The Ordway new era., 1915-03-12
Mrs. Roberts
Writes Most
Interestingly

CocoANUr GROVE. Fla. Mch. 5, rs.
EDITOR Of New ERA:
The southland sends greeting. We
hear Of snow In Colorado but look out
on a country that never saw snow.and
indeed many grown people here have
never seen snow. We look out on
many large houses without chimney;
large families grow up knowing no
other stove than gasoline or kerosene.
But the wise ones build q hre place
and enjoy the luxury and CHEEKY glow
Of pine knots that drip resin and give
of u musical crackle. There are al
ways enough "northers" to make the
occasional fire welcome. This winter
has been much cooler than usual to
the disg gust OF many tourists.
Mercury stands now at 76 degrees:
We have to regulate clothing by theE-
monieter instead Of calendar.
Many things are different. We
never quite get used to the position
Of the stars. and are glad when We re-
turn home to Colorado and find they
have swung back to their proper pla
ces; here we are SO far south the north
star hangs very low.
As winter Is the time for growth
the county fair IL held 10 March In
stead uf OcLober. We attended II 10
Miami last week. One attraction was
the bydro-sreO.p piane,a flying machine
that glides along the water or rises IN
the air. They make speed-have come
down from Palm Beach 70 Miami. Is
miles. in one hour. They charge $40
y passenger for 10 miles per ride. They
are not crowded
The fair il free exhibit displaying
the resources Of this limerick cOun-
try. Fruits and vegetables were very
creditabie displays. The exhibit from
public schools was especially Interest,"
ing. Canning clubs show result Of
work Of both boys and girls. Schools
in the south are improving. The
oeivhborhood school here ~ OOcOanut
Grove. has manual traistng and do.
essssaa ssisass ssA sAes4 opsh sssses
est.
Every morning thsre'is nag rsis-
Ing where sll assembled salute the
fag and With raised right hand pledge
allegiance. Wherever we 60 we nnd
the audience rise NJ the melody uf
either AmeIics VI the Star SpsnRled
Banner.
Our greatest treat was attending
The Flying Squadron, that unique
Organization of talented people who
had vision Of saloOnless nation aud
its possibility, and no carry their mes.
ssge 10 this original way. Starting
September 80 at Peoria, Ill. ("besrd-
Ing the lion In his den') went out tO
speak 10 every capital aud xll large
cities 10 the United States. They
travel 10 three sections, each spend
Ing u day. then moving on To be fol-
lowed by the other sections. Miami
was the 18Th town visited and Flor
ida the 37th state. The Itinerary
will close June 8. having visited $50
places. They hnance the project
themselves aided by such contribu-
tions rs the audiences give them. One
OF their number paid $4,000 into the
fund. They are all live wires: Rev.
Chas. Sheldon, author Of In His
Steps," Hon. o. w. Stewart of ILL
nois legislator; }. B. Lewis. . retired
shoe man OF Boston; Dr. Sheriden OF
Chicago, d. v. Polling Of Columbus.
Ohio; DIR. Ira Landreth OF Tennessee
and ex Gov. HAniy Of Indiana. repre-
senting several denominations, sew
eral political parties and from differ
ent localities, but with one message
"The saloon must go" and nation
wide prohibition is the way. III
quote Gov. Han!cy's pledge: when :
ever u politician or an executive ON
Ger, or political party. prefers the
liquor traffic above the public morals.
such men must be set aside and such
parties abandoned. To the accom-.
plishment Of this high purpose we
dedicate ourselves" Large aud en-
thusiastic audiences greeted the
speakers. They are to be 10 Pueblo
10 about = month and hope some
ordway people may have the priyi-
lege Of hearing them.
Mocking birds are practising here
for grand chorus later. 10 Colorado.
I hope. The cardinal bird Is a beauty
that never gets far away from the
south. There are many attractions
here to those who are sensitive to fros:
and snow but Colorado Is the home
land and we like 1t best.
Respectfully.
FANNIE b. ROBERTS.
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