The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-09-10
A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
How TO Make Tallahassee an at.
tractiye Winter Resort.

tractiye Winter Resort.
The first fall month is here. Soon the tide of
Northern tourist travel will be turned in this
direction. They are coming this season in lar
ger numbers than ever before. 1t is our duty TO
prepare for their entertainment. What shall we
do? Northern people come to Florida, not alone
in search of health, but they come for pleasure
and recreation. They come to see our beautiful
flowers, our choice fruits, products of various
kinds common enough to US, but curiosities TO
them. They want to carry back some little
Florida souvenir to show to their friends And
right here is where we have heretofore been
negligent We should have Florida curiosity
store, or our local jewelers. and merchants
should fit up special Florida curiosity depart
ments. Such department would be profitable
and it would help to make Tallahassee popu-
lar resort. Perhaps our merchants will ask,
"what shall we keep in the way of Florida Gu
riosties?" To this imaginary query we will
say. "all kinds of little Florida novelties" Fish
scale jewelry, alligator tusks, se&-5eans, canes
made of Florida woods, young alligators, pal
meto hats, hanging baskets made of
dish rag squashes, sea Shells jewery made
of soap berries, chnquapin necklaces, little bales
of Florida cotton wrapped with satin baggng
and with silver wire ties little bales of Florida
moss pieces of Florida hard woods highly pol
ished, Photographic views of Florida scenes,
Florida dried grasses and ferns, birds eggs,
mounted birds and animals and thousand and
one other little things that are not appreciated
by us would be jlst the kind OF souvenirs that
Mt tO
with them. And each individual article would
he a standing Florida advertisement One rea-
son why Jacksonville and ST. Augustine are so
popular as resorts is because they cater to the
wants of their Northern friends and have Flor-
Ga museums and Florida curiosity stores for
their amusement and where they can obtain lit
tie presents to send or carry to their friends.
Tallahassee must move forward. Our Northern
friends come here for amusement, an it is our
duty to amuse them.
Another thing the way to make city
attractive Is to make it pretty. We have unlm-
tied natural beauties, and that is why SO many
Northern people come here. But they want to
see something new and novel, some improve
ment, some sign of progress every time they
come. We must be continually adding new and
choice flowers to our large collection. We
must set out choice and peculiar fruit
trees We mus. We plenty of paint
and whitewash. We must make our homes
look fresh and attractive The humblest cottage
in Tallahassee can be made sweet and home
like by the addition of trailing vines, few choice
flowers and rich green lawn in front. We are
proud to say that the majority of Tallahassee
residences are thus adorned. Many of the homes
of our humble colored laborers are more cosy,
fresh, attractive and homelike than those occu
pied by well-tO do folks in crowded cities
Northern visitors notice these little things and
when they get here they feel rested. They feel
that this is indeed delightful spot in which to
Tallahassee that have the appearance of being
neglected. They need a touch of whitewash
They need a few flowers, lew vines, few
shrubs scattered around to make them look
homelike. And an hour or two of labor each
afternoon for week or so would make them
blossom into beauty. Let US, one and all, go 10
work TO make Tallahassee be autiful and attract
i've even on the back streets. Think OF the
thousands of dollars that have been invested
here by Northern visitors who came only to stay
a day or two. Think OF how their capital is
helping TO develop our resources Can we not
afford little extra labor to add to their pleas
ure? When stranger arrives in Tallahassee
hunt him up. Introduce yourself He is
stranger and you should not wait for formal in
PRODUCTION. Make his visit here pleasant. Show
him all the attractive features in and around our
lovely little city. If he wants to invest in some
of our fertile lands give him the advantage of
your experience and help him to select a desir-
able location. Introduce him TO your friends
Make him feel the Southern hospitality for
which we are noted. If you own piece OF
land that he wants, sell it to him at reasonable
figure. Show him that he is welcome here; that
we hail him as brother, be his political faith
what it may. This is the way to build up
town, and this is the way that citizens of Talla.
hassee should entertain their guests. Try it
this winter and then watch the results.