The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-04
lfbbhle RESULT
] Of ROMANCE IN AIR
usss ~sAeak. sTEARNs AND AvI-
AToR GRAY FULFIL OLD auER-
ny OF MINSTREL MAN.
WE'D IN WASHINGTON
CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED
IN ST, MICHAEIs THIS EVEN
IyG-couRTsHap IN AN
AERoPLANE.

Shall we eyer be able ever be able
Oh. What what 10y, it will be- way up in
No one there TO bother us, no one
just YOU and !.
Shall we ever be able. ever be able
to fy7
When Lew Dockstader was singing
the above refrain in minstrelsy and
making II popular nearly score of
years ago, neither Lew nor many Of
the rest Of us wefe quite certain that
we would live to see the question,
which he put so POLITICALLY and mu-
sicaiiy answered in the Affirmative.
Yet the answer is here and the cul-
mination, of that joyful experience
''way up in the sky" with no one TO
bother us"--'just you and r. will be
In St Michaels chu-- h. Washington
tonight when Miss Edith Stearns
more Familiarity known 80 her large
acquaintance in Richmond Wash
ington and Cnipeper as Jack be
comes the bride of George Gray, the
daring aviator.
Courtship i'm Bi-plane.
The courtshir and winning of Miss
"Jack" by Aviator Gray was quite IN
line with the sentiments sung by Dock
stader, the minstrel. twenty years ago
Miss Stearns was summering last
year in the Adirondack mountains
Aviator Gray was also in that victn-
fly with his bi-plane and making fire.
quent fights in the open country and
even among the mountains. He met
Miss Stearns who Is qaite as daring
as she is vivarious and pretty. and it
was not long .efore she was taking
flights with her aviator acquaintance.
with Miss Stearns az a passenger,
Aviator Gray mavigated the air and
passed over the Adirondack noun
tains. Miss Stearns having the distine
ton of being the first woman to &C
complish this. The experience was
a delightful one to Miss Stearns and
she decided that she would continue In
this line. Accompanied by her moth
er. she spent last winter In Florida,
where Aviator Gray was giving eN
hibitions and frequently she took part
in these flights.
Made Flights Here.
Returning North a few weeks ago,
the party stopped over In Richmond
and Mr. Gray gave two flights. going
from Richmond to Petersburg one day,
and returning a few days later. In
an exhibition flights which was to
have terminated on the fall field at
Broad Street park Just before the
start of a ball game. as Mr.. Gray was
about TO descend on the field he saw
that through a MISUNDERSTANDING the
players were N tho'field and to alight
would mean the serious injury or
death OF several OF them.
His pows being off. he attempted
10 lift kae machine over the hleschers
and~frashed into the top tier. fall
> ~ under his wrecked machine. For
tunateiy no one was seriously Injured.
The machine had to be practically re-
built. which was done here in Rich
mond and the new ship" was chris
tened with water by Miss Stearns.
Miss stearns has been with friends
In Richmond. preparing her wedding
trousseau. and left on Monday for
Washington, where her mother now
makes her home,
Following the ceremony the couple
Win spend their honeymoon In New
England They will return later in
the summer to Ocean City. where Mr..
Gray has an engagement OF two
months in aviation and teaching the
art
Friend Tells 1t I'm Rhyme.
A lady admirer of Miss Stearns.
who signs herself II. II. X" con-
tributes the following;
A happy event will come off very soon
In Washington city on the fourth day
of June.
For just as the Richmond papers have
Aviator GRAY and Miss stearns there
will wed
Tha, the bride may continue so kind
and SO true,
Tho same sweet Jack" that her best
Although TO them all she has given
sss~ alarm.
we ask our Father TO protect her
from harm.
In riskins her life she has never
Y Aviator Cray is constantly a,t,sy. n s,1ss
Nay she accomplish much good
throughout a long life.
And when Gray meets Gray" In the
uppermost air,
May there be no "air gusts" to cause
us despair;
The aeroplane,s character--we may
Twas christened with water instead
OF champagne.
And should he yet climb loftier heights
Of fame,
Making for himself a most notable
Perchance not very distant IS the day
Ger seas well all be sailing with
great Captain Gray
Odd grant every blessing may rest on
while sailing on earth or yet in the
And after Journey Of life full OF
May they find safe harbor In heaven
above