Evening star., 1927-10-21

The courage Of Ruth Elder has
walked it's just plaudits from the
American press, but there is frank
undertone of questioning as to the
value of her flight as a contribution
to aviation. While there are plenty
to hail her as pioneer" there are
as many who call her foolhardy, and
"she was lucky" sums up the judg-
ment of many.
With Just pride in a local heroine
the Admission Star declares that she
has brought glory to the South and
to her native city" and reminds us
that the South can now claim, besides
Comdr. Byrd. 'the foremost woman
aviator of the present day..
This attitude is reflected by the
Rock Island Argus and the Portland
Journal, who both feel that she has
won the admiration of the world, the
latter insisting to those who may
question her Judgment" that they
must still "glorify her spirit and her
soul" The Racine Journal-News
holds that "it's only such courageous
hearts and souls that point the way
to progress of the human race"
Many who praise her pluck and be-
lieve with the Albany Evening News
that "this daring girl VIII WISH
TO make a second attempt" add a
word of caution to their comment.
The Columbus Ohio State Journal,
among them, suggests that lit seems
as if II would be wise" not to try
"the perilous stunt" again.
"A lucky girl" Is the general YER
dict that comes to the New YORK
Times, which believes that 1t would
have been another distinction for the
Nation, no doubt, If the American
Girl had made a triumphant lanulns
at LIE Bourget, but the odds were
heavily against it." The Cnarleston
Daily Mail suggests that tine Vaiue
of Miss Elders attempt lies in pro-
vidine another experiment, even II
the result Of it Is to demonstrate still
more clearly the uncertainty OF sue
cess"
The conclusion of the New Orleans
Item is that IAN especially brave,
skillful and self-reliant soul" has en-
ga aeed in an enterprise which might
have resulted in death, and 1t Is I'M
pressed by the fact that "the world
needs precisely those qualities the
most. They are the rarest and, when
rightly applied, the most useful. Why
destroy them in 25 or hundred poses
sors," continues the Item, I'm order
to prove that one more can do some
thing that half q dozen have already
done? Why not save them for the
hard jobs of aviation over land, where
distance tests can be made as well as
at sea. and the results can be accumu-
lated with far less cost, until there
are radical advances that justify
further attack on the overseas ways?"
ITO be sure" argues the Harrisburg
Telegraph, leach failure teaches a
lesson in construction, provided the
participants in the accident live to
tell the tale, but more might be ac-
complished by long-distance flights
over land, where the chances for
alighting safely in case of the develop
ment of mechanical defects are at
least $780,"
'Of all the attempts to fly over the
Atlantic" according to the Roanoke
World. News, ''this seems to have been
the most ill-advised and ill-prepared.
It's success would have gained nothing
for the science of air navigation. Its
failure would have added to the de-
mand for limitation on serious investi-
cation of the new science" The Chi
cago Daily News states that though
the world admires Miss Elder for her
courage, it generally regards her at
tempt as useless, If not foolhardy."
The Duluth Herald finds public impa-
tience with those whose grasp for
fame calls upon the public for so
much distressful concern about their
fate"
I'VE salute you, Ruth, and give
you all due plaudits and acclaim, but
now. Ruth. you come home and be.
have yourselfr' exclaims the Ports
mouth Morning Sun, which also re.
marks: you and the husband get a
nice little home out of the proceeds
Of your nice little venture, raise
nice little lot of children, mostly boys.
and transmit to them your own daunt-
over and over again in the deeds and
adventures Of your sons and grand
sons andsn the beauty and feminine