Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-29

portant. AS we invite Europeans, We ought
to respect the European practice. This Is,
in the case of serious money prizes, to de-
post the sums in bank and state In the
announcement the name of this bank. To
all this it may be answered that announce
mentS have been made. l answer, on au-
thority, that those which have been made
are not regarded as sufficient. A proHl-
nent Paris Aero Club member said to me
the other day in this connection:
IF we are to transport our airships and
workmen across the Atlantic at our own
expense, we ought to be entitled to more
than a printed-circular invitation or an in
vitation given by announcement in news
papers,
Thanks to the aid of this same Aero Club
member, l am in position to outline the
probable starters from Paris in case that
the Aero Club decides that it has been in
vited SantoS-Dumont remains always one
of it's most prominent members. He may
be looked on as certain to be ready to COM
pete, as I will show you later. After him.
in point of actual airShip construction,
ought to be named the Lebaudys, Paul and
Pierre two brothers and sons of one OF
those other brothers who made such a for
tune In the sugar business. Jacques Le-
baudy, who calls himself Emperor of the
Sahara Robert Lebaudy, who has inter-
ests in America, and Max. who died, are
their cousins. Paul Lebaudy has been dep
uty for Bantes for thirteen years past; he
and his brother Pierre are the great men
of all that section, and their latest hobby
Of airshp construction Is affording hight
and pleasant work for many of its citizens.
Have Made Preparation.
Indeed, the Labaudy airship works are
quite considerable: and if their airships do
not make a handsome showing. it will not
be due to any lack of preparation. The bal
loon cutting, sewing and vanishing depart
ment occupies seven women and four men.
In the machine shops there are four first
class mechanics. In 1.-The hall of the mo-
tive force generator there are two cXpe-
rienced engineers. Besides these, at the
head of the experiment. are the Engineer
Julliot and the Balloonist Juchmes.
VIII 1.-The Yellow One" Gle Jaune') try
it's chance at ST. Louis? Probably not be-
cause this first airship OF the Lebaudys-
so named because of its color-fell from an
altitude Of some 400 yards one day last
week and wrecked itself considerably In
any case. it was their first experimental air
ship; and. although it had made a dozen
flights in private. it had not been shown in
public. Even when the members of the tech
nical commission of the Paris Aero Club Wis
tied the work 1.-THE Yellow One" was not
brought out for them. but NJ. Juchmes, after
lunch. made them an ascent in a new-fangIed
spherical balloon instead. Doubtless, even
had The Yellow One" not fallen, the Lee
baudys would have had another and i'm
proved airship prepared for the st. Louis
competition: and now the new construction
is already under way. Great mystery sur
rounds it.
Last Friday afternoon the same technical
commission Of the Paris Aero Club, COM
posed of the Commandant Renard date
chief of the Meudon military balloon park,
Nj. Serpollet 1.-THE inventor of the SerpoIieu
steam motor and v. latin (the
constructor and probable captain of the
Deutsch airship). visited the workshop of
Messrs. Robert and Pillet in the same way.
This Robert Pfllet airship Is the latest OF
them all. in point OF time. Its two invent
ors and constructors declare that their
ideal is an airship heavier than the air."
but In the same breath confess that for
the present they cannot do without the
cigar-shaped balloon to do the major part |
OF the important work Of lifting 1t above |
the surface of the ground. Thus. with the |
Lebaudys. they do little more essentially
than to follow Santos-Dumont.s epoch
marking demonstration that explosive mo-