The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-20
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LOUISIANA PHYSICIAN PASSES
TWO VACATION PERIODS IN
VALE OF PARADISE.
BY Or. Charles X. Mayer.

oy SFs SudFies fts mayer.
Worn by business cares, the heat,
noise. dust and other irritations 10
which the city dweller is subject. IL
was like a breath OF new life TO arrive
on clear summer day at Valparaiso;
every dormant instinct IN primitive
man being at once awakened 10 an
swer the call OF Nature. as there ex-
pressed in all its beauty.
Did / have good time at Valpa-
raise during my vacation there in Au-
gust and September 1892 Just ask
any OF that royal bunch OF good fell
lows, Perrine, Martin, Spencer. Allen,
Noble, Reed. Turner. Martins and the
others. not forgetting Mrs. Spencer.
who is as good a scout as any OF
them. / say just ask any or all OF
these-did DIR. Mayer enjoy his vaca-
ton while there. They know I'll stand
by the answer.
They All Recovered.
Leaving my swivel chair on August
% and the eternal complaints OF tho
sick. and, incidentally giving them a
chance TO get well, / spent the first
few days idling and resting on the
Yeranda of the Valparaiso Hotel. Soon
the gulf breezes stimulated in me the
desire for action, and my good friend.
Colonel Edge, having accommodated
me with a motor launch, the rest OF
my time was passed in fishing: stiil
water and surf bathing: exploiting
with the launch the numerous bays.
bayous. iniets and streams, which Of
fer TO the vacationist a veritable
Kaleidoscope Of color and shape TO de-
light the eye.
A Fish Story.
AS for the fishing (no one believes
the fish stories but honest 10 good
messy when you know when and
where TO 90 and the proper bait 10
carry, you have 10 hide behind a tree
or in the bottom Of the boat to bait
your hook.
Then there is the lure OF the surf,
the dull booming of which can be
family heard when there is a gale
blowing out in the gulf. Even when
the tide is high the waters inside
East Pass are as quiet and Fafe as a
duck pond.
Cannot Forget.
1t would be almost impossible to
obliterate from memory my first visit
TO the surf outside East Pass. Imag-
inc a strip of beach that looks like
granulated sugar or freshly fallen
snow that stretches for miles and
averages in width a quarter of a mile.
Beating on this smooth, white beach
is surf showing a color scheme that
would drive an artist to despair IL he
attempted 10 despict IL. The color
runs from opalescent blue through
aquamarine. azure, deep blue, TO a
deep blue black where sea and sky
meet on the horizon. Over all spreads
the blue canopy OF heaven. Then
there is the white froth as the great
rollers slide in and break. often show
ing through their transparent sides.
schools OF fish.
My second visit was after the hur-
ricane that passed west. destroying a
large part OF Corpus Christi, Texas.
Again the inside waters were smooth
but the color scheme outside the pass
was different. What had been peace
full and delicate was no menacing
and rough. The great, black waves
in on the beach appeared
TO be oily. IL was a mighty scene.
The Bathing Beach.
AS for the bathing in the surf, Il Is
perfectly safe even for a child.
Youngsters play in the ripples along
the edge on the beach. but the strong.
fearless swimmer can enjoy himself
to the limit. II is great fun to go far
out and ride the rollers. There is
no mood OF the water lover that can
not be satisfied at Valparaiso. IL the
mood be turbulent the gulf lies TO the
south. IL IL be peaceful the beach az
Toms Bayou is calm and the hard,
sandy bottom is a joy and delight
To those who prefer the beauties
OF land 10 those Of the sea there are
hills and ravines, forests and wild
sIoping beaches and sheer
bluffs; in fact, with the exception OF
Nature has supplied the
Vale of Paradise bounteously with
all that is necessary 10 satisfy every
human demand.