The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

New 10rk. AS a rule, passengers ana goods from England go to Bermuda via New York.
 The two-day voyage is a very pleas ant one. If you are sailing in the sum- mer, it is matter of cooling off de- lightfully in the sea breezes. If yours is winter trip, it is matter of soon in summer clothing. New York harbor has passed in review before you by luncheon time. Before long you are at sea. Sailing under the British flag, prohibition laws become a matter of personal preference, as many think they should be. Deck games are. in order. So is deck-chair loafing than which none is more relaxing and sat isfying. At it is time for tea and biscuits, an English habit which, away from American haste and hurry, you can afford to contract and maintain then and thence through your stay in Bermuda. Music discourses through dinner and reappears when colored lights and penants are strung on the promenade deck for dance.
 One more brief day passes and then. early the next day the more Columbus like of your passengers are heard land ho-ing. Bermudav-the hundreds or so islands of it--looms in the sun light out of the bluest of seas. Spot less white roofs begin to stand out against background of luxuriant green and gray coral rock. .Admiring exclamations are uttered but no one ex- pressed it quite as well as did Tom Moore. the Irish poet, on his first sight of Bermuda-thus
 The morn was lovely, every wave was still, @fi@
 When the first perfume of a cetlar hill Sweet awak'd us, and <with' smiling charms.
 The fairy harbour wood us to its arms. Transfer To Tenders.
 White-sailed fishing boats filt past the liner and you chaff at the, delay you must endure before getting out in one of them. At length those who are to stay in old St. Georges town are transferred to tender, and the liner proceeds with those bound for. Hamil- ton to the harbor of that city. Such modern hotels as thee St. George atop Rose Hill await the former. For the latter there is the Bermudiana, one of the finest resort hotels in the world built recently from plans by Warren and Whitemore, and ample other ac- cOmodotions.
 In Bermuda you can do anything you want with your time except allow 1 it to hang heavily on your hands. That it will not do. Rest, take your case | if you like. You have found the ideal spot for it; so Mark Twain believed If you wish to fill your eyes and store your memory, there is no lack of op- portunitS. Take carriage or. rent a bicycle that characteristic Bermuda vehicle, and fare forth.
 No motor cars are permitted in Bermuda. Your right to cycle on the white coral roadways there are no taxies to dispute. You will find few hills that defy your pumping up them but many gentle grades for exhilerating coasting. You may travel along roads bordered by palms and palmettos, man grove. citron, lemon, orange, lime and banana groves, along by-ways Towering with the crimson hibiscus, the oleander and the white-blossoming cereus. You pass quaintly Spanish houses, with serried whitewashed roofs to catch rain water. And along the twenty-six mile stretch of the archipelago you are famed by breezes from the never dis ] tant ocean. It is indeed the trade winds which insure the mild even temperature of Bermuda-60 to 70 de- grees in winter, 70 to 80 in summer.
 Much To Be Seen.
 The visitor who would see all there is to be seen in this foreign land must remain long time. The briefer visit, however, allows opportunity for the more striking sights to be enjoyed in the leisurely manner of Bermuda where the typical tourist rush is ,incongfuous.
 There are the wonderful caves and grottoes of ,caleite, formation, notably 1 the Crystal. Cave. In that palace like underground cavern, the slender stala- cities, formed by a steady drip through centuries, hang from the roof, their changing hues brought out by electric lights. Stalagmites rise to meet them through the limpid waters of mirror like pools, crossed by pontoon bridges. I Not for fram the district in which these caves are found is the Devils Hole, a great pool fed by a subter- ranean passage from the ocean quar- ter of a mile away. There swim hun dreds of fish; the beautiful blue angel fish and Ntwenty- y-nine other different l species. The secrets of the deep ure even more open to those who make the | trip to the Sea Gardens and embark | in boats with glass bottoms. Through the translucent waters, one scans the oceans depths where coral reefs are in the building and strange fish and marine creatures glide through the aisles of the sea forest.
 Days can be spent under the spell of St. Georges town, settled in 1912. And it is hard to pass by the bargains in British goods in the stroes of Hamil- ton. There are other towns and islands to be visited, but the points of interest cannot all be mentioned here.
 There are sports in plenty-all that summer land affords. There are five golf courses, the Mid-O Ocean at Fuckers town being considered one of the finest in the world. There is no dearth of tennis courts. Cycling and horseback riding must be included in the pas times available.
 Dances at the hotels follow each other in rapid succession. Sailing is favorite in this maritime country and there are frequent yacht races. Beaches of pink-t -tinged sand dot the shores. Of fering swimming in surf or in calmer sound waters, and off shore the fishing boats hover. The writer of this article, while in swimming at Elba Beach, saw fishing boat launched, remaih out an hour and return with a splendid catch of five or six different varieties There are, in all, 296 species of fish in Der muda waters, some running to con siderable size. That is why visitor may have some very extravagant stories of his catches to relate when he gets homes and yet perfectly true ones.
 When a storm cast Sir George Som- CTS and his company of English ad- venturers on a Bermuda shoal in the wreck previously referred to, nature displayed a. hospitality which has been heritage passed down since that July day in 1909. Fruits, fish, birds, ami