The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18
BY THE OUTSIDER

neither of them have adequate water I
supply. San Miguel is owned by Cap |
tain w. G. Waters, a veteran of the |
civil war and a picturesque figure in
Santa Barbara Histitle has never been
successfully questioned, and it is not
thought that he would be willing to
take the risk of having diseased horses
and mules from the orient mixed UP
with his own stock or even placed on
the same island.
Major Ben c. Truman, a regular vis-
| itor to Santa Barbara every winter, is |
settled at the Potter. He is only there
for few days, however Il like 70 !
drop in and call on my old friends, /
Judge r. B. Garfield, Judge Jarrett
Richards and Raffour, who broiled me
, many porterhouse steak and made
me many a rum ornelet Al years ago"
! he explains. Mrs. Truman and Miss
Truman accompany the nlajor. Major
| Truman was secretary to President
Johnson during the greater part of his
term and, besides doing strenuous work
1 in the postoffice department. which
brought him to southern California in
1879, he has written 10 books on the
Golden state.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Coles gave a
| piCulC luHCneOn dI kdrplnCer1d tTlQdy,
| in honor of the bride and groom, Mr..
and Mrs. william Campbell, who are
settled in their hCme in upper State
street.
! Stewart Edward White says that Car
| pinteria is the finest picture he knows
on this coast. There the surf is won
| derful, rushing in as 1t does nowhere
else in the world but at Hawaii. The
| long, low flats make 1T possible to- en-
joy it with modicum of danger. just
| enough to put tingle in the blood. 1t
| was just before White left with his
wife for Africa that the couple gave a
| breakfast out at their camp in Car
pinteria. The guests sat down in bath
ing suits and as soon possible after
| the breakfast was over they went
| tumbling down to the sea and passed
! an hour or two in the surf, then lay
on the sand and spun yarns of pirates,
| after which they resumed the garb of
civilization and ate luncheon.
1t is a dull day when there is not
some kind of a prank on hand when
White and his solemn looking chum,
Samuel Hopkins Adams, are together.
White tells with great relish of a trick
he and Adams played on young Field
of the Sunset Ma gazine several months
ago. They wrote an atroclous poem
and submitted it to Field, signing fic-
titious names. Next they took Charles
S. Aiken, editor of Sunset. into their
confidence, went to the Sunset and de-
manded audience with Field. Field did
not recognize his usually meek look
ing friends, who were decked out as
Indians, and tried to put them off with
! eYasive promises. 1t was no use; he
either had to say yes or no, and that
without delay, for the Indians " hands
went several times toward ugly looking
weapons in their belts. When he was
forced to read the stuff White and
Adams sank back and glutted their
eyes on his agony At last his ex-
preston proved too much for them and
their laughs betrayed them.
Miss Katharine Anne gave lunch
con Tuesday for Hiss Field of London,
England, who is spending a year with
her aunt. Mrs. JaIles sLouderman. The
debutante set were present in force.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. Underhill
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joel bennington
Fithian have gone east to spend the
holidays The Ffthians are bound for
Boston to spend the Christmas octave
with Mrs. Fithian's mother Mrs. Baker.
while the other couple are to eat their
Christmas turkey in New York.
Mr. and Mrs Edward A. Gilbert gave
a dinner of 90 covers Thursday even
, ing, December Is. at their home in
upper Santa Barbara street, in honor
of their son, Edward Gilbert. Dancing
: followed the meal
Mr. and Mrs w p Lindley and
family of New York are in their Monte
$ cito home for the winter. 1t is the
first season since the San Francisco
2 fire that the Lindleys have been here.
: Santa Barbara is enjoying the com
2 pany of Mrs. A. b. Russell. who, as
: the daughter of her distinguished
a special claim on the old Mission
city, for it was there that Mrs Ather-
[ ton got her first material for the tales
that started her on the road to fame,
7 her collection of short stories, I'm the
Splendid Idle Forties." being laid about
the De La Guerra mansion, where she
2 was a guest when she wrote.
Mrs. Russell is fond of outdoor life
4 and is more often seen speeding her
, motor car down State street than at
: social functions.
There is a poultry show going on in
Santa Barbara and even those who find
the hen a congenial associate socially
f but who despise her when viewed com
mercially, are showing themselves at
the coops. There are many fanciers
about Santa Barbara and Montecito
Mrs William Miller Graham started a
2 flock of turkeys last spring and this
: fall showed a flourishing collection of
{ nearly 100. Another woman who has
t proved how profitable fowls may be