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Handicrafts 223 E. M. Robinson, himself a doughty woodsman, with the Chief of the Woodcraft League, did practically all the work; and the cabin, except the fireplace, was finished in four days. The interest it aroused at the Y. M. C. A. Conference was such that many requests have come in for the plans, to be used in other camps. Please note all are free to use this; but it is asked that those who do so, even in a modified form, retain the name Woodcraft Cabin and give credit to the League, for this is a point of honor. The Woodcraft Cabin at Blue Ridge is 12 ft. x 18 ft. It is 514 ft. at the eaves, and 9 at the peak. Its posts are about 6 inches through and of chestnut (cedar would have been better), and 214 ft. in the ground cut off level after they are in. The roof is of spruce slabs laid flat side down. At the eaves they project one foot or more. On them is heavy rubberoid roofing paper, which sags naturally over the rounded sides of the slabs, giving a pleasant variant of their surface. At the gable ends it is bent over and nailed on the edge of a thick slab. At the eaves it lies flat, and is nailed on top. . The walls are of slabs nailed flat side in, against the up- right posts on the outside. The cracks between the slabs are covered either with rubberoid or short slabs, nailed on inside. There is no floor except the clay smoothed and hammered flat. ; Cost of Cabin 2 cords of slabs (2 loads, about 100 slabs).......: $20.00 3 rolls rubberoid roofing paper at $3.00 .......... 9.00 10 Ibs. 5” nails, 10 lbs. 4” nails, 5 lbs. 3” nails (25 Ibs. at 8 cents) ........ Cece e cece cece ecene 2.00 2 bags cement for fireplace ............cccecceees 2.00 IT load sand ...... cece wen c cece ener ences seccees 2.00 Odds and ends ........ccceccccccccsccccvcceces 7.00 42.00 The labor cost about .........cc000 eecceesecces 58.00 Total . nn... ee ccc ccc cc ccc ccc ccccececees »P100.00 The stone and timber we gathered in the nearby woods. The tools were on hand and are not charged. For the benefit of those tribes who cannot get timber, a “rock cabin’ will be described.