The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-20
Fond Memories Linger
Long Of Paradise V0Ie
WIFE OF DR.. MAYER GIVES A
WOMAN'S VIEW OF VALPARAISO
AND TELL OF MANY SCENES.
By LoRENA S. MAYER.

By EOHENA 5. MAYER
Valparaiso! What near to Ma
ture's Heart" memories this one word
recalls!
/ After an all too brief stay in the
Vale OF Paradise, there is a longing tc
return to it; sort of want to- stay
1 there always feeling.
| 1t is but natural. as the evening of
life draws near, that we should seek
a haven of rest in which to spend our
declining years in peace and quiet;
could q more carefree, restful and
healthful place than this be found
| The air is like new wine stimulating
| one with the fragrant ozone of the
pines, and giving a longer lease of life
| to those who are nearing the shadows
Ito the young and vigorous. 1t pro-
longs youth and vigor far beyond the
usual time and, as good health stands
| for efficiency, the Vale of Paradise is
the place to make good with many OPP
portunities at hand. The Creator has
furnished this garden spot with the
wherewithal for mans existence
temperate climate. and abundance of
water, SALT and fresh, and spring sun
shine aplenty with soil that will
grow any thing" as Mr.. Theodore
Bechtel of Ocean Springs, Miss, says.
He is one of the wisest and most ex-
perienced horticulturists in the south
and an expert on nut culture, especially
the delicious pecan.
Choose What You Like.
Let a man select what he likes best,
plant it and with care and proper nour-
ishment he can gather the fruits Of his
labors, literally. 1t needs but culti-
walton to make this orchard of berries,
fruits and nuts, to say nothing of the
vegetable gardens which mean so much
in these days to persons and purses.
Whether tree, bu5h or vine, whatever
its habitat, light or shade, there is an
abundance of each. Mother Nature
has done her share to make Valparaiso
an ideal place, and judging by the eff
forts put FORTH man is doing his best
to do likewise. We predict that in the
near future it will be home place as
well as place of homes.
There are many wild fruits, for in a
short ramble through the woods were
seen muscadines. huckleberries, per-
simmons, dewberry brambles, haws,
wild cherries, bitter hickory nut,
horse chestnut and wild grape vines.
doubtless there are many others not
noticed in so casual a survey.
Tanning the Wild Grape.
In THE Country Life in America"
Magazine. March, 1913. number, is an
interesting article written by E. H.
Haycleu, and headed Tanning the Wild
Fox Grape" in which he
writes 'the results of cultivating have
been most satisfactory
Bones buried around the vine would
cause the roots to reach out for the
contained in them. A
hint to the wise is sufficient; do not
dig out or cut away that wild grape
vine on your villa site, but transplant
and cultivate it for use in making jel-
lies. jams and grape juice from its
fruits. (What more delicious treat
after a ramble through the woods
than a slice of good homemade bread
with a generous spread of jelly made
from the wild grapes in the Vale of /.
Paradise; especially when both bread |
and jelly were made by one of the
gracious neighbors and given as a !
hand-out to the stroller? None We
speak advisedly.) Did some one say, /
Why cultivate the wild grape, the
woods are full of them" True, but /
lot for long at the rate the woods are