The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

of recipes that have been tested. The
fireless cooker, of course, saves much in
time and labor and does away with
many inconvenience and discomfortS.
Miss Mitchell has aimed to make her
book a complete and working guide.
The principle of freless cooking is that
of the hay box Food brought to the
boiling point can be put in the box and
left to cook itself. When you take it
out it's done "Fireless Cooking
tells you how long different things are
to be left in the box.
An instructive contrast between the
past and present position of woman
suffrage in this country is drawn in the
current issue of the Woman's Journal
of Boston. the oldest paper of its class.
and now entered upon its fortfeth year.
Lucy Stone raised most of the money
with which 1t was started; Mary A.
Livermore was its first editor, and Julia
Ward Howe is still the chairman of its
board of directors. Among its contrib
utors have been Louisa NJ. Allcott,
Maria Mitchell. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
George William Curtis and long list
of the distinguished men and women Of
the last half century. The present
editors are Henry B. Blackwell and
Alice Stone Blackwell
Everybody is familiar with Southey's
lines. How the Water Comes Down at
Lodore" In fact, it is the only thing Of
his that survives in the popular mem
DRY. Therefore. everybody will be dis
iilusioned by this story: One dry sum
mer a Canadian, on visit to England,
who had read and been enthralled by
Southeys famous jingIes. came TO Kes-
wick and set out alone to watch the
waters come down at Lodore." Long
he wandered about. vainly seeking the
lost Lodore, until at last, broiled. baf
fed and bubbling with fury. he sat
down upon a large boulder in an almost
dried up water course, down which
trickled a tiny stream Presently a
native. the first he had seen that day,
came along. .'HIr' yelled the Southey
enthusiast. can you tell me where
can find the falls of Lodore?' why,
master" replied the rustic, you be
sittin' in middee Of EN-"
Eleanor Gates, author OF The Plow-
woman and Cupid. the Cow Punch. .
is at present living in the Santa Cruz
mountains near Los Gatos. There she
is conducting an interesting expert
ment in horses which she describes as
follows: 'sThe western horse. now fast
disappearing, was direct descendant
OF Arabs or part Arabs To bring
back that splendid, enduring. general
utility horse I have brought 10 pure
Arabs into California, and shall raise
both the pure stock and the part Arab
following the footsteps, you see. Of
Lord Byrons granddaughter, Lady
Anne Blount, who has great Arabian
studs. one In England and a second
near Cairo in Egypt. This raising OF
Arabs and part Arabs is to be both a
recreation and a business. but shall
not interfere with my writing. At any
rate. am meeting with great en-
enlargement
The home OF Mrs. Jeanette Lee In
Northampton is described as just such
a house as 1t should be for literary
workers, near town. with all the quiet
and seclusion of out of town, with a
wonderful view OF Mount Tom Mrs.
Lee sees her classes at Smith college
three mornings = week. and her own
and her husbands days are full OF
diligent literary work. She began
writing while she was still a student
in college and has been writing e5Fer