The evening world., 1915-02-09
"Just One Long, Long Minute
Of Delight" Says Mrs. Sau-
fey, Ueutenant's Bride.
RAN THE FLYING BOAT.
First Of Her Sex to Risk Trip
Which Even Experts Are
Forbidden to Attempt.

no trick st all 10 soar 1000 feet
sbovs New York n a. ssroplsns.
stop the ear At will. swoop down 70
he waters Of the hArber In . long
ast graceful glide. tasa sp aad away
again % the winss q The wind.
Just no trick at all. That Il. II you
have the right kind Of stabilissr In
yeur aircraft
Mrs.. saufrsy II the first woman IN
the world 70 NJ over New York. run
ains her ear - calmly ana joyous,y
~ the lady OF mythology stssrsd her
team Of psseocks Athwsst the rosy
sky
nrs. Saufisy's chsehs we're rosisr
aad her dark eyes wore perhaps q
lissie brighter ~ she stepped out on
the prosaic land. hut hsr breathing
seemed not one bit fdstsr. nor was
thers any tremQF OF voice or hand
o. any other sign. ever 90 slight, Of
any ezcitsmsnt.
ITS ID the most sxhiiarnt,ns ride
] have ever tsken," she said. earnestly
but quito simply. "what q picture
New York u In this perfect afternoon
light! Ny fceiings7 Just one long.
long minute Of delight. Ny husband
tells mo we have becn UP forty min
utss. II does not secm forty seconds.
And ] never dreamed New York II
% beautiful"
"wsrsn't you afraid 70 shut on the
motor and let tho biplans drift i,soo
feet above the bayr'
"oh. no. ] had the utmost faith in
my husband's expert knowledge. He
told me 10 do u. and knew u would
b perfectly safe. Il Wa. OF courss,
u was little queer TO sit thsrs In Q
car that simply soarsd like an alba.
treo; but soea gos ussA u Il.
n dea't think there y any ssnsatio. :,
Ia the world quito lihs ayias. ons
has Ne seslins of notioa . grsat par,
os W. tims. The nssor 10 hummins
but one sssus jass maGioaliy saillnl
% AiAddin's magic carpse
when We were dashisg undsr the
bridsss. with the fs,.s boats and
other vessels near " I was YER:
conscious Of our rapid Night. A mlis
. minute v fast. though ono doesn',
notice Il high In air; but down Close a
the watsr with the boats near at hand
u seams N II our boat was whissb
along like q groat arrow. soon q,
We got up . thoussnd feet tho son.
sation Of shooting through space
Vanished.
40 up Againf OF course ! shall
every chance ! get. And do hope
shAii have the chance TO see New Yorh
again from thousand feet above Lab
srty's torch. II 10 q dream city. a
beautiful a. = vision"
| u happened In this way: Lawfsncs
epssry. inventor Of the gyroscopis
stAbilissr that makes an aeroplane q
steady ~ . church. no matter how
full Of flaws. variations ana soft spot,
ne air may b. has besu demonstrat.
Ing his machine during the last two
weeks IN . curtiss nyins boat. ol
hydso-asroplans, from the Navy Ysrd
nj brooklyn. lie wants Uncle sam ID
~ his patent - that u ths patieu,
olA gentleman ever has 70 drop bombs
on BIZ enemies ~ oan do Il with 90,
0uracy And dispatch. uslng botl
hands for the purpose. while III
stab,ltssr kesps the seroplass a. lsvs
and unshaksn - = ballroom Moor. I,
70 the very iatsst CRY In the awful ar,
os wAs.
Lieut. saansy has been testing th.
apparasus. chisny By going with
Inventor sperry on his dsmonstrat
ins trips and hiasels running sh,
car. Yesterday was . ans day for {
hard test. ths westerly brsssss blow
ing itfuily. nov down 10 little O,
nothing. and nov puflans . vhus o
thirty or forty miles an hour. q,
} Mr. sauflsy ascsndsa with NJ. Dpsr
J ~. and they ran up and down ana I,
J and fro above the City OF Now Yorl
and ths waters about the city. an,
dipped and divsd and new 10 ana fr'
~ gay1y ~ any Aaliard ducks tina
ever took wing. And whom they ~
turned 10 the Navy Yard and Nj
saufsy stoppsA out NJ. spsrt,
turned to Ars. sauasy and said: 'Oh
J do wish you would come along an
J ! take . took ~ New York from
J spot i.soo feet up In the air. II
J slmply supsrbi' 30 she looked In
quirlngly ~ her husband. and hs
J with . smile. handed her into u
seat he had Just vacated.
poGeN'r LOOK FllMSv. sur O
IL NgAllv 10
somshow the curtiss Tying boa
. doesn't look quite 20 dlmsy ~ Ii
ordinary Asropians. because the noo
I Of its shallow boat body lends Q
} lsass . fictitious appearance Z
/. solidity--A very festing appearing
I. 70 the psrseA who soss 70 glide In 4
) TIE csaft n. " erect = bipian
pssehsd upon . shailow hull. Mn
! eanasy wss varmiy arssssl. - d