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[, ONT., THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1928 Aviators Prepare to Celebrate 25 Years' Progress in Flying .- Wright's First Flight at Kitty Htwk, N.C., Lasted Only 12 Seconds, but It Was Real Progenitor of ! 928 Record of 65 Hours in Air By HARRY HARPER of "The Airway," "The Steel Construction of Aeroplai in Christian Science Monitor. London.--Prom nearly every country reports are coming in of plans which are now taking shape for the celebration of one of the greatest mlle-fitones in flying history. It will be at the end of this memorable air year of 1928--on Dec. 17, to be precise-- that we shall reach the twenty-flfth anniversary of the first flight in a power-dr-Ten, heavier-than-air flying machine. In the United States it is the brothers to talk. They proposed, in order that this landmark j of action, rather than words, and Wil-of a quarter of a century of flying : Dur was certainly the more reticent shall be recognized worthily, to or- 0f the two. ganize a great aeronautical convention | In the following table I show, as an representative of aviation throughout i epitome of progress, how the figures the globe. | for distance, duration, speed and > of the United States ! height have leaped ahead since Orvtlle bur's of leaving nothing to chance. One afternoon, just before a flight, Wilbur asked a mechanic whether he was perfectly sura that some small adjustment had been made. The mechanic was positive about it. But Wilbur deliberately left his driving seat and sauntered round the machine so as to satisfy himself. easy to induce either of e exists, of course, a very special and intimate reason for rejoicing, remembering that it was the American pioneer. Orville WrijV-.t, who made the world's first controlled fight in a power-driven heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on the morning of Dec. 17, 1903. It lasted only 12 seconds, but in its significance, in its immense potentialities, that first real conquest of the air, which was watched by only a small group of local folk, represented one of the greatest events in history. First Machine in English Museum What interests people in England, In regard to this fortchomlng anniversary, is the fact that the identical machine used in their first flights by these two quiet, unassuming brothers now occupies a place of honor in the aeronautical section of the Science Museum, South Kensington, London. Orville Wright, who has al- 1903-- 50 ft. i the Carolina miles Dura 1903--59 sees. 1928--65 hours 1903--30-35 miles 1928--318V4 miles an hour an hour Height 1903--15 feet 1928--38.800 feet Aerial Safety Such statistics, striking though they are, do not bring into prominence the steadily growing factor of safety imparted to the navigation of the air. I j recall how Wilbur Wright stressed this question of aerial safety during the talks I had with him. Other pioneers were also able to demonstrate that it was possible to fly a great deal in crude, early-type craft, and to make all sorts of bad landings, and yet live to tell the tale, ways had pleasant associations with M_ Louis Bleriot, that gallant French-Great Britain, has lent this history- j mari who wa8 the first to fly the Chan-making aircraft for exhibition in Lon- nel> and whom r interviewed directly don for a period of five years. | after he had done so. crashed time It was in 1908. five years after the and agam la experimental airplanes, Wright brothers' first fights, that Wil-! and aiway8 emerged from tho wreck-bur brought over from America to | age practically unhurt. The last time France one of their famous biplanes. - saw htm, not long ago, he was still At the Camp d'Auvours, when he be- j flying in his own machine after more gaii a series of demonstrations, he. than 20 years of aerial travel. Henry amazed and intrigued the French. ; Farman, too-, survived one of the most Kvea while Europe was echoing with arduous of all apprenticeship! to the his name, for he soon made fights in ! alr. So aid that indomitable little France which put all previous efforts : Brazilian sportsman, Santos Dumont. into the shade, he was living a bare, t llave before me the latest statis-mfortless life in the shed which j tiCs for the operation between London Jieloved airph 1 An Interview With Bernard Shaw Sunday School Lesson AN IMPORTANT YOUNG MAN OF THE King Mihal of Roumania, with his mother, the ich near Constantza, on the Black Sea. Some of the Rules For Florsesh )e Pitching or "Barnyard Golf A court or playing area should be level ground at least ten feet in width and fifty feet in length, and shall sist of two pitchers' boxes wit stake in the centre of each. The pitcher's box shall extend three seated at a deal table, could never under-auy.-cifc. be induced to fly if he did about this This absolute tiny detail which he and pon themselves first trials, and the wisdom io evident that they never The stakes shall be set in cen each pitcher's box, shall inclini Inches toward each other and project ten inches above the ground or box The stakes shall be forty feet apart, . measured from the front at the point where the stakes enter the ground. The regulation distance for women and boys under sixteen year3 of age shall be thirty feet. All contestants shall pitch both .d, sleep ng ; and the Continent of the passenger shoea from the pitcher's box into the rthio airplane services of Imperial Airways, opp0site pitcher's box or forfeit the point to his opponent. the British national company. flying under probably the most favorablo weather conditions in world, this company has carried 000 continental passengers to and fro above the Channel withot a single one of these thousands of air-borne travelers. It is, therefore, in a very hopeful frame of mind that the air world is now drawing up the programs which will do honor to the twenty-flfth anniversary of the first engine-driven flight by nfan. Britain Reform Young Criminal by Gentler Means was that they did manage to get work for boys, and employers came back to them for more recruits. Dr. I. C. W. Methven, governor of the Borstal Institution, said that the a .system had much altered since the days of the first boys' prii : gate to-day stood open; the officers no longer wore uniform and they car-> staff. One's first impression of the boys was of their health and sensible dress of shorts and cricket shirts. Conduct earned for them the right to wear blue instead ', of other colors, and the acquisition Magistrates' Conference, held at | 0f that blue was as much coveted as Education Found to Promote Growth of Best in Youth Better Than Punition Manchester--A frank analysis of the Tiritish methods of reforming young criminal was made at r.i iokp iol recently. Tho conference en up to a discussion of the al and reformatory schools Borstal Institution; and how English system has advanced mglit out by Dr. A. H. Norris, ■f inspector of the Home Office who reminded his audi l Victc i the throne. 600 boys under 16 years ot »ge were aiVaiting transportation to Botany Bay, and Parkhurst Prison was built to hold them. Now, however, those methods had been changed. It was the policy of the Home Office to encourage the individuality of schools, and on the whole the system worked well. The first class of school, known as the industrial school, was for those of school age who had really been neglected but were not vi( or bad; they were a kind of residential elementary school. The reformatory schools were for those above school age who had been found lying or s ing repeatedly. It was only 50 years ago that an education authority built a truant school containing 20 cells. Now these were turned into bedrooms, bathrooms, sports stores. The convict uniform, the lock and key, were gone. They had come to the conclusion that a good schoolroom education was essential to every one of the children. Nothing produced such good discipline of mind. The children's spare time, however, must not be so fully organized that they never learned to organize in themselves. The schools did trust children. At a holiday camp, for instance, the bows were let out from i until eight with pocket money. It ild be by such I itted I successful features the Oxford and Cambridge - riety. The outer edges of the pitcher's | v', box shall be known as foul lines. In delivering the shoe into the opo-site pitcher's box a contestant may value and < Then, as now, there was a Housing Problem, and as it was to the front in the spring of 1900, Meech suggested I should find somebody to interview on the subject. Now I had met George Bernard Shaw. He and my eldest brother had been together on the old St. Paneras Vestry, and one afternoon when I went there to meet Thornton he had introduced me to Shaw. Shaw was not then the world-famous dramatist he is now, then. ... I knew he would man to interview on the subject, the strength of thi3 . . the casual introduction I wrote to I _ Shaw, telling him what I wanted and ]-. I*™?™™^™*™* 1* H° "It™ ..... ., . _ , interesting chapter m Acts than thus king if he would consent. Two days one whic{f d£W£ibes tho visit of Paul later I received a long envelope en- to tne capital of Greece. There on g a type-written "interview" on Mars Hill he delivered one of the ouslng Problem, far wittier and noblest of all his addresses .showing Intelligent than I could possibly that he was able to meet theee philo-have manufactured even with his ver- sophers on their own ground, while be bal aid, and--best of all--a note inside then Jeads them up to_great truth of saying; "Make what use you like of the enclosed and come to tea at 4 p Thursday, when we can talk other things." Could anything be kinder or more 0ut having been able to found generous? Not only to make a young- church. However, it is to be noted ster a present of a column of valuable that here, as everywhere, there wa3 1 copy, but--lest he might feel that he some fruit for his labors, and the two i was being got rid of--to follow it up converts mentioned seem to have been with a friendly invitation. But that People of some distinction, Dionysius ' is the real Shaw, the kindest-hearted b.emg 18 man in the world, as well as the wli I est. Those who know his books know . ____________ > j something good; those who know the H. paul at corinth, Acts 18:1-11. for ringer for its nian know something even better. | V. 1. Discouraged at his reception j Of course I went to tea and so 'n Athens and anxious about the state tshoe moves a shoe' began an acquaintance which I am of the church at Thessaloriica Paul take, a,, shoes are \ proud to claim to-day. What we talk- BALKANS Princess Helei tptember 9. Lesson XI--Paul In Athens and Corinth--Acts 18: 1-11; 1 Tim. 2: 3-7. Golden Text-- For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified.--1 Cor. 2: 2. ANALYSIS . I. paul at athens, Acts 17:16-34. 1 II. paul at corinth, Acts 18:1-11. , paul and intercession, 1 Tim. 2:3-7. j meeting and j. PAUl at Athens, Acts 17: 1G-34. [, the Resurrection of Christ from 1 This statement, however, i arouses the ridicule of these fickle ' , Greeks, and Paul has to turn bis back I upon this great seat of learning, with- _ i member of the high court of the city and Damaris posyibly bis ed about--or rather what Shaw talked the p;raeus This city about--I forgot, but I know he kept ferenit from Ath,en3j 'bei chuckli Frank Rutte When a throi already at the counted in their new posith In ordinary playing, 21 points stitute a game. j nie All shoes shall be within six inches j and of the stake to score. | in 1 Closest shoe to stake sc point. Two shoes closer th; ent's, two points. Two ringers score six points. One ringer and closest shoe of same player scores four points. If a contestant shall have two ringers and his opponent one, the player having two ringers shall score three points. All equals count as ties and no points are scored. In case each Choosing garments that pack contetsant has a ringer the next 's an important item f"r thu closest shoe, if within six inches of wh° travels much of the time. r dif- than an hour commercial centre and an important 11 see the light dancing seaport with all the vice and luxury and the demure smile that often went with such a place, left his lips for long.--| V. 2. Aquila and Priscilla have in-in "Since I Was Twenty-,teresting associations. They were sub-' sequent!y to play quite an important part in the activities of Paul. It is doubtful whether Paul had been the means of their conversion. The fact that Priscilla is sometimes mentioned first has led to the suggestion that she was a woman of high portion by birth as well as by training. In verso twentysix we read that she took part the instruction of Appollos. To Avoid Wrinkled Garments Such 1 V. 3. In his search for a lodging j it shall c stand anywhere within the foul lines. In getting a "toe hold" on the front ] of the pitcher's box the player must be careful that no part of his foot ex- j tends over tile foul line. At the beginning of successive' Le Maxse in tl games between the same players thei (London): ("Why stake, shall score, if each contestant selection Is not only a question of ™ -turaldy ^d^to tdioea w^ has a double ringer, both double ring- fabrlc but als° of «» shi*Pe -nd cut &e]f He had learn,ad bow to make cancelled and no points scored. of the garments. For instance, it Is tents out of th,8 rough goats' hair ise there is a tie of all four we" t0 remember that flat, wide pleats cloth, and he applies himself here as shoes--as four ringers, or all four Pack better than do accordion pleats die had done in Thessalonica to this shoes are an equal distance from the and that fullness and draperies ma demeans of earning his livelihood, stake no scores shall be recorded and of straight lengths of material travel V. 4 But he cannot keep silent on the contestant who pitched last is more satisfactorily than if the fabric ^ rebpom convict:™ and he be-entitled to pitch first on the next is gathered or cut on the bias mak- ^'^Sin? not^ndy t£ throw. ;ing folding difficult and the results un- but ak,, thope p,jre Greaks who Any shoe leaning against the stake certain. Wide pleats can be basted had become interested in the truths a tilted position shall have no ad- in place and folded smooth and flat of Israel, vantage over a shoe lying flat on the for a long journey and the repressing V. 5. We must read 1 Thess. 2: 18 ground and against the stake. All can be done under the mattress of in order to follow the movements of such shoes are ties. If a contestant one's bed in a hotel or an steamer. Silas and Timothy Their return the stake, Even intricate looking dresses, if br,?«* g.re'at W to th* heart of Pa«l i shoe leaning a 'closest shot Time Will Show National Review t a United States loser of the preceding game shall have' of the British Empire?" asked Howard the first pitch. j Ferguson in England). Tho alterna- A 6hoe pitched while the player tives for Canada are a United States is standing outside the foul line is of some kind, either partnership with foul. If a shoe strikes outside of the' Great Britain or absorption by U.S.A. foul lines before entering the pitcher's But there are not a few Canadians-- box it js a foul. A foul shoe shall not! we cannot saw how many--who be-be scored or credited. lieve in a third alternative, in which A ringer shall be a shoe that en- they would enjoy the best of both circles the stake far enough to per-[worlds; a purely nominal membership mit a straight edge to touch both heel of the British Empire without any ob-oalks simultaneously, j ligations or responsibilities, coupled Whenever a player knocks off his! with a commercial partnership with own opponent's ringer, such knocked! their prosperous neighbors to the off ringers lose their scoring value and' South. The destiny of Canada is ln the player making the ringer is not her own hands. None but Canadians credited with a ringer. j can decide it. Are they too absorbed If a player knocks on one of his' ln what are called "practical affairs" vn or his opponent's shoes from a to give heed to their future? Time j car m-ringer position to a ringer posi-jwill show, but time is never on the j both tion, the changed shoe has scoring side of laissez-faire, laissoz-aller. j car c selected with a view to packing, re- ^'(.^ '^ . jolve themselves into several flat lay-; y. g ers of material that, can be folded like opposith a handkerchief and do not crumple languag When properly packed. Another fac- , breaks to be considered in choosing shakes his packable garments is the finish of the fabric. Experience has proved that raged to preach lew earnestness and devotion. The Jews begin their usual ►n, and their blasphemous ; is so intense that Paul -t into indignant protest and at them-- •hich his audience would verv well understand. See Matt. 10:14. He renounces all responsibility for their soft, dull-stirfaced material does ar;d d^ides to devote his time not crease so sharply as does a flat, ;,n Corinth, henceforth, to the Gen-thiny-finished one. A salesperson is biles. usually glad to explain the best way j V. 7. He changes his lodging and of folding a dress so that it shall stays now with a Gentile Christian emerge in good condition from suit- named Justus who lived next door to case or trunk, even after a long jour- synagogue. V. 8. The preaching, however, wins _ I over some of the members of the Jewish people, among these Crispus, one of their leaders. He is mentioned i experimental average farmhouse, it is trying to "thYoi situation. 'irk man is for Hoov< r Smith. And the signs with the nan Giving British Youths An Idea of Our Rolling Stock 1 1 Cor. 1:14 as one of the few whom Paul baptized personally. Vs. 9, 10. This vision, like that which came to him at Troas, was a means of convincing Paul that he was in the place which God had chosen for mily .Km, and he is assured that tha 3 of church is to become one of the great tv,o, 1 centres of Christian life. V. 11. He remains here for eighteen months and is able to organize and I build up the community of taints. paul and intercession, 1 Tim. 2:3-7. ; This letter is one of the so-called j pastoral epistles and belongs to the 'close of Paul's ministry. It was prob-j ably written in Macedonia and was meant to encourage the youthful Timothy who had been left behind at ! Ephosus in order to direct and organize the Christians there. Many directions are given by the apostle, and ) among others Paul speaks in these | few verses of the necessity of praying i cn behalf of the rulers of the land. | V. 3. This advice that preyer be I made for the king is in line with 'Paul's advice given elsewhere. See j Rom. 13:1-4. Of course, Paul could not approve of the character of the j ruling Emperor, Nero, but be means that settled government is needful I for all true prosperity and they must de what they can to guard the peace of the world. | V. 4. A further argument for such prayer for the kings and all in authority is given in Paul's doctrine of the nature of God, who is the universal Father and desires all men to com© to tho knowledge of the truth. See Acts 17: 26-28. V. 5. This has been revealed in the advent of Christ, who came to die, not only for the Jews but for the world. V. 7. Paul now recalls the fact that he was one whom God had chosen to be a preacher to the Gentiles. It is his greatest pride and joy that God had appointed him to so noble an office. HANDLED TO EMPIRE AMBASSAI j English girls are j shy to achieve fam said j rapid approach or