New-York tribune., 1911-10-29

face twitched with the excitement that
surged within.
I'VE have it," was his comment to the
group that swarmcd around
1T only remains to develop the flying
instinct that is dormant in every person
That Is the purpose of this glider. Then
every one can fly. II will be like walking
or swimming"
This is the Wright philosophy of fight
| We are born to it as we are born to
walk and run. Every one of us recalls
the dreams we have had in which We few
easily and with a wonderful sense of free
dom. Even after we awoke We just knew
we could fly il somehow we could get off
the ground. 1t was all a matter Of ad-
iustment I'm the air. and We felt that our
brains co-ordinating with our muscles en-
abled us TO conquer all the difficulties or
the air
The WrightS. in this new glider, viii
give wings to humanity. There is an add
tionsl stabilizing device to so upon IT, so
the rumor goes, and then it will go out to
the world.
While men and women will use it with
/
Grafton that will make greatest play with
it, Youth has all the senses in their per
fection and the sense of balance is one of
thesA Not to us, but to our children ana
our children's children, will the dominion
of the air be given in it's fulness. II VIII
he the younger pupils in the air academies
who will perform the most astonishing
feats and who will outstrip even the flights
of the great tawny, vultures
To these younger adopts will come the
glory of making war impossible and OF
weaving with aerial threads fabric OF
intercourse that shall bind the nations.
After the air has been conquered through
constant use of the perfected glider the
pupils in the air academies will take the
powered aeroplanes. These VIII be sWii'
or slow, to suit the will Of the user. Each
will be capable of soaring indefinitely when
the power is shut off.
The personal equation will always be
necessary in the flight Of mankind. Ihat
IL one reason for the invention or the ne"
glider. We must learn to maintain our
balance in the air. and that is what the
latest Wrigh invention will teach us.
FIving is easy. assert the men Of Dayton
but II should not be learned in an aero
nlape Mankind must glide and soar be
fore he can rush through space in high
nowered aircraft, just as child must creep
and toddle before it can walk and run.
To the practical aviator the work eX-
emplifed by the Wrights last week at
kitty Hawk isHof far greater importance
than the invention of a new type OF aero-
! plane would have been.
II opens the way at least to the real ana
nermanent conquest of the air by mankind.
! If is a way that requires indlNduaI eHoi''
hut given good glider of approved pat
: tern. and persistence and pluck on the par
Of the operator, and success is reasohdply
assured.
Nineteen hundred and eleven will be
known for no greater achievement than Tor
the experiments that have just ended on
old Kill Devil Hill.
In spite Of the many columns that have
been written concerning Orvlle and Will
bur Wright. very little has been aulheh-
] ticauv told regarding their home ne
,beir qntecedcnts. how they came 10 he
] interested in aviation, their trials ana
! failures. as well as their stupendous sue
cess-in short. VINO they are and what
| they are like.
! As bovs Wilbur and Orville Wright dif-
! fered little from others with whom 'hey
went to school They had their chores 10
perform about the house in Dayton ONO
and spent only their spare time IN play
Persons who have known them from boy
! hood say that if the lads had any amOI-
| ton 10 become famous men they kept that
ambition strictly 10 themselves.
! In school they were ordinary students
The spirit of play had them in its grasp
the same as it has every other boy ana
many times they dsregarded their lessons
to play fox" with their companions on
tho lots ip the vicinity OF their home.
mo game OF fox" was the favorite
rastime Of the Dayton boys Of thirty-hVe
,ears ago ANY number could play it, and
| II resembled somewhat the now genera
emo of hide and seek" couple of the
! older bovs would get a start on their com
panions Of from one to three squares anu
then blow horn az a signal for the hunt
10 commence. Through the streets an"
aIIeys and across lots the boys Wouio run
| tn pursuit Of the foxes Sometimes the
chase would last for several hours before
the foxes" would all be caught ana as
consequence Wilbur and OrVille many
times missed their supper
/ The game Of fox" was before baseDdll
| became the national game. but "one-oll-
cat" and town ball" hourished to cohsid-
erable extent. These games however, dld
not appeal TO the Wright brothers, ana
even vet their knowledge Of baseball ~
! said IN be decidedly limited
"yes well remember Wilbur and Or
vile wright" said Miss Esther Weidner'
who was for a number Of years the prin-
cipaI of the 7th District School In Day
TON. where the brothers received their early
education when asked the other day j
she remembered them
you notice / call them the boys They
were small boys-goOd boys, when kn'"
| tbem-and as such | remember them
There is one thing / recall ABOUT then
| that stands out more vividiy 70 me than
ANYTHING else-ther extreme modesty In
almost every account / have read OF them
| I'm the newspapers some remark was made
about the modest way In which they treat
ed their triumph
"They were very studious boys as their