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Going south in the winter once meant Florida. But more and more, the fast-multiplying North American species, the Winter Vacationist, is migrating to the vast scattering of islands in the sun known loosely as the Caribbean...
...place to go to with adequate eating and sleeping accommodations was something of an achievement; it was par for the course if the beach turned out to be ten miles from the nearest hotel and the sand flies seemed insatiable. But today, with the increasing sophistication of the U.S. vacationist and the enterprise of the developers, the Caribbean offers something for everybody. In the bigger centers, new hotels provide the best in air-conditioned comfort and sophisticated food for those who want cocktail-lounge luxury, the dim-lit excitement of a gambling casino, and the best floor shows east...
...eyes twinkling brightly, the returned vacationist strode happily into his favorite café, expecting a joyful greeting. The first man to see him shuddered, sputtered and sagged into a chair. An old friend at the other side of the barroom hastily stamped out a cigarette and reverently removed his hat. Madame Labbaye, the patronne, peered from behind a potted palm. "What is wrong?" cried Roger. "Have I lost a child?" Roger couldn't make out the woman's excited answer...
...time of transition and suspension. Along New England's shores, the squeak of a fisherman's oars against thole pins sounded lonely and clear in the fog of early morning, lately shrill with the cries of the vacationist and his young. The town greens had subsided into their dreaming quiet and the beaches were left to the surfcasters. Vermont's fields were gilded with goldenrod, shadowed with purple asters, and the swamp maples glowed...
Snowy-haired Botz (of Memphis, Tenn.) Ed Crump was indignant at the Los Angeles Herald & Express. The newspaper had reported that Vacationist Crump tried to crash the press box at Pasadena's rose parade and was tossed out by police when he couldn't produce credentials. "Biggest lie ever told," fumed Crump. "Why, I still got my tickets here to prove I was a guest [in the reviewing stand], I don't as a rule have much trouble with newspaper reporters...