The Washington times., 1929-12-05
HOTELS OFFER
CERTIFIED RATE
FOR VISITORS
West Palm Beach Adopts New
System; Resort City Expands
Winter Seasons Attractions
BY GERRY swINEHART

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
Dec. 4.-Making a distinct for
ward step in its resort career,
West Palm Beach this year is
offering its winter visitors, for
the first time in its history, the
certified rates Of AZ leading hotels
and apartments. These rates,
the result Of desire on the part
OF resort officials here to make
Florida's sunshine available to
added thousands of snowbound
Northerners, are incorporated in
the new 16-page West Palm
Beach booklet, $4,000 copies Of
which are being distributed
throughout the North and Mid
West.
The certifying Of hotel and
apartment house rates Is, how
ever, just one phase Of this pic
U1reSQue resort city'S program to
make a visit within its palm-en-
gtrdled confines this year a never
to-be-forgotten experience. Among
the new attractions West Palm
Beach has added to it's amuSe-
ment equipment this year are
band, a recreational director in
charge of all tourist activities, Is
additional shuttle board courts,
two new 18-hole golf courses, a
Roosevelt Flying Service airport,
Q CurtisS-Wright seaplane base,
playground equipment making its
Fairgrounds among the finest in
the country, and Junior athletic
field to be dedicated in the early
spring by Palm Beach Post, No.
IL, Of the American Legion.
VISITORS ENTERTAINED
With an experienced director in
charge of the recreational pro-
gram, winter visitors will be given
concrete evidence of the warmth
Of this resort city's WELDON to
them from the first hour they
arrive. Welcome cards for regis
tration have been placed in all
the leading hotels and apartment
houses and with the aid of these
amusements will &c planned &C
cording to each visitors individ-
ual preference. Every hour Of
the day and eve, day in the
week is provided TO on the
recreational r-ogran, which in
cludes land concerts every after
noon and evenir " in the city
park, shuttle board, croquet; lawn
bowling, horseshoe pitching, chess
and checker tournaments, health
classes on the broa-. white beach
es, community sings, block dances,
amateur theatricals, stunt nights
and weekly forums.
Almost equally elaborate plans
have been made for the younger
generation, with many new
amusement devices added to the
equipment of tho municipal play
grounds the city established last
year. On these Fairgrounds,
where are miniature shuttle board
courts, croquet courts, slides,
swings, q miniature merry-gQ-
round, volley hnll, basketball and
tennis courts, the youngsters can
play safely under the supervision
of trai~ed direc ors while their
parents while away the time with
their own amuSementS.
MAJOR EVENTS SLATED
On the slate of major events
for the winter are two regattaS,
an aerial circus, numberleSs golf
tournaments with five Of out
standing Importance, three cham
pionship tennis tournaments, horse
racing at the $1,000,000 amuSe.
ment plant, Belvedere Park; polo
matches and exhibition baseball
between big league teams. Added
to these are the time-honored and
always happy recreations of bath
ing in the temperate waters of
the Atlantic, fishing. boating, mo.
toring and Afromobiling, the lat
ter recreation that is unique
here.
AS always, golf will come in for
a major share Of attention with a
slate of tournaments that will
bring many Of the foremost anna
teurs and professionals Of two
continents here to compete on the
palm shaded courses. That hi
iarious and mirth-provoking event,
the annual tournament Of the
Artists and Writers, is scheduled
for January 1924 and will be fol
lowed by the South Florida cham
pionship tournament February
i0-14, the Woman's champion
ship of Florida February 1921,
and several others of lesser i'm
portance during early March.
March also will be notable for
two tennis tournaments Of ma
tional caliber. the Mems cham
nIonship of Florida March J. to
March 8 and the professional
championship March 11-14, these
following on the heels of the Flor
ida Woman's championship play
February Cd to March l.
WATER SPORTS ENTICE
In the realm of water events
the calendar is equally as bril-
liant, with two regattas slated for
February. The annual Washing
toms Birthday classic, when the
bluebloodS of the motorboat
world will roar down the blue ex.
panse of Lake Worth gets under
way February 81 and lasts
through February %. On the list
of stars already signed up for
this event are such world-famous
names as the intrepid "Rich-
field" Ralph Snoddy, Of Los An.
geles; Chris Ripp and Ed Ham