The Detroit times., 1910-01-08

Wife Of Dariss -
Fascination Of AsropIani.g
WHIT to Ameriss. 81

In the Paulhan entourage--thorc cCU
be no doubt OF II. And she so pEo1l
SO plump. and with such fronk. a
genuous brown eyes! s. "A. 21
Il had gone to the Breevort, vbGO1
M. Louis Paulhan. madame, their ov1
ator friends, and the dog. Escnpo<
were holding court soon after their ~
rival from Europe, to ask the W0Qno( y
who has been ''up In the air uo@4
\ than any other woman alive. how )<H
felt. and some very, very serious Q~C1
tons framed In my best or Vo9I q
French about motors and wings 1G1
the outlook for aeroplaning But ~,
soon as the press agent had seen IN
groups of newspaper men and womo1
I waiting on the dock he had seen ~
duty and he had done It," No ono
knew better than he the first qunstipo@
usually put to distinguished vi1ltot
on their first appearances In New York.
So. little Nine. Paulhan was but 10k1
lowing instructions when she beGU&
right after the introducti0ns. prim1Y,'
and all In one breath. ,
II think New York Is lovely. glan1s
wonderful" she exclaimed. Il think
the women are beautiful. wonderful,
too-the most beautiful and wonder
full and brilliant In the world"
interrupted the little story with o
question.
"This is your tlrst visit to New
York. You say. madame. You hnHe&
been here ut least two hours. and yuu
have seen how many New York Wo
men?" M
"Oh. Ave-" shecried enthusiasticab
ly. "Five--newspaper women! And 3
think New York women are moGt
learned and wonderful and"
Well done. Mr.. Publicity Promotefl
Score for you,
Her Trips in the Air.
Just the same. / wanted to have
Nine. Paulhan toll me about her trips
In a flying machine, and she did ~
well as to give voice to some really +
naive first Impressions when ! cor
rallied her In a corner by herself -
the press agent sat in the center of
q group Of admiring newspaper men
and talked learnedly about motors ana
models and horsepowers and totally
| uninteresting things.
What did you really think OF New
York as you first saw II coming uL the
bay?" l asked her.
"Oh, five," she cried enthusiastical-
The brown eyes that laughed and
twinkled all the time twitched somO
moro as she replied with enthusiasm:
THAT 1t is tall; oh. SO tall! That
II Is an awfully tall place to fly over!"s
"But you have flown over tall places
bcfore?"
| "Yes, many times: but the highest
flight ever made was at Broeklands.
England, where we reached u height
OF $50 feet. But they say these build
ings are 1000 feet high--some Of y
themi" she added, wonderingly. That
was the longest fight ever made.
too, for wc went IL miles through the
air In the most delightful trip yoa
ever could imagined"
Aeroplaling Is more than fad with
Nine. Paulhan, found. after talking
with her a few minutes. II is absolute
ly an obscssion, the only thing that
interests her outside OF M. Paulhan.
the little three-year-old Rene who Was
left In France with his grandmother
when his young mother came to ny
over America, and the high-hyiEg dog.
Her enthusiasm grew as she told Of
the trips taken through the air. fve
of them, most OF which had been made
In Belgium.
What interested Her.
"How did you ever come to have
such all interest In fyingT ! asked
"Is 1t not natural?' she parried.
with another question. 1T was the
lonly thing besides me that interested
Louis. so why should / not share It.
with him: used to be so afraid for
him, too, at first when saw him make
flights. / would shut my eyes tight
when the machine scared into the air.
afraid to look for fear something
would happen to him. Then, one day.
he decided to let me make trip with
him. Oh. It was grand-wonderfui
7 cannot describe the sensation! II
reminded me OF when l was very
little girl, and used to go skating. We
used to skate round and round to gain
momentum. Then we would stop max
ing an effort. and let the momentum
and the wind carry us along. Flying
: felt Just like that-like floating. And
t afraid. Was not Louis there beside
{ me and why should I fear? Never
3 Lsince then, have ! felt the least fear
5 for him when he makes flight. He
is so capable-so grand But. OF
course. would rather be with him I
hope to make many flights after we
reach Los Angeles. Oh, IL women
lOnly KNEW HOW OtilSutiut uyiuS To-
they would scorn such things as au-
} tomobiles or yachts or anything OF
i, that sort"
!, Nine. Paulhan has brought with her
the very latest thing In aeroplaning
T, costumes. She designed II herself.
. and Is proud Of IL. Naturally. the men
reporters had forgotten TO ask about
It: quite as naturally ] wanted to know
!, all about II. with an enthusiasm equal
. to- Nine. Paulhan's own.
my costume Ia OF brown corduroy
she explained 'Tt Is made with a
: Russian blouse. which fastens all along
= the side with big beige buttons. and
: there are cuffs and collar OF green
leather 'rhe skirt, which is the or
: binary trotteuse length. is divided
one. but sort OF apron buttons over
? the front OF II when | am on the
3 ground so 1t resembles perfectly
.. proper walking costume then.
5, with II I wear high laced boots
y and a tight little brown velvet cap.
r with fur around the face and tied un-
n der the chin with big green ehinon
D. streamers.
= Although she is only % years ole,
four wears younger than her daring
Il husband. who has made $4,000 In
lr two months through his exploits IN
o an acroplane. Nine. Paulhan has gain
Is ed an enviable reputation for fntrepsd