New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-08
Close Upon the Rudders of Male Navigators of the
& Atmosphere Come Women in a
Goodly Group

Miss f. L. Todd has new eight-cylin-
der Rinek engine" is an item in an
aeronautic publication. It is just an item
among numerous other paragraphs UNI
der the heading Review of the Months
Flying
A short time ago the cables from Europe
carried the information that Baroness DE
Ia Roche met with an accident at the
Rheims meet suffering severe injuries.
She had. il was stated, become unnerved
by the passing Of two other aeroplanes.
one of the passing aeroplanes few direct
Nv over her. and Il was explained that the
draft from its propeller made trouble for
the baroness. She was the first woman
10 operate an aeroplane-in November
1909. she will probably he an invalid for
life. Apparently IT is time to make the
Interesting query concerning woman's
present and probable activity in the field
Of aviation.
Women on both sides Of the Atlantic
have taken numerous trips in the air by
soroplane and balloon. They always have
shown a feverish anxiety 10 go aloft. A
woman can describe her sensations better
than a man. Perhaps she has more of
them. The average male balloon onthu-
siast paws the air. so To speak. trying TO
find some adequate form of expression to
repay his friends who clamor to know
Low IL looked and felt Not so the women.
Miss MarCueretta King Tourison, of
Philadelphia. took a balloon ride on a
moonlight night She was accom-; anied
by two physicians. also in search of rec
nd 10 ny
sicians apparently could not voice their
feelings. They must Save seen the same
things. but from the point of view of the
great public. that delights to hear of
the strange and beautiful, Miss Tourison
was worth regiment of unimaginative
men. Said she:
1T was a perfect night In the west
great rolls Of rose-purple clouds hung
over the Schuylkll River. a good breeze
bore the balloon over the Delaware, and
from the basket the passengers looked out
r.upon the city of Philadelphia fast dis
appearing to nowhere. 1t looked like a
great, cloud Of black velvet upon which
were countless diamonds, set in orderly
row. The tanks at the Point Breeze oil
works looked like fat, red mushrooms.
Then we passed over on the Jersey side
and the darkcning twilight gathered
quickly about us. The moon, first blood
red. then gold finally turned to silver,
and I'm its white glow we saw distinctly
the neat jersey farms mapped out be-
Meath US"
Men gather at the Aero Club Of America
and at the Aeronautical Society Of New
York but they never talk like that. They
usually refer 10 the moon and say ii was
quarter. or fun, as the case may require.
The Hon Mrs. Assheton Harbord says she
expects women i'm England TO take a prac-
teal interest i'm aeronautics at no very
distant date. In two years she has made
ninety ascents by balloon. She has
crossed the Channel three times. twice
under somewhat thrilling and hazardous
conditions at night She expects to take
up the aeroplane, or have the aeroplane
take her up, as may be preferred. She eX-
presses the following opinion:
Apart from the pleaSurable sensation
Of stiffness, the freedom from things
earthly and the pure air one inhales in
the skies, there are 50 many points of the
deepest interest that cannot fail TO at
tract the eyes and thoughts Of every aero