The citizen., 1920-02-19
MR.. BURGESS WRITES
Dunedin, Fla.

Dunedin, Fla,
February i3, 1920
Dear Mr.. Editor:
am here on the shore Of the Gulf
Of Mexich looking on its green
waters and splashed in them. | am
interested in looking at the big
clumsy pelicans, as they watch the
gulls make a dive for a fish, and
then chase it. that they may take
from II The food that rightfully be-
longs 10 Mr.. Gull. have seen
people just like those pelicans, only
more so.
am at the '"cnd of my rope"
Wishing that my rope, sO-called.
was long enough TO reach TO Colon
and Panama: even then | might
wish for more rope" The weather
is delightful now and the towns and
cities are full of people from every
where enjoying it. II was my
privilege TO take a thirty-mile ride
with Mr. Carrell, a friend Of Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor. through a sec
tion Of orange groves, where there
seemed TO be enough fruit TO FIJI
every fruit basket and lot to
spare. About all can manage to
eat. out Of this abundance, is about
ten day.
In Tampa, where spent a week,
and expect to be there again after
leaving here, the Board of Trade
has made every provision for the
comfort of the tourist. try TO pass
among that bunch. Information,
literature and clerks are provided
free of charge 10 all. Next week,
Gasparilla comes into the city and
demands the keys. He comes in all
the ilerceness of the savage. with
the big knife in his mouth. He gels
the keys, all right, and then the
big celebration begins. The Sinners
are the leading factors. Gasparilla
is the name of a notorious pirate
and the City of Tampa the host. So
they spared neither time nor money
10 make that event a great one.
have learned that TO travel. theI
traveller ought always TO have three
things that are extremely necessary,
big money, courtesy and sass.
Sometimes you may get along with
one of the three, but | have found !
out that il pays 10 have all on hand. |
When a barber charged me eighty
five cents for shave. found |
neither of The two first amounted
to anything. but when ! opened on
him with a dose of sass. he was
ready TO compromise. Sass is like
the steam Of an engine, the more
you use, the more you have. One
might get too much pressure TO
carry comfortably.
! went to ST. Petersburg, yester-
day, called on that splendid woman.
Miss Jean Cameron. She still has a
great interest in Berea: talked
about the new church. Hopes TO
see il built.
The town has grown ten times
larger than it was four or five years
ago. Its main streets are like
a Broadway. Board and room costs,
SO am told, THAT is the only way
know, twenty dollars a day, and
all taken: none 10 be had.
My stopping place here is with
DR.. and Mrs. Gladdng in their fine
and let me tell you, they
are good friends and true. DIR.
iladding is the authority on engi-
neering and land surveying in this
Town and has many friends here.
They are interested i'm Berea and
send kindly greetings 10 their
friends. II is interesting TO note
he different classes Of people here.
rhe banker, the millionaire. the
south Carolina farmer and the me-
'hanic may be seen sitting on the
same seat in the park. listening TO
he same music or fishing out of the
same boat. Distinctions are not so
marked as in the North in the home
life. When | look on all these