The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
SUCCESS OF WRIGHT BROTHERS,
Due 20 Their Sister, Who Believed
That Man Could Fly.

without meaning 10 detract In any
way from the greatness Of Wilbur
and Orvllle Wright the airship men I
Il can be claimed that but for a wo- 4
man they would today probably De 7
repairing bicycles or automobiles Tor
a living. unknown and unsung. Ihat
woman is their sister. Miss Catharlhe
Wright. who has recently returned
home with them after enjoying the
/ favor Of Kings. Presidents and Princes
on the continent.
There Is no prettier story than the
/ devotion Of the members OF the Nrisnt
/ family each 10 the other. There were
FIVE children-four boys and CARL
one of the boys left home early ana
now resides in Kansas. Another De-
| came a bOOkkeeper. married and had
| family Of his own TO look after.
The sister fitted herself for teaching
and secured a place in the public
schools OF DAYTON, Ohio. WilbIr and
Orville remained al home with lheir
parents and this sister. About the
time the two brothers got through
school the bicycle craze was at It's
height and they engaged in bicycle re-
pairing as a business.
II was while conducting this busi-
ness that they began working upon
a machine which developed into the
living machine. Their original idea
. was 10 make a toy. a sort OF aerial
toboggan upon which a fellow could
I have fun. They constructed a plane
: OF that kind and found that so long
! as II moved forward IL would support
them. Then the idea Of attaching a
, motor TO il and driving it forward en-
5 tered their minds.
q II was at this critical period in their
5 careers that the aid Of the sister was
( sought She had taken an interest
i In the gliding machine. but when they
began talking about flying machines
=" she grew enthusiastic. Right away
= Wilbur and Orville Wright. with the
aid OF their sister. took up the serious
S study OF aeronautics. They read eV
E. erything printed upon the subject. th'
II sister ordering the books for them a
D. they learned of the volumes that ha'
anpeared. But they did not believ'
h everything they read In the books, an
10 that was their salvation.
II. Miss Wright made the calculations
H. and her brothers made the exper
+" ments. The three worked together
d. Before any demonstration was mad'
III before neT nIOlurlC ld4 ATHA"1 -
machine they were building. Mis-
ia Wright knew that il was possible fc
az man TO fy. She was the first woma
:. in The world 10 know il positivel.
N. She knew il because she herself Ia
made the calculations. She was Wi
is ing TO stake what little money 81
as had saved from her salary as scho
da teacher. along with the small'
". amount her brothers had saved. upS
ne the outcome Of the device TO be MAJ
lat according 10 her calculations u
pie staked il. and she won.
ma When the machine was complete
emit and was found 10 De q success. al
:, became desirable 10 get in tou
the with the nations OF the world. IL W
AN Catharine Wright who brought {
, aeroplane TO the attention OF the m
gho who would have TO be dealt with L
pa letters which the representatives
hot foreign governments received We
the written by this woman in the nal
as of her brothers.
the All this time Miss Wright was
ing daily TO the school room ~
cal their neighbc.s did not know she TO
est any interest in the flying machil
lelp They knew that II was characters
of the Wrights TO be devoted TO
.iti- another. But they did not know u
this patient school eacher had m
Of tered the intricacies OF the air a
ian. that she had been in corresponds
ain. with governments. carrying on
air promotion end OF the flying machin
Even after the Wright aeropls
the had become famous and her broth
v're were demonstrating il to the VOL
Miss Wright continued her oocupat
the OF teaching. II was not until OrV
hat Wright met with the accident at
me Never. which came nea. costing J
With his life. that she gave up her post
was and FASTENED 10 him. She RENAL
far until he was able TO travel. took