The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-05
Bridge Commission Conducts
Reorganization Meeting Last
Night; Slade Made Chairman
VISITOR URGES THAT KEY WEST
RETAIN ITS HISTORIC BEAUTY

LANAAoAdSl4N nAt NdAA fAAk q
warning note was an interview
with DR.. William Hughes Of New
York City by The Citizen. DR..
Hughes IS q booster Of the city
and believes he viii soon Get
quite number of important folk
among his patients TO come here
for their health and for the peace
and beauty of Key West.
Quoting patient of ms who
has travelled over the world, DR..
Hughes said, There is nothing IN
America like Key West. II has
a distinctive charm.
What is its charm" the Doc
tor continued. 1T lies in its trop-
ical foliage, in its quaint archi-
lecture and its beautiful water
and skies. / may be criticizing.
and like most critics may be put
ting myself under the listeners
prerogative of telling me 70 mind
my own business, but ! certainly
hope Key West viii never be an
other Miami. / hope Key West
ers viii preserve the real Key
West, that for which winter visi-
tors now drive $50 miles south Of
Miami. Not a house in Key West
which is distinctive of old Key
West should be torn down II new
buildings should 60 Up. these
buildings should conform 10 the
lines of the houses built by the
first settlers with their upstairs
porches, their cupolax. ana 80
columns Visitors here are amaz-
ed at the Quaintness Of these
houses and stand for hours look
ing at them.
The vines, coconut trees. pcin-
ciana, bOugainvillea. grouped
around the houses, make them
the most fascinating homes I have
ever seen Think, too. Of your
other tropical trees. lime. sugar
apple. sapodilla. banana. mon
strosa deliciosa, the ever wonder
full sea grape and the fact that
you have a sausage tree here in
the Navy Yard, the same sort Of
tree which is nationally advertis-
e6 on the mainland of Florida,
and which thousands Of automo-
biIists make special trips TO see
ana be photographed under. II
you folk but knew what . won
6erful reaction the tourist gets 20
these rare tropical trees. bushes
and vines. you would not let them
scatter out here and there. grow
ing practically Wild. but would
plant rnone are more Of them.
have same IN every yard I have
noticed a. fes of xzUu residents
have luxurious veEetafine shaes
yards and tits delight 20 ssslk
through them g1t3 80 .7eN
i like your plan Of marking
the tropical trees and would sug
gest historical markers for the
important places around town.
Your city reeks Of pirate lore and
historical fishing atmosphere.
Play IL up. The tourist eats up
that sort Of stuff ST Augustine
has one fort You have four. and
hardly play them up.
You need more Of such station
cry as that the Womsu's Club Is
using 20 advertise the city
To be practical ! would glg-
rest an organization. which w-0zzld
actively engage IN the coliectiou
Of history and dissemination 81
the information 70 visitors
through lectures. markerK. and IN
dividual talk Talk the history "a
Key West Indeed. you've Got
something here
Il don't Wsnt 20 overlook the
health factor here. As . o0ctoE
I know ITS national iTnportznce in
treating zrfhritis and rhe1uz-
tizn-.
Dr.. Hughes is hsre viii his
parents. Mr. and Mr. " J
Hughes. Number One Syixan
Place Valley Stream. LnnE Is