El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
First Ell PaSO
Woman TOFIy
Likes It Fine
Mrs. Morfit Says 1t Was
Pleasant; She Did Not
Get Sick.


I There was no unpleasant sensa tion
about it," said Mrs. Josephine Nations
Morfit. when asked about her first
ride in an airplane. "On the contrary.
It was most thrilling"
Mrs. Morfit went up on Tuesday
afternoon and is the first Ell Paso
woman to fly. She went up $500 feet
and took several thrilling spins while
in the air.
1T looks from the earth as If an
Z atrplane was moving very fast" said
I Mrs Morfit but YOU hardly appear
Z 10 be moving at all after you get up.
I If you put your hand out. YOU feel the
/ wind tanning it rather briskly-that
I is all
"No, did not feel the least bit sick
and there is nothing to make one
afraid The airplane goes up and
comes down very gracefully and the
riding is much smoother than an au-
tomobile- It is most fascinating TO
gaze out upon the country as you sail
along. We were up so high that we
could not see the people in the streets.
and the houses looked like playthings.
The fields and parks were beautiful
in their color and the regularity Of the
roads, walks and drives
1T was a very thrilling experience
and ] would not take anything for IL"
Lost His Breath Once.
Vincent Andreas. another Ell Pasoan
who made a flight, was as enthusias-
tic as Mrs Morfit over his "joy ride
in the air"
Il can say that I felt only one pc
culiar sensation" said he. and that
was after we had got as high as we
We're going. when the pilot tipped the
car suddenly TO one side / did not
feel afraid. but the sudden change
just seemed TO stop every function in I
the body. Ny blood seemed 70 stand |
still for a second and my heart ap- /
peared TO have ceased to beat But II ]
was all so sudden that I could hardly /
call IL a sensation ] have heard peo- !
pie say it made them seasick to ride i
in a plane. Tt had no such effect on I
me, either riding or going UP or com
ing down.
aIn climbing for altitude my pilot
would climb a short distance, then 60 I
straight ahead for a time Every
time he started TO climb, the water IN
his radiator spilled and the propeller
drove IL back in my face and almost
drowned me 7 like flying so Wen
that I am going to get me planes
soon as my oil well comes in
passed at the regular session creating
the board be amended so as TO become
.AAE-LAHE 81 a-AaaAaA- H. Aa=aa NJ a aH7sa-ef--
TO be convened In the meantime. the
governor SAYS he viii again submit
this subject so the law may be amend
ed ITO conform 10 the best judgment
Of the legislature"
The governor informed the lesisla-
ture that after conferring with the
chairman Of the senate finance and
The house appropriation committees he
is advised that it is not reasonable to
expect that any OF the appropriation
bills viii be ready FOR consideration
IN less than two weeks time.
"For this reason Il is my judgment
hat the public interests viii be served
By disposing OF the three subjects /
have submitted and deferring action
ln other measures until 7 convene the
again IN June said the
governor in a special message.
Therefore. unless Il be upon re-
quest Of a majority Of the members Of
-Our body, I viii not submit additional
subjects ar the present session"
The senate unanimously adopted the
house concurrent resolution which
'ecOmmends that all returning soldiers
be restored TO their positions occupied
It the time they entered the service
II the United States in the world war.