Evening star., 1923-04-22
Girls and Tn cir Affairs.
Conducted by Helen H. Fetter

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living, or any boy either, for that
matter. who has not at one time
or another in childhood lain fiat
on her back in long grass, and, Eaz-
ing at the puffy clouds sailing Sc
renely in the skies. wished for a
fairy godmother TO let her sweep up
by magic spell and ride on those
soft clouds above the birds and trees
and rivers and towns.
Anyhow, that was always Il prime
wish of a certain person who Is a
fappcr more or less. This is the
story OF how that wish came true,
Tor wishes do come true occasionally.
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1t was a cool spring morning last
Tuesday with the ground still spongy
from the rains and few little chif-
fon cloudlets skipping across the sky
so low that they seemed TO catch in
the tree tops The lucky person.
whom We will call the Flapper for
convenience. even though it may not
be Il strictly correct term, was busy
working out Il ''pome" for this page.
Then the telephone jirgled and a
voice from the naval air station in
formed the FIappcr that number Of
girls and women from the Navy De
partment were to go on short flights
in a dainty little Dayton Wright
training plane. aud that maybe she
would like to come out and see them
and, perChauce. take a little hop"
herself
Would She
III fifteen minutes she was skipping
into a taxicab and riding across town
toward AnacOStia fast as four
J. wheels could carry her.
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OF course. when the Flapper ar
rived she had to await her turn, and
Chief MachiniStS Mate Ball, who had
been 50 good as to arrange the Flap
per- flight. took her around the field
and showed her ADMIRAL Motfatts
little private plane. white with gilt
insignia and rcd-lcather trimmings;
his imposing official plane; the little
: GERMAN experimental plane; the am
phlblan planes and many others. Then
they went back toward the landing
field and Capt w. -. Thomas. who is
N charge Of the station. arranged
for her to have the necessary flying
paraphernalia.
a leather coat. warmly lined, was
conJured up from somewhere: cute
fur-lined cap with flaps was secured
from still somewhere. else tthc Flap
49," never knew from just where
h-.LhoT of these articles WAS actually
, produced): then, being wrapped
about double in this spacious coat,
she was hustled over to the plane.
which was just landing with grace
fui glide. As soon as tn" girl then
in tho plane had landed the Flapper
received her goggles. was boosted
into the plane and strapped in. and
SHE and Lieut. Lawson II. SandcrSon
of the Marine Corps, one of tn" best
racing pilots in the United States
service, We're off.
The llapper was actually up in the
air at last.
1t is dllicult to describe ones sem
sations 50 that other people can
visualize them. The FIapper expert
enced none Of the particular senSa-
tions of which many other folk had
told her after lying. When the air
plane banked" to right or left-that
is swung in Il dip to either side. 50
that tn" person sitting on that side
"f the plane could look down per-
pendicularly. the Flapper didn't feel
any sinking sensations" at all per-
faps because She was too intensely
interested III seeing everything IN
sight.
Its Il grand feeling to hy above
hawks and other birds, TO be 2,o00
feet in the air, going ut IA speed of
100 miles an hour, and to dip around
and around above the Washington
Monument. Till its top looks like the
end of giant white pencil pointed
up at you.
Then's the time that you know just
how clean your city. keeps its roofs
Quite the cleauest looking in town
was President Hardngs and the
,lady on top of the Capitol seemed
very proud Of her buildings shining
top. too.
Really big woods locked chfSrah!e Itkf the
switches and good sized hills looked
like mounds Of melted listachio ice
cream from the air TIL" Potomac
river seemed cloaked in Il crinkled.
scaly brown covering and. qucerest
Of all, the clouds seemed higher than
ever.
Lieut.. Sanderson was kind enough
TO in instruct the F'lapper in the use
sS tho control "stills.' So as to make
the plane dip. rise and bank. first
an one side and then on the other
Then came the real thrill of the whole
adventure.
The Flapper loopedthe-Ioop
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To the Flapper, looping -the-loop
Yelt Just like the homely sensation
1hat she had experienced when. as d
child, she used to rock back and
aorth in big rocking chair until on
Tne point of being dumped overheard
backward (ThiS wasn't exactly a
healthy childhood sport. we will ad-
init, but il happened to be one of the
favoriteS of the Flapper when at Il
more youthful stage of her careerD
This feeling of slow, hesitating
change of balance was the same as
that experienced i'll looping -the-loop
and did not prove disastrous but inn
7ncnsely exciting. After this crown
ing experience of her first flight. the
pilot started dipping in long, swing
ing glideS homeward to the landing
Neld They circled as the birds do
over the wooded hills of AnacoStia
and ran over the bumpy field to a
stop.
1t was a wonderful experience.
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Mr. Ball told the Flapper that
nearly 200 women and girls of the
Navy Department enjoyed short
flights of five to twenty minutes in
length Those who flew on Tuesday,
the last day which the plane
could be used by women for trips.
included Mrs. Z. Colman. Mrs. Scho-
field. Mrs. f. Ameli, Mrs. Gordon,
Yrs B L. Cook, Mrs. McMurrain,
Miss Bradham. Miss Rogers. Miss
Myrtle Stone, Miss Ruth Nulany,
Miss Celia Miller Miss Hazel Del
worth. Miss Heller, Miss Mclean.
Miss Halbert, Miss Walsh, Miss Butts