The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
THURSDAY, M%ARcr.uu
Letter Box
COTTAGE COIox,


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That prince Of
pltallF, Joseph Hinton IN los.
TO the fact, that in es spr 'e,-'g
a motel was planned for B.,s oagl
island, Later Harry Baros 0dlone
coin Memorial fame. de' Of Of Ii,
MOTEL for Wrjghtsville Besca 1sa d
the picture is now in @la' I'D
0. Hugh MacRse and c. c. 'fsoa
Woods. d. P!ney
If, after 60 years. Ne b..
found a Flagley, Tut q. w.. lot
it is likely that NECESSITY " "FsLey,
force us 10 adopt a moder5 nov
more prudent way of housir. and
guests, Westbrook Pegler on
pointed out in the Star ,see2
iona and Florida were cJ t,a, Al
Tor cottage colonies, NOT r..
Miami or Coney island cro,5 ne
for citizens OF character ou'
AT Saranac Inn, some vasr.
40 cottages were bull, abo,,+ aso
a mile from the hotel and "'i
a fast shuttle bus guests comfy '-sl
a bell boy, maid or me,I q se'
than room service +oJs 4"''Aef
thrice the space for the nric. 'aa
a room. o.
The Tuxedo and Mountain
Clubs have a similar service 1'%s
TACT most country CLUBS with II
of-town" members or guests , %l',
solve the problem, ard renter, '.1s
ter probation may be elsc,od A.
membership. 10
In building up a resort or MIL.
the object should be ci+izeY. WV.
character. 1t shapes the destia,
a family, city or nation. and "
get two or three men Of Visa,
genlous 1t is worth the effort T,o.
are the greatest factors.gra.y
than factories.
"A corporation With a few thoj.
sand capital could build co>tssa,
and rent, sell or induce o,5sr, -,
build. A Swiss. French or ~
Cabin village around Silver 1.,s
or preferably near the colr.rr
club, Carl Dunns Airways and
Whitlocks stables. would nav
Some cottages could be nodoie5
after the Thames households o,,,
on the banks or in the wood, A
house thirty-by-tWelve is bic IN no
eyes of a city cliff dwelIer. ard
it could be built on double sill,
and Sided on to a moving true,
and placed on Wrightsville Beach
or causeWay in summer. trls
making one house do the work M
two.
The main difficulty with 4 CT.
tage colony is continuity Of deceit
management. We have three clss
here dedicated to WELCOMING
strangers. They compete, and the
left hand knoWeth not what he
right hand doeth. All with about
the same membership they night
work out, through 8 liaison com.
mittee, a community plan o. pei.
cy, perhaps adopting the Hawaiian
plan of social service league or
secret committee pledged 10 treat
well the stranger within ouE gales.
OF the thousands of soldiers who
came to Wilmington during the
war it is safe to say that those
who got a foot in the door and
a home welcome are our best an,
bassadors.
Gov. Poindexter of Hawaii was
once asked the secret Of regional
success? He replied service-"cooa-
ing. courtesy and comfort.
The good Lord may give us eli
mate and good food, but il the
devil sends the cooks and fails 10
wink an eye and occasionally let
in a skillful Greek or Italian, all
the effort and advertising We do
is lost. Bad food may not always
kill a tourlst-at least he may die
outside but it will bankrupt a
restaurant and blight a resort Too
many restaurants, like too many
cooks. spoil the broth, Steps should
be taken to limit and ridgedly cor
troll them.
Last~Week the New York Times
had a picture of a big Polar bear
slumbering c%ontentedly on a
Bronx bed of snow. with a CAKE
of ice for a pillow and a oucSe'
of fish by his side. 1t is safe 10
say that if he got out, his NINA
would be well bent on relurnlns'
Let us take steps to MAKE ms
Lower Cape Fear a great resort
Lindsay Russell
Wilmington. N. C.
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