The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

which goes toward making up charac- ter, integrity and ability.
 MT. Meyers splendid achievement in Jacksonville is the Windsor hotel. of which he is the owner; no more beauti- ful hostelry exists in America than this tastefully appointed hotel.
 Into the success of this enterprise Mir Meyer has thrown all the magnet ism of his personality his splendid business ability and his clear, keen foresight; for it is a personal equation with him.
 | Mir Meyers career in the hotel busi- i ness has been most spectacular; of very short duration, covering a period or l less than eight years he has built up l d chain of hotels of which the south is proud; with the Hermitage and the I Maxwell House in Nashville, the Wine ] cof in Atlanta, the Windsor In Jack ! sonviIle and the handsome new Far ] ragut in Knoxville, which was opened 1 on Saturday, February l, under the most flattering auspices.
 Knowing Jacksonville and Florida as I de-which as the little boy says, is like i my A, B. Seezes and my E, F, Geezes,' what MT. Meyer has done with the Wind sor hotel is little short of miracle. Like Aladin's lamp it has sprung from the ground; the improvements, the per l lection of the architecture and the taste- ful decorations; it looks as if Pandora s
 Box had been opened and the gifts of the world old ages had appeared in battal:ons. trhe Windsor hotel is of course synonymous with Florida for as the tourist steps inside the big doors of the handsomely arranged foyer
 of the hotel and glimpses the beautiful environment he feels that this spot Is typical of Florida, for every nook and | Jola nf 1 "the land of sunshine and flowers.
 MT. Meyer had the vision five years ago of great possibilities in the hotel line for Jacksonville; everybody who goes | to Florida must go to JackSonVilei everybody who goes to Jacksonville must
 go to the Windsor hotel everybody who goes to the Windsor hotel must go back
 again for "once a visitor there, always la visitor may be paraphrased judicious- fly
 The Windsor borders on Hemmins
 park where ferns and flowers and palm
 trees and tropical foliages make beau
 tiful setting; daily band concerts are al
 attraction in the park and by the way
 Birmingham would do well to emulate
 Jacksonville in this progressive move tment for thus entertainment is afforded thousands; the spirit of the outdoor
 which Gene Stratton Porter w. H. Hud
 son. James Lane Allen and the others have so forcibly emphasized, seems t6
 belong to Florida; it Is the primi
 tive "can of the blood'-a sort o Icontinuous fiesta" with laughter ane Isong and one feels the quick silent pass
 ing" of the day into the twiligh
 and one sings with the Venetian 'LoV
 Song
 How light we move how softly, ah 1 Were life but as the Gondola. , For tomorrow we shall be rowed adowl the waters of the fascinating Floridial
 rivers and lakes; we shall see the whit
 beaches of Ormond and Daytona o Seahreeze and Rockledse; of Paln Beach and Miami-and Jacksonville WI lie behind us-but only for spell, ant
 never to be forgotten, as the wandering , Venetians say:
 o Nenezia benedetta
 Non Ii voglio piu lascar.
 One of the most attractive features c
 the Windsor is the sun parlor facing ol 6 Hemming park where delightful morn
 ing may be enjoyed sun kissed and SUI laden the salon dignified and ele
 gant is another attraction, while tn
 -Japanese Garden" with it's wisteria fes : tooned pergolas and soft enchantin
 lights reflects the true spirit of tn Orient: just a bit of old Japan in mod
 ern setting.
 In the certer of the Japanese Garde is a sort of fountain or pagoda effec'
 above, the stars twinkle. while the soi
 music of the orchestra waits entrancln C notes for those who care to dance. -I-have seen but one other hotel in all m
 travels which boasts of anything to con :, pare with the Japanese Garden at th Windsor and that is the Blltmo, - with its ''Cascades;" truly nothing mor F beautiful can be imagined as rende'
 4, vous [ l And then do let me tell you about tn f Balcony Dining Room.'h directly acros 2 the front of the Shotel a sun pal 's tlor has been built as a dining room. :, sort of sidewalk cafe of Paris effec II only of course this is so much mol o beautiful and elegant; decorated Il French gray tones. all the lovely woot y work is harmonized in this soft, beat 1t tiful color: q mahogany colored flot e gives contrasting effect; the table J. chairs and furnishings are in u d French gray tones even to the artist It little bird cages hanging here and thel Y with golden throated songsters warblir V their roundalays while enchanting mus