The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-14
kIWANIANS To


MVHNIHWO III
Continued from rage One1
last night that Letter, whose ac-
count OF the baseball game given
on Chicken Night" was so we'll
received, would hereafter have
charge OF stunts. and that c. w.
Walker would attend to the musical
end of the social sessions. Those
two have already organized a rough
neck gang that viii throw any
similar bunch in the shade. it was
announced by the president.
After the roll call, President Nor
man stated that he had in his
midst a noted aviator, who would
tell all about things higher up
Whereupon Lieutenant w. Floyd
Wilson. OF Langley field, who has
been going around the country
boosting aviation for the govern
ment, arose.
IRISH'S RECITAL
According to W. +. Irish, who set
near him this Is how he explained
the situation:
You see" said the lieutenant,
lit is ship, not a car, and we do
not keep it in a garage or stable,
but we keep ii in hangar That
makes it different from a car. Some
people do not know what is A ship
II is built to go a certain speed, and
II you misc calculate that speed when
you are UP in the air, and the ship
is going seventy miles an hour
when it should no. go over sixty, the
next thing to do is to look for the
softest place on land. So that you
may jump out and not get hurt.
You see continued the lieu
tenant. the little holes In the sides
and in the bottom OF the car are
not to. tighten the ship, but to give
us fresh air"
You see, the momentum of tho
ship must be maintained, and that
IS what the elevators are for on
each side of the stick. If the tire
won't move at the proper time all
you have to do Is to swivel around
10 the other end and grab the rud-
der, but If the ship turns over.
don't jump out. just reverse every
thing that you did on tho upper cur
rent, and when the proper altitude
is reached then you may get in tho
elevator and come down.
Il am satisfied that with these
you can run ship with little prac-
tice. | have been in the service two
years and / am going TO stay in. for
aviation is getting to be one of the
greatest things in the world. II Is
being commerciaized and it Will he
only a matter of time when YOU
fellows will be coming to these
meetings in your airships, instead
of walking all the way UP here from
Main street"
This description Of an airship
was received with tremendous APP
plausc and several kiwaniaps do
clared they stood ready TO join the
Walton corps,
GLAD TTDINGS
Ralph Harrison gave details Of
the Baltimore trip. He brought
back the glad tidings that Joe Hank
had been elected lieutenant OF tho
capital division. embracing Mary
land, Delaware, District of Columbia
and Virginia. and that Max Ouch
arme had been chosen secretary of
the division. He said that Virginia
was the banner state in this di-
vision. inasmuch as there ore two
chartered clubs here, the Richmond
club and one in Norfolk, to which
Joe Hank will deliver it's charter
tonight.
We had a corking time, didn't
WEI" said Ralph, putting the query
20 Dan 0Flaherty, who was also
in the party.
We did" admitted Dan,
Sure IL wasn't an un-corkinG
time7" asked Rev. Frank Pratt
whose credentials as a new mem Der
had heap
TT wasn't" declared President Nor
man, was II Max"
Not sos you could see II. But it
WAS some time and we carried out
our program to the minute. There
we're no headaches. and other things
that usually follow such meeting Is.
Was IT, LETTER."
tbt say il Was
Ntee President O'Flaherty in a
ringing speech, said the Ktwanians
represented old man optimism and
that the body OF Pesstrnism had been
tossed out the window into the cob
hleHtona paVenpnt OF Tenth street.
1T is necessary" said the vice-presi-
dent TO be an optimist in order to
he "A good Kiwantan We look uron
the bright side. and where things
seem dark we set TO work brighten
ing them NJ That is the slogan
Optimism.
RESULTS or THE GAME
Stewart RaRland stopped eating
long enough TO give an account df
the baseball game He said ne had
$3.50 and some sense on hand, with
thirty members to hear from which
ought to put it up to 500 for the
Kiwanian share The Rotarians, he
said were so busy paying their bets
on the game that he had not vet
heard from them.
Captain Buckroder reported on
Chicken Night. and declared that no
such night had ever before been
given in Richmond and he hoped they
would come oftcner.
herman Dart said he was secretly
making arrangements for CHECKER
Might at his plant at an early date,
but he did not want any one to know
about IT just yet
A number OF new members were in e
troduced and the glad hand was ex-
tended by the pep squad while
Charlie Rowe led in singing How -dy,
DO"
l. r. Hancock. of jamestown. y
Y. said he was very happy to find
himself in the midst Of so many live
wires. and hoped in the near future
to have the Measure OF helping en-
terrain the bunch at his home town,
and Mr.. Carnegie, OF Norfolk said
he hoped to be able to do the same
thing shortly.
we accept both invitations" said
Mike Dapprich