New-York tribune., 1901-08-11

by the motor. but Thursdays experiences proved
that some other device is necessary to insure
rigidity and it is just this which is the problem
that am trying to solve in the construction Of
the balloon am now making, and the principal
innovation in the new balloon will be that the
compensating balloon, or pocket, will, together
with movable counterpoise furnished by the
guide rope and the action Of propeller placed
on an inclined axle. maintain the automatic
equilibrium of the balloon and afford it sta bility
in the air.
What will be the length Of the new balloon?
1T will remain the same-thirty-four metres
but the diameter viii be increased so as TO OBJ
tain volume of GOO cubic metres. It's form will
be less cigar shaped. and will represent exactly
the volume created by the revolution Of a seq
ment Of a circle round its cord. The valves
will be fashioned in such manner to avoid
as far as possible the loss of air and hydrogen,
which was the cause of the first accident. The
motor will be modified TO bring about a
more perfect cooling of the cylinders"
When do you think the antos-Dumont No 6
will be ready for trial?"
About September 3, I hope"
Deauville and Atx-les- -Bains are the two favor
ite fashionable summer resorts this season.
Visitors at those places include many Ameri-
cans. At Deauville are Mr.. and Mrs Kngsland,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ridgway. Count and Count
ess Boni de Castellane and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Carroll DR.. Grant Lyman has arrived at AK
les-Bains from Paris by automobile, and will
leave that place again for Newport. where he
intends to take part in the motor races
Among other Americans at Aix-les- -Bains are
Mr. and Mrs. George Turnure Mrs May Bowler
and Mrs. Barton Sewell. Among the Americans
at Homburg are Mrs. Craig Biddle, Mrs. and
Miss Cassatt, Mrs. Richard Winslow. Mrs.
Augustus Cooke and Miss Getty Mrs. Ogden
Goelet, with her son and daughter; Mr and Mrs.
Wayne MacVeagh Mrs. George B. Mcclellan
and Mrs. Jameson Getting. Mr. James Gordon
Bennett sailed from Arcachon on Thursday in
his new yacht, the Lysistrata, with a few friends
they Will cruise in the Adriatic The American
steam yacht Niagara, with Mr. and Mrs How
ard Gould. Mr. and Mrs William Perry. DR.. and
Mrs Clement Cleveland and Mr.. Henry Perry
| aboard, arrived on Friday at Havre from Cowes.
Partisan society is just now keenly following
a controversy as to social customs aroused by
NJ Gustave Larroumet, the eminent Academi-
clan and critic, who has devoted ralf column
in the Temps to ta.ing an actor of the
Coincide Francaise TO task for the improperly
Of appearing in a drawing room scene with his
cane. The Duchess d'Uzes. the Princess de
Broglie and other great ladies inGorse NJ. Lar
rournets onslaught; Coquelin. Cadet and NJ
Gustave Worms also support his views; but the
arblter Of fashion in the house Of Moliere. NJ le
Bargy, stoutly defends the practice of bringing
the cane Well as the hat into a drawing room
during afternoon calls. and says.
I think NJ Larroumet is mistaken His OBJ
| Jecuons TO a walking stick in a drawing room
would also apply to a hat and gloves and think
what aid smart light cane is to converse
| ton! Have you seen me on the stage with a
! cane? All people of taste agree that possess
| the art of making IL express my feelings. A
rhythmical swing denotes anxiety; tenderness is
! shown by pressing the handle against my neck;
| irony is conveyed Y tremuIous and menacing
| vibration; despair by a IstIess dragging along
the floor.
Another arbiter Of fashion. NJ de Montesquieu
/ Fezensac, poet I'd art collector, says:
NJ. Larrounet is altogether wrong; a walking
| stick should always be carried when making
| afternoon calls, especially in the summer season
always carry one myself and indeed, I never
! part with my cane-not even TO have my pOr-
! trait painted. Have you not seen the portraits
| by Whistler and Bold-ai? We certainly ought
! TO take our sticks into the drawing room; Boil
| DIM clearly shows that in the masterpiece he
/ painted OF me C l. b