JUNE, 1918 
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AND S T REA M 
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Camper’s Button Holder 
D EFORE starting out on a journey or 
a camping trip the buttons on one’s 
\\ earing apparel should be looked over and 
all loose ones sewed tightly. But it is good 
to have several extra 
buttons of various 
sizes on the theory 
that if you do not 
need them some one 
else may. These are 
best carried on a 
\er_\ thin strand of wire. Each end should 
have an unclosed loop, then if the button 
one wants happens to be in the middle of 
the strand, the others can be pushed past 
the closing until the one wanted is in po¬ 
sition when it may be easily removed by 
unclasping the ends. Buttons in a box 
will spill and on a string are unhandy to 
get at, but carried in this manner they will 
pack anywhere and are no bother. 
For the Camp Camera Crank 
I—I ERE is a little trick for the camera 
man and is the way I dry my nega¬ 
tives. Articles needed are two hairpins 
and a weight just heavy enough to keep 
the negatives taut while drying. A lead 
sinker is very good to use and easy to find 
about camp. The hairpins will be a harder 
matter unless there are ladies along. To 
The “True Lover’s Knot” 
HIS is the old name for the square 
knot and it gets its name from the 
tact that the more you try to pull it apart 
the closer it is bound together which is as 
true lovers should be. It is very simple to 
tie and yet it is very tricky. If not tied 
correctly the result is a “granny knot” 
which is shown at the left of the illus¬ 
tration. A granny knot slips and will pull 
)ut if any strain is put upon it, while a 
square knot will hold until the rope breaks 
to tie it, take the two ends of cord, one in 
:ach hand; place the strand held by the 
eft hand over the right hand strand and 
wist under and over. Then place the 
hort ends together so that the one held 
n the ri & ht hand is on top of the left 
s ^ ran J and twist under and over, 
he cord will be formed in two loops in- 
-rtwined so that when they are moved 
sward each other by holding both ends 
rig the hanger: first stretch a cord or 
heavy fish line between two trees or 
through screw eyes, then bend the hair¬ 
pins for hooks as shown. The lower pin 
can have the sinker slipped on before it is 
threaded through the negatives. It will 
not tear them. In shaping the hairpins 
into hooks the second bend or angle should 
be more than a right angle, for when in 
use it keeps the sides of the film from 
curling together. 
Jim Ferguson, New York. 
rhtly the loops will separate, but a pull 
mgs them together tightly again. The 
rmula is left on top, under and over; 
;ht on top, under and over. If this is 
Tiembered a square knot will always re- 
t and the insecure granny knot will be 
nded. Every camper should practise 
ng the square knot until he can tie it 
the dark with his eyes shut. 
Getting Sun Time 
/DAMPING alone in the woods I realized 
v -^what an awkward thing it is to have 
one’s watch stop and no way to tell the 
time. Some persons do not need any time¬ 
piece when camping out. The sun is their 
only guide; they get up with the sun and 
go to bed shortly after he does and are 
fond of saying that “time was made for 
slaves.” But I am not of this kind; in 
common with many others I want to know 
what time it is. 
.An old woodsman’s rule is this: Deter¬ 
mine which direction is south. If you have 
no compass you may be able to find south 
by the direction of a stream or road on 
your map. Then point the hour hand of 
your watch in the direction of the sun, and 
slowly turn it around the dial, keeping it 
always pointed towards the sun until the 
south comes half way between the hour 
hand and twelve. You have no way of 
judging the exact minute so pay no atten¬ 
tion to the minute hand. 
Even on a cloudy day you will have no 
trouble finding the position of the sun if 
you go about it in this way: Hold the point 
of your knife at right angles with your 
thumb nail. Turn it slowly round and you 
will see a faint shadow. The sun,' of 
course, is on the opposite side of the blade. 
G. L. B., Connecticut. 
A Simple Clothes Peg 
ID ERHAPS one of the most inconvenient 
things of camp life is to have nothing 
to hang your clothes on. Here is a simple 
peg that costs nothing but a little clipping 
with your knife. 
First cut from the nearest tree a Y 
shaped branch according to size of peg 
wanted; after this is done cut two notches 
in branch, one at top and one at bottom as 
shown in Fig. A. Then get two pieces of 
cord each of the same length, say about 
Fig A 
one and a half feet long, make two notches 
in tent pole and tie Fig. A to tent pole, 
leaving one of the prongs sticking out to 
hang things on. Make as high from the 
ground as possible. 
Theodore Britt, Montreal. 
