New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Airplane Route to
JOin esOrts i'm
Florida With Cuba
Rodman Wanamaker Heads
Company BackingFli flights;
3-Hour Trip 10 Havana
Will Danish Prohibition
Special Correspondence


PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. 27-This
resort is keeping pace with other
Southern winter resorts in aviation
projects. Early next month an aerial
transportation service will be inaugu-
rated connecting Palm Beach with
Miami, Havana, Nassau and other
points. This is undertaken by group
of Northern capitalists, headed by Rod
man Wanamaker. A fleet of speedy five
and twelve passenger hydroplancs has
been brought here. These giant ma
chimes have a wing spread of nearly
100 feet, and are designed to negotiate
me Havana trip in three hours, against
i moderate wind.
Hereafter the ban upon John Barley
corn will hold no tcrrors for those
Who can flee the Great American
Desert" into nearby wet territory
BY leaving Palm Beach at o'clock in
the afternoon, one lay dine dozen
intimate friends at champaign supper
in Havana three hours later. and re-
turning at or 1880, be in ample time
for the after supper dances at the Roy
al Poinciara. This will be the edition de
luxe of the Florida Havana Limited
with no stops at small stations, no
fagmen or cinders, no waits on sid
ings for slow-moving freights and no
steerage.
The big planes will land on the shore
of Lake WORTH not far from the Royal
Poinciana. Lieutenant w. +. Sullivan,
who received preliminary training at
Mlncola, is directing the enterprise
from this end.
Tourist Club to Build
The West Palm Beach Tourist Club
plans to possess its own quarters next
season. 1t will erect building near
Lake Worth, which will resemble the
one recently opened at st. Petersburg
Benjamin Selkirk is the prime mover
in the project, which is backed bv the
West Palm Beach Chamber of Com
merce.
The pleasure yacht, Sinbad III, of the
New York Yacht Club, is now here with
hcr oWner, James Weatherford.
Mrs. Philander Knox, wife of SEN
ator Knox, is at the Salt Aire with Mrs.
Burd Spilman, of Washington. They
are rccuperating after the exactions
of war work and the Washington social
season
Mrs Wetherford Allen, of New York.
who has been at the Salt Aire, is now
occupying her Palm Beach cottage for
the winter
|. Sheldon lllney, New York fnan-
cler, has added to his Palm Beach
holdings by purchasing property on
Banyan and Poinsettia streets.
Open Cottages for Winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hcssner. Of
Rockville Center, L. l., are occupying
Marie Villa, on Chillitan Avenue, for
the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Pierre l..
Barber, of Tuxedo Park, are living in
their ocean front bungalow, while near
them are residing Mr. and Mrs. John
Z. King, who arrived here last week
from the RitzCarlton
Frederick A. Glidden and family. Of
New York, have arrived in Palm Beach
for the season.
Mrs. +. W. seybel and Mrs. Herbert
Armstrong. OF New York, are being
entertained By Mr.. and Mr.. Nvron
Patch. of Cleveland, It the Palms.
West Palm Beach hotels are filing
rapidly. Among the New York COLONY
are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Medniken.
who are at the Palms; Mrs. Alexander
Chitteler and Miss Anna T. Rehr. So
Journlng at the Salt Aire, and Mr.. and
NJ Mrs Samuel B. Palmer, who are again
at the Lake Park for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Wesley Comp. of
tlushlng, accompanied by their daugh
ter, Miss Emily Copp. are at their
brazilian Avenue cottage for the winter.