Evening star., 1926-10-25

This university for subtropical Flor
"a has been the dream OF the older
residents for wears. Its first bulldlEss
,,.arc rushed TO completion at the
Gables. despite the hurricanes Whlch
have given the students their appei-
latione TOR all time to come. Inc
Miami spirit is almost as amazing as
the tropical growth. ..
There is no denying &here IS JUST
d, bi+ If Snowman about every Miami
an. 'rhe suggestion is heard on every
side .rIt some marks of the recent
storms should be left for the ediflca-
tior nr the Winter visitors.
Tho most popular idea is that some
cf tho boats which came unlfNite"
from the sea and rested themselves
.,ln}ost in the heart of the city should
ha left as they are. Miamlans nave
!, full appreciation of the natlFe cur!
nSitv ii the average itlnerant Anerl-
Gan and they know these travellers
will be disappointed not TO see som 9ata
evidences or reminders OF the late
nnd very much unlamented atmos
phel'ic disturbances.
These boats present a real prop
lem. They are all over the place ano
have been for five weeks. There are
more barceS on the land than any one
eyer thought could get into the har-
hnr. Yachts and other forms OF motor
craft came with them. 1t was as II
evolution were starting all over again
and THINGS were coming out OF the
sea TO crawl upon the land. IN front
OF the NcAlIister Hotel. in the Park
Of BAY Eiscayne. there are four bis
harges. al in row, several hundred
Yards from tn" high-watcr line.
Coast Guard Craft Ashore.
At one end of the park a rum
chuscr of the Coast Guard came
ashore and rests helplessly among ahe
d"nudod palm trees. Five or SIX
hlocji~ away. Il rather notorious rum
running boat is ashore. 1t seems in
evitalle that never the twain shall
meet.
Down below the Miami News tower
rests comfortably near the Biscayne
drive the good five-masted schooner
Rose Nahony. For some unknown
reason this Celtic craft is painted a
vivid green. She came out of the seq
the night of September Is and started
nlaraudinG voyage through the
town She headed directly for the
little Villa d'Iste Hotel. Guests of
the hotel saw her lurching through
the dark and stormy night, her bow
spirit aiming far above the four stories
she might split the place in two. But
something stopped her, and then
when the waters receded. she was
LETT, as the saying goes. high and dry
II she cannot be saved, somebody
probably will start a night club
aboard and hoist the British or the
Irish flag for protection.
Incidentally. there is 4 new ars-
tocracy in this south Florida metrop-
oils. They are the veterans of the
first big blow. \ lot of newcomers
and absentees have arrived since that
disaster Of mid-September, and most
of them tried To feel they had a real
thrill out of last Wednesdays storm.
But they have been waved aside and
put in the novice class.
If YOU weren't here in the first
hurricane" the old residenters say.
''vou haven't seen nothing"
Story Par Excellence.
The stories of that storm will grow
and grow as the season progresses,
but probably none Of them will ever
surpass the one OF the man who
worked for As hours without sleep in
his pajamas. Then he went home to
change his clothes and absent mind
~dly put on another suit of pajamas
anu nuiEitu DGth tp HIS lttDDIS dIlOIlS
the refugees.
There Is also the story of the Ter.
rell family, rescued from u water
logged home in one of the southern
suburbs of Miami. AS they We're
started for a relief station they sud
denly missed their two-week-old baby.
4 frantic search ensued. and at last
he infant. swathed in numerous blan-
kets, was found peacefully floating
around the corner of the house, none
the worse for his experiences in the
bulrushes. The infant has been
christened Moses.
Florida Is not VindiCtive, Florida
Is grateful to the entire Nation for it's
help in her hour of extremity, but the
Florida papers just couldn't help CIV
ing unusual prominence today to the
earthquake shocks in California. They
also played up the New England storm
with quite a little glee. and told Of
suffering in England from shortage of
coal.