New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
BALANCING THE AEROPLANE,

An aeroplane may be defined as a surface pro-
PEELED horizontally in such d manner that me
resulting pressure OF air from beneath prevents
its falling. \ balloon can remain stationary
over d given spot in calm, but an aeropiane
must be kept in motion # il is 10 remain IN
the air Such 4 plane literally runs the air
like skater gliding over thin ice Ihe most
familiar example Of an aeroplane is the kite Of
our bovhood days. We all remember how We
kept il aloft in n light breeze 10y running
with il against the wind Substitute the pull 81
a propeller for the cord, and the aeroplane fly
problem of artificial flight would have been
solved long age. There remains the supreInfly
difficult art of balancing the plane SO that IL
viii skate on an even keel Even oirds ma IL
hard to maintain this stability. In the constant
effort TO steady himself a hawk sways from
side TO side as he scars. Ike an aCfopat on d
tight rope. Occasionally bird VIII eaten the
wind on the top Of his wing, with the result
that he will capSZe and fall some Instance pc
fore he can recover himself. II the living
aeroplanes of nature find the feat OF balancing
so difficult. is it any wonder that men have beeh
killed IN endeavoring to discover their secret!
If YOU have ever sailed a canoe you will read
iv understand what this task Of balancing an
aeroplane really means As the pressure OF ,,n', tc
wind on YOUR sail heels your canoe over, you
must climb out on the outrigger far enough lor
your weight TO counterbaiance the VINO VINO Pe7s P,s
ure 50 that YOU VIII not be upset. 1He PiiA
iCist scientifically explains your achieVelieHt pS
stating that you nave succeeded IN Keeping tIie
centre of air pressure and the centre OF gravity
on the same straight line. In a canoe the IedI
IS comparatively easy; in an aeroplane II de
n9ands constant and tiashlike shifting OF tiit
Iodv
the wind must be Immediately opposed" alue-
mar Kaempffest, in The Cosmopolitan.
THE IAIMORTALs.
The singers of the world. ah, who are they!
Those who have put away
All hone of gain and rulership and place
To go despised. the unending chase
After high Beauty. following where she runs
Fea1,tv in tXyilights. stars and moons ana SUNS
Beauty in sea wings flashed above gray capes'
Beauty in dawns and midnights and cloud
shapes: ~
Beauty in syowdrifts pools and rushing storms;
Beauty in laughter and in living forms
Onward. unresting crag and stream
Chasing the flying dream,
Till the white equities Of moon and star
Sowing their light afar.
Lead their feet to Kingdoms waiting loHs'
Where, young forever. dwell they glad with
song
= The poets Of the earth they cannot perish
Their music men will cherish;
Their songs build dawn the large suns grow
light.
They the morning makers of our night,
Great kings of melody forever hymnng
Beauty and love, with jocund eyes clear brfm-
ming
The races rise and rule and pass. but they,
Immutable end glad, like strong gods, stay
In cool! green places where the years are young;
And hearts Of lovers hold the strains they've
sung.
Deafness though dead, they have perpetual
youth
And Beauty know Truth;
Priests Of white hope they urge meas souls
To tracts of fairer dawn;
And ii is always April where they wait
Secure I'm morn that nevermore g3ows late.
Charles ]. O'Malley, in Century.