West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-20
TROPICAL FL0RIDA.
LIFE IN MID WINTER WAY DOWN
On THE EAST COAST.

room is two hundred and ten feet
long and eighty four feet wide;
there are In all five hundred and
one guests rooms, each having
thirty-six or more square feet Of
closet room; there are one hundred
and twenty five private baths; three
elevators convey the gues and
baggage back and forth from the
basement to the top floor; in the
construction of the building five
million feet of lumbe were used i,
three hundred and sixty thousand
shingles, four thousand barrels of
lime, five hundred thousand bricks,
two thousand four hundred gallons
OF paint, three million laths, twelve
hundred windows, eighteen hundred
doors and fourteen hundred kegs Of
nails. And the mbination of all
this material in skillful hands pre-
sents structure whose grandeur,
grace and beauty compel instant
admiration and make lasting i'm
preston upon every beholder.
Lake Worth is n long, compare
lively narrow sheet of water, run.
ming parallel with the ocean and
separated from it by strip of ideal
sea beach less than a mile, and in
some places less than a fourth of
mile IN width. The waters are salt,
for the ocean is given ingress at
Lake Worth Inlet, about five miles
north of Palm Beach, and in most
OF its characteristics it is not unlike
the Indian River. 1t is n most
beautiful sheet of water-broken
only by Pitts Island, which is To-
Gated at the northern end of the
lake-and it might most appropri-
ately be called the altar before
which the torrid and temperate
zones have been joined IN wedlock
indissolubie. The most useful and
desirable products of the northern
States have here congenial home
In daily touch with those loved of
the equator. A New Highlander
may find his potatoes, sweet corn,
tomatoes and other garden fayorites,
and can pluck with scarcely a
change in his position products that
are generally claimed as Brazilian.
He finds in his surroundings, as
plentiful and as free as the water
sparkling before him, such strange
nelghbors as coffee, the tamarind.
mango, pawpaw, guava, banana,
sapadillo, almond, custard apple,
maumee apple, grape fruit, shad
dock, Avocado pear and other equal
ly new acquaintance. And these
are all neighbors, actual residents,
natives Of the soil, not imported
immigrants or exacting visitors to
be tenderly treated. Giant relatives
equally at home, are the rubber
tree, mahogany, eucalyptus, cork
tree and mimosa. All these, within
forty hours travel of New York.
to be reached this winter by an all.
rail trip, and to be enjoyed IN a
climate that is perpetual summer.
The climate is delightful here.
and as mild and sunny as June at
home. The residents claim that il
only varies about ten degrees the
year around, and that the tempera.
ture of the water changes but about
two degrees during the entire year
on account of the Gulf Stream.
The beach is fine and surf bathing
IS INDUCED In the year around.
There is a splendidly equipped bath
house on the beach, with a large
swimming pool Of fresh salt water
in the center Of it aud dressing
rooms on two sides, with pavilion
for spectators on the side next the
ocean. An orchestra furnishes ex-
cellent music, while hundreds Of
visitors either take part in the finn
IN the pool or surf, or watch the
antics Of those who do. Many of
our party douned bathing suits and
tackled the salt water. We have
been in bathiRg every day since we
came, and it is rare sport, this out
door swimming in mid winter. We
have been in the surf at Atlantic
City and Asbury Park in July and
August, and We are satisfied that
il is as warm here DOW az there in
/ Dog Days.
One Of the jolliest members Of
our party is "Oklahoma Bill" as
We call him, and but few know him
by any other name. His real name
IS Will T.. Bolton. and he publishes
the LIRE Stock Inspector at Wood
ward, Oklahoma. lle only weighs
$40, and we call him Tho baby Of
the party. lie is young. full Of fun
frolic and breezy western good
humor. For p fat man he breaks
the record getting about and seems
almost ubiquitous, for he is hero.
there aud everywhere. When we
strike a new place [ start ont to
+ take it ia, and it makes no differ
ence where ] 60, ! find Oklahoma
Bill there ahead Of me. When 1
went out TO tho beach TO take a
I plunge in the breakers, there be
was listening 20 the sad sea waves.
When / get back and 90 into early
lunch and get seated, and sflor or.
dcring the first course look around.
and over there at "A fahfo with too