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wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wMiiMKMmmmmmmimmmnwwmm ?&'m ' " t t c "f mm have I the least fear that any rival will forestall us. The ocean flyer we plan will carry six men: Two pilots, two mechanics,, a wireless operator and a navigator, the entire crew wprking on four hour watches with-four hour rests in or der to keep alert. It is absurd to ask any pilot to fly, any mechanic to keep alert for forty consecutive hours without sleep. Certainty of success and safety can only be assured by flying slowly say 50 to 60 miles an hour, TKe tremend ous speed suggested for the present attempt is not practical. o o WHATCHAMEAN CANT AFFORD? A long time ago when Latin was an every-day language uied by plain folks as well as college students the word that meant "to" go to the mar ket" was afford. If a man had money he could "af ford"; that is, he could go to the market place and buy fine raiment and food; if he had no money he did not go to the market; he did without things. The meaning of the word hasn't changed so very much. Only in these days folks sometimes "af ford" whether they can afford it or not. SAVINGS OF MR. MOUSE ' " ( USUSLUr- CLtS )fi7SK. ) jUOflKIV6- HOIKS: j-S E Custom u.. I ; W I.I I SWEDISH OPERA STAR.TX) SING IN AMERICA ajulia. CIg.-u.5eii' London, England. Mme. ttulia Claussen, whose singing-and acting was the sensation of the Covent Gar den season this summer, has decided to return to America for another grand opera- engagement. The Swedish contralto will be the principle star in the Chicago Opera Company, and she'll make a country wide tour with the organization next spring. o o The survival of the tightest-fitting is the present state of affairs in mill-ineav