The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
BELIEVES IN FUTURE
OF AIR NAVIGATION
Woman Offers to Back Scheme
for an Aerial Passenger
Line.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
Bile to Tho Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
LONDON, July 30.-Lady Abby. who
recently secured the honor OF being the
first Englishwoman to make a flight in
an aeroplane, is an enthusiastic believer
in the future Of air navigation. She has
offered to back Il scheme for an aerial
passenger line between London and Paris
to the extent Of s25o,o00- a committee
White and President Grey Of the Aero
club Of eminent aviators, who will utilize
the gift In the construction OF an air
ship. combined airship and plane. or
from London TO Paris. One condition OF
the gift is that it must be an all-Brltish
scheme from the formation Of the COM
mittee to the material employed in the
airship or aeroplane. Plans for the ma
chine have been invited. It Is proposed
that 1t should have a carrying capacity
OF twenty passengers. The prices real
lied for the seats are to be devoted to
charity. An aviation factory, TO be called
the "Abdy aviation factory" will be
commenced on u site near London short
ly.
Romantic Document.
formal, and the facts arc related with
the studied preciseness OF an old-fash-
toned lawyer, the will of Arthur Joseph
Munby. Of s Fig Tree Court, Temple. E,
law, well known poet and litterateur.
remains one of the most romantic docu-'
mentS ever lodged at Somerset house. To
all but two or three intimate friends who
were in the testator's confidence. II re-
veals for the first time the story OF his
secret marriage to a domestic servant,
Hannah Cullwick, forty-five years ago,
and the slnguar-almost pathetic, as far
as the woman was concemed-relations
which existed between man and wife
1.-THE said Hannah. runs one of the ex-
tracts from the will In which Mr.. Munby
refers to his wife, "has always refused
and still she might and could have had,
and has always Insisted and still insists
on being my servant as we'll my.
wife, The author of this strange dis
closure died January 29 last. aged 81
been proved shows, left an estate of the
value OF S125.00o.
Kitchener Is Reconciled.
Lord Kitchener is quite reconciled to
period OF idleness from military employ
ment and Is now seeking house where
he can take up his permanent residence
This will be somewhere within easy reach
Of London. and will be surrounded by
large gardens. One Of Kltchener's favor
lite pastlmes Is gardening. and he hopes
TO be able to give full play to this in
the future. He also proposes to provide
tremely valuable collection OF old china.
This collection Is especially rich in specl-
mems or eastern pottery ware, and re-
ceived some considerable additions when
he visited China and Japan short time
ago. As soon as he has obtained his
house Lord Kitchener proposes to have
this collection Systematically catalogued
and valued by experts, Beyond obtain
ing this house he has made absolutely
no plans for the future: but some years
ago he informed a group of friends that
In the event of his ever being without
military employment, he might turn TO
the city for something with which to oc-
cupy his mind and his time. and 1t may
be that this is what he will now do.