The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-19

J of Mexico from the bays and bayous
| contiguous to the mainland. This
| island is As miles in length and ranges
| from half a mile to one mile in width,
and it's entire length and breadth is a
! glistening sand spit, as white as new
| fallen snow, and in many places so
smooth and clean that it seems a sac
| rilege that the foot of man should
| ever tread upon it.
Lady's walk, which stretches for
some miles along the gulf coast is
| especially beautiful, and the legend to
the effect that the disconsolate lady
comes out each night to watch for
her lover and to sweep her sand dunes
| clean, is easily believed, for day and
night her walk is of a spotless white
ness, indescribably beautiful.
To land on the mainland and walk
across to the island to the gulf, to feel
ones feet crunch in the glistening
| sand, to hear the pounding of the surf
in its ceaseless monotone and to look
upon the waters in all their vast
ness, is to feel a stronge sense Of awe
at the beauty and grandeur that Ma
ture displays here, century upon cen
tury, unchanged and unchanging.
The trip from Pensacola to Freeport
was made on the Chas. e. Cessna,
anu IOO CdI4IOI De Sd1O Tor the
beauty of the trip the fine hospitality
of the captain and crew and the COM
fort which has been attained on this
new packet, plying between Freeport
and Pensacola.
The Cessna has all the conveniences
of the modern hotel and is a most
commodious and beautifully appointed
passenger boat.
Captain John Rogers and Mr.. Har-
ry Cessna are very ready to see to the
comfort and convenience of their
guests, and the arrangement of the
boat and the beauty of the waters and
scenery through which one passes |
make the trip ideal in every way.
The Cessna has a capacity Of twelve |
hundred, but its passenger list is con-
fined to five hundred, except for ex-
cursion parties, etc. There are twenty |
neatly and comfortably fitted state |
rooms, with running water, electric |
lights and absolute cleanliness in all |
appointments; a beautifully lighted |
and charmingly appointed saloon, with |
dozens Of easy chairs, soft green rugs, |
hardwood floors, electric lights, cheVal |
glasses, a piano, a delightfully."- smooth |
dancing floor, with seats along either |
side, and at the rear a conveniently !
appointed diningroom, where the menu
and service is excellent, and most de-
lightfun of all, the wide decks. with
their big, easy chairs, roomy dirnen-
sions, with the beauty of sea ard etzr
and shore to lure one from all thoughts
of this Workaday world 10 the JOY OF
Nature in her happiest mood, or the
grandeur Of her more serious mo-
ments
The Cessna, which is owned by DR.. (
Charles z. Cessna of Chicago, was
built at Santa Rosa, Fla, and is a
credit to the owner and the men WAC /
constructed it.
Strongly built and beautifully pro-
portiCned, the wide spotlessly clean I
decks are arranged TO the best advan
tage for business and pleasure, and the /
interior has all the honelike charm /
which is so often lacking in passenger
service. The wood used in the in
terror construction is maple for floor
ing and for the pillars and finish, ma
hogany is used The walls have been
treated in heavy cartridge paper of
soft shades OF green and tan and the
rugs and Competing are of soft velvet
pile, in restful shades Of green. The
wiring is excellent and well arranged, /
when the electric lights are all turned
On in the evening, giving the saloon a
very brilliant and CHEEKY appearance,
and making card playing, reading or
music most pleasant, contrary 10 what
IS usually found on passenger boats. II
not especially constructed with view II
70 the pleasure and comfort of guests.
The dancing hall Is equal to any in n
4 modern hotel, with dressing rooms