Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
BELOW THE SNOW LINE
Some Famous Winter Resorts
of the South.
ALONG COAST TO GULF
In the Mineral Spring Section of
Virginia.
ATTRACTIONS OF PINEHURST
Asheville of the Land of the Sky
Notable Places in Georgia-Ho-
tells of Florida and Havana
New Orleans Pleasures.
ATTRACTIONS OF PINEHURST

1t is time to fly south. The winter
resort population-that is, the great
army OF northern folks who escape the
chills of a too rigorous winter by jour
ney into the hospitable country below
4 Mason and DXon's line-are now either
strongly intrenched in their temporary
homes or are planning to move bag and
baggage to points in the land of sun and
warmth.
/ Scattered along the line of the Sea-
board Air Line. which feeds the entire
southeastern portion of the United
States, a multitude of places where
the northerner spend winter in a
balmy atmosphere. From this city all
the way through Virginia. the Carolinas,
| Georgia. to the tip end of the Florida
keys, and beyind. the winter resorts are
| scattered so thickly and in such pleas
ant places that the greatest difficulty for
the beginner in winter migration is to
choose the spot to linger in.
! From winter to summer overnight
| is a phrase chosen by the Seaboard Air
| Line to tell the story Of the difference in
| temperature between the time a tourist
steps the train in Washington and
| his alghting in Virginia, the Carolinas
or Georgia. The inference is substan-
TALLY true. To the south of us lies
country with an even. springlike tenn
perature all through the winter months
and with clear. bracing. balsamio at
mosphere Through Virginia, the Caro-
Iinas and part way into Georgia runs
plateau. which on account of its won
derful beauty and altitude. is called the
land of the sky Farther south is an al
! oil, to -har lie
perennial summer and where winter re-
sorts began first to be known.
From Washington short run is all
that Is necessary to reach a group of IA
nous resorts Norfolk. Portsmouth. Old
Point Comfort, Pine Beach and Newport
News are familiar to every one. This
| family of resorts is grouped about
Hampton roads. called by many the
| finest harbor on the Atlantic coast.
The Hotel Chamberlin.
| The Hotel Chamberlin at Old Point
Comfort is known all over the world.
The army and navy contingent. mingling
with travellers not only from American
cities, but from Europe well. give the
place an air entirely its own. From
the moment of entering the beautiful
rotunda one is impressed with the differ
ence between the Chamberlln and other
| hotels of its class. The arriving guest
upon entering gets hint of charming
/ atmosphere which he finds later ADDS
much to the popularity of the place.
! The Hotel Chamberlin has many fea-
! lures on which it prdeS itself, but there
is one thing that appeals to so many
people that it cannot be passed by. and
| that is the Pompeian bath.
| This in a swimming pool seventy feet
| long and forty feet wide. All the delight
and benefit of ocean swim are pro
! vided indoors. a swimming master is
on hand at all times.
| The almost perfect sanitation of the
| government reservation upon which the
| Cha mberlin is built, and the natural eli
matte advantages, make the hotel an
| ideal resort for invalids suffering from
! asthmatic or bronchial troubles, and,
| while in no sense a sanitarium, it offers
sufferers from throat or lung diseases
all the advantages of pure and absO-
| Iutely uncontaminated salt air. In this
region fever and malaria arc entirely UNI
known.