The Washington times., 1929-12-05
ST.PETERSBURG.
SUPREME AGAIN
WITH SUN TAN
Florida Resort Now Erecting
Its Third SoIarium With
New Recreation Facilities
BY JOHN LODWICK

favor than ever before.
AS st. Petersburg enjoys $50
days Of sunshine every yeai and
as sun bathing as a worldwide
vogue had it's inception here,
the Sunshine City will continue
as the most popular Mecca for
Northerners tired of Sleet and
snow, flu and pneumonia, chill
ing Arctic winds and sunless
skies. Winter visitors are al
ready trekking into this resort
by Pullman, coastwiSe liner, mo-
tor car and airplane.
NEW SOLARIUM
More than 100000 people hail
ing from every State in the
Union and many Canadian prov
1nceS will winter in st. Peters
burg this winter. Most foreign
countries will be represented.
The municipality already has
erected two public solariumS,
while a third, considerably larger
and costing $4,000 to build, is
nearing completion, located on
Spa Beach near to the entrance
to the new $1,000,000 recreation
pier.
st. Petersburg's new solarium
will have many recreational fea-
= lures for the sun batherS. Hand
ball courts are being installed
and in one corner of the Struc-
ture boxing ring has been set
up where amateurs will perform
daily for the entertainment OF
sojourners. Sun worshipperS"
will also have tables for bridge
and chess while absorbing actinic
rays. Luncheons and teas will
be served in the solariums.
Completion of paving programs
on both the Coastal and Dixie
highways make it possible for
the motorist from the East and
Middle-West to travel into st.
Petersburg by motor car without
leaving hard surface. The Sun
shine City is now not more than
four days from New York and
Chicago by motor car, while train
schedules, too, have been Shaven
from three to eight hours between
the two points.
FOUR LANDING FIELDS
Two completely equipped land
ing fields in st. Petersburg make
it possible for the aviation tour
ist to fly to the Sunshine City.
The others are in the making,
one at Shore Acres, and the other
In the Candy Bridge area. Both
should be ready for use within
the next 80 days, giving st.
Petersburg four aviation fields
In all.
In the hotel and shopping cen
ter of st. Petersburg and nesting
close to the shores off old Tampa
Bay, is located the most popular
field of the four, Whitfield Airport,
regarded as the most distinctive
Of its kind in America. Situated
at the end of two railroad lines
and located alongside a deep
water harbor and but two minutes
from the poStoffice and all lead
ing hotels, the field is looked upon
by authorities as the perfect
model. It is here the Goodyear
Zeppelin Vigilante is making it's
winter home base and making
daily passenger flights over the
city. Housed in an adjoining
hangar to the blimp are three
trimotor cabin planes.
The other aviation field is To-
Gated in the western section Of the
city, the Fuller Piper Airport,
where the mail planes land daily.
An air school for beginners is con-
Quoted here.
ALL KINDS OF SPORTS
No matter what form of pastime
the winter vacationiSt has for a
hobby, it is established here for his
indulgence. There are ample ia
Cilities for golf, tennis. lawn bowl
ing, archery, trap shooting, hand
ball, rogue, SWITCHBOARD, quoitS,
boxing, wrestling, horseback rid
ing, fishing, bathing, boating,
bridge, chess, checkers and domi-
noes, indoor baseball and regula-
ton baseball, outdoor basketball
and caliSthenics under the super
vision of competent instructors.
Six golf courses are located
within the city limits and a total
of 20 within a 35-mile range.
There are six miniature golf
courses within the hotel and
shopping area, a putting version
of the game that will sweep
through the country as a fad
next spring and summer.
Lakewood's famous butterfly
links and new 18-hole course
are now prepared for the winter
visitor. Tom Rose returns there
as professional.
With three large and com
modious yacht basins, big enough
to care for 400 pleasure craft of
all size and description, the city
is prepared for an increase in
the number of yachts and house
boats this season. !
Many sail boats will come here
for the first time this winter to
compete in the st. Petersburg
Havana sailing race.
Fishermen will find the waters
In and around st. Petersburg
ideal for sport. Over 900 varieties
are catalogued in bay and gulf,
including the gamey tarpon, king
fish, red snapper, amberjack,
nackerel, balloon. grouper, roval-
liza, pompano, reddish and sea
bass. Fresh water fishing is but
an hour away from st. Peters
Eighteen golf tournaments are
on the sport calendar.