The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-02-05
ALONG THE EAST COAST,

of business activity and shows what
is being done outside as well as in
side the city gates.
Jacksonville is the states gateway
most OF the travel to and from the
state passes that way and the eXposi-
ton, demonstrating as II does the va
riety of things that can be grown in
the state, ought to do a great deal of
good.
Many of the counties will be repre-
scented and the products are being
rapidly placed in position.
Creatore's band has been secured
and furnishes music that critics pro-
nOunce of high excellence. 1t is GER
! tainly most pleasing even to unmusi-
cal ears. The true lovers of music are
earaptured and declare it to be di-
vine. The band is composed of fifty
or more pieces and most Of the men,
bers are young men.
! In connection with the fair is the
! boosters club. which already numbers
fifteen hundred. Efforts are made to
push the membership to fifteen thous-
and. Its object is 70 boost everything
that will remotely boost the state and
all ne Industries thereof. Started as
joke, it promises to become an &C
live helper in Flc~ida's development.
st. Augustine
Though the oldest city in the west
ern world, St. Augustine, as it is to-
day. is the creation of Mr.. Flagler.
Much of the prettiest portion of it he
( redeemed from the sea.
When he first beheld Tits narrow
streets and quaint buildings, its old
fort and city gates--his wonderful in
tuition instantly told him that it
would make an ideal tourist retreat
and in the formulation of his plans to
this end the Ponce de Leon, the Alca-
Ear and the Cordova hotels were mere
evoluuons of the wonderful intellect
that made the east coast the Appian
WAY and the rendezvous of the tour
list travel of the United States.
Fashion empties itself on st. Angus
tine and the whirl of society in win
ter begins and ends there.
For many years yet to come it will
be the tourists Mecca and more and
more so after the completion of the
KEY West extension and the Panama
canal
The hotels of St. Augustine are no
ted for their elegance, grandeur and
beauty Of design, and when the sea
son is at its hight no lovelier vision is
allotted to man than TO behold the
crowds of well dressed men and hand
somely gowned women that make
their homes under the roofs of these
luxurious abodes.
1t is said that no scene Of earth is
more brilliant than a ball at the Ponce
de Leon. The innumerable cOlored
electric jets, issuing from crystal
globes and golden candelabra. emer-
aids. rubies, pearls. Opals. sapphires,
diamonds. glinting from the bosoms
and brows of the fair participants.
add lustre to the scene and make it a
picture rivaling the courts of royalty.
Further Down the Coast
AS you travel on down the peninsu-
lar the scenery becomes more beauti-
full and tropical in appearance and
the atmosphere more soothing and de
lightful.
We met a German gentleman, who
said that he had travelled in Italy, Sic
ilv. France and Spain. yet nowhere
i there such a climate as there is on
the southern east coast of Florida. and
that il is compelled TO attract the
| tourist travel of both hemispheres.
Palm Beach
AT Palm Beach, between Lake
Worth and the ocean. Mr.. Flagler has
aracred the largest hotel in the world
| and as everything conspires to make
,bfe er0r 4 Jewel in beauty, he has