Near enough to be interesting is the wharf, with its daily bustle of the arrival and departure of trains, launches and steamers.
For all the indoor sports a Casino has been erected, far enough away so that the music, dancing, the sharp clangor of bowling, the singing of extemporized glee-clubs, and the enthusiasm of audiences at amateur theatricals and the like do not disturb the peaceful slumbers of those who retire early.

While Tahoe Tavern itself is _sui generis_ in that it is the most wonderful combination of primitive simplicity with twentieth century luxury, the Casino is even more remarkable.
Its interior finish is the work of a nature artist.

Its porches immediately overlook the Lake, and when one has wearied of dancing there is a witchery as rare and subtle as it is delightful to sit in the subdued light overlooking the ripples of the moonlit water, sipping some liquid refreshment, eating an ice or chatting with a suitable partner.
Here a fine orchestra discourses sweet music, moving pictures are regularly shown, lectures and concerts occasionally provided, besides all the conveniences for private card-parties and other pleasures that fashionable visitors expect for their entertainment.
[Illustration: Ballroom in the Casino, Tahoe Tavern] [Illustration: Tahoe Tavern from Lake Tahoe] [Illustration: Path in the Woods by Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Tavern] [Illustration: Morning Service at the _Chapel of the Transfiguration_, Tahoe Tavern] Ruskin has somewhere brought out the idea in his finest phraseology that nowhere can man so readily worship God as in the presence of the most beautiful of His works in Nature.

This is readily apparent at Tahoe, hence the summer visitors and others of religious trend will delight to learn that churches for both Catholic and Episcopal worshipers have been erected not far from the Tavern.

The Catholic Church was dedicated Sept.