The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-12
Palm Beach Ready
for Winter Throng
Hotels Already Receiving In
ouiries for Reservations
for Season.

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. 1.-THE call
of the South will soon be heard through
out the vast region north of the freez-
ing line, and the early part OF the year
will find thousands of persons hooking
to the sunny chimes of Florida, where II
is ever summer.
No place along the Atlantic coast
offers more delights to the traveller or
the permanent winter resident than Paln
Beach and its environs. COLI, tennis
bathing. boating fishing, hunting,
bicycling, wheel chair riding and lying
go to make up the most popular pas
times. while there are always movies
for those whose day is not complete
without seeing the newest picture.
Dancing of course, Is regular part
OF the days programme, for no matter
what ones favorite sport may be one
seldom misses the delightful hour in the
Cocoanut Grove at tea time or the even
ing dance in the palm room OF the Royal
Poinciana The lovers of classic music
also are entertained each day at con-
certs morning. afternoon and evening by
an orchestra of forty pieces
The principal hotel of the resort is the
Royal Poinciana. which Is one Of the
largest resort hotels in the country, ac-
cornmodating some fifteen hundred guests
and managed by Henry r. Bemis. who
Is also the general manager of the chain
OF Florida East Coast hotels. 1t Is
situated in the midst Of a great tropical
garden, where ali sorts OF rare flowers,
shrubbery and trees abound. A dozen
varieties OF palm, the royal Poinciana
tree. from which the hotel takes its
name, the bouganvilea, indigenous to
the tropics, the oleander In Yotous pro-
fusion and the gay colored hibiscus all
are found here, while towering majes-
t.caly over all are the giant Australian
pines,
The Royal Poinciana faces Lake
Worth. while the Breakers. also one of
the East Coast system. managed by. Lo-
land Sterry and accommodating some 600
guests, Faces the ocean. The two hotels
are connected by twin waks--ona bor-
dered by hibiscus and the other by Aus
tralian pines. mule car also plies be
tween the hotela---a distance Of about
half a mle--durlng the bathing hour,
and the bathing casino Is located at one
end of the car line opposite the Breakers.
This cont, ms a swimming pool and also
q department OF hydrotherapy in addi-
ton to the many dressing rooms. The
upper floor Of the Casino Is the home
of the Sail Fish Club of Florida. which
has a membership of some three hundred
prominent men from all sections of the
The Palm Beach golf course lies be-
tween the two hotels and the clubhouse
borders the Pionciana gardens. \ big
addition to the clubhouse is one of the
improvements of the past summer. ne
cessitatcd by the increased demand OF
lovers 'of this sport. \ wing also has
been added for tha exclusive use OF the
Old Guard Golfers"-a man not being
eligible for membership to this club until
for five consecutive seasons.
The Palm Beach Country Club. with
another fine eighteen hole golf course
is located about a mile and half north
of the hotels. About the same distance
south Is the Everglades Club. built two
years ago by Mr.. Paris Singer In addi-
ton to the clubhouse there are a num-
Der OF cottages.
The Breakers Hotel will open on De-