The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
Midwinter scene at Palm Beach
during the bathing hour. More per-
. sons use the shaded beach chairs than
60 in swimming.

people he meets and the hotel and he goes
back to the same place with unvarying
regularity He may travel 5000 miles by
automobile to get there, but once there he
plants himself near his favorite golf course
in his favorite hotel, where his wife can sit
on the piazza with the wife of his bosom
companion from home town a thousand
miles in another direction. When the North
moves South II moves in phalanxes and
regiments, all bound for their pet spots.
The cost of that movement alone is ire
mendous An average round trip fare, in
GLIDING Pullman, would be about $780, ana
when 100000 persons spend that 1t means a
revenue to the roads of $20,0oo,000. And as
for the gasolene consumed by the automo-
bling tourists only the oil companies can
say what that amounts to in the course OF
the season.
What is spent for amusement can only
be guessed at, for II Is sum that varies
according to the means and habit Of the
individual. Some Of those who own beautifui
homes and entertain largely spend sums that
make the ordinary travellers expenses seem
picayune, and the people who spend month
at the great hotels also part with con-
siderable amounts for ordinary diversion.
This is outside the large sums which are
dropped in some of the nearby gambling
places that make the Southern tour excit-
ing for those who have the key.
But 1t would probably not be wide of the
mark to say that amount equal to the
average living cost of IS a day is spent by
every visitor to the Carolinas and Florida,
which would amount to more than $4,000
900. a fairly conservative estimate. This
would include golf, fishing. autoing, boating
and all the diverting sports that are offered
by the ingenuity of the promoting popula-
ton.
The Fishing Season Occurs Later
And Brings the South More Money
The great fishing season, the season OF
tarpon and other giant fish of the South
ern waters. does not come during the height
of the winter season. The real fisherman
goes South later in the spring, when the
big fish begin to run, and the number OF
fishing nuts" who spend a few thousand
for equipment--the item of reels alone 10
several hundred dolars--is very small in the
winter months But there are lots of small
fish running, and as fishing Is one of the
things to do In Florida, a large proportion
of the vacationists go out at least once with
rod and line hoping to hook a submarine
torpedo or a fish IL one-quarter Of the
visitors make one fishing trip, with guide.
boat, and tackle which costs them about
$780, the fishing cost alone IL $4,000, 000
Golf IL perhaps the favorite diversion Of
those who go south. There are no better
courses in the country. From the time the
first visitors to Asheville and Aiken tee up
early in November until the returning throng
from Florida again invades the Carolina
and West Virginia hills there Is a constant
procession Of the best golfers In the country
over the magnificent courses. They are un-
usually beautiful, set among wooded hills
or along the beaches, where one can almost
toss a ball into the ocean. Many Of the
club houses are huge and costly affairs. and