The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1926, Page 2

PAGE TWO PAPER DEALING WITH FLORIDA . READ BY MRS. MYRTLE COSGROVE AT RECENT LITERARY MEETING jout our waving wheat fields to} 4 (The following-excellent paper, written by Mrs.’ Myrtle Cosgrove, 321 Whitehead strect, and read by her at.a recent liter- ary meeting of the Woman's Club, wes so highly appreciated by the members of the Club that'a num- ber of them enggested its publi- eation in The Citizen in order that it may interest and benefit a large number of peopic. Mrs. Cossrove’s paper deals with Florida, and she handles her} better, so her advertisements read, subject in an original and most interesting way that will appeal to readers in general, and The Cit:- gen is pleased to give it space in these. columns.) Florida—The Ugly ‘Duckling Time was when we, as young- delve into the pages of some well- worn copy of fairy stories; de- Nightfal stories of Seven Little Dwarfs, Rapunzel, Cinderella and ‘Red Riding Hood. To me quite the most entrancing ‘wus the surprising tale of the Ugly hhatehing the egg, and then when eventually crept from the ‘shell, what an ugly, ungainly object it was. How the other ducks bit, pushed and jeered at the miserable so unlike» themselves. it beeame quite melancholy ugly and the butt an environment, x, at last became un- Ugly Duckling ray, friendless and came and waned’ Leaves turned to Snow-flakes fell the earth. But, it too mournful if I were of the misery and trials Ugly Duckling had to the-hard winter, nagaecign sun shone! : bud and blos- glorious beautiful ind itself in garden, Hah this city, | is| Mainland, carried across the Keys } | |feed the hungry?” And Florida—the Ugly Duck- ling—with her scarcity of railroad facilities, her sandy soil, millions of ‘mosquitoes and sand spurs, which tried the souls and tempers ef the early settlers—-what had she among her- brilliant sisters to offer? A warm, delightful climate and a few oranges, but what of i that? California had both, even and best of all she was sold to the public, Clearly Florida had noth- ing to exult over or about which to vaunt herself, and like the other Duckling she became melan- choly .and. hid her head beneath her wing. Years went by, a few settlers |} added their number to the ‘hardy pioneers who had survived the various .and sundry warfares. Eventually an. ocasional one went back to ‘his Northern home, but only for a visit, for (let -me whis- per) he who gets Florida sand in his shoes will always return. These praised the land of flowers so enthusiastically that each suc- ceeding winter saw the quota of téurists steadily increasing. Splendid schools and colleges began to spring up all over the state. Garden trucking became one of the leading industries—the produce finding a ready sale in Northern markets, With the ad- vent of capitalists, huge quantities of phosphate and fuliers earth were mined and exported. Orange groves were planted in steadily in- creasing numbers, Larger and finer cigar factories were built, Thousands of Cubans coming from their native isle to manufacture cigars, settled in Tampa and Key West. And then the master mind of ‘Henry M..Flagler. conceived a won- derful dream-—a dream of con- sirueting a railroad from the with the terminus at Key West. Having the courage: of his con- victions, Flagler began this eighth wonder of the world, and, despite almost insurmountable difficulties, and at a cost of $49,000,000, car- tied out the work, and on the 22nd day of January, 1912, the train ed triumphahtly into Key d the dream of Florida’s plished fact. With the advent of the tourists began to arrive in large|’ numbers. Word went forth that the finest climate in the world could be found. in Florida, free- dom from snow and the slavery of the furnace. ‘A tremendous boom stfuck Florida—steadily increasing until during the winters of 1924 and 1925 a rush took place that paled into insignificance the‘days of 49 Jn California, or the mad rush for ‘the Yukon. Millions arrived by auto, train and steamer. ‘Land ‘lvalues touched the sky, sub-iivi- | Magnificent. residences, lofty sky-| better of hié heart, when I was an Ugly Duck- 1763 the French ceded to 7 _ vn America east ississippi except the city New Orleans, the remainder transferred from France to Later in 1768 this land For years, history tells us, there & continuous warfare between settlers and the Indians. Then in 1846 Florida was admitted asa Bate, becoming the 27th member of the Union. “SBat peace was not yet for this wrfiedged duckling, for Florida seceded from the Union in 1865 and three years later framed 2 new constitution and was re-ad- j mitted to the Union. »- Although a member of our glor- } id: to offer the settler: Her sister States could point with pride t® some distinguishing element or} cheracteristic. “Massachusetts proudly proclaim-| sions were laid out and hungrily annexed by the incoming hordes. ‘Scrapers, expensive causeways,-and ialand sprang ‘up as if by magic. Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp seemed abroad injthe land. Men became millionaires in a day—a ek—or a month, Then the Dixie Highway put out to sea, an automobile road con- necting the»mainland with Key ‘West, where it is summer all win- ter, began the process of construc- tion. were turned to this land of eternal sunshine and perpetual summer. Florida and its marvelous climate was sold to the great American public! But what was this it saw mir- rored ‘in the eyes of the people? It beheld its own image, and Lo! it was no longer Florida, the in- significant . . . a misfit among its sister states—but a swan. And seeing . . . it stretched its great wings triumphantly, raised its beautiful neck and lifting its voice cried rejoicingly from the depths of its heart: : I NEVER DREAMED OF sO MUCH HAPPINESS WHEN I WAS THE UGLY DUCKLING. The eyes of all the world)” Everett True» * AMERICAN WOMEN ARE INTERESTED IN CLOTHES Worms and parasites in the in- testines of children undermine health and so weaken their vital- ity that they are unable to resist the diseases so fatal to child life. “American. women sitters are more interested in clothes than English women. . English women, on the other hand, are more per- :sonal, if less modish.” So says Sir ‘John Lavery, the famous English portrait painter, who has made pictures of many women in Amer- iea and Europe. THS WOMAN'S BATILE ‘Wins Against lil Health “at times I was hardly bo ” writes. doses of White’s Cream Vermi- fuge, It destroys and expels the worms without the slightest in- jury to the health or activity of the child’ Price “35c. Sold by all druggists- MWF Noted among the. world’s mis- sionaries is Mrs. Mary K. Edwards, twho for 57 years has been engaged in work among. the Zulus in South Africas “Mrs. ety now 95 when they. were condition — . Com:- pound and she gave it a fair trial. “I just-can't give enough thanks! to it,”.she writes. “Now I can eat anything at ail and 1 am feeling than I have for years. 1 shal}: never be without your medi- | cine again.” thesith and her familys happiness is q t family’s ‘@ valiant soldier. She wages, her | Broken in her.own kitchen. She OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN Lens Duplicated ‘on the Day Received A. L. PRATT Campbell: Bldg. Fleming St Sai P aaa sa: Get One Now! No need for anyone to spend restless nights when an Emerson Electric Fan can relieve you from the hot weather. You can get any fan that we have by paying 25 per cent down, the balance in thtee equal monthly payments, i od: “Tt was on my shores the Pil-| landed from the Mayflower. eeNew York boasted of the great- est, etropolis of the United States. ~Colerade plumed itself on. its Ghormous output of eres. Mlinois and Nebraska loudly ac- precious }~ j @aimed they stood at the head of/ producing states. of cattle roam my Texas. “Meat suffic- and MinneSota} Be insured against the hot summer weather— have a’mild winter all summer—get your fan today. We have the famous Emerson Fans from $7:50 up. We have a good 10-inch oscillating fan that we are selling for $15.00; one quarter down, the tal- ance in three nionths. The Key West Electric’ Company | given an enthusiastié welcome on | Court House from Monday, April CHILDREN’S FATAL DISEASES|P The safe course is to give a few!’ -«TODAY’S | NNIVERSARIES) Poeecoocccevosccsoovesos * 1782—Samuel Veteh; first Brit- ish governor of Nova-Scotia, died in London. Bern in Edinburgh, December 9, 1668. H 1789—George Washington took | the oath of office as first President of the United States. i 1815—Citizens of Los Angeles ratified the constitution of the Mexican Republic, i 1841—New Zealand was declar- | ed independent of New South) ‘Wales. Gate i 1851—The constitution of Prus-| sia was modified. | 1870—Charleston became the/| seat of State government of West} Virginia. 1880—The Nevada and Arizona Railroad Company was incorpor- ated. 1924—More than 100 lives were | lost in storms 4m Louisiana, Arkan- sas, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. 1925—The Prince of Wales was his arrival at Cape Town. 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