The Washington herald., 1918-04-16
FRANCE SENDS
ACES WITH AIR
SHOW TO D. G.
e.
Our Ally Lends Wonderful
Official Aerial Exhibit
and Famous Fliers.

Arrangements have been COM
pleted by the Marquise de Polignac,
the Honorable Andre Tardieu.
French high commissioner, and Maj.
George Tulasne. chief Of the French
AVIATION commission to the United
States, for showing in Washington
the wonderful official French aerial
warfare exhibit.
The exhibit comprises the French
official paintings OF battles in the
air. by Lieut.. Henri Fare, and the
official French aerial warfare films.
They will be shown at the Wash
ington Club. from April "a to 90.
inclusive.
Air Fighters with Exhibit.
The exhibit, which Is being held
under the supervision of the French
military mission to the United
try by the French government
with the paintings and the motion
pictures of aerial warfare will be
a number OF the most famous air
fighters of France who have been
detailed by the military mission to
accompany the exhibit and recount
some of their actual battle expert
ences to the patrons of the exhibit.
These officers include Lieut..
Fare. the official painter of the
French war and navy departments;
Capt. Alfred Heurtaux, the most
famous of the French aces. since
the death OF Capt. Georges Guyne-
mer, and the commander Of the
escadrille to which Guynemer be
IonEed; Lieut.. George Flachaire. al
ready well known here. because Of
his spectacular flights over the
capital: Lieut.. Soulier. the young
est of French aces: Lieut.. Max Be-
nos, of the Twenty-sixth escadrille.
and other notable French aviators.
Big Success In. New York.
In New York, where the exhibi-
tion was FIRST shown recently, II
had great success. The accounts
from Philadelphia. where 1t has just
closed, indicate that 1t achieved an
other triumph. These give an idea
Of the Importance OF the exhibit
and the great interest taken by the
oficial, military. naval, social ar
tistic sets, as well as the general
public. There are 130 paintings OF
aerial combats, bombing raids, avia-
ton schools and portraits of the
most famous French sky fighters,
including those Of Maj. Lufbery and
Maj. Thaw.
Mrs. woodrow Wilson heads the
committee Of patronesses. with Mrs.
Thomas Marshall, Nine. Jusserand
and Nine Vignal. The Washington
Executive Committee comprises the
Marquise de Polignac. as chairman,
and Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs.
Alexander Biddle, Mrs. Marshall
Field, Mrs. George Howard. Mrs.
Joseph Letter. Mrs. ]. Hamilton
Lewis, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr., Mrs.
William Phillips, Mrs. Frank Lyon
Polk, Mrs. II. II. Rogers. Mrs. Wal
lace Radcliffe, Mrs. Harold Walker
and Mrs. George Vanderbilt, as
| treasurer.
The honorary committee consists
OF Ambassador Jusserand, Andre
Tardieu. Marquis Melchior de Poll
gnac. Mai. Gen. George o. Squier.
Chief Signal oficer; Howard E
! Coffin, chairman Aircraft Board;
Col E. A. Deeds and Col. Mont
Somery, members of the board; Col.
Charles F. Lee. British Royal Fly
| ing Corps, and Commandant George
Tulasne.
Warrington Patronesses.
Washington patronesses besides
Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Thomas Marshall,
Nine. Jusserand and Nine Vignal, in
clude Mesdames Edison Bradley, Will
lam Boardman, Bernard Baruch.
Charles ]. Bell, Blaine Beale, Perry
Belmont, Newton Baker. Tasker
Bliss, Alfred Bates, Richard Crane,
Richardson Clover, Edward Carey
Miss Martha Goldman, Miss Helen
Cannon, Mesdames Frederick Chaplin,
Henry Dimock, Josephus Daniels,
Walter Denegre, Frederick Delano,
Vicomtesse de Sibourg. Mesdames
William e. Emo. Clarence Edwards,
William Elkins, Marshall Field, Will
lam E. Fowler. Thomas Gale, H c.
Gray. Cary T. Grayson, c. C. Glover,
Thomas Gaff. Peter Gerry. Charles
! Hamlin, J. B. Hartman, Marcus
Hanna, Gilbert Hitchcock. ]. H. Ham
mond, Herbert Hoover, Robert Hit.
j. A. Johnston, Walter Jeffords. Hen
men Jennings, Miss Bessie Kibbey.
! Mesdames Thomas F Logan Frank