The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-17
IIRIG|BLE IS A
SUCCESS AFTER
MANY MISHAPS
ENrRPRisTNo AIRsHiP PRoMoT-
ERs.oF GERMANY ARE AGAIN
BEGINNING TO SPEAK WITH
coFIpENcE.
sy Associated Press.

Bern, March 16.-The dirigible bal
loon, fter a long era OF mishaps and
catagophes, seems finally to have
comeinto its own in Germany, and
the cent successful achievements of
the arseval, Siemens- Shuckert and
Zeppin balloons are causing the mill
taryluthorities to look with far less
appTnension on the French superior
fly ! aeroplanes. With aeroplane ia
talits coming In at the rate Of three
or far a week, nine months have
pasd without q single mishap to q
Geran dirig1ble and the enterprising
airsp promoters are beginning again
to aak with confidence of the posi-
bilies Of commercial aerial naviga-
tioY
u Parseval Company. which ex-
ped to send a dirigible to the United
SITES this summer. has Just delivered
itsatest military dfrtgible to the
arr. after q brilliant trial trip in
with II exceeded the contract require
mts by q nonstop cruise OF sixteen
hos. half OF this spent at an altitude
Oliver q mile, averaging over forty
ms an hour In spite Of unfavorable
Wi and frequent rain-squalls.
ne hoodoo which has hung over
Cnt Zeppelin during his long career
sens to have disappeared with the de-
sIction of the Deutschland II on May
1pf last year. The Schwaben, which
nde it's first ascent June 20, looks
blk with pride on a continuous ser
70 OF over eight months without an
sddent---a proud record for q Zeppe-
/ She now has two sisters IN the
s-the military Zeppelin TX, the
Itest dirigible in the world, capable
a sustained speed of almost fifty
les an hour, and the Victoria Luise.
med after the emperors daughter,
aich was launched" in February and
tanned a speed OF almost forty five
lies an hour on her trial trips The
ctoria Luise is destined for the COM
ercial passenger service, like a sister
lip now approaching completion. and
she does as well financially as the
chwaben, which has cruised widely
irougnout Germany. doing a full ca
acity business everywhere. the bal
nee sheets of the Zeppelin company
ill show for the first time a profit in
commercial air transportation.
I The Siemens- Shuckert, the largest
!on-rigid dirigible, has also earned abe
tile of successful" by long series OF
lights. 1t has made between forty
our and forty-fve miles per hour. and
nay be taken over by the army au-
er to open q commercial business like
he Zeppelin and Parsevaf Companies
Americans In Germany.
More than $4,000 women of Ameri-
an bi1.rn-14, 1913, to be exact-iive In
Germany. This Is perhaps the thing
II greatest interest to Americans In
with a noteworthy exposi-
ion which has Just been opened In ex-
position hall In the Geological garden
a.
Blu sIness and In the Home" The en-
Is the chief patroness, was planned
md is being carried out solely by wom-
IN, and is devoted entirely to women's
work in all fields Of endeavor.
The multiplicity OF occupations rep
Is astonishing. Besides Ger
man peasant women spinning thread
from wool and FAX at spinning wheels
and weaving II on hand looms into en-
during fabrics-an all but vanished
art in America-are exhibits showing
woman's work In medicine. In inven-
ton, in commerce and trade, in gar
dening. farming. Architecture-in short
In virtually every department OF hui
man effort. Interesting exhibits from
African colonies show wha;
women are doing In making these fal
off countries the homes of civilized
men and women; there Is q noteworthy
OF paintings by women
artists, and everywhere arise columns
figures showing woman's
part in the worlds work.
A striking feature Of the exposition
Is the department devoted to the Ger
man women living in other countries
and the women OF other countries nv-
ing in Germany. As is natural, in
A.1xwr rNf =. L. -
In the United States, America Is espe-
cially well represented In this depart
ment. In the front rank of German
women in America appears the name
Of Mrs. Carl Schurz. with a reference
to the fact that as long ago as 1855 she
a kindergarten in her home
In Watertown. Wis. Contributions OF
from scores of prominen;
American women appear. Among well
known names are those of Johanna
Gadski, Mrs. Bayard Taylor, who is the
daughter of the famous astronomer
Mrs. Lillian Bayard Taylor
Kiliani. wife of New York surgeon
Mrs. Hugo Muensterberg, Mrs. Cecilie
Behrens, Madame Fanny Bloomfield
Zeisler. the pianist; Mrs. Maria Lydia
Winkler, president OF the German
American Woman's club of New York;
Mrs. Gisela L. Weber and many others
Mrs. Martha Ziegler, wife OF the i'm
perial German consul in New York
secured all the American exhibits.
The duchess of Connaught, who wal
a princess Of Prussia, and the duches.
OF Albany. who was a princess of Wal
deck Pyrmont are the honorary presi.
dents OF the department devoted to ths
German woman in foreign countries.
or the 14,18S American women ir
Germany. 500 are engaged In commerce;
or trade, Isl on farms, So4 in the pub.
lie service and 404 as domestic serv.
ants. There are 11.192 who has nt
stated occupation and 1851 who uv.
on Independent incomes.
The queen Of Roumania, Garner
sylvia, whose interest IN woman:
work is well known. and the Crow
Princess Marie are represented In tn,
exposition with a special exhibit. TIL,
queen Is the especial patroness for tn,
occasion OF the German Lyceum Club
under whose auspices the expositio,
came Into being.