San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-17
AIRY IVY.
THE SOARING SAN ANToNIAN
ward, Satisfying Sight-Seers
and Scientists.

Prof. VIM. Ivy, or as he has adopt
ed the name. Ivy Baldwin, of Bald
win Bros, the celebrated balloonists
will give hot air balloon ascension
and parachute leap, next Sunday
afternoon at o'clock, at the Base
Ball Park.
Ivy is San Antonio boy, born and
reared here. and until few years age
was well known here as a news boy
and paper carrier for the LIGHT and
Express. AS a boy ne was an athlete,
expert swimmer and diver, clog dane.
or, ETC., and learned to walk the
tight and slack wire very easily.
One of his daring feats while in San
Antonio was to leap head first from
Commerce street bridge into the river
on small wagers. Leaving San An
tonic three years ago, he battled with
the world until he struck the hard
Hoosier State of Indiana. when he
nearly gave up and, very hungry,
was given a meal and good clothes by
balloonist in Madisonville if he
would join him and make ascensions
He did so and has since come back to
San Antonio, where he made seven
successful accents from San Pedro
Park. Leaving San Antonio again he
went to Quincy, Ills, where he joined
the Baldwin Bros, Tom Baldwin,
the aeronaut, adopting him as his
brother. They started on q grand
western tour of the world and after
doing the northern and north
western states left San Francisco
and visited Japan, where they visited
Toxic, and including balloon ascen-
sions, made parachute leaps and Ivy's
celebrated tower dive. He leaps head
first from a light tower 12O feet in
height down into q netting near the
ground. Here is where his Com.
MERGE street bridge diving gave
him experience. After doing
Japan, where they had many novel
adventures and were splendidly
treated, they went to China, giving
ascensions, ETC.. to thousands of peo-
pie, in Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong
and smaller towns. Then they took
in the Straits settlements, passed over
to Sumatrs, thence to India, back to
siam and to Java, then to
the PHILIPPINE Islands and to
Borneo. In Borneo Ivy says
they found so few Europeans that
they did not do we'll. The natives
were very wild, and could not under.
stand the balloon business. They
were full of curiosity, however, aud
treated the seronauts very well. Re-
turning to San Francisco, they had
made $40, 900 and many thousands of
M: los in, inot nina vonntho
In Batavia they did good business
and also in Siam. The Siamese be.
gan to worship them as gods. In In
dia, owing to rivalry in the balloon
business, they did not do very well.
Asked how many balloons he usu-
ally carries, Ivy replied: "Only one.
L make all my balloons and para
chutes. A hot air balloon will cost
about $3.50, a gas balloon from
$500 to $500. 1 do not lose many
balloons, though once in a while they
get away" Asked how high he had
ever been in an air ship, he said.
II have rose 10000 feet from the
cal tn, by measurement of my aneroid
barometer. which 1 always carry.
This was in a hydrogen gas balloon.
i was away above the clouds, and it
was very cold. I have struck both
snow and frost, as well as rain. The
frost is a kind of hosr frost, very
biting"
When asked his opinion as to the
of the rain making eX,ril-
ments the government has lately been
Ivy said:
SIT is feasible. and certain. The
only necessary thing to do, and it Is
necessary, is to use hydrogen gas and
send the balloons and explosives high
enough. / once made an ascension on
a perfectly clear day, and at 10000
feet height, found the air moist, al.
most wet, boar frost and the at
very misty and foggy. Ex-
plosives would have produced rain, I
am sure"
In Denver he took q reporter up in
the balloon with him, as did rival
aeronaut, and they had a balloon
race. If Tom Baldwin comes to San
which he will do if business
is paving, they will make large gas
several persons, and reporters or
scientists desiring to enjoy the sensa-
ton OF an ascension will be invited to
do so. They will also give balloon
races.
Ivy has q splendid numismatic COL
lection, of the moneys Of many ma
tions, and also fine wardrobe. por-
tions of which were made in Japan
and China of very rich stuffs. He
has engrayings, photos and drawings
of his balloon ascensions executed in
this country, in Japan, China, and
other countries and several odd
souvenirs of his journeys and
voyages.
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