| Show In a mode Income a n sym i m T rand oo G C family and ft a 1 yearning for ter an outing the tho nat 11 allon Ion nero need not be beTo bep To these Ihla essentials It rail 11 1 p I uell 11 to 10 add another real r fr n the water 1 ater with 1 II t nim nt any tiny man who w I It hn 10 Is III not nol nott nolI I t I A slave to lo circumstances DB t I vii rte the thc of at a 11 more snore or orr orI orf I f r ruble and Nil Mil III rh of ot the fulfillment of or Ida liU nt It H U II almost almott cere w r I UL I t i tir t time lime In hi hili s per Ilfra I ra h a captain Just as II truly a ai 1 i t tc his hili neighbor r who ho Ic le own r 00 O yacht liMIt heat of ot all Is II I the tho thoi i he h win III probably secure mere mor meret f Id t rr rr his hili craft than will his hll hier r f r br r from the thc high t t I rr pr K r one on thing ho he wilt will 11 not bo M Md d rul with the thecae rare care and fa f II a row end and nj the c rr IP e c Inn with the I of or the costlier craft In t f 1111 I y r r Ue 11 Answer an tr to 10 the problem of or a fv tr ry summer Bummer or part of or a It sum r n the tl II water r I Is the houseboat oat I f r aner r of ot a houseboat lIou Is la vastly I than Is U I the r I if r f a i He lie need never re e weary eaty of ot his 1111 surroundings surrounding for tor fory y change chance them at will With no nn nolt lt r s In t n jay lar and 1 few repairs to be bee beh h e he le e may n a gratify his hll fondness for tor forr r ney If rn Olon nature and half halt a aired ared red ired lher things to any an extent that r rV y nl orient to lo him Free from th the D and bustle buttle of ot the crowd the Euty I w rid all nil left behind bob Ind he may a Quality of or rut rest that thai Is Ne te Ie T n terra firma finne i 4 fe few tew persons persona know at lit litI vt I r they the may ma have hwe havet t I jn summer hone homes house Houie t d 4 n r Terns ems to be one of or the popular t f t I are arc not prohibitive on ac acM acI M I i r expense It Is within the rifi h f r a host any one be he lie man of ot orate r It salary alar or possessed n ld of or sev sevI lIe it 10 I r ins imf Some Borne of or the tho most mOlt sue en c raft of this kind have tune ben been ale and some lome of them thern are the lite thep ther p F r nf t f the Ih professional nal shipbuilder t i running Into four tour figures r r i even nn five t to Rut nut the pleasure to 10 be bett anth tt frim rm them Is II 1 not always aye meas meu uri ny by y their heir lX n e F r all practical n a beat hoat u I rang CI about 1100 will be found malls ails ailsy y of ry If Ie one Is le I Inclined to b be a 1 1 he may easily make It ItI I f There Is I of ot course court no actual in jr as all t I what may mav be spent form In this thu direction and worth from to bee JIW are by II no means un uncommon uncommon common COli In the lile expensive craft raft the Items of 01 earls and machinery make makeup makeup makeup up a considerable part pan of 01 the cot cost Alt All the furniture necessary may ma IM be I pro procured procured cured for tor JIM IN When one r how howman many man persons persona there art ar who pay II dou double double ble big thle th amount f tor fr r the rental of or n a 1 stuffy and Inconvenient cottage collage at III a 1 summer resort It cannot fall fail to 10 argue Arue forcibly for tor the ownership of one on of or orth th these e hom I and boats bat There 1 Is III no other form of or recreation comparable with the freedom and In Independence dependence e of or lit Ilfe on a 0 houseboat al The nf of ba ha baa many advantages advantage over 0 the man who seeks lI k kIhe the woods or mountains at the ap approach a preach of ot Ihs Ihl heated term A com comfortable comfortable comfortable with a tight roof and a comfortable be bed l Is le always at BUILT OU orA or cov J f J 4 I t fi C l If 1 p I pI 4 I II I L J 1 r I RL r is IZ r e eS 1 S i 7 z i J hand Plenty Plent of supplies can be car carried ar tied ried without extra labor or expense tx n nIn In these days the average American dweller In cities Is I a so 10 M accustomed to certain conveniences s that hat I he them when Ihen he goes goca outside the bounds bound of act On the houseboat he hema may ma provide against tide this deprivation and remain In unfrequented places as 41 long a as II he Ire desires Some of the most mot interesting waters alera In America are Inaccessible to 10 the yacht acht be It steam or sailing mA The Tile Thelong Thelong long l ll shallow tars bays and aDd lagoons which Indent the tho southern mats and anI rivers riven are lire practically unknown to all nil but bullish lick fish fishermen ermen ennen with their flat dal bottomed CI punts punt The yachtsman has hu long lOll cast amt an enI envious enIous envious ous eve UDon the labyrinth of oC bays bay ba In Inh h u i I sr srI I I r I It t MM jr r rj j SS S 1 r r t L i Ik a 4 a I Id Ir d S r r r 55 x I I J v r J l lJ lJ lv l br i Sa v y fc t n t FOIL lets Jell an and ani bayous waters see au auh r shadowed h by primeval val Collage Ho UI lisle tele perfectly aura that these tb lb waters art an full of lib Ash the banks bank Invite exploration but bu hi his eye end and lets bis chart assure ure him that the tsat water r It la I too toe shallow to ap approach ape preach nearer neuer It It U In such urh n 1 situation that th t the tb skipper of er a houseboat li 1 I proud of hU ku ba craft cratt lie He ran Mil pall on any water witter that will float driftwood ne lie H conc concern him himself himself self but little over the changing of or the tides If It the receding waters leave leaH him stranded on a II mud bank he hll has baa only to wait walt for their return In th the meantime he may limy Ina dig dh clams clam pursue pur ue the playful crab or write a chapter In I hi hl journal I It Is ti only within the last lut few lew yean gran au that has become popular i In America That It II has hax ha had a far tar farI I greater popularity In England En it is due to III J RIVER STEAM oAT J l a 4 j sT k M i r T d H f g r s 5 r ii f i s several reveral causes The fashion was wan bor bore borrowed borrowed rowed more than Ihan a century ago from the Asiatic countries now under British rule The Th Thames Tham Is III peculiarly I 14 rI fitted for the I lie sport This great preat reat stream tream wind winding Inc ing for miles lies through a densely denarl populated populated populated countryside Is III lined lineal to the wa waters a edge on both side lId ell with the beau homes of ot I leisure class Towns Ton and villages occur nt It short intervals In Intervals and ever every enl ens n Is at home on the water and ADd experienced In all alt branches of or the craft The river Itself Is III an Ideal stream for tor boating The Tile current Is alow and 1100 the banks are eloping and easily The Th The Hudson on has hac been mentioned a M as a n arming rival but bUI It Is scarcely eh pout possible ble hlf The latter r stream h hu ha a tide pr pre tad ami rocky reck Winks bank lie sad and ad Is II t I ir jt th railroads alil The TIlt l is h aen n at al IU its I boat b t In Florida Fiends but hUI the Ih fashion of oC camping out during the Ihl summer rummer on M northern like lakes and riven rs Is le a I stewing growing one In Inthe Inthe the vicinity of nf New ew York city there see art hundreds hundred of ot miles mile of ot tout out line tine avail available available able Ible for tor On the Jersey roast coast particularly In the region of ot th the Shrewsbury river there Is In summer a large larre fleet of ot th these floating homes home This Thill river tidal and only a few mil milIn milAd milAdIn In length has hall many branches The i north branch called the Is II ideal for tor Passengers on the steamer from New ew York Torl to L Long LongBranch ng I Branch s see e great numbers of these thet craft at III different nl points along the shore or In among the Islands after the end of Sandy and Hook has hat been passed paned on the I down trip i Farther smith MUth In the waters of nt th the Manasquan Ina quan and Shark rivers finn flame Barns arne lIt Kat lay bay bit Tom Torm river and many other ether I suitable places there thero aro are plenty of ot these Ibue comfortable floating homes In evidence Along the shores chores of ot Long lAnE Island sound both on the tho New York 1 and Connecticut sides Mile there Are house houseboats i boats of ot tel ever every degree and design The I ISlo St Lawrence river dotted plentifully an as anIt I It Is with Islands Is I also alo a 1 favorite re resort reo resort sort of ot hou It U is I claimed that the houseboats nf of the tho Tactile Pacific coast reat are superior In point of ot construction j and seagoing ability to any others In America In the middle west eel where the waters are sheltered I th the fashion pre prevails prevails j vails largely Many very wry elaborate boats blats are anchored In beautiful Lake uke I Minnetonka tonka In Minnesota i As 8 a rule however the American houseboat Is It tar far less lu lee complete In its Iti It equipment thin than the When an Englishman has acquired a competency he retiree retired from business and devotes the tha remainder of ot his hll life lite to making himself lt comfortable The Thames houseboat lends Itself admirably to th the fulfillment of this laudable ambition He Ile spends his hit summers summer In this Ihl care cars fire manner without a single Ingle trip to town or a thought of ot business The American Is quite Quito different Although he hr possesses more moro than enough to last lait him as long as u he hD can an possibly live he lie heIs lieis Is I not content to say aay farewell to 10 the hurly huriy hurl burly he must mURt even Hen keep In touch with hit his office while he l Is IR sup lur lurr supposed r posed o wl 1 to be enjoying his hla vocation vacation So Sn he prefers a n fast fut yacht which will 11 take Uke him to the th city It speedily II peed II More than likely he transforms nna the yachts cabin Into n a business bu once office with a stenographer stenographer and secretary close at hand n |
