Show WHAT WOULD VOUL YOU DO no IV U YOU COULD COUl HO 10 S AS YOU PLEASE Il Uy ill CHESTER II ll HOWELl If It If ItIL Ifa a IL man can do ulo just what he ho please what pleases what will he do do doIt It U depends on the race and the use I civilization cl that have provided his Ideals An Indian maharajah fabulously tabu tabu- loul lou h rich by reason of ot the yearly early income extorted from fron hi hl peasants visited vl London took a I whole floor at t. t the Savoy Savo for Cor hi his hili harem m and attendants hired a fleet of or limousines and disported himself In plum colored colore 1 turbans and pearl necklaces That to him seemed the natural thing to do for a man who could do ho as he lie pleased Suppose John I 1 P. P Rockefeller Jr who pay pays more In Income tax than Ihan the whole whole- revenues re of or the the- Indian prince wen were to lo begin performing It ii In any arty such fashion t Which would we do first lock first lock him hint up UI for tor or a tlc lunatic or start a II revolution to confiscate his fortune No need n ed to answer because the tho thing Is unthinkable Our civilization lion tion does doel not produce that kind of ot people EUY IS A COMMON QUALITY QUA We 0 havo have not yet HI conquered tho the air itt 0 The battle Is still on with the storms anti the sea still sometimes the winner The trials cot cost precious human lives 8 anti and bring on the nation nallon a 0 adeep adeep deep sense of tragedy But Bul they will not stop stop stop-at at least not with the consent of the lat a ors They are arc not nol afraid to dare and ami if It necessary to die in the Interest of human progress I It Is one of the glories of human nature that men have to be bo protected pro pro- protected against a risking themselves We e are arc not the descendants of or a race of ot cowards Bravery Is 18 i so O common a quality that it requires only the opportunity opportunity opportunity to bring It out But we are arc right in honoring It nevertheless In those who rise 10 to great occasions They who give all receive re little enough when we wo render them our thanks Whether the great dirigibles will wilt willever wIllever I ever fill till a it major place In the con con- conquest conquest conquest quest of ot the air Is still unde As It Is Iii an airship as big as the Leviathan will carry scarcely more passengers rs than one ono of the Leviathans Leviathan's lifeboats Every Ever pound added to Its lis weight as a II margin of ot safety safet In strength means one ono pound poun l les lePs carried of ot passengers freight or fuel The Shenandoah disaster does not mean failure and should not cause pessimism But Dut It does suggest lessons leMons of or caution AIRPLANE I SAFE S. FOR FOU LAND D FLIGHTS The airplane is still far short of or perfect but It Is 11 at least safe sate and efficient for land purposes The transcontinental airmail flies files i dally daily almost without mishap and antI no rio more delays than happen to the slower mall on the tho ground i neula passenger lines cros and crl cross ens cross s-cross Europe and there i iare are seasoned voyagers there thero who will never ne travel any other way we WhO The conquest ot Qt t the sea aea re re- re remains mains The distances across the ocean are fixed factors and are just beyond the tho present safe afe sail sail- sailIng sailIng I radius of ot our aircraft As a fact tact the Atlantic has been crossed and tf It the to tt Hn- Hn wall trail has not been b en It soon loon will be Le i But nut It means lightening else to carry carr frS fi fl and then having h only barely enc ent i 1 If l everything c goes well with no reserves res r for Cor emergencies The seas cannot b b- b made ma narrower Planes can he be made larger and stronger but there is itt nothing In sight in that direction that Is more than Ihan just barely barel big enough Realty Really to conquer the sea we may have to wait saiL alt on a n more efficient fuel which can be Le used In a moro more efficient engine A published rumor a few tew weeks ago that such a fuel and engine had been perfected was officially denied the next day So we may have havo to watt wall But there Is no DO rea rca reason son to doubt that the Improvement nt will still come nn |