, 1879-07-19
LAKE GENEVA.
Tho Scnsnn-CnmptnE Out-Camp Covr-1'on
Am! Cnn,pins Club-NtEhtlngatc's Camp.
8pttiat CorEtsrondtnee Of The Tttbane.

Tho sc"son-Cnn,pinE Out-camp covr-1son
Am! cnnapins sClub-SiGhtIngate's Camp.
Spttiai Correspondence Of The Tribune.
LAKB GENEVA, Wis, July 17-An impression
seems to prevail to sumo extopt that the popi-
larity and patronago OF tic sumtncr-resorts OF
Wisconsin ara dcc!iniug. The cool weather Of
tho early summer and the excessive ra!ns secm-
cd indeed to delay tile ouentuE Of the season
beyond the customary period, but now It may
snfcly ba said that thinEs aro fnrly booming
about Lako Geneva. However 1t may bo at
other resorts, certain IL Is tba, this popular wa-
tertrg-placc Is gaining In patronage year nfter
year, 1t must be added, however, TINT
tho tide OF summer travel setting in
hero Ia SUBJECT 10 moro or less chnnee.
'Tilc cantos and parks around the thirty
miles Of fhko shore aru Increasing 10 numbers
md facilities every season, and never moro no.
ticcably tlau this year. Not lcsa rllan tllou.
sand dcniz1uB o! the dusty cities arc now 6nugly
cnsconced In tho breezy groves about the 1akc,
in tcEts, cabins, cottages, hotels, ind boarding
houses. Where tho fashionable hotels lose tile
rustic catnp wilt gain.
CAMPING OUT.
Tho systom Of camping out Is much In voguc
and steadily growing nero popular heroabou.s
No more magnificent resort could he found IN
the Northwest for camping parties than
Lake Geneva. The lnku itself Is ,narc pei
lucid than half the katcrs IN Amor
lea; It Is entirely free from grass,
md abounds In asn; whito thu shallv grows
the salJy bcach, tic picturesque outliac Of bo1d
prolnontory, scgucstercd glen, towering bills,
a1nl blue expanse OF wavcs, form tho nost OF
qn!sise, picture Of woodland aud water In
NjrhtInsa,e's Camp Is SO named in honor Of
PROT. a. +. Nightingale, rnnt!pal OF the Lake
Vlun High School. He llua purchased 4mal
tract OF lnn' OH the south shore, between Kaye's
Park nntl Harvnrl Park, and has annually
Joined by twunty or thirty frtcuds, ladies md
gentlemen. Several weeks of every summer
nro spent In this charming retrcat, removed
fr<n tic coaycntionalitles of society, will,
tsAtng, and, swimming. MaterIal Is ilon upon
the ground for n small, now pter, whero the
steamboats, will occasionally mako l4.;llngs,
this being their only opportunity for communi-.
cation With tho outside world, tho poor condi.
lion Of tbs earrage'ronds fortunately keeping
strangers at I. long distance. The camp will be
occupied next week. a'll jolly times may be cx
pse.sd' t1r T tho ;, fssort as been known ln tmcs
The nusnbass Of The vesta BoatC Club, Of CAt.
cngo. hayc pitched their trnts ut Cninp Cuye,
near MannIng's Point, mil the gentlemen arc
rsI'u1ca to 30 wonderful athletes, c1pert fsher-
mr. n9asl. TSoa a"%msFs qs aud Inv fa'. DasS
pu,np til, following: Charles i. Mr-
Alyoy, George 7: Aill!or,. O. =. Maurau. F. @.
Allrfcll, Charles @. buck. saln q. Lealu, Jr, A.
The Bon Ami Gambling Club, Of Chicago, has
lnatlo flsst visit to Laliu aeHrya this season,
nud will no tiuuht, bu a regular Institution
hereafter, year after rear. Several prctty tents
a!ro pitched Oh tcn. aero tracs wcst Of kaye's
Park, whore II sueatnboat p!sr has becn built,
awnings seass, ctc.. provided and every conyo,l-
ienre brought into requis1oll for recreation aud
health slnsc sherwood, Of Chicago, IL tho
week Wll SEQ tic resort crowdud with civ psopjo
seeking q week Of outing In tue refreshing
brrezes Of lake Geneva. GKopE.+