The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-26

IL buried III SIX IeeL Oh water new
Orleans being mostly below water
line. and damp enough anyway, with
out being buried in water.
The signs We're apparently the
painstaking handwork OF a French
caretaker Cor undertaker), and issued
a warning to all and sundry, includ-
ing my amused self, that no person
was allowed to take flowers from any
tomb excepting his own. also was not
permitted TO trespass in any tomb
other than his own.
/ owe that stolid individual a good
cigar If ever meet him. 1 mentally
vowed not to trespass in any old tomb
at all in New Orleans and hurried
back to good old Pensacola where I
could feel at home.
But what has all this to do with
tourists?
My dear fellow, don't hurry me, I'm
only just getting into my stride. and
simmering (not shimmying, mind you)
is VIGOROUSLY a slow process. Besides,
tourists are to read this, and there
is dreadful warning to them in that
tombstone story.
Getting down to brass tacks, I ask
ed myself-"what do tourists wantP',
and the answer came-'"They want to
be housed and fed and transported
and amused"
Then came the question-"whose
business is it to see that these wants
are met thoroughly and efficiently"
and the common sense reply came
those who will profit by them"
Then came the reflection-"what di-
rectly benefits a part of the commu-
nifty, indirectly benefits the whole of
the community, and finally came the
inevitable word, Organization"
The truly wise president Is the man
who contrives to do the least, who
picks the right men to actually do
things and then goes and plays golf.
His brain must not always work. He
is an organizer of others. That is his
job. Personally, he does nothing. Yet
he is president. He alone is calm in
a whirlwind of others doing, doing,
doing.
Doing is good, but organizing is
sublime.
What should Pensacola do for it's
tourists?"
Organize a committee of ten or
dozen men engaged in the business of
housing, feeding, transporting and
amusing. This includes hotels, res
houses, rental agencies, taximen,
launchmen, railroad men, steamboat
men, theatre and moyiemen. Their
chairman must be an enthusiast and
practical man of keen business in
sight and broad vision.
Two meetings a week for a month
would bring out a bunch of ideas
which would lead to definite action,
and, thereafter, a weekly meeting
would keep the game alive and pre-
vent stagnation.
The newspapers could be made i'm
mensely helpful, and not without prof
it. They could run a Tourists Col
umn", which tourists would certainly
read. The tourists committee could
see that every organized trip, meet
ing, luncheon, dance, supper, must
Gale, lecture or what-not, including
names and addresses of new arrivals,
was daily written up; and indeed,
every day should have it's doings.
There are, doubtless. hundreds of
rooms in right nice houses which are
standing idle because a kind of tin1id
pride prevents some folks from adver-
Using them.
A press editorial, calling for ad-
dresses, would bring these coy ones
out A dime a time would fill a col
umn or two with undreamt-of dandy
rooms for ever-so- nice tourists to have
ever-so-nice times in (and want to
come again, please).
These rooms should be listed &C
cording to price-three, four, five, six
dollars a week (for not less than four
weeks), with address and phone num-
Der (names not necessary.
A similar list should be advertised
of boarding houses where table, board
can be had. How can strangers find
such places unless they are adver-
tised?
This article is getting too long,
friend Hoffman. Perhaps I may SIM
mer some more later If you want it,
but I viii conclude by suggesting that,
as one of the conditions necessary for
happiness is Something to do" your
committee should invite a committee
of half dozen tourists to Join them
in their meetings and so get views
and cooperative action from both
sides.