Arizona republican., 1910-12-12
GAYETY I :1 OF NATIONS
 AT AVIATION MEET
Some Remarks Made by Those Who Saw Mars Fly at the Fair
 Grounds.

l Perhaps it's because the aeroplane is : new that so many foolish remarks are
 heard at aviation exhibitions. Though only a few people turned out to see J. | C. Mars fly in Phoenix last week. any
 one circulating among the infinitesimal crowd couldn't help overhearing many ! observations, witty, wise and asinine.
 The Kind of people who make anus ; ing remarks may be divided into two | classes. First, there are those who know nothing about aerOplanes at all. are frankly ignorant and are asking al! kinds of foolish questions. Second. there are those who have read about aeroplanes in Farm and Home. Junior | Christian Advocate. Nick Carter | Weekly or Boyce's Saturday Blade and are willing, even anxious, to impart the knowledge thus gained to waiting world. They are competent to explain | the principles of aero-dynamics and aero mechanics. having studied the works of such masters as Rene Bache, Beatrice Fairfax and Frederick Palmer.
 Where does he carry his passenger. when he takes one up?" asked one of the questioning class Saturday, squint- | ing at Mars aeroplane. only thirty feet away, through a tiny pair of binOcu- i lars.
 He carries a seat with him and screws it on in front of and below his own whenever he takes a passenger, answered a bug"
 "I wonder why he doesn't let the passenger lie down on top of the upper plane" speculated another bystander. The youngster who has been keep i ing his one eye on Ed. RudOlph's pea nut stand the last few days looked l doubtfully at the little crowd and de- | livered himself of this gem of thought: m bet that fellow doesn't make much money"
 He don't, 'huh?" scornfully re- turned a kid perched up on the fence. I'll bet he makes more money in one day with that flying machine than you make in a week sellin' peanuts" When Mars first rose from the ground such remarks as these were heard:
 Hes really flying"
 T didn't think he could do it." Tt looks easy.''
 T don't see how he controls his machine"
 T wouldn't go up for a million dol lars"
 T wish he'd take me up with him" { "Why. he's turning around; I thought he had to fly in a straight line"
 'I wonder if he's scared
 He must just love to do that"
 The engine was a fruitful topic of conversation.
 "Is that a gasoline or a steam engine?" asked one mother with three children.
 Nav, he uses compressed carbolic acid" scornfully replied her eldest. a polished and well informed gentleman of F years or so.
 Several times Mars flew for some little distance within a few feet "of the ground.
 T wonder why he's flying so low" said a young woman who sat in the first row of the grandstand.
 Hes brushing the dust off the track for the auto" replied her escort. so gravely that he must have believed it himself
 It was announced that Mars would try for altitude. Immediately after the announcement a bunch of small boys took possession of the timers stand and gave the crowd a running account of what was happening.
 Ladies and gentlemen. Mir. Mars is trying for the worlds altitude record, shouted one kid. He has now reached a height of one inch"
 As the machine was only about six feet in the air. the boys announcement was received with great applause
 Some few persons got nervous dur ing the long waits. Once when Mars came down and almost Jumped into fence, some impatient one said:
 'I wonder when he'll fly again?"
 If he never flies it'll be soon enough for me-" declared a disgusted sight seer, turning to go.
 Some spoke of the show as a meet. | while others insisted that it was mere | ly an exhibition. One little group got | into a heated argument about it that | was only settled when someone remem- | bered that the ticket he had bought at l the gate said aviation meet"
 Well, it's this way" explained | bank clerk Mars was in Los Angeles | and his machine was in San Francisco He came here and met his aeroplane, so, of course. it's an aviation meet"
 There was one young man who was enthusiastic over Mars i feats and over the fact that the aviator had come here without guarantee Phoenix is the first city in America to have two aviation meets,' he boast ed proudly. skipping an eastern friend on the back
 And herwas probably right.