East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-05-01
AEROPLANE WILL
SPAN The OCEAN
PREDICTION is MADE BY
NOTED FRENCH AVIATOR
Journey Will BE Made in less Than
Day, He Declares-Machines Will
BE Making the Trip in Another Ten
Years-More Efficient Motor Is
Thing Needed.
(By William Phillip simms.

(By William Phillip Simms.
Paris, May In less than ten
years the Atlantic ocean will be SPAN
ned by an aeroplane, and more than
that the crossing will be accomplish
ed in less than day"
Such was the astounding prediction
made by Count de Lambert. the
| French nobleman who was Wilbur
| Wrights pupil and the third passen-
ger ever taken up in heayier-than-
air machine. Count de Lambert is
one of the most conservative of the
worlds airmen. His disposition is
not unlike that of the Wright broth
ers who taught him how to fly, He
weighs well his words before speak
ing. His interest in aviation is three
| fold; AS a sportsman, as a French
patriot and as a scientist What he
avs. therefore, is the studied opinion
| of a practical man.
"I believe" said Count de Lambert,
that within ten years the sea will be
| traversed from the British Isles to the
United States or vice versa. by hy-
| dro-aeroplane, and between sunrise
and sunset at that. There are two
| difficulties which must be overcome.
One is that we must be able to keep
| ones course, the other is to keep
from being wrecked by the waves in
case a landing in the water is neces-
sary. OF course, one would steer by
compass, but one would drift without
being conscious of it if the wind came
| from q contrary direction
To-day, no machine could cross
without stopping en- route. And two
days would be necessary for the trip,
But with a better fuel than petrol, or
more efficient motor than any we
have at present. / believe the journey
could be made in one day. 1 am sure
there will be found also an aero
plane with less wind resistance. In
the meantime l consider the feat OF
crossing the ocean, in such hydro
planes as We have now, perfectly
practicable With a little luck. tive
days of good weather and not toe
high a wind-unless the wind were
at ones back-the trip could be
made. Two engines would probably
be used. The Gnome 14-cylinder en-
gine, for example, is so made that
seven cylinders can be used at q
time. Also there would be probably
two pilots. One could easily enough
lie down and sleep, or rest, while the
other was driving"
Count de Lambert is the invent !
of the hydroaeroplane, or glider
which is now the fastest kind of mo.
| tAr I'm 10 10 In n
game for the money. but is simply g
gentleman aviator"
!, Anna Held, the French-Americar
actress who sings songs about not be-
ing able to make her eyes behave and
81 wondair what's re mattair wiz my
eyes" is taking the rest cure" ir
Paris. America is far too lively fol
her, she says; it's too busy, too every
thing, for one to get good, quiet res
so she came here. Incidentally, the
actress has found time to deliver 6
lecture at the Marigny Theater or
"The Chic American" She declare:
she did not wish to deliver this lee
ture, but did so for two reasons. The
first Is she wished to oblige certain
theatrical friends of hers, and sec
ondly to correct certain impressions
regarding Americans which French
people enormously entertain
''The American woman is the mos
Independent of creatures" she de-
clared And she is one of the mos
elegant. She absolutely refuses tC
follow styles blindly simply because
it is the style, yet she is above al
things stylish She mixes style and
brains admirably. Tall, short, young
old, you can distinguish an American
woman among a million others any
where"
Futurism and Cubism and all the
rest of the "isms" have been laid II
the shade by a new school of art en-
titled "Orphism." An "orphist' art
ist thus explains his craft:
Look at this cubist canvas. WhaI
do you see? Why, lot of paving
stones, bricks, nursery blocks ant
what-nots. Isn't it so? And now
glance at this futurist picture. After
studying it for a few minutes you car
find something which resembles ar
ear, big toe, worm or fallen
tree. The cubist calls his canvas
The Nude Lady and the futurist
names his picture Venice by Moon
light" But all that is mere child's
play.
Look at this canvas. What do you
see? Nothing. That's the point ex-
actly. 1t is even devoid of color. II
Is not white, not black, nor yet blue
green, red or brown. 1t Is nearly
khaki, but it isn't khaki. It's blank
Just plain blank. 1t requires great