The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-12-22
When Lalu Meets Law-- Well,
Ruth Tells Mary Of Her Desire
To Joust .Dith Boche Flyers
M MARY LAW.


Now that Ruth Law has projected .
feminine flying school In this neigh
borhced. It seemed high time that
Washington felix's should b told exaet-
ly how she locks and the way she
talks, and-Yeu understand what ]
mean. don't yeug
So at = duly appointed hour awaited
her at the Ebhitt
A big peiice dog came padding loose
" and swiftly aeress the hotel lobby,
There's her dog" said the desk,
Now your ayiatrix will be along In .
minute"
Under . Campaign Hat.
Then q quick. martial little fgure IN
an army officers waterproof overcoat
and campaign hat.
Miss Law, believe" I said. and
mentioned our engagement.
'oh, I'm so sorry to have kept You
waiting" (Mr. Baker, she was ave
minutes lated
Just a second until catch this wild
beast of mine, Poilu! Here, boy"
Poilu came running back.
Personally, I'm not strong for Poilu,
He has too much Welt in him. You
Cdh see the IODO iOOA 0uN 0I AAA9 W Co.
If Ruth ever takes this wild repre-
sentative Of the canine race along with
her when she goes up to the War De-
partment. she will emerge from that
edifice with a commission under her
arm.
He isn't really bad" she said.
He's just a one-man, or rather, q
one-woman dog. like him that way.
1 don't like a dog that's eyerybody's
dog. Poilu was given me by q French
officer when 1 was in the war theater
a few months ago"
It's all right. Mr.. Brisbane. This
time I'm with you.
Fond OF Her UnifeFm.
"Oooh, you have q really truly uni
form on" as she slipped off her coat.
Yes, with the addition of q short
skirt. Gen. Barry gave me permission
to wear this when I started the CHI
cago aero enlistment propaganda. I'm
rather fond of it."
And with q rosy. wintry bloom on
her cheeks. her blue-gray eyes shining,
she looked in her well-cut olive drab
as fine little fighting lady as Uncle
Sam could wish. Her hair Is gold
brown, straight and smooth, And be-
meath hire cool, level gaze enc senses
some faraway viking ancestor. 1t must
have been Left the Lucky.
There are some people who deserve
no credit fer their courage. Ruth Law
is on Of these. l mean that she be-
longs to that breed to whom fear Is i'm
possible; who do not have it in their
makeup to be afraid of man, heaven or
Herbert Hoover.
How is the young ladies' aviation
seminary coming on?" said.
!. wonderfully, so far. I've had num-
bers of applications by mail and tele-
graph and telephone. Among them
were Emily johnson, daughter Of Rep
resentative Johnson. Of South Dakota,
and Blanche Stewart Scott, who is al
ready a very good flier.
HeF Equipment Plans.
There Is one big thing to. do yet.
though. And that's to get the proper
equipment. I'm going to the Glenn
Curtiss plant at Hammondspert, New
York, to see what arrangements can
make for planes and motors. And. of
course, i want to select a good flying
ground not more than an hour from
the city"
Can you imagine some Of our local
damsels, knitting bag on arm. com
nuting to and from the aviation field?
Surprising" said /, "supposing that
you actually were commissioned.
Wouldn't you really rather do instFqc-
ton work in a training camp than to
be on the battle front with Hun planes
to encounter"
"Oh, I'd be glad to go wherever the
War Department wished me to-" she
said. Secretary Baker has suggested
that I accept a position as civilian in
structor. 1 haven't decided finally on
that.
But" and her clear eyes frightened,
I'D love to have a regular Scout
plane and go out On observation trips
and raids and everything"
And suppose you run into a strafing
enemy plane?" from me.
BetteF'n Any Hun.
why, think I'd have the advan-
tage over the average boche aviator"
she said. You know so many of them