The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

the name means just sun
shine and flowers without any
distinguishing features as to To-
cation. Florida beckons to the in
experienced travellers with the promise
of things unknown. They have read
of the orange groves the jasmine
flowers. gray. spectrelike moss that
sways from the branches of the liveoak
trees the hooking birds, the tropical
fruits and flowers that grow with such
Iuxuriance that it seems as though no
human hand were needed to train them
fish and animal life that is not seen
IN a climate less tropical. Florida does
offer all these attractions, but it gives
more. The experienced traveller knows
that the several sections Of Florida
offer as great a diversity of allure
ments as 4 they were divided by State
lines instead of counties.
Jacksonville, the great radiating CEN
tire from which the traveller seeks his
definite destination. is so occupied by
Northern men and capital that it m ght
easily be mistaken for a New York
State town. At Jacksonville the travel
ling swarms of winter visitors divide.
The west coast of Florida attracts an
entirely different class OF people from
those who visit the big resorts Wealth
Is not the differentiating characteristic.
1t Is personal taste and proclivities that
separate the east coast from the west
coast visitor. As Palm Beach is the
winter capital of the extreme east coast,
SO Is Belleair the capital of the Gulf re-
SORTS The woman who wants healthy
exercise for herself and her children
goes to the west coast-not for two
weeks, but for two months the man
who can spend the winter away from
his business goes to the west coast,
where he dons his fishing clothes or
golf suit and revels for two or three
months in the Joys Of outdoor sport.
Belleair spells golf to every golf
PLAYER. At Belleair are the finest courses
IN the country. When Morton +.
Plant, the owner of the Beleview, de-
cided to build he gave Donald j.
Ross. the golf architect, instructions to
spare neither care nor money In plan
ming the golf course. Mr.. Ross laid out
two fine eighteen hole courses, modern
in design and up to date in every way.
The lay of the ground presented many
good natural features, which lent them
selves to the formation of fine golf
holes, and was used to the best adj
vantage.
The Beleview, one Of the most
charming and luxurious hotels in Flor
ida, provides for every comfort OF
the golfer, Located on the shore OF
Clearwater Harbor, the hotel looks out
across the Gulf Of Mexico as far as the
eye can reach.
Tampa Is the most individual town in
Florida. II seems to have personality
that is known to all travellers. AS the
gateway TO Panama it is the clearing
house for the traveller going to South
America. To the Northerner the Tampa
Ray Hotel means the whole town, but
10 the native Florldian Tampa Is the
business and agricultural centre OF
southern Florida. But this is the sea-
son of the year when Florida hotels
come into their own
ST. Petersburg Is the one town on the
Gulf shore that can claim many ad-
yanced municipal advantages. with a
permanent population of 5000 people
and floating winter population OF sew
eral more thousands, il is more like It's
northern neighbor, Jacksonville, than
any other city. Its progressive board OF
trade and enterprsng newspapers have
done much to attract people and to give
them what they wanted when they ar
rived Prosperous banks, good schools,
fine churches thriving business COM
panles, add TO the advantages necessary
TO the well being OF the all year round
dweller of Florida There is no one big
hotel, but host Of smaller hOmelike
houses where the tourist finds cheer
and comfort, The splendid sport of tar
pom fishing is the great local sport and
there are 80 many other diversions
within a close radius of st. Petersburg