PLAN No. 576. GEORGE MADE SOME TENTS
A young man and his girl were strolling on the beach, when a violent storm arose. He opened his umbrella, and spread his raincoat over it. Then he fastened a 5-foot stick into the umbrella frame, inserted the other end into the ground, and the raincoat provided the walls of a hastily-constructed tent which kept them dry as they sat on a log while the storm raged.
This evidently gave the young man an idea, for he had a tentmaker construct 200 little tents for use on the beach, which he sold the people at the resort for $5 each.
The tents were made of light duck, fifteen yards in each, with fourteen strong sticks made to fit into each other at the ends. Eight of them, fitted together, made an 8-foot pole to hold up the tent, while the other six, three on each side, held up the sides, and made a rain- and sun-proof tent six feet square, which served not only as a protection from the sun and storm, but made an excellent place in which to put on a bathing suit, as well.
This plan gave the inventor an income of more than $1,000 a year.