The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-30
Brand New Machine.

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vogue now in the States. 1t was sug
gested, however, that the fad hadn t
hit here vet and it might be lust as
well to introduce it. So the bird man 5
better half said she would perform the
ceremony with the bottle Of sparkling
etfervesence Various Hawaiian names
were mentioned and it was proposed to
throw the burden of choosing an APP
| proprlate name upon the public. Ill
the 'Skylarks [ ever rode said Mars,
| were smashed up. but then they all
90 that route any way, so | guess it
| doesn t matter. Ed. Lewis, who 5
got the aviation craze wanted to call
| the biplane Aloha. but after everybody
on the field had ventured a guess, some
one said: go, let everybody in Homo
| lulu send in name to The Advertiser,
and then pick out some of the best TO
/ vote on.
Suggestions are now in order
A Stout Craft
Mr. and Mrs Mars. Mrs. Schriver.
| Capt. Thomas Baldwin, WhippIe Hall.
Ed. Lewis and some newspaper men
went out to Moanalua Field yesterday
afternoon to see what progress was be-
| ing made with the biplane. After look
| ing it over Baldwin remarked, "That s
the most substantial machine l ever
saw put together and here he called
attention to how the framework was
| connected
The frame is made of bamboo poles,
! Joined by steel sockets. instead of be
| ing bolted together. The engine was
set in place and the propeller adjusted
to it. This is carved out of pine and
shaved down SO thin that it doesn t
! look as though it could churn the air
with force enough to drive the machine
| along at a rate of forty-fve miles an
hour, but Baldwin said, "You wait
until Saturday. and you II see it do it. -
Mars climbed upon his perch to see
| II all the controllers We're adjusted to
suit him. There are two foot levers in
front to work the motor and switch.
The wheel, which is within easy
reach from the seat. works the rIdder
! in the rear by turning and the forward
/ plane can be tilted up or down to rise
or dip by simply working the wheel
| forward or backward. Then the alerons
which balance the biplane are shifted
! by the side movement Of the aviator 5
! body. To fly in this machine the bird
man is kept busy all over.
/ The vulcanized silk wings look Just
! like thin rubber sheeting that would
! rip like tissue paper, bat the three
mechanics walked around on them
while they were adjusting the two
! hundred and thirty pound motor back
i of the seat with heavy shoes on yes
terday, and never left footprint.
Lieutenant KiIgore and Captain Low
of the Marines were on the scene to
absorb some of the mysteries of avla'
ton and even Captain Motley of the
japanese baseball team of the Oahu
| league was looking on and wondering
| if he couldn t use one of those queer
| things to 90 up after flies in.
Mars repeated a suggestion that the
girl who thought of the prettiest name
for the Deitz Schriver biplane gets a
free ride in the air with him. whereat
Mrs. Mars said. "No you don t. You
won't let me 60 skvlarking and You
can't take any other ladies with YOU
.|That settles it. was the bird
mans refrain. ''You see who is mis-
tress of aviation.''
Mars. however, explained that the
objection was only on the ground OF
! afp+y and that he would nave 10 ue-
vote his entire attention to getting up
! and away from the surrounding hills.
while passenger might distract him at
| = critical moment
There is one man IN town who saws
| he is going to 90 M with Mars II ne
has n nav FIVE hundred dollars for his
! MASSAGE Baldwin said. however. that
| i would all derend on the success of
| rba three DAYS of flights. and if Mars
| fonnd the air currents here easy to
negotiate he might take this one man
up on the last day of the exhibition.
No Woman's Game.
..D:a -, oror o,.;o+o oil o1o,aa,,
NJ. NTars was asked.
! ION M = She renIied Hmv husband
,ror1dn,t LET me. 7 talked a good deal
about wanting to learn how to fv my
self but when Mr.. Mars realized that
| I really meant II he said: You dismiss
| that idea from your mind, Flying IS
no no game for women TO lhq lb So III,
i,C' bare T lsy mn excent as nassen-
rars There wa. one vounr woman.