Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-01
Books, Bookish People and hings
We get no good by being ungenerous TO book
Z. B. Browning

"1Ol Salads" Compiled by May L.
Southworth. Flexible army brown
linen so cents net; canvas. 81 net.
"1O1 Beverages" BY the same au.
thor. Flexible oxford gray linen.
50 cents net; canvas 81 net. Paul
Elder & Co., San Francisco.
Two of a uniform series of five con.
yenient aud artistically bound recipe
books which will delight the heart OF
the housekeeper. They are really
nice to handle without regard TO what
they contain, of oblong form and with
fabricated composition.
"IUi Sandwiches, "l0l Chatting Dish
Recipes" and '1Ol Candies. The Sal.
ad book contains a careful selection Of
the most tempting dishes coming I'M
der its head--fish, egg, meat, vege-
table. fruit and cheese salads. At the
end are twelve blank pages Tor Man.
uscript Recipes" with complete in.
dex.
The beverages are classified as
iced, summer, mixed, hot. shcrbets.
punches, cordials, fruit. When turn
cd these books over to my wife she as.
sured me they were the best books Of
the kind that she has seen.
"Prosit: A Book OF TOasts" Compiled
by ClOtho. Cloth. jig Sin. 1874
PIP. Paul Elder & Co., San Fran.
cisco: SIPS net.
A really original little volume. from
the cover design by Gordon Ross, to
the Enyoi-"GraCe After Drink" by
Will Irwin. There Is nothing duh in
Il. The print is clear. the paper good.
and some of the toasts are simply
treasures. They reflect credit on The
Spinner's ClHb that selected them.
The dedication is from Lowell:-
Then fili the cup. Ill high! I'LL high!
| Let Joy our gOblets crown:
Well bunE Mlsfortunc's scowing eye
| And knock Furebuding down"
Among the authors quoted are:
Anacraeon, Alcacus. Omar, Beaumont
laUd Fletcher Shakespeare, Moore. BY.
ron, Goldsmith. Burns. Eugene Field
: Dr. Holmes and others.
! Ambrose B.erce has a toast Here's
ito woman. All, that We could fall into
her arms without falling into her
hands
James Keenc's: Here's to those
that wish Us wcll,-Aud those who
don't may 90 to--Hcaven."
The toasts to the various States are
good. and the one to the President Is
Ly Lord Beresrord. good. too: I'VE
like the man, We like the strong, gen
erous man-what | may call the real,
human man
\ Baby. Toast from Life" is as
good as any:
Here's to me-mamma pet and pops
boast
To my soles at night, which they
roast
Here's to my little pug nose
And to my curly toes
| How's that for a little Milk Toast"
There are. toasts from the Chinese,
Sanscrlt, Latin, French and German.
Let us finish with
"A Frcnchman drinks his native wine,
A German drinks his beer;
An Enslishman his alf and 'af
Because 1t brings good cheer;
The Scotchman drinks his whiskey
straight
Because it brings him dizziness:
An American has no choice at all
He drinks the whole damn bust.
ness"
=. 4.
In impressions Quarterly" for Sep
TENDER paul Elder Il co.., Mr.. Geo.
Wharton James has an interesting ar
ticle on William Keith, the San Fran
cisco artist
ITS no use trying to see him, He'll
open his studio door just a crack, poke
out his nose, look at you, and say he's
too busy to see you. You've got 10 ar
range beforehand or you'll never get
in So spake friend when | said
was going TO see William Keith, the
artist.
But ! had a letter from a mutual
friend and | felt Id see him unless
there was some reason that | myself
could accept for keeping me out. :.
YOU'RE Scotch too are yc, mon?
he asked, with the first and only ac.
cent | heard him use.
"'Well, | replied. I'm Scotch enough
TO have one son Duncan and another
Douglass
"Im Scotch, too my name shows
It. Keith's all Scotch. DO you know
Muir, John Muir? We've known each
other for thlrty'fve years and we've
been out together great deal He's
Scotch and I'm Scotch, and SO we quar-
rel all the time
" DO you know, believe that every