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The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17
RUPTURE EXPERT HERE
Seeley, Famous in this Specially
Called to Barlow

f. H. Seeley, of Chicago and Phila-
delphia, the noted truss expert, will
personally be at the Oaks Hotel, and
will remain in Barlow Friday only
March oath. Mr.. Seeley says: THE
Spermatic Shield will not only retain
any case of rupture perfectly, but
contracts the opening in 10 days on
the average case. Being a vast ad-
vancement over all former methods
-eXemplifyng instantaneous effects
Immediately appreciable and with
standing any strain or position no
matter the size or location. Large
or difficult cases, or incisional rup-
lures following operations) specially
solicited. This instrument received
the only award in England and in
Spain, producing results without sur
gerv. Injections, medical treatments
or prescriptions. Mr.. Seeley has doc
uments from the United States gov
ernment, Washington, d. c., for in
spection. He will be glad to dem
onstrate without charge or fit them
if desired. Business demands pre-
vent stopping at any other place in
this section.
P. S.-Every statement in this no.
tice has been verified before the Fed
eral and State COurts.-F. H. Seeley.
Home office, III No. Dearborn street,
! Chicago. adV.-"-l'
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17

Mrs. A. M. Mathison paid a short
visit to Arcadia, Tuesday.
S F. Pate attended to business in
Arcadia, Monday morning.
Farmer" King is now running
two stores, and he says business is
good.
Roy Adams and Harry Reeves
went to Fort Myers, Saturday, and
spent several days there.
II is proper to wear a sprig of
shamrock on the lapel of your coat
today, as it is Saint Patricks day.
The county commissioners will
meet in adjourned session at two
O'Clock tomorrow Saturday after
noon.
Miss Frances Blazer, accompanied
by her little friend. Opal Decker
visited kindred at Nocatee from Fri
day evening till Sunday night.
Calvin Page and family are now
living in Wauchula. Mrs. Page and
her little daughter, after visiting
friends here several days, went home
Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brady Williams and
the formers brother, Robert Will
Jams, came over from Tampa, Friday
night, and visited relatives anC
friends here until Sunday evening
when they went back.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17

Henry D. Silverfriend, teacher of
the Koreshan Unity school; Alfred
Christensen, a machinist; stephen
Chislett, architect and carpenter, and
Master Raymond Trebell, citizens of
Estero, passed through here in a car
Yesterday morning; went to Arcadia
on business, and returned yesterday
afternoon.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17
ElOrida'S Climate

While hundreds of thousands of
visitors from other sections are en-
joying the sunshine and balmy air
of Florida at time when many mil
lions are enduring heavy storms,
blizZards, slush and lowering skies,
and even California is suffering from
snow storm and the worst weather
in two decades, it is meet that we
should discuss the climate of Florida.
1t has been demonstrated, more
than ever this year, that Florida has
the ideal climate. With the middle of
February passing we have had less
than five days that called for even
blaze in the fireplace this winter
So far, not more than three days
have been entirely sunless, and less
than a score of days have been
cloudy enough to obscure the sun for
more than a few minutes. 1t Is sim
ply wonderful.
Under the fluttering palms in a
dozen cities of Florida, bands of ma
tional reputation are playing every
afternoon and evening, entertaining
nearly a hundred thousand people
daily in the wonderful open air of
Florida, in midwinter, while other
thousands are disporting in the waves
of the Atlantic ocean or the Gulf of
Mexico, along the eleven hundred
miles of sea coast of this wonderful
state.
A million people are riding daily
over the s.lendid paved roads OF
Florida, enjoying the picturesque
scenery in a panorama of blending
foliage of green, gold and red, and
the wonderful flowers of the poinset-
tia, the hibiscus, the oleander, the
bouganvilla, the bignonia, the rose,
the alamander, the royal poinciana,
the gladiolis, the lilies and whole
fields of daisies and morning glories:
skirting the ocean, the rivers and
lakes that abound in almost every
section; passing through magnificent
groves of oranges and grapefruit,
with the golden, globes hanging in
tempting punches from every limb
and twig; warmed by the sunshine
and famed by the invigorating
breezes from off the sea, their en-
joyment is complete as their senses
are soothed and their hearts made
glad by the great goodness of nature
in this genial clime-the supreme
gift of the Creator for the revivfying
of the nation.
And so, the great state of Florida,
uniuue in it's wonderful climate, with
in easy reach of more than 10000
600 million people, comprising the
great centers of population of the
United States, is drawing new people
like a great magnet, from every sec
ton of the country and from al
countries, and the news of the com
fort, enjoyment and health that is
going out from hundreds of thou
sands of happy visitors is forming an
endless chain that will bring to Flori'
da another million visitors and mil.
lion permanent residents in the neXt
decade.-Florida Real Estate Jour
nal.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17

Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. harrington of
Tampa. were here in their car, Tues
dav afternoon, for an hour or two.
They went to Arcadia, spent the night
and returned here next day on a visit
of few days to Mr.. and Mrs. c. l..
Fries. Mrs. Harrington was former
" Miss Nellie Brown. She spent her
pirlhood here, and is known and low
ed by local people.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17

Mrs. N. n Wakefield and her at
tractive daughter, Miss Hazel Wake
field, arrived here from their home
in jacksonville, Friday night, and are
paying g. ten-days visit to their num-
erous friends, particularly Mrs. Mary
X. Rankin, at her residence in So
lana.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17

The dance at Red Fish Lodge, Fri
day night, was enjoyed by nearl
a hundred people of both sexes and
netted about forty dollars for tn
golf course. Those who attended
say il was one of the most pleasan
affairs of the season.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17
The Weather

The following report Of local
weather conditions is furnished by j.
j. Mccain, local L. S. weather obser-
yer. for the period beginning March
9Th, and ending March 18th, 1922.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17
TOWN TOPICSOF WEEK
1he important Happenings of punta Gorda and
Vicinity Briefly Told

Ed McCann and little Austin Turn
er went to Arcadia, Friday evening,
and visited relatives and friends until
Sunday night, when they returned.
Miss Virginia Rugg of Estero, and
a friend, Mr.. Elley Whidden of Key
West, motored over from Estero to
Punta Gorda Saturday and returned
Sunday.
A. c. Jordan of The Herald force,
went to Tampa, Friday night, on
business for the paper which detain-
ed him until Monday, when he
returned
Captain W. H. Johnson, responding
to an urgent business call, went to
Boca Grande, Sunday, and is likely
to be detained there till the end of
the week.
Mrs. Alice Meekins, after enjoying
a visit of six weeks here to the family
of her brother, T. C. Crosland, left
last week for her home in Benefits
vile, South Carolina.
Miss Marian Jones of Valdosta,
Georgia, after enjoying a visit of six
weeks here to the family of her uncle,
w. w knight, went to Tampa, Tues
day night, to visit relatives before go
ing home.
j. C. CLANCY of Sullivan, Indiana
: after a pleasant visit of three weeks
| here to the family of his aunt, Mrs
S. j. Hewitt, went to Saint Peters
burg, Wednesday, where he will
: spend few days before going home
: The three sisters, Misses Pauline
. Edith and Grace Hancock of Fort
Meade, came here Saturday night
. and were guests of their uncle, w
: L. Koon, president of the State Bank
. until Monday morning, when they re-
. turned home.
. The dance at Red Fish Lodge, Fri,
day night, was enjoyed by nearly
: a hundred people of both sexes and il
. netted about forty dollars for the
golf course. Those who attended II
. say it was one of the most pleasant
. affairs of the season.
Mrs. N. n. Wakefield and her at
tractive daughter, Miss Hazel Wake
! field, arrived here from their home
. in Jacksonville, Friday night, and are
paying q ten-days visit to their num-
. erous friends, particularly Mrs. Mary
X. Rankin, at her residence in So
lana.
Mrs L. F. McClelland, having en-
. loved a visit of two weeks here &c
the family of her son, j. X. McClel,
land. left, Sunday morning, for hel
. home at Lisbon. She went by way
of Tampa. and was accompanied by
: her son, who will visit her for ar
!. indefinite period.
: Henry D. Silverfriend, teacher o.
]. the Koreshan Unity school; ALFRED
!: Christensen, a machinist; Stepher
!. Chislett, architect and carpenter, ant
: Master Raymond Trebell, citizens o
!. Estero. passed through here in a ca
|: Yesterday morning; went to Arcadia
I on business, and returned yesterda!
!. afternoon.
!. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. harrington o
!: Tampa. were here in their car, tues
!. day afternoon, for an hour or two
!: They went to Arcadia, spent the nigh
|: and returned here next day on Vlsl
!. of few days to Mr.. and Mrs. c. L
: Fries, Mrs. Harrington was former
!. " Miss Nellie Brown. She spent ne
|. girlhood here, and is known and low
: ed by local people.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-17

The Moore Haven Times tells that
another new business block contain
ing stores and modern hotel, will
soon be erected in the business sec
ton of Moore Haven. The Times says
that Charles F. Haworth, winter
resident of Florida, who has consid-
erable interests in the state, has de-
cided to build a two-story structure
on Avenue ] and First street, While
the plans have not been completed, 1t
is stated that there will probably be
several stores on the first floor and
about thirty rooms, with baths and all
modern conveniences, on the second
floor. The hotel office, lobby and
cafe will be on the first floor.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

IL is well known that over level ground.
where there are no hills or other OBJ
stacles to defect the air upward. soar
ing is done on Comparatively calm
days and not on windy days when the
fluctuations in the velocity OF the wind
are greatest.
have seen thousand of buzzards
in soaring flight over level ground on
calm, sunny days, but / have yet to
see one case of soaring over this same
ground on a windy day with the sky
overcast. II the bird depended on get
ting it's support from the internal
work Of the wind" it would do its soar
ing on days when the fluctuations OF
the wind were greatest instead OF on
days when they were least. My brother
and / calculated many years ago the
support 10 be obtained from gusts OF
greater intensity than those actually
encountered i'm nature. ] believe that
any oneNwho takes the trouble TO make
this calculation will be convinced tnat
the explanation OF soaring flight is not
to be found in the internal work of the
wind
On The other hand Il Is well known
that soarisg can be done i'm rising
currents OF air produced not by OBJ
jects on the ground but by the differ
ence In temperature OF the air at the
surface and that above. These cur
rents OF rising air are most frequent
on calm days when the sun is shining
we see them in the whirlwinds which
lift leaves and dust into the air. When
YOU see one Of these "whirls' stirring
up the dust on n country road look
into the sky a little to the direction
toward which the wind is blowing
You will often find buzzard circling
there. lie circles TO keep within the
area OF the "whirl," which increases
in diameter with height.
An aviator frequently runs into
these rising currents and feels a slight
bump" but "a the diameter of the
."whirl'' is usually not much in excess
OF hundred feet his machine is on,
Of il in n second. With the lightly
loaded. slow machines OF ten TO fifteen
years ago these bumps" were more
pronounced and the distance the ma
chine was lifted by one Of them was
much greater than that experienced
by the fast machines OF to-day.
In 1910, willie training some Of the
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

In the United states Air SeTtice 1Ido-
d-i1le.
IN HE soaring experiments of the
last year in Germany, France
and England have excited
much interest in this branch of avis-
ton. Several of these flights have
been so sensational as to mislead some
into thinking that other means than a
motor have been discovered for sup
porting and propelling an airplane
from place 10 place. Because sail
planes based on standard type air.
planes have pot always led in these
contests, others have been misled into
believing that the data secured from
wind tunnel experiments Is erroneous
and of no value. and that soaring and
gliding experiments viii supplant the
wind tunnel and laboratory expert
ments in the investigation o. aerody-
manic phenomena. In my opinion
this is not true. The chief factors in
soaring fight are the hils-.the wind,
the plane and the skill Of the operator
ranking in Importance about in the
order named. The plane best adapted
to one hill and one wind condition
may be i'll suited to another hill and
another wind condition. There is not
now. and probably never will be, a
type OF soaring plane most suitable
for all conditions of wind and hill any
more than there is n most suitable
type OF airplane for all conditions of
speed and loading.
Irentzen's flight OF three hours six
minutes without motor is remarkable
for its duration only. No new princi-
pie OF fight was utilized. The longer
duration of the fight was due in part
to improvements in the glider itself,
natural results of the progress made
in aerodynamics in the last ten years;
| In part to the skill acquired in ham
ding aircraft during this period; but
especially to the more advantageous
topography OF the ground over which
| the fight was made.
For several reasons ridge is better
than a. conical hill for purposes OF
soaring. II the wind is too light for
support when facing directly into Il
additional velocity can be obtained by
uuartering across the wind along the
! top Of the ridge. On conical fiil this
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
ORVILLE WRIGHT GLIDER NEVER RIVAL AEROPLAN

early aviators. had an unusual eU
perience OF this kind near Mont
gomery. Ala.
had assembled TO a height OF a lit
tie over one-half mile and was de.
scending when at a height OF about
1900 feet ! suddenly discovered that
I was not able to descend further. all
though my motor was throttled I'd
the limit and the machine was pointed
downward as steeply as I felt 1t safe
TO point IL. ] remained at height
OF about 500 feet for period of five
minutes without making any appre.
ciable descent Suddenly the machine
again began to descend and was or
the ground in less than n minute.
The flight was made in an almost
perfect calm. The descent was in 8
spiral of not more than 500 or 60c
feet diameter. This probably ac-
counted for the long time the ma
chine remained in the uptrend OF air
No doubt. il / had steered out OF the
spiral into a straight course / would
have been out of the rising trend in
few seconds: but i did not think OF
this at the time. In fact. i, was 81
astonished that did not think at the
time OF any reason for the phenome4
non. But il is evident the machine was
in "A whirlwind of unusual diameter
in which the air was rising as fast ne
the machine could descend. These
whirlwinds and other rising uends
of air are not present everywhers
and on some days do not exist at all
We therefore cannot hope to GET
much Use OF them rs means VI
travel.
The news reports of the contests
abroad have created i'm the public
mind an exaggerated impression OF
the Importance of this kind OF fvins.
My brother and I. ms we'll as Lilien.
thai, Chahute and others before us
experimental in this way. We found.
however. that while It was most de.
lightful sport. and furnished a SAID
and cheap means OF acquiring skill IN
operating an airplane, It was too slow
and expensive as a means Of obtaining
scientific data for the design OF air.
craft. / feel safe in predicting that II
win never rivar tho powered airplans
as n means OF transportation nor the
wind tunnel as a Means of obtaining
more exact scientific knowledge In
aerodynamics.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
A Dean Sees Need of Teamwork
Bv the Parents and the College

of the faults and foolishness OF their
sons. This calls for a sense of per-
spective and a sense of humor that
some otherwise excellent persons lack.
One of the most touching expert
ences that comes To a college dean Is
the opportunity to awaken young
mans sense OF loyalty to his father
or mother and to make it the point of
departure for a process of rapid ma
turing. / recall young man OF great
native ability who seemed to be throw
ing himself away in careless inatten-
ton to anything worth while. He had
no intetest in his college work, his
college friends or his future. The only
good trait that / could find was an
affection for his father which seemed
TO be genuine. The boy was about to
be dismissed from college and the
chance Of his making good in the cold
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

world did not look at all good. Finally,
as a last resort, told the boy that
could not see him leave college and
bring upon his father the humiliation
and distress that was inevitable if he
could possibly avoid it. I told him
that apparently college did not inter
est him, and with that decision / would
not quarrel But before leaving he
ought to bring his status and record
to a point where he could leave with
his flags flying. This was due his
father. The boy felt the challenge
and decided to do one terms work as
to his father. This he did faithfully,
but in the course of his efforts he
became greatly interested in work
that he found worth his while when
well done, and before the term was
over had become engrossed in what
he found quite uninteresting in his
earlier state of mind. He is now a
lawyer, with the brightest prospects
of success. He was not mistaken in
the kind OF father he had. I wish
that all fathers afforded the same solid
basis for the sons loyalty that this
man did.
By far the greatest number of par
ents with whom 1 come in contact
recognize that the aim of the college
experience is TO enable their sons to
improve to. the full the opportunity
OF making the most OF the talents that
they possess. The most common pa
rental state of mind is one of doubt
and bewilderment as to just what goal
the boy ought TO aim at. / must ad-
NIT that the college has usually fallen
fiat in any constructive and intelligent
method Of solving the problem. To be
sure the parents may know tho tenn
permanent of their son and they may
know, within certain limits. a good
deal about his character. But any
teacher of other peoples sons who,
for an experiment. tries to teach his
own boy knows that the parental re-
lation does not afford knowledge OF
the boys intellectual capacity and
habits with anything like the accuracy
that the teaching relation reveals it.
II to the personal estimate OF a boys
instructors. provided of course that
they are worthy OF their positions, the
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

is scarcely possible, since lateral mo-
ton across the face or the hill will
bring the machine into currents of air
having less and less rising trend as
the machine gets further from the
apex of tho hill. But another disad-
vantage OF the conical hill is the fact
that the current OF air is split by the
hill, part of the air flowing around
it TO the right and a part to the left.
This sudden change in direction makes
control of the machine difficult, so
difficult. in fact, that often the ordi-
nary controlling surfaces on an air
plane are entirely inadequate.
These were The difficulties encoun-
tered in the soaring experiments at
Kitty Hawk, y. c., in 1911. The ma
chine with which the experiments
were commenced had elevators and
rudders abundantly powerful for all
purposes of power flights. yet under
the conditions encountered on the
conical face OF the Big Kill Devil Hill
these controls were so powerless as 70
allow, on One occasion, the machine
to be turned completely over on it's
back. After the effectiveness OF the
controls had been greatly increased a
number of fights were made OF more
than five minutes duration the long
est OF which was nine minutes forty
! Ave seconds. This was the record for
soaring flight from 1911 till 1921 when
IL was beaten In Germany by Herr
Harth, who remained in the air twen-
ty-one minutes without a motor. and
this year by Herr Hentzen with a
fight Of three hours and six minutes.
| The French held soaring contest
in August OF this year in which the
longest flight was five minutes cigh-
teen seconds--inconsidcra in COM
parison with the German record and
not even so good as the American rec
ord OF eleven years ago. But a mere
record OF time is not a certain cri-
tcrion Of the efficiency of the machine
used nor OF the skill OF the operator
when records are made on different
hills and under different wind condi-
tions, since the wiHd and the hill are
the two most important factors in
soaring.
tHentzen's record has been broken
lately in the Daily Mail contest at
Lewes. England, by the Frenchman
' Mapoyrol with a record of three hours
twenty-one minutes.l
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

No soaring fight has been made as
yet by man, nor. as far as my own OBJ
servation goes, by bird. in other than
rising currents of air. The theory
has been advanced that birds some-
times soar in horizontal winds, with
out any advantage from rising trends.
by utilizing the irregularities in the
velocity of the wind. Mouillard, tho
great French pioneer student Of soar
ing flight, in ''The Empire OF the Air."
published in 1881, was the FIRST, L be-
lieve. to put forth this theory. He
explained the principle as follows:
The wind gust is the very essence
Of the uprise; It Is the magic wand,
which striking the child's hoop, keeps
it unright in rolling. drives it along.
or raises IL up TO overleap elevations
on its way. Suppose the toy TO be placed
on steep inclined descent: gravity
will cause it TO roll 10 the bottom. If
beyond this an ascending plane fol-
lows. the hoop, urged forward by mo-
mentum OF acquired velocity. will rise
TO height equal to that OF fall. minus
the losses by friction on the soil and
| by air resistance.
Let US suppose further. when the
hoop is about to ascend, we can dis
place the ascending plane, In contrary
direction TO the toys course. so that
the plane shall glide under the hoop.
then we would still more assist the
ascension"
Mouillard here states clearly the
principle. which he imagined to be
involved in soaring. but he gives no
| figures TO show how great must be tho
irregularities in the wind TO sustain
the bird.
In 1893 DIR. Langley published his
well known paper, THE Internal Work
of the Wind" in which ne supported
Mouillard in this theory. He repeated
at greater length, though scarcely
more clearly. the proposition laid down
by Mouillnrd. Langley furnished some
measurements OF irregularities found
in winds OF different velocities, but he
made no attempt to calculate the
amount OF support a bird would be
able to secure from them. The rate OF
acceleration in winds OF ten to fifteen
miles average velocity, as shown in
his charts was less than per cent
OF what would be required to sustain
2 bird in soaring flight.
In calm air tha buzzard is able to