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

Golfers under the general head
Seeing America at Last de-
,cribcd in most Interesting and
alluring manner some of the at
fractions OF Florida purely from
the standpoint OF the tourist.
in one of the most
popular magazines of the coun-
try, the article possesses inesti-
try. the article possesses inestlm-
able advertising value for the
tate.
The efforts OF the great maya
zines of the country to induce
t. wrists to see America first are
to be highly commended. Amer
lea has as much OF the beautiful
and enchanting as any country
in the world, and chief and fore
most among her offerings along
this line is Florida.
Mr.. Rhodes article, which
with illustrations covered two
(pages, is in part as follows:
Florida IS miracle-one night
out from New York in a Pull
man car. The winter North.
clad in snow and sparkling ice,
is an equal marvel, but it will
never seem to use who belong
there. One OF the unforgetable
romantic adventures of life, on
whatever continent it is under
taken, is the first sight Of the
South, if it be only of the edge
OF the strange other world which
the tropics must always seem to
us of the temperate regions OF
the earth. The traveller should
leave the North hard-bound with
frost under a lowering gray sky
he should arrive toward sunset
perhaps when it has cleared after
a soft spring shower. He should
have just time to catch glimpse
of roses and of yellow fruit hang
ing around dark green leaves be
fore the day puts on its tropi'
nightcap and the short twilight
of the South passes into star
lit darkness. Then against TIN
sky he should see slender exotic
palmettoes raise their feather.
crests, and upon the soft South
ern breeze, which already carrie
: the SAVIOR of the sea and the seen
of pine woods he should feel tn
> sleeping perfume Of the orans
blossom, drenching the night i
unbelievable fragrance.
4. Even when you come to it &c
the hundredlh time the South
. a land of enchantment; on eac
: arrival you recapture sometliin
: iof that first vision of its magi
And it is only one night out in
Pullman car.
% Can it be wondered that Il
y trains rush gayly to and fro 4
lie the winter and that steame
in skirt the stormy coast near LA
I'd tcras to come safely into Sout
in 'ern seas-all bearing their thou
is ands of pilgrims to the Sout
ks land: Florida is a name to co
n jure with, as it has been sin
81 Ponce deLeons time. Even
i'd darkest Europe, where tn
s. could scarcely tell you wheth
ed Massachusetts, was a city or
ny chewing gum, they know tn
IN Florida is a sunlit land Of tlowe
ne and the favorite haunt of lotu
eating tourists.
OF course the tourists must c
ne plenty besides the lotus, a
al since Florida cattle do not pr
se cisely fatten upon pine need
.. and palmetto scrub, and Florl
." chickens show an unaccountat
distaste for the climate, one
:. the great preoccupations OF t
- peninsula was for years an
- press cold-Storagc service, and
immediate connection betWe
- Southern hotels and Northt
is markets. This has now all be
y satisfactorily accomplish
in There are hotels and boardl
is houses all the way from Jacks
too vile to Key West and from
,c- Augustine to Pensacola. |
re- less YOU are absurdly penuri'
lch YOU can pay as little as YOU Ii
and unless Your ambitions
ward extravaganza arc re;
in epoch-making YOU can pay
and much as YOU brought along
5 OF then send home for more. L
but ida. in short. is a complet
hat equipped resort region. 1t
rect fcrs a compendious welcome
sla- all America. 1t would cspec
ress " invite with ironical potter
re- the inhabitants OF region ca
the California, an alleged winter
in sort.
dis The ,,reater accessibility
8 oil Florida will ALWAYS make