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STi By ByWALTER WALTER Lights ByWALTERLights 19 19ts ts 0 ew or ( ' TRU TRUMBULL iBULL Oil 011 and other large companies have havetheir havetheir havetheir their own airplanes , which whlcb they use usefor usefor usefor for advertising purposes and to trans transport transport transport port officials on hurried business trIps trIpsThe tripsThe tripsThe The head of one of these companIes companIesdecIded companiesdecided companiesdecided decIded to take his first trip In a com corn company cornpang cornpany pany pang plane pl'lne pllne ' and , never having ha\ing ha ing haling \ lown flown lownthe flownthe ( flownthe the head man before , the pilot was wns a abit abit abit bit excited about It and wanted to tomahe tomake tomake mahe make a good Impression He Be showed showedtbe showedthe showedthe tbe the passenger the working parts of ofthe ofthe ofthe the plane and explained to him about abouthis abouthis abouthis his parachute When the time came cametor camefor camefor tor for the tbe take lhe off , be he turned to the pas passenger passenger passenger senger behind him and said : "When When " we get to the mountains we wemny wemay wemay mny may have bave to fly pretty high blgh You are arenot arenot arenot not used to that and may feel the tbe nUl alt nUltude altltude ! tude , but that Is the oxygen tank right rightbesIde rightbeside rightbeside besIde you . . ' I'll Ill ' look back to see bow how bowyou howyou howyou you are doing and . , It If you seem to be befeeling befeeling befeeling feeling the height , ' I'll Ill ' call to you and andall andall andall all you have to do Is to work thatlittle thatlittle that thatlittle little handle . . " S . e . e . eEverything Everything went smoothly until unt1l they theybegan theybegan theybegan began to get up pretty high and nnd then thenthe thenthe thenthe the pilot looked loohed back The passen passenger passenger passenger ger looked a little greenish , so the thepilot thepilot thepilot pilot jerked his bls thumb in the dlrec dlrectlon dlrection directlon and " "Pump Pump " I 1 I"Then IThen " tlon tion of the tank yelled Then he turned back bnch to his Job A Alittle Alittle Alittle little jolt or something caused him to tolook tolook tolook look back again There was no pas passenger passenger passenger senger . . The boss had understood the thepilot thepilot thepilot pilot to yell "Jump Jump .Tump Tump " . , Tump I l ! " and had balled bailed balledout bailedout balledout out . . [ He Ie had succeeded In pulling tile the tilerIng thering thering rIng and there tbere he was as far below loat float loatIn floatlug ! floatIng In lug do\\ do down don \ n to toward nrd the side of a mountaln mountarn moun mountain tain taln tarn . e . e . eThere There was no place the pilot could couldland couldland couldland land around there and nothing notblng be he becould hecould hecould could do [ He Ie lie gave the ship sblp the gas gasnnd gasand gasand nnd and made for the nearest ne'1rest ne1rest ' possIble possIblelanding possiblelanding possiblelanding landing place There he be got an auto automobile automobile automobile mobile and nnd a search party . It took tookhim tookhim tookhim him almost a day to find the boss and andanother andanother andanother another day to persuade him to get getback getback getback back Into the plane . * . e * . eThose Those Interested In tennis may mny be bepleased bepleased bepleased pleased to learn that th'1t th1t ' the International InternationalIntercollelate internationallntercolleelate InternationalIntcrcolleolatc Intercollelate lntercolleelate . ; team match In'l.tcb Inl.tcb Inltcb ' . between betweenUarvard betweenHarvard betweenHarvard Uarvard Harvard Yale and Oxford Cambridge Cambridgewill Cambridgewill ,111 111 will , be plavcd phed piaed ) at the Newport c'1sJno c1sJno casino casinoin c'1sJnoIn casinoIn ' In July . What seems Interesting con conlernlng concerning concorning lernlng cerning It to me Is not that th'1t th1t ' this is isthe isthe Isthe the ninth match matlb matt.li mattli . and that eacli each te'lm telm term te'lmh'1s termhas ( camhas ' h'1s h1s has ' " won "on on four , but that amon anion amonJ ? the theCmnbrldge theCambridge theCambridge Cmnbrldge Cambridge representatives reprecentath representati.es representaties : ' . e will wlll be beDald beDatid beDavid Da\ld Da ld Datid \ Jones , former Columbia cham chain champion chainpion chainplon pion and that Clayton Burvvell Burwell of North Carolina will wJ11 represent Oxford Oxfordwhere , where he be Is now studying on a Rhodes Rhodes'scholarship Rhodesscholarship ' scholarshIp . S * . e * . e * . eBilly Billy Bllly Gaxton Gaston , star In " "Of Of "Ot Ot " Thee I ISing ISing ISing Sing , " has a eery v , ery beautiful wife , whose whosestage whosestage whosestage stage name Is Madeline Cameron and andwho andwho andwho who appeared In such shows as "Hit Hit "Hitthe "Hitthe "Hitthe Hitthe " the Deck Dech " and "Good Good " News " ror rorsome rorsome Forsome some reason , his pet Jet feet ' { name for her Is Is"Ma is"Ma Is"Ma IsMa "Ma Ma " . . " They \ went ent Into a Fifth avenue avenueshop avenueshop avenueshop shop to look over some shirts Mrs Mrs.Gaxton MrsGaxton . . . Gaxton Gaston wandered to another counter counterand counterand counterand and her husband called to her : "Ma Ma " "Ma Ma " , , come back here and look at atthese atthese atthese these things " A little lfttle while later , she received a aletter aletter aletter letter from the shop It read : "We We " are pleased to Inform you that thatthe thatthe thatthe the shirts you ordered tor for your sonare sonare son sonare are ready . , " S . f . e . eIn In reference refcrence to an article I wrote wroterecently wroterecently wroterecently recently concerning my phonetic method meth meth- method method - od of spelling speiUng and the serious scrlous prob prob- problem problem problem - - lem as to when I comes before e eDavid , David D . Cassldy CassIdy , of Amsterdam , N N.r Nr . Y t . , writes me : "Here Here " Is a rule taught me by a aschool aschool aschool school teacher about fifty years ago ago.Use agoUse . Use " . 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