The Washington times., 1928-12-07
MIAMI OFFERS
GAY VACATION
At 10 W cost
By EVEREST G. sEWELL
Rsayor Of the City of Miami

NAAYOE Oh IHe GkAs V4
MIAMI. Fla. Dec. 6.-Miami's s
prospects, on the eve of new win
ter season, have never presented a
brighter picture. With an unrival-
led sports program scheduled and
hotel and apartment house rates on
a lower basis than at any ume
since 1925. she looks forward TO
a really great season.
Through months of preparation
the city has forged ahead with a
number Of important improvements
Rayfront Park, a beautiful tropl.
cal sanctuary, has been dressed
with the hands of landscape art|sIs.
Free concerts will be proVldeuN py
a band, playing an engagement :, "
1S weeks in the Bayfront amPnl-
theater, the capacity of Whlcn mas mas
been doubled to 20,OOO since las'
winter.
HOTEL RATES ARE Low
The detailed plan of hotel own
are assures the prospective VISITOR
of = maximum of comfort IN any
of her 1876 hotels at a mlnllnliih
cost. a step in line with the city
noIicv of low rates made necessary
Nv the spread of the winter vaca'
TTnlilya other municipalities Miami
has nrobIeYns peculiar to herselL.
She has at heart first of all, the
nreseryation OF her greatest lnous'
try. the winter tourist business,
The city is. OF necess1ty. con-
stant1y improving. planning, Deau'
tifyinE and aiming to attract WIN
eeT The bhSuiiding of the s1,OOo,0oO Bis
cavne Boulevard, has not compieted
Miami's tasks. Almost weekly, III
provements are made PAIN tresS
are planted and parkWays are
Iandscaped. Driveways are kept
smooth for the motorist VINO naS
came to regard Miami as real
haven for motor cars. a.
From Miami radiate TWO 9. lne
nations most interesting ana un.
usnaI roadside Overseas HIGHWAY
srd the Tamiami Trail. often calieo
tha Everglades Highway. The over
seas Highway takes the noloIls1
through the ragged Florida heSs'
noted as the famous big game Iisn-
ing grounds.
LINKED BY HIGHWAY
From Key to Key the tourist ilnus
Kindself frequently envelopeu Ds
hav and ocean with only a tIln
swIsn of highway serving as con-
,.ot for the mainland and the hFys'
Fara birds still inhabit the Keys.
Miami il leading the south in
.llI.luL .lielli sth ,,ine sirports. Miamis $
.ar1verson to air-consciousness anu
-. elinh tn importance in natlonai
air activities has been as swift anu
s,,ra :. its development as metro
politan city. a;nAd
nrastige as Pan-Amertcan alr
aanter northern terminus LOT
tba firef International air mall ana
naesanger service and the seconu
airnort of entry in the Uniteo
States. IN
sarvica throughout the winter De
twaan Miami and Philadelphia, new
York Baltimore. and Charleston'
ssees.onnaefinc ct Miami with steam
shin~ that follow regular saiilnEs 70
Havana. Nassau, and other points
n II, s .ravel a. Cuba or Key West
+. now offered to Miami guests.
EXTRA DOCKS BUILT
Miami presents itself this season
WITH number of features Tor
.vsehtsnnen. Through the summer
additional docks have been oul1.
TrnproveFnents have been nlaqs
~. virtually all of Miami's II gou
courses and countless tennis courts 4.
There is widespread interest IN
fhe actual cost Of winter Vaca-
tion in Miami Miami presents ner
accommodations to the prospective
visitor at a decidedly lower cost
than one manages to maintain
northern home.
Apartments strike an average Oh
1850 for the season, representing
the cost of maintaining a WINTER
5esidence here for three months
without the customary fuel bill of
the northern home. This 49,, OF
course. not the most pretentlous
residence.
i. AS in seasons past Miami mas
a sports program covering every
nf1ase of play from golf to horse
racing, making it's comeback after
season of absence. From Novem-
Der until March golf tournaments
are staged weekly. interspersed with
poln. angling. motor boat racing and
other sports popular winter long in
Miami.
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