New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-08
Some Ride Alone and Thus Lose the Romance OF Floating
on Speck in the Sky with
an Escort.

car and shroud II for awhile IN clngins
warm white wreaths. and anon they fail
below and shut out the world with a glori.
Gus curtain. and we are all alone In fairy
land. I'm perfect silence, in perfect peace
Miss Bacon has not begun 10 talk yet.
however. These remarks have to do only
with the stagecoach days Of aerial naviga-
ton. when she came down from . trip
with Mr.. Sommer I'm the Farman biplsne
Miss Bacon put her attention 10 the bust
ness Of adequate expression with real re-
suits. THE aeroplane excites wildly. mad
deningly." said Miss Bacon. "Oh! the rap
turous thrill of tho swift plunge through
the air. The glorious exhilaration OF me
swooping flight the sense that never untii
that moment have YOU felt what II reaily
is TO live
zone curious fact surprised me. she con-
tinued Contrary TO my expectations
was absolutely unconscious of the exact
moments Of leaving and regaining inc
earth. single turn OF the propeller had
started the engine. We ran along the
ground Presently there came into tho
motion a sense Of lghtness, floating buoy
ancy. absolutely novel and absolutely de-
licious. II life contains more blisafui e1.
perience than voyage i'm an aeroplane l
have yet TO discover it,
Miss Bacon IL member ~ the Engisn
Womens Aerial League. The contrast IL
marked between her illuminating account
of what ride by aeroplane really IL 20 An
imaginative person and the statements
made by say one Of the Wright avistors
after breaking a record for the quick turn.
endurance or altitude. Walter Brookins.
after spectacular altitude performance
that set a new mark for the world TO mar
vel at, when asked how II seemed up
there, said: "Blzzizzus." Only that and
nothing more. The way he said Il meant
something Of course. but II did not include
one-third the things that Miss Bacon would
have freely offered 10 an interested COM
munity.
Miss f. s. Todd Is New York woman
who has been keenly interested in the prac-
| tical side of aviation from the start. three
years ago. She was formerly private Sec
rotary for Mrs. Russell Sage, and that gen.
erous hearted woman has undertaken TO
supply Miss Todd with the financial as
sistance necessary to demonstrate whether
Miss Todds ideas as to aeroplane construc-
! ton are to meet with success. She Is
| building Dlplane at bdTnen Ilty. MIS-.
| Frank Raiche, the wife OF a biplane
| builder. also at Garden City. has tried 20
operate IL several times. rising IL is said.
a few feet on one or two occasions. Miss
Marie Campbell. Of New York City. is UNI
derstood TO be waiting for a manufacturer
| to supply her with a biplane, her purpose
| being to fly it herself
Mrs. Clifford b. Harmon has flown with
| her husband in his Farman machine and
! Mrs. Glenn II. Curtss. well as the wives
| of other of the Curtiss flyers, have made
short trips. distinguished passenger at
| Garden City last summer was Mrs. William
| X. Vanderbilt. who accompanied Mr.. Har-
mon. Among the we'll known women whose
| interest I'm aviation was demonstrated al
| Belmont Para by their constant attendance.
no matter what the wind or weather, were
Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Blanche Shoe
maker Wagstaff, whose poetical drama,
"Alcestis,' was presented at the Hudson
Theatre recently; Mrs George Gould, Mrs.
Anthony J. Drexel, Miss Angelica Brown.
Mrs. Craig Biddle, Mrs. Henry Clews Mrs.
Emily Ladenburg. Mrs. n. Van Rensselaer,
Kennedy and scores and scores OF others.