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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-12-24


who give their entire time to Young
Mems Christian association work.
Mr. Moorland has, with Mr.. Johnson
and Mr.. Hunton, been the very back
bone of the Young Mems Christian
association cause at the nations cap.
ital. The 100000 building is slowly
but surely nearing completion. 1t will
be monument to the untiring energy
of these three men.
Hampton Night at Bethel Literary.
Bethel Literary and Historical So
ciety under the presidency of Pro-
fessor Garnett c. Wilkinson is making
u grand record this year. Hampton
(Va) institute night was recently cele-
brated with most appropriate exer-
cises. The Hampton society in Wash
ington, of which Mr.. F. d. Lee is
president, arranged to have Principal
Frissell of Hampton present as the
chief speaker.
DR.. Frisselrs address was full Of
sound educational advice and was re-
ceived with enthusiasm by the large
audience. President Thirkield Of How
ard university introduced DR.. Frissell
In an appropriate speech, telling of the
great educational strides Hampton has
made under the administration of DIR.
Frissell.
Miss Eloise Bibb, superintendent of
the social settlement work among col
ored people in Washington, gave n
very interesting account of the work
she is carrying on in southwest Wash
ington. This Is the center of Negro
population of the nations capital, and
Miss Bibb has proved herself to be
the Jane Adams of the race In the
excellent manner that she is conduct
ing her work.
Other speakers were Professor w.
T. B. Williams and Major r. II. Mo-
ten. both of Hampton. Professor Will
Hams is field agent of the Slater edu-
cational fund Major Moten is com.
mandant of Hampton. The musical
part of the progrim included numbers
by the Hampton institute glee club
and the Howard university orchestra.
Two other meetings of Bethel were
quite noteworthy. Also Professor l..
NJ. Uershaw of tse United States land
office, formerly one OF the editors Of
the Horizon, delivered a very scholarly
adGres. on Joan of Arc. Mr.. Her
shaw is a deep student Of French his
tory ara gave to the audience the ben
efits of his years of research study Of
that attractive and romantic figure In
European history.
Business night at Bethel was held
on the Goth. Hon. Il. r. Hornei, one
or the leading colored lawyers Of the
District of Columbia and member of
the school board, made the address Of
the evening. 1t was a mastery effort
and showed that Mr.. Horner was fully
in sympathy with the movement to ad-
vance the facilities for business edu-
cation for the colOred children OF
Washington.
Pittman as "Race Arehiteet.r
W. Sidney Pittman, the big archi-
tect," has returned from a southern
trip. Mr.. Pittman was on the recent
Booker Washington trip" through
North Carolina. He has just finished
the design for the new Carnegie library
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-12-24


w. Sidney Pittman, the "big archi-
tect," has returned from a southern
trip. Mr. Pittman was on the recent
Booker Washington trip" through
North Carolina. He has just finished
the design for the new Carnegie library
at Montgomery, Ala, Mr.. Pittman's
old home. Other structures recently de-
signed by Mr.. Pittman include build
ings for the Kentucky state normal at
Frankfort, Ky; buildings for DR..
James e. Shepard's great training
school at Durham, N. c.; an office
building for colored business and pro-
fessional men at Greensboro, ~ c.,
and several colored churches In vari-
GUS southern states. He is winning a
national renntatioD as an architect.
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01
GOLDEN WEDDING.

Dear love" he said that morning
 long ago. Where life may lead the wisest can
 not know,
 Or through what changing weather. If I could choose, no cloud should dim
 the sky" She smiled. What matter where the
 road may lie,
 So we two walk together?" Dear heart" he said when they had
 journeyed far And the calm radiance of the evening
 star
 Above the hills was shining The road was rough, and fife, the
 master, taught Lessons with bitter wisdom some-
 times fraught, Beyond our hearts divining. Yet good has sometimes come from
 seeming ill, And love unchanging led us safely still Through storms and sunny weather" She smiled, What matter though the
 road was rough, The lessons bitter. This was joy enough,
 That we have walked together"
 Emily Huntington Miller.
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01

The governments suit in the pres
 ent instance will greatly strengthen the position of the forces in congress which have been striving for months to have incorporated in the new rail- road law a provision that proposed increases of rates by the railways shall not go into effect until after hearing before the interstate com merce commission or some court of competent Jurisdiction. The country
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01
Governor Huqhes a Fiqhter.

Evidently, the fighting spirit of Governor Hughes has not been inn
 paired by his acceptance of a place on the supreme bench He is to re- main governor of New York until October, and he proposes to fight to the end of his service in that office for the policies to which he is com mitted. The New York legislature
 adjourned on the 27th of May, after
 defeating the governors bill for direct
 primaries. The statesmen had scarce
 ly packed their luggage before the
 governor had issued a proclamation
 ordering the legislature to meet in
 special session on the goth of this
 month to consider again the primary
 bill
 In the defeat of the bill the ma chine politicians of both parties cor diarlly co-operated under the leader ship of Senator Grady, a democrat
 Earlier in the session the prospects appeared to be good for the passage of the bill-but that was before Gov ernor Hughes had been appointed to be justice of the supreme court of the United States When it became certain that he would shortly retire from the office of governor the poli- ticians began to pluck up courage. and they formed a combination to defy him.
 Governor Hughes, like President Lincoln and President Roosevelt, does not object to playing practical poli- tics" when the desired end can be achieved in no other way, and he happens now to be in a position to force some of the legislators into line. Under the laws of New York the gov ernor has thirty days after the ad- journment of the legislature in which to consider bills that have been passed. Members of the legislature are. of course, interested in many bills that are still on the governors table. and by withholding action on them he will be able to bring at least some of the stubborn statesmen to a satis- factory condition of mind in relation to the primary bill.
 Independently of the merits of the direct primary scheme, Governor Hughes position is a popular one, for the American people like to see ag- yressive and forceful men in execu- tive positions, and they like to see their governors opposing the machine politicians.
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01

follow the example set by President Lynch
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01
Opposition to the Doctors, Trust,

l NPPOe'e'o" Ao Ue DoCtors lrust." Washington adviccs report the re- | ceipt of numerous protests from the
 west against the bureaucracy involved
 in the proposed federal department
 of health" which have been going to ! Washington by mail and wire in quantities that break all records since
 the safety appliance bills were pend ing in congress. with union labor en- dorsement. The owen bill, advocated by the American Medical association.
 which represents the allopathic med ical fraternity, contains one innocent
 looking clause which has possibilities
 for the crippling of any other remedial
 methods than those which comply
 with standards" which the American
 Medical association might fix The protests largely were the response of
 the public to the disclosure made by
 the National League of Medical Free
 dom. which pointed out the absolutism
 which the doctors trust" is advo
 eating. Even members of the Amer
 ican Medical association have publicly
 declared that the organization has be-
 come a doctors trust" a combina-
 tion with ramifications into nearly
 every county of every state in the country. and a membership now run-
 ming into hundreds of thousands. The ostensible purpose of the Owen bill is conservation of health" through a new governmental department. but the certainty that such department will. through its operations. become auto cratic as to the way the American public shall take it's medicine. and what sort of medicine it shall take
 has stirred the public as no other pending measure has The carefully worded Owen bill already has been set on the sidetrack, and if the public continues it's fusillade of letters to members of congress who represent them at the rate they have begun if is regarded as probable that the meas ure will meet defeat The various schools of medicine opposed to the allopathics. and the osteopaths and the Christian Scientists. have ex- pressed their. disapprovaI of the pro- posed measure, although specifically expressing willingness to cooperate in sanitation and quarantine and req sonable precautions. Moreover, state rights are affected and many and powerful protests have proceeded from interests which see a menace to the prerogatives of the states in the prob i able operations of sucn a department as that of health.
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01

The drastic action taken by Presi- dent Lynch of the National league. in suspending the manager of the Brook lyn team for disputing the umpireis decisen' is a healthy indication of the determination of the league manage ment to suppress rowdy baseball
 Rowdyism over the decisions of um- pires has been the one s disgusting feature of the great American game, and it would be we'll if all managers of ball clubs, big and little, would
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01

While enjoying" the hottest May weather ever recorded, thH people of Phoenix have the consolation of knowing that they probably expe- rienced less discomfort from the heat than the people of any other section within the hot wave. The almost total absence of moisture from the air ex- plains it.
Arizona republican., 1910-06-01

is not in a mood just now to look favorably on an increase in the cost of transportation.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

Gina9tSebnidbriger Bur
I6e Nomeus 8rpniulf 8ebeIer, Elm
friiberer S6iiler Der SIb So9z
T9ule BON Winneapolis, Winn., bat
geItanbsn, buB er in ber 3eit 3tpif4en
benz 8. unb 80. Ropember 1909 flint
,ebn glutomobilbiebItdble begunsen
bat. Der Sunse lit bon ben Wisconz
finer 8eb0rben ausg.liefert porben,
neil bic in minneapolis geeen ibn
poresbru9teu Qutlasen fdperipiegens
Der iinb als fol4e. ipegsn ipsl4tr er
in Wisconiin cine 6reibeitsitrafe perz
biibte; bort erfolete feline 9erurtbeiz
lung tpegsn grIausuns bon 9eIo
unter fdlIben @orfpisseluuseu. Der
Sunse sibt an. boB tr unb feline Ses
rofen Ii5 porgenommsn battsn, tdsz
lid elm. MaIdine gu sntfiibr.n unb
Sa6rtsn auf ibr au untsruebmen. Gr
fannie bic 9etettins unb is f6tpieriz
ger es mar. biefsn gu ent9eben, beitp
mebr Sreuoe batten bic Burden,
iueldbe bic 9ruftpagsn na6 Der Sabrt
an irgenb elmer .infamsn SteIIe itsben
liebsa.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

Ser Serrim Saufe. 6rau
(iit in Der Wutb auf ibren Munn Sus
g.iprunsen, tpel9er Dor 9lnsft unter
oen Sii6 ssfIii9tst 1T. gl0Bli1 bort
man es tlinseIn unb Stimmen bon
8etdnnteO: lin @ottes fpillen,
WGnn9sn, tpmm' bod i9neII berpor,
mas foIIen benn fonit unfere Be-
tanntsn BON uns bentena Munn
(Fben bIei6,nb): Rsin, nun s.rab.
ni6t, isbt peros i6 nal Seigsn. tp.r
bi,S Serr i'm Sdufe if!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10
Ser Slater.

Die grtIGrung Der 8sSsidnung
,8atsr" fir i.nsn 3uitanO, Der na4
iberrsi9ltd eingenommenem altobol
einSutreten pfIegt, itummt ipabri4eins
lid aus itubentif9en &reiIen. 8iels
Isi9t 1T r&ater" auf r&atarrb" su>
riidSufiibren. Wan bente an Die tiefe
Bieritimme nit ibrer betiernen Ruubs
belt. Der 9eutf9e lisbt es, fir
8inse, Die uuf bas 3eden 8e3ug bus
ben, nit 9umpr neue 9eSei9nungen
gu erfinOen, uno oieier r&utarrb"
ipar eigenartig genug, Inn bon bem
pepObnliden grtdltunsstuturrb uns
teri9isOsn gu perben. 90 fiibrte
bsnn Der 8orttlang babin, elm uns
f9uIoisss Sbier gum llrbebsr bes
1lebels gu MAIDEN. Man faet ia aud
bon einem tb0ri9ten ober geiitis ni9t
gang Sure9nunssfGbisen M.ni6en:
,@r bat einen @ogel". Satte Der
WenIh einen &dter, mas lag nGber,
als bieiss Gleno aud v&abeniummer"
gu nennen2 Wenn man aus benz ents
fesli9sn 9sIdrsi Der &aben, ienem
2iebe, .bas Stein' eripei6en, Msns
f9en raieno MAIDEN tann", :inen
S9luB Siehen mill auf ben @rao
ibrer 2eiben, 70 lGbt iib fir ben tIGgs
lihen 3uitdno 6es 8ertaterten taum
Elm Bib finben. bas in ieinsm Sus
nor treffsnber tpGre.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

= @eufser. 2.bemann (oer
Sduloen bulber eebeiratbet bat uno
bamit I6le6t dngstommen iiD: Nun
perit.b i'd, oaB iid ieos SduIo auf
groen rGbt!
srSutiinftige 9 arbes
fapaIteriit. Sntel: Sieb NAL,
@aon, bier babe id Dir aud cine
Shudtel nit 3innioIoaten mitge>
brad,t. SDbnhen zines 9arberitts
m.iif.rs: Soff.ntIih iit aber tein
giirs.rli6er i'm Sffisiertorps!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10
grunbItud!'

-RatiirIi9. o.: Ssbsn sic
nal, fpis bas paur bort i'm S3Iitten
eng aneinanberseIdmiest fibt! g.:
gluu natiirIi9, SdIte 5iebt bod bic
&0rper Sufammen!
= Ri9ttge Gin f9GBung.
Cube (oer nit einem guten neuen
llebsraieber antommt): 9u, Gbe,
rutb' NAL, mat Der tpol foIt't2 Gbe:
Ru, fo'n Sdbrden tann Der ippll tos
fen, tpenn fe Dir trieien!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

-QufaIIe SGIle. o.; 8n,is
pen Sic nod 10 Oiel lpie friibsr. S.rr
Duritig9 g.: $50 oenten sic bin!
Sn Dirtbfhaftsn sebe id MIR nod in
@efeaf9aft ooer allein!
: Grsiebung. Der tleins
Srib lit unartig. 9a fagt papd:
rDenn 0u nidt augenblidli9 urtig
biit, 10 psr0s i6 mid binter Seis
mem Riidsn nit Gr5iebung bsi4dftis
gen!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

SIN Gppertpsin, Dem eblen Saft,
Splt ii9 elm DeiIer 9eiit uno &raft,
9is 6ab er gang bonn Weine troff,
Wlecanoeris, Der PbiloIppb.
Dent an bein Weib!" 10 mabnt Der
Wirtb,
,Sie Gnsfli9 beiner barren miro"
limb f6on Oerfunten baIb in S8laf
S6redt b'rauf empor Der pbiloIapb.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10
9erf6ie0ent so

Ser ! % le me US IT'S
tun9. Mietber: % oieie ungez
iunbs, feudte @pbnuns! Mteine ssrau
bat 10 bus ReiBen. Oab iie gang
i9isf s.bt, unb Die Sants, oi. BON
Sus.nb auf' idt.f mar, iit pi.Ssr
serabe seporben!"
-9tpfeI Der 8orn.bm.
9eit. sd ias' Sbnsn. Srau S9uISs,
mstn Sobn bat cine Sruu estri.st,
pttf.iu, tas' if Sbnsn." r@rrnsbm0"
rDas min i'd meinen. Ssbsn 4ussn,
lid fdut bic in SbnmadtF'
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

9unfberi9t. Sausfruu
gum 0ienmGo4en, oas iis auf elm
@au.riebiaet Su einem @obItbGtis>
teitsconSert geididt batte: ~Ra, 9us
ite, bat Dir oas GonSert sefaGen9"
Den 9ucapp baben's n paar Mal
'ruusssrufen, er 1T aber ME sstoms
mtn!"
= Sraurig. 5remosr: sd
mD9te ben Serrn 0oftor germ nal
allein fpre9en, punn treffe i6 ibn
ipObl am bsiten unssit0rt9" Sienits
mdO9en: r9l6. ou tommen Sic nur
in feline Sprs9itunoeu."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

@in4uffiBer. ~Deuten sic
ii6, ous nsut @aar.nbaus pertauft
iebt fogar sebn 8riefmarten fir nsuns
Sig Pennise. ~aber iuie 1T bas mDgs
lid. bic Poft qit; bod feinen gtas
butt9" Limb bod lit es 70. Gs pers
fault adt Wurten a sebn 8fennig
unh Spsi Wiarfen a flint pfennig."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

Substituting am m.r.
-Wf Der &utbl ift's ni9t mebr aus
subalt.n. Sn ben paar Wod.n bat
iie In Der aiids alles tur5 uno Helm
seIdldesn - nur oas 8rsnnboI3
niht."
Sn 9ertrstuns. Re9tss
dntpalt Gn cine falfhe 3eIIs eerd'
tbsno)' rW1eiu gtame III 0rttor
Waei,r. it rilI Sic morg:n psrtre'
se-!" rafting: rSas pubt mir
Kiln babe morstn - Sinri4'
T-r'
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

&ngfer: .9ie 8ieiter pOIlen
beute pieoer gar ni9t beiben."
3uf9auer: .Rd, iparum frdbit
ou bid Oenn, tpenn iis ni9t beibsn." "
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

% ipsb! Die 9ute III nod auf!"
90 ieufset bang Der Pbiloiuupb.
SutpObl, gu pOllgeIoffnes SAB,
SpuSi.r berein in oas 9elaB!" -
Damn regnet es 10 mandsn Buff,
8is nii4tern mar Der pbiIofupb.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

,Wdrum fLttert oenn 6d oriibsn
Der Sausmeiiter auf Dem Sude bers
um2"
r9a 1T einem 2uftIdiffer a 8rsts
bdbnol aus Der 9pnoel g'faIIen uuo
grab uuf bic 9IibubIeiterfpib.."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

~9eim 3eus! bas 1T elm hummer
SpaB,
DAB id mein Weib 70 gang persuB."
llnb it9eltrumm, erbdrmlih Idief,,
Wantt b.imipdrts nun Der pbiloIiph
glm 8ummerfeniter lit nod 2i9t.
Dem Grmen gang Der Mutb e.brt9t
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10

-Rann." ia9t Die Srau
gu ibrem @ntten:
.Su biit jG BLOB nod
tuie Elm Shatten.
limb mnser, iuie Elm
Suppenbubn,
Sage9en tpiiro' ib ettpas
tbun."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1910-02-10
Sulseu Scs Sunntass.8cictes.

CT gebt 5u ieiuem
Sreuno Sropiier,
~Sier bnb' i'd ettpas.
ia9t nun oieier,
.@ibt Rusfeliraft, Bull
iong unb gtuum,
Seibt .gtummericitiI"
barlim.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
ACC|DENTS|N THEA|R
Holes in the Atmosphere Often
Cause Disaster.
Aviator Files Into Empty Space and
without Warning Falls Like
stons-oanssrs Of Aerial
Whirlpools and Collisions.

Par1s.-In regard to flying accidents
In general, they may be roughly div1.
ded into those due to (a) faults in the
machine; (b) atmospheric dimculties
and dangers; (c) ne human equa-
tom"
AZ to (a). the aeroplane may be
faulty in principle and construction, or
the materials may be to blame. A q
rule, where the aeroplane Is at fault
the engine is the root Of the evil, and
one great danger to aviators is over
heating Of the engine or some part OF
IT, You see. an aeroplane engine has
practically to work at full pressure the
whole time the aviator Is in the air A
railway engine driver who gets hot
bearing can slacken or send his fire.
man to put things right.
The aviator's greatest safety lies in
maintaining high speed-to slacken
may mean disaster; he cannot attend
to the Elected part himself and he
has no 10 help him. The practical
~ unavoidable overheating of the en-
gine. with the result Of a sudden stop
page or loss Of power. followed by a
oeaolone oash to earth. Is frequent
cause Of disaster.
Turning to (b), the sea, with all its
known and charted currents, tides.
rocks. and SO on. still wrecks ships,
but the air is thousand times more
baff1ing than the sea. Its density and
Its pressure are constantly changing;
the aviator may at any moment fly
into an aerial whirlpool. a gust of
wind. the conf1guration of the land
over which he is flying may introduce
sudden dangers not previously encoun-
tered. upset all his calculations and ex-
perience and send him smashing to the
earth.
Personally have a theory which
may explain one or two hitherto mex
plicable flying accidents. says a writer
in Pearson's Weekly. l believe that
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
Wyoming.

The shaft house, ere bins and entire
plant of the Wyoming Copper Compa-
ny, which were destroyed by fire at
South Pass, will be Immediately re-
placed, according to a telegram from
the company's general offices at De-
troit, Mich.
Several wells are to be sunk yet
this fall in the La Barge oil field in
the Green River valley. 1t is said that
an excavation ten feet from the sur
face will accumulate about five gal
Ions of oil in a day, and that the Oil
sand crops to the surface. The prod.
uct of this field is Of a fine quality.
Matters between operators and coal
miners in the southern Wyoming field
seem to have been adjusted fairly sat
isfactorily to both sides, a material in
crease amounting to about five or six
per cent. having been granted the
men, who secured about all they asked
for, except two or three items on un-
derground work, and one item outside.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
CROOKED democratic Methods.

Speaking on behalf of Mr. Kern. Mr..
Bryan upholds the temperance cause
In attractive phrase, In the hope that
temperance men may see their way
clear to vote the Democratic ticket.
simultaneously the breweryized Dem
ocratic machine In this state is seek
ing wet" Democratic legislature so
as to repeal the county option law.
Great stress is laid by Democratic
missionaries throughout Indiana upon
Mr.. Kerns denunciation OF Senator
Shively as a brewery attorney and the
brewers Tor having bought the legisla-
ture of 1909. simultaneously Mr. Kern
eulogizes this same brewery attorney
and the brewerized Democratic ma
chine invites US to elect wet" Dem
ocratic legislature to repeal the local
option law.
AS supporter of county option and
a temperance man Mr.. Bryan recon-
mends Mr.. Kern to the people Of Indi-
ana as another good temperance man
and the efficient godfather of the
Nicholson law. hoping that Demo
cratic legislature may be elected to
send Mr.. Kern to the senate. Sinll-
taneously the brewerized Democratic
machine in this state Is laboring for
wet" Democratic legislature to repeal
the county option law.
Does the actual moral sensibility of
Bryan, Kern and Marshall detect in all
this any confusion of ideas, any seem
ing inconsistency of purpose. and un-
principled program of double dealing
from which honest men mikht be
tempted to recoil? Apparently not.
Apparently they think that all total
abstinence. local option citizens may
cheerfully and sagaciously unite to
elect wet" Democratic legislature
for the express purpose Of repeating
the option law.-Indianapolis Star.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
The Baroness de Ia Roche Accident

The Baroness de Ia Roche Accident.
there are, SO to speak. holes" In the
air. that through causes I have not
yet made sure of q vacuum is created
in the atmosphere. The aviator flies
into this empty space, and without any
warning drops like a gigantic cannon
ball. A aeroplane may weigh half q
ton or more-imagine that, II you can,
dropping through hole" In the air
Now we come to the human equa-
tion," in other words. mistakes on the
part of the aviator as a cause of disas-
ter.
A frequent cause Of accident, more
especially in the earlier days of avia-
ton, was the airman's taking the air
at too steep an angle.
1t Is a little difficult to explain on
paper. but please imagine a man try
ing to climb up perfectly smooth in
clined plank or surface which affords
him neither hand-hold nor foot-hold
So long as the plank Is at a moderate
angle there will be sufficient friction
between 1t and his body to enable him
to stay on 1t, even to wiggle his way
along But tilt the plank upward, and
at a certain angle nothing can save
him. he must fall backward.
Now, in aviation the air is the plank.
the aeroplane being on 1t. II the avia-
tor rises too sharply 1t is like trying to
climb up the smooth plank tilted up
right. He cannot do it the machine
must drop to earth. Similarly In de-
scending, If the aviator comes down at
too sharp an angle the machine must
fall to the ground as inevitably as a
man lying on a smooth plank head
downward must drop when 1t Is tilted
upright.
So far have only dealt with the
risks Of flying due to the machine. the
air. the man, but In conclusion there is
the danger that avtators cause to each
other by flying too close to another
machine. The recent terrible accident
to the Baroness de la Roche Is said to
have been caused by another aero
plane flying near her l do not know
what truth there Is In this charge, but
an aeroplane is not constructed to
stand sudden pressure from above, and
a real point of danger arises when one
machine is below another.
There Is still one cause OF flying &C
cidents that l have not yet mentioned.
That Is the growing tendency Of the
nublic at aviation meetings to expect
the air men to fly, whatever the condi-
tions. That brutal spirit should be
sternly suppressed.