New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA
I'm american Italy" Offering
Great Inducements.

To the student of American history, as well as 10
the traveller pleasure seeker, Florida offers an
inviting field. To the health seeker who loves the
baImy air the Southland there is no happier
place Florida in and about the town OF
Tangerine The tourist finds here freedom from the
fierce winter of the North and the possibility OF an
out life from Chrstmastide 10 Easter Day
Florida both on account of its geographical posi-
ton and its semi-tropca1 fora end fauna. is a
realm overlooking with inducements to the travel
Ter of limited income and 10 the many who have
the opportunity to enjoy only short vacation
from their customary vocation The great pc
ninsula stretching southwark over four hundred
miles between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf
of Mexico is sometimes called the American Italy
1t lacks charm OF history and classic lore
of Italy. but it is not without its OWL romance
and historical lights and shadows Whlch reno
fascination to it's rivers, its immense extent Oh
seacoast. its hundreds of attractive IaKes. It's
mineral and medicinal springs, its mighty forests
of long leaf yellow pine and its outspread groves
of oranges ami grapefruit.
To persons unacquainted with Florida from per
sonaI observation huge proportions of this state
and It's diver siied attractions and productions are
ALWAYS q revelation Something of the extent of
the state NAV be realized when it is remembered
that the beautiful st. Johns River. which flows
northward through the eastern part of the state
offers with many important tributaries, about
thousand miles of inland navigation
The backbone or central portion and the north
western extension of the state contain extended
and immense areas OF high, rolling land, dotted
with fresh water lakes and with rivers which af-
ford splendid sport for the fisherman. Here Is the
dominion of delight the botnnist the naturalist
and the man with the The health statistics
Florida demonstrate that that state is one of the
healthiest in the Union.
AS TO heat, sunstroke is almost unknown, and
the average temperature of summer is not much
higher than in New York or Boston Summer in
Florida is more enjoyable than the sudden leaps
and. drops of the Northern weather The ocean
and the gulf send their wholesome and welcome
breezes over the whole peninsula every day in the
year. carrying mdness and health everywhere As
TO insects like mosquitoes and flies. they are no
worse in Florida than in many parts of the North
and there is abundance Of refreshing and pure
water.
themselves four hundred feet above sea level grow
all the semi tropical world. and the air
is fragrant with rare flowers and melodious with
the songs of birds. among which is that peerless
songster the hooking bird.
Tangerine in the northwestern corner of Orange
County lies in the centre of this delightful coun-
try land of sending its invitations to the
jewellers in the land of snow Here. TO those who
long for climate and home where life can be
lived in natural and beautiful way. far from
the maddng crowds ignoble strife" there op-
portunities prosperous enterprises in abundance
and many pleasures that only this southern land
can afford.
To one who has spent many weeks at Tangerine,
awakens feeling Of delight and gratitude Aside
from the limitations that must ever obtain In the
environment of anywhere on earth, Tanger-
inc approximates that satisfaction and enjoyment
for which and women everywhere have been
seeking both before and since the Spanish ad-
venturers landed the soil of Florida
Whether one looks at Florida as a land in which
to build home as resort I'm the winter months,
q s a region regain health as country OF ro-
mantle interest it is part of the Republic worthy
of serious attention
To the fruits of Tangerine. 20 sail upon
its quiet lakes listen its birds, to enjoy the
fra GRANGE of its flowers, to hear the wind softly
murmur the lofty tops of its giant pines, to feel
the freedom and the Joy of that southern life and
to see of the gorgeous and never to be forgot
ten sunsets and finally to witness the splendor of
the night skies when the stars keep watch over
mans peaceful slumbers-these experiences
that lift one out of the dull monotony of drudgery
and the hard servitude Of anxiety into an atrnos-
phere of pure and spontaneous satisfaction.