The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-29
" GROUPS OF PRETTY
WOMEN PRETTY"
Writes a Visitor in Describ-
ing a Putnam House
Dancing Party

The AGWI Steamship News is a
beautifully illustrated monthly filled
with entertaining matter concerning
the West India islands and other
points touched by the Clyde and NAL
Ilory Line steamers, including Florida.
The articles are splendidly written and
the illustrations are clearly beautiful.
Few articles of descriptive nature
could be more entertaining. The No.
vember issue of this pretty magazine
has an article by Raymond Comstock
on winter Life in Florida" from
which we take the following extracts
of local interest:
"The St. Johns river is the inland
waterway from Jacksonville south to
the fruit-growing country. One takes
an attractive Clyde Line steamer, and
travels all night up the winding
stream with the searchlight playing
on the dense tropical jungles most
beautifully. You arrive about the
middle of the next morning at San
ford, in the vegetable country. From
this place much celery and other green
stuff is shipped to Jacksonville and
the north.
"The trip up this winding river
gave to us our first glimpse of the
inland life-a glimpse that appealed
to US as particularly like the life of
the south one meets in a popular nov
el-the fragrant, broad-verandahe
south with its romantic atmosphere,
its old gardens and bowers.
"The steamer landed at Palatka at
about nine in the evening. We had
been chatting through the first part of
the journey with sturdy southerner
from Moth Cahlina,' young planter,
whose conversation had thrown US into
another life-the life of the sunny
south, and had well prepared us for
the enjoyment of Palatka. AS the
steamer swung up to the landing,
there was a laughing, chattering
group waiting in the swaying lantern
light; and near them an eager group
of darkies, anxious to pick up few
coins, hovered to carry our grips, |
catch the rope, do anything to win our
favor, and consequently got in every
0ne's way.
"We went ashore, and proceeded up
he dark street. The air was fra
grant with the breath of orange bios
SONS and with the dampness of the
liver and the night. From ahead
1oated strains of music The combi-
lation made fairy-like appeal to us.
"a dance was on at the big hotel.
n the wide lounge and lobby groups
If pretty women-it seemed that nioht
hat all of them were pretty-chatted
yayly with their partners, nibbled at /
ces, or watched us, as newcomers and
possible acquaintances. There was one
hing most noticeable about the at
nosphere here, a thing that l found
rue of all the south and west coast !
owns. 1t was a most pleasing infor-
nality, which extended a friendly
greeting to the newcomer without the
lecessity for words, as we'll as a cor
iial camaraderie to the acquaintance. |
was pleased with that there; have !
been pleased with it again and again
n the other towns of southwest Flor
da. Yet, the people to be found in
,hese inland resorts are quite as gen. |
eel, quite as well-bred, as a class, as
hose of the east coast.
1--WE could only stop to chat briefly |
with those whom we met in Palatka. |
Dur steamer was to start again within
4 few minutes; it was with a feeling
IF regret that we turned back to con-
,inue our Journey"