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. rT - mh 1905. Many improvements, especially with respect to 'lateral control, were made. It was not until late in 1905 that the Wrights felt they were on the home-stretch--that they had a plane that was airworthy, controllable, and able to fly under its own power. Further changes were added as the ' i flights continued, but -they were re- % ir OR { finements rather than basic improve- BRITISH VIEW. ments, N ' "Ag 1908 appears on the calendar, "On a raw December day in 1003 writes Lieutenant Maitland, 'the aay half a dozen people among the sand of aviation begins to dawn, and bril- dunes of the North Carolina coast saW jiantly outlined against the rays of its this machine, with Orville Wrig® Iy- riging sun are the Wright Brothers, ing prone on the lower wing, shot who, before the end of the year, were along a rail by the force of a catapult. destined to set the hearts and minds As it went Wilbur Wright ran along- of the peoples of two continents side with a steadying hand on the gfiame with a veritable bonfire of enthusiasm,' " wing. It moved in the air unsupport- ed, it stayed in the air for twelve "The original Wright biplane had seconds. At last the old legends nad ap engine of only twelve horsepower come true." --The London Dally Tele- and carried but one man, its pilct," graph. says the Manchester Guardian, '"To- 9 " . . day the great Armstrong Siddeley alr On Monday, Decmber 17th, aviation jiners of Imperial Airways have em- colobrated its twenty-fifth birthday, gines developing 1,350 horse-power when & banquet to air ploneers Was and carry 21 people. given at South Kensington Museum, 'The gpeed of the Kitty Hawk ma- London, the streets being seated under | chine was between 30 and 45 miles an the actual aeroplane in which WIIbur nour, a striking contrast to the speed | Wright made the first flight at Kitty of 319%, miles an hour recently Hawk, America. But first of all the!achieved by the Super-marine-Napler story itself 1s well worth telling, and | racing seaplane. ' although British newspapers have re-| "Other comparisons between the corded the thrilllng adventure, it 18! first flight and performances today only fitting that descriptions of the|are as follows: -- great day from across the Atlantic 1903. 1928. should be quoted, Altitude 18 Bb. luis 40,000 ft. "During the night of December 16,! Distance nowstop .. 850-1t..5,000 miles 'feel that it is written by a child in 1903, a strong, cold wind blew from {he noth ever the marshes and sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It was over those windy, sandy stretches that on the next morning-- just 26 vears ago this month----man for the first time flew in an airplane,' says The American Review of Re- views, "The flight was, of course, the work of the Wright brothers, Three days before a first attempt at flight had been made, with slight damage to the plane, but it had ended almost before it had begun. Now, however, repairs were finished, and in a biting cold | Duration ......... 59 sec. ...... Over 90 hrs. "Experts predict that in the next quarter of a century aeroplanes will fly non-stop across the Atlantic, car- rying over one hundred passengers at 300 miles an hour, while Mr. A. V. Roe, the great British aviation pio- neer, places the speed of future aero- planes as high as 1,000 miles an hour." This romance explains why the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first flight has been celebrated with such enthusiasm, | The aeroplane with the moral and! Jena, for a mountain observatory in end" of the telescope. game size as that on a motor car. NEW CONTRIVANCE INVENTED FOR STAR GAZING A two-lens telescope, just finished at the famous Zeiss Optical Works in This view shows the "business Its size can be guaged by the "wheel" which is the Java, the international complications it fin the midst of some dangerous wind the brothers worked to prepare thelr fler, as it was called. A launch- ing track had to be set up, the launch- ing mechanism then necessary put in order, and the plane set upon it. Orvite Wright's Turn to Fly brings in its train will be the subject of later comment. emer re elf rm Cottage Musk Or in caprice or through neglect Gone is the Greengage, rusty-spec'd, munist manifestation, he makes a fig- wre which can mever be forgotten. Police Chief Known To Paris By Silk Hat Whan M, Leon Daundet, the Royalist ---- leader, had to 'be arrested there was M. Jean Chiappe, Ubiquitous grave danger of serious street fight. "It was Orville Wright's turn to try. . ing... The Royulists had barred ond and Urbane, Brings French i blockaded 'their headquarters in the Gone the Red Sage that once bedecked Our garden alleys. But most I miss the Musk, of yore That sconted every cottage door And pathway of the laboring poor, --RBut sweetliest Sally's. Tle tested the motor, found it satisfac. tory, releaged the wire that held the machine, Ba started forward into the wind, Wilbur ran at the side of the track, holding the wing to balance the plane on the track. Slowly the plane pushed forward into the wind---and Hers was a life together lent flew. : " " "Phe course of the flight up and | down,' Orville Wright said later, 'was | exceedingly erratic, partly due to the | With it and its belonging scent-- God knows which way or why they went!-- su ; Ve | But you may go where JeBalnilty Of the, air, BO You will, and search the countryside : xperience in handling A454 ywyere wavering clouds and waters machine. The machine would glide-- rise suddenly to about 10 feet and | It dled, the year that Sally died-- then as suddenly dart for the ground. You'll find % nowhere. 4 A sudden dart when a little more than Q. in The London Spectator. 100 feet from the end of the track, or Sir ATR Quiller-Couch writes in a little more than 120 feet from the a postscript: "I doubt if a single point at which it rose into the air, plant of the ou vellow scented Musk. ended the fight, so common forty years ago, can be *"1t lasted only 12 seconds, but it] » ' f anywhere in England. was, nevertheless, the first in the his- ound anywhere in England rere spn ee see. tory of the world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its Unheralded and Unsung St. Paul Ploneer Press: Among own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction Stier , of speed, and had finally landed at a those Geserving ue Season good So ot rhein we thik feof: whtely 0 Les 10 tho careful Mototiss, Cae started. does not hear much said in his praise. "Mr 'Wright's words, and the story There is plenty of condemnation for * : his cohtemporary, the careless motor- ist, In fact the imprudence, discour- of the Wright brothers' work in avia- tom, appear in an article 1. World's tesy, incompetence and disastrous Work by Licut. Lester J. Maitland, 4 who. less than 24 years after that rocklessnéss of the bad driver just original fight of th Ly hits ® i a about monopolize public attention and A ovr £h 8, ptioted |, y0dy heeds the eMcient pilots of the monoplane which first flew the Nevertheless an 2,400 miles between the Pacific Coast Toto. cars, oye oad Hawall St! immense aggregate of highly compe- ' al) tent and watchful driving 1s done on The Crash After the Fourth Flight |iho treacherous streets these days. "The Wrights, after that first glori- it fee in ous flight, did not declare a holiday | (yur repentance is not so much re- and go in search of laurels to rest|gret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in upon,' says Lieutenant Maitland. "Three more flights were made in| ,,zequence.--La Rochefoucauld. ago, writes H. G. Cardozo in "The Lon- sistant Commissioner in charge of the with the Special Branch thrown in. tent 'n tho ranks of the French unl tormed police, and many changes of the high officials concerned had not with the distinct revolutionary menace of the Communists it was necessary to find a strong hand to restore confid- ence 'and discipline. telephones for use in cases of riots or side-care have all helped to make the scientific and efficient in the world. to M. Poincare alone, the best-known man in Paris. thick set, with a smiling clean-shaven face, he wears a gflk hat oftener than any other man expecting President Doumergue. on his Lead, and as he bustles bore Force to High Efficiency Rue de Rome, near the Gar St. Lazare, M. Jean Chiappe, the Paris Prefect and some 500 stalwart young men of Police, is earning a reputation for "e'¢ preparing to defend the liberty himself 'by his skill and firmness, of their leader with thelr own lives if allied with tact and courtesy, which Necessary. A mistaken word or ges bids fair to rival that of M. Lepine, ture might bave cost hundreds of lives. the famous prefect of a generation M. Chiappe had the building sur- rounded by troops and armed police tand then alone he stepped forwaml and asked to speak to his prospective prisoner. don Daily Mail" Just fifty years of age, he came from Corsica when yet a youth and imme- diately entered the civil service, M. Daudet appeared at a window wheré he rose two years ago to the and M, Chiappe very quietly appealed responsible post of Director of the to him as a patriotic Frenchman not Surote Generale, which would corres- to allow blood to be shed on his be- pand in England to the rank of As- half. The few tactful words were sufficient, Investigation Department, Criminal re pret A Theory About a Theory New York Sun: Major Mills ex- plains that his prize-winning plan for enforcing prohibition is "predicated on the sound economic theory that when the cost of the product ds the capacity of the consumer to pay, the demand ceases" This theory has been applied successfully to dia monds, terrapin, votes, silk hats, prize fights, penthouses and old masters. But nobody has ever discovered the exact point at which the seeker of a drink will consider the economic con- gequences. Ilence the night clubs. ED . Highbrows and Lowbrows Providence Journal: When a man with the unusual name of Stribling is a prize-fighter -and another Stribling id an author, it makes matters very confusing for the casual reader, who has to read quite a little in order to find out whether he is reading high- At that moment there was discon- improved matters. "It was felt that M. Chiappe hds liad the most as: tounding success, in his efforts. Ex- tended telephone services, wireless emergency, speedy motor-cars and Paris police force one of the most M. Chiappe is now, perhaps, second Short of stature and He wears ft well back rapid guccession---the brothers alter- and there, always with a smile even ee ------------ brow or lowbrow stuff. | ese mating at "the controls, Probably more would have taken place had not the fourth flight ended in a crash that a now revived by Eva Le Galllenne a the Civic Repertory Theatre, Times, showing how the great drama- tist achieves the atmosphere of the supernatural on the stage. : "The difference between a "fairy play and a realistic one," says Sir 'James, "4a/that in the former all the characters are really children with a child's outlook on life. 'This applies to the so-called adults of the story as well as to the young people. Pull the beard off the Fairy King and you will find the face of a child. "The actors in a fairy play shoald deadly earnestness and that they are children playing it in the same spirit. The scenic artist is another child in league with them. * 3 "In England the tendency is always to be too elaborate, to overact. is particularly offensive in a falry plece, where all should be guick aid] spontaneous and should seem artless. "A very natural desire of the actor {8 to 'get everything possible out of a lne'---to squeeze it dry--to hit the audience a hlow with it as from a hammer, instead of making a point Hghtly and passing on as if unaware that he had made a point. There are many tricks of the stage for increas- ing this emphasis, and thoy are espe- cially in favor to strengthen the de- graded thing called 'the laugh,' which 1s one of the curses of the English stage. "In short, the cumulative effect of naturalness is the one thing to aim 'at...In. a fairy play yon may have many things to do that are not possi- ble in real life, but you conceive your: {sel in a world in which they are ordinary occurrence, and act accord- ingly. Never do anything because you think this is how the characte: in that fanciful world would do it: "No doubt there should be a certain exdggeration in acting, but just as much as there is in the stage scenery, which 1s exaggerated, not to be real but to seem real." mares oi Home Brew New York Herald-Tribune: Grape acreage throughout the country has quadrupled since 1919. The Volstead law, to be sure, sidesteps the home manufacture of wine. Court decisions have promounced it legal. But cer- tainly its sale and transportation, ex- cept for medicinal or sacramental pur- pose, is illegal. Yet countless citizens who can make it legally in their kitchens and cellats are" selling it illegally, and where is the force big enough to catch them at it? re i Reparations and Debts New York Times: "Our Govern: ment has consistently argued that G r th do" not 5 the United States, and have no rela: tion whatever to the war debts owed to onr Treasury by England, France and the others. This contention is, of course, legally correct. It may also 6 mathematically. In the documents, on the Treasury books, reparations are distinct from he war debts. Yet everybody knows that, in fact, they are linked together and cannot in the final settlement be kept apart. eee ees Too Many Mines Philadelphia Ledger: There are still too many mines and too many miners. It is by no means certain that it ali the miners agree to'accept & lower wage the necessity for further steps to rehabilitate the soft coal In dustry will be ended. v . cansad wreckage requiring two days for repairs, But those repairs were never made. As the Wriglits stood near the plane discussing their fourth flight, which lasted 569 seconds and covered 852 feet, a gust of wind lifted the machine, turned it over, and dam- aged it so extensively that further flying that year was out of the ques- tion.' "Qurlously enough, it was nearly five years before the country at large believed that man had actually flown. Only a few days before the Wrights' _ succesa the attempts of Professor Samuel! Langley, conducted in the light of an unsought publicity, had ad for Jack of a motor such as the Wrights had evolved. This made the public incredulous, convincing it that human flight was an idle dream. "Quietly the Wrights worked on. 'Thoy bad ploneered and experimented through seven years of painstaking labor, first to build a glider that would then to: Invent a method of con How Chili Overcame Her Recent Earthquak ke on the acting version of Peter Pan, : Now| 'I York," says The London Sunday ready better known than any previous heir to adds The Times. 'Hi among them from boyhood interests, their amusements, tholr generous causes in. peace, thelr dan. gers and thelr sorrows in the years "He {6 a familiar and highly popu: lar figure throughout the length and breadth of the land. But those who have known him only as tha difident boy, the gallant young soldier, the 'hard-riding, pleasure-loving Prince, have seen no more than the frst sketch of the picture. "It 18 the fashion perhaps to regard him as a modern version of Prince youthful companions and moderate his light-hearted impatience; but there 1s something more serious in the picture than that superficial view might detect. A truer comparison, moving farther down the pages of his- tory, marks the common recurrence of family features in alternate genera- tions, and sees a singular resemblance to the consistent outlook of life which was 1 nfact held by King Edward, his namesake and grandfather. "Like his grandfather, the Prince of Wales is a student of living people rather than of the written word. A: keen interest in different types of ing them immeasurably greater than Hal who must some day renounce his. manhood, and opportunities for meet. of easy friendship, has shared thefr Tupted of the around the world hoipig int 43 'Their weading tour came to an abrupt ond when she with other wonien and children of the foreign settlement in Kabul wero removed from thelr pre carfous position by British plares. "Of course, I am anxious for the _ !gafety of Allen, my husband," sald 'Mus. Isaacson, "but I hope the wonder: ful British pllots and their machines will be on hand if there is any more trouble. . x "Everything was calm and when we arrived in Kabul, We wi our way entirely unaware of trouble brewing all over the country, and for some time did not realie the danger we were in. The first sign came from & curious source---there was a shorts age of food at the hotel ahd rumors spread that the roads were Impas- sable owing to trouble at Jalalabad. "The pext move was the intimation from the English Legation that trou. ble was brewing fu Kabul itself. We slept that night under armed guard fa our hotel, as it was not considered necessary to retire to the legation, "Next day rumors of trouble spread | those of other men of his years, have and we took what goods we could ia supplied the place of the text-books of our game old car and drove into the political theory, It is certain at all legation grounds. kady Humplireys events that heghas long realized In (wife of the British Minister) was every detail, and will always ObSoTVe mother to us all surely tho most cos- with absolute fidelity, the duties and monolitan compan' ever gathered for the limitations of his positon, |.safet : : under the Exitish flag. "It may also be predicted 'with con-| ¥ Byjtish flag fidence that, * surveying in advance these duties and these limitations, he will not content himself entirely with them, but will seek such openings as are legitimately his to play some in- dividual role in affairs. Nor as it alto- gether unlikely that King Edward's long and useful influence in Furope--- acquired while he was Prince of Wales and distinguishing all his sub- sequent reign--first suggested to his grandson the wisdom of cultivating friendship and knowledge betimes in another field. "In any case It is not without sig- nificance at 'this moment that tho main experience, and presumbaly the personal interest, of the Heir Appar. 'ont 'should 11s in the English-speaking world of the British Dominions and the Unitell States. He returns at a tme when the firm hold of the Royal House on the affections of the whole Empire, immensely strengthened as it has been by King George's deep devo- tion to duty, has been more signally displayed than at any previous period in our history. ; "In helping the King he can best help 'also to build for himself here- after the same sure and permanent place in 'the heart of the British peoples." -------- fp rn The Shipping War | New York World: The United States Shipping Board proposes to finance a ruinous rate war, partly at Its arguments in support of this action are a repudiation of its own program of, finding business for American ships. The extension of this policy would deprive American manufactur the expense of the American taxpayy| ers and partly at the expense of the: companies it professes to be. helping. | | "Of course, we were under severe (ednditions. Some-other woman and I had a corner of the library to sleep in. It was hitterly cold at night except around the fire. The sccond night we were alarmed by shots near the Jegation. We jumped up in fright, al though I can say the women behaved magnificently. Sir Francis Humph- revs had men assembled in the hall end be went out to inspect the guards posted around the legation walls, It was evident that skirmishing was gos -ing on within 100 yards of (he legatl jon the road to Pagman. 2 } "The night was lighted by flashes of fire and bullets passed over the lega- "tion walls. The next day we settled _ down to short rations of Afghan food, * though the legation cock did his best , for the huge family, "Sir Humphreys inspired us all by hls example and courage and Lady Humphreys by. her kindness. They were always choerful and encourag- ing." i After it was realized that although | the shots were not intended against | the legation, some were falling in the grounds. - The British Minister order- red the refugees into inuar rooms, | "Wea of course were overcrowded there," Mrs, Isaacson continued, "and slept in relays. The servants pre- pared barricades and the women of various nations joined in arranging them for their own safety." 'Sir Francis Humphreys, with mag- nificent cenrage, went to the gate of the legation.and spoke to the leaders of each side, securing comparative safety for the legation. There was _desultory- firing .day and night and now and agaln the sound of falling masouary. "Phen came the great day when we heard that the machines had actually ! ers of the chance to send their goods' left Peshawar. Sir Francis announced ° abroad at the lowest cost and would the news te the silent crowd: Some deal a blow to our export trade. It Women wept. I knew that my Hus would from foreign governments which | safety. might result in damage to American| "Then, early in the, morning .we business many times' greater than any 'heard the whirr of the aachines and benefit the board can bestow, on Amer! were told to prepare ourselves Im- {can shipping. The. violent flag-wav-' mediately for a dangerous march un- eventually bring retaliation 'band would be left while I went tds, ing by members of the Shipping Board can not conceal the mischief inherent in their precipitate action. i etm samt The Consumer's Place Baltimore Sun: As a usual thing tariff bills an deverything connected | with them represent to the reader the maximum of dullness, but theer is something about the preparations which the Ways and Means Commit. revision that must provoke a resigned {smile from the unfortunate-individual {known to economists as the consumer. This manifold person; if he reads the tee of the House is making for tariff} . der escort to the landing ground, ~~ "The last I kaw of the fateful building was from the air, with its flag still fiying, One wing and ofe outer house in the ruins of the beauti- ful garden were torn with shell holes. sense of relief occupled all my ithoughts as we flew over the barren { country to the grim Khyber Pass and + landed at Peshawar. SA "That was the end of my motor journey around the world," oy = a