina¬ 
tion in the motoring world. And 
this super-excellence extends from 
the impressively rich 
beauty of its exterior— 
and from its powerful 
motor—to each and every detail of 
construction. 
Your local dealer will be pleased to dem¬ 
onstrate any of the 1917 Oldsmobile Mod¬ 
els to you. Their performance will be as 
gratifying as their prices are surprising. 
$1095 to $1850 
OLDS MOTOR WORKS 
Established 1880 — LANSING. MICHIGAN - Incorporated 1890 
