Show t i S i v ' ( ' ' OAKTNEJSESJSOn IBB ' WITHIN It is when this man Has held me in a corner for about half an hour with a bombardment of his special brand of V patriotic eloquence that I doubt myself to is of It then that I begin recognize a insufferable ennui concerning Uncle Sam and “Old Glory ” as topics of casual oratory And when the patrio-mania- c tells in detail for the hundredth time of his personal achievements in the matters of conservation and production as above related I feel that I am indeed a slacker if not an alien enemy at heart And yet I’m passing fond of old “Unde” and the national emblem furthermore) ! rather like to stand up when listening td the grand old anthem if rendered under conditions that seem v appropriate Do the unprecedented conditions of this day and age serene existence It is causing me uneasiness and apprehension and I am at last resolved to come out boldly and seek relief in the broad light of public "' ' ": opinion I The question that haunts me is simply this : ng sub-consciousn- - - v A PATRIOT T in no Until t recently this uncertainty had my place mind Had it been hinted by another my indignation would have been voiced with conviction atil without men- tal reservation' The Call of Country' a V A' bare-head- ! to ram country were to call upon nt: to ! a battleship with an airplane or leap from the 'tuff rail of d a transport and engage an oncoming torpedo either enterprise it is my firm belief that I would attempt with as little hesitation as most other good Americans might display It is probable I grant you that there would not be much evidence of sprightly enthusiasm in my manner at the moment I might even be induced to reand more de-linquish both jobs in favor of some youngermatters this serving candidate for martial glory for in to assertofitself is nature sort my generous impulsive apt But if the finger of in some such act of paifriotic duty were to beckon to me and to me alone I believe that I would go shudderingly to it and do my best my bank roll with the Bed I am willing toalldivide on Liberty Bonds or to do my bit Cross or to blow it in any branch of the service that Uncle Sam may select as actiyi-- ( the one least apt to suffer from my seem that would I this all it may still ties But granting — fall short far short— of the real thingMy concern has been aroused as a result of furtive comparisons of my own commonplace qualifications with or “Patriomaniac? who has those of the’ super-patrithrust upon us by our entrance into been developed and ' " the Great War d and sincere but obsessed concern- He is economy and thrift in ing the dire necessity for individual“Maximum production the matter pf food consumption and minimum waste is the watchword and slogan by which he regulates his every waking thought and act while minute problems of “Conservation” torture him throughout the dreary watches of the night His potatoes must be cooked in their jackets and he eats 'em skins and all It causes him a bitter pang when his wife insists upon re- scales from a sea bass before putting it in the moving the— seems liko such a waste you know V— and frying pan orders mackerel on Fridays because mackerel he thereafter to consider chicken under any refuses He scales have no circumstances because he cannot eat the feet and feathers If my single-hande- demand a correspondingly unique development of individual hysteria f Must one neglect his food for which he is nowadays charged a price that represents a 500 per cent profit to somebody just because a Bohunk band leader at the restaurant takes a notion to drag out “The Star Spangled Banner” for the third or fourth time during the hour f And if one refuses to do this must he be regarded ' as a German spy and suffer taunts and jibes and bodily injury at the hands of the patriomaniac f Am I then not a patriot because I think it more wise to permit farmers to produce our needed excess of crops — assisted if necessary by conscripted labor—rather than make a truck patch of my lawn at an expense of $14386 ess ‘ ed amiinig£ ttlhie ‘ Msmy Psurfe ©if in general know so striking of the winning blow the PEOPLEabout the construction’ layman naturally wonders how such g airplane that they re-- : ' a simple and machine as compared with superdreadnoughts gard it merely as nothing more than canvas wings held together by wires and guns 1s capable of so an&jjropeUed by a motor As a mattremendous a blow And striking ter of fact an airship Is a wonderful ' this interest is heigntened by the machine of many parts hearing fact that the United States Is preautoan to relation of the something paring to develop the greatest mobile of the very latest model that “aerial navy’ in the world and from the air strike Prussian militarism the finest watch does to a f a fatal blow alarm dock V ' For these reasons the publication Slnce alrcraft has played so im- a of in the by the Century Company of a “Text- portant part prosecution book of Naval Aeronautics” by the war and is destined to play perof all the the greatest part Henry Woodhouse member of the haps - frail-lookin- 15-in- ch self-deni-al well-intend- - 65-ce- nt ‘ - ed ” £ - Centre Wing Panel (between motor- carrying strut) 2—Left Upper Wing' Section '(between struts and outer struts) 5—Left Overhanging Upper Wing Sec-- tion (extending beyond the outer ' struts) 4—Left Wing-Fla- p or Aileron (for lat- eral or rolling control)' B—Right Upper Wing Section 6— Right Overhanging Wing Section (the above mentioned surfaces comprise the lifting area of the upper plane) Control Arms (for oper- -' 7Wing-Fla- p wing-flapating 8— Wing-Fla- p Control Cables (connection ailerons with pilot's control) 9— Overhang Bracing Wires X— high-minde- 4 The Fever of Production - motor-carryi- ng s) ' 10—“Non-Skid- or “Side-Slip- ” ” Planes (to check skidding or Side-Sli11— Masts to Support Planes and Carrying Overhang Bracing Wires IS— Lower “Sidewalk"- Section extending from the hull of the motor- carrying struts IS— Lower Left Wing Section 14— Wing Section (the aur-- Right Lower faces 12 13 and 14 comprise the lifting area of the lower plane) 15— Central Interplane Struts Interplane Struts 17— Front Intermediate Strut IS— Rear Intermediate Strut 19— Front End or Outer Strut 20— Rear End or Outer Strut (the strata mentioned above are part of the side-slippin- g) p- - - - - -- i - On the other hand he goes in for maximum produc- tion with the same painstaking energy and enthusiasm and just naturally eatsit up For instance last year he expended something like $80 for having his lawn sodded The folly was committed you1 understand before he had found the true light and awakened to his stem duties as a season at an expense patriomaniac' It is spaded up‘ thisThe of $2257 fancy seed item including fertilizer amounts to an additional $962 and his accumulating stock of garden implements already represents a total outlay of $3169 If all goes well he will anon harvest a bewildering crop of parsnips and pigweed quack grass and 'button onions cabbages and cutworms with a combined market value of $348 He assumes the inspired of a Nathan Hale when he explains posture and expression ’ “ is to you that he doing these things for his country and he smiles at your incredulity with benevolent compassion If an organ grinder chances to assassinate the national anthem beneath his window at the moment his dinner is being served the soup perforce must grow cold while the family stands throughout the entire ordeal He insists becauseJic is a patriot upon this for his country’s sake andtwo-bit a tosses the he it To prove brigand piece which of the tragedy while his hungry wife a repetition and offspring again make standing obeisance and watch in-sur- ' -- es Mswsvavc v 'V i ' Fentsre Scrrte i 191V anti-cloc- cylinders) : : 'I hard-earne- new-fangl- ed - ' high-powere- 2S— Copper Tips on Propeller to Prevent Motor for Cooling Water Which Circulates Around the Cylinders of the Motor 21— Gasoline 'Gravity Tank”- (Supplied from the main fuel tank by means of a wind-mi- ll pump) 32— Outrigger This supports the tall group 33—Tall Plane or Horizontal Stabilizer (to keep a machine on a direct 50—Radiator ' course) 51—Tail airplane engine of 120 to 150 horsepower costs $3000 A complete airplane of the largest model made costs from $10000 to $20000 The size and power of airplanes Is steadily increasing and aeronautic engineers now consider It quite practicable to build airships that will carry from 60000 (o 100000 pounds This may sound extreme to the layman but it is not half as much so as when in 1908 It was prophesied that some ' day an airplane would soar to a height of 7000 feet with 21 passengers which is exactly what was done in England In July 1916 — Splitting 29— Propeller Hub Connecting Propeller Ulrectly to the Crankshaft of the - Fore-and-A- of-th- semi-edib- le the greatest mechanical precision The marvel of the airplane however is its wonderful engine which Is very similar to that of an automobile ' The engine of a motor car weighs from 500 to 1200 pounds and even more It will average from at 20 to 30 pounds per horse-powe- r the lowest while the finest type of an airplane engine runs two pounds and less per horsepower It is literally true that the airplane engine is “built like a watch Some automobile engines of about do not cost in quan22 horse-powe- r d 50 a while over tity OF A SEAPLANE system of bracing between the planes): 21— ft Wing Bracing Cables (“Incidence Wires”) 22— “Lift Wires” (to transmit the lifting effect of the wings to the hull) 23— Landing Wires (to brace the wings in landing) 24— Wing Pontoon or Float (to keep the wing tips clear of the water) 25— Left Propeller (revolves in clockwise direction when viewed from the rear Propellers being forward planes are in “tractor" position) k 23— Right Propeller (rotates In direction) 27— Curtis Motor 100 H P (“V" type S in order to add to the world’s food supply a bushel and a half of shrubbery worth in a bull market T scales of fish the skins of potatoes the Must Teat $348 and the neck) feet and feathers of chickens f have surrendered various liquid indulgences without a murmur Take also my grape juice and my tobacco and I shall not complain even then But please dear d Public Opinion permit me to enjoy my few and moments in a sitting posture at my meals leisure and do not vote me a national renegade without giving me at least one more chance If I must become one of these patriots in order to get by why I’ll go to it and do my level best Modleinni si board of governors of the Aero Club of America and with an introduction by Rear Admiral Bradley A Fiske president of the United States Naval Institute is opportune because a Admiral Fiske says “it Is essential that the people be told what naval aeronautics can do to help the nation and that the men who are to fight for us in the air shall be given every opportunity to learn to do It The latest model of the naval airplane' as: shown In the accompanying illustration consists of 41 distinct parts fitted together with INDEX TO THE ' PARTS ot : tlAGAZniD SEOTTON ffTTT TTTATT SUNDAY AUGUST 19 1917 That Star Spangled Banner i the past few months a great and alarming has cast its shadow upon my otherwise ever-increasi- SAIT BAKE HEBAIiD-KEPUBLICA-N tlie dish gravy congeal in the platter that contains the roast' By J CAMPBELL CORY - v iyj V Flap or Elevator (for pitching control or ascending and descending 35—Vertical Fin (to assist In maintaining a straight course) 33—Rudder for Steering to the Right and Left '37—Tail Braces Which Run from the Hull to the Tail Plane to Support the Tail Group 38—Boat Hull Frame and keel of ash planking of mahogany and cedar covered with canvas S3— Planing Fins to Assist the Machine “ in Rising from the Water 40— Metal Tube Bracing from the Hull to Support - the Struts 41— Supports for the Planing Fins Motor-Carryi- ng - |