Telegram-herald., 1890-04-13
THE SOCIETY COLUMN
Happy Weddings purinn
the Wesk.
ALaRCEsuEBER OF Personal ITEMS
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sols a. ne Carried ~ F.irr~at.<
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ern trip, during which they waited s.
sannah, Ga. and Jacks0nsiils ana 81.
Augustine. Fiorida.
Il wSs very much disappointed =,
Florida, SAID Mrs. Wondsrls, sas,.r-
day. 81 had expected 90 fiH1 ferxeous
flowers Of every desoriptioa, bat a..
only flowers saw there were tAs ali.
gators, which were everYwLers. II
looked 30 strange 90 ms % see the
people making pets of the ugly ssptilss.
l saw girl with young siligatos xnuch
she had tanned. She treated il With an
the consideration and affection pst .
Northern girl would show towasS her
pet kitten. She would stroke It's lad
tenderly just ss We would stroke a eat.
and with every stroke the cse2ars
would give utterance 20 1t u1osf "a
culisr noise. can lken Il only 20 Il
NOSE Of the surf breaking cn the bead.
Whenever there are lot Of big aihe>
tors together the noise they make is Elm.
ply tremendous Fiords "a very sandy
and uie trees are Of live oak with great
numbers of paimettos iAtorspersed
! everywhere. / Just wanted 10 bring
| some OF the palmettos home with me,
they were SO large and luxuriant. You
| know that even with tie best Of care.
| pslmettOs are very small here. FLORIDA
needs shady drives. There a plenty Of
sunshine and plenty Of sand, bat thero
ars no pleasant drives. We yls.ted
| Jacksonville and the old city, kt.
Augustine, OF course, visiting the vari-
Gus points Of interest Ia and sbout
| both places. The modern hotels ia 81.
Augustine are SIMPLY mammoth and
| palatlal. The Ponce de Leon Hotel -
| perfectly elegant, and when We were
there ID Was crowded with guests.
| every nook and corner being full.
| The Duke Of Newcastle, who once
visited a., pronounced Il TIE most mag
nihcent building ln tie world. IL
| covers nearly tx acres of ground, has
375 rooms, with q grand dinine-hall
that viii seat 500 persons. The hOtel =
built around three sides Of q court
yard 100 feet square, with a beautiful
| fountain ia the center which IL self
| supplied from an arteslan well. The
| material Of rs CONSTRUCTION r. ooQuina.
the strange shell conglomeration quar-
ned on Anastasl9 Island. from which
the old fort was built centuries ago.
1 The whole structure u without seams,
| being cast an cement. The towers are
| 80 feet high, with terra Gotta balconies
and spanish tuFrets. Just acrass the
street i the Aloazar, built il the Moorish
style OF architecture, representing the
Facade Of the Aicszar in Seville Spain.
| "lhe city gates which sies were built
Of the strange Fhoil congi0meration, are
still standing. but tie cid wall has ois-
| appeared except Tor a short distance
| from eltaeT sde OF the gate. We Wis
| tied Fort Marion, anclently known IS
San Juan dc pinos. IL covers about
fOur acres Of ground. Commanding the
. city, The harb0T and It's entrance from
i-le sea. The fort, together with the
Old sea VAL, is but Of coquin2. the lat
ter oeing capped with granite. The wall
was butt 10y the United States Govern
ment 10 1919 SO an expense Of about
one hundred thousand doiiars There
a. gloomy dungeon in OFT Marion.
/ twenty feet long and sr feet vide.
ehlch speaks m Elcnt elOquence. of
| dreadful tragedies az tbo past 4 bout
fifty years ago the terrepiein " = case.
mate fel m, revealing two iron cagos,
somewhat IN the shape Of = cofhn, and
| holding human bones.
1 va Akt AltLh o. titf ltAlftftTtN OF
! March We attended q grand charts, bali
at The Ponce dc Leon, gwen foi the
! support of the Alicia hospital. The
MUSIC was delightful. and TIE ball wss
q brilliant success. Esriierin the month,
on the sixteenth. think, We attended
toe dedication Of the Memorial Presby-
ten8n Church, In ST. Augustine. Jne
| weather wsE verl bot while We were
there, We should have gone earlier n
| the season. The extreme heat did not
| agree with nae. We had contemplated
/ visiting the Barbados. lut some friends
| of ours, who had Just returned from
/ the West indies, told us not to think of
such 3 thing. for the weather there wss
! simply torrid. We visited The Osmond.'
on the balfsx, kolusis county, oD the
east coast Of south Florida. and also
Savannah. Georgia. where We visited
/ The DE Soto Ul Nlloa palatlni hotoi
Nj. John A. Baker, formerly of this
/ city, - proprietor. Our entire trip WA
q thoroughly delightful one, bat tourists
should ~ south earlier in the season %
ENJOY the climate q the utmoet. We
went IN February, and It wss excessive-
u hot even then.
Mrs WOnoeriy brought home from
| FLORIDA large number a besUtifui
fans. many 0f which are very curious,
showing much ski and ingenuity op
the part of tie makers. Among Der
! collection are several 81 West Indian
make. They are gorgeous ia ths ex-
ueFne, and PICTURED thereon are The
famous buii-hgtts 80 popular g. an
sn1useFDeRt among those people wb0ss
taste shows - sad . lack q ciYiiizstion.
What VII you nave in The line of
/ psrasols tnis sammer1 fashiou seems
r. have covered nearly every point. and
4 q remains g. the individual taste 70
select and individusiize tie style 20 the
owners self The Grsi thing. bOwever.
! that strikes one iu contemplating the
/ rev sunstaoes is tbe.r abbreviated
/ length ~ suck. fof the el0ngsied stick
] known So HIs Igscs IA thf wear
frovued upon Tie uexf point . tat
/ These shortened handles are of bsaufi-
fu usturai woods finely polished. or
I even Iefi VITA tns bark on Boxwood,
1 D pnrer ~, cherry. ef'ouy and oFanae are
I among tie fevorite kiDds in uee. aud
these ere tui spar nFiy, II 81 sil aeeor-
1 sieo vith gy1io or silver. sight de-
f, post r. silver parity cut Rwsv - form
( a. odd ceugn over the wood or an
srtisilc inisFisg of the genuine metals
r. allowable aue 81 goDo tsste. The iour
/ pol1lea Tor tas beeu sobrevisted ard
nov fhe mos ssyi.sk parssois ere
( a1oTus0 With q ruuno button IKE tcD
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