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feared that centrifugal force may cause 
too much strain on the bolts when 
rounding curves a strap or rope from 
the box to the windshield frame will 
make it safe. 
The front of the box has a double 
cover which can be lifted, unfolded and 
held in place by folding braces to form 
a table. Provisions and utensils are 
carried in the box. A refrigerator sec- 
tion can be built in if desired. 
This box arrangement is handy in 
many ways. You can always get at 
your food easily if you want to stop by 
the roadside for lunch. At night you 
ean take the box and everything in it 
right into your tent in a moment of 

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time. This adds to your 
comfort in wet or cold 
weather. When you get 
home you can take the 
whole outfit off without 
unpacking it. It is al- 
ways ready for instant 
use if you take the no- 
tion into your head that 
you want to go out to 
spend a night in the 
open. 
Now a word in regard 
to handling the _ tent. 
One man can work it 
very easily and in about 
half an hour can have 
both tent and beds up 
for the night. It can be 
taken down and packed in about the 
same length of time. 
Choose your site. Lay the ridgepole 
and end poles on the ground together. 
Spread the tent over them. Drive the 
stakes in their approximate positions. 
Slip the guy ropes over them and leave 
long enough so you can raise the tent 
but short enough so it will not fall over. 
After one or two trials you can do it 
almost exactly right. Now crawl un- 
der the canvas, slip the ridgepole pins 
through the grommets in the tent top 
and grasping the hinged end pole raise 
that end of the tent and set the pole 
upright. Next join the hinge sections 
on the opposite end of the ridgepole 
and the other end pole and then raise 
that end. The middle pole can be 
placed easily, the bed sections dropped 
down into position, the outside props 
set up, the ropes tightened, the beds 
unrolled and placed on the end sections, 
and you are ready for the night. 
The great out of doors is full of 
allurements to grown-ups and kiddies 
alike. To use a radio expression, the 
air is full of good things for him who 
has the proper receiving apparatus. 
Pleasures are stacked up sky high all 
out along our country roads just wait- 
ing for somebody to come along and 
enjoy them. All that is needed is the 
equipment. And there are as many 
varieties of equipment as there are ra- 
dio hookups. Like receiving sets they 
vary much in cost, ease of operation 
and enjoyment possibilities. Some peo- 
ple can afford the most expensive out- 
fits. Others must be content to use 
something’ cheaper. 
The writer had a vacation. He 
owned a small car. He possessed a 
wife and three small children. He had 
somewhat limited financial resources. 
Problem: How could all of the family 
get the most out of that vacation? The 
above is a description of what was 
evolved to solve the problem, and it cer- 
tainly worked. 
RALPH LENIS KIMBALL, 
Eden Park, R. I. 



