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��A Fork and Spoon in One- the Soldier's Kit

��LIKE other mortals, soldiers and ^ sailors, in training or on active duty at the front, must eat. It is not often that they object to the punctual fulfillment of this duty, provided the "grub" is fit. Uncle Sam sees to it that it is "fit" and that there is plenty of it. Every soldier and every sailor is required to carry his own kit, comprising knife, fork and spoon, and to keep it clean.

There are many kinds of these kits in use, most of them combination uten- sils, planned with the idea of preventing the three parts of the kit from be- coming separated. One of these kits has the advan- tage of being light, com- pact and simple. It con- sists of two parts only, each stamped out of a single piece of steel. The knife forms one of the parts while the other part has a spoon at one end, a fork at the other. The two parts, which are heavily nickeled, are so arranged that each fits into a groove in the other part, so that the sharp edge of the knife and the tines of the fork are protected.

��-Part of waters in search of food. Thousands be- come benumbed by the cold and remain stranded upon the shore when the tide recedes, an easy prey for the fisher-

���Knife -and- fork kit in detail and in use. It is very compact

���A Baby-in-the-Tree-Top Hammock

THE jingle about the baby in the tree top, which represents the height of juvenile com- fort, might serve very well as an advertisement for the hammock illus- trated. Made of open mesh which enables the air to circulate about the body, and equipped with a mosquito net and sun blind, it will accommodate a child up to four years of age.

The baby in the ham- mock is safe, for a lace which can be tightly drawn holds the body, even though the hammock should be tipped upside down. The device is made in different sizes to ac- commodate grown-ups as well as children, but the manufacturers claim that the child's size hammock illustrated is strong enough to hold a man, so that ample latitude is allowed to guard against all possible mishaps. This makes it eminent- ly suitable for general use in the garden.

��Catching Fish Without the Use of Hook or Net

''T^HE scarcity of meat and the JL consequently increased de- mand for sea food has made the whiting, which is also known in dif- ferent parts of the Atlantic coast as "frost fi.sh" and "silver hake," extremely popular. This fish usual- ly begins running along the New Jersey coast in November and re- mains until the following May. On cold, frosty nights the fish leave their comparatively warm haunts in deep water and seek the shallow

���An open-mcsli hammock with laces to draw it together and a sun blind to protect the eyes

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