The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-25
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the heart "a the st. Tammany PINE
woods, with the beautiful Bogue Fa
laya wind0g through it, giving re
reshing GOODNESS by the ripple "a
its waters, the town Of Cotington is
an Ideal place for rest. It's perma-
nent population is about $500, but
this runs up largely in the summer
MONTHS u order to see Covington
one must ride miles, so ample are
! the grounds surrounding even the
smallest cottage. The trees, it's chief
beauty, are numerous and of varied
varieties, the pine predominating
And it is the spicy fragrance of the
young pines that makes the air sc
delightful and giSes it Che healt
giving ozone quality. In the beauti
full park surrounding the Folsom
Sanitarium there are forty-seven
varieties of indigenous trees. There
under che ample shade, the angler
can cast his line ad be rewarded by
bite of fine trout, for the Bogue
Falaya flows through the park.
+ The tired society devotee, the busy
business man, the convalescent
finds rest and recreation at this
charming place, which DR.. Folsom
claims is not a sanitarium but sim
ply a rest and rest, he thinks,
with wholesome nourishing diet
pure air and pure water is better
than all the drugs in the pharmaco-
pia.
The Southern Hotel, a handsome
modern building, with grounds COW
ering city square, would do credit
to city. It has recently BEEN reno
waited and is now under the excel
lent management of Mr.. S. P. Watts,
a genial, pleasant and most popular
gentleman, who formerly lived in
Shreveport, engaged in the real es-
tate business. Mr.. Watts many
friends in Shreveport will be glad
to head of his deserved success. The
Southern is filled with guests the
year round, and here our DR.. For0
has been for the past two months
and will remain until October so de-
lightful and beneficial has he found
covington air and fare. Only sixty
miles from New Orleans with trains
morning and evening, the grea.
daily papers are read in Covington
the same day published, so that lit
tie health resort does not suffer for
news from the big busy world.
Besides the tri-weekly excursion
trips to New Orleans at very low
rate, there are daily excursions to
Abita Springs and Vaudeville, a pic
turesque little pleasure resort sit
uated on the northern shore of
Lake POntchartrain. The waters OF
Abita Springs are renowned for
their restorative properties, and the
little town we'll supports five good
sized hotels and as many cOmmodl-
Gus boarding houses, which are
crowded the year round. Faith in
the healing waters of Abita is un-
bounded. 1t is interesting to sit III
the cool grOtto surrounding this
famous water cure and note the
people who come. All have the in
dividual cask and nearly all bring a
gallon or half gallon jars to take the
water back to their TO ms. Invarl-
ably you hear tales told OF the Won
derful cures of the water. The
spring or cluster of springs, is thor
oughly protected from contamina-
ton by surrounding concrete curb
over which is fastened a pagoda
shaped roof of heavy glass in tWen-
ty sections. An artificial embank-
ment covered with ferns and wild
flowers surrounds the springs, and
form the grottO, where a circle OF
benches are placed. OF course there
is a rooted structure over it all, so
the lounger or idler or invalid may
sit at noon day to be lulled by the
incessant flow of the pretty river
which winds round the town. The
mahogany coloPed waters caused
from the innumerable roots OF. pines
and cypress that grow in them, flow
between banks of snow white sand,
fringed with ferns, picture for an
artist.
Covington has fine base ball
park and grand stand and tennis
courts without number for the
young people here are pleasure
loving set. Goyington is not up-to
date in its public school building.
The unfinished walls of a brick
structure now condemned will have
to be taken down and the work be-
gun again. An attractive looking
frame building is the present domi
cile of the town public school.
The Benedictine Sisters have
charge of St. Scholastica, school
for girls. This fine property occu-