Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-16


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usutscnai IN tne worids Dot u may oSeay
% aid shas N Foocs a. Leon hoesl as b
Augustine y nos oily ths hrgese end hand
scmsss hotel m msrscA, but h tAs whole
world Dssnding In ths prset1ss pars q the
psctarssqus httae town. this Moorish palace.
win NJ walls Of onyx, IL vast arttssscally
furnished saloons ID orange walks. foun-
ssmA csossssn and eowerA y revelation, .
scsos from the Arabian NtgbtA
hsrs tne Amer'cens congregate In search OF
e'good time" - they can u The charges
range from ten TO twenty -dvs dollars . day
tor eecn person. escsonve o. wines and cx-
usA ane American VINO gcS 70 the Poucs
% Aeon wlto on w'fe ana oaugntef. tnere-
fore. spends irom one TO two hundred dollars
eday: For TINS sum- 10 and his family are
Seds played 70 oy very ordinary band, and
suppaied with an Immense choice Of rocking
cnsHA On MS resurn 70 New ATk, no 90
ciar's 70 nn tr'ends tnas no nas mao q lovely
tnne ino American never admits that no
mas peen oored, In America Peciaily. Iho
enAisest incioents OF the Trip are evenu aud
adveotures' and ne never faiis to have his
good time he a. eashy pleased a. .
mna1,on' OF at Ness nv 'nserese isemark 70
MN, tor 'ns'aneo' Una. 10 go py tram 70
r'or'da from .ne norm ono mas 70 travei
tnrougn moro 'han VI. nundreo mnes Oh pine
!ores1-"nicn makes inc Journey very unin-
'eresung-and 10 "hi toro" you p'tying
g'ance' "nicn seems 70 Ay' immens'' ar,
Immense; hks everything 'nas american"
Inc temperature OF fiorida IN winter
!ure'y lower 'nan " oees, ana range. from
una. 70 .o' out .nc cnmaee v moist ana ener-
vat'ns' tne country . vast marsh - nat tnas
Dy "andins On o enair one could 500 70 inc ex-
''es Oh !" w''n 'ne e'a Oh = gooa hcid
Ela'A oo"'e en.erpr'snS Annef'can snooid
tnro" upo nlh GOWN 'oeroi no ~ouid MAKE
ms fortune. Every one "ouid go ana see IL
~ not everybody VINO can anoru the
luxury Q! tno Ioncs 10 Leon note'' Out u
everybody "no nkes 70 W Seen tnere In tne
season.
lou must oe aoie 70 0y "nen you return
70 inc nortn tnat you nave oeen AZ the Ponce
tou 80 70 so'ne o'ner no'e, near tne romeo
IN tne evening" aresseo IN all your diamonds,
you ghoe ih'o INC eour' y"la Oh Vne great
caraVansary. Aho'ner s'eP 'akes you 70 the
Immense rotunua "nere tne concert going
On. Aou s'ron "rous" INC sa'oons ana cor
T'dors, and' taxing a seat where you can DO
zen ol inc mu'tituoe, you ns'en 10 Inc music.
Apou' " VI Al oe'ocX you eeae Ietreat ana
return 70 your own hoeel wishing to set
my mind az rest on TINS matter, went ono
evening" about hali past " 70 the Casa Monica
and Florida housa There. In the rooms
wnero tne musicians engaged py tne proprte-
tors play every evening, were at the most .
score OF people
everything on grand scale In good
American hotels, especially tho BILLS
lcaugnt the Following Dit OF conversation
at the 81 Augustine station as was leov-
ing;
"Hellol you are of, toop said q young
man TO friend who had Just installed bis
wife In the train for Jacksonville
MY dear fellow, have been here fort
night; the Ponce de Leon Is magnificent, but
the bill is awfully stih."
Never MIND, old man, reJoined tho other,
you will take 1t OF your wtfe's next dress
money.
With few exceptions, the walters In all tho
great hotels arc negroes You are served
slowly, but with Intelligence and politencu.
No "duchesses' In tho great cities Of the
north or the fashionable resorts OF the south.
Those good negroes have such cheerful.
open iacesl They seem 20 glad to 30 alive,
and they look 50 good natured that II docs
one good to SEQ them. When they look at
ono another they laugh When you look at
them they laugh. II negro sees another
negro more black than himself be u de-
hghtedi he cals nun "darky" and looks on
nun IN patroniznS way. Iheir great dark
eyes Iaas snow the whites 60 when they roll
them IN their own dron fashion; the two
rows OF "mte teetn constantly on view,
tramed In 'niek retrousse ups; tno swaying
manner Oh "aikihg' win turned OUT Toes
ana heaa thrown oack' inc mns'cai voice.
sweet Out sonorous, ana 80 pleasing compared