New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-18
IN SUNNY FLORIDA.
THE ST. AUGUSTINE SEASON LIVELY.
FASHIONS GAY FOLLOWERS LOUNGE ON THE
LoGGIAs or THE NEW HoTEL-THE
.LCAZAR COMPLEIEp


AICAzAR COMPLETED. - "a. ~,
st. Augustine. Fla, Feb. - Special ,so warm ana
delightful has It been here for the past fey days that
even the butterflies OF fashion have come out In al
their summers glory. But We have bcen--shan say
TIC word i-swcaring at the dun and rainy weather
OF the early SEASON. and now King sol has been gwen
Ms. and VIC know how 10 appreciate him al the more
Ere these lines appear In print ST. Augusthos sfaiu
regatta viii have taken place, and the ancient cry
VIII have been crowded with transient visitors White
wings already throng tho bay. m 49, @st "a. - .l
outs,de ~ the specisl features for entertainment
here this scason grand routine of pleasures IS ever
presented As the Ponce de Leon Is the mes. ho'si
IN tho word, SO also are It's appointments. II one
wants to sec fsshion in all It's glory he drops INTO me
court Of that establishment IN the morning, ior y
then that the band plays, and the music noa's ou'
from the silver instruments of fifty musicians La,of
on he is driven along th6 she'll road or takes the niue
steamer to Anastasia Island, and, while listening @
the wild waves of the Atlantic, wonders II TINS Is
really winter ~. l..s .aa. ~ 49, arr s s. ~
But It is in the evening that ST. Augustine IS at its
best Then there is music everywhere, Ihe Ala
media, which Is surrounded BY Mr., Flagers three mag
nacent hotels Is transformed into wonderland Eiec-
trio lights nom foundation to tret torer from outer
gates to inner walls enhance the beauty OF the SCENE
There is dancng ct the Casino, concerts at the honce
de Leon and cordova Hotcls-all IS life and gayety
Tho past week has marked the completion OF mo
last Of the Flagler trio OF monoi'hIe hoelsshe Al
oazar. This gorgeous structure-a vonder OF archi-
tccturefsces the Ponce do Leon on the north ana me
Cordoya the east 1t Is built Of the same materIal
as the two but an unusually largs amount OF money
has been iaylshed on ifs exterior decorations and
ornamentatons. which are almost wholly Of terra
Gotta Tho AIcazar is place intended to furnish
amusemens for the guests Of the Ponce do Leon aud
Ccrdova: al the same time II Is complete hotel ln
Itself, conducted on the European plan. There are
three hundred guests chambers. fitted up and fur
nished in tho most gorgeous style, and restaurant
a la carte. Many people OF good taste declare that
Of Mr. II, H. Flaslers three dreains-for such arc
these NOTES.-THE Acazar is tho most lovely and tbs
hardest TO realize. 49,
II IS practically a combination Of two square build
nes under ono roof In the one is the hotel; while
I'm The other Is tho casino, also baths, Turkish Rus
sian and electric, an immense sulphur swimming
pool tho concert room and the ball room, With IFS
wealth of decorations, from tho brush OF arlsts o
renown, Its pDmberless balconies, always epnveAep
by tho sound Of delightful music i nothing more
nor less than a grand gallery which surrounds on
four Sides an Immense pool OF water, some hity reef
below Imagine such room filed with The beauty
and wealth OF this country, tripping tho Hight fao-
tasiic toe to the strains of Joyees military band and
you have nightly at tho Alcazs. sa-a
Tho studios connected with the Ponce do LEON
arc all occupied this season as iast
Z, II. Hhapeigh and George W oes'S' :
Of Boston, welnown aruss, arrived and
reopcncd their apartments this week. Among other
artists who occupy rooms in tho building are NJ J.
Hcado Robert g. German and U. staples Down
Lewis D. Brown Of Nev-York the weIlknow founder
OF Eberon, n. j., while here last week gave several
orders for work of various kinds. III
Among NEWCOMERS now sojournIpg at tho Ponce
do Leon are Mr. and Mrs. IL M billings, Mrs j. ii.
I.itteI, IL Goldsmith, William coQh, Mr., snl Yrs,
J. Douglas Nj. and Mrs, II. C. strobcL, L. Hauss
mann, walter Broofs, Miss f. +. Black N. D, Pack
ard, j. u Ellsworth, W. H. Churchill, Mr.. and Mrs
W, W. Flanagan, l. ). o'Conner, Samuel W, Lewis,
Mrs. s. W. Lewis Miss l. ". Bostwck and A. G.
washin g.on Other distinguished arrivals include
ex Mayor Henry l.. Pierce. Of Boston; Hon j. N.
Huston, chairman Republican State Committee OF
Indiana, and Mrs. Huston Frank Q, BruYn, OF Bos-
ton treasupcr of the Florida southern Railway Nr:
and Mrs Geores j. 1Ittefs OF New Bruins wick y j.
Judep o. C. Pratt Miss Pratt and Miss Lilly Jones,
az san Francisco Mr., and. Mrs, Y. r., RAND, ,oi
Minneapolis, and Mr.. and Mrs. George F. NJ Hascks'
OF baltimore, Nd. -, 49, 80
expected next week. Baron obermeyer from venice,
Ponce dc Leon 70 be occupied hy BSropess
and himself in March Hamilton Diston ana iamiS'
Il Philadelphia, arrived To-Day