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Show u Mfe AEROPLANE '5 HARVEST MO O N tenSf HYMNING Ncnv for the Bird Men. Who Are Reaping 7 fWIQPl " Jp'- iSn.iQZj 'Ae Rewards of a Temporary Stage of Commercialism ,$jfg&. i " r.v;i' -A '- Y.'il fS. X ztiif: Photo by Gross. -V, :-,',v ?'KYM ..v::;, a-:3 Count Jacques dc Lesseps.p, 'iSSw ' 'J.V'-H "i- but. to mix tin- lipirt.' elToctlvtly, they arc taking time li.v llio furoliM Ic." IiuiJiit:il to t!ii-i filiate 'of tlio situation 'in nvintlon tho niiin in tlu st.iinN mislit linve roinarkcd nnothcr iU"lll clinio. It was slirniflrn nt flt tlio Iloston mi-ct. a at otlior roont nicety, tint of nil tlio rem-priitnr rem-priitnr on tho srunl. will) the sln-lo oxoojitlon of yir. Olop.n rurtl-;. not or.o vn flylnc a innohlno flo-I flo-I sl.'iM-cl liy him-olf, or. st.-it I n.t; tlio rovorf?. none of tho oikl'i il Inventor-? wlmsr nanios lire ooolatod with n ilNtlnc-t typo of machine was present except Mr. Curllss. Mr. Willnir W'rlpht was :i pnssenper In ono of his machines In th' homli flropplns contoKLs. but In-mml that li ? content to have members of hi staff liuttllr- tho Wriizht biplanes. These farts sisrnalir'rd n tendency- which Is beenm-more beenm-more apparoi-t amouir the pioneers of tlylnir. Thr masters thei:i'--l vos are retiring from active oompoll lion and eNhlbil ion. Mr. CunNs n few days aco em-phaizr-d Ids intention of abandoning publlo tllcliM very soon. The Wrights no longer enpne per.-nii!i I h)t.fti l J. Armstrong DrcxcL , vwpu-y .,t. ... ft''- r- , ft Ralph Johnstone - " ' (CApyricht. 1010. by the New Y"rk HcraM Co. All rlelita rrnrTod ) s a F t HYi H doe-sn't seem more than a week V ap0 slDte tl)0 WrlSht9 were guarding Wl ,lK'lr worksl0P llkc a Jlnui'Jud iaboru-VV iaboru-VV lory and every one else in the game was either selling up keyholes or trying try-ing to peek through. And now look nt them!" So spoke n man in the 6tanda nt the recent P.oston aviation avi-ation rneetlDg ns ho stood staring up at tho triumph of the event, when Messrs. Walter L. Brook Ins, 'Ralph Johnstone, Claude Grahame-White and C. I Wlllard were sailing tue air above the field in open exhibition. exhibi-tion. The m.TD In the stands, like the man In the street, is apt to voice the prevailing note. lie may not be an expert, but he kn-.wx the trend of the moment and . the lesson of the hour. And In this Instance lie poiDted out, crudely enough, the new and Klgnillcaut stage In the development of the aeroplane. The masters of the craft have abandoned, temporarily, tempo-rarily, the secret laboratory method In their work. Their machines are nppearlng dally under the guidance guid-ance of their pupils nt public gatherings, meets, fairs and celebrations in all parts of the country. They are no longer preparing models under lock and key nnd stealing away to make flights by night, but they are coming Into the open and Inviting the man In lh stands and every one else to step up and watch thelr Inventions. Moreover, they have abandoned the keen race for records, the breathless straining after fresh achievements that formed their chief Interest a few years ago. Instead, they nre restlog on their laureU and satisfying public curiosity. i Aviation, so far as It means a none racking srrng-- srrng-- j&jt J. B. Moisant t "-',f.w-. k v"- .' -.. -, 'rv? v. -. . ' . -' '' ' ' '' ' ' . ; ; ' ' ' ' Claude Grahame-White. iE- Wilbur Wright, tins. " ;Vi'- -l" i , Henry Wcymann. J .x Louis Blcriot. V' ' VJ; Copyright by New York Herald Co , ' J-f"' bi?': S '-"li Augustus Post: rS Jl' Orvillc Wright j&-S Glenn H. Curtiss. v?vViix Copyright by New York Herald Co. Arch" Hoxsey. :7, ': ' , Alfred Le Blanc. 'h- - : ' 7 js Clifford B. Harmon. lhr (ontrol nnd manlimlation of his aeroplane Tvtry time there Is an accident or a breakdown t bt cause U carefully sought nnd nn attempt made tc correct the fault, Flying for Money. S Ir Is that although the masters are no longer pllii-d a-;aliiNt one another for records they are steadily stead-ily shiulng and Improving the ex Ming types build-lug build-lug up troin the expi-rleiK e of their pupils. The eurioii-i and generous public provide them with tUe li'-rew ii 1 1 ; 1 1 anil tho leisure. Meanwhile there Is one man who does not seera to have b vn able to dip his hands Into the golden llod. Aviation meetings have been a vast suocesj from the standpoint of the spectators and flyers, but the ' promoter, who usually looks out for a fut tdice of the profits, has been sadly out of pocket. Up to tho prevent time, It Is said, not one such meeting has relumed anything to those who backed It, and In most instances there has been a loss. Figures of the amounts lost ut some recent aviation events are a.- follows; Lanark , , $40.OM) P."iirn mouth. 60,000 UlacUj i.ol To.iXn.t l: helms . 10U.UOO M' ' 110, i AW Boston L'O.ooO The promoter's plaint upon this state of affairs i omes back upon the aviator. The bird man Is playing up to the top of the market. lie knows that the public wants to see him perform, is claniorlug for nu exhibition, exhibi-tion, anJ be promptly skies his price. The returns f r those who are ablo to make pructicul flights nowadays me ciioi ujous und the promoter has to stand the strain. W hat the promoter has so far apparently failed to observe N that the public's curiosity Is quickly satls-U. satls-U. d. Counting upon the wide advertising that flying has bad ar.d the generally keen Interest aroused he has plauued for long enagemtjiits. The result too often has bciu that during the last days of a meeting he has been confronted with bland of empty seats. The pul-llc pul-llc saw the aviators fly once and did not care to see them again. Tho Boston event was n success during Its (irst week, but when thu promoters extended the time, and with it their expenses, they suffered a loss. To the successful tlylng man who Is out with a sickle uudor this smiling burvest moon the prizes offered at meetings are no louger enough of an attraction. Many prominent aviators, awake to their chances, will not take part without u guarantee, and u heavj one. They say that tho inducement Is not rcat enough, what with the risk of losing ruo-s and coutesls. They point, to their expenses, the corps of skilled mechanicians in competitive and demonstrative flying Abroad the same holds true (,f Mons Bleriot and of Mr. Farmau. Tin.' ,-n-imil manlimlation of machines at meetings nowadays being mostly carried on by a younger set who are followers and pupils of the original experts. Instead of by the men who have borne such a cloe relation to the tirM tentative steps In aviation. Tho designers aie lonlng tie- greater risks to others and ' nre ruining their attention to construction and iustruc-- iustruc-- tl.iu. f Their Harvest Moon. This condition runs- parallel with the present pros peilty enjoyed by aviators. There Is no reason for llio Inventors to go aloft when thej have pupils who can Comte Jacques de Losseps, Mr. J. Armstrong Drexel and Mons. I'aulhun are prominent exponents of Hi-Blcilot Hi-Blcilot type of mouoplone. as are also Messieurs Alfred Al-fred Ia- Blanc. J. Moisant and Emlle Aulirum. Messrs. Clifford B. Harmon and Henry Weytnann ar4 pupils of the Farman school, as was Mr. Gruhanu-Whito, Gruhanu-Whito, who has also learned to use a Blcriot machine. tie for new flying marks, tense competition among Dlrd men for premier honors of the air and constant itudy of new designs, has come to a halt, for the lime being If there Is one apparent feature of present pres-ent general conditions in tbe science it Is that tho coutest for supremacy among American and foreign tlesilgners has paused and that aviators are grasping rather at tangible returns in money than at further fanio In higher altitudes, longer Journeys nnd faster flights Aviation, so fr as it means public familiarization with the possibilities of tbe aeroplane. Is enjoying Its harvest moon. Flying Is at its hour of novelty und prosperity. Its exponents are seizing the opportunity oppor-tunity at the full. The time is ripo for the reaping to tueir expenses, tne corps or siittiea im-cuuuicians they must curry around with them, the transportation und cure of their machines. And they will very often turn their backs upon the offered prizes In favor of a fair or an exhibition where their ervlces ure certain to bring a large sum for the single engagement. The fairs ure the best customers the Hying uiea have in this time of quick business und rich returns. At a fair the cost of uu aviator for u few eluys caa be couute-d In detluitely us part of tbe outlay und the managers may be sure of druwlng greatly Increased In-creased attendances. This fall several aviators hare been getting ?10,(mkj or $1.1.oo for exhibitions About the country. It Is presJIctecl that for the next year or two, until tho public Is familiar with aeroplanes In action or until the number of professionals I greatly Inc-reused, the rewards will continue to be verr templing. Some of these gentlemeu approach flying Id the spirit of the amateur and others nre exhibiting on their own account. Still others are directly con nected with the stall's of their instructors. These last are supplied with machines, with which they till engagements ut exhibition nnd meetings. At present their time Is fully occupied. No Important State or county fair Is considered complete without a real, sure enuth bird man as the big attraction. Balloons, parachute Jumpers and horse races are worn threadbare. Calls are made cousMnlly upon the master aviators for the services of demonstrators demonstra-tors The bookings already made extend u year or uiore ahead. A staff pupil Is assigned to Cll u list of engagements like any other performer of rewards and they are garnering the wealth that will carry them on in future important nnd serious work. "We can scarcely bo blamed." said one of the veteran aviators recently, in explanation. "If we turn aside from puzzling over theories nnd models to bene-lit bene-lit by a fleeting stage of commercialism. M'e have pent hundreds of thousands of dollars in experimentation. experimen-tation. We shall spend many more hundreds of thousands. thou-sands. In the meantime we nre improving public Interest to replenish our purses." The Financial View. This Is tho explanation of tiro phenomenon ob-4erved ob-4erved by the man iu the stands. The practical aeroplane aero-plane has materialized from a dre.-mj to a f..-t. The ?arly strivings after startling results, when each week brought forth Its astonishing advance, have pass,.j Man has flown across the Channel, across tbe Alps from Loudon to TarU, from Albany to New York! The future can hold nothing that will seem ns marvellous mar-vellous in comparison with the past as did these feats 'Jl within seven years of the flrst dfty-nlno Mvond (light by Wilbur Wright. The pnbllc Is satiated with wonders, cramnio,! with records, and t demands most insistently that it be allowed a chance to see the strauge machines itself. The aviators nre quite content con-tent to humor It "1 hare been urged repeatedly to prepare n machine ma-chine especially for a try at tho speed mark." said the same aviator, who did not care '.o have his name used, "but why should J'r There Is no pension fund for Impoverished air pilots that I ever heard of. Within the !at year or so we have bud our first returns. re-turns. My machine will fly and my pupils can bi well puld for flyin-g It. That is whm attructs me at present "After the present craze over the aeroplane has expended ex-pended Itself, us it iuilsI, after the edue has been taken off public curiosity and an exhibition of a meeting meet-ing ceases to be the dravvlug card it is nyw, why. very well. I shall be glad then to go jack to my work bench and my models. 1 shall be keen to construct a machine designed to capture tbe speed record. And I shall be the keener, mark this point, because I sliall have tbe money to proceed with ".Nearly uil tbe Ujiug men look upon it as 1 do. They have not goue money mad; ttv have not al-loweel al-loweel a noble craft to full foul of .i hunger for riches. manage tho machines for them. It is well that they refrain from continual flights, for the science could HI spare one of its pioneers. A representative displays the machine, sometimes on a percentage basis w ith tho deslguer, and both proiit by the public thirst for nov oil y. Meanwhile the master is free to impart his hardly gained wisdom ami experience to those who must be looked to for the future to build machines and to Improve his type. Thus it comes about that the competitors and demonstrators dem-onstrators of the day are chiefly graduates of the various schools founded by the pioneers, uslug the type of machine to which they have been tralne-d. The Wrights, f.,r iiisiuoce, have sn.-li pupils as Messrs. Walter L. Brookiu. Ralph .lohnste ue, "Arch" Hoxsey and A. L. Welsh T'ae best known pupils of Mr Curtiss luclude Mcsrs. Charles Foster Wlllard, Eugene Ely J. O. MoCurdy. Augustus Post and .7. CI. Mars. Mons. Blerlot has a great number of pupils, some of whom have Lu turn pupils of their own. So It l that the man who compiles these ubiquitous little books for the wulstcoat pocket containing statistics sta-tistics on e-rythlng under tho hum uid u lot be fldoj Is now slttfcg with his pencil Idly rucked behind be-hind his ear so fur as the subject of aviation Is concerned!. con-cerned!. World's champions In tlylng no loocer succeed suc-ceed one another with the rpplulty of day rabldt.s on a sh otinr rang?. A record mi) go bv the board here and there. But the n la'ors are no longer pur-, suing marks with the fervor of former days. W DM touches tueni most nearly Ii the garnering of tbej sheaves against the day when means will be needed to resume active development. It Is polu:cd out by aviators that tbe existing period of commcrcl'iilatlon, ne. cssarlly temporary. Is not without Its va'uo in tbe .ir-igre.ss of the aeroplane. While the stress of coujpetidi.u has slackcuod. tho ?'eat unn ber of flights belni nade an J the manufacture manu-facture of muviilncs demanded for exhibitors all contribute to the data of the science und the knowledge knowl-edge of Its follower-:. Every time a tlylng man makes un ascent he learns something more about |