Show rYu Ouch r Co Cot Col Charles Cooey the president of the American Federation of ot Aero i clubs said the other day of ot an aeronautical aeronautical aero acre nautical pilot He la really too absent minded absent minded to pilot a balloon He used you oU know kno to be a railroad conductor but he had t i to give up the work he was too too- absentminded ab nb- sent-minded sent f for r It too On his bis train one day as he passed J through the cars taking up the tickets tick eta ets a joking passenger Instead ot or proffering his pasteboard solemnly proffered his forefinger t Never noticing anything out out of ot the t tway way the conductor punched a little t chunk out ont of the side of or the finger finler I and passed on |