Sunday, March 30, 1958

THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE-

Page Nine

The Sunshine State and The Tourists
A Haven for Snow-Sickened Rich
One of the popular attractions
on Clearwater Beach is the arrival
of the fishoats. They leave early
fin the morning ladened with tour-
ists, fishpoles, minnows and little 
-boswho catch all thd fishing
about 5 p.m. the boats return,
ladened with exhausted tourists, t
broken fishpoles, and enormous
fisheinuilantly, if not strenuously,
held up by the little boys=.
Cars line up for blocks along the
docks to wa h the old fishing 
boats moor, Observers obh and
l# ~~~~~~ahh n unison when a successful , r;f_1t -t
fisheman flaunts his catch. After
the fishboatshare in. a day in
CleBr water is complete. Now coesAbnd
the night life. B t e
MUCH ia to be done in Clear-
water at night. Tourists hit
the nightclubs and movie houses. STATELY HOTEL-If you thnk this hotel is luxurious just walk
SUIN DRENCHED BEACHES Florida beaches are noted for their Residents atay home and watch about onehalf a block further and you N find five more, each
hne sad, igesealr- eeun and dry bathing suits, television. If you're the athletic bigger and grander than the former.
whsites.ndIcturessue palmrede h rtype, and young, you can always
By DONNA AOecr t state, you travel by car, bus or find a beachparty and a late THINGS I ind so unusual is replaced by a Cadillac and he
g and Personnel lires shince trinsm can cut swimming party. But, the water sot Flrd the tn the wears beymua shrtad knee
" ynh . bu eyplane,sierasa'bu t across is cold, and hardly anyone goes ot FlCha, oherdthte ar s h r mushrand knee
Florida's Chamber of Commerce the swamps, Anyway, I had an op- in swimming only the laymen palm and fresh pecan trees, are socks. Nor can Santa deliver gifts
handles a boomitng year-round potunity to view Lake Okeecho- tourists, They know better later the homes. Wood or brick homes via the chimney. There aren't
business. It is impossible to read bee from the air, and believe me, on are rare Most are adobe and are many chimneys in Florida, so he
through a newspaper without w a m ie as a wTraveling alonga Florida high- paitmastel Flors. s is usd the fotdor,
coming across some type of props- swamp land on which clever, fast- way, one, whie occasionallypindin pas clrseine sendorg
gda extolring thmerueso theh tpalkng busite ines nangs ral ngh rsneo al re n Nrhardeto Cima re a.D oudcncl a
andam to lith rtusof the usindes e and remglmpsing the water, is constantly somethi ard ne in the Still, they have the traditional
"Sunshine State." About every estate brokers are building their faced with citrus orchards and North. Chartreuse and white are Christmas music and c o l o re d
Florida newspaper takes up much fortunes. advertisemens proclaiming fresh popular colors, as are the more lights, but it doesn't seem quite
front page space -with details on Palm Beach is beautiful-really, orange Juice and pecan nuts pick- feminine pink and white and blue right,
the weather and pop pul1 a t i o n The homes are magnificent and ed right from the trees. Otherwise and white. Florida is an attraction to wan
growth. found in a multitude of sizes and highways in Florida are compar- Christmas In Florida is interest- and pale Northerner who don't
This is a bad year for the Flori- pastel shades.y achts bob quietly able to thoe in Michigan, except ing, if not an usual experience mind spending fortuneseekiha
da Chamber of Commerce though, up and down in their moorings at for the presence of palm trees and for a Northerner. Christmas trees tn. Do I sound cynical? I can
Rumors have it that snow and the docks and the cabanas are lack of maples. in home are rare. Santa's sleigh afford to, I live there.
freezing weather have been plagu- absoluely indescribable,
ing the sunny south-with Florida Residents ae' ostentatious ...7.'fUT~~5i~ Y~"
bein noexcetio. Tis i ba inPalm Beach. Toull find the up-
bein no xcetion Ths isbadstairs maid dressed more elegantly
news for Florida businesses which thnteldxftehuewe
flourish on tourist trade.
on a shopping expedition. It s the
Nonetheless, Florida is a haven fashion to dress sloppily in Palm
for the snow-sickened rich. It was Beach, but sloppily in an expen-
quite an experience for an uncos- sive way. Those aren't rhinestones
mopolitan Northerner like me around her neck!
when I saw my first palm tree.
And the water - "the blue, ON TO THE western seaboard-
sparkling, sun - specked Gulf of Clearwater, 21 miles f r o m
Mexico softly.lapping on the snow- Tampa, is right on the edge of the
white sandy beaches." And it's all "blue, sparkling Gulf of Mexico.
true, The water is blue and it does Acually, Clearwaer is a fine
lap on snow-white sandy beaches 'little" town-when it's devoid of
but you never see anyone swim- tourists. The motels are grandious,
ming in it. It's too darn cold, and each with its own brand of swam
on top of that it's too darn salty. ming pool and schedule of rates
each attempting to be bigger,
D URING Christmas vacation, I grander and more expensive than
flew from Winter Park to Palm the other. They're great, for sight
Beach. If you want to cross the seeing
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