Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-21

pass from the dungeons 10 the battle
mebts and thauk God the old days have
passed never TO return. We take In the
pure fresh air and Il t The eye roam ovei
the now peaceful landscape, once t1t
scents Of battles fought and woD, o.
military pageaals that d'Zzed ond
awed the minds OF the MT w savage,
and over there beyond lose breakers
rode the Spanish gslleoDa OF old, laden
with t1e riches Of the new world and
bound for the mars OF the old.
To say thit / WAS dissppoir t ID OF
the temperature here feebly expresses
t; three days of rsio aud clouds to one
OF suosniDe. Vegetation seemed hardly
tj have larted and SO / remarked upon
Il. t } freud. he ssiO, "You will find
that your htt9l bill grows if nothing
| else d0es."
The work that Flagler has done here
10 pit ing up Buildings and beautifyiDg
| the grounds around tnem, is simply
wonderful. The Ponce dc Leon and
ihe Alci z ir are gems 10 their way, the
eye rests upon them with never falling
pleasure aud when liz up 1t night are
| more beautiful than an, IiDg | have
| ssen in this couI y or Europe OF the
kind. Their Interiors are 90 less pleas
ing, the tssle 10 decoration AID iurDi-
tare is of high order and the dining
room OF % Ponce dc Leon is the mot
bosJt iuI | have ever seen.
Alter an eight.day { ~ al ST. Angus
tine where the weather still COL tlnusd
cold for the season, we star ID for this
place, which Is without excel tlon one
Of the most beautiful on eaita. Again
FlsRlel's touch and FlsgieI's millions
are in evidence everywhere. Flsgler
ls Florida and Florida is Flsgler. IT'S
said that when he frat commenced bis
work 10 Florida some OF his friends said
he would lose his millions in the sand
bsrreus, and land himself in a lunatic
asylum. These predictions have all
cone To Daught. He has made the
desert to blossom as the rose, and The
thousands OF health and pleasure
seekers who fill his hotels and ara
travellers over his railroad lines are
returning the shekes 20 lavishly
spent, again ID his pocket twolold. /
wish the country was tfil cted with
more crsZy millionsires like him be
haO 9 nerve, the long beaded bus-
nees acumen back OF his capital and
snCcess has crowned his Efforts. An
suecd t Of MIR. LiucOln may come 10
sptopos here. 'ris said he Was told
in solemn " y by ssme meddler that
General GraDt was drinking hard. He
lmmedr tely iUqlired the brand of
whisky tle general WAS using, for he
said, IL would like to send some OF the
same to my otner generals" Msy
Flsgler's Inspiration be passed on u
others and the whole country will feel
tle impetus. We have several T!Ilion-
aires t this hotel and stversl dh tim
guisheG guestS, Admiral Dewey among
tlsm. So il should not RECOGNIZES you
when We meet again, DONE be surprls-
ed. My head is beginning to swell
iit'e you know, from the contact.
But just walk with me down to
the Royal Ponclano this evening.
Tue sun is shining brightly, the
tempert t1Te about 20 and swet bret Ze
blowing direct from old ocean, down this
avenue of palms, palmetto aud bloom
overhead, the most handsomely dress
ed dsmes, with headgesr far too young
and bright for the faces underneath,
blusbing brides with their very con-
cOus erooms, old sports with highly
COlOred nose and rather hpfillog gait.
Msidens far aud csllow youths whose
mothers hardly kGoW they are OFT. we
4 l. il 4 h.aT nd Ia NJ
gsri6s OF poor human nature. But DOW
We have reached the gsrdens OF ne
Poncians and beWildering bltz3 and |
glow OF color arrest your eyes and |
sweet perfumes from blooming f)w,rs |
appeal TO your senses the palm leaves |
wave msgistically and THEORETICALLY |
TO the breeze, partierres OF flowers OF |
every hue blossom at your feet. the
Oirds sing for the joy OF living and. the
va srs of the lake shine and gil r |
through tue foliage. Surely this must |
Oe tle gardens OF the Hesperides snd
from around that corner We shall see o
8 ar eyed Goddess emerge In floating
20, sinner. But TO- ,ad an old fat woman
wearing number eleven shoe blocks
the way aud | sm rudely called back to
earth and disillusioped. ] begin to
think OF my hotel bill and its growing
tendencies and feel nervonsly for my
railroad ticksts, for you know ii would
be long sad wslk home. through the
sand.
| saw Joe JEFF rson the other night
be looks old aOd broken. L would seem |
from bic looks, that Father Time would
soon ri0g down t1e curtain on his last
act, which reminds me that you may be
oslliog time on me, but ss the Qneen Of
5hebs said OF Solomoo, the bali has not
been told, and 30 sdieu.