The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-06-19
State Editors Escaped Captured
in Lake County-Treated
Like Princes
There is no hired help.
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There is no hired help.
The buildings are modern il
structure and furnishings and are
kept scrupulously clean and or.
derly. Much of the furniture was
made by the boy students. The
grounds are very attractive, taste
fully laid out, adorned with fruit
and ornamental trees and plants,
and are crossed by concrete
walks. The institution is sup
ported and improvements made
| by the voluntary contributions of
patriotic people who are well ac-
quainted with its great value to
the community and the state as
well as to young people who en-
joy its advantages. This support
is supplemented by the sale of
the products of the farm, the or
chard and the workshop.
The school has been visited and
inspected by many eminent men,
amongst them Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher, all of whom have given
it the highest praise.
After listening to an explana-
ton Of the scope and nature of
the school by President Carpen-
ter and a splendid talk by Mrs.
Brown, former teacher, the
journalistic visitors were treated
to punch, lemonade, cake and
peaches-delicious peaches grown
on the place, and then they left
for Clermont.
1t was during this drive from
Tavares via Montverde to Cler-
mont that the visitors passed |
through what is appropriately
called the Alpine Highlands of
Florida. The splendid roads, par
ticularly in the neighborhood of
Clermont, pass over lofty hills
covered with an emerald carpet |
of grass and shaded by waving
pines, with scintillating lakes
from the valleys, the
whole making one of the grandest
and most entranclng pictures it
is possible to imagine.
From the hill-tops, the view ex-
tends for miles in all directions,
and in the center of this glorious
region stands Clermont, one of
the prettiest and most progressive
villages in Florida. A committee
of citizens met the visitors just
out of town and took them on a
drive over the hills, through and
around the town, and ended the
trip at the palatial club house of
the Lake Highlands Company. A
troop of Boy Scouts was drawn
up in front and saluted the
as they arrived. The
building was decorated with flags
and bunting.
Inside was a lovely array of
Clermont s handsome women and
pretty girls, who had spread a
royal feast for the VISITORS The
guests were quickly seated at the
tables and, in less time than it
.akes to tell it, those household {
angels were placing before the
'cribes all sorts of good things to ,
,at. Every dish was heartily rel {
shed, but the editors showed es- !
,ecial fondness for the chicken
,illau, the delicious huckleberry !;
,ie, the ice cream, cake and coffee. E
Right here came an instance of a,
hat kindness, hospitality and
which is characteristic r
f the people of South Florida. It
7as Saturday afternoon, and half ;,
dozen editors were very anxious
o get home that night so as to be
t home on Sunday. The only
hance was to catch the 4 p. m, a
train at Orlando, II
hirty miles away. One of the 3
arty asked a nice looking, polite a,
entleman about the chance of n
citing a car to take them to Or o.
lndo. The gentleman told the T
cribe to eat dinner and then
ring the party out in front and g,
ney would find a car waiting, 1t N
-as even so. They filled up on II
nat royal dinner; and then one Of o