. Book of the Royal blue . e just a littlewhile at Palm Beach. St. Augustine, the oldest city on the con-tinent, is the dignified head of Florida. Itslocation is fitting indeed. All tourists tothe East Coast must go there first and laston their journeys farther south. The quaint old city, which thrills thetourist with delight on his way south, isinvariably visited longer on the returnjourney. It is restful and quiet, and itsmagnificent hotels—the Ponce de Leon andAlcazar—surrounded by their splendid trop-ical gardens, offer princely accommoda-tions. Their construction betokens stabil-ity, as t
. Book of the Royal blue . e just a littlewhile at Palm Beach. St. Augustine, the oldest city on the con-tinent, is the dignified head of Florida. Itslocation is fitting indeed. All tourists tothe East Coast must go there first and laston their journeys farther south. The quaint old city, which thrills thetourist with delight on his way south, isinvariably visited longer on the returnjourney. It is restful and quiet, and itsmagnificent hotels—the Ponce de Leon andAlcazar—surrounded by their splendid trop-ical gardens, offer princely accommoda-tions. Their construction betokens stabil-ity, as they are built of coquina, that inde-structible material used in the building ofFort Marion in 1756 and which apparentlywill last hundreds of years more. TheCathedral, which is the oldest church inAmerica, and the slave market are on thePlaza de la Constitucion. The old city gate and Fort Marion,which were built about the same time, eachbear the Spanish coat of arms, as St. Augus-tine is the original Spanish The Interior of Cuba By FRANK ROBERTS
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