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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-08

been formed which seems both profitable
and enjoyable for the often overburden-
ed mothers.
Much can be done for them in this
way 1t will open avenues through
which they can develop their own
latent powers. They have shown much
ability IN leadership in our work in the
Chinese Hospital and elsewhere All
this will prove a fine preparation for
the coming year, only we need 10 have
II more Systematically carried out. The
future woman's work is hopeful The
way IS open and we have many friends
who welcome us cordially into their
homes and confidence: but there is no
authorized worker nor money to prose
cute an enlargement. | pray both NAV
come another wear Awakened by CON
tact with the Occidental people and the
national experience of the past score
or two of years. there has been formed
all over China and indeed wherever the
Chinese people are found, groups OF
eager inqurers and here on our Islands
where SO many opportunities are offered
for advancement and development, care
is needed that they be guided in the
right direction.
The need, as we see it, may be CLASH
fed as Field work as general city mis-
sionary effort, Educational work and
Press work. Education of the women
not only intellectually and physically.
but i'll respect to the Outstanding them.
Chinese have a high civilization-they
lack Christian civilization Our young
women can receive the best book learn
ing" in tn epublic schools OF the city.
which any educator can see is working
up to a high standard of excellence, but
they need a home culture such as the
Miss Institute gives to the young men
coming from all parts of the Islands.
The day is past when she can conform
TO the regulation to which her grand
mother so religiously chung; but wifi
break away, and cony the foreign
style" 1t is our duty since awakening
the Cesire for progress to guide and
control until judgment and proper edu-
cation is sufficient to direct her.
The national retiring disposition of
the Chinese woman must be constantly
kept in mind. We would suggest
circles with suitable lead
er, which could be found if the work
had very happy and prosperous year,
with over seventy boys enrolled. Our
corps of teachers has done most excel
lent, earnest and faithful work, there
fore there is good spirit throughout
the school, While it saddens our hearts
not to be able to speak of conversions,
yet there are those who are thinking
seriously, and none will go out from us,
without knowing and feeling the truth
of the gospel in their hearts The seed
is there and only needs to be quickened
by the spirit of God, and trust our
prayers will soon be answered for them.
Our earnest thanks go out to all our
true friends VINO so Loyalty stand by us,
not only with their generous gifts but
with their loving words of sympathy
from time to time, and by their personal
help in various ways, all of which we
most truly appreciate
May none of us grow faint hearted
in the Masters vineyard
Respectfully submitted,
MARY HOPPER DAMON.
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edy. used IN the Continental Hospitals by Riooss
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end ruin Of hoalth. This preparation purihes the
whole system through the blood. and thoroughly
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YHERAPlON Is sold by the principals
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A man once berated his Hebrew
debtor for not having included him
among his preferred creditors. But
1 makes you a speshul creditor" was
the answer. GA special creditor!
What's that?" Ivy a speshul creditor
mine friend, knows now that he gets
nothings. The preferred, he Won't
know that for three years. Time list
money, amt it?"
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Little Brother-'Do you know, Mabel,
I believe if I weren't here, Captain
Spooner would kiss you" Leave the
room this minute, you impertinent
little howl"
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WOMhN'S MISSION BOARD
HOLDS ANNUAL NEE TING
Mrs. Andrews Resigns the Presidency Which Is
Given to Mrs. Ooremus Scudder---Reports
Presented of Departmental Work.

| The annual lunch and business meet
ing of the Woman's Board OF Missions
/ was held yesterday at Central Union
| Church, at which time reports of various
departments of the Boards work were
presented and read, and new officers
selected.
Contrary to the usual rule no morning
session was held, the first order OF busi-
ness being a very fine luncheon served
in one of the Sunday School rooms to
the members and friends.
At I 80 p. m. the regular session was
held for the hearing of reports and the
transaction of other business. Mrs. An
drews, the president for the past year, an
Enounced her resignation, stating that she
intended shortly to depart for the nlain-
land to take up a residence. Mrs. Scud1
der, wife of the Rev. Doremus Scudder,
was elected as president for the ensuing
year. The other officers are: Vice pres
idents, Mrs. o. H. Gulick, Mrs. S. E.
Bishop and Mrs. Theodore Richards;
secretary, Miss Shelley; treasurer, Mrs.
B. F. Dillingham;.
The report of the recording secretary
was a resume of the past years work,
giving list of the many interesting
papers read before the Board, and the
missionary aid given both locally and to
foreign parts.
Mrs. Whitney's report for the treas
urer showed that the receipts for the
year were $2,35o25; disbursements, ST.
o5o.o5, leaving a balance on hand of
$3o1.eo. In addition the sum of $246
was raised for Armenian work, and
$3o4.2o for Pundita. Ramabai, the Hin
doc woman reformer.
The report of the Hawaiian mission
work, presented by Miss Laura Green,
was as follows:
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This valuable record of the important events
the History of Honolulu for the past hundred years
compiled and published at great expense in 1899.
It's historical and descriptive articles by very
best recognized authorities Island matters and are
handed from absolutely impartial standpoints.
It is finely illustrated and contains portraits bio
graphical sketches of the principal business profess
sional men of the Islands.
This is publication that student of Hawaiian His
tory afford be without limited number of copies
still for sale by The Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd
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TTU IWTWTIWV VI WV
THE AERODROME.

| had the honor to describe the FIRST
flight OF that machine for the public
OF the United States. | spent a week
with Mr.. Langley on an ISLAND In the
river in order TO secure a time for the
best flying conditions. It came ana I
then saw this machine which was
made chiefly of steel Weighing as much
as a c0ur-ycar-old boy, but 80 large
that H. would about nj the average
parlor. dart forth from the launching
stage and ny through the air. Its moo
tive power was an exceedingly light
steam one horse power engine invented
by Mr. Langley. IL carried Eve pounds
OF water. and II flew through the air
distance of about three quarters Of a
mile, continuing to ny until all the wa
ter had been converted into steam,
when i, gently dropped down upon the
bosom of the Potomac.
As looked at the machine Mr. Lang
ley told me that II weighed many hum
dred times more than the air II dis
placed This is the difference between
Mr.. Langley's machine and those Of
Santos Dumont and others who expect
TO fly by means OF balloons The bal
looms are lighter than the air and they
float as boat floats upon the water
Langley's machine Is carried through
the air by the engine upon H. although
Il Is many times heavier than the air
II dlsplaces II Is believed that such a
machine viii be safer and more easily
directed than anything of balloon ma
ture, while It's special properties viii
make IL more suitable for military in
yestigation IN times Of war,
MIR. LANGLEYs NEW MACHINE.
The aerodrome have described
weighed about IS or 40 pounds. It was
little more than a model and was
not intended TO carry a man. 1t had
q score Of successful flights. being the
first dying machine ever made that
really few. ana It effectually proved
that an engine could drive a machine
through the air
That little model was the father Of
the great, man carrying, military, aero
drome that now Hes In the machine
shops Of tho Smithsonian Institution.
not much the worse for It's unsuccessful
launching on the Potomac. The latter
~ the result Of Mr. Langley's work for
the past eight years II was undertake
en- with the aid Of the war department.
which gave 5000 for this experiment,
that Ii might learn how 20 make a mil
itary engine large enough 10 carry n
man in order TO use Il in military sur
veys and in warfare. That and some
other money from special fund IN the
Smithsonian Institution has all been
spent I'm making experiments and In
constructing this machine, which
still remains to be tested. Personally 7
think the expenditure may be one OF
the most profitable Uncle Sam has ever
made, although perhaps a quarter OF
the amount already spent win have to
be added to repair the aerodrome and
to construct new launching arrange
ments which win enable It to start out
upon its voyage through the air,
\ TALK WITH MR. LANGLEY.
| asked Mr. Langley to give me the
reasons for the failures of last fail. lie
replied'
There have been no failures as far
as the actual test Of the flying capacity
OF the machine IS concerned. It has
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Of The Deses' Ncw, By Frant G. Carpenter

lcp'' .eutNGTON, y. c., June
a inst returned
l--l h"'' 80. eocrotary
from q IAN VIZ" t.
langley about ms Hy'ns
,,ninc. The experiments
N ,,,rchlng which result
Wv aisostrously last fall.
ssv om launching for
,bia Interview the
81. wifi be seen li''' ' a.. 49, ,sver
su,y NJ the machine TO Wy ''''
,eeted. the acclaoh's ""''
De'n ,,sorc Il was free from the
CURED osio' fl, has really never
launching stage " 100 90 won saw
,,n In the air. You ii'ls"'
eraat modern steamer nroheh
Na' would not float II II were
% aun'hi"s' mo, tho wafer In
ucaesdully plauF' w. hNtoy.
"a merc Is every re"so" "
.aneley machine VIII n.y. ana
a' ''' ..,,orlv launched, It's en-
90 olCe p,ys h through the air at
WY VIZ cnqlneer sitting within
fIl o. usondg on the levers, and
go tbc engineer controls
iHnE .be sea. This Is the be-
UPgTongley IL Is also the be-
~ sr'entists and mechanical
O'n 'so know something of the
gaJ nj construction and the
,msnts which Mr. Langley mas
n,i,, made In this field.
S'u., ,,,,r,prr INVENTOR
aOl NN 80
giving my talk with Mr. Lang
me- say word as TO what ne mas
IN This and other fields OF dlscoV-
,nd invention. His work Is every
.,s known In the scientlhc world,
.ni his standing IN Europe 10 as hlsh
Yin The United States What EDISON
T,'S and Bel have been in the helds
., mactcal Invention he has been IN
.,enllae invention. lie has created
,sa methods Of studying the heavenly
s,lles has to the largest extent meas
g,sd The heat Of the sun, and by ms
mention Of the bolometer has produced
any instrument by which the tempera-
",s al a sunbeam can be tested TO the
millionth part Of a degree. Every rail-
road IN the United states runs on
,Ime system Invented by Mr.. langley.
II was through him that We got the
systematic time service by which the
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THE WORLDS FAIR
VIEWS BOOMING
Official Nature Of the Series Which
the News has Sc.
cured.
$50 PHOTOGRAPHS IN ALL
A Valuable Souvenir and Record for
Every Thoughtful American
Citizen.

Nearly 1000 Worlds Fair portfolios
nave been issued 10 News" readers
ald the work has only fairly begun.
IL was irequent expression OF those
VINO attended the Columbian Expo
sluon that although several days were
spent within the grounds very much
VI interest was nevertheless over
II This were so at that time, how
Nuch more difficult It will be 20 get a
ympIehenslve and complete idea OF
,a exposition, which opened on April
'Vlh at 81 Louis
me comparative figures are some-
SNat interesting The Exposition in
uosure az 81 Louis covers 1910 acres,
as against 633 acres at Chicago and 336
acres at Paris.
,sil ne roof-coyorcd area at St Louis is
D., 100 acres while at Chicago Il was but
figure. 'N' '''e ioli 'il"'
w,Io foreign particIpatlons at ST. Louis
rGu. De rom no 10 75 per cent greater
wy at Chicago and this ratio also
s ~, good with regard TO the expense
"r exposition purposes,
"ele VIII Doe l2S acres under roof
S d over 100 acres of exhibits out OF
ds, anu the Fair VIII be further
r'..ttuBulshed by the assemblago of
,rh'V9 vi every nation on the globe.
co,,s, v exposition from day to day will
loo '9 o, "a vast moving panorama,
mlrd' 1,penaous. indeed, for any single
tsl,tu' HBam one scene so quickly
se,' es the place Of another that the
bo Az ueVohle confused and little may
,tp''lCuy remembered. This con-
sar,, ''hlers II all the more neces-
Uo, W. 'alch the spirit OF the exposl-
n, vI Ny the aid of the camera and
m,o,lle forever on the sensitive
geographic plate.
,ba, JUS mas been done IN the superb
rrV'V,'wsIaphic series, called the oForest
ivy, an Portfolios which are now be.
distributed 10 Deseret News readers
MI. should DE born An mind mat
don , series OF views is official In n
frd, , ,he FIRST place, the photoeraph
ND which the reproductions oro ,,,ada
and An u, specially taken for the series,
matter , HI next place the descriptive
has a., "lvi accompanies the views
OF an o, prepared by the one official
ms s. OF the Exposition.
cue expert artists connrising ,ho
been 'ne Official photographers have
ncgatt,o. "uIk Tor months securing
them, ~, and VIII continue TO secure
descri,n9,E the next seven months. The
M W''ite matter is being written bv
- stevens, the secretary
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air at the same time twisting one OF
the wings entirely out OF shape, as you
may see from another photograph
which was made by Mr. Smile at the
time. The twisting of this wing threw
the machine out OF balance and helped
to dash Il down into the water You
might as well expect bird TO maintain
itself I'm the air with a broken wing as
a flying machine, which relies upon It's
wings to steady IT, to fy when one OF
those wings Is twisted or broken. The
result was that the machine went into
the water carrying the intrepid engi-
neer tMr Manly) with t."
How about your second attempt Mr..
Langley?'
The result Of the second launching
was even more disastrous than at the
first. AT that time one of the stern
wings was caught I'M almost the same
way and thrown out of place, resulting
I'm the overturning of the aerodrome
and It's plungng again into the water
before a flight could be begun Had Il
not been for these accidents I have
every reason to believe the machine
would have made a successful fight.
| think there is no doubt but that it will
1S but so far It has had no opportunity
TO do So
"Then you consider your invention a
success?"
Nothing is an absolute success UNI
I'll II is proved so by actual test, | cam
not say tho machine is a success in that
respect, for 1t has never been tested.
! have, however every reason TO be-
lieye that It will be a success We have
taken into consideration every element
with which we have to contend we
have tested every part again and
again. we have calculated and tested
the various possibilities. and II there
is anything in scientific engineering
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then this win n.y."
TELL me about the flight OF your
model?'
"That flight was 80 remarkable" said
Mr. Langley that l was surprised that
It did not attract more attention. II was
made on August s Of last year, being
the first time I'm the history Of invention
that any successful flight took place I'm
public The model carried a gas en-
CINE OF three horse power which drove
It through the air for a distance OF
little less than quarter OF a mile. IL
then stopped only because Of q defect
in its fuel supply. II left the launch-
ing stage without trouble, and this as
sured us that Il was all right for the
larger machine"
THE LlGHTEST GAS ENGINE EVER
MADE.
"Then ! suppose you use gas engine
I'm this large nachine?'
Yes replied Mr. Langley. eve have
a gas engine Of extraordinary lightness
for the very considerable horse power.
The engine was one OF my chief diff
culties. ] am not an engineer and in
deed, | should not have attempted TO
construct the machine had / known the
trouble | should have IN getting the
proper engine. In 1898 / made con-
tract with an American builder for
suitable engine. He agreed to deliver
one within year, but at the close Of
that time found that he was unable 10
produce what was needed. For my pur-
pose it is necessary to have the lightest
engine possible with q certain definite
horse power. Finding It impossible to
get this I'm the United States / went TO
Europe and visited the works there
noted for building light engines.
went to Maxim's in England and TO the
best known OF the French and German
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Of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
and the distinguished talents OF both
artist and author thus Join in reproduce
ing the Fair ON paper for permanent
preservation.
II will prove a souvenir for the mill
lions who viii attend the Fair, as a
record of what they will see and it
win take the place Of the Exposition
itself for the millions who may not find
opportunity 10 see It.
Readers should secure this valuable
series in It's entirety beginning with
Part one, which contains sixteen
beautiful and interesting views, show
ing some Of the buildings in the course
of construction, others Immediately
after completion, and plcturing some
interesting persons connected with the
enterprise.
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never been in the air and has not had
chance To show what II viii do, The
difficulty so far has been with the
launching where we least expected II,
and where we had reasons to believe
that our conditions We're perfect The
launching Is a very serious matter In
aerial navigation, how serious was not
understood unti | began my expert
ments with the small aerodrome which
you saw ny. After many changes | in
vented the launching apparatus which
worked with that machine. | had
more than 20 flights from II and It
never failed me- / thought l had just
what was needed for the larger ma
chine and built launching ways on
proportionately larger scale, | was
still sureg Of this when I launched an
exact model OF this large machine upon
successful flight shortly before the
other trials We're made, and was sur
prlsed 10 0nd that the same arrange
mcnts would not work as well with the
great acrodrome. The front platform
Of its ways drops down in the launch-
Ing like a disappearing gun carriage,
and this was the immediate acuse OF
the trouble
WHY THE BIG AERODROME DID
NOT FLY,
Here Is n photograph Of the ma
chine on the launching stage contln-
ued Mr.. Langley az he showed me
snap shot taken by the photographer OF
the institution shortly before the trial
our idea was that the engine on the
flying machine would carry 1t Off into
the air and that 1t would leave the
launching stage unimpaired and unin-
jured. on the contrary a part Of the
machine was caught as II went forward
by the falling platform. This pulled
the machine down before It got into the
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W. l.. Yancy, Paducah Ky, writes: 81
had severe case OF kidney disease and
three OF the best physician In Kentucky
treated me without success. ] then took
Foieys Kidney Cure, Tho first bottle
cured mo permanently, ] gladly recon-
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'hat II should be flown under such con-
ul,iohs that II there Is failure he must
fan Into the water II might be better
so launch Il from the land"
but, Mr. Langley" said !, us IL not
land?"
II see that you do not understand
how these machines foil" paid MIR.
Langley. "Ouce fairly launched IN tho
ain they descend like a parachute so
gently that there Is little danger to
any one In them. I'm the flights we
nave ~ far made these models once
succesHiully launched, have dropped
down so very slowly and evenly that
glnss OF water might have remained
IN one of them and not been spilled
the descent Is generally considered the
dangerous part Of lying machine ex-
peflments. | do not regard that go In
this case, ana the aerial engineer may
prefer 10 descend TO the land than TO
the water
Would II take you long to arrange
matters for another attempt?'
1T would require five or six months,
| should say" was the reply.
AERIAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
you speak Of the aerodrome as
chimes VIII ever De used In passenger
transportation
Those matters are IN the far future"
replied Mr. Langley - hesitate 20
speak Of them for fear / shall be
thought Impractical. ] see no reason,
however why they should not be used
for many commercial purposes, In
any case the air Is a highway that
leads everywhere, and the track Is al
ready laid
What speed can be attained by ma.
chimes Ike yours?'
Flying machines, based upon the
principle upon which mine Is construct
ed, must necessarily ny fast, or they
viii fall They cannot remain station
any, for the moment they stop, their
weight IL such that they begin to sink
For continued tlight we must have
minimum speed OF about twenty miles
an hour and we have gone much fast
er than that The small models have
actually attained u speed Of about thir-
~ miles an hour, and the large one
may be expected TO go indefinitely fast
en-"
SCIENCE VS., MONEY.
"Wlll you please tell me. Mr.. Lang
ley said l. "what has been your chief
motive IN working upon such mnchines(
You have devoted the leisure of third
Of your active life TO this subject, What
have you hoped from III"
81 don't like 20 discuss motives re-
Piled MIR Langley, "The truth, how
ever, Is that the commercial end or
this machine has had nothing TO do
with the work ! have put upon the sub
jcct during the past twenty years My
life has been along scientific lines, ana
while / win not say that | am quite
Indifferent to the making Of money,
ii never has been my leading object.
II were what Is called a rich man
should not hesitate to complete these
experiments NJ my own expense, but
as It IL shall have TO rely upon others
to furnish the money II | am TO do tho
work. As 10 the commercial end OF
the flying machine, I have been fire.
auently approached by men who have
| asked me to patent It, | have never
| done so. and, whether wisely or not.
have never sought 10 make It source
| Of profit" .,..,,,