Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20
FILLING AN ACHING VOID
AZ 4 VERY GOOD TIME

FILLING AN ACHING VOID
tT 4 VERY GOOD TIME
And so il happens tina; II Northern
journal hut tells the truth when it
cNcla!ms in big headlines: Southwark
moves the invading army of winter
tourists" These tourists. who must
go somewhere. and must spend their
surplus cash in some way, find ii i'm
practicable to 20 to Europe this winter.
and so they are coming South. These
tourists generally have fat pocket
books and are generally quite liberal
with them. It may be that they will
I'LL an aching void that has been
created by tho SLOW sale OF cotton and
some other Southern products that
used to be sold in Europe.
The Northern exchange, from which
the headline WAS quoted above goes
on to say: Every blizzard that sweeps
across the plains Of the West or stalls
railroad trains in the snow blockades
.-f New England and Colorado whistles
with Its driving fury: GO South"
Every orange tree. every grapefruit
Trore-yca, every pine tree of the
South il sends forth it's perfume
every hooking bird that sings II love
song-sends forth a call: Come SOUTH
The ever-swcllinG chorus is heard by
an eNer-incrcaSing audience. With one
ear they listen to the roar OF the
wintry blast and shiver as the biting
the other ear they catch the music Of
all nature rs it sings song of JOY
In the buoynncy of the youth that
comes from drinking in Southern air.
more life giving than the famed spring
for which Ponce de Leon searched In
vain. He found not that for which he
looked, because he realized not that
the very air he breathcd was the
youth -perpetuatinG fountain OF eternal
JOY TO generation after generation.
AS the men and women of the North
and West look out upon the icc-bound
regions where life is hard and suffer-
ing for many months severe their
thoughts turn longingly to that other
picture where outdoor life is possible
amid the tall rock ribbed pines, with
their waving plumcs" and their life
invigoratinE odor. or in orange groves
wrose budding blossoms ill the air
with their sweet perfume as they
charm the eye with their beauty while
the rich yellow fruit still burdens the
tree, and to them there comes an ir-
rcsistiblc desire 10 star; on the south
ward journey. some prefer the rio-
rious mountains o. the r'arolinas or
The hracinT air OF the sand hill region
Of these states and Georgia some Sc
icCl the Land OF Flowers, where to the
true lover OF nature every prospect
pleases" because il is SO unlike any
thing seen else whore; some love the
charms OF tile Gulf Coast of Alabama
and Mississippi ana Louisiana and
Texas. some thiaN. 'that.. quaint ana
ever picturc sque, TleasI!rc-loving New
Orleans has no superior: some think
that far In Texas are to he found at
fractions nowhere surpassed II mat
icrs not where they 20 in this favored
land, so long as they come South and
dnd All their anticipations realized
Their coming is blessing To them AMI
10 the nation, as we'll as TO the South.
Through this .ntcrmingling OF people
from all sections comes I closer &C
UuaintanCcship. Il broader national
spirit ana q k"cner realization OF the
oneness OF our whole land, where no
arbitrary lines divide differing nation
alitics one from the other as in war
cursed Europe
SOME GOOD THINGS a
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