The sun., 1916-01-02
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Down the east coast, with their fif-
cen trunks apiece, go the American
society woman and the American man
II leisure. who do little else but fit from
resort to resort. and the titled for
eigner, who seeks an American girl for
his wife.
Tho east coast tourist In not a
seeker after rest. Society simply
transplants itself from Boston. New
York and Philadelphia 10 the east
coast and spends three or Ave weeks.
wearing the fifteen trunks full OF
clothes and attending the various
functions that are replicas Of metro
pc'itan entertaining,
Tho beaches, almost as white and
smooth az marble, are the outdoor
Fairgrounds. At Palm Beach and st.
Augustine they sit on the beaches or
,athe: at Ormond and DaytOna they
hold motor races on the sand and at
Miami they sail and f,sh. The sensuous-
ness OF the climate gets into the blood
and Incidence rcigns. Entertaining at
the big splendid hotels II delightful,
spending the mornings on the white
beaches II interesting, having tea
under the palms and orange trees is
charming. dancing in the great ball
rooms of the hotels Is amusing-it all
fiiis the days and the evenings.
The completion of the Panama Canal
has been the most vivifying American
influence Of the past year. It In
spired the greatest exposition that
the United States has ever held and
laid the foundation of permanent
Do ~ n
Exnusl don at San Francisco was TO
celebrate the worlds greatest COM
merci Il and engineering feat. Amer
ica give of her best TO this exhibit and
all the foreign countries would have
poured their riches of commercial
achievement into the lap OF California
had not the war prevented. Califor-
mia threw open every door 10 welcome
and lav1shly entertain her guests Of
the year. The railroads made special
rates that enabled travellers Of all
classes to go from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, seeing for the first time the
most wonderful scenery in the world.
The mind OF the average Fastener
was never quite able TO grasp the
rtupendous development Of the West
III this past year, and now the echoes
Of awed admiration are rolling back
from the Pacific to our Eastern coast.
Chicago was to many OF our Atlantic
seaboard people the only West they
knew, 40 when the tourist trains bore
their thousands Of travellers across
che plains of Iowa and Nebraska and
the people beheld the mountains Of
Colorado, the geysers beautiful lakes
ana cascades of Yellowstone Park, the
National Park OF the state Of WASH
,uRton and finally reached California.
the land Of tho giant redwood trees.
they f,af learned that their own Amer
ica really was the most wonderful
plsce in the world. The success OF
ean Franciaco's exposition is TO he
repeated at San Diego and much that
was finest at the more northern city's
exhibit has been transferred TO San
Diego. When one reads Of the re-
markable development, Of her wealth,
educational advantages. commercial
and social life. the mind turns back
tnstinctively to Dana's Two Years Be-
fore the Mast" His prophecy of one
hundred years ago has come true and
the city that he imagined was posi-
bic because OF San Diego's exceptional
climate and harbor now stands as
pnumsnt to his soothssyiiS power