Show anent the recent tragedy at the st louis bouls county fair when a young youn woin woman balloonist fell from the clouds to instant death NN we e are told with melting inciting pathos of the heartrending heart rending grief of the husband and the emotions of the spectators gators 9 of the women who fainted anil and the alic strong men who sobbed aloud the accident has been commented upon froni from various standpoints calelly thit of legal intervention to prevent pr lucli dangerous exhibitions hut but lil lother feature is suggested by the description of the horror passing by continent comment it what manner of material goes tj ta nake up a man who will allow his s I 1 to risk her neck for a few dollars Is it not true that the performance Is attractive purely and simply because a tragedy Is a possible climax clini ax to ascend I 1 in d 1 I captive balloon would bo be no attraction i at all because the danger Is reduced to a minimum idahl hot air balloon ascensions without a leap front from the clouds became too tamo tame for tha same reason then came the pa parachute leap with the ever present danger of 0 I 1 the aeronaut being killed and the public flocked to see the show it would be wrong to say that any one really expeels expects iii an accident nt at such exhibitions but it Is unquestionably true that the greater the danger of accident tile the I 1 greater Is the attraction |