| Show LUNCHEON IN AIR hR MILE FROM EARTH American Aeronaut Tells o of Delights of Balloon Trip Into S A WOMAN COMPANION After Mile lIe Aerial Voyage They Land in the Midst of a Betrothal Party S Inno 11 Sturdy Saturday I R ft W IL GANNETT of ot Augusts Augu l lI I I a member of ot tho New 0 SW 1 Aero dub Club which Is Ii affiliated wit With the Iho Aero Sro no Club of ot America merlen A who ho as ft recent recently ly W reported In th the t ti ta Lon Londoners londoner doner doners how loW to view vIe a i with com corn comfort tort fort and without mingling with the crowd as III A h hA did dUl from a II balloon on the of ot th funeral of ot the tho 1st late SIng King ward has haa h b m om telling a corr nf ot a delightful balloon trip of or miles mile that he made mao th the other lay day da fron Crom Path Paris Into l lAnn Armed Ann d with a ft letter leller of ot Introduction from Mr Charles Charlt J S ln to the tha secre secretary crt tary tat of fIt the th Aero Apro Club of ot Trance I 1 wai waa a aw siJe w 4 said Id Mr to net Itel even I 1 required H It me m with an alt n leaking pilot and even Intro duc me m to 10 an woman to accorn ar om It on what I panr pany me ma m on the Uie voyage VOI was WI might call a perfectly typical dy that we wa w made mad our tart arl exactly on sched schedule ule uli ul time at h at ten hn In the tha Ih In the nine hundred cubic metre balloon balloor Voltaire GETS BEAUTIFUL VIEWS A more moos delightfully gentle getting gatting ort or orthe the th round ground could rould not have hays been Imagined and Dd an ai 1 our oar rat cruit airship majestically nOAt flo 54 1 over the huLa of ot St Cloud and paused pall between the th great forests forest of ot and fit HI at lit a height of at about three thousand feet tt the th panoramic view mild made mildan all an the th magnificent i and nd extensive extensively ly I laid out J of ot and lid St Germain teem seem milo miles apart to tc blend bland with the Ih Intervening country countr Into one on complete combination a unit of ot rare rAte beauty baut and grandeur Then It seemed we 11 were to have rom corn company pany on pert part of at our trip at least for n a 1 much larger balloon than ours came camo sail sailIng sailing Ing right above us u at a faster tuter clip than we w hut but she ehe wo Wail not nOI flO following or us up U I she h Immediately began egan tx x with different sir aIr current carrent cl or Ot testing tUng new air lanes lanH It wile was Interest Interesting ing ln from our elevation watching her dif different dl ferent manoeuvres till un the she h finally landed directly under us u easily ROIl and gracefully In a ft convenient near the town of ot Maulo With our glasses glasse we Wt could see 0 people popl running to 10 assist them therm In folding up the th great gas gaa bag hag which lay 10 out on the th grass gnu as a smooth as a garment might he spread prud to 10 dry dr LUNCHEON WHILE IN TilE THE AIR I Our greatest height was wall six alx thousand feet when we Wt ate at our lunch over the town of Dt Nantes It was now flow twelve t wol p and nd we had hM Just I ut experienced i what to us uc u was wu a novel form torm of ot exercise eINCle and I bad had a Our careful pilot In 10 looking down had hod discovered l what was wa a knot near nar the Ih end of ot the loni guide KUldo rope rOlle BO so 0 It was wu pulled up Into tho the basket hand over hand by b us u two novices novice The alliance of at anti and an 1 America thus formed had lied a great groat pull together for tor It 11 seemed as ae It If the th 40 feet tet of ot rope rop reached to the earth Arth a mile below low Then we found a piece of ot heavy hav cord attached to the rope which have hav caused trouble In dragging ove ovo the tree tops top before we 0 landed We NWe had followed the SeIne Selu nearly all th the way wa but later the th cours courll seemed premed to be more northerly Only twice had we w been ben Above bove the thin clouds cloud and that for tor a very vry short time yet It a 1 constant ue Use ue of ot ballast had de depleted our OUt supply We Ve crossed the muddy mudd water of ot the River Kure quite near the earth Once we e descended very vel rapidly though beHest ballast wu WI being con constantly thrown out ENTRANCING SCENE BELOW DELOW The extended view of ot the great len lev terming farming country countr v e t passed pat over ovar was wae rim elm Imply ply entrancing The diversity of ot shape ot of the th different nt patches of ot a ground Inter Inte Interchanged changed now with green fields then I brown earth CArth each uch farm having Us its rod rid purple and end drab colored root roof buildings building gave the of or big II patchwork quilts spread proad over the Ole earth We NWe made n d a sale ide Ie aM and pleasant landing at t two clock o on a nice soft ort spot pol which pro Proved d to la loa on the farm of ot Mans Moni Huet at lu two Iwo miles mil from the Ole 11 I st n at In Is I about bollt miles mile from Parts This Thle I proved to 10 be a very vry Hr happily selected elect lend land landIng 1811 1 Ing I place for a art was wal tak tek taking ing In place and tout bout a tw m men n women and children rushed from the tIe house ou e eto to 10 I n us Ul not only on Olt the landing but tu butIn In packing pacIng pa l up th the balloon loading It on a wagon and transporting It to 10 the railway laUon I Although coming among them so 0 unceremoniously we e were wee most molt cordially Invited ln inside Inde We to partake ot of the th feast feest spread Ira l In the There w we drank 1 large dining room health to the tha bride and nd from n II Ion bowl I i of at the famous elder cider and ate of ot the betrothal It was waa 11 a very r i fatally family gathering the older ohler men mont i sitting at th the table with their huts hats on oni VL tt Interested us IS too wa was a the great broad fireplace In the kitchen with Its 1141 Im irn Immense I mense menee men e crane on which a huge hUlo kettle kettl hung Shied filled with steaming hot avor smelling Me pie 11 Jut Just before It wu was Urns Urn for foe us u to move to 10 0 th the train which wee was to take iu us u uto bILek I Ito to Paris Pari a a chorus charla of ot voices yolo shouted loon balloon and w had the further pleasure pl uto of or witnessing the th descent of ot a apart party part of ot aerial ur 1 trippers who ho had hid ascended all asan from Ih lb Aero Acm Club Pare Juc In Paris PariA ju about the ue time Uma of ot our landing In Nor No NorI mand I i I |
