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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09
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fireworks-the most hazardous, fool hardy and suicidal stunt that any aviator has ever attempted and sur vived. Any bit of trick flying that any aviator does anywhere little Miss Stinson regards as a personal chal- Ienge. She felt that never again could she hold up her head as an aviatrice sans peur if she did not pick up Art Smiths gauntlet.
 Writing In Fire
 So, out in Los Angeles in Decem- Der, 1915, she rigged her plane with a lot of calcium lights and an electric igniter, scared to the heavens one dark night, touched the button, dump ed her machine, and the trick was done.
 There is absolutely no excuse for anyone doing this stunt" Miss Stin- son has since said. You don't stand a sporting chance, for you are utterly blinded by the lights. You have to loop and dip and dive to make a good display, and you haven't the faintest idea of where you are or what you are doing. You just wait for the fire works to burn out, and then-if you are lucky-you right your plane and get your balance"
 The morning after her first fire works exploit Miss Stinson picked up newspaper and found in it a time exposure night photograph of her trick, in which the letters Cal" had been clearly written by her plane in its fiery course through the heavens. Furious, she rushed to her manager and held the picture in front of him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

the train moves out does this pur- chaser see that he has been swindled most outrageously.
 Queretaro is one of the chief cities of the Bajio Valley, and associated with much of Mexican history. It was here that Maximilian fought against the liberal forces, was defeated and executed in 1867, together with his generals, Mejia and 11iramon. Every one knows the story-how Maximil ian, deserted by Napoleon, rejected by the Mexicans, was condemned to be shot by Juarez; how the Princess Salm-Salm pleaded for his life; how Carlotta eventually became insane. On the spot where that tragedy was enacted the story seems doubly real, and regrets arise that life should be needlessry taken The Austrian Elm peror erected a small chapel in mem ory of his brother and the two gen. erals, and the place is filled with tragic memories. The town has fine churches, architecturally considered, and many are the works of noted de- signers who have chosen the Oriental motif A table, said to have belonged to Maximilian, is in the museum, and it is said his death warrant was sign ed on it. There is also the coffin in which his body was brought from the Cerro de las Campanas, or hill of ex-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09
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remain unchanged. A winding road leads to the brow of the hill, and passes a cave in which Montezuma is said to have disappeared for time.
 No matter how one approaches the brow of the hill there is no one so tired of world beauties but he ex- claims at the scene. In the distance are the abrupt eminences of Ajusco, the blue heights of the Cordilleras, or Las Cruces, the hills of Tepeyac and proud Popocatapetl and Ixtaccihuatl. i Nearer are the green plains and the blue lakes shimmering in the sun. In ; all directions are tiny villages, old wagon trails crossing fields, groves Of ancient trees, haciendas, and in one place the historic drainage canal. All {, is beneath sky serenely blue and calm. It is an entrancing picture, and, fortunately, the quarrels of man can effect but small portion of it. The sky and mountains will remain, no matter what the fortunes of Mexico. ,
 It is said that Carranza is not in sympathy with the church system of Mexico, but that is no new thing in that country. Juarez was so opposed that he took the gold and silver from the aItars, and used 1t for various pur- poses, and he issued many decrees which are in force now. One was that no religious meeting could be held on the streets. The street meetings are never seen as in the United States. On the other hand, though the Mexican peon is poor and dressed in rags, he is devout, and no matter what takes place in Mexico the Cathedral of Mex ico City is the most conspicuous and most frequented building in the city. Nearby it is the National Palace, used since the time of the Spaniards for the executive offices of the government, and in recent years associated with the tragic ending of Madero.
 When one sums up the country to the south of us he stands amazed at the incongruities and difficulties. Tempermentally the two social classes of Mexico are wide apart, and what, suits one does not appeal to the other. The admixture of Indian and Spanish blood, the years and years of warfare, and the large number of peones must all be considered. Carranza is suc- ceeding, and he is entitled to great credit, for his task has been far from easy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09
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vast number of thrills into her six years of flying. Before the idea of be- coming a fiier occurred to her she had been impressed strongly by the TO- nance of the air sport, which was then far more hazardous than it is to- day, and John Moisant and Archie HoXey2fying kings of their time were her idols. It was a tragic CO., incidence, but one that failed to daunt her, that both of her heroes were killed on the same day, Moisant in New Orleans and Hoxey in Los An geles.
 Exhibition Flights
 The financial success which these men were making of their exhibition flights inspired Miss Stinson with the idea of going into the work herself to acquire the funds which her ambi. tious musical program demanded. Il was an unheard. of thing for girl and a girl of seventeen at that-to at | tempt. But Katherine Stinson is an innovator. Deaf to the remonstrances and dark predictions of her terror stricken friends, she entred an avia ton school in 1912, and in July ot that year the Aero Club of America issued her license number 14S. Few fiers alive today hold licenses witt | lower numbers.
 Her first solo fight was for thi! license, and took place in Chicago She used a Wright biplane, with z Wright motor that was good for onl! forty miles an hour. The mode which she used on that occasion wa! the one with which Walter Brookin! did the spiral dive-standing the ma chine on one end and sliding side | 11yieo
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09
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from Buffalo to Washington in honor $1OO,OO0,0O0 then being subscribed. She picked up donations and cam paign reports en route, and delivered them to Secretary McAdoo on the Treasury steps in Washington. This was one of the few long-d!stance flights that have ever been made ab- solutely on time from start to finish.
 Miss Stanton now found that she had made a name for herself as a cross-country fier, and followed the Red Cross achievement with others of greater risk. One was from Chatta- nooga to Birmingham, 250 miles through tricky currents over bad moun- tains, where there was no chance to land in case of trouble. Her course took her over Fort Payne, Alabama, the town where she was born, and she dropped Red Cross and Liberty Bond bombs" en route.
 Still greater fame came with fight from San Diego to San Francisco over the Tehachapi Mountains, a hazard ous course that many fliers had tried and failed. She did the 610 miles in nine hours and ten minutes, and was the first person who has ever had breakfast in San Diego and dinner in San Francisco.
 Breaking a Record Miss Stinson's flight of all flights up to date was made only this last May, when she hung up a master record by ] making nonstop, cross-country jump from Chicago to Binghamton, N. Y. She followed the route of the Erie Railroad over this course, which measures 7S3 miles. But the Aero Club of America figures all distance flights as the crow flies, and her off cial distance record will be a little less.
 Thus did Katherine Stinson break the American cross-country record of 510 miles held by Miss Law, and be- come the undisputed cross-country champion of all fiers in the United i States. She had already, in Califor- mia, broken all long-distance records for men and women, and in the Chi cago-Binghamton flight she broke her
 own record.
 She hopes to do even better before i the summer is over.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

Immediately after receiving her license Miss Stinson started giving ex- hIbition flights. If she had simply gone up and come down it would have been all that was expected of this rara aVa-this strange bird-girl. But Kath- crime Stinson has never expected spe- cial consideration because of her sex. She figured that the public demanded as much trick flying from her as it did from any other aviator. Whether the public expected it of her or not, she furnished the thrills. Miss Stinson has been from the first a stunt f1ier, and she has never departed from the daredevil class.
 She was having a new machine built-a military tractor-when Lin coin Beachey took his tragic crash. Beachey had the best motor in the world-a Gnome-and Miss St1nson knew it. Hoodoos are nothing in her young life. She immediately effected the purchase of the wrecked ma chimes Gnome motor, which she in- stalled in the new military tractor. Twelve successful flights she made with the new outfit, and Oil the thir- teenth-the thirteenth, mark you she reproduced the loop-the-loop trick that Beachey himself had created.
 She was the first woman fiier in the
 world to loop an areoplane, and the
 feat was accomplished by only two men-Beachey and De Lloyd Thomp- | son-before she did it.
 ! Soon after this Art Smith found | that he could amuse the public by
 risking his neck in night flying with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

You know what think of cheap press-agent stuff like this!" she ex- ploded. Isn't my flying good enough so you don't have to fall back on faking?"
 Do you mean to say" he de- manded, that you didn't mean to spell the name of the State?"
 "Of course not" she returned, hotly. 'It can't be done! I know faked photographs when I see them"
 The manager had to call in two newspaper photographers, who had "shot her night flights" and get them to show her their negative before Miss Stinson was convinced that she had done what she thought impossible. Even then she disclaimed credit for it, and called Il "just Katherine Stin- son luck" But the Californians took 1t as an added trick in their honor, and the story of her writing in fire works went all over the world.
 In November, 1916, the bird girl took her plane to the Orient to fly for the Chinese and Japanese. Two days before she sailed Ruth Law broke the <AA1SI1Cd4 lOoo-SOuAL4y 145AI 4CNOA U, and Miss Stinson struggled hard against burning desire to cancel the trip across the Pacific. She wanted that record herself. But honor pre- vailed, and over she went. She gave special exhibition trick fights for the Emperor of Japan and the President of China, and did the fireworks stunt l over Peking.
 1 Not being able to write Chinese, she did not attempt any heavenly inscrip- tions, yet an English-language news paper published in Picking announced the next day that she had only spelled "P-e-k-," and complained that she must have got frightened then and quit.
 Once again she exercised her pro- fessional and feminine prerogative of going up in the air.
 T suppose" she shifted, "that if I had spelled it all out they would have felt they were swindled if I forgot to dot the i'!"
 Flight for Red Cross
 After six months in the Orient, Miss Stinson returned to San Francisco on Decoration Day last year. Her next big flight was a cross-country tour
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

and the letter writers still sit on the street corners ready to indite love missive or business letter as occa- sion demands.
 One of the sights of Mexico City which still remains a sight despite sion of automobiles and carriages down the famous Paseo de la Re forma. Like all great capitals. Mex ico's fashion drives have shifted from Once the most beautiful boulevard was the Paseo de Bucarell, then it was the Paseo de la Viga, and after Maxi milan and Carlotta came they plan ned the Paseo de la Reforma. Up and down this paseo, especially on Sunday, there is constant procession of the rich. War has injured the paw ing, but this makes no difference in the number of automobiles, carriages and horseback riders. The throng is dressed in it's best, women are beauti- fully gowned and wear brilliant jew els, and it is a show of the aristocrats, WOL luy OL any EuIOpGdu capital III times of peace. Down this driveway passed daily Carlotta, Maximilian, Juarez, Diaz, Madero to their summer home in Chapultepec Castle, and now that Carranza is at the helm the pro- cession still continues, though the riders may suffer from bounces occa- stoned by want of repair due to neces- sary curtailment of the city's ex- penses.
 Castle of Chapultepec
 This magnificent boulevard ends at the Hill of the Grasshopper," on which is the historic Castle of Chapul- tepec. Every ruler of Mexico has used this castle more or less, for it dates back to the time of the Aztec Montezuma. Nearby it is the Mill tary Academy of Mexico, somewhat like our West Point. Here boys are trained for the army, and when this hill was taken by the Americans un- der General Scott the young cadets bravely defended it. To commemor- ate this a handsome monument has been erected at the base of the hill. A memorial to the Americans who died at that time is in the American Cemetery. It is fortunate that war has not made havoc with this castle. but no matter what man may do to it the magnificent setting and view will
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09
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Quaint Old Customs


 War has made little difference with the main features of this town, and the queer street scenes continue here as in other towns. Strangers still reg ister their names on blackboards placed on the office walls of hotels, keys are unknown in many places, and funeral cars seem a prominent feature of the street scenes-only in time of war they are more frequent. Often twenty pass the Plaza Major, as the heart of the city is called, in an hour. Gambling in a small way still continues-Carranza has been cred ited with trying to stop it-and it will in some form always be dear to the Mexican heart. At one time even the street car tickets were good for a chance. Always in war times there is a certain happy-go-lucky spirit that says, Whats the use Of worry; let's toss up the money, and our ticket may win'
 Life In Mexico City
 The Mexicans have seen scenes of terror but they are a volatile people, and rebound quickly That is one req son why life in Mexico City seems to the casual outsider to go on the same as in the peaceful days of Madero Many times day the streets are sprinkled, pieces of paper are tied to door gratings to let passers by know that within rooms are to let, and the fire engines dash down the streets drawn by diminutive mules. Some k;~,az %6au ctOn fn faad %haaA ~v,, II animals while the fire burns severely on. All the Saints days are still cele- brated by total cessation from work,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

DIE bTOIHeE hAllOu, VIII ndN6 Ia tendency to convince the Latin American people that we have no de- sire to be highwaymen, and that we have no ambition to gain territory. 1 In other words, what we desire the Mexicans and others to understand is that we are champions of liberty. We wish to hold a position of protection toward smaller nations. It is to the credit of our country that we are not seeking territory, but are fighting for the triumph of certain principles. We are trying to make Mexico and some other nations understand this.
 The words of President Wilson are of such a noble import that it is hoped they will give Mexico a clearer Insight Into our aims, and strengthen ghe bond of amity between us. Car. Panza's country has been so torn with Internal strife that it may be difficult O get a wide viewpoint, but the friend
 y attitude of our country, as mani Tested in the speech of President Will bon, may make them better able tc nse clear vision in looking at the coun
 Dry to the north of them. Those who Understand Mexico, with her historic background. charming climate and picturesque cities. hope that this wal will emphasize the importance ot
 he diplomatic relations between tht United States and all Latin-America
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09
Holder of Americas Cross-Country Nonstop
 Flight = Trick Flying Helping Uncle Sam, Bond Selling to Charting Air-Routes

records for distance flights, and has hung up an American cross-country nonstop flight record that surpasses all other distance flights of both men and women aviators in this country.
 She can stop flying now any time that she wants to, and get the best that the musical world has to offer. But no one seriously expects her to-, for the government has observed her work, and found 1t good, and since by her sex she is hopelessly barred from active participation in the war, she has taken up, with characteristic vim, the job of charting new air routes for mail transportation and carrying mail over the new highways in the clouds.
 Means To An End
 Miss Stinson has also found way to express her patriotism in way that is more directly connected with the war. In many cities where she has been flying since the United States entered the war she has volunteered her services to the army, navy and marine corps recruiting stations, and has been an earnest and enthusiastic recruiting sergeant" pro-tem. This summer she is taking up, in addition to her recruiting activities, the pro motion of the sale of War Savings Stamps.
 Katherine Stinson has crowded a great variety of experiences and a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09
Life In Historic Mexico Practically the Same As for Centuries Past Magnificent Scenery and
 Abject Poverty Go Hand In Hand

and the desirability that these re1a- cial. The terrible conflict ought to impess on all of the nations of the Western Hemisphere that we ought to have solidarity of interest and action in international affairs.
 CaTTanza Has Big Job
 Those who know Mexico appreciate what task Carranza has in keeping his country quiet at home and neutral abroad. If war had meant loss of life to Mexico that would have been bad enough, but railroads and mines were disabled, and public enterprises of all kinds suffered by the Mexican revolu- tion. Carranza needs money to re- build railroads and carry OH govern mental work. and he has been facing a difficult proposition.
 Mexico City, though shot ridden in places, keeps a brave front to the world. Her shops were always fine, and they are apparently doing a good | business. The Pasee de la Reforma- the grand boulevard of the city-is as beautiful as in the days of Carlotta, and the Castle of Chapultepec, indis- solubly connected with Mexican his tory, rears its head as proudly as ever on the hill from which it gets its name. It Is true, there are soldiers on the streets. and that in the country bandits occasionally fire at passing trains, but there is a generally opti- mistic feeling that the worst is over l and there is a great big hope that
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

H D ATHERINE STINSON, holder of
 A Americas. cross-country, non
 stop flight record, and the only " woman f1ier to whom has been intrusted Uncle Sarn's air mail, did not intend to make flying her life work when she went into the game, six years ago. Her ambition was not to be Americas champion bird-girl Fly ing was to be only a means to an end.
 Miss Stinson Is a musician, and the dream of the little girl in Jackson, Mississippi, was nothing more sensa- tional than to become a teacher of piano. She did not believe in doing things by halves, and she wanted to be equipped with the very best musical education that was to be had. Her funds were exhausted before she had completed her preparation, which was planned to include study in the musical centers of Europe.
 So she took up flying with the de- liberate purpose of giving exhibition flights until the education had been provided for. She intended then to come back to earth and live in the same sphere as the rest of us. But the world has moved since the peace full days of 1912.
 Pioneer In Aviation
 Miss Stinson has been pioneering in American aviation in fair competition with men flyers, startling the world both with stunt flying and breaking
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-09

~ RESIDENT WILSON'S speech to
 the representatives of Mexico, A in which he depicted Us as a 1 Big Brother nation, will have
The Carlisle independent., 1918-02-07

mentS at many of the large mar kets railroads are frequently un. able to deliver soft corn prompt ly to differs and other industries where it can be handled. It is recommended that farmers and country shippers delay the move ment of soft corn from the field and farms, unless conditions at the point to which the corn is shipped are such that the corn can be given quick attention. If corn is standing up well in the field. it should be left on the stalk as long as possible, as it will dry better there than anywhere else. After harvesting, soft corn should be stored in well venti- lated cribs until conditions for spelling during shipment are re duced to a minimum. As much of it as possible should be fed on the farm, as the greatest return for it can usually be obtained that way.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-02-07
Rice Victory Bread

Save wheat and at the same time pacify the hungry family with rlce bread. a delicious bread which is not wholly wheatless. but nevertheless Is somewhat of a wheat substitute Here Is the recipe, supplied by the Southern Rice Growers association:
 Two cups boiled rice. six cups of flour or more if necessary. one cake yeast. dry or compress ed, or one-half cup liquid yeast; two tablespoons sugar, one table spoon salt, two tablespoons short ening, if desired; one half cup lukewafm water if liquid yeast is not Used.
 Cook the rice until soft with as much water as it will absorb; put through a colander, cool until lukewarm. then add the salt, su- gar and about one cup of flour and mix thoroughly. Next. add the yeast, which has been rubbed
The Carlisle independent., 1918-02-07
Insignia on Shoulder Loops Denote Rank
 of Wearer

The rank of commissioned off cers of the United States Army is shown by insignia on the shoulder loops.
 The shoulder loops of a gener- al bear the coat of arms of the United States and two silver stars; lieutenant general, one large and two small silver stars; major general, two silver stars; brigadier general, one silver star; colonel, silver spread eagle; lieu tenant colonel, silver leaf; major, gold leaf: captain, two silver bars; first lieutenant, one silver bar: second lieutenant, no loop insig. nia.
 The shoulder loop of a chap lain bears a Latin cross.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-02-07

ty minutes.
 If desired, the sponge for this bread may be set in the evening, using one fourth as much yeast as directed for the quicker meth cd In warm weather keep this sponge cool.
 Half cup of raw rice will pro. duce the two cups of boiled rice called for in this recipe, it being a pecuIiarity of rice to multiply itself when cooked Broken rice, the cost of which is about two cents less per pound than that of head rice, or rice meal, made by grinding broken rice in a hand mill, can be used to advantage to make rice bread.
 An excellent rice spoon bread is made this way: Break two eggs into two cupfuls of boiled rice. Beat well, adding one tea spoonful of salt, if the rice was not salted when boiled. Mix rice and egg combination, three