1894 



GLEANIN(iS I]\ BEE CULTURE. 



699 



I.AKESIDK. 



And there shall in no wise cuter into the city any 

 thinff that deflleth, neither whatsoever worketh 

 aljomi nation, or niaketh a lie; but they which are 

 written in the Lamb's book of life.— Kev. 31: 27. 



The gate leading into the Lakeside grounds 

 is on a sidehill; and it is so wide that I did not 

 notice the inclosure at all. It is true, a young 

 man stood by the side of the way, and as I 

 passed him on ray wheel I noticed that he 

 raised his hand. I regarded this as a sort of 

 salutation, and touched my cap to him as I 

 passed by. Pretty soon it began to be evident, 

 however, that I was inside the grounds. Had 

 it not been downhill I should have stopped a 

 little sooner; but, the light wheels nowadays do 

 not have brakes. I finally fetched up, and 

 walked back to where the young man stood, 

 and asked him if he wanted me. He said he 

 simply wished to ask me if I had a ticket. Said 

 L " fkit, my good friend, suppose 1 did not have 

 any ticket. Do you let everybody go in free 

 who does not turn back as I did ?" 



" Well, people who come here do not, as a 

 rule, want to go in without a ticket, even if 

 they can. I did not feel at all troubled, for I 

 was sure you would come back." 



That was the first glimpse of the way things 

 are done at Lakeside, and to me it was a rev- 

 elation. Iran around the grounds for a little 

 while in order to see what Lakeside is like, and 

 then I turned up by the VV. C. T. LT. headquar- 

 ters, and made inquiries in regard to board and 

 lodging. The rooms were pretty well taken 

 up; but a very pleasant, motherly woman soon 

 showed me a room I could have for as cents a 

 day. Of course, we did not get much style for 

 such a small sum. There was a clean comfort- 

 able bed, mosquito-netting over the windows 

 and door, and, in short, all that was needed for 

 a sleeping-apartment at this season. In order 

 to have it cool and airy during the sultry Au- 

 gust weather, the rooms were all open overhead. 

 There were partitions that did not go up high- 

 er than one could well reach. I remarked to 

 ray attendant, that, if anybody were disposed 

 to " break through and steal," he would find 

 very little hindrance. She replied that so few 

 vicious people ever carae on to their grounds, 

 or wanted to be in such a place, that they left 

 their clothing and even valuables wherever it 

 seemed handiest, and it was very rare indeed 

 to hear of any thing being stolen. I noticed 

 afterward that rocking-chairs, hamraocks, and 

 various articles of apparel, were left outdoors 

 all night. Nobody seeraed to be troubled about 

 missing any thing.* Services were being held 

 at the time in the Auditorium, and I looked 

 around for a place to put my wheel while I 

 went to meeting. All around the Auditorium 

 are little shops and stores. For instance, there 

 is a bakery, general office, meat-market, gro- 

 cery, dry-goods store, shoe-shop, etc.; and all 

 those things that are likely to be needed are 

 ilose at hand. Among them I noticed a good- 



*At the time of the conversation above, the state 

 )f Mtfairs at Lakeside was about as my companion 

 itated; but the morning- I left I found some one 

 lad taken a valuable hamuKx'k during- the night. 

 The tliieves were heard, and they went in the direc- 

 tion of the broken fence, mentioned hereafter; so 

 t would seem that, even if property does seem safe 

 It sucli places, it is well to keep the inclosure in 

 ro(>d lepair. We should be careful how we invite 

 hieving by any slipshod or unthrifty habits. 



sized room where parcels could be checked. I 

 asked them if they could lake charge of my 

 wheel. "Oh, yes!" said the young man who 

 was in charge. " Just set it back there and it 

 will be perfectly safe." However, I felt a little 

 anxious, and asked him if he could not put on 

 a check. He said he could, and did so. The 

 charge was only a ?uV;/<:c/. When I told him I 

 raight wish to leave it a couple of days ]w said 

 it would make no difference. Moilera le charges 

 for every accoramodation seems to be the rule 

 all over Lakeside. In t assing a locomotive, 

 just before I arrived at tlie grounds, a piece of 

 cinder flew into my eye, and it became so pain- 

 ful that I Hnally called at a doctor's office. He 

 removed it. and applied some eye- water to al- 

 lay the irritation; he also looked after the eye 

 that day and the following; but the charge 

 was only 2.5 cts. Very good meals may be had 

 for2()cts.; or you cai go to the bakery and 

 buy what you choose, taking nothing and pay- 

 ing for nothing that you do not wish. Or if 

 you desire to live cheaper still with a little 

 coal-oil stove, you can buy whatever you need 

 at the butcher-shop, fish-market, bakery, etc., 

 and live about as cheaply as you can at home. 

 Corae to think of it. you can have many things 

 even cheaper than you can get them at home. 

 I greatly enjoyed having an abundance of ex- 

 cellent fresh fish during ray stay on the 

 grounds. Right near the Auditorium are three 

 tanks of ice water. A pipe runs away out into 

 the lake, and a steam-engine pumps up water, 

 which is distributed all over the grounds 

 through appropriate pipes. As these pleasure- 

 grounds are in use only during the summer 

 time, the pipes lie on top of the ground. These 

 pipes sometimes become very warm in the sun, 

 especially those that are not draw"n upon suffi- 

 ciently to keep the water raoving; and there 

 were quite a few jokes about having hot water 

 at Lakeside free of charge; whereas, if you 

 want cold water you must either go to the pub- 

 lic drinking-places or purchase ice. I happened 

 to want a piece of ice before I retired at night. 

 After riding the wheel all day I usually become 

 very thirsty. The keeper of the restaurant 

 gave me a piece as large as a sraall pitcher. 

 When I offered him a nickel for it he refused to 

 take any thing, saying that ice was very cheap 

 around there. 



In the Auditorium they have the very best 

 talent to deliver the addresses, on a great vari - 

 ety of subjects. But the :.'") cents a day you pay 

 at the gate covers the admission to all meet- 

 ings, concerts, etc. During the first evening a 

 concert with quite a long program was held. 

 We first had music by an excellent band, in the 

 open air; then we had various kinds of instru- 

 mental music in the Auditorium; a celebrated 

 lady singer from Boston; a violinist of much 

 repute; the .Eolian Quartette, from Delaware. 

 ()., and many others. I raention these things to 

 show the general spirit of the place. On m.y 

 wheel-rides, especially when I visit places of 

 suraraer resort, I become so accustomed to ex- 

 tortion and greed that I have begun to take it 

 as a matter of course. Here at Lakeside there 

 was such a marked difference that it really 

 seemed like a glirapse of heavenly things here 

 on earth. Let me digress a little to explain my 

 meaning. 



One day last week I visited a celebrated re- 

 sort on the banks of a beautiful lake. After 

 ray wheel-ride I thought I would enjoy a good 

 full dinner. Besides. I felt as if I ought to pat- 

 ronize the people who had taken so much pains 

 to put up an attractive-looking hotel. I went 

 up to the desk and asked the clerk where I 

 could leave my wheel while I took dinner. He 

 opened the gate and suggested that, for safety, 

 I just push it inside. 1 thought this very kind 



