The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-30
LAURA MYERS
WANTS TO FLY
Honolulu Girl Gives Exhibition of
Daring on Roof Garden
PaTapet.
tFrOm Thursday,s Advertlser.l

CFrom Thursdays Advertiser.O
While Eleanor Sears Of Boston is
making flights and has promised to go
West to California and soar over San
Francisco, thereby causing the San
Francisco aviation committee to wire
less to Miss Enid Gregg, who last week
was a guest of Major and Mrs, Dunning
at Fort Shafter, to represent San Fran
, cisco in competition with Miss Sears,
Honolulu has n galaxy of daring young
women who are anxious to make trip
heavenward with Bud Mars or Captain
Baldwin.
Since the announcement was made
that there was a probability that the
aviators might be willing to carry n
passenger, four young women have
called at The Advertiser office to an
nounce they were willing to make the
flight, Three promised to leave their
names later, but Miss Laura 4. Myers
of "The Homestead" left her name
and address and will await the decision
of the aviators as to whether they will
carry passenger ut all. Miss Myers
stated she was perfectly willing to make
the flight and believed she possessed
the necessary steadiness Of head and
nerve to go as far as any aviator liked.
Walked Along the Parapet.
! On Monday evening, while the ball
was in progress at the Young Hotel n
young woman declared her determine
ton to make flight, if given the
chance, to Mr.. Hall, the advance repre-
sentative of the aviators. She was ban
tered about her nerve, when suddenly
she declared she would show them
With that she climbed up on the stone
parapet, four stories above Bishop
street, and walked along it with as
much grace and with as much noncha-
lance as if she were crossing the bril-
liantly lighted roof garden. There were
some nervous people in the crowd and
| some stopped breathing and there was
sigh of relief when she descended to
tho roof garden again, laughing at the
fears of her audience.
Startles Friends.
1t was only two months ago that Miss
Sears startled her friends, as we'll as
her family, by her flights with Claude
Grahame-White, the English aviator, at
the New York meet. After circling the
course at Belmont with White she de-
clared with enthusiasm:
81 love aviationl'
In fact; her enthusiasm was SO
marked that her family took alarm, and
| there were rumors that her affections in
the case were divided between awaiting
and the aviator, who happened to be an
interesting bird man ON earth as we'll
as in the air.
Miss Sears brother was dispatched
posthaste from Boston by the family
to inform her that she must stay ON
earth or return at once to Beacon street
and sweet New England conventions
atty.
Ultimatum Fails.
But even this family ultimatum did
not prevent the Back Bay belle from
going up Just once more" with charm
ing Mr.. White when they met in Phila-
delphia in November
Now Miss Sears proposes to fly over
San Francisco, where her more mundane
accomplishments are well known to all
newspaper readers. Her hike to, or
rather toward, Monterey is still clear in
the minds of her followers. Her achieve
ment of walking across the stage dur.
ing the performance of n play is also
one of the tales of adventure told so.
ciety little children.
1T was natural that when Miss Sears
announced she was going to San Fran
cisco to attend the aviation meet in
January that San Francisco should look
upon that announcement rather in the
light of n challenge that required the
selection of a championess to meet and
equal the highest flights of the versatile
Boston girl. Miss Gregg was therefore
selected. She is on her way home to
San Francisco, and on arrival in San
Francisco may announce her decision.
Ambition Of His Life.
Frank Wilburton, well.known ka-
maaina, who is getting along in years,
indicates that he has not lost all his
youthful energy, as he declares he is
really anxious to make an aeroplane
flight. 81 am getting old and haven't
long to live" says he, "but L would
be happy if, before / pass along to the
next world, could make an air fight.D
He has faith in the aviators and be.
lieves that such flight would be un.
attended by disaster and that he would
eventually pass away without his
boots on.