The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-20

the government building, was from
( to 10 degrees less than II was
around the latitude OF the Chesa-
lpeake capes.
Some folks don't stop to count the
abreeze places to find out how
| scarce they are, and seldom do they
consider that breeze is climate, anu
that seabreezes never struggle 10
country to chase the mosquito trib IS
on mill ponds. And you white folks
down In old Pensacola, with her hair
tangled by the seawinds of summer
seas, don't grumble about your elm
ate, for you have got ell other cities
north Of you pushed OF the plank Tor
summer comfort.
Perhaps the average Pensacolian
might find some things elsewhere
moi advanced to suit his commercial
and social needs, but, friends, don't
ever look anywhere else for sweeLer
kisses from the sea; they amt there,
you have got tholn right at their best
| down upon the shores o. Pensacola
bay, and my advice is: don't swap
climates II you don't want to get
stuck.
The softest and balmiest days [
have ever enjoyed were right in Pen
sacola, just such days as a fellow
| would expect to ind on the way to
Paradise. And then again the beau
tiful days of Pensacola mean more
to the sensitive nature than mere
| comfort, for the romance of other
days adds fragrance to their tradi-
tons, and fingers to mellow the
strenuousness Of twentieth century
| life
Old Pensacola, as she swung in her
hammock in the old days before the
Yankee invasion, had much that was
| fT7I ~,
Ire, tho the town was very small
compared to it's present size The
glitter OF naval and military spIendor,
with its heightened chiValry, enhanc-
ed to marked degree the culture and
refinement Of the time. Pensacola
was then a most important military
and naval station. They were historic
days, recalled now as a memorial of
the past, which this water edge city
VIII ever be proud Of. A few relics
OF these old times are yet to be
found there, and a rare pleasure it is
to know them.
/ l have seen many places that were
called healthy, but never lived in a
| healthy town until hung I'D my hat
in salubrious Pensacola. There are
NJ. d. there, of course, but they don't
| bust The bank of Monte Carlo from
their earnings in the pursuit of mea-
sic bugs and their kindred tribes. l
have met people there with the tooth
ache, the toe ache, and the heart ache
and some with the NJ. DIS ache, il
you know what that is and paid the
bill, but with the death ache the suf-
ferer was rare. The eternal night
mare of lodging the sign Rx and
the deadly dose bottle upon the pill
jugglers' shelves, doesn't disturb the
average mortal who bFeathes the at
mesPhere Of this happy lucky
town: People die at some time even
IN OLD Pensacola, but from my obser-
VaClons there men wear out time very
effectively until there is no further
use for life, barring cancers, acci-
dents and bar room pickles,
l cannot forget the languid HstIess-
ness of the bayous that fringe the
shore lines of Pensacola bay. to
which there is such easy access by
electric car service. How pleasant it
Is To glide upon their peaceful wa
tiers and listen to the echo of the sea,
with all its memories of the Spanish
Main, and its gold laden gaIleons.
What an air of romance there is
ABOUT the waters Of beautiful Pensa- |
cola bay to color ones fancy and i'm |
aglnat1on. Some day the busy marts |
OF men will puncture this little |
dreamy world. with it's bubbles of |
fantasy; another generation of men |
with the cOld-blooded ideas of com |
meree will shape its destiny. and ifs /
days OF romance will be DER.
Dear old Pensacola, The pleasures |
o: the sea are all hers: what other |
places went short on in the making Of |
the world can be found around the
waters or this old Dago town. She
mas got the sport of the sea on tan
Old key Walton would have died of /
envy and the itch If he had known
OF the hnny game that frolic and
chase up and down these little inland |
seas and couldn't have daneled his |,
iins tnerein. Northern seaports think |
tney nave the fnny tribe corraIIed in /
tnelr part OF the world, but they have |,
never angled in Pensacolian waters
@he are pardonable for their conceit, L
ana IL they don't want their pride to II
Up seam they must never dip their
het OF lines In the waters OF Pensa-
coia pay and its tributaries, for these
waters have fish in Quantities ma
kinds the despair of their ishiest
dreams.
pensacola has, without brae mr.
BOAST, made mighty interesting bis-
tory for her country. I was wonder
-uily surprised to learn how consDic-
lously historic she is Like the nv In
ersge American had given but little
attention 20 the book history of tho ]
United States in local Importance
BIC | had to go to this old town a. /;
IND out that she occupies one of tIIa :
nosf important epoch making placas .
u american history, and I vouJt,,
1cT how ] came to be so ignorant If {
Z all, Tor the books have il all reco-I- E