The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-25

BY "A voyAGEuSE.
Paris, Dec. 24-Eyery woman in
Paris is taking the most vivid inter
est in the exciting race between the
two female champions of the air, Mad
emoiselle Helene Dutrien, who flies at
Etampes. and MaGemoiselle Mar
vingt, who flies at Mourmelen, for the
Femina Silver Cup. which is a prize
offered by NJ. Pierre Lafitte. for the
best flight of feminine pilot before
December 81. Mile Marvingt is a pu-
pill of Latham, Mile Dutrien of Far
man.
Both are handsome young women,
lively on the ground, and as cool as
cucumbers in the air. They steer an
aeroplane as if il were only a peram-
bulator, and have a miraculous way of
avoiding accidents. They know moth
ing about the motors. and want TO
know nothing. One of them was told
not to touch feed pipe when in the
air She cid touch it, however, be
cause she forgot, and the machine
came down gently. knowing, as it
We're that the intention was harmless
| met Mile Dutrien at Etampes the
other day. just after Mile. Marvingt's
splendid flight of SO minutes at Mour-
anxious to show that she could do
better and she did
/ She told me all about it afterwards
/ Il must try. | had told myself she
said. Il wanted to do it all morning,
I,,t H.
cided to wait till the afternoon. l lost
patience and told them TO bring out
my aeroplane."
zee que femme vent, Dieu le vent"
l said to NJ. Farman and | flew round
once, then l flew round again. My
aeroplane behaved we'll. took a
pride in doing it. and so | went on.
! The course was marked out by six
pylons. and the timekeepers were
watching. At first the pylons were
visible enough, but as darkness came
on they faded out or sight When I
stopped, at ten minutes to five,
could no longer see any of them.
had flown for more than an hour. No
woman has ever done that before
have also beaten the record for dis
lance. 1t made me happy. But | shall
not be satisfied until l have made a
! flight of three hours
Nine Curie is candidate for the
Academy of Sciences, but French sa-
wants have horror of femininsm, and
the most glorious woman in scientific
France will probably be kept out. I'm
der the Bourbons, the fair sex was
not excluded from the Academy of
Sciences. 1t was Napoleon | who
made the change. He once told Nine
de Stael that the woman he most adj
mired was she who had the most chill
dren, and he acted upon that princi-
pie. There is very pronounced ten
dency among Frenchmen to regard
women de haut un has, and it is rath-
err ridiculous. The superiority of the
French woman is too often seen to
need demonstration.
Classic music has many sanctuaries
in Paris. but none more attractive
than in the simple little sale in the
Latin Quarter where the Concerts
Rouge" are given every week 1t is
only stones throw from the Senate
and when you enter you find yourself
in presence of an orchestra every
member of which is a premier PriX
Of the Conservatoire. / have never
heard the great masters so beautiful.
ly interpreted, and the overture OF
Tannsauser" was a revelation French
composers and singers OF the highest
distinction take part in these concerts
from time to time, not for money but
''for the love of the thing" The other
night when l dropped in the singer for
the occasion was Mile. Jane Qainon
whose exquisite soprano was heard in
the old chansons of Lulli and Hadyn
A curious tradition of the Concerts
Rouge is to serve drinks. The stud
ents, their glass of beer or coffee be-
fore them, listen gravely and intently
to every note. Altogether it is a
glimpse of artistic Paris little known
An energetic deputy longs to re
form the ballet of the National Opera
house. He says it is an anachronism
and that, if you have ballet at all
it should not flaunt and fit in the
diaphanous corolla of the tutuor OF
tiny ballerife's skirt-but should be
dressed appropriately to the period