The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-02-17
is a wonderful old man.

meet up the Miami Barbados cable
Everybody is a little hazy what the
whole row was about when a scout
ing cruiser lay in the bay lazily in
the sun for months at a time, but
we are all glad it is over and that
the cable plans can now be per-
fected.
Sunday night we were over to the
Beach at the official opening of the
Moore Shop, which we have been
waiting for since the first of Janu-
ary The water sports, under arc
lights, were interesting and consist
ed of all sorts of stunt swimming,
even to having hands and feet tied.
Diving of nearly all types was done
and all the strokes were shown by
expert swimmers. The babies per-
formed, one little fellow three years
old did little swimming. While
Billy Hutchinson four and half
years old amt scared O nothing. He
could dive like veteran even using
the high diving board. He could
swim ON top or under the water and
he was most business-hke as he
caught the ladder and climbed out
for the next dive. Earlier in the
day he was doing airplane stunts
for the Fox Film company. He went
out to Hialeah and posed on the
wing of a plane while it was three
thousand feet in the air. Then he
was put through his stunts and the
plane landed all without the bat of
an eyelash.
Mr. Ed Howe is writing "Notes"
for the Monday morning Herald and
this last Monday he had this to say
about some of our visitors, which
may prove of passing interest to
our readers:
Governor Davis of Ohio said to me
lately that Miami is wonderful to
him because there are so many visi-
tors here who have accomplished
things. There is Hartshorn, whose
roller shades are at nearly every
window in this country; an elderly
man who looks like a substantial
old farmer all the neighbors trust.
And there is Kenneth L Roberts,
who was in Siberia, Russia and other
hot places during the war and wrote
about them so entertainingly in the
Saturday Evening Post. I want to
get sight of Roberts; 1 should rather
see him than a heavy swell who fell
heir to ancestral halls. Roberts is
a young fellow, only thirty-eight.
Loaf around Miami during the six
weeks beginning January Oath, and
you'll see nearly everybody of i'm
portance in the country. I like this
man Julius Fleischmann, too, be-
cause no one has been able to equal
his yeast. I do not hate him because
he is rich and famous; his yeast at
three cents cake is great favor
to me; we bake our own bread.
He is little heavy to play polo,
but seems just about right for the
yeast business. The most beautiful,
entertaining and useful publication
in this country is the National
Geographic Magazine. John Oliver
La Gorce, its managing editor, may
be seen at the Beach, although
have missed him, much to my re-
gret.
Just now we are planning a four
days trip to Havana next week.
About twenty of us are going if the
plans go through. We will go over
seas to Key West for there are
number of the party who have new
er seen this great Flagler railroad
and there are some more who pre-
fer seven hours on the boat to a
longer session. Perhaps any way
we may go we may be glad to get |
there. We may have F A P Jones'
experience. He was very sick going
over to Bimini as the sea was rough,
in fact he thought he would die of |
seasickness. He decided that much |
as he loved Miami, he couldn't get |
back across the briny. Finally some
one told him he could come back in
comfort in an hour by airplane and
his longing was SO great for the
city of sunshine that he consented |
The plane had engine trouble and
made a forced landing in the ocean
when it tossed for hours while the
aviator made repairs. Mr. Howe is
authority for this story, but we
would believe it anyway for the
seasick ones always get the rough |
seas.
Sincerely,