Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1920 — SKATING REYNOLDS FAMILY NOW IN ENGLAND [ARTICLE]

SKATING REYNOLDS FAMILY NOW IN ENGLAND

The following letter was received by the Republican today from Earle Reynolds, who, with his family, is now playing at the Shears theatre in London, after which they Will visit all of the principal cities of Europe with their skating act: “On Board Empress France June 28, 1920. Rensselaer Republican: Just a line. We expect to land some time tonight at Liverpool. Wo are going around the north coast of Ireland down through the Irish sea to Liverpool. Had one grand, smooth trip. The weather has been ideal and the sea smooth. About the third night out, off the coast of Newfoundland, we had to stop for about six hours on account of ice and fog. In the' morning when we got -up we saw a real iceberg—a regular floating mountain. We were eight or ten miles from it, but were able to see it very distinctly through marine glasses. I have seen icebergs before but this one was the largest one I had ever seen. It stood about 200 feet above the water and was about a mile in length. No one knows how much of it remained below the surface—so you see it was certainly a big boy. When they get in the vicinity of these Big Boys the boat is stopped until the iceberg floats out of the boat’s path. We will spend Friday and Saturday in London and then go to Portsmouth where we will open on Monday. Will be very much obliged for any papers you care to send as they are always read with much interest. Well, I guess I will close, as it is Beef Tea time. The following is the meal lineup on English boats: Breakfast, 8 a. m. Beef Tea, 11 «. m. Lunch, 1 p. m. ' * Tea, 4 p. m. Dinner, 7 p. m. Some eaters, these English. “SKATER.”