Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-22

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Rice, recorder 81 the labor
board. recently made trip ID Fiortda
and spent about three weeks III the
Sunny South Mr. Rice states that
He has lived ia the south ala his life
but the nrst time be saw anything that
was his idea ef what SAMMY South
should be In winter timel was IN St
Augustine, Florida. town tilat Fl oF
mora ancient lineage than Annapolis.
haring been founded August Is. 1866.
He writes the Evening Capital as
follows
At this place Is located the tabled,
Fountain Of Youth that Ponce de
Leon sought Il seems strange coin
cidence indeed that 100 years later
Thousands az persons from the cold.
bleak lands OF the north. journey each
winter to the countless health resorts
of Florida and Tiers. beneath the blue
skies that are never hidden BY nayrlads
|of fakes OF fieecy white renew their
youth and live outdoors and never
know II ls winter unless they look 1t
the calendar
In Miami an Christmas day it re-
minded me of what some poet said,
what lis 50 rare as day In Juneg'
And this was & perfect day. The lam
Ing pOinRettias, the alybiscus and the
beautiful Japanese trailing vine and
numerous tropical plants. all we're liz
full bloom AT the bathing beach,
Ebathers~ were strolIing along the white
sand as II 1t were the Fourth Of July.
Instead Of Christmas
The stately palms and cocoanut
trees which line the streets, bring yis-
ions Of the tropics. The dainty bunga-
lows, each different from the other, set
|in garden og tropical beauty. makes
one wtsh to stay forever In this beaati-
fui fairy land, where the early morn
ing sIumbers are never disturbed by
the coal shovel or ash sitter.
There Is large aero station there
and Ane sees nearly as many navy
men ne we do here. The natives are
80 used to the hum 81 them that they
never look up In that land. no one
hurFtas and even the autos seem to
have the habit Or else the gas III slow
er down there
Flnrida has some Of the finest roads
in the world They are ais smooth aid
velvet, straight as die and hills are
almost unknown.
II Is said that Florida has 10000
lakes and no visitor ever disputes that
statement and many of the towns are
built around these lakes and they look
like Iiktie dream villages. The orange
and grapefruit groves are beautiful,
indeed. The golden globes Of juicy
sweetness, look like balls OF fire
againea their dark green backgrounds,
Some ot the trees are loaded 30 heavy
with delicious fruit that it is often nee
esaary to prop the branches.
III brought back with me lemon
Weighing two and q half pounds. Tnia
fruit Ia grown more for exhibition pur-
poses than anything else, MS Ii Iii never
shipped 70 northern markets. Oranges
pIucked from the trees taste about the
same as those on sale In Annapolis
lrl fact, the price Of them ii about the
same, too.
In fact, oranges are about the only
dear things tia Florida. It III sad II
relate that the cost Of living il higher
ID Annapolis than 1t Is in many Of the
tourist cities Of Florida and am
sure Chat one could spend wipteg
much cheaper and more comfortable
in Mia1ni or ST Petersburg than in An.
They hare slogan III the south
that : clean and attractive city, mod
crate prices and honest treatment ii
another way Of spelling prosperity,
Bach little town, some of them with
pOpulasi0ns 81 less than 800, has 8
live board OF trade and the coanns1nity
spirit ID developed to d marked de-
gree.
: Annapolis has many natural adj
vRneagas and could Be developed into
u driving. residential city, with 4
summer colony Or at least 5000 il
brains initiative and money we're
properly mixed This town has every.
thing but vision and some day few
real live wires win blow In here and
tap the gold mine which is waiting to
be tapped q