The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-14

tunities; which mean health, educa
I ton, morals and material prosperity
! The child has a right not only to be
J we'll born but to be we'll environed
and the adult who ignores this is not
! just to himself WE pass this way
but once" then choose the pleasant
way, bright skies, beautiful nature
j congenial climate, wholesome and up
; lifting surroundings, and in passing
on leave it all brighter and better
for the ones TO come.
DeFuniak is prominently a home
town There are many lovely places
in Florida where men of large means
have invested fortunes in palatial no.
tells and beautiful grounds and drive
ways, assd these naturally attract the
people of wealth who come and so
with the seasons and fit from place
ITO place as fancy dictates.
DeB'uniak does not appeal to this
} cIass-but we have our tourists and
winter guests, largely the cottagers
who come early year after year and
! stay late and enter into our social
( life and form a part of our commun-
fly We like them, we look for them,
we sweep our yards and wash our
faces and paint our fences for them
every good impulse of church and
town feels new uplfft in their pres
{ ence. and when they leave it is as
friends and neighbors parting Aud
1--WE shall have hundreds more of these
valuable people when our building ex-
ceeds the demand of home people, so
far preparations made for the visitor
have been mostly appropriated by the
permanent resident, and that brings
! us to the subject why DeFuniak is a
desirable residence town
Location, Climate, Water.
The location of DeFuniak is unsur-
passed. Circling the highest summit
in Florida, high and dry above the
damp, moss-iined limit, it is a strang-
er to ma3arial conditions which are
supposed to- be a part of the State.
Location Is healthful
DeFuniak is an all-the-year-round
place. Three months of bright, cool
winter weather are sufficient to tone
the system for any facilitating effects
of a long summer. Nor is the heat
often as intense as in the North.
When Chicago swept by Lake Michi-
gan is just now sweItering at 81 de-
grees with six deaths from heat in
one day, we are comfortable at SO
degrees, with alternating breezes from
the Gulf and pines. Besides in well
ventilated homes our nights always
are comfortable. The climate is
healthful
The water of DeFuniak is widely
known as a marvel of purity. The
wonderful spring in the center of
town, onesmile around, is fed by the
waters from Alabama and Georgia.
rand these seaping through the sands
form innumerable springs on OUT,
skirts of the town-aIl the same wa
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ter, which is to be- are of equal pur-
sity. So location. climate and water
combine to make DeFuniak a resi-.
dence town.
-Education-Ch
The Chautauqua, established. near
ly a quarter Of a century ago, has
formed an important factor in plant
ting and moulding the ideals of the
community Twenty years of'lectures
and entertainments and music from
three to nine weeks each year have
wrought a silent miracle at every fire
side, and touched with inspiration the
door of every schoolrOOm.
This Chautauqua is one of the old
timers, founded by Bishop Vincent in
those days when many were called
and few chosen to live. And while
Chautauquas these later years spring
all fulfilling a mission, few of the
old ones survive. So when such is
found, it stands not. only for valu>-
aSlerwork in the past but gives assur-
ance of Il permanent future. This,
permanencv here rs doubly assured
by the fact 'N>t 4 $4,000 auditorium
is about 3 "rected, the money
nearly all IN u,
For many yonr2 the Hon Wallace
Bruce, poet and orator. has been the
chief spirit and presiding genius. Now
as the years creep on he shares his
privileges and burdens with his old
est son, Kenneth who, like his father,
woos the Muse by day and sings to
the stars by night. One star, fair
daughter of Alabama, was caught and
now the twain have built one of the
finest homes on the Circle for a
permanent residence.
During Chautauqua the Saturdays
are days to be remembered, with
coaches and coaches of excursionists
east and west-three thousand peo-
~ on many days, to say nothing of
TAO families that drive in from miles
about Many come to hear, many to
see. many to get day off. some come
for business, some to feel the pulse
of politics and patch up various
fences. while me ana my girl shine
from every nook and highway. It's
a great day TO get fresh ideas on
counting, often very fresh.
The railroad cares for these people
on the way, the tradesmen delight in
them, hotels and clearinghouse bid
them welcome, while the parks and
avenues laugh with the holiday life
and picnic cheer which they bring
They are our orderly visitors-for let
It be known they are orderly--first
because they are made so. and second
because they are made TO behave so.
Our city fathers, rather easy
going fellows in the main. will brook |
no disorder-and you, sir with the
are not wanted here, and |
n you come It will be to fill the city |
excheqrer with good fine, and peep
for a time from some nice little win
dow over looking the lodge of the |
county hounds.
The people of DeFuniak may have |