Show BALLOON TRIPS NOW NOV LONDON FAD 1 Automobile Must Take Back BackSeat Seat Seat Airship Airship Is the Thing I MISHAPS VERY INFREQUENT J Is One of I lit tue tie Safe Safest l Sports and mul I the he Sel Scullion i tun I IS I ft Described As s nl v London June 10 There There arc are man many ways was S of f spen spending a happy week end hut but most S people leol suffer to a greater grater or less Jes degree degreeS from frol the fact tact that they depend upon old old- forms of entertainment which cnn cat he be commanded h by almost any anyone one lt When len motoring first came caine In the the for for- or- or possessor of a motor motol car was al always al- al ways wal sure lre of a heart hearty welcome at an any country house party arty to which h lie he or she sho might have m e been hn Invited but lut the tie noel novelty nov nov- el city elty of motoring has already worn wor off of to such an extent that motorists no tio 10 longer fn themselves the lie lionized anti and the tie centers cen ter of attraction and their cars car objects of awe ave nut and am ama a admiration to their thel friends lint hut their arrival passes almost unnoticed S for or motoring has lute been beel stripped o of Us Its Is mysteries nn and Is now understood of all allS allmen al S men inen Tho cr very latest thing to do I If on one onez z wants t lo to be he really UI up to lo late date is to Join jolt the Aero ero dolt club o of Great Britain an and go o In for Tor tho the sport of ballooning rue Tho club has already over o er 2 members an and upward of or S. S 3 COO ascents ascent have been made without a single le accident Five or mace six members own private balloons an and are ore sufficiently expert In their management 10 to be hc able to take entire charge e so the they have lateS lately late lat S ly 13 In Instituted a very ery halI happy procedure by byone byone one or other sending out Invitations othe ou to a n nW S W weak end balloon which enl baloon Hart party parly to one of ot the guests takes his balloon and then I accompanied by two or ot three Intrepid friends s. s an ascent I Is made malle from the grounds of hI his host or 01 th the the- the nearest vla village villageS l S where hero a SUII supply of gas Jas can enn be obtained I Baloon Parties Popular S If H the thc weather Is propitious that propitious that thai Is to f nay oay oy If it there happens to be vcr very cry little vind sl cl captive ascents arc made h. h before the balloon finally sails a away way MO so o as ms to lo give an opportunity to those mem mom 4 hers bers els of the party who will wi not trust themselves in the car for or a free ree flight to obtain a view vIes of the countr country from an altitude of 26 or 36 feet an feet an experience which usually converts them Into ardent supporters of ot the sport The spectacle of balloon baloon ascent Is still so O novel as to make It extremely Interesting anti and In In- In to witness It I sent out to neigh neigh- r bors lors bOn for 01 miles aroun around would no doubt b be most gratefully received ell recel De Despite the common belief to the lie eon con cn- cn ballooning Is one of time the tie safest safes sports shorts ports to lo Indulge In in always provided provide that certain due lue precautions are observed observe anti and that ordinary ordinal common sense sene Is use used S in Iii the choice o of weather conditions As Asa s a u proof o of this It I ma may t be 0 e mentioned that S over O 20 people made aerIal al Journeys In I France last ast year car without accident and It I almost invariably In happens that where it I i mishap JI docs lees occur It I may b be fairly air attributed at- at to the fault aul of or the aeronaut and anti t not nol to an any inherent t danger In the sport slier ort r I itself Jt Jl cs Sensation lon of Ono hers ton the the question hat I Is the s. s sensation of rising suddenly Into Inlo the lie air As a matter mater of or fact there them Is Practically no sensation at all the earth carth seems mee merely to recede and If t ones one's oles ole's eyes eye were bandaged one ono would scarcely realize that the tiie ground had been heen left lef at all al Again whatever may have been the velocity velocity el vel vel- ocI the tw wind no sooner has time the balloon got ot fairly un under er way a than one appears to sail sai Into a lint Hat fat calm as the tue rate of travel becomes the same as us that of the lie wind and amid not the time slightest motion moton or ortense tense sense of oC danger is apparent from that caU cause e. e 1 A lady guest In lii a 3 recent wee week It end balloon bal hal loon part gives hot her experience enl thus After a brief consultation with wIh hl his hC head tl man our host hot stated that If I we were ready all so was WS was the time which in tn the lie tl middle le of the stockyard weighed down by 1 a circle circe of many sand sand bags fht had liati been watched over Q er by a n dozen or more of time the farm hands as 38 It I steadily consumed the lie supply of or time the village gasworks gas gal works Accordingly I we mounted with wih the timo tlC wicker car car heavens heavens how small Imai and anI the wicker car heavens ear heavens heaven's heavens heaven's how small smal and anti antiL frail It seemed thc the the balloon b by L I a neat contrivance was detached from rom Us Its circle o of sand aUl bags and affixed b by what seemed r dangerously slender I ropes to time the car A dozen pairs of hands meanwhile held us r down own on terra term firma r Now Nos then m my ni men men Hands ofT of a moment I The They obeyed but bul as ns yet yel we evidently w were re not light enough h Our experienced aeronaut discarded l a Couple o of sandbags Once more mor time the tlc han hands t were lifted Itell and anti then before lien before before I expected it it H. and without unc giving m mo inc time tm to feel eel frightened time frIghtened tl balloon momentarily quick as thought our Io host t threw out otil more ballast i anti and just clearing a haystack we haystack we were up S A cheer chee from our helpers a glimpse e of 5 the farm farni th the thit hall anti and all al the time fam familial 1 countryside e slipping away awny rom from U us us and andt andI I t then I suddenly became calm cairn Our hosi hosl smiled at iii nib mb as he lie a adjusted Justel hs hIs anc- anc f roid rolt rolL rolLf f Tree Tree- Look Iol Lila I ICS Its ls a bit disappointing after ali l f- f what he lie sl suggested The Tt peculiar sunS sen- sen S of or ballooning is that Hint there U cr Is 1 1 no sensation at al all i And neither was there Although a as s If little breeze hind had been blowing while we vt remained on earth now not a breath of air seemed to fun fan our our faces faces aim aces al an muI Illusion mu- mu I t- t sion son due to the lit tl fact alt thai W we entirely obeyed el the time currents o of course Apparent h Immovableness a curious silence and nt aid only thi b below looking below looking 1 like mere mneri gooseberry to suggest tint that lint we were tm cr traversing ng space at a considerable speed cc There was a rather perceptible smell of or gas nUll and no wonder since only a few ew feet above our hea heads beads s was time the gaping I of or time the balloon haloon My Iy nervousness momentarily returned as I gazed up UI Into the silken globe antI and realized Hlat H It I was tIO 11 Invisible le If I agent Igent It I contained con con- t that bore lore us tip up lp An Arm An occasional comparison of the lie country comma coun cOln- cOln tr below with ordinary sun try wih an ol survey mall maiv marf a a glimpse o of his aneroid and every now nets and ant then a n tearing up anti and ni casting over overboard t- t l IJ board urd of scraps of or paper tb test whether wo we were rising risIng or falling taIng beyond that I our comman commander er was able to gl us his I c complete attention 1 Dont pont you rO wont want to smoke I asked him n presently f. f Daic DOO Not Nol ot Smoke u 4 Oh m my dear Miss Blank he lie ex Cx- X- X c claimed with wih a a face su suddenly expressive 0 of if horror r hato you ou do o you OU mustn't strike a light The rho gas as you ou know you know you klow-you you smell It It-In It In the twinkling of or oran an eye eye eye- Ce There was no need to finish fin fin- tn- tn ish ishi the lie sentence I hastened to lo assure hint him while secretly enjoying enjoying- t look of abject fright for neatly nearly two hours hour AAe e remained up nearl Gradually the te go gooseberry g bus bushes on mother earth Increased d in size Ize and anc th thO I he of green and brown blown expanded to And presently nty we wc were float float- tIn t- t In lag clo close c over a pret pretty mile lIttle hamlet hamet gazIn gazing gaz gaz- In ing down sn on the lea leads 8 of Its Is ancient church c and watching the o lie upturned I deeply Interested anc faces of ot Its Us ants Private ballooning i Is 18 rather an expensive sive YO se sport as aM the tl hO 1 cost cost of or the balloon It ItS Itself It- It I- I S self hf is If somewhere about 1 and ammO ench n elt requires from froni Com 1011 to 5 cubic of the f feet t t of R gas s. s according to 10 the size envelope 1 for 01 which the time Uma usual charge IK Is II about COc Oe per pcr 1000 10 cubic feet or 01 from Z to lo 7 Tutu Then there theme are uru the lad Inc Inc- d expenses eH for assistance ballast 13 I t and railway faro fare aro homo from rom the thc point nf or descent hit but In hi connection with wih tin the latter later Item Hem it I may amay I bo be sail said Io that thu tho railway companies will sill wi usually treat tre t time the tie gage gase haloon balloon and 1 Us its car as passengers passengers' lug lug- lug lug- I i As a u health giving recreation a tt trip In Into In In- to to the thc air is ns as good root as 15 a In tiny day on Mount Blanc and not nearly so exhausting An Anone And Andone Andone one returns to earth with wih a splendid apPetite appetite ap ap- petite completely In invigorated In mind and 1 body loch anti and with lungs an and blood thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- scavenged b by the Inhalation of ot the pure air In the high altitudes For FOI those members of or the Aero Acro club chub to whom the ownership of u a private ate balloon balloon bal hal loon Is loo 09 great t a t there hero Is IR Isa isa a 3 club climb balloon haloon In which ascents arc made every Satur Saturday ay from rm the Crystal palace grounds at a a. n cost of or 10 for each pas passenger and It has become so popular fas- fas that seats eats are arc booked booke weeks ahead I |