1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Around the Camp Fire cups, pails, milk cans, knives, forks, spoons, lanterns, bags (paper and "gunny" sacks), strings, thread, axe and hatchet, hammer, tacks and nails, sticking plaster, Jamaica ginger, towels and bath towels, dishpan, dish towels and cloth, pins, mosquito netting, oil of pennyroyal if In fly season, plenty of old newspapers, fishing tackle, guns, ammuni- tion, and last of all, extra stockings and flannel gar- ments. If flannel Is worn, one should never take cold even after a thorough soaking; but of cotton and linen, for use In camp or on ranch, beware! Parties scorning the Idea of bothering with all these things when rough- ing-It will find camp life quite rough enough, even with the things provided that are mentioned In the list. The need of a match or a pin or string can never be realized until one has had to do without them In camp or on the water. Every man who cooks shines at his best when In camp or being chef In the open. The guides In the Rangeleys can cook a trout to perfection, while the half-breeds of Canadian jungles, could show a New York chef a thing or two about cooking a partridge. A cowboy out on a round-up can concoct as toothsome a stew or " Mulligan " as was ever served up as ragout m a. Broadway restaurant or French '' Bouillon '* kitchen. A lonely prospector can show one a little about broil- ing bacon and frying flap-jacks, and when It comes to broiling a beefsteak or grilling a chop, a New York club man is generally a past master at the art, espe- needles, matches, shovel,

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