A Camp Water Bag
While out on a camping trip I devised a way to supply the camp with cool water. A strip of heavy canvas was cut about 2 ft. long and 1 ft. wide, and the edges were sewed up to make a sack 1 ft. square. In the upper corner a large porcelain knob insulator was sewed in for a mouth piece; the groove around it made a water-tight joint with the cloth. Two metal rings were sewed in the cloth at the top for attaching a strap to carry it. The side and top seams were made as tight as possible.
In use this sack was filled with as cool water as possible and tightly corked. It was then hung in the shade where a breeze would strike it. The water gradually seeped through the cloth and this, in evaporating, kept the contents cool. This sack also came in handy while fishing or on the road.—Contributed by Earl Zander, Three Rivers, Mich.