OCR Text |
Show toilkt Lady Proved an "Angle" to the Molonehely Man. A benevolent old lady In one of tho itraeti which otlll retain tho nd brick Benevolent hsl, la niitlii far EmytklnJ lH miU4yf iriiiIcwi pksst M 4mtM ukift Iravrhng I M ar snUmakiU. Ii'a riKl bouse of old Urns New York looked cut her parlor window one day and taw a man walking up and down tho sidewalk, apparently In great dejection. Thar waa something pathetic tnd appealing In hla manner; so she took dollar bill, put It In an en- Krra KICUf ktro-o- nd me FUTURE ofmWIOW IHZ CACHED THS WINNER, sirrs-hkaut- iics ffik 1 ' EN years ago, among tha sand dunes of North Carslim, gaunt. Inolina, tense Ohioan stretched himself downward on a narrow ledga surmount of outed by yard stretched muslin, a compact, powerful little engine purred at bio beets, and a giant, Inanlmai thing of spruce and cloth swept like a falcon out velope, and writ on tho envelope, Never oay die. She ollpped out of th house In th moat casual manner ah could annum Not tho Answer Iho Expected. and handed th envelop to th mao 1 , Inaclmr bod explained th as ah passed him. Th man asm th Next melancholy filch day concern-luwaa a geography tha forma of government, and railed at her house and presented her over that silent, sea coast desert A lit tie telegraph office at Kitty Hawk, N.'t, bad mada an Interesting talk to bar with 110. "It's . funny. he aald, "your th an hour later startles a world with th third frada pupil tn tba succession of kings, election of presidents, ate. only on that backed that horse called laconism: "Th Wright brothers hat flown. It wa th word civilisation bad Tbla leeaon orcurrad during tha lat- 'Never Say 1)1.'" swatted hundreds of years. For tho ter year of Victoria's reign, and to Tha laving Claus. dream of flying la as old aa civilisation. aa If they understood ctaarly aba was pleading to enter Th A derad man spirit baa psssad line asked a few questions. th I'rarly Cat. ha world Th bis 1 sprouted 'wings. should Vlrtorla die. Now, quean "I lav you ever don a eharltabl watched him from hla first weak, fitful what would the Prince of Wales la?" thing, or onielhlng that would en-tl- tl bounds from mother earth for brief secNo ansaar. onds aloft to bis hours and even a day yon to entrance?" asked th Why. you remember I told you In steady sustained flight It baa ceased guardian. that the I'rliia of Wales a ns Qu'jen "No. sir, responded the applicant to marvel, and It expectantly has com Viator la's oldest son. Now It ana to look to tho future to wonder "what should die, aun't you think what be woefully. "What did you do nil your 1IW?" nest Tn year ago Wilbur WrUfit would la?' t I lived fifty years In th flew at Kitty Hawk for 59 seconds. To"Well, tine small hoy knew. "An ort'nlted State and never criticised day the record for sustained flight la II phan." be ansa i red. Ji l.n I). Kockefellrr. poked fun at hours and 1,300 miles. In ten years th aeroplane baa made Itotwevull or carried a lit cigar Into Auto Trouble. mor rapid strides than did the automostree t car. a lie was piitli-ntlendeavoring U guardian, bile. Mor. than a thousand men, with Tom in," quoth th get son. a action out of hla automo- and the spirit waa acclaimed. fair percentage of women, today aro bile. driving aeroplanes In all parts of tlm 'Trouble?" raked a bystander. Mada Hia Mark. world. Th first successful flight of the "Yea." was the laconic answer. "Professor, what ha become of Wrights baa almost been forgotten so "What power ear Is It?" Tom Appleton? Wasn't he studying great baa been th progress of the aero"Forty horse," fame tho answer. plane and the Increase In the number of with the class last year?" "What seems to be the matter with "Ah. yea. Appleton poor fellow. A aviators. Th English channel baa been crossed It" fine student, but absent minded In the "Well, from the way she acts, 1 use of chemicals. That discoloration and recroaaed by one, two and tbre persons In an aeroplane, avlatora have should say that 9 of the horaes were en the celling. Notlco It?" dead." swept up and over th fearsome peaks "Yea. and abyasea of th Alps; whole contl-nent- s him." "That's have been crossed In aviation ' Inseparable. I always "I'm not surprised. "Mother. said little Mabel, "do misIf races; the United States has been mark bis would make Tom thought who lost bis sionaries go to heaven?" spanned by he got a chance. life In a comparatively trivial exhibition of course, dear, her mother "Why, ' feat Hut the present asks: Well, what replied. Tied, Not Tide, of the future? What will these blrdmen "l)o cannibals?" like this saw never "I anything lie be doing ten years from now? "No, I am afraid they don't" steadtide. Here I've been pulling From the stage of pure amusement, the &&3IT 7TEZttnjR& A "llut mother." the little girl Insist- ily for ten minute and wc don't aeera period when aviation was alone for the ed. "if a cannibal eats a missionary, to have moved a foot. Increase Is being made In aeroplane equipment of th world's armies every daring, those who were counted foolhardy and the show people of the air, bell have to go, won't he?" She (after a pause) "Oh. Mr. flying Is working toward a commercial stabilisation. The men who cling to week. France leads In the number of aeroplanes. These total mor than 163, Stroker, I ve Juet thought of some- aviation today are those with Ideas of making It a recognized asset of com- and th French hav on aeroplane for th navy. Centrally the Way. Itusala baa lit army aeroplanes and Germany has 46. Japan has 10, Great thing! The anchor fell overboard a merce. The era of aerial transportation la upon us. Mother." said a girl, "1 short time ago. and I forgot to tell Britain baa about 30, Italy baa 25 and the United States about 25. England will have ocean, penetrated the dismal Jungles don't think - you know much about you. Io you suppose tt could have of They scanned crossed the Atlantic has six for th navy, and th United States, Japan and Italy have four each. fever-riddeof the areas brought Africa, the Amazon, tropical " ' ' bringing up children, do you? on and Germany two. . has on Russia something?' back the word from the remote regions of Ice and onowj Perhaps. Hut. caught What makes Cross-countr1912 1913 show you think that and conclusively aeroplanes can flights In greater still, aeroplanes will be a proven adjunct of commerce. Our malls An Illustration. dear?" Th greatest flight in at cover to be distances relied high speed. great upon will be shot to almost Inaccessible points through the air. The trackwalker "Decause you always send me to 1913 was that of Andrcadl, who. In a Nleuport machine, flew from Sebastopol Trofcssor (lecturing) In conclu- of the great railroad system will give way to the critical eyea of a man-birbed when I'm not a bit sleepy and sion. I would Instance a mental aber- sweeping swiftly along the ribbons of steeL Petersburg, 1,670 miles. He took 25 days lor the trip. Through tangled wood and over to St. Great things ar ahead of th aeroplane. A prize of 130,000 baa been ofmake me get up when I am." ration, a manta to which the learned swollen river the telegraph and telephone lineman will skim with hla vision are frequently subject, and occasion focused on narrow strands of copper wire. Far Into Alaska, reached today fered for the first flight across the Atlantic ocean. Nezt year or th year after How to Avoid It have atally make themselves ridiculous with only by toiling dog train and intense suffering, will go the aviator with mall some venturesome aviator, using a hydroaeroplane, probably will from England to America or from America to England, and "A rolling atone gathers no moss,' out knowing It After saying which supplies and even luxuries. These are but a few of the to fly aerotempted of suggestions th success of the venture would not be surprising. remarked the conservative citizen. the worthy professor took Instead nautical optimists. Two things are certain: The aeroplane has com to stay as a war agent, "Of course, replied the restless of hla hat the lamp ahade from oil of The enormous death rate of aviation In proportion to the number pern and beon hla and It will develop into th best agent for the avoid to It "the beside way only person; him, put the bracket sons who have taken It up would indicate to the layman that the conquest of of and malls. tb delivery transportation coming a moesback is to keep on roll head and walked out of the room. the air la far from complete. But such strides have been made In the last few There also are possibilities In the transportation of passengers, the esIng. more than encouragbeen the have death the results toll, that, years despite tablishment of aerial ferries and th Inspection of long sections of railroads. They Were Lucky. ing. There are aviators flying today who, seemingly, are almost as safe In InThe Social Problem. line Inspectors In remote sections of fifth In the arrived she and He the air as If on land er on the water. After all, most of the deaths of avia- Already It la being utilized by telegraph wesL "The latest tango figure la one In ning. tors have been due to accidents which resulted from carelessness on the part the far It la Editor Woodhouse who points out that railroad Inspectors could which the gentleman tosses his partHe (to a fan) What's the score! of some one, either the flyer himself or his mechanician. more ground and make better and quicker. reports by the use of tb cover ner over his head, after dancing back Fan Nothing to nothing. So confident are aviation experts that the aeroplane baa been developed missed We haven't aeroplane. to back, and lands her on her feet face She Goodey! to a stage where It can be used in every day business that many of them are "Using an aeroplane, he declares. "Inspectors can Inspect the road at a a thing. Quincy Herald. to face. Newa Item. attempting to adapt It aa a carrier of the mails. Many of the Alaskan wastes of between 40 and 70 miles an hour. By using moving picture machines speed and sparsely settled regions of the west could be traversed In hours where Safe. Playing an Suspicion. Inspector can photograph the line at the rate of 50 miles an hour, and now It requires days. alx hours of traveling to each day be can In three days present to allowing "Senator Wombat la bitterly disap"I once sawed wood for my breakThe French government waa the first to apply the aeroplane to the pracofficers of a railroad a film showing th detailed conditions of executive the In the wireless system." fast. said Plodding Pete. pointed tical delivery of the malls. The aeroplane has given a fast mall service In which the officials can go over at their meeting and know of miles 1,000 road, llow ao? "What happened?" on things aeronautical parts of desert Africa. Henry Woodhouse, an expert wire-Ira- s road and the land adjoining the road. of the state exact send a the could "He thought you "I have a suspicion that they gut and editor of Flying, a magazine devoted entirely to the airmen, recently the experiences of C. P. Rodgers and Robert Fowler in shown was "Aa by without being me back to anything it an message sawdust the gave predicted wonderful progress in the aeropoat across the continent, rails offer certain advantages over broken their Journal. trips as breakfast food. put on paper." Courier Eact month, he wrote, "something happens to emphasize more forceon and starting from. An aeroplane having wide roller for landing fully the value of the aeroplane for mall carrying, and whereas It Is usually country an finds' rail the wheels every ready platform ,to land on and etart from. Doing His Best 1 ne Surrender. service by demonstrated In places where there is an Relent considered the matter of using aeroplanes a year or so ago, "A railroad Mother Harry Tucker la the worst the ordinary methods It la made more and more evident that aeroplane "A couple, said Mrs. Simpkins, from deterred were I employing them by the excessive cost of securing want but and they mail service will be a boon to such places as Arizona, Colorado, Tezas, New "got married a few days ago, arter a boy Is school. Tommy, to aviators operate them. At that time competent avlatora wer from hlmas pos- Mexico, Nevada, Alaska, the Philippines, Canada and South and Central competent courtship which had lasted 50 years. you to keep as far from exhibition flying, and aa that particular railIncomes still large drawing America. . "I suppose. replied Mr. Simpkins, sible. the employment of aeroplanes found that to consider was which road willing "The conquest of the desert-- by aeroplane Is complete. Traveling a mile Tommy I do, ma. He stays at the the poor old man bad become too the salary Item became too excesfor the 12 purpose, It aeroplanes time. required the all head of our classes a minute, it crosses from oasis to distant habitation in a few hours. The feeble to hold out any longer." be to sive practical. French government in the last six months has employed twoscore of aero"But now that competent aviators can be bad at from $50 to $100 a week, planes to carry mall, provisions and passengers from Casa Blanca, the port and almost any Intelligent mechanic can be trained to operate the kind .of to different points along and across the desert. NVlth this aerial service It for railway surveying, the proposition assumes a practical machine needed between intercommunication and transportation points has been found that Is no doubt that railroads will readily see the advantages of there and on the desert is faster than In certain places In Europe and America. The aspect for this particular purpose." aeroplanes using the In become a factor is It to solving potential aeroplane hat shown that like many other aviation experts, believes It will be Woodhouse, Editor problems of advancing civilization In Morocco, Algeria, Tripolltania, Congo, when the aeroplane will be developed for use in conof time only a question the Soudan and in Zambesi. cutter service. Irrigation service, life saving and lightrevenue with the nection "It already has saved thousands of lives In the French campaign in MorocIn bureaus of fisheries, forestry and gological survey the and co and Italian campaign In Tripolltania for which it has never received house service South and Central America are as yet practically national government. of the credit from the world at large by always watching the movements of the of aerial navigation. for the development territories enemy, thus avoiding those unpleasant surprises which have crimsoned the virgin In the best way to make an aeroare devising Aviation engaged experts pages of the history of the conquest of Africa. Increase in air navigation, combined Tremendous world. of the nautical map "Other demonstrations have been given practically each day of the last of countries, continents and radius dirigibles, crossing with the widening de Moullnals, Gulllaux, year. Every one of the flights of Garros, Brlndejonc for the aeronautical map made the has as have, even necessity seas, they Bider and the threescore of other airmen, who make flights of from 600 to Imperative. in swiftness of increased demonstration! the 1,300 miles & day, are forceful The need of well trained, capable young men to take up aviation Is pointed Warranted Tea Taarae mail carrying which the aeroplane affords." out Woodhouse, who believes, with President Richard C. Maclaurln of tha by United Alaska for out that last Advocates of the aeropost point September Institute' of Technology, that it Is a duty on the part of educa-tlona- l Massachusetts States army engineers traveled half way across Alaska to a point two degrees Institutions to provide instruction In aeronautics. from the arctic circle traversing altogether about 826 miles in 19 days. The an engine of wpt is Maclaurln Dr. either of says, Aerial today, flight y aeroplane drivers aeropost proponents say any of the Its greatest use at present Is for pleasure, but amusement. or an -w. In exciting one or with the mall. without day could have trip, of today accomplished before It can be very greatly developed It must be freed from Its more serious . . In and many others could do it in three days at most. at practice. Jy one ana the anie um. ntremrth th 8ame PlUn' United States government officials have Indicated their willingness to dangers. o f 'n u m b r T o f "buying powr. Tho men who muBt see to making reasonably safe the sport of flying at the same price, on the tiume help In developing the aeroplane for the mall service. Postmaster General A. and men of science, and such men are produced In S. Burleson, In a recent letter to Woodhouse, showed bis desire to encourage must be trained engineers and colleges. - It Is for such reasons that the schools ' technical the cam he higher as much as the aeropost advocatesnow makes official a line of work that -t of noT' b'y 'u'oy Institute Technology Massachusetts I fully realize, fie wrote, "the necessity of keeping abreast of the needs an adjunct to other courses. as been only has possible heretofore of mall transmission of and for the every using of the postal service rapid ' And so aviation as a science stands. Men in every walk of scientific ena famous, genuine Empress piano. possible facility to this end. In line with this conviction the department is are trying to Improve It The nations of the world are spending deavor means new to such and consideration careful se.udy to give ready at all times this year to forward the progress of aviation. With expenditures inwh,.Il you live, we prepay the freight to your railroad of transportation as may be discovered and developed. We have repeatedly every yeaT wonderful things can be expected In the next decade. In etatlon. nnd Tnrhnle wl.h the pi, mo given official aid to aviation meets throughout the country by establishing creasing constructive geniuses like Orville Wright and Glenn II. Curtiss meantime the nut bent'll with music the of mall temporarily ui-- u transportation special postal stations and authorizing tiful silk or velour scarf, AB.soU.lhlA secret to Improve the aeroplane, and flying geniuses are workIn ' ' are working ' by aeroplane. show, It to the world. to No Waiting-Pia- no I in am but as public are of ing recognized experimental, course, These activities, Wilbur and Orville, were the first to demonstrate that a You d9 not have to wait until the entire The bo will XU when Wrights, the DELIVERED time is approaching lb U department the rapidly that persuaded dred Is complete before receiving your piano. could be made to fly. Before them, for many generaheavler-than-al- r machine of mall aerial to consideration the serious feasibility YOU AT ONCE. called upon to give the house to the problem of aerial navigation, but the sphersolve tried yol) want to be sure thnt men had however, can only be brought tions, with is responsibi in transportation. The adoption of suchcanmeans, 1903 practically had been the only air craft, that could be to ical balloon to the National Bank of e up JXX VjU3r3IllCC von dHl within and furnished maintained refer vou demonstrated tbey about after It Is d IaaoI and relied upon to carry passengers. the Republic of Salt Rake City, h?,hoiadurlnKthe . the proper limits of economy. ands of satisfied customers who have dealt with Some of those pioneers In the search for flying honors previous to the aero of scout without the ala the be will war fought no future That past XlftyTour yeurs. y e of the Wright brothers are: Prof. Samuel P. Langley, one time aerc-plansuccess aid Invaluable evidenced is the by the is a foregone conclusion. This of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington; Sir Hiram Maxim; M. in Morocco and in their troubles recent and Italians French the gave In the recent warfare in the Bal- Clement Ader, who was killed during his experiments; Otto Lillienthal, a Tripoli, and to the various armies engaged Pilcher of England, killed cr7? r. r7 777911 ' United States army aviators every day now are Bcoutlng along tb German; Octave Chanute, civil engineer; Percy kans. 2Eia of California, and many J. Prof. John Montgomery In men which when are over the army experimenting; huge camp living Mexican border watching I Mexico may start at any time. with others. chance trojble on the every day mj laas v. i CuM . g or vzmarrjiArjutjr n y d cross-contine- cross-mountai- mail-carryin- g This Genuine $375.00 Empress Upright Grand Piano Only $267.50 Three Years to Pay for it assart? $ well-know- cross-countr- '- Vpung Write Today for Catalog and Information Ceurasss I- Freight Prepaid it WWWFree Scarf Free Bench . $89.-000,0- . X Delivered at Once sec-retar- |