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Show Parcel Delivery bv Aeroplane to Ship at Sea . . '-''-. :, . - !:';.-.. '2 u '.."',. ' -' "i - I I ; ! m ' .) ! -i to. sotwith nyiNG cvtH.THe otMc as &t nust oner. I for Mr. Burpee, who waa almost ovr-I ovr-I aome with astonishment. The aeroplane has at last beea put to commercial us ia a most remarkable maaarr. When W. A. Burpee, the mil lionaire seedmaa of Philadelphia, left New Xork oa the Olympic ba suddenly remembered that he had forgotten sev eral important articles of weariag apparel. ap-parel. The liner had already left its pier. The Olympic is equipped with wireless telegraph, aa ia also a well know a New York department store, a member of which was sailing oa 1he asms vessel. To him Mr. Burpee made known his predicament. in a jiffv the order was sent bv wire-lees, wire-lees, accompanied by a request that the stuff be delivered oa the Olympic even though an -aeroplane had to be employed. em-ployed. Five minutea after tke wireless waa received a contract wa eloeed with Aviator Sopwith. whs was -tuning up his maehiae on Long Island. Three-quarters Three-quarters ef aa hoar after the aeroplane kimmed gracefully- over ths deck of ta Olympic aad dropped tha package |