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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Around
the
Camp
Fire
cups,
pails,
milk
cans,
knives,
forks,
spoons,
lanterns,
bags
(paper
and
"gunny"
sacks),
strings,
thread,
needles,
matches,
shovel,
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-
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