Show FOURTEEN FOURTEEN- YEAR YEAR OLD OLD BOY MAKES DIZZY JOURNEY IN r. r ON DARK NIGHT Went feet in Air and Made Parachute i Leap Without Sot luch as Turning a Hair Hairr r I I ST. ST LOUIS LOllS July Tuly l 1 Thomas J. J Pot Potts Pott lad In South A tL year fourteen lad living St St. st.- st. Louis Induced the o of J Hashagen park to permit him to make a a. balloon ascension alone atone last night from the amusement resort The boy had never been In a balloon before but buthe buthe j he had watched the aeronaut make his dally daily ascensions for Cor or weeks and he was familiar with ever every part of the balloon and the workings of the tile parachute Night Wight Was Dark It Ii was and the upper atmosphere was dark as could be the night being dark But the bo boy made the ascent successfully sue sue- rose 2000 OO feet teet In the air then cut loo loose e the parachute and def descended y half a a. mile from front where he went up So 80 was he with the experience XIe that he wanted to make another ascension Immediately but this of course ourse was Impossible The boy says he be Is g going going- ln to write rIte Santos-Dumont Santos and ask him to take tale him hEra up In his airship when ho he comes to St. St Louis The boy describes his sensations In Inthe Inthe inthe the following language His Bis Sensations Up up up I went swift and slick through the air It was a a. fine One sensa sensa- tion Sa Say It was great I was not abit n a I r bit scared either When I had been rising long Ions enough to figure that I was SOW acx feet above ground brOund I pulled the cord cOId that released the parachute Jumped off oft the bar and began bes-an to descend That was the anI only part of ot the trip that made me feel shaky I admit I Iwas Iwas Iwas was a a. little nervous at first for the parachute dI didn't nt open till I had gone one down about 00 feet t f et But Bul f. f shot down that far Car like a a. rock Just a n second or orso orso orso so It Jt ec seemed ined and then the the- parachute opened a 3 and I felt elt perfectly safe Will Become Aeronaut I s 's slid sid fd down the rest of the theay way ay without worrying a n bit Away 3 down below me there was a wedding or somethIng something something some some- thing going on and the they had a n lawn party I could se see the lights and the prop people Ie moving moving- about under them I lit firmly on n my feet teet In a a position as ns If it I Iwas Iwas was getting read ready to run a n race How did I feel Just as If Id I'd like to take another trip like It It was fine Tip there I could see the lights of at the whole city In rows according to streets The river was a strange sight sight like like a along long ong narrow arrow ribbon Im I'm Im I'm going to become become become be be- come a a. regular aeronaut |