The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-27

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hotel, even of the best.
The beach, running for 81 miles,
along Daytona Beach, Saabreeze, anu
on up to Ormond, and beyond each
way, is admitted by all who come here
TO be the finest in the country. Even
Californians admit this. The natural
beauties are wonderful, far surpass-
ing those of California $50 / am told by
many who are competent to judge). Of
course, there has not been so much
money as yet spent in Florida as in
California, but it is rapidly being built
up more and more, and a few wears
will see Florida even more popular
than the western coast of the country.
and even more beautiful in every way.
The Methodist minister at Daytona
Beach is delighted with the place. He
was telling i'll a meeting one night that
some tourists were asking him where
they could find a better place than
Daytona Beach. He answered them.
'tThere is only ona place you will ever
fad that is better than Daytona
Beach, "And where is that?' they
asked him. "You viii never find it
on this earth, he replied 1.-The only
place better than Daytona Beach is
above
The Halifax river, about three fifths
of mile wide, separates Daytona from
Daytona Beach and Seabreeze. Con
meeting these towns are three wooden
bridges and one new concrete bridge
Gall toll draw bridges rs there are
many large ships passing often up and
down the river. A storage battery
electric car system across the concrete
bridge gives good service between the
towns.
Every garage in town, both private
and public, is flied to Overlooking
with cars. Many people from the north
drive way down here. Many more
ship their ears to Jacksonville a1d
then drive from there down. From
Jacksonville down (about 40 miles,
there is a good brick road. North of
Jacksonville the roads are in rather
bad condition, although I am told thev
are being built up and are in very
much better coalition now than ever
before and that a large amount of
money is being, and will be in the
near future, expended to make the
roads in perfect condition for the
northern and western tourists
1t is like New York city at noon to
walk down Beach street, Davtona, at
any time, particularly in the early aft
ernoon. That is one of tho worst eea-
lures of this place-so many tourists
are constantly crowding in that the
people here haven't az yet begun to
wake up to it, and are not wholly pre-
par2d to take care of so many How
! ever, they are constantly gaining on
that, and time will teach them that
they must expect to be over-run from
about December l to MAY l. Consider
ing the enormous influx of people be
tween December and February, they
take care of them exceedingly well.
understand this year is the biggest
tourist season here.
The climate here is wonderful. w
did have one cold spell, ! will admit
but that | understand. was the wors
cold spell for twenty-five years, ant
one can hardly complain at somethin.
like that happening four times in
century. However, as a general thing
| understand, il is very warm and sum
J mcrike all winter. The thermomete
goes up fairly high-6595 in the SUM-
, but there Is always good cool breez
from the ocean, which makes it, ever
in tho summer, a most comfortabl
place to be- The nights arc very coo
and comfortable.
: One man who came here from tn
North remarked that il was worth tn
whole fare down here just to look u
I and down RidgewoOd avenue and we ca
i almost, If not quite agree with hin
/. 1t is q typical southern street, an
l practically every southern beauty c
: nature. both in flowers and trees, ca
he seen on this charming avenue. B,
/. for, the frost the poinsetta bloom
c were wonderful, their bright red bio.
SONS making the scene most snowy.
Tell the Brattleboro people abou
{ this place. 1t would surely be we
: worth their whiln to visit il if o2ly fc
Y two or three weeks. / think our col
4 weather is well over now, and that "
i can safely promise them a good war
: climate. We would be most delighte
Ito SIC some o. our Brattleboro frient
here within the next two months.
| We have been here now for ahol
| four months and feel quite at HON
although We still consider ourselv
| rortharners. and not ''Craekers
| any means We do not plan to be he
| more than two months longer, and tn.
we shall surely be glad to be ba'
| north again, even if this has been
most delightful winter.
HELEN.