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The New York herald., 1921-02-27

much" With which remark he was Off at
truly airplane clip in his native tongue.
You wish me to speak Of the commercial
possibilities of the .aeropane2 I must be
very reserved. Conditions may be changed
at any time. But this I believe l can say:
AS long as there is danger to life, as long
there are mperfections in motors that
will cause accidents. the of the aeroplane
for commerce wll not be great.
Especially in the case of a mail service"
He shrugged his shoulders is 1t worth
while at present? For mail service one of
the prime requisites is regularity. That
means that not only must the aviator over
come imperfections in construction and
motor mechanism but he must triumph over
the weather. He must take the air in storm
and wind and rain in fair weather. This
win add to his dangers. II he does not go
your malls will become uncertain.
For other commercial uses regularity is
not so much of a factor, but still there are
serious limitations. The airplane is essen
TALLY an instrument of warfare and in its
present stage of development is not yet en-
tirely adapted to the uses of peace time"
When asked to give his ideas concerning
the controversy as to the superiority OF
aviation over the navy as an arm Of de-
fence and offence he replied that for some
time to come both will be indispensable.
"Battleships must. however, be more heav-
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AIR FORCE FAVORED BY GREATEST ACE

survivor OF the first generation of French
aces with forty-four aerial victories on his
official list, with forty by unofficial count.
He possesses no less than thirty-nine diff
ferent decorations On his Croix de Guerre
are twenty -eight palms each or whics
means a decoration before the army. HIS
seventeen wounds are visible only In
slight limp and a diagonal scar on his
chin, although several Of his joints have
been REINFORCED or entirely replaced by
platinum.
Lieut.. Nungesser will not give out any
statement concerning the inventions which
he has brought to this country, but
promises to give the Americans the results
of hts extended research as soon as he
lis sure of protection for his rights. Con-
cerning them he says: II can only say
at present that all my efforts have been
spent In studying how the loss of speed and
danger to life may be eliminated
1t is understood that the inventions. il
successfully demonstrated, will be prob
ably offered to the Governments of France.
England and the United States stimuli
taneously.
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Wellesley Girl Builds Her Own House

IN TO, don't believe my Wellesley Col
M lege degree qualified me for car
pentering," laughed Miss Jessie
Reid, who holds forth in the advertising de-
partment of Fifth avenue publishing house.
Nevertheless with her own hands she has
sawed. planed, joisted, joined and otherwise
fashioned and put together her four room
bungalow at Bound Brook. just beyond Plain
field, N. j. That is she did everything but
the plumbing. which she says she could have
done, but plumbing is a bit too heavy for a
woman.
Il learned more about stress and strain
IN building my house than ever did In the
Wellesley College laboratories" continued
Miss Reid. who has been I'm publishing houses
for twenty-odd years. but perhaps Weles-
ley's beautiful campus with it's stretches Of
woods-this was long before the dormitories
dotted up the hills-and the Wellesley spirit
OF self-reliance planted in me the build my
own house idea
you know that most every New Yorker
dreams of owning a quiet little cottage far
frcm elevateds, trucks and riveting. j had
worked in New York for so many years with
only few weeks outing in summer that
felt myself slowing down. About this time.
In 1908, camped In a tent at Bound Brook
where the Christadora Settlement in which
had done volunteer work, had it's fresh air
camps. ! was SO thrilled by the outdoor life
that when came back TO the city ] drew
my dreams on paper and then fashioned
them In canvas. and presently. in my IA foot
square room In Leroy street and Hudson
Park, made a room. 7h by 10 feet Of can
var screenings. The next summer I took
my portable room out to camp, set Il on a
platform that I had to build, drove in the
posts fastened II together with clapboards
Put in a window and lived in n palace.
THE next summer 7 built porch around
the whole room and entertained the campers
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lily armed against the air." said he 1T is
only by an adequate equipment of anti-air-
craft guns that they can keep off the air
plane. do not know your American battle
ships. / shall soon see. i have been off,
cially invited to inspect the Tennessee. but
my opinion is that each battleship should
not only have protection against airplanes
but should have aerial escorts of fighting
planes and should be provided with landing
platforms SO that airplanes may be actually
carried
1T lis conceivable to me, nevertheless, that
with the development of the airplane a range
of effectiveness may be attained which will
far outdistance that of the battleship. For
the aviator five or six miles is nothing.
One mile is passed In a few seconds. If it
should ever become possible that torpedoes
with a range Of ten miles or more could be
used the airplane could spot the battleship
from afar off, swoop down, fire its torpedo
and be off again before the anti i-aircraft ap-
paratus could be brought into play. 1t would
go through the water like this zzzzzzzzz-
boom, and the dDfon is not therei You un-
derstand?"
During this last maneuvre he rose ex-
citedly as a fan at ball game. His right
hand became a torpedo and his left battle
ship. As the torpedo gathered speed he ad-
vanced half way across the room and at
the moment OF the explosion his eyes lit up
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velopment of the airplane depends to large
extent on what the Governments of the
Allies do about these things. i favor q
consolidated board of engineers, the best
engineers from America France and Eng
land, to do nothing but work on rendering
the airplane more effective instrument of
warfare, for as such 1t will probably always
find it's greatest usefulness. With combina-
tion of the pep of America, the creative
genius of France and the caution of Eng
land we should be able to perfect machine
which will far outclass anything we now
have
Lieut. Nungesser has founded school in
France and has proved himself leader
of the first calibre. An enthusiastic teacher
he has a large following of devoted novices
in flying. During the war he would take
his pupils out with him and signal them
to attack at the proper moment, while he
himself would protect them against sur
prises
At first he was very reckless. Frequently
he would come back with his machine
wreck. But as he learned through ex-
perience he began to exercise caution.
Still a young man of 20 he is the last
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with contagious enthusiasm that almost
carried you out to sea with him.
Turning then to other phases of aviation
he said:
Aviation must be more strictly regulated
If 1t is to progress and gain in the public
estimation. The traffic of the air must be
regulated even more strictly than the traffic
of the streets. 1t may some day become
necessary to post one more captive bal
looms in the crowded area, as for instance,
above the great cities. 1t will surely be
necessary to have a regular aerial police
force for the country. The danger of the
aerial traffic Is In controlling those who
persist in recklessness without reason.
"The most stringent regulations must be
made against allowing any one but well
qualified pilots to- take the air. Most Of
the accidents occur to beginners, who are
anxious to do stunts. They do not realize
that when they fall they not only endanger
themselves ana those below. but hey jeop
ardize the whole future of aviation
do believe in the liberalization OF avia-
ton? I believe that the Government in
America, as in France, should concern itself
with all aviation activity. The future de-
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MY home isn't finished yet don't want
1t finished II is such fun TO go there at
night and find a new job ready. am really
building this house not only for myself but
for the children OF the settlement after
am gone. Half the joy of my carpentering
has been the curious staring and questioning
OF these little ones as they watch a woman
doing the things they have only seen a,man
do in the city
"One day little boy guiding a visitor
around camp pointed me out with much i'm
portance: That's Miss Reid She made this
house herself. She's an Indian chief
"rhat Indian chief idea he got from my
habit OF telling the children Indian woodcraft
tales. I was born in the Indian Territory.
now Oklahoma. and my father was one OF
three men voted into the Choctaw tribe.
never got any carpenter practice in those
days, though my brother and + did build
snow igloos, but we did learn a great many
Indian words.
House building having solved for me the
problem of keeping physically fit, / shall
continue work of this kind shall make
furniture after have added an extra recep-
ton, room TO my cottage. That extra recep-
ton room. by the way, will cost me as much
as the whole house, even though have the
shingles for II. For I have used up all my
pre-war wood, which ] had had delivered in
1915 and stored I'm lumber rack had built.
my house has been appraised at 1900,
but 1t cost me only about $500. Kerosene
lamps give us plenty OF light and oil stoves
serve for heating and cooking. / did get
supply OF coal for my fireplace this winter.
but have had little occasion to use IT, The
cooking stove is very handy in the pantry
and the fireless cooker makes an icebox i'm
summer. Farmers love to bring eggs milk
and vegetables and stare at that house
And that house In called Chuckmd--the
word Choctaw Indian utters when he finds
a satisfactory camping ground"
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Lazy Charm of the Automobile
Tempts Those Who Should Walk

am quite sure the automobile Is doing
some mischief with our young folks. and
there is evidence that its lazy charm appeals
to those OF advanced years who should walk
more. / believe more men and women smoke
living in this country than used to- The
cities are larger the population grows, and
these things should be taken into considera-
ton before expressing ex cathedra opinions.
II seems to me we are sugar coating our
methods OF educating our boys and girls and
want TO make the training too easy for them,
but when they themselves take the reins and
start out on that long path we call the road
OF life" they will find little sugar coating"
Athletics splendid because the com
petitors must. TO use n vernacular, put
hinges In their knees" TO authority. This
training helps In later life
Again we must remember that we have
the medical and physical examinations OF the
college man, also his family history, but we
cannot compare these data with similar in
formation gathered from non-college men
who may be quite az efficient.
Regarding Sir James Cantlies methods,
they are intensely interesting, but once more
II seems to me he presents rather sweeping
conclusions from limited data. To be sure,
there are men sixty and seventy years OF age
who seem to retain the vitality of youth. but
what of their inheritance and methods OF
living? Have we any right to place the
wreath of honor upon gymnastics because
these men remarkable exceptions) are Wig
orous and alert and take little or no setting
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up work" but have lived carefully and have
played?
1t is great mistake to state that gymnas-
tics per Sc will lengthen the life of the re-
sistive forces of the body. They do help, but
exercise is of little value If man violates
the laws Of hygiene and fails to respect the
normal demands of the body.
1t Is too bad that formal gymnastics are
so unpopular. but 1t Is the truth. Few men.
scheme Of body building. They will not even
go to a gymnasium more than few times,
but IL they do they. too. soon give IL up. T
heartily agree with DIR. Sargent when he
pleads for a continuance, compulsory IL
necessary, of formal gymnastics an our edu-
cational institutions.
Games. plays sports and dancing are more
appealing and they prevail where the voun-
tary and set contractions of the muscular
groups soon become unattractive.
There are certain forms of dancing that
safe for adults: they stimulate the action
of the heart and lungs and quicken the ar
terial circulation through the large organs of
the body. Here 1 agree with the eminent
English surgeon.
think Sir James Cantlie's selection of
the term physical jerks" is unfortunate. 1t
is not safe for our ffty-year youngsters who
have not exercised for long time to too
rapidly contract any muscle or group of
muscles. The fibrllse of the contractile tis-
sues are easily torn loose and we have a con-
dition that is often found among older men.
/. e., pulled muscle"
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Outlines Programme of Exercise
For Those Past so Year Marx

If an education. school or college, was an
option the reduction I'm the ranks would be
rapid; IL chapel attendance was by choice
there would be no chapel; IL religion or It's
equivalents were left only to those who
wanted 1t / fear many ministers would
change their vocation. And so with gym
nastics. If IL Is TO be only for those who will
keep UP their exercises the number will be
very small but these things cannot be thus
left to choice. but must be made important
elements in any scheme of education.
If older persons win not take an active
part in body building. then what shall we
say or what can we offer? For the present
and under conditions which prevail, 1 Offer
a start some suggestions for the man who
has stepped over the half century threshold
and who, perhaps for the first time is aware
that there is stomach that possibly lax
atives are good for something. that he feels
like sitting down more than usual that tho
food that made mother famous has lost it's
flavor, that the temper is harder to control,
that he is peevlsh. that II is pleasanter to
ride than walk. that the gait sackens, that
he begins to look backward quite q bit In
short, he feels the weight OF the grasshopper.
At the outset let me try TO make Il clear
that the brain substance is as much a part
or the body as the neuro-muscuiar machin-
cry and Is affected by proper exercise and
right living In an equally effective way, that
the organs OF the body are OF greater worth
than big muscles and must be supplied with
fresh arterial blood several times daily.
do not say that the following directions
form the whole and the only thing in physi-
cal training for the adult brt they are ex-
tremely good.
In addition to the emphasis placed upon
excellent posture I strongly recommend a few
minutes daily devoted TO rapid walking with
free arm swinging, or as they say in some
parts of the country Just cut loose" This
is for the heart and lungs. IL is imperative
that the lungs be filled to their uttermost
parts several times daily and thaA the heart
be made to do more than the work required
by sedentary habits and the automobile. En-
pdssdnt the automobile in doing heap of
mischief to old and young because there is
less time for exercise and more time for
smoking and Laying" II dignity forbids
rapid walking during the daylight hours.
then try IL after dark.
It is taken for granted that In urging
careful exercise and correct posture. we are
dealing with pathological cases, also
that exercise per sc Ia only one factor in re-
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Stays May Hide Disagreement,
But They Never Effect a Cure

How true this is In the case OF women
who most of the time are able to conceal
the disfigurement by corsets but stavs and
abdominal girdles only hide: they do not
cure. The use of these devices Is like paint
ing over n rust covered surface: the rust
remains and eats away the substance.
wish our men would study honestly
their own manly forms before a large mir
ror. II so they would at once instinctively
adopt the best remedy for the defects: that
Is, the arching of the chest, the drawing in
OF the abdominal muscles and the assuming
OF correct standing position, and here we
have the law and prophets OF complete
ana most effective remedy. namely, the as
suming and maintaining of good posture.
An improved attitude may be gradually
taken by an adult and with repeated efforts
or repetition will beget excellent results, but
" must be assumed several times daily and
held for only a few moments AT first II
will seem as II the hinges of the body
needed oiiing, and there may be some slight
distress. but nothing good comes OF it's own
accord and without effort
When carrying out this scheme of physi-
cal training no gymnasium is necessary. and
the only piece OF apparatus called for In the
straight edge Of n door against which our
"decrepit' should stand twice daily and.
graspng the door knob. hug the edge OF the
uoor Win MS many part9 on tne DaCk or tine
body as possible. He should not bend the
head backward, but press the back of his
neck against his collar.
The edge of a door has psychological MS
well as physiological worth. because II de-
velops muscle sense that Is a stimulus
when one tries to stand well.
While on the streets or riding or at n
lecture, or in church. never bend forward
except from the hips. When walking or
after rising from a sitting position take the
attitude Of a soldier. This can be done with
out becoming too "chesty."
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Seeking Patents in America
On His Three New Inventions

To Lieut.. Nungesser--aviator, teacher in
ventor, expert engineer-France owes some
OF her greatest developments in aviation, to
his training some of her best aviators. Sew
enteen wounds attest his activity in the
war On leave of several months Lieut..
Nungesser has come to visit his many
American friends and learn the English
language. He denies he is on a mission for
his Government He says he is only taking
a vacation. He admits, however, that he
has brought to this country three of his
most important inventions to patent.
The nature of the inventions is as yet
secret. Lieut.. Nungesser consented. how
ever, to give HERALD reporter some views
on aviation. At the apartment of the Mar
quis de Charette at the Hotel Chatham
where the Lieutenant probably will stay for
the next few months, portly gentleman In
pajamas opened the door for the reporter.
Although well aware that this wasn't the
young aviator, for the sake of an opening
the question was asked.
mo-" came the reply, with a genuine
Yankee wink This is the Marquis"
Then young man, also in pajamas, came
out from hiding behind hin-a young man
with pale blue eyes and light hair. If you
haven't met Lieut. Nungesser you've missed
something He positively radiates vitality.
When he shakes hands with you 1t is almost
as If you had taken new lease on life. One
feels that the Lieutenant is very much alive.
indeed, no matter how many wounds he has.
You wish me to tell you about the future
of aviation?' he began. "Ah, that is a
great subject. One might say much. Who
can tell? You understand I cannot say
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III Is unnecessary to further rehearse the
list of signs that announce the approach of
inefficiency, but as a parting shot let me
say Your looking glass may reflect back
physical signs IL you win make a study Of
your own nude body"
No attempt will be made here to offer a
remedy for the various ills that most of us
have made our own flesh heir to, but there
are few ways of meeting the unwelcome
efforts OF our own lack of faith in pro-
phylaxia and our own shortsightedness In
being poor business men. for success depends
upon the integrity of the body as well as
upon good business head
However, these very simple exercises,
coupled with greatly improved posture, will
do wonders, and / have not the slightest
hesitation in prophesying that any one over
so or so can accomplish much IL he will only
follow the suggestions here made
What is one OF the very first signs of
growing physical weakness? A dropping
figure. In most cases the head is carried
forward and to one side, the shoulders are
slightly or decidedly round and there are
moderate curves in the spine which deviate
from the normal, but these we find in nearly
every young man we examine but with the
weight of years there is a stoop that comes
insfdiously but surely This stoop is ac-
companied by a falling of the chest walls,
which in turn cramp the thorax and inter-
fere more or less with the free action of the
heart and lungs Slowly, imperceptibly this
change comes and we. poor mortals. accent
1t because 1t is customary and expected"
So is dirty face Customary and ex-
pected' IL we fail to use water, but a soiled
face and hands are unhygienic and so is the
increasing forward curve (kyphosis) OF the
spine.
The high chest which is an indication of
strength and manly beauty fades away or
drops lower and lower until the prominent
abdomen and projecting hips which are most
unsightly and equally unhealthy. take the
place of a finely moulded thorax
Again, the dropping figure causes the alb
dominal muscles TO relax. and the never
ceasing pressure of the abdominal contents
against the muscular bands across the front
and around the sides OF the waist line causes
a rotundty that even in slender persons ii
well nigh repulsive
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1 THE NEW YoRK HERALD efficiency
physical and mentaD in men who have
passed the half century mark stand at
the threshold. The very nature of these
views will make an impression upon GER
tain class, whose influence in turn will affect
many Others SO the intent will be twice
blessed; but want to join those who do not
agree in toto with the conclusions of the
specialists who are quoted by your corre-
spondent.
NV own impression after reading the
views of DR.. Sargent and William Muldoon
was that the youth of to-day was inferior to
his father when studied through the glasses
of the bodily training expert. l was fur
ther moved to think that the findings were
too broad and decisive for the rather limited
ground of the arguments.
II we could come to agreement at the
outset as to precisely what we mean by
~superiority" or 'inferiority" or what is
understood by that oft used and many sided
word success" the discussions would be
weghtier.
More and Better Health Facilities
To-day Than Ever Existed Before
II IT is true that the youth of to-day lis
mot SO capable as his father" and the trend
of the twentieth century is towards laxity
In right living, then 1t is a sad commentary
on our up to date schemes of educating our
boys and girls, our youth and maidens.
There are more and better medical experts
to-day than a quarter Of a century ago, the
hygienic atmosphere of the public, high
school and college is better. there are more
trained health authorities. we know more of
the value Of rest bathing, cleanliness,
prophylaxis and kindred subjects.
There are more and better text books on
sanitary topics the influence of which is felt
In primary schools 1t never was twenty
five years ago. homely but convincing ex-
ample Is the growing popularity of the tooth
brush and mouth washes.
Regarding the physical proportions of the
father and SON. l. have found that the
Yale boy is a little taller than his father
and with wee bit larger chest, but he ought
to have a better thorax because his father
surely did not enjoy the all around educa-
tional opportunities which are given his son.
Whether this boy of to-day Is more eff
cient or more successful than his dad. every
thing considered, is a question yet to be
settled.
am not In accord with the back to ma
ture"i excitement or the life on the farm.
taught in country school and lived in
country farmhouse, and while farmhands
could lift and pitch heavier forkfuls of hay
tnan 4, ana IL pleaSeu then because tney
could beat the teacher, yet in feats of skill
like boxing diving, wrestling &c. they could
not AS l look back It seems to me every
simple law of right living violated by
these country people. There was deal of
sickness, many suffered from poor teeth and
from the daily infringement of laws of health
which we nowadays consider OF paramount
worth. They survived as long as they did
more because of their out of door activities.
not because they lived up to any high health
standards
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Nungesser in
aviation his visiting
of the decorations he in the