The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1902, Page 3

THE SUNDAY A CARFPET Vs o FLewseRs S Ye god How ordinary »ws what »e bought a while a the one’s life the bay K ving great f s could talk " e after this n ver is seeing 1 friend listening e of dered and looked in and’ r seeker has some more than offset Sausalito )r rent £ thoroughly g counts 8 found to be just 2 te M is the first t he people should is mot the s on the other. fog and the other nd see if you 1 pleased with water. And it amount of fine I a delightful of that L countr the fact that most of the land to rent lies near the train and yet seem- ingiy in the wilderness. urn in any direction an2 walk several blocks and then blindly follow any path that strikes your fancy. It may point up- ward or it may lead downward, but 1t will nol make you tramp over half a mile at the most before you will have found a place that pleases you well. Naturally, the vie infinitely better the higher up one goes. And it isn’t so bad clambering up the hillside after the feat has been accomplished once or twice. Untii the city air has been replaced wjth pure, wholesome, sweet country air all roads seem tiresome and everlasting, but after a day or two there is only a quick- ening of the breath and a rosy color and sparkling eyes. All of which are not halt bad, but which'never last very long after «ue 2amp has been deserted. . How much do you suppose all this glory costs? Not very much. That is decidedly arcther attraction. Almost anywhere in that valley one may select any spot that he chooses, pay $ cash down and should- er absolutely no responsibility. - The wa- ter question has been settled and all you have to do is to see that the stream or pipes are not too‘far from camp, as carry- \.C',—"/_;\_;v‘ TH TAMALPAIy 7 WITHIN BZocr of TrAIN there and really needed a guide. Or in the early morning when everything is beautifully, fresh and life is gay and a walk down the hill. does not seem any great trial. - But after a day’s'work, when the inner man has not been' fully pleased, going after water is very apt to throw a deep gloom over the entire camp. The packing-up time #8 the most try- ing of any and it requires an expert to know exactly what to take and what to leave at home. People who have trav- ing pailful after pailful half a mile is no some pretty girl chanced to be visiting eled across the plalng and who have joke. It might be in the early evening if your sister and she didn't know the way camped all their days have one fixed blanket which are fastened in WITHIN AR rule, never take more than you abso- lutely need. Too much luggage merely proves a burden. Whatever else you leave behind be sure to carry along plenty to appease’ the appetite, and it is often a wise precaution that sometimes people get thirsty as well. If you have to invest in an outfit try the sleeping bags instead of mattresses or cots. They take up ever so much less room and are comfortable and warm. Generally they are made of canvas and are lined with fhree thickmesees of wool snugly. Hour After they are relaced there is plenty of room to curl up in when you want to and at the same time you will have one of the snuggest bug-in-a-rug that has ever been found. Under ordinary circumstances it is quite warm enough. If there is any hay about in your neighbor's fleld get some and see what a decided difference it makes in the softness, and besides there'is & sweet, fresh perfume that makes it fit for a king. Camp fires, excepting at night, are an abomination, and they are not always perfectly safe. A blue flame ofl stove'is easier to handle, is much less work and it is very much cleaner. The frying pans and the pots are not forever and eternaily ecvered with soot and the hands are not a mass of burns and blisters. And the bane of camp life has at last been solved. Breadmaking is not an every day occurrence as enough can be made to last two or more weeks and be fresh as long as any remains. Probably a good housewife would hold up her hands in holy horror at such a thought, but nevertheless that fact has been accomplished, and what has been successful once certainly ought to .be again. Sift as much whole wheat flour as you want and to each six quarts add a pound of butter and salt to taste. Work the butter into the flour exactly the same way as you do in making biscuits; then add enough water to make a stiff dough. Any cook knows enough to add it a little at a time or else there will be trouble right away. After the dough has been kneaded thoroughly, roll it out to about three-fourths of an inch thick and cut it Into strips about an inch wide and as long as you please. They do not necessarily have to be ex- sctly that shape, but they should be about that size as the baking time is between forty and forty-five minutes. As in all good receipts there is a don’t and this one means everything. Don’t cut the strips until the oven moderately heated and ready for them, for as sure as fate If they are left standing between the mak- ing and baking they will become soggy. If well baked and perly kneaded they will be light and crisp. Their flavor is delightfully ereamy, something like the Vienna cream biscuits, but they differ in that they are hard, but are never tough. With such an assortment of canned goods as are offered on every side and with the travelling butcher visiting you every morning, camping has been reduced to a modern science. Larkspur is one of the most plcturesque stations in the valley. There are shady lanes that tempt one into pretty litfle canyons, there is the long stretch of water that constantly offers an invitation to visit it and the massive hulk of Tamalpais always seems beckoning one to try moun- tain climbing and see what hard work it really is. Escalle does not offer much fa the lne of camping, although it 1s strong when it comes to ark life. Ark after ark Is towed up the stream until it reaches the “Hgqly City,” as it has been dubbed, and there it casts its anchor and swings idly in the stream while its inhabitants fritter|the summer away. But that is not all that the “Holy City"™ is famous for by any means. There is plenty of good cheer freely flowing apd unbounded hospitality. Kent and Ross are good places to wheel, ride or drive as there is a fine stretch of three or four miles that seems put there for that very reason. It is fine and daisy to camp In that vicinity as the eating question Is not ‘of the slightest conse- quen_:e, for there are a number of farm- bouses about that make a business of tak- ing boarders for the summer months, and, as a rule, they are only too glad to take the contract of filling up any stray people that come their way San Anselmo has taken on too much the air of a fashionable resort to make the wild and woolly rag- tags feel-entirely at home, unless there ase a crowd of them, and then look out, for they will dare do anything and get sport out of the daring. And then there is some picturesque scencry and West End is reached and, last of all, comes the pretty little éity of San Rafael. There the sweet fragrance of honeysuckle and roses fills the air and summer cottages overgrown with vimes greet the eye, but the number of people to the square mile is too large to ex- actly suit the idler; t Ty clatter of the n hoofs and the faint echo of the horn remind him that the world is filled with strife, that its inhabitants are too busy to ever stop a mcment to rest, and last of all he is gently told that he has wandered too far from his haunts and that it is high time for him to turn his back on the world and all its frivolities and return to his hostess—Dame Nature.