The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-01-29
ANOTHER LETTER FROM
DR.. E. |. HUBBARD
Well known Minister Who Is Spend
ing Winter In Florida Writes In
teresting Letter About Tampa.

Mr.. Editor
l recently spent the day in Tampa
an older and buster city than St
Petersburg. Tampa is a commercial
whilst this is a tourist city. The in
come of st. Petersburg is from the
winter visitors who spend MILLIONS ii
three months. The visitors are most
elderly people and when at $50 Pm
The curfeW rings Tor all children tC
quit the streets the old folks follow
suit. Nothing is allowed in the city
20 attract the baser sort. No wick
I'd men are on the streets and nc
houses of i'll repute are known to be
n the town. No gambling. no car
livals, no games OF chance.
In the center of the city is park
With d speaking platform and seats
before it accommodating 1000 people
n this place a preacher held fOrtL
LfternOon and night-no collections
until the 18th, after which date !;
,rass band gives free concerts after
loon and night. In this park ther'
ne regularly laid off QUOT and hoTs
hoe pitching games; there are ais
cientifilally made crCQuet grounds
ennis courts. and checkers an
omino tables. These are all fire.
nd many farmers show skill IN ths
games.
me churches are large ant
.odern and very efficient. Thu
Iethodist Episcopal Church l.
rowded at all public services. TIL
lsual number present at the Wednes
Law night Prayer Meeting is abou>
lOOO-the largest Prayer Meeting
nave ever attended.
Nearly all the houses IN St. Peters
burg are one STORY, very complete d.
umluer dwellings. If life was with
n doors the houses would be large.
md demand for stairs, but the pee
pie live out Of doors, right now, tn
middle of January. l am sitting OF
The porch while writing.
A very remarkable thing is the al
most total absence of tieas, mos
quitoes and absolutely total absenc.
of dust. The streets are neve.
swept and never dirty. The bricks
are laid in sand ana almost ever.
wheel is rubber. The sand is to,
heavy to fly and never ground fin,
enough to rise from the earth.
All the parks and yards are sane
Ind the grass is a running kind witt.
vide leaf making a neal mat for the
feet.
There is a large fresh water lake
II the center of the city that never
.tagnates, is always clear and has nc
Visible supply or outlet. 1t is very
Ieep and we judge has a bottom OF
.arge springs. The 365 DAYS year
Of hot sun may cause the waste by
avapora1iOn.s
am daily learning more OF the
,itrus fruit family. [ can find in the
same orchard trees loaded with
lemons, oranges, tangerlnes, man
larins, comquots etc, Pecans ant
English walnuts abound. The FUN
NEST thing l Lave seen is sante-
Ioupe tree. 1t gave me lots Of fun
% see s and 10 melons hanging o a
tree twelve feet from the ground,
the tree is six inches across the
stump.
My eyes are sore; l don't know the
cause but l have looked and looked
and always in vain for a girl as pref
ty as hundreds l could find in Dor
chester.
the cottage of my sister. Mrs.
Eliason, where Mrs Hubbard and l
are entertained, is an elegant bun
galow, most delightfully."- situated
with porches furnished with eas!
chairs for baking in the sun ana
reading the daily papers. AT night
We sleep under double blankets. We
have a very short twilight-almost
as soon as the sun is gone We have,
it dark and cool.
Respectfully,
E. l.. HUBBARD