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high in air is unsuccessful i'm getting the
detailed information which the army
needs. May not one of the secret service
men, one of the spies of the service.
one of those daring Adventures who Will
assume almost any risk 10 accomplish
:eroplane 2.Mb feet in the air. May he
not depend upon parachute to support
him and break his fall? I parachute
is Very dependable and tn" danger X not
great in it's use. May he not drop within
the enemy's lines and find out their Sc
cretS? Does not this solve the greatest
difficulty that faces the spy? Might this
spy not carry with him in his perilous
undertaking a cage IF carrier pigeons.
and thus might he not send news of his
findings back from where ne came? All
these possibilities are in the minds o.
the men Of the army and all derend upon
whether or not weight may be dropped
from flying machine.
The army birdmen have been expert
menting with the camera ana the posi-
bilities of taking photographs While
travelling at the rate Of forty miles an
hour. Ii was feared that the orGi AIRY
fast lens would not be quick enough 10
get an outline picture of the landscape as
the machine passed over. These fears
were. however. proven ungroufGed. anu
good pictures may be taken without any
special equipment. Lieut.. Kirkland i the
first aeronautical sketch artist on record
He has of late been drawing maps Of the
country round about Washington from
the vantage point Of seat on an aero
plane a Thousand feet in the air. Some
of these sketches have been made while
he vas alone III the air, ard II IS thus
shown that in a smooth-running machine
the hands may be taken off the levers for
considerable lengths of time. While this
seems hazardous, the army birdmen are
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of them go for flight among the clouds
every day. There is no haste in then
work There is no applauding multitude
They make no flights when their ma
chimes are not right and they remain in
the hangers when weather conditions
make flying dangerous.
Their experiments are many and varied.
Just now they are particularly Interested
in one especially important experiment
that of determining whether or not a
weight may be dropped from an aero
plane without upsetting the machine.
With the buoyancy of the machine reg
ulated to the carrying of a given weight,
what would be the effect of lessening
that weight by suddenly dropping 100 or
200 pounds The experiments along these
lines are brand new. No birdman has
previously tried them. 1t is known that
under these conditions a balloon will i'm
an aeroplane must maintain its balance,
and what it viii do when iightened is
unknown.
The question IS an important one. for
tile ability to drop bombs depends upon
its solution bomb to be effective on
a battleShip or upon a fort OF any i'm
portance must be of considerabl bic weight.
The bombs that the men of the army
would like to drop weigh 800 pounds.
Can the airmen drop these bombs With
out upsettng their craft and daShnS
themselves to pieces? The men at the
College Park school are out for the
answer
Taking II that such weights may be
dropped. there is a most fascinating prop
osition that is getting hold Of the mag
nations of the men Of the army. They
are supposing that there was war. They
are suppoSing that the aeroplane was
being used for scout work. But this craft
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showing that many things MAY D., ac-
complished by one man in a machine
Another OF the new stunts that the
men of the army flying school are put
ting on is that Of rifle practice from
aeropiane. The question of the possibil-
lty Of hitting given target from an
aeroplane i much mooted one. Ii i
not yet definitely known just what effect
the motion Of the machine will have upon
the trueneSs Of aim. a. most such shoot
ing would be "a long range. il is esti-
mated that the inertia of the bullet
gained from tire speed Of the ear would
affect the co rec ness Of the shot. The
aeroplane. however, j. ytrr smooiA-
gliding machine. and il IS figured tt,'t
when the kaark AZ allowing Tor is mo
Ton is acquired comparative accurate
shooting may he done
Were there great probability - an aero
u ane being hit rs marl,Smen on the
ground. there would he merely the nects-
sity Of doing the scouting by night. The
lights on the ground would easily show
tie air scout the location OF an enemy.
while the man IN the air could hardly
be seen "A hun lred feet away. = Col
lege Park the airmen often stay III until
after dark. aud on such occasions i bon
fire is built to guide them G1tNr FROM
this the man in the air i Well acquainted
with the location If the aviation field. UUt
those waiting on the ground 80 MOI SEE
the aviator until he iufS;S .ud1eRIs out
OF the darkness and aliGh-s among them.
So it Gems that tie air scout need haze
little fear OF being picked off by marks
men. The darkness is his protection.
even though he We're otherwise III danger.
All he need fear is other birdmCn. Even
these he may. under ordinary cir'7lln-
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60 to the genera receipt stairway
first floor. left corridor. doors No-. -
- Thanks. monsieur. but wiil y"u
kindly hand me my feet Ah no.
tirst bring me the receipt. Bit IL
tranquil. | viii put your feet aside
Wrapped up.
l.yidemtly lunch win bc late that day.
Alexander Duval. who is ~ once tht
last of the dandies and one o. III
greatest naris butchers. supplying his
vast series III Duyal restaurants. -,
that the only way - reduce tn" prirt
"r meat is t. admit i aliNe from
America and New Zealand
Abolish IN. ,rXatious details 1T tn
inspection laws says the tine old
sport who never wears twice IN. SAM
hat. gloves or pants The only object
of those so-called hygicuie details i
to keep ont foreign i've stock. " the
same time force the railroads 10 re-
ducr freights on French i've stock
Here are strong ideas # government
all around.
And ms friend Brnn. down by 6reno-
bic. says that not even q municipality
can retail fresh butter At 30 cents per
pound.
What i the yearly budget OF a COW
that costs SI0U" he explained. -
have the figures Of a large group 81
farmers in 1906. Interest. insurance,
hand work. etc. per cow. s26. pasture,
SIP: stable fodder t2lo days., s54.
total So. Deduct one calf. S5.i0, ana
manure. SO. making the cows annual
expenses. So. Now. cow produces
an averaer OF 2.sU quarts OF milk
per year. 80. the cost Of i quart 81
milk was , ccnts--in 1900
What has gone up since asked.
Everything. hand work. live stock
fodder. all gone up Il per cent 50. Va
must consider that it costs u. cents
10 produce 4 quart Of milk. Many
farmers contend that IL costs more 10
arrive At the desired 40 sramfnes ot
fatty matter per quart. hut Keep the fig
lil-, From leo quarts OF milk costing
si.sp YOU Gan get eight pounds OF but
ter and the NaIue o the bGttcrnlllk coy
el- makinl. freight and commissions 50.
til, 90 1 of a pound of fresh butter TO-DAY
in France Is $50 divided by eight. or
Il cents per pound-at the farm. with
out profit.
The Grenobl. hoteikeeper-farmer looked
IN and srinnsd.
And they will have butter at 10
so,Is,', STERLING HELLO
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Germans are always buyers OF straw ana
fodder. and now the French government
was trying TO keep such produce AT
home. So at Belfort freight care. as we
happened to pass, we came on a small
riot 4 well-to-do farmer was INSISTING
on his special expectation rates Tor
three carloads of fodder-a kind OF bonus
like the old sugar bounty granted by
government to encourage foreign trade
in ordinary times. 1t had been suppressed
without notice
1T will cost me -, cents per ton extra.
complained the farmer.
..He wants to sell to the enemy. the
crowd murmured. hustlinS round nm.
..Re a patriot. Call the deal of
The station master argued with NM
France needs all her fodder this year
Sell in smaller quantities TO Paris ana
Lyon The railroad has Increased the
agricultural parcels post to 200 pounds
and the government has reduced It's
stamp to & cents. Send foodstuffs TO the
big towns HaV" good will. Love your
country
Love your country" repeats the Paris
municipality to the wholesale provision
trade since our return. The city fathers
have just summoned before them the
great central markets lnandatarles ana
presidents of the provisions syndlcateS.
For the love of your country. tney
said, I'VE ask you to be content with
reasonable DfoftS.
This is strong; but there is stronger.
K
Can YOU not put pressure on the retail
trade to force it to love its country"
lish a price list based on reasonable
profits II will also shame interruptions
wholesalers tempted to abuse the situa-
ton.
This sounds so golden age-like that you
toll III Pa riS
municipality has long arm and indirect
WAYS to make itself obeyed. To help the
wholesalers to love their country. 1t has
asked the government to put pressure on
the railway companies-to make them
love their country.
what Increased prices do you foreSec
this winter" the municipality asked the
great ones of the markets. what must
we suppose the retail cost of pound of
meat a mound Of butter. dozen of eggs,
a quart of milk? Are there fertile regions
in France that send little or nothing to
the Paris markets? Could we provoke
supplies from them by organizing direct
rapid trains The government will per-
suade the railways 10 put Oh sucn
trainS?'
M. I.epine. project Of police of Paris,
went further He called before him the
principal milk wholesalers.
Love your country, he said, eSpe-
cially little children. Why has milk gone
up?"
Because the hot summer and the foot
and mouth disease have lowered the pro-
duction one-third.' they answered. Even
by bringing milk from Touraine. Anjou
and the Ardennes, Paris will suffer a
shortage of 100000 quarts per day this
winter
Then NJ. Lepine made his paternal
order:
Serve families with small children first.
Instruct your retail agents" said the lit
tie king of Paris. land / Will persuade
the others both wholesale and retail"'
Yet. notwithstanding the raise. milk in
Paris Will retail only seven cents per
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THE NUCLEUS Or THL WINTER HEADQUARTERS
CAT SAN ANTONIO,

stances. avoid One aeroplane could with
difficulty detect the presence of anoih,#-
in the dark. for there is such a variety -
elevation AT which either may ny II
would he questionable for instance. if d
hundred aeroplanes could SO patrol Mar
haitian Island az to prevent a single oua
of their kind from flying over the city at
night and dropping bombs or Greek FIRE
into the midst Of the skyscrapers
Biit an actual encounter between two
rival airships is thing that is figured
IL, among the possibilities hy the men ~
the expert corps Tal1ng ii that an aer,t-
plane from a hostile battleship Should
attempt 10 ny over New York har-har t1r
the purpose of scouting or dropping
bombs, and that an American aeroplann
should attempt to repel il, there would -.
new sort If battle in the air Each
aeroplane would probably carry two men,
and one of these would be provided with
rifle. The nrst phase Of the battle
would he an attempt on the part ~ each
Ia pick off the other This would -. diff
cut shooting. for Its success would -
pend upon a right allowance TOR I'll" ep.,sd
III both machines Mere they runnin-
side Ivy side the aims should he the - No
as though both machines wer" stati"narA
Mere they going In opposite directions
the aim should discount the motion -
both ma chimes. Were tl.ey crossing paths
there would bc the right-ansie pull -
two forces upon the bullets
If rifles failed one machine might elmo
above the other and drop missiVcs uf"n
il. There might he races for altitude.
Were the worst To come Ia the worst.
the two drivers might jockey each 10 lis
able the other. Finally there might he 4
terrible crash that would result in hoth
machines being hurtled among the sky
scrapcrs.
Such are tho problems that are hein-s
worked upon at the TWO atronantlsal
schools of the government. They are
novel. The world has never known th"s.,
problems before Their solution promises
TO have its effect on world history War,
of the future will IT, fought this ~.
or that in accordance with the w"rhilS
out of These problems.
aust now tho aruT aViaturS are on ~.
eve of derartin. far the south for ia.
work of the winter. Their chief heaa-
quarters VIII he at san Antonio. TfA.,
where there has been enc machine al
along and where Lieut.. Fou OILS as
been making tights for the past year.
The climate Of san Antonio is warm ana
balmy ard throughout the winter II"
work may be carried on Aside from
This principal station there viii H.
rendezvous somewhere along the south
atlantic coast ana Som" - III" work
will br done nom tnat palnt
The navy viii continue It's work II
annapolis until well into tie winter NHt-
ator CurtiSS. who Is particularly inter
navy. AND Who has sold the navy fwp
machines is located for tho winter -
san Diego. cal, ana Suli" ~ tsle student
officers mas So ont there and part, :
Iate in new experimental work with liin.
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Guart-against nine and ten cents in Lon
don.
When we arrived at the Hotel du Globe
at Uriage baths. We found the pension
rates of every room had been raised from
twenty to sixty cents per day above the
preceding summer. and table wine. for
merly gratis, must be ordered a la carte
at from twenty to thirty cents the bottle.
The fancy dishes We're little better: but
grilled steaks and chops We're coy. and
the butter simply eXecrable.
Butter and milk are becoming Injuries
in France said Brun. the proprietor.
land riots and revolutions will not change
the situation. Our production of milk is
lowering rapidly The farmers are eating
butter and drinking milk
Great Scott" l murmured. A light
dawned on me-
Certainly. grinned Brun. instead of
selling every drop and ounce as formerly
and it is SO difficult to find good dairy
hands that many farmers are tempted to
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drop the milk business. particularly as
ii pays so little.
The farmers are beginning tC live
WELL / muttered. Here might be gen.
eral cause of dear food.
Sure: he chucked-this watering place
hotel proprietor is really a countryman.
Railways. trolleys and new local high
ways that make hauling cheap give them
better market Do you object to the
farmer living wello 1t costs him nothing.
He just adds TO the price of what he
eats TO what he sells. The farmer is not
obliged to sell TO the city at all. He can
live on his produce. What he wants from
the city is luXuries!
admired the sage prudence of my
French middle-class friends on vacation
at Crage baths. To make up their
twenty to forty cents per day increased
board for each member. well-to-do fami-
lies cut the little iced cakes out of their
afternoon tea-and, | assure you. the so
cial furry of teahouses and casino is a
delight of these middle-class watering
places.
Others took a hired automobile trip
through the wonderful mountain roads.
cut like shelves above dizzy precipices.
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The DEAN OF THE ARMY CORPS
CAPTAIN G HANDLER,

ting an aeropiane under way with a
tight vine running board, and 50
removed the original difficulty at sin
gle pass. The manner Of the solution
was most spectacular. Aviator Curtiss
and Lieut. Ellison did the work few
weeks ago at Hammondsport, y. Y. They
had conceived the idea that wire might
he strung from one of the turrets Of a
battleship and that the aeropane might
gain its speed gliding down this instead
of running along gangway. So at
Hammondsport they built 4 platform high
in the air. upon which the aeroplane
might be placed. as it might find abund-
ant room on one nf the higher portions
of the ship. From this platform they
ran threefourths-inch wire cable
The experiment was new and the avi-
ators did not know if the wings of the
machine would balance it as it took the
strange runway. In fact, two smaller
wires were run parallel to the big one
for the purpose of supporting the wings,
and men with ropes Sprinted alongside
To attempt To balance the machine. The
first ride down the tight wire was one
full of uncertainty and in which the avi
atorS expected that almost anything
might happen. But. as they had figured
might he the case. the machine took to
the wire like a trained performer. main
tanned its own ha ance and soon rose into
the air like a bird. The experiment was
immediate and unqualified success aud
showed that the former argument against
the aeroplane III the navy was entirely
removed.
Following in the wake Of Glen Curtss
and Eugene Ely. the navy aviators have
succeeded in demonstrating the ability Of
the aeroplane to take to water as readily
as it rests upon the land. At Annapolis
they fly freely about from land TO water
and from water TO land alightiag upon
and starting from one readily from
the other When tie machine is TO alight
upon the land IL runs down its wheels
much as duck puts out its feet under
the same conditions But when il Is TO
alight upon the water tie wheels are
pulled up into the body of the machine
that they may not retard il as IL attempts
10 get under way. The boat upon which
the machine rests when water, and
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which it carries with it when it rises
into the air. drags considerably in the
water while the speed is being worked up.
and a correspondingly greater engine
power is required to rise from the water
than from the land
So il it shown that the flying machine
has nothing to fear from the water. and
80 is it shown that it may he used on
than is its due. These are two long
steps in advance in its use in the
navy. But the experimental work
has but Just begun. With more and
more of the bright young men of the
navy learning to fly as time passes. ii is
expected that more and more the prob
lens Will be solved As time passes II
is expected that one or more off1cerS on
each of the important ships of the navy
will know the fine art of operating an
aeroplane. Then will probably begin the
process of equipping the important ships
with these machines. 1t is held that the
aeroplane Will be used for scout work be-
fore it Is materially employed for de-
struction.
1t IS therefore expected that II will first
find a place on the scout ships and Will
from that point of vantage be gradually
placed upon the others as II creates a de-
mand for itself. There seems little doubt,
however. that within the next three
years the Ships Of the American navy
will he so equipped with flying machines
that as they 90 nosine about the world
they may at any time send aloft an air
man who MAY. all unknown. spy out
whatever he will with relation TO the
fleets and forts of a possible enemy.
The army corps of aeronautical STU
dents is larger than that of the navy
and has been working for greater
length Of time. There are today seven
accomplished graduate airmen in the
army. They are Capt. c. de +. Chandler,
Capt. Paul W. Beck, Lieut.. Roy c. kirt-
land. Lieut.. r. d. Foulois. Lieut.. H. IL.
Arnold. Lieut.. T. De w Milling and Lieut..
Kennedy Most of these young officers
spend all their time at the College Park
school When conditions are right most
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In and Out.

)<E OF the admirers of Senator Cum
~ MINIS said at a banquet in Dcs
Moines:
'Ill never forget the sparkle Of Cum
minis renartee all through his first cam
paign for the governcrship. one evening,
remember. he Was interrupted in tho
midst of a strong peroration by a yell
Hey, does your mother know you're
OUT
..cummins smiled and nodded at the
heckler.
Yes. and as soon the returns are
counted he said, shell know I'm in.
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is the work of the Paris workinanlan AMI
woman See what raiSin-, tnei' pay and
voting all those social laws has done!
Raised thei, standard Of living. They
have learned - live too we'll and il rJrS
the price of fooI up. naturally"
Such * the idea Of the government. the
labor syndicates and even the great COM
mittee of Paris proysoners IT retail
each Seing the thing from Il diffc:"iIi
point of view.
As we passed through Ayienon tn"
working population was passing am o.der
of the day lin favor of fun stomachs
and against capitalists. spectators. mid
dlemen and retailers. The ancient city
municipality join the hands q! the two
interesting classes whose better living"
causes every one else dear living.
Farmers and city worlSingn.cn have ~
real conflict. said an orator. one
wants to sell food. the other wants to buy
it. They could still sell dear and We bay
cheap-bN cutting out the spectators.
parasites and bloodsuckerS that come in
between us. The municipalities must as
sociate us with the farmers. The gov
eminent has given il the right 10 do -. :
''Wil il pat all middlemen of ANiGnon
out of husiEess?' inquired an earnest
seeker.
"Of course not-only regulate their eN
tortions," explained the orator. when
the municipal butcher shop is selling its
choice steaks at ~ cents per pound. who
will dare ask ~ cents. as today?''
1t is perfectly simple. The municipal
ity will pay the delighted farmer a good
price" for his steers, direct and sci the
meat cut up. 10 city worhin-men at
low regulating price. -AN.gnon retail
ers will only have to reduce their profits.
OF course, there is immense talk con
corning these experimental bak. les.
hf,fa cEn Ia III.
by the municipalities. The central gov
eminent. in that famous note IL the
press. proposes 10 go farther ara au-
thoriZe city father 70 en- age TIE cites
credit lin vast plans of cheap-relt model
houses for wo; hingacn. clerks and ein-
ployes. Their Increased accommodations
and low rents viii CO.. down the present
excessive rents by competition
1t is not a dream of isolated theorists,
but | repeat, il is the measure OF the
hour of the French government.
OF course. they nave been good
naturally roasted This is what VIII
happen. perhaps.
Madame asks monsieur wha; will he
have for lunch. Two pigs eft with
noodles is his answer Good: write
your demand on this stamped paper
Now | will legalize your signature
The newspaper man and hot chestnut
merchant at the corner will serve as
witnesses for 3 cents each.
And madame arrives at the munich
pal butcher shop. Two pigs
stairway ;. third floor left corridor.
door No l3." Thank you, monsieur"
Naturally. she takes stairway I. stops
Al the second floor and opens door No.
Il of the right nd corridor. Two
pigs -. .Ouste, madame, YOU are
summoned not to crowd the circula-
ton. This is the larded veal depart
ment. Pigs feet. stairway :. third
floor. etc"
Finally. at the pigs feet bureau, the
municipal clerk scrutiniZes her paper.
Stamped signed legalized, good.
Two pigs feet. 40 cents; don't pay here.
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0UuV|NG PR0BLEMS OF L

THE Government Main
i tains Two Schools in
Which 1t Teaches Its Young
Men of Iron Nerve to Navi-
gate the Upper Air-One Is
Operated by the Army and
One by the Navy-These
Schools Are Doing the Kin
dergarten Work in a Train
ing That the Authorities
Recognize Is to Be Most I'm
portant in the Wars That Are
10 Come-The Curriculum In
cludes Some Original Propo-
sitions That Are to Be Dem
onstrated-The Pupils Are
Today at Work Upon Those
Propositions, and Upon the
Solutions Depend the Manner
of Fighting Future Wars.