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AEROPLANE AS A
Already It Has Brought Good Lucl
in Several Courtships and Been the
Means of an Elopement
ALl'llUl'dll thcn.iropl,.r,c l- U.rely
nit of i h- cradle it Ins lmuly
become an itit r't in factor in
romance and adventure, and
'iere is not an emotion tliat has not found
ti out sot at some time in this new air
elude 'I he temperament, il 1'reiK'hllMII
urtieiil.irly lias found it a source of relief,
ne lYenrlim.in committed suicide in his
emplane because the woman he loved
fn-ed to s.iy the right word, many have
andoned their air careers for the s..me
ivison; one lost his life in a duel of sen
.ition.il flying which was inspired ly a
oung woman of I'aris, ntid a young
viator, it was said, deliberately ioiirtil
livitlt in an aeroplatie because of an in
uralile malady
Not the I'reni'hmm alone has taken
dvantage of the resources provided by
henerial route Hen- in America its n-es
-ivo been just as erratic One couple
i.ive elop.l by aeroplatie, one aviator
ew to court, an aviatrice evaded the law
y fleeing in lier monoplane, a physician
initial a ptitient in an aeroplane and the
ying machine has been prcs-ed into ser
ice as a life saving device.
It is men of this type, aerial adventurers,
ho are constantly discovering .1 new use
or the aeroplane i
The ill starred flight of Chavez across
he Alps, which will go down in history
s a feat of great daring and achieve
ment, i said to have been actuated by a
tirioim motive It was to win the nd
iiiration of a young woman of I'aris that
eand another aviator engaged in a com
etition of sensitional Hying
Hi- lud previously been noted for his
ool and calculating Hying, but suddenly
evelopcd into a sensationalist. He piled
p tecords and performed feats that
locked i nd surprise! those who lu.d
een ccustomcd to his conservative
lettf ('s 'I he prize of i'.'o.noo offered for
le iht ..cross the Alps was generally
egurded as a shrewd piece of advertising
nd it w..s nott)iought tliat any one
oulil attempt to win it ('have, again
tirprised )iis friends by announcing that
e was going make the (light. Hp fell (
.d v., is killed just before landing on the
rtlier slo,e (Ine wing of his machine
II. i sih! when he wah tliirty feet above
ound
II iliert Latham, who some mouths ago
a Killed in the jungles of frica by a
iH a " i- san! tn have taken to the aero
lun. iai.se he was a victim of tuber
losi. V. hen l,atlia'u decided to fly ho
ii'kcl ohi the most dangerous aerial
eeiler i lie Antoinette monoplane N'n
her 'nan had eve- managed this danger
s I I'd s ie. . - f ii i liad thrown
Ive a 'er (I i ur. a id it was Latlia u
10 aile Lot t ic iiiiti lune and him-elf
no ,
He smashed machine after machine
4 t always escaped. He (lew in storms. .
lot ducks from his aeroplane and smoked
rnrettos in the air. It was a habit of
1 to smoke a cigarette with a long holder,
'lich he often lighted while aloft. Ho
ould reach in his pocket for a match
id calmly proceed to light it. His fly
I woh always of a spectacular nut lire,
ice this jaded young man did not care
lat happened.
He attempted the (light from France
' i Kugland and splashed down in the
iglish Channel. When a boat arrived
i rescue I.atham lie was sitting on a
lug of his Moating machine smoking a
igarettc. Latham took along an aero
piano on the hunting trip in which ho
'ist his life. Since Latham stopped flying
the Antoinette monoplane it has prac
tically passed from use.
Anot her Frenchman who had unsuc
cessfully sought the love of a woman
i.ivited her to kpo him tly and deliberately
loleased tho lovers of his machine in the
r.ir and foil to death.
Dubonnet, who won fame In tho air,
."Iso won his bride at fhn nenxlromo.
' he won captivated by his daring, but
tractcd a promiso that he would never,
iftvor again lly before she said "Yob,"
fl..,,,l., -lrl,..,n.U'l.ll., Ilw. Vrw.llu),
! viator, 1h another who owes his success I
Li lovo to tho aeroplane. n board ship I
he met Miss liorolhy Taylor niece of the
late (5ov Taylor, who became interested
in his air career. As soon as he reached
the States he took her for several aerial
rides, and It was after one of these that
she promised to marry Inm
The wedding took place on the other
side, and several aviators, including
Sopwith, Hamel and Loraine. flew from
the Heiidon aerodrome to the church
lawn to attend the ceremony (irahame
White (lew over the day before, dropping
roses from his aeroplane The couple
planned to take their honeymoon trip
by the air line, but decided later to go for
a cruise on a yacht. Later they did take
the proposed air trip
Aviator Lee Hammond, who performed
star stunts under the management of
t'apt. Baldwin, is also indebted to his
flying machine for the happy culmination
of a romance which began at the Mineola
aerodrome. A young woman happened
to visit th" Held and saw him lly She
went up to congratulate him Day after
day sh" ret ,irned to see more Hying.
Then it was that ( apt Ilalilwm took
Hammond olf to the Orient Hammond
made brilliant (lights there anil all went
well until one day he received a letter
from New York. He must give up flying,
it said, or this particular young woman
could not consider his offer for one
moment. He broke the news to Capt
llaldwin, who was somewhat put out
on losing his star attraction, but told
Hammond it would be all right The
weddiiiR occurred a few days after his
arrival here.
A few weeks ago Art Smith, an aviator,
and Miss Aimee ('our of Kort Wayne,
Ind , eloped in an aeroplane. They flew
seventy-one milesaiid met with a smashup.
This did not discourage the young couple,
who lost no time in (hiding a minister.
Smith said that was the only time he had
ever 1 n alile to get anything on his
competitors Kvery time he planned a
stunt some one came along and beat him
to it
(leorge W Iteatty courted his wife in
an aeroplane. She made many sectaciilar
flights with him. Liter when he took
another young woman for an air spin
them was trouble in the family that
almost ended in a divorce proceeding
H.'.itty some time ago was arrested for
speeding in an automobile He flow
to court and offered the Judge a free
ride, which the Judge declined and in-
Emile Dubonnet Won ev. Be&sutiul Mxd
Then H&d To Sweajr off To Ple,&-sc
THE SUN,
THE ROAD FROM BROADWAY TO PARIS
IF
With.
Her,
s. v II MlL'r I III
1 fK m 1
SUNDAY, DECEMBER
His AeropL&jne.
1, 1912.
GrhaJT-White.Who Won His Bride Witn A.n Aeroplane
ftnd Used One or rtis Honeymoon irip.
ROMANTIC FACTOR
Aerial Adventures Constantly Finding
New Uses, Both Practical and Spec
tacular, for Flying Machine
stead administered the usual fine. j "I in not know if the future will see
To Miss Mathilde Moisant belongs the such a problem," he says, "but 1 trust
distinction of being the first air pilot that its solution will not lie allowed to
to evade an ofllcer of the law by fleeing interfere with the plan, which can al
' in her monoplane. At Nassau Houle- ready be rwilied, of using the aeroplane
va rd, L I , last summer a Sheriff appeared 1 to seek where wounded men are lyliuc
with a paper in which it was charged and bring back word to the hospital
I that Miss Moisant had violated a law I service.
against Sunday flying. 'Hie aviatrice "During the war of 1S70 and the flght-
mounted her monoplane and vanished . ing in Manchuria many wounded men
into cloiidlaud. The Sheriff attempted remained days and nights without succor
j to follow in an automobile, but it was and many died not so much because of
of no Use, for he could not skim fences , their wounds as from the delay, e.x
and other obstacles with his ground posum, cold and want of food and drink,
vehicle. And yet this state of affairs was not alwayi
Aviator Charles Wald, who conducts due to inefficiency of medical aid; oftei
a school for flying at (!len Head, L. 1.. 'enough the means to aid was relativelj
was the first to rescue a drowning man close at hand and not fully occupied "
bv aeroplane. Iist October Walter A few weeks ago a Hummomlsport
Slrohbach, a chauffeur of llrooklyn, physician had an urgent call to visit a
was in a rowboat when it capsized. Wald patient across the lake. Not being able
was just hauling his machine out of the to get a boat immediately, he secured an
hangar when he noticed people running aeroplane that happened to bo handy,
along the shore crying for help. He A delay might liave meant the loss of the
raw the overturned boat and set out patient's life. Tho aeroplane is also said
to save Strohbach, who was bobbing to have been used as a wea i n of re
up between the whitecaps. venge. An aviator claimed that an ao-
Wald landed on the water and caught cident that occurred to him was due to
the drowning man by the hand and lifted the treachery of an enemy, who tinkered
him into the pas-enger seat before he with his machine.
coul 1 get aid from any other source, j Queer questions in regard to the aero
S ohbach could not swim and had not J plane have come up for the law to adjust.
tne aeroplane readied mm pronauly
would have lost his life. Mr. Wald be
lieves that in the future the hydroaero
plane will be used on coasts for life sav
ing purposes.
At New Orleans last February Aviator
Dobcl discovered the body of Herbert
Johnson, an architect who had been
drowned, by flying over the water at
a height of about .Mil) feet. Circling lower,
lie made sure it was the body sought
and then flew to shore to notify mem
bers of the yacht club. Johnson's friends
took a launch and found the body from
Dobel's description.
After some tests made at the last
maiui'iivres of the French army Dr
Heymond, Senator for the Loire De
partment, who ranks as Surgeon-Major
ill the army, advocated the use of a Ited
i ross aeroplane to seeic tne wounded.
He scouted over the field and reported
the location of men at headquarters.
I) Itcymond says there lias been much
. tilk about the possibility of licking up
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niiuiiiiMi iiit'o anil eitll)ldK ijieui on ny
meaiis of aeroplane to where the.r in
juries can n ccive attention
, necentiy Aviator uouy Killed u cow in
making a descent on a farm near Iyoudou.
The farmer brought suit against the
aviator for damages. 'Die aviator charged
that the cow had committed suicide.
She rushed at the monoplane as he de-
scended and thereby lost her life, ho said.
Tho Judge did not accept C'upt Cody's
view and he ordered him to pay the
farmer $00.
BIRD STOPPED MILL
The slxty-oild thousand spindles of the
Sharp .Mill at New Hidfurd suddenly
ct'Hsed to lilrl the other day and 601
ojioratlves sat Idle at their machines.
And It was all the fault of Jlminle, i
parrot, the mascot of the enRlne loom.
Jimmy Is the pet not only of the !-
Klne room, but of the whole mill fmin
Awnt Itohert Fchollc 1.1 dew n It's "Hello,
I Jlmmlc" from all who enter the i iiKltn-
room on any errand, and Jimmle conni
hack with his cordial "Hello."
It wai this noisy bird that shut down
he mill. Whether the hum of the tilR
ope diivo became to him suddenly tin"
uiimiir of south winds in tropical tree
'X whether mere caprice lured him, In
Hew right up amonK the rushliiK mpes
and rapidly revolving pulleys. The rn
Kim or saw hint mount, but It was too
late to stop him. And so nfT went tlm
steam, production or no production, and
the enRlne room force rushed to see what
had become of Jlmtnlr.
Ho had been hurled over the top of the
blfr pulley tn tho floor below. They found
him there, ruffled of wIiikh, badly shaken
up, and still dazed from his toimh ad
ventuie, but physically iinlnjuied. And
every one gave thanks, as the mascot was
home back to Ills perch at the other end
of the room, with the admonition never
to try It again.
Jlminle, Indeed, from that hour became
a sadder anil wiser bird. He has not
tried the experience again; conseipieiith
the mill's sixty thousand spindles have
revolved throughout the days without In
terruption. That one meeting with the
whirling ropes was enough for the par
rot. Jimmle, however, condescended to des
cend from his perch again one day, when
a cat, whose rightful residence Is In the
basement under the engine room, ventured
within tho parrot's domain. Jimmle evl-l'
dently believes that in him alone is vested
the light to act as mascot of the engine
room. He drove the cat on tho run
Jimmle Is the pioperty of Mr, Sharp"
himself, and was brought by hi in to the
mill. He Is a macaw and observes the
fashions of his species by having a very
long tall and a strong, hooked bill, Ills
plumage Is brilliant. His original home
was Koulh America. Like other Inhabi
tants of that part of the world, he is a
levolutlonlst, His Invasion of the region
of belts and pulleys flopped the mill.
The Intrusion of the cat caused her le-
. noble retreat.
I He Is as polished In his manners as a
Spaniard, and us flighty In his temper as
1 Venezuelan Insurrectionist. He Is, In
tine, ot tne south, polite, hot tempered,
sporting gorgeous raiment, and fearless
of death,