Winter journeys in the South; pen and camera impressions of men, manners, women, and things all the way from the blue Gulf and New Orleans through fashionable Florida palms to the pines of Virginia . private stockof his or her own. And the laws of the state, accord-to my observation, are very strictly enforced by thehotel. More than that, the air is too soft, too warm,to invite much indulgence in alcohol. It would belike drinking a cup of hot tea while sitting in a tubof hot water. Bed time comes at the Poinciana neither ear-lier nor later than at other places. Very often themanagement of the
Winter journeys in the South; pen and camera impressions of men, manners, women, and things all the way from the blue Gulf and New Orleans through fashionable Florida palms to the pines of Virginia . private stockof his or her own. And the laws of the state, accord-to my observation, are very strictly enforced by thehotel. More than that, the air is too soft, too warm,to invite much indulgence in alcohol. It would belike drinking a cup of hot tea while sitting in a tubof hot water. Bed time comes at the Poinciana neither ear-lier nor later than at other places. Very often themanagement of the hotel provides an entertainmentin the main ball room or assembly room and thisfills in the hour between nine and ten oclock in theevening. One of the amusing sights to be seen at almostany minute during the evening is that of the manyreporters for New York newspapers and the fash-ion publications buzzing about the lobby or the cor-ridors of the hotel interviewing guests, gatheringnames, and it is marvellous to observe the pertur-bation of some mother of a young miss as a repre-sentative of the mighty press bears down upon DISTANT VIEW OF THE BATHING, PALM BEACH iJr^.ife>.J|/,j^ A ^. A BIT UF THE t;uLF COUKSE PALMY PALM BEACH This is Mrs. Blank of Milwaukee? Yes, thisis Mrs. Blank. And Miss Blank is with you? Yes, Miss Blank is with me. How long do youexpect to stay? Oh, well be here the entire sea-son,— while the probabilities are no doubt thatthey will move on at the end of the week. And soit goes. No doubt there is much legitimate news tobe gathered at Palm Beach. There must be. Ishould estimate the proportion of correspondentsto guests as one correspondent to every twenty-fiveguests of the hotel. The nights are cool at this great Americanwatering place, and, if your room is properlyscreened, untroubled by mosquitoes. If your win-dows are not so screened you will dream all nightthat Zeppelins are attacking your township. Morning brings bright outdoors to Palm Beac
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