The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-02-26

they snepd in entertainment Most of these peo-
pie do not go TO the hotels they have their OWN
homes winter palaces by the summer sea.
These varying pocketbooks have caused great
variety in the decoration and cost of the hostei-
res which to spring up all over fiofiu'.
There are places for the rich man. the poor inh'
and even for the man who has large fanny ou'
has the money and disposition TO give 'iiei "
good time. There places where one can spen''
$40 day "and up also modest little ho'e's,
where So and 81 day is charged 1or rooi'i an"
meals In nearly all of them the American pan
prevails A fair average charge is ~ ua!.
Even this amounts to an enormous SUM- roi
if each of the 100000 persons stays on an average
of two weeks that brings the total OF ho'e'
charges to S44SOO.0OO
Homes Owned by Northerners
The homes also are not all of magnificent pre-
tension There are thousands OF others Arouiu
St Petersburg has grown up large colony of
reasonably priced homes. and at West RAIN Beach
is another group of homes owned by persons OF
unassuming prosperity. In Miami which III the
last ten years has grown faster than any o'hei
city in the country and is now busting place VI
$4,000, are still other houses which are not heieh-
borhood show places. 1t is estimated that ~ per
cent OF the people who go to FLORIDA own their
own homes, and that the average valuation Is
about $4,000 But topper cent of 100000 is 40
OOO which gives real estate valuation OF $o@o'-
100000 owned by Northerners. The tax from this
is source of profit to the state.
The cost of travel alone is tremendous. An av-
erage round trip fare, including Pullman. would
be about 500. and. when 100000 persons spend
that it means revenue to the roads OF $2O0OO,-
900. And there's the gasoline!
What is spent for amusement can only be
guessed at, for it is sum that varies according
TO the means and habits of the Individual. Some
of those who own beautiful homes and entertain
Iavishly spend sums that make the ordinary trav-
who spend a month at the great hotels also part
with considerable amounts for ordinary diversion.
This is outside the large sums which are dropped
in some of the gambling places that may make
the Southern tour exciting.
But it would probably not be wide Of the mark
TO say that an amount equal to the average living
cost of IS day is spent by every visitor to the
.Carolinas an,. Florida, which would amount to
more than S4OOOOOOO. This would include golf
fishing, autoing boating and all the diverting
sports that are offered by the ingenuity of the
promoting population
Golf Is Popular.
Golf is perhaps the favorite diversion.of those
who 20 South. There are no better courses in the
country. From thetirie the first visitors to Ashe-
Vile and Aiken. tee up early in November until
the returning throng FROM Florida; again nvades
the Carolina and West Virginia hills there is Il
constant procession of the best golfers in the
country over the magnificent courses. Many OF
the clubhOuses are huge and costly affairs. and
membership fees are sufficiently large to, appall
the average individual. But there are smaller
and less expensive links which crowded with
just as enthusiastic stick swingers as play the
more exclusive sIlnksss n1ss----Sf :. 4
Pinehurst always ppens he golf season with a
tournament early In November Southern Pines
takes care of many golfers, Asheville. Aiken and
Augusta all have good links but when one reaches
Florida the number Of courses almost would en-
able one to play across courses fTpm Jacksonville
to Key West. OnA Of the most famous u the 1T
Augustine golf course ono Of the oldest golAnG