Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-12
MEN IN SECOND PLACE
FRENCH ARMY OFFICIALS RELY
ON WOMEN AvIAroRs.
Have Many Polnts o. Superiority
Which Must Dc Taken Into A.
count When che Trumpsts o.
War Are Sounded.

The French army department has
determined to have as many women
aviators in its air battalions 40 II pos
sibly can. says an English paper For
this purpose special law will have to
be passed making women eligible for
army service.
The fact 10 that the leaders Of avia-
ton in France have come to the con.
clusion that women make better avi.
ators than men, and they are detei.
mined to encourage women niers In
every possible way.
Their first step has been to mako
Mile. Helene Dutrieu chevalier Of the
Legion Of Honor, decoration that has
been given to very few women.
Among the experiments undertaken
by the French authorities were . mum.
Der dealing with the effects Of height,
speed. quickness Of thought and &C.
ton, and other essentials Of flying. In
these experiments both men and wo-
men took part, ana, to the amasement
Of every one, It was found that the wo.
men were far better air pilots than
their male competitors.
First Of all. women are more primi-
tive than men. They are far less we'll
developed mentally; and, though the
man in the street may not think II.
women are not 90 nervous 40 men.
A woman 10 less liable, say the
French scientists, to collapse In the
higher attitudes Of the air than man.
Her greater capacity for bearing pain,
or rather her insensibility to pain, en-.
ables her to Withstand the cold Of the
upper regions Of the atmosphere
20 intense that more than one aviator
has lost control Of his machine
through It and been dashed to death.
Another cause which makes wo-
man better at high attitudes 10 the
fact that she needs less oxygen for
breathing than men. She 10, In conse-
quence. less affected BY the rarined
ar. q further proof Of which fact 10
that quite a large number Of women
have earned the highest regulations
for mountain climbing.
The NTH statement In the report
says: 1.-THE arc Of woman's vision 10
nearly twice that Of . man." Put In
ordinary language. this means that
while . man only sees what 10 direct.
ly In front Of him. . woman sees
things at the side - we'll. A mans
vision II concentrated. while . wo.
mans 10 spread.
This ability to see all round. % Il
were. 10 OF the greatest possible i'm.
portance In aviation. The airman does
not want to see Just ahead 20 much %
each side and above him. The general
look Of things tells him the state Of the
atmosphere. and enables him 10 steer
clear Of dangerous cddies, currents,
and 20 on.
A woman, also. 10 not 20 concen.
trated In her thought % Q man. The
latter thinks Of only one thing 1t .
time. while woman thinks Of sew
eral things. and 10 able to deal with
them all successfully. This faculty 10
called "diffused attention" by scien.
lists. and 10 valuable in the air.
Finally. the report to the French
war ONCE states that the woman's spe-
eihc gravity IL less.
The highly.developed modern wo.
man. however ID useless for driving
an aeroplane. according to the scien.
lists. II is her home.loving sister,
who is not 30 highly concentrated.
who has the power of "diffused atten.
tion." who will make the air-woman
Of the future.