The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-18

lSS1ppl, Is TenSdCOid-liie oiu
capital of West Florida in the .
DAYS when they quantity said
the Floridas '-on its great bay,
and the pretty capital OF the
state, as constituted in 1921. Tai
lahassee. on is little hill.
Considering the fact that 1t
was sought in the Spanish days
as FL Dorado. the golden land, 1t
samusing that it is the only one
OF the United States in which no
metal-precious or base-has
ever been found. As to that
other quest OF the conquerors
who came from Cuba. the Foun-
tain of Youth, the peninsular has
more nearly rewarded hope.
Whatever their miraculous or
medicinal value may be, FLORIDA
is land OF fountains or springs.
The limestone and coral which
| lie under the surface sands and
soil of life streams, which bring
down the waters of the more
northern hills. The pleasant To-
ca legend is that drought in the
mountains of Georgia. and Ten
nessee is felt two years later in
Florida's flowing wells. In the
Everglades the streams gush
forth into wilderness of waters.
And almost anywhere in the
peninsular artesian wells will
bring to the surface the under
ground flood. The waters burst
forth at places even under the
sea and boil up through the surf.
Wells may be drilled in the
beach itself, and will flow at high
tide-with fresh water! Best OF
all are the natural springs which
pour forth into deep crystal bas-
Inns, sometimes hundreds OF feet
) across-apphire jewels set in the
green wood. To swim out in
limpid waters under blue sky
till YOU feel underneath you the
great current of the fountain
streaming from the earth's heart
/. is a sensation which Florida Of
,, iers in perfection.
Jacksonville is the gateway to
Florida. 1t was once itself a
winter resort, in the days when
. the St. Johns was the chief seat
of tourist existence and the
' steamers on it's clear, dark brown
i; waters almost the only means OF
u communication with the interior
;, Of the state.
II Nowhere in the world car
y there be so many shades OF greer
V as in the springtime woods o
Florida, when the darker color:
Ii,oi pine, palmetto, and maSnoli;
',blcnd with the fresh LEAKAGE o
: the dcciduous trees.
. The main tide Of Floridial
a. travel goes from Jacksonvill
IL down the East Coast. St. Au
> CUISINE, ancient capital and an
II Client city, the Oldest settlement
y within the United States, is stu
u Florida ; chief show town. !
'e has always managed i'll spite G
y e,i,reSsivc coutlapratlOnS t
- keep something OF the old Span
10 i,h atmosphere. South from )
- Augustine the railroad goe
.o through pine woods and pas
- :, great salt rivers towards Palr
IN =; Beach. 1t goes through Oh
VI mondwhere the famous beach be
gins, and Daytona, where tn
nc motoring along the sea it it
best, along twenty miles OF hare
packed sands, smooth as that trs
y, ditional park road which is S
~ rarely found in any America
nc park. Dayona may perhaps b
u ' taken as typical OF the kind
;. Florida resort which is as niue
~ homes" as it is hotels, and ha
~ a cason from November till Ma.
:. At Palm Beach the climate b.
% comes more definitely tropic
M and the life Of the resort does NJ
- lag behind the climate. The h
y, tells are huge and crowded, the
~ contain streets OF shops like Il
~ =, Lazars OF ConStantinoplc. a
=. carte restaurants, tcarooms, ba
- rooms and cafes, where oarab
dancers perform and color
: quatetts continually twang t
me indigenous banjo.
III Even at its average. the tlt
i idian climate is a thing so VIC
OF dcriul that YOU can sometin
hS- scarcely believe at the end OF
leS' month that YOU have really h
'he thirty such golden DAYS. Lyi
'ea' between two sun-warmed s.
10 as it does. the peninsula Is
ana ways tanned by salt air. Flc
10 da weather at its best. in tho
UNI incre,liable spring days OF wal
81 fresh sea winds, almost acco