Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09


amateurs. Monoplanes and biplanes, a
dozen or more in all, the machines droned
and scuttled and 1urched over the field, es-
Gaping one another by series of miracles
and never by any chance getting fairly
awing.
at looks like a far1nyard in a panic"
laughed Mrs. Blair.
@You SANDER the hens" said Justin.
"Why don't they get aloft9"
Page alone took it seriously. dts harder
than you think" he commented. They're
wise not to risk their necks in this tricky
wind. It would bother even an expert"
AIMS eyes dwelt speculatively on ma
chine that lay not far from the palings. No
sound came from its motor; nobody, save
lettering mechanic, seemed concerned with
its fortunes. Inert, lifeless, nuisance to
the spectators, it foolishly dominated the
center of the scene and did nothing.
Il wonder" she said, @if that doesn't be-
long to Virginia Truscott?"
~You dear thing!" cried penetrating
voice at her elbow. "How in the world did
you guess?"
The Costume, rather sheepishly escorted
Tongue tied silence followed the general
greetings. Power of speech was bereft them.
The optic nerve was so taxed that the sister
senses suffered atrophy.
aWell?' said Virginia. @What do you
think of it?"
Mrs. Blair made ineffective noises in her
vocal chords. Ann, meeting the suffering
eye of Price Buckley, was stricken with
cough. Justin alone rallied.
aYou look as fetching as" he CROPPED for
a sinile and found inspiration in her leg
gings, "as Pocahontas herself"
Mrs. Truscott clapped her hands. @.That's
quite the incest thing I've had said to me"
she declared. 1.-THE gentlemen of the old
school are the only ones who can turn COM
pliment. Why couldn't you think of that,
Mr.. Page? Or you, Price?"
Il did suggest Rosalind and Maid
Marian" reminded Buckley, smiling feebly.
aBut they had nothing to do with it. 1t
took Mr.. Blair to see that my motive was
Indian. I've used buckskin everywhere l
could and borrowed a semibarbaric scheme
of ornament. l think the red and yellow
beadwork gives it just the right accent of
the free and untrammeled that an aviation
costume demands. It's unconventional; but
so is flying, especially for women. But tell
me candidly, Ann dear" she dropped her
miss, @do you think my kilt wee bit short?"
"For flying or walking?"
@Why, for flying, of course"
II dare say ot-for flying, she answered.
Justin again poured oil. aren't we to
see you take a turn?" he asked.
Virginia shook her blond head YEARLY.
@Ah, no." she said. II work so hard out
here mornings that at this time of day have
just enough strength left to visit with my
friends. You've no idea how difficult it ISL
$50 Page tells u.s."
ayes, he would know" she returned with
unfattering emphasis. @But some of the
aviators make light of it. Why, Latham
told party of his pupils that it was as easy
as pushing baby carriage across the street!
I've never pushed baby carriage anywhere,
thank goodness! -but have driven high
power motor in cup race, and l know that
was child's play in comparison. 1t was
Prince Rodoslav who gave me the story"
She turned to Ann with a meaning smile.
"But very likely he mentioned it to you him
self. You saw so much of him all the fall"
Pages glance told Ann things he had left
unsaid on the terrace. She read that he re-
GREETED Cadenabbia because he thought he
had made confdante of woman who
loved another. Her reply was directed at
him rather than Virginia.
II fancy you think l saw more of him
than did" she said.
Possibly" Virginia perceived that she