The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-14
POWDERS HER NOSE
BEFORE SHE FLIES
ACROSS CHANNEL
NJ Harriet Qulmby Tells Of
Flight from Dover to
French Coast.
UVAFRAID IN THE FOG.
hyt Woman to Do the Trip
Accomplishes the Feat
Without Knowing 1t.
UNAFRATD IN THE FOG.
Marguerite Mooers Marsholl.

A1~vVUeTJte M00ere M0rsh0ll.
~ ~ Q iody pAo ponss to ny
essSes eAs s~oIssA 0Ae~~sl, b s~rs not
- AvSss to powder yoSr ~ossi
5Aes . the obvious lesson b be
Oows from the pictures Just brought
- America BY Miss Harriet ouimby. the
~ woman to make the famous flight
bsevssn Dover and Calais and to
Dowdsr her nose Just before starting.
1oas ouimby. who lives In New York.
ooudisd Tying at the Moisant School n
e0nsofa. L l.. and she and Mss Matilda
ees1saot are the first and only women
- hold pilots licenses from the Now
Ysgt Aero Club. A good deal Of sx-
eSnsnt exhibition flying in this country
0ay be put 10 the credit Of Miss
oulmby. but. Of course. her big feat
% he recent Channel crossing.
When she isn't making air records
- y managing two departments on q
weekly magaSlne. and II was In her
S(8es that I found her to-day. She 10
. tall, slender young woman. with big.
ogaght. brown eyes. . fine out-of-door
color. and q charming air OF not taking
hsrsslf too seriously.
Nov please tell me all about IT,"
requested.
sHE DOESN'T THINK IT WAS
WONDERFUL.
wasn't anything so very wonder
ful" Miss Qmmby protested. The
only reason people may think so Is
that happened to be the nrst woman
- make the trip.
Yes. ] was alone In the aeroplane.
although there was q tug following me
on the Channel. I went to Dover. OF
course. for my start. There was a great
deal OF fog and wind In the days pre-
ceding. so didn't have any chance to
make trial trips In the ma chine I usci.
] just camped out In the Dover hotel
to wait for a MINDLESS day. The second
day after my arrival was calm enough
for nght.
They gave me compass TO steer
woth. a. one must always be prepared
for fog. Now be sure to keep to your
COARSE somebody warned me. because
the North Sea Is only Ave miles away
and II you get out there you're a goner.'
Nice. cheerful thing for me to hear, lust
- was starting. wasn't Il? But !
wasn't bit afraid. and they showed me
Just how to work the compass. Here It
IL" and Miss Quimby picked It up from
her desk. "It's the best kind made for
asr1plansa
TOOK AN IDOL ALONG FOR A
MASCOT.
'Hiere's my mascot. too" she added
affsctionatsly lingering q little bronze
5eur-armed idol, doing peaceful duty a
. papsrwsight. Il took him along with
~"
what else ala you havsr' asked
"Thres extra GOATS" she responded
you've simply no idea how cold and
camp II was. OF course didn't take
tsip would be 30 short. When landed
q Hardslot, on the French side. they
brought q little table right down on the
beach with hot coffee. 1t certainly
tasted good.
But I'm skipping. I made my star,
and In a very few minutes plunged into
q thick fog. had been warned to come
hack II found It foggy. but you Jus'
imagine turning back after getting once
etarted." Miss QuiIhby's brown eyer
dashed scornfully. II Simply began ts
use the compass Immediately. and
though. I had never tried It before ant
Il seemed to wobble a good deal ! hat
no real diflcuity. II got out OF tho
path for q moment I could get bach
again the next moment
CROSSES THE CHANNEL WITH
OUT KNOWING IT.
when I started out ! was up abou
two thousand feet. and In mid-channel
was only 1000 or 5000 feet above tn
tue. Then I went up to 1900 feet. L
try to get above the fog. II possible
But Il was around me just the same. 81
! dropped to get beneath II. That dix
10 good. And chen. all at once. l fourt
] was on the French coast. ha'
really CROSSED without knowing It.
u planned originally TO land at Calais
because that 10 the shortest course. bu
IN ne fog my land bearings were a bi