Milford chronicle., 1925-02-13
MISS STIDHAM in FLORIDA
Miami. Fla.. lam. "a. 1925

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For miles before we reached Mia
; mi the traffic was heavy. There is
only one highway, "The Dixie" that
leads directly into the city and the
closer in we went, the greater the
congestion of autos became. They
were from every state in the United
States. Just before reaching the city
we met the first car carrying a Del
aware license, it was No. 719 (1924
license); it was the only Delaware
license we had seen since leaving
Washington. The driver did not no.
tice us a bit, while I wanted to yell
a hello"
1t was about noon when we arriv-
ed and we were hot, tired and hun
cry; so the first thing to be thought
of was, where shall we sleep?" We
drove direct to the Green Tree Inn,
where the Draper family have been
stopping for the past four years.
They had, or would have later in the
day; one room. Fortunately for Ida,
it was large enough to put an extra
cot in so as to accommodate the
Drapers-there was not a spot in the
house for "little" me. I tried all oV-
er the city, outside the millianaire
joints, but met the same fate every
where, until finally; about four p. m.
I accidentally saw a sign, "Rooms;"
one vacancy, $4,000. had to have a
place other than a bench in the park
so I clinched the deal.
"AlOne in a big city, with traffic
congested as bad as I had ever seen
in New YOrk-and intense heat. Let
me tell you, I didn't like Miami and
was ready to go back up the State
of Florida. I was implored not to
judge the town and conditions too
harshly so early in the game, and |
was assured that as soon as I got |
some of the sand of Florida in my !
shoes, would learn to love it, etc.
met my travelling companions of |
the past two weeks at dinner that
night, and they pitied my forlorn
condition and helped by inviting me
to hang around between sleeping
hours; so, I have been hanging
around ever since.
Talk about a busy place, WheW!
There are the usual kind of stores
of course, with every other spot-or
corner of spot-is a real estate Of
lice; even every vacant corner of a
lawn will have a little platform
built, with a large umbrella for a
covering. AS we walk along the
streets, hands are extended from un- s
expected hooks with free tickets for
trip, either by bus or boat, to some
where there is to be a
zig sale, with free lunches and a lee ?
ure wherein is set forth the advan-
ages Of that particular spot, over t
lther spots, etc., but phew! they re- Q
use to talk in hundreds, everything
5 in thousands. Z
went on one of those trips; i
eaving from a most imposing office :,
uilding built in a pure Spanish +,
rchitectUre. The busses were big G,
nd comfortable.
We went out Of the city past the H.
lost imposing of the millionaire es- a,
ties and along the shore drive, to 4
le wonderful suburb subdivision
allied Carol Cables" This is truly G
rich mans retreat. Every building n
ust be erected of either Spanish or NJ
oorish style and meet with approv-
- SA@S NNAAAkyeNAAJg CIAs IL ~ DEGLullluA e
1t there; but, it is needless for me II;
say, 1 came away without a deed or
or for anything; so escaped the
and sharks" this time. =
Another afternoon we went to the u
ces at He-ah-ha, a sporting sub
vision where there is a fast race A
lck. This was my first view of run r.
ng races and I enjoyed it very
1ch; although it was told me, that Il
was ever so much more exciting
bet; which many of the ladies
re doing. Some of the women stay
down in the paddock.
It was a fine sight, our ride
1und the grape fruit tracts of
i'd. The trees were loaded and the
1und was covered. We can buy the g.
sat big ones for two cents each, or ~
baskets or hampers for fifty 80
It's. 6:
here are oranges here, of course,
this is largely a grape fruit Sec >
4. q
from Miami City to Miami Beach
S three miles across a causeway
bridge, where I have been for two
ernOOns. I was much amused. n
III afternoon at three o'clock the
guard and physical director, =
e a big class in calesthenics, with
badly fifty, seventy-f1ve or one
ldred people in row, made up Of
4 ones, fat ones, long ones, short
S and of all ages, going through
setting-up eXercises-as the n,
res are called out to them
)ugh megaphone. Oh, to see 10:
ie of the figures that some of I'D
n do. 1t is surely demonstration
ch shows that there are people,
do not know their right from 81
left side. Il
ut enough of Miami with its con- "
GUS noise and congestion, where Il.
never knows in crossing the
ct, if that crossing is going to be
cut off or heels stripped.
e can go hear Pryor's Orchestra
every afternoon or night, or
n the horse shoe pitching, or
over the checker contests in
ress, or nearly any kind of di-
ion one may want to look for. mn
left Monday morning, one week
arriving, for Hollywood-by ! u;
IA miles up the coast. Will tell 20
all about this wonderful-to-be
g city in my next letter. =
Very truly yours, -,
E. G. STIDHAM.