The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08
AUGUST IN A NoAH'S ARK.
uoUsE-BOATING ALONG THE COAST,
AND ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

World For Me.
New York, Aug. T.
There's only one boat in the world for me,
only one boat has my sympathee
It's not so very pretty,
Nor of a high degree,
But there's only one boat
In the world for me!
This little song is sung evenings wher-
ever there is enough water to float craft
If is the Song of the Household" and
whoever has enjoyed the bliss of dwelling
IN such structure for a season knows
the truth, yea, the absolute verify Of every
line.
House-boating originated on the Thames,
People who have been along the Thames
in the summer come home enthusiastic
about the households. Even William Wal
dorf Astor patronizes them, and to row
along the Thames river at nightfall is to
imagine yourself in the middle of street
lined on each side with humble cottages,
from the windows and piazzas of which
CLEAN myriads of hosptable lights.
There is housekeeping as a pleasure
and house-boating as an art. As a
pleasure it is the most pleasurable thing
imaginable; as an art it is also delightful.
The Pierre Lorillard houseboat Called
the Caiman, is it uotO is a magnificent
affair. It is not pretty, for Households
can never be exactly beautiful from a
nautical standpoint, but 1T is elegant.
Houseboaing as an art is practiced upon
#. The inside is finished in hard woods
and furnished to perfection. Each sum-
mer new outfit Of wicker and bent wood
furniture is placed on board, and each au-
tumn the load is carted away and the fin
est of upholstery takes it's place. The
Lorillard houseboat spends it's summers
in the ocean and it's winters in the waters
Of Florida; and the boat is talked about
on both sides of the ocean. 1t is sea-
worthy and can go on any voyage, and it
is swift
But the households that are built or
chartered for real pleasure are another
thing. They are got up anyhow and lived
IN after a fashion, but there's lots of fun
on board.
They say you can take and place a cot
tage on wheels, draw it down to a raft,
push it aboard, and, presto, you own a
houseboat But, with all regard for those
that are made in that way, a regular
nouseboat is to be recommended. You can
get one for almost any price.
The very fine Households are run by
haphtha, electricity or steam power. They
can be taken anywhere There have even
been hOuseboats with sails sticking up
from the sides and top of the boat in the
FUNNIEST way you could imagine. But
Such boats are not to be copied. They are
accidental and the chances are you VIII
capslze with them
in New York harbOr the majority of
lhe houseboats do not go. They are sta
uolafy' When they move they are tug
bed along. The boat itself is made like
row boat, without power of locomotion
me phly effort that is made at providing
~ VAIN the means of moving is in the
form OF big oarlocks, which are placed
upon each side, after the manner of the
Ilfemes which Columbus rowed to this
country. But these are to be used only
IN case of emergency.
tAe typical New York harbor houseboat
j made like little cottage. 1t general
~ Is made TO order and when it is done
~ Is lowed out into the harbor and an
H noIeu. pilot gives advice about the an
S.ioliAs anu selects either private inlet,
Wi'e'e me houseboat will be out Of dam
SCI or an out-of-the-course spot where
lgl%1oats never intrude. The anchor of
.g AoISeboat is then dropped and the
s17 steam away, leaving the houseboat
party 60 its own devices.
me Pouscbcau is there to stay And
& Do people pom 1t. What becomes OF
"'H you ask. Are they there to stay,
o'. Yes, unless they want to get to
""l' IN which case they can get into a
"I,'1 IoWpoat and be rowed ashore.
oH each side of the hOuseboat you will
.,'-e' always, these small rowboats. They
Ie called by the houseboat family the
n.r o"'s They hold exactly as many
Isohs as are in the houseboat. And in
''' ut any accident to the big craft all
van get in the little boats and row ashore
N ,,il 'I 20 ashore for days pleasure.
a Inns ever does happen TO the house
mat is their strong point their
You can't injure them, unless
M. 1u mo them with an ocean liner, IN
i,., ease ne chances are that the house
IN T merely good thing, pushed along,
could hardly upset.
'e 'front.' deck Of a houseboat is the pi-
r a''l FAMILY sittiug-room. 1t has an
rr-' ana III 1t rains there are water
lungs mat can be pinned to the deck.
m -" enler you come to the stalerooms
side They are little cabins for
ping quarters OF the guests. They
Nm S' only large enough for a little
om,r. H. dressing table. The bathing ac-
zoos are further along and often
ID uldFe-buckct and BASIN
H'useboat is "a large one there IS
com on the ground floor But IL
'aii iae upper deck or the roof OF the
mn, lhe dlning-room. At night IL is
mo The concert-hall aud roof-gar-
qua tntil morning dawns there are
restless spirits making night mus
houseboats lie down the shrews-
AN "l'ie oysters come from. They
'-slriped awnings on the sides.
.'p There are little cupolas where
cams sit IN the evening. The or
'te amateur ones, but the music
rt 'l' less delightful
a houseb0at ever constructed
". Tor an American capitalist OF
f... VINO loves the water. lie wanted
'.f houseboating IN the Gulf This
j. sixty feet long ana thirty
i's plant is like that OF "A dou-
r mouse. on each side Of mo
s.. io broad rooms dining ana
.oPm. Then thore come hand
. "Ns rooms whit down below
ana servants quarters Ip fbo
t.a hIr more sleeping rooms. ana
uaH ROOM which can be- nm
Htrll urc. Tho walls of
finished with "a patent damn
ilnn. ana there nra pirftfrr.