The sun., 1916-11-28
RUTH LAW WANTS
AERIAL GUIDE POSTS
SAYS Cross Country Filters
Have Difficulty in 1dcnti-
flying the Cities.
URGES SERVICE STATIONS
FLYING No More FoOlhardy
Than AutOmObiling, Asserts
Woman Champion.

Reporters, being more or less wise
folk. knew that when they were shot up
20 the twentieth floor OF the Hotel Nc
Alpin yesterday to horn their way into
Miss Ruth Laws afternoon aviation tea
and air talk they would core upon a
suite Uttered with leather clothes thrown
earelessly over the backs Of chairs.
goggles, grimy wads Of engine wiping
waste. watts Of g~asolene and a hostess
sarbcd in a tailor made suit and common
sense shoes.
And the reporters were absolutely
heh, except lin certain details-such as
the fact that the very perfect looking
hotel apartments were Uttered with not
4 thing except some autumn flowers
that a feminine hand doubtlessly had
arranged on a table. And there was no
engine wiping waste In sight, or dry
batteries. lcggins, leather clothes or
sogslcs.
Reception Committee.
Before ono got into Miss Laws func-
ton proper one was greeted by some
young person who wore n hlmy cream
colorcd blouse OF Georgette crepe. a
pepprr and salt skirt of velour de lainc.
q ,bcg pardon) hint of subdued silk
Stockings. dainty low shoes-thc sar-
,orial effect being rowne by n dazzle
OF carefully curlcd blond locks that cer-
talnly had no place at all around a
function presided over by a cross-coun-
try nier supposed to breathe only greasy
e~asolenc.
I'VE should like to see Miss Law and
ask her, some one began TO the
good looking and very feminine young
further.
I'm Miss Law" said the girl OF the
blond locks. filmy Grape blouse, natty
velour skirt and dainty hose and shoes.
Votes for women!
m tcrOnaWticRl Gathering.
Miss Law had asked men and women
Interested In a~eronautics to come to her
suite for a discussion OF tea incidentally.
but chiefly to talk over informally the
things that hould be done to spur up
interest and activity in cross-country
flying in America. Her guests included
Henry Woodhouse. Augustus Post. @.
Douglas WardrOp, Aviator J. c.. Gilpat-
rick. Baron l.. d'Orcy, william H.. Phipps.
Mrs. John Blair. Mrs. Eddy and others
10 whom flying Is the beginning and end
Of existence.
There we're no formal speeches. bu,
there was a great deal OF common sense
talk across the table about the thing,
that should be done to further aviation
In America.
"The city Of Binshamton. for in
stance Miss Law was heard to say
during the buzz Of conversation. 'ha,
been so stirred up by recent events tina
Il has offered Its race track to the Acre
Club OF America as a permanent aviation
station 10 fiers crossing the city. W.
must get together and see to II tina
various cities be selected as aviation sta,
tons, and such cities should displa,
some place around their suburbs tn,
name OF the town in letters big enough
for an aviator to see.
Town lard 20 Recognise.
II tried to depend upon maps Will,
hyins from Chicago to New York, blu
] found that often ] didn't know what
given town beneath me was. Sometimes
there would he several towns clustered
together and I wouldn't know which wa,
which, In France. up to the time OF tn,
wa, the municipal aviation stations wer,
marked with big numbers. but such
system means that the aviator must lul
along a big code book to find out tn
names of the towns from the code. Let
,ering the town name out In a field nea
. city Is the simplest way to guide tn
MGR to q station where he knows he cal
eet rasolene. food and other necessities.
What would the countless tourinI