South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-02
BY MADGE GRANT.

If muscle and Drawn and general
huskiness were apportioned 70 peo-
pie according 10 the amount of
grit in their makeup. Miss Ruth
Law would be.-weTI. she'd be inn
mense, 10 say the least.
But the truth of the matter is
that in this case there is no con-
nection whatever between the two
characteristics. for on sight Miss
Law is "a slender. dainty girl fitting
best into drawing room settings Or
rose gardens, while on record, she is
the worlds best known aviatrix.
Miss Law arrived in South Bend
at $3.50 o'clock Monday afternoon
and will be billeted at the Oliver
hotel during the War Chest drive
this week
What does she look like. exactly?
Well, shes pretty, very pretty. She
Is a decided blond decided by ma
ture, please understand. One could
not doubt that her hair was always
just that goldfish tint, because her
eyes must always have been that tur-
cuoise blue and the two shades were
meant to 90 together.
Her manner gives no more hint
of the daring OF her nature than
does her appearance. She is pleas
ant, but very quietly so. Her voice
is good 10 listen to, because it is even
and low pitched. She rs quite ua-
affected. and when I asked her how
il felt to have a reputation" she
said that sometimes il really was
o bother
Il feel at times as though l would
like TO 90 some place and hide" she
said. laughingly. And I laughed
sympathetically. just as if / might
know how it felt to have reputa-
ton.
If / were giving tips TO the kaiser,
this would be one of them: "If you
ever see anyone that looks like Ruth
Law in an aeroplane within bomb
ing distance OF you, watch OUT" Be
cause she wants TO go over. She
wants 10 get the kaiser. like all
good Americans do; and she is one
who might be able TO do il. too, il
only she was given the chance.
Has Been TO France.
Miss Law has already been over
there, having returned TO this coun-
try two days before we declared war
with Germany. While in France this
daring little flyer did her best to
secure a commission that would give
her the right to fly with the bravest
OF them. cut over the first line
trenches and over Berlin itself. #
the thing could be done.
Not because she wasn't capable.
but because she is a woman, Miss
Law was refused this commission.
But she has not given up trying.
Il have an opportunity 10 act Is
instructor in one OF the aviation
camps here and I may take il. al
though I still want that commits
sion. And I thS-~S perhaps il l keep
on trying / may get ii in the end.
I have a brother who was just COM
missioned at an aviation school in
Texas"
And then we talked war again.
We talked war when we first met,
OF course. Everybody does.
The boys are all anxious TO get
over" she said. and the relatives
are all wanting them to stay here"
Asked for her opinion OF the i'm
Portance OF aerOplanes at the front.
Miss Law said emphatically: Il
do not think that their value and
Importance can be overestimated.
Aeroplanes could win the war.
NO ] didn't fly into South Bend"
she went on, glancins down at her
costume. but 1 almost did I came
down from Chicago in my Marmoa
car and wore my aviation
clothes
She had them on them part CT
them. that is. The rest Of them, her
coat and helmet. were lying near
by She wore a white tailored shirt
waist and a khaki colored skirt. but
toned up one side. Under the skirt,