The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19

the shade q thing of real de
sr:'':+:-:~.ht on warm days. Floridas sun
is always tempeded by tuast
~ ~ = that alternate between ont
"A salt water and the otLer
0N kept places are usually free
" Eks OF insect pests, also
Which is q big item 10 be taken into
consideration wher figuring On a
Mace 10 spend the summer vacation.
Florida has 10, O0O>yacation spots aud
every one OF them offers q variety of
sports that the average nortaerner
would travel a thousand niles to en-
JOY. What makes vacation resort g.?
Wafer, scenery, good roads, golf
courses, nice people 10 mingIa with,
OF course. Florida has them al! and
Jots to cpare
IN Florida you VIII become a sun
woFshipper-you must. OF a morn
ing you will almost Invariably throw
off light covering al summer through
and seek the mOrrias sunlight.
You VIII battle. in it a2d revel in the
.Epbummy warmth that sends a Jingle
Through your physical being. You
want to stretch cut your arms to it,
for therein lies life and that energy
which causes the flowers to bloom.
puts the essence of life in every grow
ing thing. and makes the soul of man
rejoice The sun is the worlds pow
eT plant-without it we would bel
cold, iifeless. Just so sure as the sun
causes and fosters life, just 50 sure
will our Florida sunlight restore to |
proper functioning the physical ma
chinery of the ailirg What makes |
the babe grow? hir-pure ar and
sunlight!
= And how you love % play in it
a The beaches where you can romp
IN the sunlight, dash around in the
surf that p!ayfully losses you about.
and battle i'll it by lying in the cool,
soft sands. You love it by the road
side. where the swaying moss-d.a ped
. 3%3 maze beWicEi.C SHADOW trlc-
>.y,cu the lakes &lc stream8 where
cool waters CLINT and laugh at you:
IN the fields where lie hum of tine bee /
rs demonstration OF the suns gifts
40 mamie sips the neclar that is
drawn from the buds By the suns
rays, which is turpea into honey that
add to mans luXs~y. And a. the h
wyoming draws on, L picture is painted /
% the western Sky that daily battles !.
'he skill of artist TO paint or per 10
describe. 1t is me- ard 80 base a
religion on the works Of tla Florida
,suni
1t is very hard n keep on. Of the
I"AIms OF pretty writTggof Florida.
As rhymng is different from poetry as
6ilging is from talking, | viii endea-
Vor TO paint word pictures of the state
AS | find it. l want to depict the
woodland path that leads down
vsiope-the birds t, at salute your pre-
Scnce with lifting tunes; The WHISPER
ing leaves that sirg to you to the |
winds gentle breGtE-aud the in |
1ectS whirring songs. Yonder are
, gardens whore orient and oCcident /
meet in sublime harmony; scented |
roses make your sene ) reel in sheer |
delight; floating butterfys paint the !
atmosphere in color tones; rustling |
palms bow and courtesy There are
the vineyards, resting on trellis and |
covered way, with bursting buds
kDat store the wine OF the gods in pur-
Z ping globes and clothtng the land-
9Scapc in scftast tones OF lu@ur.au5
misunderstanding ever rcdd@ning
in the Florida sun.
Here are the wooded lakes where
heron and spreading lily pads make
Z -JaD..-cay pictures, and the bass swim