The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-11-29
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If ever there was city that shat
wealth brought and laid At its door
that city Is Savannah. Ga. A mar
row. muddy river. that has been
dredged by bene6cient federal gov
eminent until 1t is one of the besl
harbors in the United States, con
meets the city with the sea. Up this
river comes ships literally from az
the lands of the world. Most Of
them bring fertilizer substances, In
Guiding fish scrap from Norway
guano from South America. potash
from Germany, and almost every
other fertilizer that can be used In
this country: but their cargoes in
clude a little of everything. And
when they go away they take cotton
and naval stores and lumber-tht
products of the far South.
The people OF Savannah see that
the ships are loaded and unloaded
manufacture the fertilizers, and sell
the cotton and naval stores and INN.
Der, and become wealthy. But. be
tween sailings they enjoy life. Sa;
vannah is unusual in many respects
but in none more than In the fact
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prosperous in commercial sense,
1t still knows how to have a good
time. True, there are not many
theaters or other conventional forms
of amusement In Savannah, but
that is no drawback to people Of
social genius. The comprehend So
cial organization. The Scotch OF
Savannah are banded into a club
that celebrates every possible occa-
sion. If You have a bit Of Scotch
in you, on Bobby Burns's birthday
you can 90 to a smoker where you
will drink hot Scotch whiskey with
cloves floating around in 1t. and
hear a real Scot recite Tam O'Shan-
ter with feeling and eloquence. And
II you are also partly Irish. you can
go the next night tola banquet where
the drinks and the songs and tho
stories are absolutely Hibernian.
There is nothing really clannish in
all this either, for the people of Sa-
vannah seem to be Of delightfully."-
mixed nationality.
Everything in the city is organized
for social purposes. The automobile
club not only tours the country as a
club, but also eats and drinks aud
dances as such. The Savannah Co
tillion club is an ancient but active
organization with traditions that go
back to before the war. There are
several local militia organizations
with written histories It would take
you a week to read You do not have
to know how to drill or shoot to be-
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know how to dance.
No matter how businesslike and in
dustrious you are, you will rest and
play in. Savannah, for it is in the air,
which is remarkably balmy and re-
Taxing. You can tell that Savannah
is city OF tradition and repose by
merely looking at it. You cannot
successfully hurry down the narrow
streets, for they are interrupted by
numerous little squares, which are
decorated with an amazing profIsion
of statues statues OF cupids and
| statesmen and poets and swans yand
nymphs and warriors and Indian
chiefs. and everything else that can
possibly be done into stone. The grass
grows long in these public squares
under the feet of the statues, and OF
the citizens who lounge there. The
houses of the town are mostly OF an
tcient design and done in stucco, yell
low with age Palmettoes and live
oaks, green all the year around, line
the streets Deep shade, and peace
full sunlight, and infinite leisure are
the things you will remember about
Savannah. And why should 1t not be
so? For the ships will always come