Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-03
SEy-Sailing as a
Feminine Fad in Paris.

1t is true that the aerOpane has not
ret claimed the gentler devotees of the
sport, being, no doubt, in too expert
mental a stage. But with the balloon,
woman has come into her own and is
rapidly commanding such recognition
That she can claim in the air, If not on
earth, equally with mere man.
Compared with France and Germany,
America is slow in matters of aeronau-
qe' Yet even in this country ballOoning
for women is fast becoming a favorite
sport. The news dispatches of less than
fortnight since told of an association
OF st, Louis women who made balloon
voyages, the crew in one instance a
hight of fifty miles from st. Louis to St.
Mary 5 Mo.-cOnsisting of one man and
tnFee women; and perhaps nothing shows
.he casual regard in which such per-
i0rmance is held more than the fact that
ms diSpatch-which would have been
me nucleus of columns of description
nad II occurred two years ago-was
printed as a short paragraph at the
bottom of . page filled with news of the
uolngS Of al navigators.
1t Is in Paris. however, that the wom-
4h hall0onist has come to the front.
leaving 10 their English cousins political
ana suffrage agitations, the French wom-
En- Of means and of leisure have gone in
lof SkyHailing with a vim. 1t is they
VINO nave formed such workman-like Or
carnations as the ''Stela" aero club
Itmlnln. an association which holds reg
atar meetings and conducts monthly as
eeASlons during the season, which ex-
ENDS from the earliest spring until late
iiato the autumn. This society has for
ny president the noted Nine. Surcouf,
oalloonist of rare skill. whose ascen-
GouS number more than thirty. During
.e month of June Nine. Surcouf won
se Dreyet of pilot of the Aero club of
rance. IN recognition of ner ability;
s1p 10 French aeronaut the one quail
Ea'Ioii indispensable for recognition is
, be Fisht to place after his or her name
nose s. mystic letters. "pilote de rAe.-
C,.f Some of Nine. Surcouf's ven
slIeS IN aviation have been at night
a4l as least one of these trips. during
I'Sh there was but one other person
''."ia lasted during the entire night.
Ir,r,, might be expected, woman has
I7ut 10 ballooning, as to every other
-1"'h eadeavor shared by her, a soften
fo, una oeautifying touch. At a recent
a gwen by the Stella at the park of
@ Aeto Ciub of France, flowers were
81 me Keynote of the entertainment
.5,auers Ut the club in six parties made
AMI 'tS IN balloons of equal number
a.r al OF these balloons were named fol
...-...- qt'N' NaCl WAS ubGDEdIeu WIFI Tie
blossoms that corresponded.
-sIe can be little doubt that with
".atthier French women ballooning
,. we A't3 Of the hour. As a sport ii has
7I motoring, which once held such
u,s sway over Partisan society
-- 1lch now is considered slow and
.-r glance at any smart Partisan
H. VIII reveal the prevalence and
q tt'FHarity Of balloon riding. for the
@ ere filed with accounts of the
8 Ill., aseensions made by this, that anC
q Will aeF group of pleasure seekers
..s ne advertising pages display no
.- 'l where balloons may be bought
h.. 'tei' tell Of what parks offer facili
>.5..sI-.t aseenSions, and even print thu
y itS OF rates at which skilled pilots
q IA, hred by the hour.
$50 -ead balloon parties are just a,
,l as are weekend house parties
u s.s - 2ahtry. The hostess need no
so'ea that they do. and that thew vii
'ar' IN the fete as a matter O.