The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17
SHL'S 4 HONdN Of NhHVE.
Feminine AcronAut who Drops I've
Mite. with Her Parachute.


Mite. with Her Parachute.
Fror, III. s.. Loui, Gins,. D.no-co.
NINE Crawford. Acronaut" is tho way her
cards read. Libby is what her uncle and
"m Gs VI n' hS %hst sr
Is vory h STaH" ns wo not an1 t n
There are no iriis about her il, private lita.
Sous's chat With the daring aersnaat yes,cr:
sss had nsr sa Sp alex LED
/ Monday she SCARED inr nmovn the clouds |, tho
fair grounds ana shot down to earth again.
daGrgling 70 a parachute; She was sick then
told her not to make the Ascension. hi T. w:th
| an injection OF morphine TO alay her pain she
SWINE to th9 trapeze whom the ,c:.s, "' the Wig
sion Was hSoriised and s.nii "os dissH aTS
result she is liable to re sirk for many tnyto
come AMI n,aync shell Hcver get we'll ..,
impell.d mo to ''cc3m" an ""ronant Jus my
I uncontrollnhle passion for adventure. guess.
o WAS and T0 h ysls rid w,i 'F y ned
then hiv. made 10:' as"ens ions. have nd
ni hsk am no." nRi hs %y only r"s
Larmington. Mo-. soon after had stati".! in
! had cut myself loose 5000 feet alb i've he
earth; and It was a wonder WASH killed., I
current Of nir which twis,",i the '' ate
thai only prevented Il IRON tn tsr ' linz: w. I f
out with the creates, difficulty. l knew tiat /
wss IN %fnsSa 'q or my an n-a wed ea
about seventy feet from tn" ground another
Gust Of Wind oysrrawereh a.. ',n"l the
."nst" With f" my ;sst ;rra I %s haII Use ,Sss
from the bar. and nlunG.i downward h",,ld
nr.AFn HI -
me. and ! reached my hanis to catch Il Ii ND.
but missed nnI struck IL" Cr"ur! f',rly
, When came to | discovered tina; / had re-
ceived the INJURIES | told YOU a. on.
What, does it re,lnire to ne.nn.' .nns.-o-
Nerve. hive nev-r vt h III tn It trrln ca led
fear; ! wish l could rli -.i-nrr I. "''r It
With nerye and a c,ol head. whir!, alwavs
so together. any one can be aero ant
4n% r "a !anew no nh n t nSs
business hay. hai the lite crushed out OF
f E"V uae un n ;s" III nat m sp It.
least np.'."eneivr o: TIL result / u never 20
" "n IN g,r ino,n' n" mnt,"rf ia nl'" E-"nls
from setting killed. j have nev. ,ata" an
ascension a. loss than $500 lcet. Light on
l2Wo Monday the utllo,n took me 900
feet cfor"i inni,"h. use only tie no air
age train sco"ts Along over thr ear il The
sensations l "yperi"nc" viii" gong ur are
thosn exr"ricnce while romins "S d WIN. Wn
travel f.sier on the decent male a minute
whrls like a tn, IL calculated T. max" oass
hsHa szY Iat h S"; h S.y tuss
to allow my train to get to swimming Az the
sarth r ,. from the the tales. building
srSw- and h" Mssissn M'f iyar dwind Hre0 e
go. each 100 feet adding pcrc-pii6ly w TO tho
ehlllness OF the ATMOSPHERE. aud ali objects
beneath me GROWING smaller and smaller until
in ntwinkling they are lost to view
"Thcre is nothing under ma now but vast
exrause OF gray mist. Above mo the sky is
to !" bending towari me. Wh.n ii iose lint .isnt
q the .Tth %yen wtn the aid 81 my telescope.
and chi and my cars nn nj nnx"rs tipaie wti
the, cold. rose w"ar. At my throat 4 chilled
Ety. n f%Is IN" 9% sn the Il, PETIT nni s
o2m Is wniri rI, nae e fhShtr Thair I, s"hin
and nutnled. Nine thousand, Feet. and the
S g., IN I'd y nd tall1on + sl"h nrsh
ster canvas tells me 1t is time t. cut the rpe
that bind, my parachute to tn" l,,,ii"op. but
and lie paracha,c is tod a,"" tnat. as4 in
Il tornado. aud ii should S"sst, the rope ,ow
the sides Of my narachutr would hc s'ar,msd
w"ul! drop to the earth like, a bar d load. I
therefore cling on to the balloon Until It floats
through this derco current that seems mock
Ing ne with its cruel whistle Once past II
-. Then out the rope and shoot downward
like an arrow for several hundred test The
swift motion accumulatos sufi1cient air under
the folds OF my parachute to spread II open
lkaan umbrella. and ! have smooth though
swift sailing for the rest OF the way. But 70
80 fast that am afraid to open my mouth for
have my teeth clamped tightly on little slick.
smaller than pencil. Somehow this stick
helps me to keen my mouth shut tight. i am
hardly ever more than minute coming down.
the earth Omen my eyes To- loon around I
have the parachute under perfect CONT o.. and
II J. see / am about 10 descend on a tror or q
ro3f DIRECT the parachute aroun! 1t. Wncn
200 or 100 feet from the ground swim. from
ne erossbar by my hands In order that may
No, hnye known very few arronnGt,."
woman In the business. and only hear OF th.m
when they get killed by. a parachute leap.
Nine Rose met her death al Cincinnati tho
. .na asIsd o; Jpy Thn I'd, e.
land; The Queen Oycr Al Bi,ds'-whnt a
innny nome ..drorped in thr middle Of inke
~ lllinois last summer. AMI hasn't iAcen seen
themselve s-are mostly, cheats aud all cow
ards. II has been my observation that. give
q man tho least possible excuse, and he will
break his contract for an ascension and ra"a-
chute leap. Ho always VII nts 70 get out Of tao
gary nerye for 30 daring a TENT although ws
are called tho weaker sen. have never been
out OF Missouri, and have no particular desire
to make a tour"