Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-06
\ SUMMER VACATION
ON A HOUSE BOAT,
T"oUR young women belonging in
New York city are having a de-

T~OUR young women belonging In
New York city are having a de-
llghtful summer on a house boat.
They rented the craft already furnish
ed, had 1t towed into the quiet waters
of a peaceful, sheltered bay and there
anchored It, TO remain during the three
months Of July, August and September.
The rent Of the furnished house boat,
including the expense of having It tow
ed by n tug to the peaceful bay, was
Sl75. The craft has two large rooms
and Hat roof, with an awning over II.
Hammocks swung there make life
dream OF comfort. and the distance
from the shore insures safety from the
mosquitoes, that pest Of the Atlantic
coast,
Being in region where fish, crabs
and Holsters abound, the house boat
dwellers have an abundance of sea food
Of the freshest kind at small cost.
The girls do their own homework. A
boy is engaged to bring them fresh wa
ter daily from the shore. one Of the
two rooms the girls use for their cot
beds; the other is kitchen and dining
room IN one. For fuel the ladies burn
IN their kitchen stove the scented drift
wood that lies In heaps along the shore
and perhaps repeat meanwhile ia
nous New England poets verses on a
driftwood fire.
Fruit is cheap, vegetables are cheap
and sea food Is cheap, The ladies have
more than the Injuries OF fashionable
seaside hotel, and II all costs only some
So week apiece, The eternal blare
and noise the army Of greedy UNDER
| lings, the brass bands, the uncomfort-
able dressing three or four times day
ALI this the girls escape. Being only
1--WE girls" they can each wear a XII
mono all day If they choose, and mo-
body will know, nobody will care. When
| they desire a visit from friends they
notify them such, at least, as have not
! gone out OF the city,
The summer is absolutely restful
| The shore view affords them the sight
Of living green, Across narrow
| tongue Of land is the open sea, All day
long the breakers sound there, but soft
ly as is fitting In summer At night
they are luled to sleep by the voice Of
that surf which mikes eternal music
for those who love the sea.
Thus for considerably less money
than Il would require to live at home
In New York city the ladies win enjoy
a three months summer outing by the
sea. II is not the stag" parties that
have all the pleasure In these new wo-
man days
Strange il Is that more Of the Amer
] lean people do not adopt the plan OF
summerlng IN a house boat. IN Great
/ Britain THIS ia common, especially along
the Thames river In our country are
lakes and rivers without number for
those TO whom 1t is not convenient to
live IN a seacoast house boat A boat
can be hired or bought for a small sum
and whole family loaded into H. The
boat can De towcd from place 10 place
quite inexpenslyely, and thus change Of
scene can be had The children ana all
the family can have their baths In riv-
err or lake Grocery supplies can be
I taken on The boat, while wherever Il
landing 20 made dairy products and
green foods can be obtained cheaply
and OF the best quality Some Of the
house boats already constructed are
! provided with sails by which they can
be propelled when the wind is right.
Tired women could read write, sew
and rest likewise do what few have