Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
AND THE SOUTHLAND
Bermuda and the Bahamas Get Favor Of
Local Travellers.
WHERE THE BlIzzASDs NEVER PENETRATE
George w. Lininger Tells of Ideal Trip
for those who Seek variety
as well as surcease
from Winter.

ITdFel 10 the winter pleasure TeSOTtS IN
the south is usually heaviest during Feb
ruary and March, these months having APP
parently been selected by the ultra-fash-
ionable people, thus making possible by
their simultaneous appearance social func-
lions of pretentious character. The resorts
during these months are thus given more
life and attractiveness 70 those who seek
only escape from the disagreeable weather
usual to the north at this period Of the
year. OF the latter some prefer to remain
most Of the time In certain places, while
others, seeking novelty and varied enter
talnment, lay out a tour embracing many
changes. Florida and the Bahamas have
proven the brightest attractions to Omaha
winter pleasure travellers.
Among those who have a number of
times visited Florida. the Bahamas, Cuba
and Mexico during the winter is George W.
Lininger, who yesterday, in discussing the
attractive features Of these resorts, said:
Where to Go I'm the south.
"while the Bahama Stands offer fea-
lures Of climate and novelty not possessed
In the same degree by Flerida, the ideal
winter trip, In my opinion. Is from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City, with side trips to
various points OF interest. Nassau. the
more prominent point Of interest In the
Bahamas, may be done, as the traveller
expresses Il, In about seven days, still
leaving ample time for the delights Of
bathing. The northern billiards which per-
sist in following the Atlantic coast down to
and including Florida, do not strike the
Bahamas for some reason. The periodic
appearance Of frosty spring weather In
Florida, causing utter ruin to many Of
the orange groves, acts as = damper to the
enthusiasm of visitors who go there to
escape the raw early spring weather in
the north. Besides, one of the effects
Is to periodically deprive the tourist Of
many or all of the early fruits and vegeta-
bles, that is to say, to no small extent.
In Nassau one can go to the baths, be
supplied with range limited in number
only by his capacity, and a dozen is gen.
orally considered a low tide appetite, and
besides be supplied with a bathing suit
and other conveniences, all at the expense
Of 25 cents.
Ideal Winter Trip.
"As 1 have suggested. Nassau can be
leisurely done in seven days, although one
can find many points OF real interest in
the numerous islands composing the Ba-
hama group. My personal experience in
travelling, including tours through Europe
and Egypt, has convinced me that, when
one takes into consideration the convent
ence of access and variety of entertain
ment, a circuitous trip through Florida,
the Bahamas and Cuba, returning by way
Of Yucatan and Vera Cruz, through Mexico,
offers features OF extraordinary interest to
the traveller. The mountain scenery be-
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico City is the
finest 1 ever saw. When making the trip
-
car, and 1t seemed to me that the engineer
who selected the route ran it to the near
est high mountain peak, from which eleva-
ton he saw another. and then started for
It. And this SUCCESSFULLY until he had
the panoramic view Of the most notable
mountains in Mexico, including all worth
seeing.
"In Mexico the traveller finds suggestions
of Algiers, of Italy. France and Spain, with
local characteristics both novel and inter-
esting. A feature of the southern trip ]
have referred to ia the avoidance OF the
long sea voyage necessarily involved In g
European tour, something hat forms a very
serious barrier to many to the enjoyment
promised and hoped for. California, how
ever, still attracts the great bulk of winter
pleasure travel, this being due to some ex-
tent to the lively interest taken by the en-
terprising people Of that state in securing
conventions and similar gatherings"
others who Go south. >
Charles N. Dietz and Mrs. Dietz almost
every winter visit Nassau, in the Bahamas,
preferring 1t to other resorts in the semi
tropics, because Of the infrequency OF
storms, the evenness OF temperature, which
rarely sinks lower than IS degrees or rises
higher than So. Gould N. Dietz has also
included Florida and the Bahamas in his
southern tours.
General and Mrs. Charles F. henderson
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fitzpatrick. Edward
p. Peck, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy G. Barton and
Miss Jessie Willard. daughter Of Senator
Willard. usually, every year. go to Florids
or the Bahamas, or both, during the
months of February and March.