, 1874-06-13
CHICAGO AZ A PLACE or SUMMER RESORT

there Ia no place that can equaf Chicago aB COM
Portable aummor-resort is now almost gonorafly
accepted. briol experience in any othor city
will establish tho fact that, when Chicago finn
ily leaves homo in aoarch Of comfort, and health,
until 1t returns again to this city. As rnio, tho
o!tios Of tho United states arc intensely hot DUR
Ing tho summer Honson; md this ra]e applies
equally to thoso placoB known IA special resorts,
-such as Saratoga, Newport, and Long Branch.
Even In tho leas fashionable places Of this kind
In tho mountain districts. there Ia the Same blaz
ing aun during tho day time, and fogs md mins-
,natlc yapore at night. Tho "country" board
business, or fraud, Ia now too generally UNDER
stood to deccyo any but tha atmploat beginner.
The hot sun by day, thedusty roads, tho inevitable
kerosene Tampa by night, tho low and Bmail-
sized bedrooms. tho scanty supply of water;
ard the moats, butter, eggs, and other fond an
brought from the nearest city, neyar fail to open
tho oyeB of the victims to tho doluson Of coun-
try board aud country air aa an cacape from tho
comforts Of homo IN b city like Chicago =;
A recent visit found the City Of Cincinnati
overwhelmed With heat business suspended ar |
midday horses dropping In tho stroot; tho
scanty water In tho channel Of tho river avaro-
rating at the tato Of two inches + day., and
threatening to 1oayc tho city high aud DRY. A
visit to the various resorss Ia the mountain
closed iutense boat By day aud by night. Baltt-
moro lay awoltoring under tho rays OF q hun
which Ind not beon sladod BY CLOUD for weeks.
Washington City was oven wosse. Tho heat was
as intense that oven at the Capitol, on tho hfgh-
cst point in tue place, tho heat Sas 30 great that
physical oxertion waa out Of tho question.
| Members Of Congress- found It difficult
to ronnin in their halls for any length
| Of timo an escape 10 tho rotunda and
to the porticos OF tho Capitol to get fresh air,
was necessity. No peraon could Hit Ia the gal
| lory half an hour without being overcome with
tho noat. The presiding officers and clerks wore
objects Of general confederation, At the hotels
and in private famil1os there vas tho snme gen
eral discomfort blazing sun all day, and aloep-
| def,iug hu]trinoss at night. In Philadelphia,
| Now York. Albany, nnd oven In tho Connecticut
cities aud towns, It was tho Same thing.
How different In oil these rospoota Is Chicago.
Here thero is no such extreme weather. We ap-
| proach nearer to an Ely5iau summer than any.
other part OF tho continent. We have ut tinea,
1t is truo, IN intensely hot sunshine for q few
hours about midday, but, long before the after
noon is spent. thore sots In tho gra teful cooling
breeze, rendered all the moro enjoyable BY the
heat OF tho few hours beforo. In most, If not
nll Of the cities Of tho country during tho warm
season tho broezo dies away In 8 dead, sultry
calm, with tho setting Of the sun, In Chicago
tho reverse Ia the case. We do not suppose that,
taking tho average OF the seasons. thoro Is more
than ono night In each year when comfortable
sleeping is in the least interrupted by tho heat,
not oven when tho days have been unusually hot
for fnw hours. ....,
Chcago has now, within the circle OF few
miles, numerous suburban towns and villages all
easy Of accoss by excellont roads. sho has also hor
systom Of parks and broad boulevards, and tho
two furnish series Of drives not oxoelled, It
equaled, in any city Of. the country. 30 much is
tho summon heat modified In Chicago by tho
noyer-failing b1oezcs Of luke and praIrlo, tlat
comfortable driving on tbesa roada and in the
parks can bo enjoyed from early afternoon and
as fur into the evening as desired. The so1ourner
In Chicago II hla object be to breathe fresh air,
to have IN abundant supply OF pure water, CON-
; Portable, spacious lodgings, and table supplied
with all tho yariotios OF food that make up sea-
sonablo entertainment, eau find no place where ho
can improve hIs condition. We are In tho
heart OF tho country and In direct communica-
tion with all Its mnrketa. The soft crabs Of tho
Bea-ooaat, tho fruits aud vegetables OF tho
tropics, tho trout and other fab Of tho Northern
lakoa tho beef Of tho plains, tue mutton OF the
mountains, tho winea Of CALIFORNIA; Ohio and hfia.
eouri and Of Europe everything that can tempt
the appetite, or crafty the moat exactlng taste,
finds 1ta way to Chicago. Within twelve hours
ride Of Aono Of tho finoBt fruit-gardens Of tha
country there Ia neyor scarcity Of any variety
| Of fruit at any saaaon. Tho world is tributary
to tho market Of Chicago. With puro air and
an abundance Of pure water, with lake and for
est, plaills and river, all at our door, ne unita
i all tho enjoyments Of country Life With metro
{ politan abundance. luxury, and comforts. Tho
summer visitor to this city has all tho purity OF
air thai l.o yainly socks In tho rural solitude,
aud has with 1t tho comforts aud elegancIos Of
: metropolitan city. Ho is, moroyer, within direct
and easy ACCESS to any other part Of tho country
/ IIo can tako a few days to tho scenery ol
Lake SUPERIOR or vlait Niagara, or taRo trip ia
: tho Rocky Mountains, and come back to CHI.
t cago. Visitors here--aud tho number Ia an.
t n,,ally getting larger-fronl Ht. Louis aud the
t other river towns, from all the Southern and
from the Eastern Staten, find in our hotelg, an6
, with private families, all tho comforts and elo
gauoies Of homo, without tho exorbitant charget
which aro oxactol at tho ao-oallod Watering
places, where tho people live ton montts In tls
/ year on what they plunder from visitors In tht
!, | other two mouths. Without exception, whotho
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