Evening star., 1907-08-31
Women of Gay French Capi-
tai Adopt Aerial Sport and
Chat About Balloon
Silk, Not Dresses.

J PARIS, August IS, 1907.
a MERlCANS in Paris are making a
/ "a rush for balooning The idea for
! "A men to post themselves for the
4 q international cup event this au-
tumn at St Louis is not extraor-
/ d'nary, but when lovely woman takes to
! going up in storms we get away from fads
! and into husky sport.
| Thus the recent ballooning exploits Of
| young Mrs. Albert Lambert Of St Louis
| have not only hAan stirring up the American
/ colony but the racing board Of the Paris
Aero Club itself-no small thing because
lady b2llooning in fair weather is a recog-
| nized Paris Aero Club specially socially
| approved and practiced by great names OF
| France
| II all had its beginning in the Cup of Lady
| Aeronauts, and l remember how a conyer-
| sation upset me last summer, on the edge
i OF the tennis at the Puteaux Island Club
! some arlstocratc young women seemed to
| be talking gowns.
"Lachambre's successor will cut and sew
II: sand the Youngest and prettiest duchess
| Of France. "AN Chinese silk. not French"
How many yards?' inquired the Countess
/ CHI de b
! Had the heat affected my hearing? A thou
sand Yards? But was put wise by kind
| friend
They are not talking dresses, but bal
| looms and cubic yards. The duchess new
balloon will hold that much gas"
Madame Sauniere's Loire in which she
Won the cup, had that capacity" remarked
Mad! madem2isSie !1gs S. n,. F. but Miss Moul-
Miss Moulton. an English girl, beat
Madame Sauniere's 430 miles by going her
l5l miles better. But the Duches d'Uzes.
! ballasted by the duke her husband. won 1t
from her and is now the temporary holder
| of the cup.
How socially exclusive has the sport be-
come l will disclose to You: If you glance
at page 20 of the Aero Clubs statute hook
for 1867 yop will be given the impression
that Nine. Sauniere was the first winner of
the cup. Then follows quite a list of lady
balloonists, with the English Miss Moulton
and the American Mrs. Albert Lambert
among them
Yet the ladies' cup. at its beginning, had
other holders. whose names you will never
ma on the golden hst: Mile. Germaine La
peyr@ 60 miles: Mile. Pinch, 100 miles;
Madeleine Savalle, 2oi miles Itwas also
competed for, but not won by Nile. Hen
riette de Lony, Nine. Maguel, Mile. Lima de
Vita, Mile Lougs. Mile Berthe de Nyse,
Mile. .Iullette de Macs and Mile Garmaine
Gr.vorne Why are their names not on the
list? They are not Paris Aero Club men,
bcrs!
For Aero Club members and their friends
ballooning has become a simply perfect
amusement. The balloon house is no longer
rendered disagreeable by the proximity of
experimental aeroplane- motors and noisy
own. Clubhouse and lawn are given over to
teas. 1t is an atmosphere of mild and Sc
rene calm. You scarcely smell the gas
Amid flowers, shrubbery and gay-colored
awnings and tentlike umbrellas Paris So
ciety sits watching them go up"
Well Equipped.
The Paris Aero Club has six very fine bal
looms for the general use OF members-not
to speak of eighty-three members owning
their balloons. which they lend willingly
Gas and filling bring the diversion up to
the moderate expense of $50 per person,
while club pilots-some $50 young Parisians
of wealth and position-are always ready to
accompany members and their friends
Their services are gratis-they are anna
teurS
Thus II happened that the Lamberts Of
st. Louis on their last two trips w4fe pilote6
by no lesser champions thaD Leblanc and
Mix-one of the two Freno6 teams destined
for the st. Louis race.
"A few triDs With Auch men wake q lib