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 . A (HAHACTEKISTIC VIEW AT OLD POINT COMFORT. ., 1)1 TUK iDltT .MtiMiiil:. . OLD POINT COMFORT round, fortified work begun in 1829 by Robert , who was then a young lieutenant in the UnitedStates army. On clear days Capes Henry andCharles, twenty and twenty-five miles away, can beeasily made out at the entrance to the bay. A feature of the social life at Old Point Com-fort is the mi
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 . A (HAHACTEKISTIC VIEW AT OLD POINT COMFORT. ., 1)1 TUK iDltT .MtiMiiil:. . OLD POINT COMFORT round, fortified work begun in 1829 by Robert , who was then a young lieutenant in the UnitedStates army. On clear days Capes Henry andCharles, twenty and twenty-five miles away, can beeasily made out at the entrance to the bay. A feature of the social life at Old Point Com-fort is the mingling of the army, navy and civiliancircles that one sees. Hampton Roads, as every-one knows, is a famous rendezvous for the there is Fort Monroe with its permanent cir-cle of army people. And many people in the in-formal walks of life are attracted to the district forits healthful advantages. The ball-room of theChamberlin on ball nights is a very brilliant are the bright uniforms of the two branchesof the service and there is the black and white of thenon-military men. Possibly nowhere else on theAtlantic seaboard except Newport does one seesuch a friendly cormnunion of soldiers and sailors,each man and jack o
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