The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-03


glades. Here a limitless stretch Of OPP
en- country, with soil ike another
Egypt, waits the millions that viii
eventually make their homes there
To me this mysterious section is sac
red and wonderful I was privileged
to know and understand how much
heart and life Governor Broward, Mr.
McLin and Mr.. Groom put into the ad-
ministration of their trust in the mat
ter of retaining the Everglades. It
is pathetic that none of them lived to
see the fuIflment Of the dream to
which they clung-a fruitful land
filled with a contented people. Going
up the canal one man said TO me,
"Well, after all, old Broward was
right about the Everglades" And I II
answered, 81 always knew he was
right"
A State Reservation and Monuments
There should be a reservation made
by the state Of Florida in the reclaim
ed lands and here should be set mon
uments to these men, Napoleon B.
Broward, Benjamin E. McLin and A.
Church Groom, and as they pass to
their rest, to w. S. Jennings and the
other trustees of the Internal I'm
|provement Fund during the jennings
and Broward administrations, when
the drainage fight was made and
won. These were men who stood at |
their posts of duty unmoved by crit |
icism, striving for the accomplish
faent of a great trust and a dream
and their names should be kept inl
perpetual memory. They were men
Who had seen a splendid vision and
carried it enshrined in their hearts.
An Afternoon in the Everglades
At the Davie Farm very interesting
experiments are being made by the
. land company owning it with view
of ascertaining what crops are best
adapted to the soil and the climate.
! We saw cotton, sugar corn (ready for
the table in march, tobacco, pota-
: toes, alfalfa, foreign and native
grasses, fruits and many varieties of
vegetables and many interesting
plants and flowers. The growth was
luxuriant and the yield heavy The
Q soil is black, porous and is easily
e worked. The ladies of the party went
e up the canal in a boat while the men
s went up "the hike" on foot and met
{. us at the home of Mr. Veeley, the
e superintendent. Here were gathered
n a number of ladies who live in the
n Everglades, who assisted Mrs VeeIey
5, in distributing flowers and serving
: punch and cake. We spent a delight
/ full hour here with cultured women
: and refined surroundings where few
years ago Indians hunted their game
from island to island, through
< swamps and marshes.
= In An Italian Garden
- In Miami one feasts the senses as
s well as the body We found the mos
II fascinating tea garden known as the
Italian Garden in the middle of &
/ large department store. Here under
a charming pergola tiled with rec
and overhung with wistaria in full
flower, among handsome crotons ant
! | fresh flowers one finds the dainties-
serving possible and at very mod
crate cost. In Roman bath a gen
ial frog spouts water and larg,
turtle suns himself Near by
saucy canary swings in his baske
above charming stand with flower
in glass holders and leads the orches
ira of canaries that floods the al
/ | with melody The place is so charm
ing, the food so good, the salads $
i perfect one loves to linger over
meal.
I'll Sunrise on Biscayne Bay
II All too soon our stay came to a
4 end and it was with genuine regre
/ that we turned our faces homewarC
II Cur train left at sunrise and as W
1 left the station we looked toward tn
81 hay and saw the eastern sky afam
with the morning The sun rose be-
hind batt1ements of sand coIore
clouds, touched with crimson and eda
cd with gold. Biscayne Bay caugl
. up the flaming, palpitant light an
lay q SledtHlIIg rosy mass u Slor.
Higher rose the sun and I Hstene
for the shout that should herald sue
glory-the glory of the Lord and h
wondrous works-such glory as
have not seen beforei The whole ca!
was bathed with it and a path {
splendor lay across Biscayne Ba
Ny heart ached with the magnificent
of it and my soul was hushed ar
awed with its grandeur.
With such a sight to inspire dali
it IS not strange that the people
Miami have conquered wilderne'
and planted city fair beyond ii
dreams of men in its midst n,
strange that they have wrested Il
land from the monstrous hand of Il
sea and are building another place
dreams, past a land-locked bay, whe
the Atlantic lies like a molten sa
phire at its feet. They have lifted |
their eyes to such sunrises, their sou