Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-15

After a long rest in which the trans
atlantic records have had a chance to
let their fractures knit, the giant
C%unarders are up to their old record
breaking tricks. A wireless from the
Mauretania conveys the information
that that greyhound of the seas may
reach these shores foul minutes ahead
of her best previous time for the trip
from Queenstown. The day must
come, of course, when the Mauritania
and the Lusitania cannot clip another
fraction of a second from their record,
for If it did not come the big boats
would ultimately be crossing in no
time at all. Until said day comes.
however. such speed trials are not
only exciting and diverting, but are
good business. So seriously are they
taken, indeed, hat it is intimated
Captain Dow, who is merely acting
in that capacity, probably will be pro-
NOTED if he brings the Mauretania
through ahead of time.
Theoretically, men, that is, the bulk
of them, who do not pretend to be fash
ionable laugh the dictates of Fashion
to scorn, defy them and trample them
under foot, if necessary. But it re-
mains a fact that today, September 10,
the festive straw hat was c%onspicu-
ously in the minority on the streets.
1t Is also true that every man wearing
one of these relics of the good old sum-
mer-time wore also a strained look.
Some glanced furtively here and there
and seemed always to be seeking the
shadow and shelter of the buildings.
Others were endeavoring to brazen it
out with a "Well, I'll wear it If I want
to, and Who's going to stop=me" ex-
preston. Maybe it was only a coinci-
dence that these conditions obtained to-
day-the day decreed by Fashion for
the disappearance of the grass bonnet.
A respectable, respected and fairly
prosperous business man of New York
is in the Tombs charged with far
reaching frauds. This man is quoted
as saying that his ruin was due to
his inordinate ambition to become
wealthy. 81 wanted to become a mil
.lionaire. l turned to Wall Street. 1t
broke me, as ii did many others.
Now | hope I will get the limit he
said, in prison." Perhaps this man
will rooItrA 1..,fxN1r A. 49, - l.
can devote to meditation that the ac-
quiring of riches should be Incidental
to successful progress toward a
worthy business goal and should
never be an end in itself. If he be-
comes convinced of this truism his
unfortunate experience win not have
been yalueless to him.
The lull in the political storm follow
ing the furious primary furry should
enable everyone, without qualms of
conscience, to get interested again in
Walter Wellman and his proposed
flight across the Atlantic in a dirigible
balloon. A great many persons, in
Guiding Mr.. Wellman himself, are TAX
ing this flight very seriously, and if it
is accomplished it will, of course, dwarf
all previous aerial exploits and place
the Wellman name in the list with our
most prominent pioneers in all lines of
endeavor. A trial flight of the monster
airship, now housed in Atlantic City, is
promised for next week, and if every
thing seems to be all right the long
aerial trip across the ocean Will be be-
gun a few days later.
Count Zeppelin, Germany's grand old
man of ~aeronautics. continues to play
in the hardest kline of luck. His big
airship, Zeppelin VI. was burned yes
terday. The disaster was not due to
any of the dangers incident to aerial
travel. Such a fate with equal reason
might have overtaken a ship lying at
it's pier. No sooner has Count Zeppe-
lin apparently demonstrated h sea-
worthiness of one of his ideas than
something happens. He had success
fully installed the first passenger air
ship line, and had 1t on a paying basis
when a single storm wiped 1t out. De-
spite his triumphs he seems to have
been, from the beginning, doomed to
ultimate disappointment. Perhaps he
has taken the wrong Jack with an I'M
possible type of air-vessel.
Mr.. De Swell-All these pictures you