The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13

time. It's our principal subilck Nv con-
parsation, an firm what [ larn about
mesilf FIRM him I'm not tn steam
dhredge or tn railroad bridge I look
to me frinds. I'm as complicated as a
Swiss watch an as dilicata us a Jap
'nese fan. TIL lIghtest blow might
slintter me. TO tn eyes Nv me frinds
/ shud always be shipped as freight;
! But in me own eyes ought to be
marked: Glass! Use no hooks!' I've
got to be careful what I do. I'm col
LECTION Nv expansive crockery an have
to pay f'r me own breaknse. I'm so
| finely constructed that wanst whin
4 made slight misstep in takin' a
kick at German MUSICIAN an fell
not more thin three feet, me Doctors
Ibill looked like an invinthry Nv a chtny
store afther an explosion. I'm no
cow'rd. Anybody that says that about
! me will have fight on his hands or
tpursoot But, as Hogan says. raIize
me limitations, I'm as good flyer
| rs liver we see. Give me gasolecn
enough. an I'D fly as high an az far
as anywan. But tn reason I'm not
what they call an airyonat is because,
mind We, ] know there ar-rc two parts
TO flynn, an they ar-re akelly iinpor-
tant. There's tn going up, when
there's tn comm down, which looks.
aisy to tn wan on tn ground. I'm
sure l cud fly. but what kind Nv a fall
wud l make? Somethin' tells me I'd
make wan Nv tn worst that iver's been
seen. 1t wud be disgraceful. TIL au-
jeence wud ask f'r their money back.
ME frinds wudden't like to talk
about it. TIL best they cud say wud
be that 1 made Il splindid splash at
TIL end. If amy man wud come along
that cud show man how he c,id go
up lookin' like bur-rd an not come
down lookin' like a colored supplemint
that's been left out In tn rain he'd
make his fortune. But nobody does or
will.
IT'S TIL same in amy game iv life.
Flytn' shud be left to prof issyonals.
They take tn risks an they take TIL
money f'r TIL risks. Tn first thing a
man ought to do In thryin' to be
bur-rd Is to practice fa1lin' IL he
gets that down to a science hc may
have a chanel at flynn an fallin again.
lvrybody is like yc. They all want to
fly an most iv thin can a little, but
har'ly amy iv thin know how to get
back to earth without breakin' their
necks It's here where we belong am
here all " lis spinds most iv our time
az iiloSN ~ US SplHuS I'LL our Time.
Me frind Wilbur Wright has been
In the air about wan month alto
eether but he's been in Dayton Ohio |
nearly fifty years It's III same way
In pollyticks, a man has to fly part |
Nv TIL time FIR exhibition purposes IL
he's got good masheen and plenty OF |!
nerve he can fly high an pretty far |
But he's got 10 come home f'r his |
meals, an no must look to fall some |
time. An he don't want to expict that |
tn fellow on TIL ground that's ycllin'
to him to go higher wud be disappoint- :,
ed IL he fell hard
DO look forard to seem nyin'
talsin' tn place " steam lnjines, throl- /
Icy cars. tn human fut an other ways
iv gettin' homo an back with tn
sroc'ries? Faith, don't think about
1t wan way or TIL other. I've lived
NANNY years in this here peeryod ~
science an I've seen nanny invintions
rivoluchonizin' TIL wurruld, hut tn
wurruld is tn toughest old In
stitchoochion that iver was known
1t refuses to be rivoluchonized Its-
It's own rlvoluchionist That's It's prin.
cipal business. 1t don't notice amy
small competytors. It's tn only steady
an successful rlvoluchionist In th'
thrade. I'm ready to shout an cheer
wei ann! new lnNlntlon, but can't
always be sure whin they're impor-
tan'' Some fel1ow'll tell We that tn
finest thing that was liver done was tn
invintion Nv tn printin press, an some
that 1t was gun powdhcr an some that |
It was TIL railroad or tn tillygraft or
IN t;llyphone, But amt sure that
tn man that invinted suspendhers
oughtn't have front cage in tn Hall
" Fame. George Washin'ton got
along without tillyphone can un-
dherstand that. But what did he do