77/S I ,y TX 715 .11162 Copy 1 IslV HIGH LIVING RECIPES FROM SOUTHERN CLIMES COMPILED BY L. L. McLAREN PREFACE BY EDWARD H. HAMILTON DECORATIONS BY SPENCER WRIGHT PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK A_ X } LiKWAHV of C0NGR5:SS J I MG f.j 190.^ I copyright Entry 1 cuss A ;.;xc., No. I C>.Jii \ b. i^ote to tfje ^Econb Cbttion Although the conditions and needs which called into existence the first edition as expressed in the preface herein reprinted have not entirely dis- appeared, other needs and wider sympathies have since been created, arising from the disaster which befell San Francisco in 1906. Accordingly the future proceeds of the sales of "High Living" will be distributed through the agency of the willing circle of Kings Daughters. Copyright, 1904 by L. L. McLaren Copyright, 1907 by Paul Elder and Company The Tomoye Press By EDWARD H. HAMILTON The dictum went out that the sheep were to be parted from the goats ; and the goats were sent to Telegraph Hill. There were many shepherds for the sheep. They were led into the green pastures beside the still waters. At night their folds were watched and tended. But the goats foraged for themselves. They roamed the rough places. They browsed upon the tin cans and detritus of life. There were none to stroke them or call them soft names. They made their bed upon the long, hard road. They lived a strained and rugged life. They made a comrade of Necessity rather than Ambition. But they lived. It was the kids that died. They were not fitted for the chill nights and the buffet- ings. If they grew, they were gnarled and twisted. They lay down in squalor, and they arose in misery. But the sheep were tended and the world ran on. Then some young women took notice of this unconsidered hillside where the goats browsed gloomily, and where the kids were gaunt and strange. These were young women of the pleasant ways of life. They could have gone on in the flower- bordered paths, hearing the lark sing and stringing the daisy-chains. But they left the pleasaunces and went up into the hard places, where the rough goats were, and the strange, white kids. Out of their devotion was born the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association. They made a small beginning, but it was a good beginning. There were ten thousand discouragements. But those young women put down those discouragements with cour- age. They established their association and rooted it in the rocks of the Hill. Where there was sickness they sent a doctor and a nurse, a flower and a smile. Where there was discouragement and waywardness they extended a helping hand. Where there was death they sent consolation. They gave fresh air to children who failed and faded in close, untidy rooms. They set up Education, where Ignorance had ruled. In other words, they have their free dispensary, their doctors and their nurses ; they have girls' clubs, where they teach sewing and housework, boys* clubs, where the boys are taught to carve wood and work in leather and Interest themselves in wholesome things ; they have mothers' clubs, where those who will can learn the rudiments of nursing ; they have a kitchen garden, and a hun- dred pleasant ways of doing good. They are non-sectarian.

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77/S ,y TX 715 .11162 Copy 1 HIGH LIVING RECIPES FROM SOUTHERN CLIMES COMPILED BY L. L. McLAREN PREFACE BY EDWARD H. HAMILTON DECORATIONS BY SPENCER WRIGHT PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK A_ } LIBRARY OF CONGRESS J I Note to the Second Edition Although the conditions and needs which called into existence the first edition as expressed in the preface herein reprinted have not entirely disappeared, other needs and wider sympathies have since been created, arising from the disaster which befell San Francisco in 1906. Accordingly the future proceeds of the sales of "High Living" will be distributed through the agency of the willing circle of Kings Daughters. Copyright, 1904 by L. L. McLaren Copyright, 1907 by Paul Elder and Company The Tomoye Press By EDWARD H. HAMILTON The dictum went out that the sheep were to be parted from the goats ; and the goats were sent to Telegraph Hill. There were many shepherds for the sheep. They were led into the green pastures beside the still waters. At night their folds were watched and tended. But the goats foraged for themselves. They roamed the rough places. They browsed upon the tin cans and detritus of life. There were none to stroke them or call them soft names. They made their bed upon the long, hard road. They lived a strained and rugged life. They made a comrade of Necessity rather than Ambition. But they lived. It was the kids that died. They were not fitted for the chill nights and the buffetings. If they grew, they were gnarled and twisted. They lay down in squalor, and they arose in misery. But the sheep were tended and the world ran on. Then some young women took notice of this unconsidered hillside where the goats browsed gloomily, and where the kids were gaunt and strange. These were young women of the pleasant ways of life. They could have gone on in the flowerbordered paths, hearing the lark sing and stringing the daisy-chains. But they left the pleasaunces and went up into the hard places, where the rough goats were, and the strange, white kids. Out of their devotion was born the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association. They made a small beginning, but it was a good beginning. There were ten thousand discouragements. But those young women put down those discouragements with courage. They established their association and rooted it in the rocks of the Hill. Where there was sickness they sent a doctor and a nurse, a flower and a smile. Where there was discouragement and waywardness they extended a helping hand. Where there was death they sent consolation. They gave fresh air to children who failed and faded in close, untidy rooms. They set up Education, where Ignorance had ruled. In other words, they have their free dispensary, their doctors and their nurses ; they have girls' clubs, where they teach sewing and housework, boys* clubs, where the boys are taught to carve wood and work in leather and Interest themselves in wholesome things ; they have mothers' clubs, where those who will can learn the rudiments of nursing ; they have a kitchen garden, and a hundred pleasant ways of doing good. They are non-sectarian.

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