The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1902, Page 5

Tent Bins for Those Whe Welld Ge Rfield possibly decide what 3 want to expenses me that Make out a list s you might go and have a ng good time; write each one on a and toss them up in a you draw one gingerly if you are game ce of paper will sway you nt of packing up and taking Let Fate have 2 finger in the ple, The old saying, “I've been over that of time: is easily got wching out on & road that s and not a single rail. ds that are not old not bore you to death. ; mules are far lay your hands on t out. From the ferryboat any direction, unless you r place in view, and you will find that California is filled with any number of beautiful spots that you never heard or dreamed of. A pack horse cannot carry a house and Jot, but he can carry everything that is needed in one. Take & sleeping bag, well lined with blankets. That will roll into & smaller space than anything else in the line of bedding. Wear a buckskin su't if you can afford it, or if your pock- et book objects too strenuously, get a canvas one and call it square. Very little underclothing is really neces- pary, for laundry bills are smallest in the woods when nobody is about to see how clearly the brook sparkles and how soft the water is. It really looks inviting and you wonder whether you could possibly ng clean in it and whether the would fade all the color out. De- curiosity is a good thing to have such a jaunt. g pan, a coffee pot, one or two s and a few tin dishes are abso- necessary, as is also a knife and ce. And then comes the eating and everyhody agrees that it is ne of vital importance. Beans, peas, dried fruits and crack- ers @re the easiest things to handle, they are all good and substan- and tea cannot be dis- and they call for con- for it 1s not always best to trust h to luck, for there may be days and days when a farmhouse will not be When they are convenient eggs, butter and milk should be the sole saves your other supplies. er is not avallable, olive oil s for cooking purposes and is not ile, whether it is made for t express purpose or whether it is an y one pressed into duty, should two girths and good strong ones at for the strain is very heavy and it mghe cimplic things not a little 1f yur horse got gay and strewed provi- sions about the country for a mile or so. to Erjol the Delight- clrs cF Vagation. Everything must be solid and tight, just get it. Do for when as snug as you can possibly of the weight, e piled just as high as they car and yet stay in place, and ly wondering if the can stagger under the load, there is n for a fellow or a girl on top of it be afraid things are in all new country and ouite a little work for none of the conven.ences that make modern camping such a joy can be car- ried along u a3 mere pac The next most Arablike pick-up-your- bed-and-walk fashion is the wagon that has been fitted up for such a trip. The size depends entirely upon the number of people that are going. Two men can take an ordinary buckboard and be fairly com- fortable and cozy. The tent is stowed away under the seat, the sleeping bags on top, and then a tiny cupboard can be built on the space that is left in the back. Partitions filled with this, that and the other thing are as handy as can be, be- eides utilizing e y square inch in the wegon. A gasoline stove can be fastened on the back, where it swings with the water pail. or they might be, can several horses are taken animals. Naturally guns are needed at an be strapped on the over the sides wheels, and an ax ought to keep them company, for it is a mighty handy thing to have about a camp at certain times. Unless a wagon is long, a double-seated affair, and built for that purpose, it is not comfortable to sleep in, but now and then you see one that tucks four peopls away snugly after the berth fashion, but not very much space is saved, as blan- kets, pillows, etc., are needed, -and they reglly take up more room than the bags. Of course camping in the regulation tent is entirely different, as the tent is sta- tionary, while with the wagon or pack horse your bed is where your fancy places it. Every day may see you far from your last resting place. Sometimes the change may be for the better and now and then for the worse, but at any rate the scenery is varied, the climate often changed and the eye satisfied. Tenting is really playing at keeping house, and not infrequently it proves to be very hard play, especially if there are riany mouths to flll, for the average ap- petite 1s increased fully one-half by the vnusual amount of tramping and the fresh air out-of-door life. Tents can be bought that are floored and that have pockets all about the sides for the various things that are forever bobbing up and that have a tendency to keep under foot. There are divisions, too, that make as many rooms as one wants and that afford more privacy than one large room. ‘When camping is to be done on a large scale load a wagon with a stove, table, chairs and bedding. All this is indispen- sable. If you are neat make sheets and pillow slips of colored calico, a dark blue, or, best of all, a mottled tan or brown. ‘White never does look that color five min- utes after it has been put on a bed spick and span. But If the weather is cool, dis- card the linen and snuggle between the blankets, for they are warm and will not chill you every time you turn over. Ham and bacon are good to take along in the meat line and there are any amount of delicious canned meats and fish that fill the bill exactly. Soups and vegetables, fruits and cakes, besides cereals, will keep body and soul tfl'ether nicely, and unless and fouse you have selected a place in the wilder- ness you may always rely on the neigh- boring farmer to help you out in all times need. of He is the friend indeed and it ys well to stand in with him, nd the hired men. Summering in a rented cottage is much like staying at home, only, of course, you are not half as comfortable, But you at any rate obtain some change of environ- ment. There you are away from the mad- ding crowd and the responsibilities that have been a burden the other weeks of the year are laid aside for the time being, You may go north, south, east or west and find any amount of cozy little cot- tages or cabins hidden by trees and vines, a place to be as quiet or as gay as you please in. And all that is required of you is to pack your trunk and pilot your fam- ily there. In taking a furnished house it is always wisest to make some precaution so far as linen and towels are concerned; and many times the dish supply is not just what it ought to be. For owners put as little in them as they possibly can, and they are called complete by courtesy, Your grocer will put up a box of all that you need, and probably many things that you don’t. He will even ship it to your address and refill your order in a week or two, just as you say; so that saves time, trouble and thought. Probably every shop in town will be chagrined at your malice of forethought, for they only live during. the summer months, and “make hay while the sun shines” is their motto, and they do their best to live up to it. 7 For business men who cannot rest away from their labor because, forsooth, each day grows more and more tedious, ark- ing is just about the thing. There are any number of places that are near enough home so that they may travel back and forth every morning and evening. Life on an ark is the laziest of all out- ings. The people who can afford to own them take thelr servants along to do everything for them but eat, drink and sleep. Time is too precious to even think about any guestion that amounts to a hili of beans, g0 if they do anything it is not more than to skim the lightest novel in circulation. There is only one time when you can find the least bit of life aboard and that is at night after the men folks have come home. Then the rowing and visiting com- mences and everybody jollies up and It takes all your faculties keeping track of his fami THE SUNDAY CALL. things as they pass in rapid succession from one thing to another. It makes no earthly difference whether one stitch has been taken or not, or whether you have acquired any knowl- edge, the mere fact that you have breathed the fresh .air and have lazily floated under the blue sky should be suffi- clent. That is what you went for, and if you have accomplished that much 'the time has been admirably spent. ‘While yachting and launching are great sport it is hardly advisable for San Fran- cisco folks to spend their precious vaca- tion that way. They are near the water nine/and a half months a year, and their health, as well as their mental and physi- cal energy, needs a radical change, —— - If you can steal a few days at a time and take a short trip all well and good, for the ocean does all in her power to make peopls happy—even though she treats them shamefully at first. But she knows that her own remedy cannot be beaten: and she persistently tries it on each and every person that gives her an ~ w» opportunity. Je, My [lars€ But, whatever you do, be up and about it, for— Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-fiying; And this same flower that blooms to-day To-morrow may be dying. The first fire engine used in this country was brought from England to New York in 173L