Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-03

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here member of the Airy-o Club sts,s.,e ss 20
to offer prizes, Zapp. He might Of To- 49,
up to Admiral Peary for o. cut rlass ssya'i ~.
dish or something" wv
II guess the president OF the Airv.. -.
thought the same thing as you. RIs.sA' NY,
Zapp said, because SO soon as he ~ "
letter from the member who oes.s'1s ~
trophy he comes right back with AZ y y,
of $4,000 for first prize, s15,0Oo s.ess Sts
prize, $4,000 for third prize, s7sna
fourth prize, and so by degrees do.. ~ I.
You done noble for the ninth pri1s ~,
work for the tenth prize and rWh.s Y
talned your for the 11th, 18th and ,,s v
prizes" ~
sure I know" BirslSy commented =.
twenty thousand dollars amt to bl s,,se w
at, neither" A''
ut runs into money" Zapp ad.,....
"uber you take a young feller whIes \
willing to stand on a tight rope tvva ~
dred feet high and juggle with livs,a,
lamp. an ak, a stick of Dynamite ana n
cigar boxes, y'understand, and the ~. ~
that they would pay him in vaudevfi. y
a thousand dollars q week. 80 whv sAs.,,
such young feller leave a comparatlv.ls
safe occupation like that and 20 into ~
oplafie flying on the chance that he ,.as,,
win a prize once a year equivalent to ~.
f1fths Of his regular salary, Birskyf N.
Birsky, for airy-oplane flying, prIzea h N,
What the Airy-o Club ought to do ia IA !,
ganize right away an accident ins,rar.
department and give free of charrs I.
every young feller who is willing To iss,-
1t flying In an airy-oplane-ln addition 4.
the airy-oplane-a regular accident In.,.
ance policy and salary In proportion 1.
the risk the feller is taking"
"And how long would the Ait-y.o f,,..t !. u
America last under them expenses, zanhs
Birsky asked, and zapp shrugged 4,
shoulders.
'T never looked up their rating" h. !.
piled.
"Then what are you driving into7" Bulv
inquired.
'I am driving into this, .BirsIy.. o.,
said. 1.-THE feller who is giving the trobhv
and the president and members Of n,
Airy-o Club. is all worked UP about n.
United States not being prepared for va,
with airy-oplanes. The idee is that n a.
United States ain't so prepared, BIrstv
when the war comes, the losses In alrv
oplanes and airy-onauts will be tremendo,.
In fact they'll be pretty near as big as IN,
airy-oplane losses which have occurred Il
preparing for the war; II we had prepar,5
for it. Now, believe in insurance, Birslrv
aber IL the premium is bigger than M
prospective loss, Birsky, my idee Is To trua
to luck that you wouldn't have no ere.s
But, Zapp," Birsly protested, I'VE rnu,,
got to got some airy-onauts in case Of
war"
Listen, Birsky." zapp said; There Is Al
ready entered in the Airy-o Clubs contssl
thirteen concerns which manufactures aIry.
oplanes in the United States, and, so far /,
heard 1t, they amt in business for N,
benefit they will get from the systenatIs
exercise of making up weekly payroll a..
actly. So you can trust them feiIers to sss
to 1t that enough young milionaires learn
to fly to net the manufacturer anyhow tan
per cent on his investment, and that is t6a
secret of airy-oplane preparedness BrsIr
To the members of the Airy-o Club Il
America an airy-onaut is only an alry.
onaut, but to feller In the airy-oplsn,
business an airy-onaut is something rnors
than that. He is customer Birslty. 8
therefore, Birsky, what the Airy-o Club d
America must do is to train travelling sales
men for the manufacturers Of airy-oplanss
and in case of war. Birsky, the air woun
be black witiS customers"