atik,
stenciling, woodblock printing, pottery. Then there is basketry,
weaving, rug-making, leather work, and metal work in copper, or jewelry
in silver, woodcarving and carpentry. The first problem is: "Who will
teach it?" The choice of what handcrafts you will have then, depends
somewhat on whom you can secure to present them properly.

But closely allied is your second problem, "What can we afford?"
Jewelry, metal work and leather are the most expensive. Pottery is
fascinating, but you must have a kiln to finish the product.

Try to choose the crafts which will suit the capacities. It is better
not to attempt jewelry at the outset.

Relating your craft work to the camp makes it doubly interesting. So
much can be done in this way with carpentry which produces anything from
docks and canoe paddles to furniture and toothbrush holders.

Delightful problems in the interior decoration of a camp living room can
be worked out by combining the efforts of all the craft workers. The
carpenters build the furniture; the weavers make rugs and materials;
the dyers dip the materials and carry out the color scheme and other
workers supply the accessories.

It is well to have an exhibition to look forward to for the end of the
season when appointed judges decide upon the merit of the work.

Woodcraft

_Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof;
but in the open world it passes lightly with its
stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are
marked by changes in the face of Nature. What
seems a kind of death to people choked between
walls and curtains, is only a light and living
slumber to the man who sleeps a-field. All night
long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and
freely; even as she takes her rest, she turns and
smiles; and there is one stirring hour unknown to
those who dwell in houses, when a wakeful
influence goes abroad over the sleeping
hemisphere, and all the outdoor world are on their
feet. It is then that the cock first crows, not
this time to announce the dawn, but like a
cheerful watchman speeding the course of night.
Cattle awake on the meadows; sheep break their
fast on dewy hillsides, and change to a new lair
among the ferns; and houseless men, who have lain
down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and