, 1873-07-06
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.

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Sunday Morning, July u 1o1o.'
CHICAGO AS a PLACE OF SUMMER RESORT.
Anybody who has boon wise enough this year
to stay at homo In Chicago for tho summer, aud
rho has boen foolish enough in former years to
90 into tho country for tho summer, will scarcely
tlony tint Nature commonda itself more with
modern improvements than 1t dooa without them.
Wo hive ncyor had 30 good m opportunity for
teating this matter In Chicago as wo have had
this year. Our several parks havo novor
before been In 30 advanced a condition.
Our drives havo novor before been 30 extensive.
Our facilities for obtaining tho enjoyment Of
Naturo's charma at home hhVo mover been 60
ample. Now, hoWovor, tho advantageB Of Inn
proved Nature ara obvious. A Saturday after-
noon In Lincoln Park alone Is sufficient to cs-
tabliah Its superiority over wild md unoulti-
vated Nature. You have hills which are not too
high to climb aheets Of water whoroon your
boats may float with tho security, II not tho
a1acc, of a swan banks to reolino On without
being haunted BY the terror OF snakes and black
bugs good roads to drive On that arc never
too dusty or too muddy; rustic bridges to cross
without tho danger Of breeking through music
to listen to that does not como from cracked
piano or o village ainging- -school protty women,
rav oouipaces, and tho greeting Of friends to
enliyop tue sceno; piGturoaquo viowB that arc
panoramic in tho constant changes tho people
make: luxurious shade from thickly-plantel
troea and cool breeze from over tho lake the
delusion Of bucolio p1oaaures without tho stern
realty Of bucolic fatigue, monotony, and stupid
ay. And, when thess rural characteristics have
beon experienced, II takes but q half-hour's ride
to rosch comfortable city homo, with bath in
your drcssipg-roo.n, scroo,s on your wiudowB to
1.oon out tle aios and m,,BautoeH, leo in your
wator-pitcher. and comfort all around you.
Natupo. with modern improvements as wo have
them in chicaro, is a much more pleasing damo
than el,o who welcomes You in tle country in
hor primitive habits aud old-fashioncl associa-
tioug.
Chicago poople arc beginning to understand
sod appreciate all this. They arc botter Off than
+ho donizons of other lrco cities in this country
Til neyer 40 warm with us ns It is in Now York,
PHILADELPHIA, st. Loris or Cincinnati. We hive
1ess of high thermometer and low barometer.
There fs not tho sauo reason for rushing of to
crovded euumer-resorts, hot, sandy beaches, or
rckety old farm-houses. Our people arc learn
&ne to stay at home in the summer time. The
proportion of city houses that arc closod this
summer ia much smaller than in any previous
.nnmor a;pcc nh;capo lima crown to bo motron-
o;a Tim nnmter or people who rus1, oil whom
A,a sva71ows coma will dccrepse with oyery
.,,rn,oar nnt;, ,,v and lv It will become fashions
.,,oso ,,,, or, ,ortrno+e n 1;va in ccaro
=, a+a~, 81 hmm during +ha w,ru aonson. When
4ho+ tin,o comoaz,n7 It ia oyidontlv not far diu-
tsnt-nobo1v will ro off, Tho custom which now
il. haara tho atemn Of Miss Flora b[oFGmsey will
hacoro n,ebo;an and vulgar. Tho next step in
+b,. vorv conmandah,a nropreas will be the in
a,v NJ atronrara ;nto Chicago during tho sum-
mar montba. When it aboll onco become fash.
fon.b1a for ch;coro ncople to etay at home.
ali N. o.,,or naon,e in the country vii,
nan t1,c nronriety not of doing Likewise. because
tl,ey haven't such pleasant homes to stay at,
Int of coming to Chicago to psrta 10 Of tho ad.
yantagcs It has to offer.
fhicaoo ia verv raptdlv and steadily proparipe
i.aalf for its inevitable recognition as the sum.
moring city OF America. The timo will un,
doubtea1y como when the people will flock here
IN Jnne. July. and August Just as they 60 to
Nay Orleans in January, February, and March
c1,caEo will In fully prepared to receive aud en
tertaiu tho1u. 1t will have the largest ant
most luxurious hotels in Amorica, and plenty oi
them. They will 10 kept, as they arc already il
point Of fac t, in style to increase their attrao
tivenoss OF number aud roominoss. The driver
Till be tho most extensive OF my olty In tic