The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-27
Copy Of Letter

The favorite pastime of the
people of Florida appears to be to
knock Key West. All the way
down at Jacksonville, Daytona
Beach, Hollywood and Miami l
was told, You won't like it at
Key West. However, being one
of the few places in the world /
had not visited / decided to give
it the once over. That was two
months ago and am getting
more in love with the place every
day. 1t has almost everything to
make an enjoyable and interest
ing place in which to spend the
winter months. There can be no
argument about the climate;
there is no place in America that
can equal it. The bathing is ex-
cellent-and the fishing? Well it
is just the kind of place good fish
ermen hope to go to when they
die. l am kept poor buying films
as there is no end to the interest
ing pictures that can be taken.
The palm-shaded streets, the
tropical flowers, the sunsets over
the water, the old houses and the
older colored people with the
passing OF time etched deep in
their faces-they are all worth
taking. These moving pictures,
all taken in color, will be of great
interest to you people in Canada,
and will recall to me one of the
pleasantest holidays of my life.
/ was particularly fortunate in
making the acquaintance of Mr..
Joe Cramer. better known as
Suicide Zorsky''. Joe has small
skiff and kindly offered to intro
duce me into the mysteries OF
fishing. He did not promise any
fish but he did promise that l
would get wet. got wet alright
and decided after the first day
that a bathing suit was the prop
er costume. We got fish, too, lots
of them-as many as 1876 in an aft
ernoon. True, not being accus-
toned to the rocking of a small
boat / accumulated callused spots
on that portion of my anatomy |
which points North when / am
walking south, but it has been a
wonderful experience. A swim in
the morning, mile or so walk |
taking photographs and an after
moons fishing; at the same time
getting good sun tan--how
could one spend more pleasant
or healthier day. Joe just made
the different between pleasant !
holiday and a holiday meyer to be
forgotten. Without him, I doubt
if l should have stayed so long
and / certainly would not have
had such memories to take back
with me to Canada.
Perhaps the best feature OF Key !
West is the people themselves. /
They are the incest people one
could wish to meet. Always smil- (
ing, pleasant word or nod;
they just make you feel that they
are glad to have you with them.
When the storekeepers bid you
goodbye you do not feel that they |
are adding the word sucker" as
is so often the case in resort
towns. The members of the po-
lice force, contrary to the usual
custom, are courteous and the
numerous vendors of alcoholic
beverages for the necessary irri-
cation of ones tonsils are invari-
ably genial gentlemen.
Put it in your note book for .fu-
ture reference that you are go
ing to hear a lot about Key West
i'll the future. Up to a year or
so ago it was pretty much the
forgotten man" of the United
States but it has all the essen
tials of a successful resort. First
and foremost it is at the end of
the road, and anyone who has
been in the drivers seat knows
the irresistible urge to go to the
end of the trail; it has the CHM
ate, the fishing, the natural beau
ty and it is one of the few re-
naming spots that have not al
ready been exploited. Possibly
the local people are too close to
the scene to be able properly to
gauge its possibilities in which
case wide-awake visitors will