The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-11-22

ual dwellings, but could see no person, so
great was the distance.
"The trees of Shiloh Park were as grass
on meadow Shiloh Tabernacle stood out
in bold relief as it nestled in its coat of
white in Shiloh Park The half mile circle
BILE ring on the ground 1t was without
doubt the most beautiful park design seen on
the entire journey. Looking behind, we
saw Waukegan, and just ahead was Keno
sha, twelve miles away. We telt the plane
mounting skyward until the alt1meter reg
istered 5000 feet Now indeed we saw
Lilliputian world below How safe we felt
with the propellers crashing reasSuringly
as we sped on over Racine and other towns
toward Milwaukee.
II settled back in my comfortable seat
to reflect Here we were, fifteen individ-
uals, now 5000 feet over the earth. We
were being borne along against forty mile
wind at a speed of o5 miles an hour. We
were meeting no other traffic. There were
no sickening sensations of turning sharp
corners, as in an automobile. The friction
of each foot travelled by the latter method,
as tires grind the road, was all absent. We
actually were safer than the confusion of
traffic vehicles on the highways below.
Here we were, visualizing and realizing for
ourselves this latest method of travel,
brought forth in the days of Gods Prepare
ton, as prophesied in Isaiah 60:8-"Who
are these that fly as a cloud, and as the
doves to their windows ?" and of the proph-
ecy yet to be fulfilled in greater measure,
Isaiah 81 :5-"As birds flying, so will the
Lord of Hosts defend Jerusalem"
II looked up from my revery, as the plane
gave sudden bump, and saw the beautiful
chain of lakes to the westward and on up
into Wisconsin, including Lake Geneva.
I was told the bump was what is called an
air pocket, which causes the machine to
drop My establishment was increased as
my informant told me we had dropped
twenty or more feet, but I was treasured
when informed that drop of two hundred
feet is not uncommon. The sensation was
almost like an automobile going into
small chuckhole Miss Voliva said that
she never felt calmer in her lifetime, and
her quiet demeanor during the whole of the
trip bore out the statement.
Milwaukee seemed quite congested.
What is that queer little design below? 1t
looks like the face of steel strap, and is
no larger than nickel 1t proved to be
baseball diamond.
Flying over the city and harbor, we
headed in quick descent to the new Butler
Field, seven miles away. We braced our
feet and admitted feeling queer. Now the
pilot has shut off the motors, and we are
diving as it seems, for the earth. What
awful speed What thrills! Bang, the
propellers run again as crashing lightning.
1t is all necessary, no doubt. The naviga-
tor and pilot looked hurriedly at their in
struments down we swoop, until the earth
is literally flying beneath us only few feet
away,-bump and we feel the four pneu-
matte tires touching the ground. On we
fly over RISE and down again, the mo-
tors now off, now on, racing like mad
until all becomes quiet, and Our machine
runs ON few hundred feet and stops but
a short distance from the hangar.
"Cheers arise from the assembled crowd
cheers inside by the passengers, cheers for
the pilot and cheers for all. Our journey
is over. We receive congratulations, group
against the airplane for photograph, bid
good-byes, thank Our host and reluctantly
enter car and crawl to the CITY,"