SOUTH SHORE 



WHAT shall we do now that South Shore is 

 gone, gone the way of all our lake shore, 

 gone to destruction say we, to improve- 

 ment say the property owners? 



What shall we do the long seasons to come 

 without this place to which we can hie in a few 

 minutes for a few minutes and back before any 

 one misses us? And when the barbarian gets 

 strong within us, where are we to go for beach 

 fires and com roasts? Peace to the ashes of 

 many such, and a requiem to our beloved South 

 Shore, the last bit of natural beach in all our 

 miles of south side water front. 



For years now there has been no other spot 

 where one might dip into the water except in 

 the presence of coarse and curious crowds. 



Once there was a bathhouse at South Shore, 

 little patronized by the general, but well known 

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