Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14

standing aloft there with her arm
out1lung full stretch.
Where. Miss kessler?"
There. Mr.. Mango. Out there before
greatest natural aviation field in this
great and glorious country of ours"
Natural WHAT"
Aviation field. Get me- Why, with
a field like that drawn right up
alongside the Hotel Cadillac, we can
why, it-why. it's immense
That's right. little missy. give US a
recitation. Wake US up around here.
Put some pep into US. Ell? Play up:"
Play up nothing. Mr.. Riley. and if
you're the good hotel man l think you
what I'm telling you. Out there in that
nat country. with nothing but ant
hills for obstacles, you've got the max
ing OF record-breaking aero meet
with nothing but class A exhibits
flying: and the biggest crowd down
having in a million years. Just look!
No water, no bills, no treacherous air
currents. Nothing but country fiat
as the sky. An exhibition fight down
here will be riot. tell you-a riot. '
BY golly. she's right. BY golly, a
man iige you. Riley. with such fol-
lowing llge you got in Indiana could
make for your springs here a SEN
sation."
But. Hirkhimer-
sure. I'm right See. Mr.. Riley,
that's why Mr.. Hirkhimer was able
ing gum. 1t took vision to see a mil
lion dollars in penny stick of wax
1t took vision to catch on to nv idea
so quickly. He's got imagination!
He's got vision
She's right. Riley
HSrr ri
off on the biggest piece Of publicity
you ever heard of. Mr.. Riley. Low
cost. Tremendous results. Now's the
time. while the American tourists and
seekers after health are locked at
homo. for the American spa to come
STA across the seas? Patronfze home
industries. Advertise"
by golly. she's right
Get the crowds down here. You've
got the whole middle west to draw on.
and the east and the south too, for
that matter. l tell you it's a great
scheme. Mr.. Riley. Aviation's the great
question Of peace and war. Let's have
flight. 1 just wonder it didn't hit
me before. 1 know the whole air
and If you big bugs will get up the
purse I can get you any Of the fancy
flyers Of the world down here for an
, exhibition flight"
but, Miss Kessler-"
sT KNOW a mans got a bfplane
in his back shed right now that
will focus the eyes of the world on
Cadillac Springs over night, If we can
get him down here for his first ex-
hibition flight. If he can't give you
a night flight. loop the double loop
four times and Volplane down for
you. 1 guarantee. ladies and gentle
men, every cent of your purse back to
you. What would you say If I could
get him down here on a moderate
purse for the first exhibition fight
of machine that's going to put fly
ing forward a quarter Of q century,
for you? This is the kind of a field
he needs to prove that he's done that
little thing. Ask any aviator the
value of a fiat country. Why, I've got
SO much faith. ladies and gentlemen,
in that Meyer biplane and in her new
stabilizer that I'D stake million
dollars on it, if l had it. I'd bank
my soul on that machine"
"Loog how egzited she gets. .Ain't
it treat, Riley, to see her.
Its because I've seen her parts Mr.
Hirkhimer. I've seen her in test flight
after dark, doing a snake dance
against the sky and then volplane
down like a gull scooting for water.
II I can get that machine down here.
Mr.. Riley. for night exhibition, with