The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-26
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CHEAP ADIRONDACK CAMPS.
II 10 Possible TO Have Pleasure aad Cou-
fort In tho Woods at n Low Cost.

II 10 Possible TO Have Pleasure sad Con.
fort I'm the Woods at . Low Cost.
Adirondack camping is not necessarily a luxury
OF the very rich alone. 1t Is possible for families
TO spend n month or two months in camp in
comfort for less than the cost OF n like period at
n fashionable or even scmi-fashionablc hotel at
the seaside or in the mountains. After the first
investment OF capital in buildings the annual
cost Is not great 10 those who live simply.
Campcrsi in search Of low rentals must not ex-
pect To make their summer homes In the fashion,
able camping district. The real difficulty is tn
find a site that is at once moderate in rental
and fairly convenient. This is more difficult
every year rs the Adirondack proprietors are
more and more adopting the policy Of Paul
Smith. and restricting their leases so thai only
the rich can establish permanent camps.
The difficulty of the site overcome, the mat
ter Of making IA permanent camp IL easily and
inexpensively carried out. Carpenters In tho
woods are half guides and guides are usually
more than half carpenters. Either may be had
for 81 or at most $3.50 n day, and the materials
for building the permanent structures ofa camp
are cheap. Many campers are content with .
single log and slab house to contain a kitchen
and u general assembly room. This may COST
from 500 10 $500 according 10 size and APP
pointments. After that there may be as many
tents as are needed.
A tent may he OF almost any size, shape, and
cost. The hest are set upon neat wooden noors
this sort sixteen feet square with veranda and
more than $50. The guides can make most OF
the furniture from pine or spruce left almost
N ITS natural state; canvas chairs, hangingso or
stitnte the Injuries of a simple camp. A we'll
made tent should last ten or twelve seasons, hut
indefinitely. and the annual allowance for wear
and teal, need not be great. The guide brings
cost more than seveniy,;tlve dollars each are
enough for the camp. With proper care they
equipment Of sncha camp thus need not cost
more than $500. "
and averaging six or eight persons with servants
extra, need not he more than $3.50 or $40 PER
month. The guide usually receives 81 per day.
The cook and the chamhermaid may be those OF
the family when al home. To engage local SER
N nSnr sa IN y Ice W. MI sSr navy ,nEo for ali ia" s s1rs n af xd sr
tends toward that Of the guides. A cook has no
more 10 do in the woods than elsewhere. and a
chamhermaid has less, because there are nocar-
pets 10 sweep and no windows TO clean. The
ordinary man-Creature would be, willing To let
the wind do the sweeping OF his tent, The
whole cost of service may easily be kept down 10
Sl35 per month. The cost Of the table may be
set down AT n little over $50 per month for each
member OF the family. This allows for servants.
This expenditure with moderate rental and
allowance for interest on investment Is lessthRn
many a well-tO-dO family pays for indifferent
RECOMMENDATIONS in n crowded summer hotel;
economy are all ON the side 81 the Adirondack.
There Is plenty of room for every one, y comfort-
able Temperature. ph"!".fE.- -, -T.s as--a1~
Of anv Temptation Ia extravaganza. Families
with no reputation for fashion Ia maintain may
live in cheap outing garments from one end OF
the month 10 the other, and the saving In dress
alone i worth considering, Ia say nothing of the
comfort that comes of being freed from cOnyen-
tiOnal costume.
Campers find that tents are dryer than log
huts. After "a rain Uf two ar three days the
huts have a dHnk smell unless a tire IL kept go
ing all day. while the tents dry ont IN n fyN
hours and may he warmed Ia ten minutes IN rts
morning by a light fire in the little stove or upon
the hearth with which some are provided. As
tirewoOd cut and piled costs only Sl.!5 per
cord. IL may he used lRyishl,.
Nhcn the season Of one twu or three months
j. over the tents and their furniture are packed
away carefully in tbs house. the boats are
locked up or taken hy M" guide to his own
home for SAT- Sreping. ifit De- MOI too far away.
and the guide. il he ht i"rul 10 the "rg.on, as lie
should be ii pu~sihle, will for a small sum visit
the camp occasionally during the winter and
spring 10 see that all i right. ~ one ~ ths
lessons OF sensible Cnmplng l. lhat 81 simplicity
in liViu-, thieves that occasionally break into
a Camp are no' likely T. ind anything OF great
value 10 carry of. Toward the opening Of thu
next spasoa a line 10 the Egl6r set~ him pre-
pairing for The arrival 81 the family, and ths
campers reach the -lntn"r home 10 hnd their
tents up and furnished, al" house cleaned,
everything aired and dried. Q fire on every
hearth n the wratECr bs chilly. and such "a
hOms-liie welcome IS the C~O-tlirst summer
hotel cannot cutie simulate.