New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-19
AIR TRIP AS AN APPETIZER.

Thus with everything tending to urge aviators TO
do their utmost to push flying its perfection. and
with aeroplRnes almost easily purchasable as
automobiles and selling at from s2OO0 to $500. It
doesn't seem so exJravagant 10 believe that some
OF dreams OF the optimistic will crystalline into
realities. Instead OF going down TO breakfast ac-
cordng to time honored custom, IT has become the
fad among a few OF the choice spirits of Europe
20 "go up'' for the morning meal. and up in
this case means an ascent into an appetite Great
ing atmosphere thousands Of feet above the sum
mer heat and noise and smells of tho city. Thus
''uppings' comes into our language and runs its
chance with outings for Ilace within the cate
cory OF good use.
In OF his stories of a few years ago Kipling
pictured "A white decked, white winged flyer as a
cOnsumptive hospital on its way TO the polar
msnt the patients returned. again ready TO cope
with the sitting air of the city With the talk Of
the airshp end to destroying lives In war.
here IS a promising idea TO the end of saving lives
in peace And the air sanatOrium isn't such n far
away institution II the air battleshp to pass
Before the airship finds place in war; however
Il will be known as interesting in the world OF
sport for It is the sportsman with plenty Of money
to spend who Is the lookout for innova-
tiOns that promise excitement OF course. before
long there viii be regular for adventurous
spOrtsmen who have tired OF automobile speeding,
and height we'll distance and time flights viii
be popularity listed. But. aside from these, what
an opportunity the air machine offers for duck
shooting-if the birds do not drop dead from fright
when tho whirrng motors scatter the scared flock
Then, for the sportsman who loves deep sea fish
ing but is addicted TO mai de mer. what joyous
opportunity the anchored arship offers a breeze
less morning And why not lair ball." well
water ball or baseball? Think OF freeing tiny
Montgolher balloon and seeing flock of white
winged. men manned planes dart after II like ty-
rant hycatchers after their breakfast The posi-
bility promises 20 make baseball pale before Il. and
fox hunting will become a tame and forgotten
pleasure of peaceful day that is past.
II the prospective ocean crossing airship doesn't
eliminate the tarin. as has been more or less en-
Enthusiastically predicted. what possibilities lie In
wait for the sky pirate and what new romance will
into our lives IN these prosy times. And along
with the prosperity Of the ungody, the flying sec
end story include several stories above his
credited domain gather in his I'll gotten gains and
nee ny OF before the air police can foot whis-
tie Carrying contrahand also offers large oppor-
tunity II lasts after the perfection OF the air
ship. and the low. raklsh craft" the curse OF the
blockade In bellcose days. may have its counterpart
in the cloud hidden blockade runner of the skies.
II yet remains 70 be whether the enterprlsng
liquor salesman will net large profits In evadins
the law forbidding the sale OF liquor in state by
selling 1. over that state.
AS for the still dim and distant North Pole, 1T