Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-24

ander Graham Bell. has experimental
for years with kites. So In onefihg
PRICES for juvenile kite flying the
Aeronautic Society Is no only stim''-
Plating interest in a very important de-
tail. but Is furthering the chief pur-
pose OF its organisation. which IL to
farouse interest in Aging among all
classes. To this end II offers the free
use Of its grounds aud shops al Nor
tis Park to budding aernauts. In.
struction In flying will be given at the
same place. where the city's first hy'
Ing school Is located. Altogether
New York has been pretty thorough
Infected with the flying mlcrole, ana
with the increasing interest and en-
Ithusiasm 1t may yet fall to the LOT OF
a Brooklyn man to give to waiting
world the first aerisJ aeraInhnlator.
l broadway. and especially fire.
Qucnters Of the large hotels along the
Great White Way. are busy just at
present m examining their fingers
and toes to see Of they still work
Satisfactorily. A noted college probes
sor has caused this worry by announc-
ling that II laborsaving devices con-
tinue t. invade all fields OF daily life
the human being will soon lose all
incentive for Independent action ana
will become only an animated auto
maton, which will go through life
pressing buttons and dropping coins
| In the slot OF automatic machines.
Country people. this scientist holds.
Ineed not fear an early apj Zach OF
this evolutionary change. since they
fare less fully supplied with scl!.wark-
ing appliances. 1t Is rather In the big
cities. and particularly In the large
hotels, that he sees the near ap-
preach of race OF hOpelessly de-
pendent beings. When a man doesn't
even have to open door for himself
The holds that the automatic age has
surely arrived These observations
ION the part OF the professional reason
er were inspired by the installation IN
the Hotel Astor of an electric motor
which, by the mere pressing Of q
tbutton. turns the doors without effort
on the par; OF the person entering or
leaving the hotel. On the other hand.
| New Workers who have haf to push
revolving doors at hotel entrances
| for a good many years do not seem TO
tbe either alarmed or changed by the
innovation. Mr.. F. A. Muschenheim.
1.-The manager Of the Astor. is the Edi-
son hotel man. so far as the use OF au-
Itomatic devices go. cut he doesn't
take any stock In the professors
lalarm over the III effects of the null
ktiplIcation Of self-operating machin-
fery. There will always be plenty OF
Ihig things to keep people busy In
New York. he says. and you cant
Ibiame them II they like to save
trouble In dealing with small things
lin every possible way by the use OF
lautomatic devices"
The Little Church Around the Cor
Iner." probably the most famous
church in the country. has Just passed
Tits sixtieth birthday. Known In IT.
ferature. and even in song 1t Is the
one church In America which has q
national reputation. Few persons.
however. know the origin Of the popu-
lar name, or the correct name. OF
this church. Its proper designation
lis the Church Of TRANSPORTATION. II
was originally organized by twenty
tpersons in 1S4S. ana had it's first
bhome on Twenty fourth street, just
vest OF Fifth avenue. Today 1t has
Ii. 800 communicates. and within the
last ten years the original pastor.
kDr HouKhton, was succeeded az vicad
Ihy his nephew. 30 that the church
has had men of the same name a. Its
Ipastors throughout Its history. 1t was
mot until the early seventies that the
tchurch attained the nickname by
(which It is nov generally known. On
1.-THE day Of the death Of George Hol-
Hard, the actor, his friend. Joseph
Jefferson. now also dead. went to a
certain church on Madison avenue to
arrange for Hollands funeral Pretu-
die against the stage was stronger
itheu than II is now. and the pastor
Srefused 10 read the funeral service
lover an actor, He told Jefferson,
However. that there was q little
bchurch around the corner where the
funeral might be conducted-the
tChurch Of the TRANSPORTATION. Hol-
Hands funeral took place there and
1.-The incident spread broadcast. Ever
since then this famous church has
Eteen known as the Little Church
(Around the Corner" Many clipping
fmembers OF the -Four Hundred have
Ibeen married there and most Of the
famous actors and actresses who
have died within the past twenty
live years have been buried from It's
portals.
couarRs Victim.