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Show V y I V- -j PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH SUITS OF NOVELTY TWEEDS; FOX FUR NECKPIECE POPULAR as to fall SEEKING enlightenment Well, here is a last word model which speaks for Itself In Its mannish tweed fabric. Its short skirt with Its adroit plaits at one side coat It is Marion and Its swagger-cu- t Nixon, she who holds forth In movie-- , dom to the delight of vast audiences, who has stepped into the autumn picture clad as you see. With this eminently , correct and suit Miss Nixon wears a ravishing red suede vest It tones the whole outfit A bit of the rd suede escapes from the vest to do ? Frauleln Thea Rasche, the fore- most German aviatrix and stunt flyer, and her announcement that early next year, after doing some flying here, she will attempt to I- To say that these fashionable neckpieces are foxy describes them In more ways than one. From the modish standpoint they are all of that When It conies to the fur Itself every era6i'onaJ By ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE recent arrival In this country of i good-lookin- g throat I 6y I. ts the "nifty thing for general wear. Bravo for the girl who has remained constant to her fur neckpiece throughout torrid summer days. Now is the time of her reward, for autumn breezes do begin to blow, and what so comfy as well as satisfying to her vanity on a fickle fall day, as a fur about shoulder and make a nonstop flight from New York to Germany, are a reminder women are following closely the footsteps of men even in It has long been a popular weaker sex idea that the have little or no interest In those hazardous occupations which are supposed to be reserved for the hardier male sex. Aviation, where unshakable nerves and' coolness in an emergency are prime necessities, theoretically has no place for the women, at least in performing some of the daredevil feats which the aviators perform. But like so many other popular ideas this one In regard to womens nonparticipation in aviation is an erroneous one and there have been in the past and are now enough fearless bird women to prove that fact. Fraulein Rasche is only the latest one to command public attention. During her first flight from American soil at Roosevelt field when she took up her little Flamingo for ten minutes of exhibition flying, army pilots from Mitchell field pronounced her "a skillful and graceful flyer. $he is preparing to show that she is also a fearless flyer by exhibitions of stunt flying which she will give in various parts of the country and she Intends to pit her skill as a racing pilot in the New York to Spokane, Wash., air derby this month. Fraulein Rasche, however, is only one of several ; women pilots who have attained more than passing notice in aviation. There is Mrs. Charlotte Alexander, who organized the only womens aviation corps in this country some years ago; there is Maxine Dicks, who is probably the only woman aviation camera man now pursuing that occupation; there is Trehawke Davies, the first woman to loop the loop in a plane; and there is Mile. Adrienne Bolland, the French aviatrix, who was the first woman to fly across the English channel back in the days when that was regarded as a feat of considerable magnitude, and who added to her laurels by being the first woman to fly across the Andes mountains In South America. .Other bird women who have been in the news lately are Miss Ruby Thompson of Dallas, Texas, who was the first woman pilot to enter the proposed air race from Dallas to Hongkong, China, for the prize of $25,000 that has been offered for t'nat feat, who will be accompanied on the flight ; Miss Mildred by a navigator as well as a Doran, a school teacher of Flint, Mich., who flew from her home in the Middle West to the Pacific coast within the last few weeks with the announced Intention of attempting a flight to Honolulu with Augy Pedlar as pilot; and Miss Gladys Roy, who together with Lieut Delmar L. Snyder, a former army aviator, is planning to attempt e a New flight. Miss Roy Is a n stunt flyer who, not satisfied with risking her neck on the wing of a plane, added a sensational touch by doing her work with her head encased In a black bag. Among the other n women stunt flyers are Miss Gladys Engle, the California aviatrix whose favorite stunt was to Jump from one plane to another, flying just overhead, and then, after making her; flying leap, ti hang by her heels from the upper wing of the plane on which she had just landed, and Miss Lillian Boyer, a girl of nineteen who, several yearsvago, gave the crowds a thrill by swinging from a cable beneath her aeroplane! with only the grip of four slender fingers between her and the risk of a dash to the earth a thousand' feet below. Othat co-pil- York-to-Rom- well-know- well-know- A Handsome Fall Suit. i Mention of Trehawke Davies distinction of being the first to loop the loop recalls the feat of Laura Bromwell, a girl who m May 15, 1921, made a loop the loop record when lie executed 199 successive loops in one hour and ; wenty minutes. It also recalls her tragic death when her plane fell a thousand feet at Mitchell field near Mineola, Long Island, the next month (June 5, 1921) and she was dashed to the earth. Miss Bromwell was not the first bird woman to meet her fate in the air. Probably the first fatality among women aviators occurred in the early days of aeronautics when on June 5, 1912, Auguste Bernard and Mme. Rose Amlcel, two French aviators, lost control of their machine near Buc, France, and came crashing to the earth where both were killed. But stunt flying has not been the principal contribution of bird women to the progress of aviation. Mile. Bollands flight across the Andes, made in the infancy of aviation, was a practical demonstration of the possibilities of the aeroplane as a means of transportation to which high mountains could offer no barrier. She left Mendoza on the Argentine side at 6:32 on the morning of April 1, 1921, and soared high above the lofty peaks of the Andes with their treacherous air pockets where an accident meant Instant death on their rocky slopes, or possibly starva-tio- n in the wilderness even in case of a safe landing. However, the trip was made without mishap, and she landed at Santiago, Chile, at 10 o'clock, less than three and a half hours after she had set out from the Argentine city. To Miss Phoebe J. Fairgrnve, an eightecn-year-olgirl, goes the credit for making a parachute Jump which was a record for women at that time and probably still stands. On July 11, 1921, at the Curtis flying field, near St. Paul, Minn., Miss Fair-grav- e stepped out into space at an altitude of 15,200 feet, shot down with terrific velocity, and then as the silken umbrella opened, she floated gracefuly to the earth. But of them all there is one who was acclaimed Queen of the Air some ten years ago and she still retains the major part of her claim to that title. For the altitude record for women aviators made on September 27, 1917, at Peoria, I1L, by Miss Ruth Law, still stands and that record Is 14,701 feet. Establishing this record, however, was not Miss Laws first triumph. That had occurred the previous year when on November 1916, she made what was then the longest nonstop flight record, from Chicago to Ilornell, N. Y., a distance of 590 miles, thereby breaking the record of 452 miles, made by a man flyer earlier in the month. Her feat at that time was heralded as one of the greatest in the history of aviation, and it is interesting to read the following account of it which appeared in the columns of the Outlook Magazine for November 29, 1916: twenty-three-year-o- 3Z&3Y f&oiznsojr ifttderwooef tclncfeiwocxf Law completed the entire trip of 884 miles, frona Chicago to Governor's Island in 8 hours 65 minutes and 35 seconds. Carlstroms total time in the air from Chicago to New York was 8 hours 17 minutes. With true sportsmanship, Carlstrom was one of the first to congratulate Miss Law, pronouncing her. flight the best performance to date in American aviation." Few persons took Miss Law seriously when she announced her intentions of attempting the Chicago-New York flight. Although she holds the woman's record for altitude; she had never before flown more than 25 miles across country. Moreover, her machine is less than half as large as the one In which Carlstrom made his record, and carried only 53 gallons of gasoline as against 200 gallons carried by Carlstrom. Miss Law's record has been stamped a official by the Aero Club of America. d . two-in-on- Miss Law tried to buy a bigger machine such as Carlstrom had used, but Mr. Curtiss was afraid to sell her one for fear she would be killed. He thought it would be too powerful for her. But when he heard Sunday night of the record flight from Chicago to Hornell he called the Aero Club of America on the telephone and said she could have a new machine any time she wanted It, and she will likely want It for now she Is going to try a nonstop flight from Chicago to Governor's Island. Carlstrom, whose nonstop record was bettered by Miss Law, had the best equipment that money . and science could produce and back of him was the entire Curtiss organization. His plane would carry 147 gallons more fuel than the machine Miss Law flew. He trained for weeks and waited day after day for favorable winds before making hla start. Miss Law, who never had flown more tha 25 miles in a single flight before, just had some new gas tanks put her aeroplane, notified the Aero club to make the flight official, and started. Miss Law was thoroughly chilled when she arrived, but seemed to be In the pink of condition, resourceful and not disposed to take herself seriand weighs only ously. She Is slight, about a hundred twenty pounds. She was openly pleased at the reception the army officers and Aero club officials gave her, but she was a little bashful at first and looked as though she was wondering Just why they were all there. Although thla woman has been flying since 1912, she Is only twenty-eigh- t. She has had an uphill fight without financial backing, risking her life In machines that wers none too good and she seemed hardly to realize that she had at last attained a goal ot popularity, publicity and official recognition of the Aero club and that she is the peer of any male flyer In America. Miss Law has always been In competition with men, flying in machines that wers Inferior to theirs and this time she won op long-distan- record-breakin- fair-haire- 120-pou- ld branch of tjie fox family tree Is represented Id autumns style parade. There Is pointed fox In all its glory, blue fox, red, platinum and beige. As to white fox it holds its own triumphantly, regardless of the fact that It has been doing strenuous duty the whole summer through. Imagination cannot picture anything more swanky In the way of a fall costume or suit enhanced with a flattering fox scarf. The autumn land scape will be crowded with Just such A fox neckpiece never falls to en rich the dressy three-piec- e ensemble as this pictures so charmingly proves With the smart tweed suit of au tumn vogue, there Is nothing so swag ger as a handsome fox fur piece, pref erably in beige or In platinum. Perhaps the newest in fox fur pieces are the double or twin animal types. e These models are necessarily luxuriously long, joining as they do two furs at the back of the neck, which Is in keeping with the trend to- - The following contemporary account from the New York Sun is also worthy of reproduction because of the parallel In many respects between Miss Laws feat and the recent record-breakin- g one of Col. Charles Lindbergh, In it is reflected the sanle cool daring of the lone adventurer who set out almost casually on a great undertaking and the same modest wonder at ah the popular acclaim which followed. The Sun article says: 19-2- THE HIGHEST MARK IN AMERICAN AVIATION No less interesting; than the scientific features of g the flight of Miss Ruth Law, from Chicago to New York, is the human significance of the accomplishment. Miss Law says the fact that she is a woman makes no difference, but It does. The fact that the new American nonstop record was made by a woman of twenty-eigh- t. In a rebuilt aeroplane of almost obsolete type, doubles the prominence of lutr achievement In the public mind. General Wood reflect.! h popular admiration for Miss Law, when as he help7 her from her seat at the end of her flight, at Governor's Island, he said, Little girl, you beat them all." In a nutshell, this is .what Miss Law did. In a biplane she flew without a stop from Chioago to Hornell, N. Y., a distance of 590 miles, thereby breaking the record of 45? miles made by Victor Carlstrom in the New Times flight on November i. Flying on to Governors Island with a etop at Binghamton Miss Ao(q fluty as a boutonniere and, on the pocket and collar as a note of color. A sports felt hat of tan, with matching shoes and bag, give a perfect finesse to this ensemble. The sturdy rough tweed suits now so fashionable are directely in contrast to the elaboration movement of womans costume which marks this season. For that reason they achieve a more than usual distinctiveness. As to length of skirts, this depends whether one Is considering the subject from the American or Paris standpoint French couturiers are inclined to somewhat longer lengths, but women here, especially the flapper age, are proving quite defiant many of them insisting on continuing a display of knees. Of course Paris usually wins in the finals, but just now brevity is the rule, especially for the youthful style enthusiasts In America. Another item of interest the smartest suits have not an inch of fur In sight as actual trimming, this because . d, Fox Fur Give Style Touch. of the vogue for the separate fur ward heavily furred effects foi one who can afford piece. Is Every it going to own a beige or platinum fox fur scarf this fall. Seems as if browns are to have their inning this season, lovely 'chestnut shades, cocoa, deep leaf tones and the like, which of course establishes the color trend for novelty cloth suits. More formal type suits appear In black and also In broadcloths, hut It is the sports suit which leafy-colore- d and winter. In neckpieces there Is also a marked tendency to wear sable. This fur, b.i the way. Is receiving marked- atten tion In the styling ef garments of dls tlnction. Flat-fu- r coats richly collared ana cuffed with fox are conspleuousl, present In advance style showings. - JULIA BOTTOM LEX. (. 3927, fey Went era Nirspaj)8r tJnlon.) |