New-York tribune., 1905-07-02
THEY DWELL IN TENTS.
Some Picturesque Features of Ocean
GroDe Camp Life.

Ocean Grove, n. J. July I-For the SAKE VI
-naodng a summer under canvas two hunoreo
snd fifty families from all over the United States
annually leave city homes. some or which are
fuxuriously appointed and form the ocean
r--ova tenting colony Life in Skis peaked
shelter. with its lean-to. or one story woooeh
buiiding in the rear has attraction for some
-o-,- .,,+ tbav cannot resist and this season
.ba tents were all taken long before the season
,a5 and with one or two exceptions. Were
occupied by June Is
C-ovvdad into little space, with "oodeh
,Ia+for1n underneath and only canvas ruoi
shove their heads. the tent dweiiers are 'ohS'
roc3abIe set who are bound to get All uieS oNA
-. q ,ifa The large hotel or boarding mouse
C no+ for them and they ignore lne Coii'
+=o,o1i+ies Of fashionable existence '"e'
want +o practise little harmless oecePlioii o
themselves they need only to go lnslue ''ieN
tents and draw the flaps. and tney cah iiii'7-
+bot thew are really roughing it in some spo'
9. -a,,oved from the environments Oh CIVIL
cation. ..s5 with
,o-.e,ces that would not be tolerated lof
a., :, . citv fat or house. but the tent dwell
= nv. nm with discomforts and make no COM
,,laint There are usually about hVe rooiii' -
. tant-kitchen, dining room and possibly
bedroom in the wooden part whlle 'iie 'S''i' q
shelter adds two more All the rooms aIe '.iia-
and when furnished with the COOK s'oVe' 'eii
orator dining room table and chairs. TWO oeuo'
bureans and other household necessi1ies H'
OCEAN Grove Association provides IL seems III
,,ossible to get anything else In them anu e'i-.
= hIo IN move about with any degree Oh
freedom .,1,.
60 -,roblaTns than to arrange her belongings
,o5ar-, fat and viii discover places toi
-, chairs q couch sofa pillows anu per
- ,;ono to saw nothing Of pictures polteo
.,+. Glands and ornaments that go u uiIAo
a. ,1ooe attractive Indeed. after some OF LILO
+as+afn, ones have carried out their oecoFali'e
.oharnas the tents look as though tney "ei'
,n,anded for exhibition purposes ana ho' do
habitations.
y or5er IN Get from the front entrance 10 Ino
dining room In of these eiaporhleiS iu
nished shelters # is necessary to ueao ue
,iors u-av winding in and out, and navigating
the tortuous passage with great care ihei"
WAS a careful housewife In tent last suiiiiiief
whose husband and son liked the tent oeSs
,5tbo,+ so much furniture and bric-a-brao
about SO she used to bring out her ornaments
after the men had gone out in the morning.
and vrouId put them out OF sight before their
return
Room is always d. O. '--
and It takes considerable skill eli the part Oh
the housewife to arrange her pots, pans ana
other kitchen utensils SO that she can Lay her
hands on what is wanted without disturbing q
dozen or more that in the way Sometimes
II is necessary to use the oven for china
closet when it IS not needed for baking. and
the ice chest for seat: to make a wardrobe out
of a packing box and to convert trunk into .
dressing table
The dining room is a diminutive apartment
but If care is used small family can find room
to seat themselves around the table. provided