The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

ing. He, together with his party of
French assistants and manager, Edwin
Cleary, and Mrs. Paulhan, occupied the
rear Pullman OF Santa Fe train No. C.
They were on their way to New York.
In an extra long baggage car at the
head of the train was Paulhan's coll
lection of air CRUISERS" The ships in
which he made his famous ascents and
races in California were stored away in
this car and for a few moments the en-
gineers in charge allowed the doors of
the car to be thrown open and spec
tators on the platform were given a
chance to at least see a tangled mass
OF something that made a noise like
bunch of "ozone boats.''
Paulhan himself had a Crouch on
and it wasn't one of the polite excuse
me but 1 haven't anything to say kind,
either. He seemed pleasant enough to
preached by a State Journal reporter
and then shaking his head until it
seemed as though he would lose his
long black locks, he turned his back,
ducked his head and commenced to
count the bricks in the platform
Paulhan was especially attractive in
his foreign earb. He wore half length
shin boots strapped with buckskin
laces From here to his knees he had
tight leather leggins and from his knees
to his hips he wore loose, blouse plaid
breeches of English style. His coat
was a long loose fitting gray plaid with
a distinctive cut and beneath he wore
a white shirt with fcut throat" COL
lar.
On arriving in Topeka, Paulhan
alighted from the rear platform of the
sleeper which had stopped down near
the Wells Fargo express ofhcle, and
strolled bareheaded up to the station,
few car lengths away. Paulhan has
long jet black hair, black flashing eyes
and a Colonel Hughes-color mustache.
On approaching the station he asked
one of the train porters the name of
the city.
''Topeka," was the answer
'Topeeee-ka. oh. yes-I see-the'
name of a part of this railway" he
he read the inscription on the car
steps.
Joins His Wife.
On his return to the sleeper he was
Joined by his wife, who is a beautiful
woman She seemed exceedingly pleas
ant in contrast to her husband and
enjoyed the walk out in the fresh air
along the platform. The two chatted
in a species of French that couldn't
be detected by the spectators.
They walked up to the post card
stand in front of the station and for a
few minutes seemed intensely inter
ested in different views of the city. On
their return to the rear of the train
again, Mrs. Paulhan re-entered the
car and did not return.
On being asked concerning the deal
in Oklahoma City, in which the Wright
Brothers had succeeded in enjoining
PauIhan from making any further
aeronautical exhibitions, Paulhan
flashed a "Frenchy'' look out of the
aforesaid black eyes and said-noth-
ing He clearly showed that he was
enraged at the action of the Wrights
and succeeded in keeping his anger
conquered as far as words were con-
cerned.
"Do you believe the injunction will
be dissolved ?'' the reporter asked.
This time PauIhan acted half way
human and grunted in such way that
1t was interpreted to mean 'tyes.'
But he had gone his limit and would
say nothing else. In fact, he would
not admit that his name was Paulhan
but the people on the tram. the
trainmen and the porters winked out
of the other eye-because they knew
better.
Paulhan's party consisted of num-
ber of young rather short heavy set
plaid clothed and cap-lidded men who
gave away their identity by their odd
clothes, their c1atter language and
their curiosity at everything and every
body.
They seemed to have the same
Crouch as their employer or else they
~-~-A trained TO consider themselves