Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 5, 1912, Page 4

“ i PAGE FOUR The Evening Telegram| Published every afternoon from the Guggenheims, and others whose names are used to conjure with in the world of finance, they are found t¢ be commonplace in appearanceand THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., SEPT. 5, 1912. ter's edge, and inquired the cost of a bucket of water. This tickled the gvard, who, for a joke, told him the charge was five cents, and grinning- wumerable steps of the spiral stair- (ase that winds around that lady's backbone; saw the Olympic, the Ti- tanic’s rister ship and exact dupli- “White Star Market” ~— e J Kentucky Buildiag, Lakeland, FI&(unattractive in environment. The Iy took the Jew's bucket, dipped it |eate, als» the Mauretania, the fast- - —— cnly thing they have to recom-|{ull, handed it to his customer and|est ship in the world, arrive from e Entered 1n the postofice at Lake-| ™" ) t ship ——, and, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. mend them is that they cost money ‘L here are homes in Lakeland which I would prefer to Chas. M. Schwab's pocketed the nickel. That afternoon the Jew again strolled down to the ocean. The tide had receded far out and depart for foreign ports; at- tempted to eat rice with chop sticks A. SCHULTZ, Prop. e ) A L —— s $3,000,000 residence, surroundings M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. and other conditionsconsidered. Most _..___——————'—_——-—__ . A. J. HOLWORTHY of these mansions are built squarely | he had some hours earlier gotten the | most interesting things to see and } 4 Circulation Manager.|on the street line, and adjoin one bucket of water. The guard still | study were people—people. Here one ] ""f‘“" i another, making solid blocks of brick | stood near the water's edge. Thz|comes in contact with 8o many types Florida and WCS(em Meats, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ....-. veees:$5.00 Rix months ...... .. 2.60 Three month§ ... ..... 1.38 Dellvered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office la issued THE LAKELAND NEWS o weekly newspaper giving a Te- sume of local matters, crop condl- tlons, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for §1.00 per year. R e DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President—Woodrow Wilson. President—Thomas C. e SR RS i e o D SSER P ET R For Vice Marshall. Presidential Electors—Jefferson B. Browne, J. Fred DeBerry, Charles E. Jones, W. Chipley Jones, Leland J. Henderson, H. C. Sparkman. and stone. There is not a foot of lawn or a sprig of green to relieve the barrenness of the effect. | give these wealthy New Yorkers credit, though, for not living inthese houses. Nearly all of them have the doors, ¢nd in some cases the windows, toarded up, the doors thereby acquir ing much the same effect as the en- tiance to a barn. This means that the owners of these mansions have gone somewhere clse to live. It is +he thing to build these costly, ugly houses, but merciful rasl ion does no* compel people to live in them. Doub’- less the intericrs are very beautiful and elaborate, but the exteriors give no hint of beauty. Most fashionable people living in New York are domiciled either in the great hotels or in the elegant apart- ment houses, of which there are rrany. Rentals in these latter scem a little high to the Lakeland idea. Jew looked at the scene a long time, calculating the tremendous numbcr of buckets of water that must have been removed, at 5 cents each, final- ly exclaiming, “Mein Gott! Vat a peesness!"” * * * Vat a peesness! In one more installment | will touch briefly on other scenes visited besides those in the vicinity of New York, and then [ will bring these random notes to a close. 1 would not have prolonged them to this ex- tent had not so many people ex- pressed an interesy in them- -there are so many kindly, cheerful liars ir. the world--may their tribe in- I have tried merely to touch cn certain phases of life in the coun- try's greatest city which do not get into print frequently. Some editors whose wives wouldn't trust 'em around the corner continue to hint it all. Or omitted. crea not telling details that we're course, some are onc has read about. Potash & Perl- mutter, y'understan’ me, I have seen ‘em yet, as many as a hundred times, already; patriarchs who might have stepped from the Old Testament prints may be met at every corner o ‘ certain quarters; the experience of a} vitit to foreign lands may be had, snl far as observation of their people goes, In a walk of a few blocks. Bui with all that was wonderful, lux- 1 urious, picturesque and interesting, | 1 am glad I do not have to live there. | I wonld rather share the E\'ergladns! witlh Tommy Tigertail. I am thank-| ful that 1 am compelled to do neith- er, but am able to make my home in a cood town, where, comparatively, life is pure and simple and sweet, (To Be Continued.) MAKE INDIVIDUAL BIDS FOR erfTEn VISITORS ‘;'ml they send their friends. With each recurring winter more But there is another and sti!] bet- Butter, Vegetables, Egps ) and - Cheese of all Kinds The Most Sanitary Market in Florida Phone 279 ing up the Swn The person wio Congressman, State at Large—|% S . 7 Gl p ; # ja ¥ ° (I.nul(-gl ‘l"nglc' Still, you can get a right nice little | We're simple-minded and unsophis {und more people from the less fav- ter class of visitors who come to lsll\ lul‘ an individy ¢ (‘dngr:.-s;mnn First District—8, | #partment of several rooms, wita|ticated, and saw many strange | ored States to the north of us come Florida each winter im increasing .dfl € to spend « fov Ly M. Sparkman 4 lath, in one of these houses— on | things. More than once, in the kind- | to Florida and spend at least a par: _rumbers. These are people of mod- | ida, may be doing 1o ; . Spa an. < . . 9 D) P [} ial ¢ Nesiiadion o i § i Riverside Drive, say, overlooking tha | ness of our heart, we were startled | of the winter season in this glorious crate means, who come to Florida to}a material and lustine - : Congressman, Second District — a s e in(or itdige (hey: o EncolR donraal Hudson - for the modest rental of | #lmost into calling out, “‘Kiddo, you | land of the sun and the sea. fpen e 3 . a Frank Clark. Congressman, Third District—Em- mett Wilson. Governor—Park Trammell. Attorney General—Thos. F. West. 6,000 a year. Shall we engage it for you? It is said that every day in the yvear there is an average of 300,000 — - - forgot to put on your clothes!” when some trim apparition would come tripping along, arrayed in a tight- fitting little contraption, resembling what we would call a princess slip, The big winter hotels that line the coast of both sea and ocean have | already busied themselVes in adver- tising their resorts, especially and | the State generally, among the peo- | induced to do so by some acquaint- |ance who is a resident of the State. These people may go to the cities or they may elect to spend their time There WAITED IN VAIN FOR BRIDE is u sorrows far out in the country. Many timos! in the castern pure Secretary of State—H. C. Craw- i Bisprt o s o Rt St | tord visitors in New York city. In sum-|and which we supposed ladies wore | ple where it will do the most good. | they board in private families or in | Engaged to a proves o i small boarding houses. At other | the Oklawaha (‘ommissioner of Agriculture—W. .\ McRae. Treasurer--J. C. Luning. uer this number is greatly increased. In other words, there is always suf- ficient transient population in New underneath their main sails. One Mr. Job in olden times had a cer- tain affliction which seems to have A great many of these hotels and | resorts know already, approximately How many guests they will have next times they rent rooms or houses. In all cases they see more of the real | license, when Florida than the wealthy tourist who [ €r man. He i the wedding Comptroller—W. V. Knott. York to form in itself a great city. | €one entirely out of fashion. At least, | winter, where they are coming from i Superintendent of Public Instruc- Y he “barbarians from the provinces ' | tashion makes no provision whatever | and how long they will remain, treads the beaten path, and frequent- | so ‘_’ Star = ‘ tion—\V, N. She: ts. make a very valuable and substan- | vowadays for “risin's.” This is all good. The number of |1¥ they become home seokers, ‘h'_\\l provert i ; The best class of settlers thar Flor [ wiser guy: N\ vorthern visitors to Florida has been (wereasing from year to year. The the | benetits they have done the State has that soldier | heen large and the share these visit- tial asset for the great metropolis. For the rest, we saw the things Rigure a little: 300,000 spending the low estimated average of $5 a day, and a million and a State Chemist—R. E. Rose. Adjutant Generali-—J, C. R, Foster. ida has ever had has been made up | Woman or i str.t of people who have visited the State be in winter at the invitation of some in Mott street, and drank Tokay in cn the beach, leaving a great ex-|the famous Bobemian restaurant ot panse of land beyond the point where | Little Hungary. And always the | 1 toopolis; paid our respects at along soot 0 tomb of Grant, where ' o The tobaceo helt THE EDITOR'S VACATION—V. The residences of the multi-mil- half dollars a day are poured into the city's hopper from this source alone That's pretty good business. Reminds | visitors | that visitors usually see in the me- sleeps, his warfare o'er; viewed the church of St. John Divine, already a wonder ef architecture, though it is crs have had in the development of the resources of Florida has in one way and another been almost incal- acquaintance or relative and who on learning the advantages the State of- fers to men of small and moderate Fla,, is and this year's again | 7 ; lionaires, of which one has read 80| yg of the Jew who visited a sea-side [ net expected to be finished for some | culable, means, have invested in Florida | eight or ten vears o iy much, are disappointing to the New | pesort for the first time and went | ninety years to come; looked out Still these visitors follow the beat- | homes. fine price. DBetw | York visitor, When one passes along | down to the ocean in the morning to | tron: the openings in the noble brow | en path. They go from hotel to ho- These people seldom get their | $1,000,000 lias Fifth avenue, and views the homes of the Astors, the Vanderbilts, the et a bucket of sea-water. e ap- proached a guard standing at the wa- ot tie statue of Liberty, after hav- ing tramped and puffed up the in- tel, from town to town on gulf and ocean. They come again next year names in the society column of the city newspapers, but they are build- that vicinity in ¢ tor shade and =un t ORANGE PARK \ By All Odds the Choicest Property Eber Put on the Market Right on the shore of Lakeland’s favorite Lake, Morton, which in a short time will be encircled by a lovely boulevard. The BON TON RESIDENCE SECTION of Lakeland To see it will be to buy one or more of the splendid lots in this addition. Each lot has now grow- ing on it, an average of six large, heavily laden orange or grape fruit trees, some of which trees will av- erage 25 to 40 boxes of fruit this year, and worth from $100 to $125 each. The fruit this year is reserved but next year it will belong to the purchaser. Each lot is within easy reach of a present sewerage system, city water, electric lights, and within ten minutes walk of postoffic. All lots have an easy slope to the lake securing excellent drainage. For a limited time these lots will be placed on the market at from $650 to $1,250, according to size and frontage. These lots will be sold on terms, viz: one fourth cash, balance, 6, 12,and 18 months, 8 per cent interest, 5 per cent discount for cash. To ensure this edition being select, the owners have incorporated in their deed a building restriction, by which the purchaser will be required to build a house to cost not less than $1500. Now is the time to buy, while you have the whole addition to select from. will soon be snapped up and the price of the remaining lots advanced. The choice locations FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS INQUIRE OF he FLORIDA & GEORGIA LAND Co. \ Phone 72. Munn Building Lakeland, Florida.