The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-08
Attractions and Beauties of a
New England Winter Lauded
BY N. II. Paper Refuted Here

Along about the middle Of the
month of December. 1921, just as the
wintry breezes began sweeping at
their best-or wOrst-along the we'll
known rock bound shore of New Eng
land, some optimistic writer on the
I stan Of the Herald. published in
Portsmouth. n. H., took his type
writer in hand and delivered himself
Oe long editorial extolling the beau
ties and the attractions of winter
n New England
Now. winters in New England may
be all that the New Englander could
wish. and II the writer of the editor
ial in question had praised these re-
deeming qualities and stopped there.
the readers of the Daily News might
never have known how highly the
Herald man appreciated the climate
with which Providence, with the aid
Of the Atlantic ocean and the North
Pole, has blessed him. )
However. the Herald man was feel
Ing especially good on the day that
be took up the job of lauding New
Englands winters SO, after telling
shout the delights of shoveling snow
Oh the streets and coal into the fur
mace. he allowed his fancy to branch
out and stray into Florida and sought
to compare the joys OF the Land of
Flowers with the genuine pleas
ures" Of the crisp winter season" in
New England. And right there the
editorial man got an argument on his
hands.
JPN. Chandler, who knows a
good deal about the winter climate of
New England and also OF Florida,
picked up" the Herald man right off
the bat. MIR. Chandler formerly was
On the editorial staff of the Monitor
II Concord, NJ H., and he sends the
editorial of the Herald to the Daily
News with the comment that the
best thing In Boston, or New Eng
land, ON November Is is the through
sleeper to Jacksonville
Mr.. Chandler. who is now spe xding
the winter in Daytona, accompanies
the editorial with the following let
ter:
Il enclose an editorial from the
Portsmouth. N. H.. Herald boosting
New England as WINTER resort
I may say that previous to last win
ter ] had spent my winters in New
England for about twenty years tpre-
tiOusly in Washington and New
IOtAyfi uG dW ku " luteTSa u lSI f-lS
and 1890 decided me to become a
winter resident of Florida and hay-
ing spent last winter at the Claren-
don hotel. | have this winter rented
:. house at 3Si South Beach street,
Daytona
4 have been a resident of Ports.
UOoth for about seven years. having
erected there in 1917-1S the finest
/ Umm{AuSa1n In, <,;tx !,
ard New England are all right May |
p November. but the rest of the time
nothing doing for me in futere
Now. my idea is that We perma-
nent and winter residents OF naytona
want to reply at SOM. length To this
editorial in the Herald. which charges
that people who come to Florida for
the winter are feeble and tmid
BOsh. J will guarantee | car stand
more cold weather than the writer
OF the enclosed editorial. olt | want
To be where | can motor. golf and
swim and not be blockc' by three
feet OF snow. with the thermometer
down to twenty below | wish 70 70
on record as saying the New England
winter climate is terrible ana has &c
fedeeming qualities whatever. where
/ as, the winter climate Of florida anC
DaytOna, in particular is ideal
Here are few extracts from the
editorial. with notationa inteilineG BY
Mr.. Chandler appearing in parenthe
sis.
You know. of course. say, /;
prominent newspaper. that the Yer
mont man who writes you from New
York that he is on his way To Flor
ida to stay there until spring is goias
to miss all the joys of New t.nglans
winter
III he stays in New England h
Will miss all the joys because they d,
not exist,
1t is possible this reference to
New England winter was intended &
be slightly sarcastic
trll say SOL
For there are those Nho feel tina
the winter season in this part of tn
country is d long period of endu.
ance: Of waiting and yearnng 10
something better.
tThey sure have the right dope
These migratory people do Nc
Jake all the comforts OF life wlt
them. They leave behind them jos
that are unknown where roses bloor
IN January and where surt bathing
ehc RUE at season y non fethS \
nome are shoyeliug snow Of the path
and coal into the furnace
tCan you beat it,,
There are genuine pleasure her
as we'll as in Florida
tChief one Is to get ont of the col
pefore you get frozen
Let no one G.crv IN seriousness
or in jest, the health giving. pleasur
bringing qualities OF the New Englau
winter. He who has never enio e
taese has missed something of Ii
mat is we'll worth while Ii yc
don't believe this. try it and see
u have. To great sufficiencyp
Mr.. Chandler writes further that
Is starting campaign to get the ne
New Hampshire legislature 10 pass
reciprocal auto law. the same as r'ls
lda has. SO that If Florida reside
wishes to drive his car all summer
New Hampshire he can do 50 oil h
FLORIDA numbers without being obi
Cd To take out New Hampshire reg
tration.
Mr. Chandler i . son nf form