The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-04
JUST MERELY SURPRISING.
What May Happen When the Airship
Is Fairly Launched.

Is AIRY Launched.
There is very little doubt that the
airShip IS IN accomplished fact. What
boots il year or tao When time is fly
ing rs swiftly az it does nowadays?
But has any one considered the new
dangers tnat viii follow in the wake
of the new machines? Does any one
imagine that life for him vii. he the
old, care free existence that it has been
for most OF us, that Wii.n the air Is
filed with iron and steel and wood
man will go his way unhceling upper
ether as of Old?
OF course, in the very nature of
things. the first to equip themselves
with aerial racers will be the reckless
devils who now run gasoline jugger
nauts on our highways.
Is it not easy to imagine what they
will do when they get up i'll the air:
Will life on the surface of the earth
have amy semblancc Of safety while
white eagles" and red hawks" are
careerinG III upper air. spiilinG out
tools ana now AMI then an occupant.
III these pleasant days if a man is
walking about New York all b. has to
think Of are III, trOll2rS. the MH.or
cycles. the ordinary wheels, The AUTO
mobiles. the dear old horse cars anl
the other horse drawn vehicles in
GLIDING the fire engines and The am
balances. If he is alert and Spry bis
chance of life is rs good as that o. Il
soldier ia 4 secondary skirmish. Ills
adversar!es are all on the Level 50 ia
speak, and he can see what is coming
without raising bis eyes to icaven a
thing that mankind fell out Of the habit
Of doing ages ago.
But with the upper ;ir fall o. SHIP"
and the ships full of people and many
Of the people fun Of Tie intoXication
born of free life in tie void. why.
would not write any pedestrians in
surance without charging a prohihitive
premium.
Let Us suppose two irresponsibles in
an airship.
''Hand me that wrench. Bill. There's
something the matter with this nut
and want to take it off. Look out,
Gee. you just missed hitting that chin
ney! Can't you steer? Oh. you care
less idiot. What did you drop that
wrench for? 1t struck the north light
in that studio building. Let's get away
quick I'll bet that you've killed the
artist Mt work. to say nothing of los
ing the only wrench we have. Hello
Did you see that? An old chap fell
out of that pink machine. and I'm
blamed if he didn't grab the spire OF
Grace church, and there be is.
"Shall we rescue him?'
"Rescue nothing. What's the mat
ter with his own people doing it?'
We'll I'm going down there after
that wrench. | don't see any commo
ton around that studio building. Guess
we didn't kill any one"
The airship turns. goes back, drops
until it is about five feet above the
ground glass north light. and then the
man who dropped the wrench. making
cone of his hands, calls out:
Say. you artist below there, did you
| hear anything drop"
| A moment later a skyiight is opened
and an excited man in a blue blouse
makes his appearance.
did you drop that wrench?'
Eyes; awfully sorry. Did you fine
it,"
| II came near finding it on my head
and if you were in a balloon instead OF
an airship I'd put you out of commits
sion. Confound you all. Life ism
worth living since you left the high
ways"
Lets have the wrench, that's a goot
fellow" - Charles Battell Loomis il
Century