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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
MY AEROPLANE ADVENTURES y y
1-CLO SEST CALL IN THE AIR. j. ARMSTRONG DRExEl.

l was more than twenty miles from
home. but. with the engine working
smoothly. the trip back WAS mere child ;
play. and l was soon on the ground
cgain being alternately cursed and hug
ged by Mac. while the mechanics
trundled the Bleriot To the hangar.
1hey are never pleasant to talk about
These narrow escapes 1t is best TO
forget about them IA ,oon after they
have occurred possible. for they get
ON the nerves, and things mat get ~
the nerves are not good In AVIATION. -
has always struck me as odd that INC
general public does not seem To rcaliz,s
this. / mean by that that most peaPht
seem To think that "A anan VINO ms hh'S
to talk about these thrilling moments.
aud almost the first question tue AVERAGE
man will ask after he has met me ana
We pst we'll into conversation -
w WAS the narrowcst escape iio"
DEATH ga nave ever had?
~
People seem TO think that is the b"st
way to make conversation with an AZ
ator They 20 on the supposition that
asking such question shows their ~
terest i'm him and in his work. when, as
matter of fact, it is simply ahothe'
manifestation of that morbid desire for
thrills at another mans expense that -
doing SO much 10 hurt aviation by de-
handing feats the acroplane was never
intended to perform. The aeroplane has
its limitations and they are, 50 far' very
narrow ones. 1t will do certain simple
things very well and, IL not pushed too
hard, is not a great deal more danger
Gus than manufacturing dynamite or
being picked out by the Black Hand
The late Ralph tombstone recognized
this clearly and he once said, 1t viii get
us all some day" TT got him just as
it has got many another good man Who
is trying TO advance the new science. but
these are the things that IL Is pest ior
us not TO think about.
The game at best takes all the nerve q
man can muster, and constant thinking OF
the inevitable danger is no way To retain
nerve.
/ remember when the first news OF
Johnstone's death reached me. | was
dining with Grahame-W White in Philadel-
phia. White had had hard afternoon.
flying in the teeth of fuky wind that
would have kept any other man safely
housed in the hangar. But he was not
willing to disappoint the crowds that
had gone to see him, so he flew, lighting
the gusts every minute and using up
every ounce of his nerve force Then.
at dinner. came the sudden news OF the
accident at Denver.
We were surrounded by reporters who
wanted us to express our opinions or
the sad happening. They wanted to know
if ii would keep White from flying next
day.
NO" said White. "These things can
not stop US. We must do our work just
the same. But such accidents bring home
to us the awful danger that we are con-
stantly running, and we have TO keep con-
stantly pushing such thoughts out of our
minds"
Yet. as 1 say, the average man, after
he has talked to an aviator five minutes
will ask:
What was the narrowest escape from
death you ever had?'
Copyright. 1911. by Henry NJ. Nicely. Copyright
in Great Britain and Canada. All rights
reseryed.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
By Margaret B. Downing.

+ the many dis
tinguished women
connected with the
government service
in every line oil
science, industry
and art, Mrs. Ma
tfilda Coke Steven
son holds an hon
ored place not only
because of the rev.
erence in which her
husbands memory
- 49, nur faifh FIJI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

| have personally had many thfliilhS
experiences in the air. but there are Two
instances that have left upon my memory
stronger impressions than all the others.
I regard them as my two closest calls
They illustrate the two kinds OF crit
ical moments / have spoken of-the one
that happens without warning and the
other that is foreseen by the aviator and
.,ard.d against to the best of his ability.
ON my fight in Philadelphia, IN when
! made what was then the ai,ltude reco "a u
verge of collapse. Once, on the way up
] found myself laughing aloud nke Il !
crazy man. and twice. coming oo"I'
momentarily lost consciousness. But on,
these three occasions | was SO nuliiueu
,,,ant.lly that 7 did not fully realize the
position 1 was in. Instinct forced me 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

q every man WHO
flies there comes
the moment W hen
fate hangs by a
,ilmv thread; " hen
a hairs breadth
one way or the
other means lite
OF death. To some
these IN o IN c n I $
come more fire.
guently than to
others; TO those
p.I;n~ fhaiy- ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

Mrs. Stevenson possesses iuAu of en-
PERTAINING information about the early
DAYS OF the governments scientific ven
lures She is u daughter of the late Alex
ander Hamilton Evans, a brilliant lawyer
Of Washington in the ante-bellum days.
and she is Il first cousin of Rear ADMIRAL
Robley Evans. Alexander Hamilton
Evans was an intimate friend and ASSOC
Gate of that renowned scientist who was
the first secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. Joseph Henry, and her MEN,
DRY goes back TO many pleasant hours
when she sat listening with breathless at
tention to discussions between this great
man and her father. She became inter-
ested III scientific invest CATION almost
from her babyhood. and when she mar
RED a scientist, James Stevenson of Ken
tucky, then connected with the Smith
sonian Institution, her vocation III that
honora Bile career became assured. Mrs.
stevenson was educated AT d school in
Fiadelphia quite famous in its day. but
uow almost forgotten. Miss -Anable's
Academy for young ladies, situated at
the corner of North Broad and Pine
suects.
Acer her marriage 70 Mr.. Stevenson,
already recognized scientist, she began
the systematic study of all branches that
would prepare her to aid her husband in
every branch of his work. Mr.. Stevenson
~fArisLSG AL ambition TO have the gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
.1H1H Ill

Is held. Dut because Oh HeT OWN AoieAi 80
and successful work in the field of Amer
lean ethnologE.
Mrs Stevenson has devoted nearly
thirty-fiyc years to the scientific lnVes-
tigation of the Indians, making the Zuns
ler especial study. Several years ago she
published a contribution to this branch
of Indian lore. For more than twenty
wears Mrs. Stevenson spent months
among these children OF the forest, and
by winning their confidence and inspir-
ing their respect she gained admittance
10 their secret fraternitie9 and holds the
record OF being the first white admitted to
these mysterious rites. She has embodied
all these experiences in her work. and
also has written many brilliant mono
graphs on the religious ceremonies OF the
pueblo or villa ge-dwelling Indians of the
southwest.
During tic greater part OF the year
Mrs Stevenson lives on a ranch about
twenty-five miles from Santa Re. Here
shc studies Indian lore. and then sys-
1enatizes results III her reports TO the
bureau of ethnology. just now she Is
1aSsiug a few weeks in Washington, but
will leave here the 1st OF MARCH, ior
what she calls study III thc field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

little difference. She is just a shell. as
hard and taSteless as the overcoat of an
oyster But she wasn't that way till she
became SO, and the suffering Of shame
is what does this to woman, my sisters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

THINK she is almost always
nice woman.
Who?
oh, the woman the rest OF the
women are talking about.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
POLLY OF THE CIRCUS" AT NEWARK.

The mystic world Of red wagons,
clowns, peanuts and sawdust and the
big tent of a circus will be seen an
frederic Thor~Dson's production of
Polly of the Circus" which will be
seen at the Newark Theatre the week
of April 3.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
AT THEATRE.

National ~guardsmen we're conspicuous
at Miners Empire Theatre last night,
when Company K, First Regiment, held
its annual theatre party. A banquet al
the Little Hungary rathskeller brought
the pleasant evening to a close.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
THE KENTUCKY BEL ES"
TO VISIT MINERS EMPIRE.

THE Kentucky Bellies underlined
as the next attraction at Miners En-
pire Theatre. beginning next Monday,
has plenty to recommend it.
In the first place, it is the best all
round burlesque organization on the
circuit, and contains more capable
singers, comedians. dancers, pretty
girls and catchy and original musical
numbers exploited by some of the So
called ~rretentious productions.
With Joe Opp rests the responsibility
of providing the bulk of the fun. He
is clever and a talented performer. and
works hard from start to finish. The
performance opens with Friends" an
entertainment of quality, an olio such
as very few companies have presented
in season, follows, and STUNNING II
Chinatown" is reserved for the finish
There is not a Jaw in the offering.
Vaudeville acts are contributed by
| the famous Martell family of cyclists
I'VE daring experts on the wheel; Ri
| Cotton and Jeane barrow, La Belle
: Helene, who offers some the latest con
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
BIGGEST FUNMAKER IN WORLD
TO APPEAR At PROCTOR'S THEATRE.

Nat Wills, the greatest funmaker in
the world, and an always welcome en-
tertainer in Newark, will head the pro-
gram offered for the week beginning
! with the matinee on Monday afternoon
in Proctor's Park Place Theatre.
He will appear in his inimitable tramp
character, q part which has made fame
for HIM throughout this country and
Europe on the vaudeville stage. His
song, talk and action is always good,
and that he nav not be accused Of re-
peatins he will have an entirely new
line Of laugh-p"oduttrs for this mex.
week. Little more need be said of him,
as he is we'll known here both per-
sonaily and as a public entertainer,
ond the mere announcement Of his n
ing is sufficient gdarantee of VIVA. will
happen.
In the second place on the bill VIII
be an elaborate and wonderful ~sllegnri-
cal sketch. entitled The Alpine Storm
which is a combination of everything
that is possible in scenic splendor and
i'm heautiF"Hv and startling stage and
lighting effects.
The cost of the production in vaude-
Vile exceeds that of any other offer
ing in this country or abroad, but 1t is
worth while. Mountain scenes, now
ing streams, grazing sheep, Thunder,
realistic rain falling in seeming tor
rents, the wind blowing a gale of cy-
clonic proportions. and other things
which would seem impossible of repro
duction on any stage will form part of
the spectacular act in the telling of a
pretty love story and a mythical &C.
currence of the old world. 1t is all
woven about a beautiful mountain maid
and an old man of the mountains. the
mythical spirit life and the infatua-
ton, the adventuresome spirit and the
nerve of a young American man who
is travelling around the globe and en-
! counters the mountain maid and her
aged guardian.
There Is pm excellent acting of q
serious and intensely interesting char
acter, some good comedy, excellent
music and some new and especially fine
dancing, the whole having a beautiful
and charming climax Of much dramatic
and scenic strength.
George Felix, assisted by the two
young Barry girls will also be on the
program with a presentation of theit
screaming comedy p'aylet, entitled 1.-THE
Boy Next Door" The offering is a bis
laugh from start to finish, and is re-
plete with lively action throughout
In the other Proctor theatres III
Newark, the Lyric, in Market street
and the Bijou Dream, in Washington
street, there is good vaudeville and
daily charges of the best obtainable
moving pictures at popular prices.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
I'm OLD KENTUCKY"
THE COLUMBlA'S NEXT.

Public approval many years g put
its seal of Endorsement on In Old
Kentucky" the attraction scheduled for
appearance at the Columbia Theatre
one week, commencing Monday natl
nee, March 81.
The play has been presented season
after season to enormous financial re-
turns ever since 1t was first presented
some eighteen years ago. The company
and production are always kept to q
high standard of excellence, n no in.
ferior or No. 2 company is ever sent
out by the management. To this fact
Is due, no doubt, some measure of Its
enduring success. The pickaninny band
composed of more than a score of dl-
minutive Ethiopians of a musical TURF
Of mind, Is always an interesting an6
entertaining feature OF the play. The
race scene is always well done anc
exciting, and there is an atmosphere
of good, wholesome A~Inericanlsm to II
tina cannot be denied. I'm Old Ken.
tucky'' appeals to every class of theatre
patron by reaso of its many attractive
features.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25

amusing slang. and 1t affords an OPP
p~ortunity for the display Of at least a
dozen well-drawn character parts. Ed
gar Selwyn Is the author.
1.-THE Country Boy" Is in IN entirely
different vein from anything Mr.. Sell
wyn has ever written. and besides that
it is one of the very best and most in
teresting comedies that has been seen
for many years. It has comedy Of
situa ton and line: it has c~lcverpess Of
construction and development; it
has character drawing of an exception
al nature, and it is clean and whole
some, though II deals with situations
in which there is an opportunity to
call things by their right names The
story is interesting and well sustained.
Lad Ambitious to Scale Heights.
Tom Wilson, a country boy, is am
bilious TO make something big of h. M
self, and refuses the offer of S. a week
from the father of the girl he loves, in
the small town IN which he lives. The
girl thinks he a find himself and
make or break himself in the city, and
thither she sends him to prove his
worth. There he loses his post on,
and his life. III a typical clearinghouse,
is one of the most amusing features of
the play. Entirely out of money ami
on the point of being put out by his
iandlady. the boy in desperat on, rather
liar go home a failure, decides to end
his lite.
But a fellow sufferer in the boarding
louse cleverly brings him to his senses
and they decide to join forces and
start a newspaper N the town from
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
TO SPEAK ON SHAKESPEARE.

L. w. Rogers, national lecturer of
the T~heosophical Society, will give his
last lecture in Newark this year on
Friday evening at S:15 o'clock, h ne
will speak on "Occultism in Shake
~speare." This is generally a paid lee
ture. but the Newark lodge has ar
ranged with Mr.. Rogers to give 1T in
with the course of free public lectures.
Hamlet" Macbeth" Richard ILL.,
"Mid-Summer Nights Dream and The
Tempest will be the plays considered.
The lecture will be given at the rooms
of the Newark Lodge, I. S., 102 Halsey
street.
Richard NJ. Dubs. of New York, VIII
lecture at the society rooms on SUNDAY
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock on the subjecl
of "Saviors.' The lecture is free ane
the public Is invited.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
PILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION Method.

IF YOU suffer from bleeding. itching.
blind or protruding Piles. send me
your address and will tell you how
to cure yourself at home by the new
absorption treatment; and will also
send some of this home treatment free
for trial. with references from your
own locality If requested. immediate
Send no money but tell others OF this
offer. Write today TO Mrs. M. SUM
mers, BOX p, Notre Dame, Ind.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25

which the boy came. The last act re-
cites the success of the paper and the
happ ness of the boy with his fiancee,
Who has had faith In him all along.
Slang Gems in PROPULSION.
Robert McWade, jr., who made a fine
impression in The Fourth Estate" has
the best comedy role, although Arthur
Shaw, as Joe Weinstein. a ticket specu-
lator has nearly all The slang gems of
the piece and he has the manner to
enable him to score them. 1t is what
is called In theatrical parlance "a fat
part" Forrest Winant has the title role.
Mrs. Stuart Robson, as a theatrical land
lady, is a veritable scream, and Caro-
Ign Elberts. as an embrvo prima donna,
is very amusing. Willette Kershaw is
the show girl, Jack Horwitz the star
boarder, G. c. Staley, and Edith Lyle is
the country boys backbone sweet
heart.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
INLAND DUO HEAD BILL
AT THE COURT THEATRE.

The program at the Court Theatre
for the first three days, beginning with
Mondays matinee, will introduce to
local audience the INLAND Duo, cele-
brated Italian grand opera singers.
The principal comedy %purveyors will
be Blunth and Rudd, in a comedy
sketch. Other good features are
Franklin and Davis, in a high-grade
novel dancing act; Helen Gray. sing
ing Coincidence. and Aerial Bartlett, q
sensational European trapeze per
former.
"The Devil, the Servant and the
Man." a dramatic comedy sketch, will
head the bill for the last three days OF
next week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
SUSPENDED CHAUFFEURS
TO BE TRIED WEDNESDAY.

The charge against the two City
Hospital chauffeurs, B. Arthur Dur
ham and John E. Durham, will again
come before the Board Of Health next
Wednesday, at which time the men
will be tried. This was decided at the
meeting yesterday, called for the
special purpose of acting on charges
of neglect preferred against the men.
City Attorney Boggs was present at
the meeting and formulated the
charges. The men will be given unit
next wednesday TO prepare their an
swer. They are now under suspension
The charge as formulated is meg
ligence of their duties In the care OF
automobiles, which has proved of dam
age to the ambulances and costly to
the city"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
THINKS ELIZABETH
WILL BE MERGED
WITH THIS CITY
Frank Bergen Declares Newark
Is One of the Best
Governed Cities.
Especial to the Newark star.I

ELIZABETH, March 25.-Frank Ber-
gen. general counsel of the Public
Service Corporation and one OF the
best-known attorneys in New Jersey.
Is Of the opinion that eventually Eliza
beth and Newark will be one city.
This annexation, he thinks, will be
brought about by natural methods.
The two municipalities gradually
growing and expanding toward each
other will in the future be one NUM-
cipality in reality. If not in name.
Mr.. Bergen goes v farther than
to prophesy the combination of Eliza
beth and Newark. In years to come
he looks forward to n large city
extending along the Jersey coast all
the way from Jersey City and Bay
onne to Roosevelt and the Amboys.
This mammoth municipality, when 1t
m~aterializes, will probably be under
one government.
Newark, MIR. Bergen thinks, is one OF
the best governed cities of it's size In
the United States. ut has practically
q commission form of government COM
prised in it's Board of Works"
The Board of Trade of Newark, Mr..
Bergen also thinks, is one Of the best
organizations of its kind in the coun-
try.
Connolly Makes Statement.
City Attorney James C. Connolly in
sustaining his contention that Eliza
beth should become a part of Newark
says:
1.-The question of annexation is not a
matter of flying ones kite; it Is a mat
ter of having the kite to fly. Our in
terests are identical with those of the
city of Newark, and anything that does
a benefit to either place of necessity is
beneficial to the other. I d. not mean
this in a general way. but insist that
our geographical position makes us
common sharers in any benefit that
may be bestowed on one or the other
place.
IF natural and business conditions
make our interests mutual why should
we perpetuate laws to defeat those
conditions-laws which were made at
q time when we did not have steam
or electric railways, when we did not
have telephones or telegraph, or other
modern c~onyeniences, all Of which tend
to bring n~eighboring communities
closer together.
"In considering the matter of annexa-
ton we should do 1t with cool heads.
No one should get mad and excited
about the question. II Is simply a
business proposition, and in my opin-
ion there is lot a piece OF property in
the city of Elizabeth that wouldn't be
greatly enhanced in value II such a re-
suit could be brought about.
"If we were a part Of Newark with
the great resources which would then
be at our command, we would be really
and in fact a Rail and Harbor City,
growing and advancing in a prosperity
such as we have never before seen. We
would benefit by 1t. and our neighbors
would benefit by 1t also.
"The seed is planted and I think it
will take root"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
SAM HOWE'S 'IOyEMAKERS' TO BE
AT WALDMANN'S THEATRE.

Sam Howe's Love Makers" will come
TO Waldmann's. commencing Monday
matinee, with one of the few shows
that hold their own from season to
season. The burlesque this year is
called Love Makers in Africa" a
laughable satire on the hunting trip of
a certain prominent American, and is
without a doubt one of the funniest
shows on the Eastern wheel. n intro
duces the King Bee comedian, Sam
Howe.
The chorus is composed of thirty
young and pretty misses and ten Ian
cling boys, the pick of dancers.
April 8, Robinson Crusoe Girls.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
COUNTRY BOY"
WILL ENTERTAIN
At THE NEWARK
One Succession of Bright Lines,
Amusing Slang and Merry
Laughs.
NAT WILLIS, BIGGEST
FUNMAKER, AT PROCTOR'S
Programs in Other Playhouses
Also Promise to Be Replete
With Gems.

T-HE COUNTRY BOY" which
Henry 3. Harris will send to
the Newark Theatre next
week, is one succession Of bright lines
and laughs; it fairly bristles with
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
ARCADE TO HAVE DOUBLE
OFFERING NEXT WEEK.

"A Legal Document" and EAST
Lynne" are the two offerings Of the
Lyceum players at the Arcade Theatre
next week. The former, "A Legal Doc
ument," will pc presented the first half
of the week, commencing with Mon
days matinee and continuing Tuesday
and Wednesday. East Lynne Will
have its first presentation at the Arcade
at Thursdays matinee and will be
retained as the feature of Friday and
Saturdays entertainment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25

ceptions in the art of sensational
terpsichore, and Hilda Partridge in
poses In bronze. Frank Rice, Brownie
Carroll and Charles Ralyea are also to
the fore. Matinees. as usual, daily.
Extra-The famous Zua Troupe,
Europe's latest sensation.
Amateur night, Friday.
Week Of April 8. Cherry Blossoms