Evening star., 1928-05-13
'BUNGALETTE' CAMP
TOURISTS. CHOICE
Cottage Resting Places Are
Growing in Popularity,
Says Auto President.

Motor camping will be made un-
usually attractive this year TO the 40,-
600, 900 tourists who within the next
few weeks will hear the red gods call
and will set out for the national parks
and other spots of scenic and historical
interest.
Investing, as they do, some five bill
lion dollars in scenery. fresh air and
recreation. they are entitled, according
TO @. NJ. Villains. automobile company
president to greater conveniences than
hitherto have been offered by the vari-
Gus communities in free camp sites.
The coming vacation season." said
Mr. Williams will doubtless see the
last OF insanitary and inefficientiy
maintained stopping places The Amer
ican gypsy awheel is democratic
enough. and likes TO swap experiences
with other motorists from Maine,
Kansas or Texas. but he is demanding
more privacy and more luxury than the
old-fashioned and primitive free camp
affords.
Cottage Camp Springs Up.
"In answer to his demand for greater
comfort there has sprung up the
'bungaiette' or cottage camp. which
originated, believe, In Florida and
which has been extended rapidly
throughout the South and Southwest
as well as in other sections Of the
country.
Instead of finding soggy tents.
swampy grounds and common wash
basins and cook stoves, the 1928 motor
ist, If he selects his route carefully, will
be able TO make week end or overnight
stops at these well managed cottage
camps, occupy a succeed bungaIette
with a screened-in sleeping porch. COM
Portable spring cots and all the conven-
| fences OF the private home or the hotel,
IF there is any laundering to be
done. his wife will find electric wash
| ing machines and electric irons. Hot
and cold running water and tiled
| shower baths are among the features
Of the modern tourists camp, and
! some Of the more pretentious OF these
camps boast even community play
grounds, recreation houses, post office,
barber shop, information bureau and
souvenir shop.
Linen and Blankets for Rent.
Bed linen and blankets are avail
able at n nominal cost, thus eliminating
the necessity Of carrying excess bag
gage, and the ever-present filllnR sta.
ton. even in the most Srarsely popu-
lated sections Of the country, solves the
gasoline problem.
One OF these unique camps will be
found near Lawrence. Kans.. where
| discarded street cars have been con-
vcrted into kitchenette apartments. At
another camp, near GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
| the tourist may have the unusual ex-
perience Of occupying All old wine cask
made over into coy and attractive
cottage. Camp 0rande, just out OF FL
| Paso. Tex, a model Of It's kind, offers
every convenience that could be- ex~
| pected IN an up-to-date small town.
! even down 10 police station.
/ AS an illustration Of the increasing
| popularity of these cabin camps, IL IN
/ noted that while patronage at Dcnvcr's
, tent camp al Overland Park, one of
/ Americas most popular rendezvous for
| tourists, fell of 80 per cent last year.
| business In the furnished cottage
| camps of the same neighborhood In
I creased 100 per cent
! This institution, coming In response
(, 10 more cKacting demands, offers the
| freedom of the out-of-doors At mod
crate cost, provides the tourist with
every possible convenience. and estab-
fishes privacy Impossible under the
conditions Of the old-fashioncd COM
munity camp"