The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-29
SUCCESSFUL TEST OF
A DIRIGIBLE BALLOON.
Ouida, Once Famous Novelist,
Is a Victim to Poverty
King Edward Tells the
Church 1t Is Making Mistake
(By Richard Abercorn.)

with a practicable war balloon. After
two years experiments in rigid secrecy,
he army balloon corps made the first
public trial of the dirigible military
balloon, Edward VII" near Alder
shot, and demonstrated that it was a
successful answer to the French and
German airships.
The airship sailed around Farnbor
ough Common without accident, ans
wered its helm perfectly and proved a
complete success. In the car were
Colonel Capper. the army balloon ex-
pert, and Mr.. F. S. Cody, who has sue
:essfully experimental with man-car-
Tying kites for military purposes.
The new British airship. which is
claimed as an improvement on any yet
built in England. is shaped like fat
cigar or short sausage, and propelled
by a 5O-horsepower motor. 1t is a
combination of the balloon and aero
plane systems having a series of wings
Or "gliders.v besides the gas bag to
support it in the air.
The mechanism is kept close Sc
:ret, but it is said that the balloon can
travel at twenty to thirty miles an
hour The balloon is so feet long and
30 feet in diameter. the car and motor
suspended from it appearing like tiny
toys compared with the huge inflated
cigar.
"Ouida," the once famous novelist,
who has recently been rescued from
lire poverty in a little Italian village,
is determined to end her days as "Oui-
Ia" and drop her real name. Louise de
a Rance. entirely To this end she
has had inserted in a London paper the
following agony" advertisement:
"All correspondents, public and pri-
rate are requested to address me as I'M
iersigned and by no other name what
.ver: Ouida, Mazzaroza, presso Viarreg-
yio."
King Edward has decided views on
he marriage ith-deceased-wife s-sister
question, and has been at variance with
The Archbishop of Canterbury thereon.
When the bill was passed making it
egal for a man to marry his Sister-in- |
law. word was sent around from the
bps to all the clergy of the church of
England that they should refuse to |
perform such marriages: that they
Ihould refuse to lend their churches for I
mch ceremonies. and that the holy
communion should be denied to all TAX.
ing part in such ceremonies.
King Edward was not too busy with |
his cure at Marienbad to write TO
His Grace of Canterbury pointing out
hat in his opinion this was mistake
N tactics and one calculated to bring |
he church into disrepute. besides
greatly strengthening the cry for dis
establishment of the church.
His majesty. although he urged Lord
Lansdowne to get this bill through,
md though he himself, when Prince of
Wales. presented a petition from the
Norfolk farmers in favor of the bill
md made a neat speech himself in sup
BORT, is nevertheless staunch church
nan.
His Grace of Canterbury. however,
barring trouble with his bishops, repli-
sd TO the king. pointing out lin all hui
nifty that the feeling among his
bishops and clergy was entirely antag
Dnistic to the principle of the act, and
hat to run counter to their wishes
you'd ~ feared, bring only disaster
Dpon the church. He held that the act
vas oproseG TO Holy Writ, which was
he supreme guide for the conscience
If His Gr90c.
To pu~- ne correspondence would
10. - In accordance with king
Edward means the
sliy what his wishes
are. ~s. through his court Off
nals, sounded the secretary of the De-
,eased Wife's Sister bill committee
which has been agitating for many
rears. as to whether a knighthood
would be acceptable. and in all proba-
,ility this will be conferred at the next
?rivy Council
Thus we have the unique spectacle OF ,
King Edward VII. Defender of Faith
md titular head of the church. going
,ne road. while his servant whom he
aas appointed as spiritual head of the
.hurch goes another.
The Archbishop. however is a trim
-ner'' Probably he will find means /.
IL calming the clerical tumult.
,moothing the agitation into peaceful
1tude and viewing the situation in /,
80 same spirit as the Vicar of Bray"
]. ancient renown.
The unlimited guest was very prom
nent in society during the past Lon
Ion season Women were the most /.
.udacious in forcing themselves where !,
hey were not invited. and many I'M
pleasant scenes marred the success of
Exclusive functions. L,
One incident of the kind took place :
Turing garden party given by q veal