1. Be sure to buy a first aid kit at the drug store. Do take some salve to put on burns. Do not use butter as the salt is detrimental to healing. Buy some prepared adhesive bandage. A roll of one inch adhesive tape is handy. With it, corks can be taped down in bottles or holes closed in milk cans if condensed milk is used.

2. If possible keep supplies on hand for one meal ahead. When cooking vegetables, cook more than are needed. It is possible to use them in a different way the following day, changing their character entirely.

3. If stationed in one place for a while, try preparing part of the main meal of the day, after breakfast, before the breakfast dishes are washed.

4. For a light lunch prepared by the trailer cook while en route, try some of the following:

If sandwiches are to be part of the menu, make them, wrap them in a damp towel, and keep them in the refrigerator. It is a good idea to use the vacuum bottle in order to have something hot with the sandwiches. Make an extra amount of coffee or cocoa at breakfast, or heat some canned soup, and put it in the vacuum bottle for lunch. If cold drinks or milk are preferred be sure they are in the ice box.

Vary the lunches, do not have sandwiches continually. Make salads from leftovers and put them into waxed containers with lids that fit very tightly. Every 5 & 10 Cent Store carries these.

Heat beans or chili con carne, etc., at breakfast time and keep them hot in the vacuum jug.

Remember food ceases to be tempting if menus are not varied.

5. Along with the vacuum jug and bottle buy picnic equipment at the 5 & 10 Cent Store before you leave. The paper cups, forks, spoons, plates and napkins are handy not only for picnics but for light lunches or suppers. They will eliminate dish washing.

6. Do not forget to start out with at least one roll of paper toweling and some cleansing tissues. They are excellent for wiping metal cutlery or dishes, when you do not want to take time to wash dishes. Paper toweling is a good laundry saver. Get the family in the habit of using it.

7. Stock your emergency shelves wisely and with thought. Space is limited, make the most of it. If very little cooking is to be done en route, have a few snacks such as crackers, cheese, olives, and canned sandwich spreads.

8. With very little effort one can leave home with a full trailer larder. Several tins of cookies - they keep indefinitely, some homemade jellies, jams, or any other home canned foods are excellent to have tucked away. The trailer cook might even bake a pie or cake, and have a small baked ham and roast chicken in the refrigerator.

9. In the evening, before retiring, fill the tea kettle and other utensils with enough water for washing and breakfast, if you do not use your storage tank. If you do, see that it is fined before retiring.

10. Use spring hooks to hold teacups. This allows more space in the china cupboard. The cups are held tightly so that there is no danger of their breaking while traveling.

11. If Beetle Ware is used instead of china dishes, get a good quality. It will not crack so quickly.

12. If much cooking is done have a small emergency shelf in the refrigerator, for such things as pastry dough, cookie dough, sandwich fillings, etc.

Try to keep china dishes out of the refrigerator. Use waxed paper sandwich bags for leftovers that do not have liquor. It will pay to buy ovenware refrigerator dishes and use them for baking or the refrigerator. Foods should be kept covered in the refrigerator to keep them from drying out and absorbing odors from each other. A small vegetable dish or pan with a cover will not only save space in the refrigerator but will keep lettuce, celery and other vegetables crisp. Try one. The 5 & 10 cent Store has oiled cloth bags that are also convenient for use in the refrigerator.

13. Include a kitchen pad and pencil. It is indispensable for market orders, to jot down staples as they give out, and numerous other memos.

14. While preparing a meal, try to clean up as you go. It is much more pleasant to eat in well ordered surroundings.

15. If aluminum cooking utensils are used, get the steel wool which has soap in it, as it is easier to clean utensils with it.

16. Beware of too many fried foods. They are easy and quick, but baked and broiled foods are preferable. Plan picnics where the family can bake or broil foods outdoors, and thus be kind to their digestions.

17. If the vacation trip is to be spent in the mountains, remember that boiling food at high altitudes is a long, slow process. A small aluminum pressure cooker is excellent. It will cook meals in about one half the usual time. Plan one-dish dinners, such as stews. Local newspapers in the territory can often supply recipes to vary the menus.

18. Wire baskets in different sizes may be purchased at the 5 & 10 cent Store to hold condiments, flour in a bag, vegetables, etc. Hooks may be screwed into the sides of the cupboard and the wire baskets slipped over them to prevent the baskets from rattling.

19. Any hanging equipment can be held down by a piece of elastic. Sew a brass ring on each end of an elastic, slip over the utensil and hook on brass hooks that you screw in the wall on either side of the utensil in question.

20. Save on water. Keep a filled water bottle in the refrigerator for drinking. If you use your water tank, do so as an emergency measure. Follow suggestion No. 9. Remember to flush the tank thoroughly several times a week to keep it clean.

21. One of the simplest ways to serve meals out of doors is to set up individual trays. The 5 & 10 cent Store has large, attractive, rectangular tin ones, that are quite satisfactory. The meal, hot or cold, can be dished up and quickly placed on the trays, with cutlery, napkin and glass of water or beverage, and eaten out of doors.