Midas' Return

Contemplating the fantastic midwar vacation boom in Miami, asp-tongued Novelist Philip Wylie (Generation of Vipers) last week reported to the New Republic:

"The collection of garbage− Miami's method of counting noses −was getting heavier every week. . . . The season broke early and big. The race track at Hialeah is taking in more than $600,000 a day− one day it made a record by passing $1,000,000—and the dog tracks do as much as $100,000 apiece at night. . . . Real estate is changing hands at million-dollar tunes. . . . The...

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