The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-28

ing was the social affair of a con-
ference which has been filled with
brilliant social events. Hon. w j
BRYAN, his daughter, Mrs Owens, the
heads of all civic and patriotic
societies, in the city, the Colonial
! Danes and the Daughters Regents
and National officers all spoke most
| ly concerning the Landing of the
Pilgrims and the lessons derived
from the subsequent events. Mr.
Bryan, as usual, was entertaining and
witty and quite in favor of the
adoption of a new order of things, or
shall we say the older order of things,
for he said that he would just as
soon live under the old blue Sunday
laws as the yellow laws of rampant
commercialism, which saw only the
money that could be made from a
wide open Sunday. Of course, he
didn't see the middle course for that
would not be the Bryan, who has be-
come dear to the hearts of many
Americans, even those who do not
agree with him.
All banks have been closed today
because it is the Hath birthday of
Robert E Lee, who, since the bitter
ness of the Civil War has largely
passed, has become great American
and not a sectional hero, for Robert
E Lee wrought we'll for his country
both before and after the Civil War
and was at all times true Southern
Gentleman.
We have many visitors of note or
I might say, more or less note. Mrs
Robert E Tremaine is here but that
means little most likely until you
get the real name, Mrs Irene Castle
Tremaine and she is just here with
her husband as she isn't doing dane
ing or pictures now. She may go
into it again, but since her marriage
soon after leaving Miami, last win
ter, she hasn't been in professional
work.
We are wondering just what sort
of a place some of our correspond
ents think Miami is for they send
mail just plain Miami, Fla, as though
we were a mere village. We sus-
poets most of it finds its way to us
as to the others in the city, but it
means delay. We have nearly thirty
thousand regular inhabitants here
and then we have three times as
many more who come down for the
winter or a part of the winter and
then we are remaining and re-num-
boring our whole street system so
the situation is complicated enough
without putting anything more on
the post office department. The old
address is difficult enough but no
address at all is worse.
President-elect Harding is coming
down here to spend a few weeks on
houseboat and there are to be no
receptions, or banquets and no en-
Pertaining but of. the most informal
kind for it is said that his inaugural
address will be written down here.
That is one good thing about this
city, we are so used to notSbles,
millonaires and other extra-special
species of the human race that we
are not curious or awed and a real
celebrity is perfectly free to do his
or her pleasure if we just know what
it is. There is a little fun being
poked at Gov. Coolidge, who may
possibly pay Miami a visit. One of
the papers puts it "As the vice
president-elect is loath to pay more
IMAM 600 IIOIlln lOI IOuot Itlll IL
is feared he may raise howl when
he comes in contact with some of the
season rates" But there is good
deal of admiration underneath the
humor. and the republican admins
tration is not going to be unpopular
in the south just because it is repub-
lican. Even the Florida d. A. R.
| Conference went on record in a
formal resolution approving the plans
of the incoming president for simple
| Inauguration ceremony.
There is always something needed
in the city. We are just like a
youth, whose trousers legs are al-
WAYS at the top Of his boot, we do
outgrow things so fast. Now we
want a fishing pier. We haven't enc
and we have thousands of fishers.
Not all our fishers feel that they can
hire a motor boat for a days fish
ing whenever they feel like it for
it means about twenty-five dollars
dav for that sort of fishing. They
can fish from the causeway but there
is only about three miles of that
and they can fish only from one side
most of the way, so the available
space is taken before half the appli-
cants are taken care Of. 1t is also
inconvenient for there is so much
traffic. 1t is really fact that we
need a pier just, for fishing and in a
winter or two we will sure enough
have one.
So far we haven't seen much of
the price reduction. which. is re-
ported from the North. Food stuffs
have never been unreasonably high
but clothing and other dry goods
have scared with the best of them
and they still soar. An observer in
the Herald a few morning ago, was
of the oninion that "keening cur
eyes on the slowly descending price
tag on a new pair Of trousers in an
uptown window may cost us the price
Of a new pair Of eyeglasses before
the price in keeping with our purse
is reached"
Before closing this letter, we want
to note the arrival Of Mrs Frances
Hall, Mr. and Mrs Ralph George and
daughter of Concord, n. H., who
have come to join Mr.. and Mrs Carl
Hall and make up a part Of our New