The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-05
Rambling
The South, of Course
Winter Joys Await
HoSpitabIe Hotels
Richmond, Old Point,
Miami
Ideal for AutoiStS
Ideal for AutoistS
BY THE TRAVELLER


late the knights of the High.
way" head South and regain
the vigor of early autumn days.
A survey of the Southland,
Washington'S Mecca Of health
giving happiness, shows this
happy land ready as never be-
fore to welcome it's 1890"
guests. New hotels have been
built, new roads opened and
paved-in fact, hundreds of
little things have been done to
add to the comfort and well.
being of this seasons mid
winter vacationist.
We have Travelled far and
wide in our ramblings, and we
want to say right here and
now that the hospitality Of the
Southland is seldom equaled,
and rarely excelled. It's
quality that makes the visitor
q better person for having be-
come acquainted with IT.
One first realizes what "hos-
pitality" really means at Rich.
mond, that dignified capital
Of the Confederate States.
reached from Washington over
the Atlantic Coastal highway,
officially opened last year, and
now completely paved through
to tropical Florida. At Rich
mond is the jefferson Hotel,
where Wellington Hardy holds
forth as host and typifier of the
South's warmth and hospitality.
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T On the Atlantic Coastal High
way to Norfolk is the James
River Bridge, the longest open
water span in the world. Flo
quent evidence that Norfolk is
rapidly forging to the front as
winter resort was the hustle Of
activity we noted there. Accom-
modations at either the Cavalier
at Virginia Beach or the Cham
berlain- Vanderbilt at Old Point
Comfort verify the hospitable
spirit portrayed in Richmond,
and from either of those van
tage points Chosen according
to the location deSired) Vir-
ginia's abundant romantic coun-
try is conveniently enjoyed.
From Norfolk the wise vacation
list and gof-lover will go south
and west to the Midsouth golf
center, Raleigh, capital of North
Carolina, and thence, via Dur
ham, with it's $1,50O,000 Wash
ington-Duke Hotel, to Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, pretty
towns, seven miles apart, and
In the heart Of the long-leaf
pine section.
Whether or not you are deep
" interested in polo, Aiken, S.
c., the nations polo capital,
amply rewards a visit, This
city has Is polo fields, and last
year 100 carloads of ponies
were shipped in for the games.
These ponies are taken seriously
in Aiken, and there is cur
rent case locally known as the
society horse case") where a
prominent woman has spent, in
an effort to secure damages for
alleged injuries to one OF her
pet ponies, more than the ami
NAL is worth. After watching
some exciting polo matches and
perhaps indulging yourself, the
way wends southwark to Savan-
nah, through Augusta where
one of the finer hostelries, Part
ridge Inn, is located.
Savannah is the historic city
founded in 1884 by James
Oglethorpe, who, were he to
visit it today, might right
" term it a city Of parks;
merely driving through Savan-
nah and it's parks is of itself
q pleasure. If you are fond
of hunting, the real southern
kind, a trip should be made
to Myrtle Beach, South Car
DINA, q few miles north Of
Charleston. Here you will be
welcomed to a beautiful sea-
shore resort at the New Hotel
Ocean Forest, the last word"
In hotels, and, from this head
quarters, to hounds" Is a real
adventure in sporting happiness.
While in the vicinity Of Savan-
nah you may be interested in
the Cloister Inn at Sea Island,
Georgia, where Calvin Coolidge
has planted a live oak, direct
descendant of the tree from
which the keel Of the Frigate
Constitution (Old IronsideSI
was laid.
Out of Georgia the Atlantic
Coastal Highway leads through
Jacksonville, the Gateway to
Florida" and on to st. Angus
tine, Americas grand old city.
st. Augustine is not only the
oldest city of the United States
but also there still remains the
nations oldest house. Many
points Of great interest await
to be seen, and here the strong
Spanish influence of the ex-
treme South first predominates.
Next along the coast is the
''Three-mile- a;minute" country,
Daytona and Daytona Beach.
On the hard sands of the latter
is where our high speed auto
mobile pioneers burst along at
400 miles per hour plus.
Passing southwark through
vero, West Palm Beach and
Palm Beach, Miami and Miami
Beach promise the mid-winter
vacationist a merry time. Here.
a hr.illion Mt social life well sea.