Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04
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|ARIo'5 WHITE TENT CITY AND
 ITS GOVERNMENT.

a person were to look carefully at man of Monroe county, N Y, he o1ILl see north of the city of Rochester, fhe mouth Of the Genesee river, if sa hap were large enough, small dot bfs.ed Charlotte. If he were to look in ,e ist of villages and cities of the ate, he would probably find the name
 tLe village of Charlotte. But he offia little think that just across the per from that village there is Q city ifla | full municipal government, well tid streets. with shade trees and in ,,ue parts electric lights-a city with llEfhe advantages of any other city, to W nothing of several advantages which lsnS cities have not. Its name is the E}s8e City.
 II5is municipality is of comparatively soef.t date, which accounts for the fact 3abit has not been mentioned in any
 the official guides or maps of the ate. It IS city of nonladic type and ofiIsl offer many chances to scientist laIsing a speciality of ethnological re- sarch, for it's inhabitants are constant changing and people are giving place Newcomers.
 All along the front IS high sea wall. ivilag a wide view of the sparkling sur soe ef the lake with it's varying humors ad its calm, dignified repose. This all or bluff rises to a height of 50 feet, eoinning short distance beyond the avilion at Summervi1le and extending 8vod1d the point where the little wood tbwer stands, refuge for fiirtations ad d blot upon the landscape. The tents tic White City extend back from this Huff i'll serried ranks 8 distance of q uarter of mile to the railroad track. There arc several streets running araIlel to each other and due north and snth. They are named after the presi- ents of the United States, beginning .pfa the west and ending on the east. ne tents are for the most part double that is, there is the sitting room for ae Reception of callers on dark days and saeondary tent for cooking purposes laa For sleeping apartments. The tents ra athe usual government "A' tent, and
 are white and clean, presenting a Wltiful appearance from the lake. 4{Ile supplies are brought down from 70 eity each morning, and everything fresh and good as if the inhabitants iare at their own city homes. Even if E tents do leak when it rains and the seupants feel like ungreased lawn loz4ers when they get up in the morn la with the blankets as wet as dish tgs. even if the butter is warm even red ants have habit of getting mixed pFith the cake frosting when company Expected, and there is no chance to st any more, what difference does it alze? Not q bit. Such things have ma to be recognized as the unavoid- sle Accompaniments of camp life, and Camp would be considered as first ass unless these things could be had at n9ment s notice. The cooking, as has zen said, Is done in the back tent with tile oil or gasoline stoves which do aolse fearfully sometimes.
 masmuch as the rules of the camp, Q unwritten law of nomadic people, aIxe it a heinous offense to go to bed in technical terms, to turn in later ansl o'clock the time for breakfast generally set at o'clock, so that the eIf Nho have business i'll the city atis, in tho suburban city of Roches rsmay be able to get the dishes wiped tlnle to catch the early car The mid
 1neal consists of light luncheon ared for the most part between the aalan and children. The great meal of clay isat night, usually at o'clock, rthen the men come back from the
 hungry and tired. It is generally
 al fresco
 reporter had the pleasure of par 6Z6g of one of the dinners and can
 thAt if all the dinners in the White ts5fe as good as that it is a most de- htful place to live, for beside the ex- Hence of the menu the view of the ze aald the yachts, and the points of d was delightful and added sauce to nleat
 Ash the case of all intelligent and 1llized communities, the first thing ne Mter tho organization of the city st4electa mayorand aldermen. Aft fierce and exciting struggle, the cor which had never before been own Ill the history of the city, Henry anWlle was elected mayor and l.. 0. aesf J H. Lewis and MT. Westervelt re chosen to the enyiable position of Iermen. It is hinted that this election. m reality a great triumph of the mlM s Rights party, which is said to szHemely strong in the city, but this ta@not Do verified by the reporter, m8 to the shortness of the time al yed him for research into the city h1yes- So far the government has enexcellent satisfaction. The inhab- nts of the White City all say that
 Me the most happy and the most N8nted body polite in the world. = Mester Post t-Express.
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