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Show I WORLD CHAMPION BIRD GIRL PREFERS MITCHELL 3 ' - - Eathenne Stun on the wonderful I 3S A U s tX amatrlx who recently shattered ail rec ' f f V ord for longdi tance flight by a wo O" Vr t, l-S " J tVit t&t? man in making her great San Diego to Fvt , 4 'i Cf San Tranci co da;Ji i the proud owner fat &X T -T ' a not only of a Curtiss scout biplane, 41 ' ' .'tM but also of a Mitchell Six of which WiWi 5V l A he is very proud Mi Stim on is I 'H . ili? fWff "t5 H J qmte as accompli hed a moton t as T ft tX xVf s shoisafher and navigate the city s- X", S " s streets with the ame ease and grace s V I l 2 , noted ben she whirl along the high lflAJ r tl 'i way of the sky The picture shows r A .Yr i W f ?U Mi Stam on eated at the wheel of V , ' S5J? , V k 1 ' fv her Mitchell which i iu t under the k iV TT v , V " propeller of the Gurti aeroplane in t ' J5 7 ff V V. 4 which he has made her mo t famou k s (, $t $ 4 "V' tn 4 4 H reCrd toe ot the ecret of the ucce of tZr?' tKmrSZ'? , .! . i z7Z?$ Kathenne Stunson. the wonderful amatrix who recently shattered all records rec-ords for long-distance flight by a woman, wo-man, in making her great San Diego to San Trancisco dash, is the proud owner not only of a Curtiss scout biplane, but also of a Mitchell Six. of which she is very proud. Bliss Stimson is quite as accomplished a motorist as she is a flier, and navigates the city streets with the same ease and grace noted when she whirls along the highways high-ways of the sky. The picture shows Miss Stimson seated at the wheel of her Mitchell, which is lust under the propellers of the Curtiss aeroplane- in which she has made her most famous record. One ot the secrets of the success of Miss Kathenne fetimson. champion afl-alrix. afl-alrix. is her intimate knowledge of mechanics. This, with an abundance I o-urni;e and confidence, made it pos--,ule for her to make her recent ree-1 ree-1 ord-brcaking aerial trip from San Diego to Sau Francisco. (k The picture shown herewith and Jliss Katherine's own account of her secret of her success in aerial navigation J iftte received recently by Manager A. "V. Olson of the titan-Idaho Motor company, local distributors of Mitchell cars, who points with a great deal of satisfaction to the fact that Miss Stimson Stim-son states that her Mitchell is almost as easy riding as her Curtiss machine, on account of its unusually long and resilient rear springs a feature exclusive exclu-sive with the- Mitchell car, and one that has played no small part in winning for the Mitchell its wonderful popularity. popu-larity. The Mitchell springs, Olson states, are positively unbreakable, the factory not having been called upon to replace a single Mitchell spring in any part of the world for over three vears. But to return to Miss Stimson this courageous little air woman, in a recent re-cent conversation with a Mitchell representative rep-resentative . said: "I am well ac- quainted with every working device of my airplane. J take great pleasure in tinkering around it, and pay especial attention to keeping the motor in perfect per-fect condition. "For year I have shown my inclination in-clination toward mechanics and "have taken advantage of this by having worked on various parts of the gas engine. en-gine. There is no reason why women mechanically inclined should not be given more of a chance to cultivate such an accomplishment, because in times of stress, such as we are facing now, they can step right into the places of men and enact their duties as efficiently ef-ficiently as their brothers," she declared. de-clared. "If nothing else, the world war has laid open any number of avenues of endeavor en-deavor along the mechanical line to women, which heretofore have been closed to them. In many cases women have proved as efficient as men and in France and England, especially, women wo-men are fillinc macticallv all these io- sitions left open by their husbands, brothers and sweethearts who are busily engaged in making the world safe for democracy. "In addition to being well versed in the mechanism of the aeroplane," continued Miss Stimson, "I have also made quite a study of automobiles. I have a Mitchell Big Six, which I chose after having made a survey of the au' toiuobiles on the market having been especially attracted to the Mitchell by its powerful construction, its beautiful lines and its easy-riding qualities, which, I am not exaggerating a bit when I say are the nearest approach to the 'feeling' of airplaning of any car I have ever yet had the pleasure of driving." |