davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1928-12-16

as Orville whimsicaIly put it later on,
to face the biting December wind to
see, as they were no doubt persuaded,
another flying machine not f1y.''
The first actual flight Is described by
Orville Wright, as follows:
"Balanced by Wilbur, who clung to
one OF the wings as it sped down its
monorail track, the machine lifted into
air at the end of a 40-foot run.
THE course of the flight up and
down was exceedingly erratic, partly
due to the irregularity of the air, and
partly to lack of experience in handling
the machine. The control of the front
rudder was difficult on account of being
balanced too near the center. This
gave 1t a tendency to turn itself when
started, so that it turned too far on
one side and then too far on the other.
AS result the machine would rise
suddenly to about 10 feet, and then as
suddenly dart for the ground. A sud-
den dart when little over 100 feet
from the end of the track, or little
over 100 feet from the point at which
1t rose into the air, ended the flight.
IS A S the velocity of the wind was
"A over 35 feet per second and the
speed of the machine over the ground
against this wind 10 feet per second,
the speed of the machine relative to
the air was over As feet per second and
the length of the flight was equivalent
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Gangley) aerodrome there is to be re-
corded the successful flight of a motor
driven aeroplane built by Orville and
Wilbur Wright-an event of supreme
importance in the history of aeronautics
inasmuch as it is the first case of an
aeroplane carrying its own engine and
an operator making a trip over several
miles of distance This feat marks
the commencement of an epoch in the
history Of the aeroplane; for now that
an aeroplane has been built that can
fly, the work of gathering experimental
data will proceed with a rapidity which
has been impossible while aeroplane
flight, at least on full-sized scale, had
never gone beyond the theoretical
stage"
In February, 1904, issue of general
magazine. Wilbur Wright briefly sum-
married. his satisfaction with the test
and modestly but firmly asserted the
conviction of the brothers that the age
OF flying had dawned. He said:
I'VE should have postponed these
trials until the coming season but for
the fact that we wished to satisfy our
selves that the machine had sufficient
power to fly, sufficient strength to with
stand the shock of landing and suf1-
cient capacity of control Winter had
already set In when the last trials were
made, but we knew that the age of the
flying machine has come at last"
The participants unadorned narra-
tive of events at Kill Devil Hills on De-
Evening star., 1928-12-16

to fight of $40 feet made in calm
air. This fight lasted only IL seconds,
but it was nevertheless the first in
the history of the world in which a
machine carrying a man had raised it.
self by its own power into the air in
full flight, had sailed forward without
reduction of speed, and had finally
landed at point as high as that from
which it started"
With the assistance of their visitors.
the brothers carried the machine back
to the track and after all hands had
warmed up in the shack over a fire
kindled in an old carbide can, it was
Wilbur'S turn to essay the second flight.
The course of this fight was much like
the first, very much up and down, but
the speed was greater because of less
wind. The duration was less than a
second longer but IS feet more distance
was covered. Twenty minutes later
Orville began the third flight and he
relates:
II was proceeding along pretty we'll
when a sudden gust from the right
lifted the machine up IL to Is feet and
turned 1t up sidewise in an alarming
manner. It began lively siding off
to the left. I warped the wings to try
and recover the lateral balance and at
the same time pointed the machine
down to reach the ground as quickly as
possible. The lateral control was more
effective than I had imagined and be-
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a small gas engine which furnishes the
motive power for the propellerS and
elevator wheels.
There are two propellers, one ar
ranged just below the center of the
frame so gagged as to exert an upward
force when in motion and the other
extending horizontally to the rear from
the center of the car, furnishing the
forward impetus. Protruding from the
center is a huge fan-shaped rudder Of
canvas, stretched on frame of wood.
This rudder is controlled by the navi-
gator and may be moved to each side,
raised or lowered"
With an obvious desire to accord
recognition to deserving achievement
but with a note of proper caution, this
editorial of a few days later accurately
reflects the current appraisal of the
first flight:
"a Flying Machine That Flies"
"If telegraphic reports from Norfolk
are to be credited, two young Ohioans,
Wilbur and Orville Wright, have made
a successful test of an airship, which
is a distinct stride forward and will
tend to revive interest in aerial navi-
CATION, which has noticeably declined
since the latest Langley contrivance
took water some weeks ago.
THE machine invented by these
young Dayton men seems to be literally
flying machine. Unlike SantoS-Du-
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First Arpane Flight Was Event Which Claimed but Little

fore reached the ground the right
wing was lower than the left and struck
first"
The time of this flight was Is seconds
and the distance over the ground a
little more than 200 feet. Wilbur
started the fourth, last and longest
flight at exactly noon. Concerning 1t
his brother says:
1.-THE first few hundred feet were up
and down, as before, but by the time
300 feet had been covered the machine
was under much better control. The
course of the next four or five hundred
feet had but little undulatior. How
ever. when out about 800 feet, the ma
chine began pitching again, and. in one
of its darts downward, struck the
ground. The distance over the ground
was measured and found to be $50 feet:
the time of the flight SO seconds. The
frame supporting the front rudder was
badly broken but the main part of the
machine was not injured at all.
While We were standing about dis
cussing this last flight, a sudden strong
gust of wind struck the machine and
began to turn it over. Everybody
made rush for it, Wilbur, who was
at one end, seized it in front; Mr..
Daniels and I, who were behind, tried
to stop it by holding to the rear up
rights. Ali our efforts were in vain.
The machine rolled over and over.
Daniels, who had retained his grip, was
carried along with it and was injured.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
BY WILLIAM S. ODLIN.

T@HERE will congregate on the
bleak, wind-swept slopes of XIII
Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk,
Il N. c., tomorrow, an imposing
th,,ornn of frnck-cnatad and bril-.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
The Birth Of the Telescope
It Is Mans Most Valuable Instrument

Men lived on this little earth at the bottom Of their
atmosphere fishes live in pond In the ocean, at the
bottom of the water. GUESSING about things outside
The fish only guess what goes above their heads
out Of the water.
Men could only guess at things existing outside OF our
atmosphere the ocean Of air in which i've about DOC
deep Some guessed that the when sank ded ana
again each morning Some thought the sun was
flaming chariot. driven by god.
The supposed to have been made 70 give Us
little light when the disappeared and there WASH any
moon. Gigantic know them to BE- million
million big EARTH they were supposed 70 bs
put up there simply influence unmportant little
careers.
And when the great Keppler who first explained the
movements planets around the SUM- wanted help In MS
the emperor had pretend to tell the emperr
fortune by the stars order keep him Interested
The telescope which the discovery illustrated In these
pictures made possible for TO look out into Dons
of miles of space that separate from other suns ana tne
families of planets and study cose up our nearby
neighbors. the Jupiter Saturn. etc
These two pictures are of Garrett r. Servss
intensely interesting and important articles on astronomy we
hope that all readers give them careful attention.
In the first picture you small boy hitting accidentally
on the great telescope discovery He held IN his hand Two
lenses distance from the other accidenta got
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
A BUGABOO
BY DE-. Frank Crane

NE persistent international bugabocs principal
senseess ornaments not 70 one 81
- the notion that to be popular IN
country other country deep sly
cunning fellows while the diplomats of country are babes
an innocence and childlike trustfulness
said President Wilson being deceived and hood
ned bv the deep of other
ents at It has always been suspicion that Predent
Somehow think that the statesmen Of Europe are
merely Sunday school teachers from Kokomo, Ind.
are crafty and sly =
daughter exclaimed what beautiful coast ne One OF the
replied EYES, but the Japanese tricky Even coast
line must have deep and sinister significance :.
doubtless bad and devious people, also nations in this
world but the world is going to get along well until we
fMas about the most adult minded Of human beings:
" everybody will probably be bitten said Spurgeon
( 'but who suspects everybody will be devoure6'
H Sometime wrote book think ne was from
Arkansas-caled "My Nghbor Is Perfect The book showed
could be unanged by simply trusting
! neighbor.
get the habit of trustfuness but
1t is q good habit to form, nevertheless.
The Golden right, it needs amendment. To
do others you would have them do unto you
should be added the supplement, dare to do it first
well neighbors after all lot
perhaps than to with them
easy be and captiou and touchy 1t hard
L TO be trusting But it pays
II syndiae)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
Street Railway Magnates Are
Defeating Their Own Merger

The stiffnecked incorporating attitude Of the street
railway officials Of Washington practically certain to de-
feat their merger proposition leaving them n pOsOn
they will probably regret.
II i however the rroyerba attitude Of big interests
intolerance to public wishes the single motive large dividends
AS matters now look the unwngness Of street railway
heads to accept any modification Of the merger even Wner
that modification seems the public and not unjust to
ra;av ;ntarests nuts the Public Utilities Commission in
position where it can approve several Of the unda
mental" parts Of the merger
The Commission cannot afford to be dictated to by the
heads Of the street railways and it does So and should
make the mistake of accepting this dctation and approving
what the railways want Congress viii put an emo 70 the
proposition with comparatively little delay
Neither Congress the public Of Washington VIII consent
Ro the GUARANTEE Of per return the proposed
valuation Of for consolidated properties
That return may be average return public service bodies
throughout country permit public utilities but IN no case
is such return guaranteed the public committed ~ law
10 pay it.
Public service commissions follow the decision Of courts
In these matters and decisions in the MAN. seem to
recognize to per cent as fair return.
There are many instances though where these high returns
are not allowed and where public commissions force
public utilities to 60 the courts to get the large returns
they demand.
Merger advocates do not any doubt this return
They want to cnch it, that they will not have to fight IN
the courts to establish valuation obtain juicy returns
Conditions may arise any time that would not justify
easa yalustons but that return /. GUARANTEED
by law there is nothing else to do but give i.
merger now The street car companies may merge under
existing conditions and valuations and when merged make
their fight combined valuation fixed valuation OF
100000 would save trouble and be another
cinch.
The Public Utilities Commission should not fail to bear IN
mind that public utilities valuations Of this date are full
of the initiation days. and the public utilities insist
that valuations shall be based upon reproduction costs Of
this time.
production within another few years. e IS
certain becomes Of much Of the initiation the public
Is now compelled to pay on? The Public Utilities Commits
SION in all fairness would be compelled to lower valuations
Then again. the courts change their decisions - may
be DONE to valuations based prudent investment what
railway properties put there to stay for 10 years?
Washington people to be made to guaranteed
er cent return on valuations which to shrink in
future years?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
WISE SAYINGS

IT is easier to appear worthy of
a position one does not hold than
of the office which one fills.-La
Rochefoucauld.
True wit is nature to advantage
dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne'er
SO well expressed. Pope.
Variety of mere nothings gives
more pleasure than uniformity OF
something. -Rlchter.
The solitary side of our nature
demands leisure for reflection
upon subjects on which the. dash
and whirI of daily business, so
long as it's clouds rise thick about
us, forbid the intellect to fasten
itself. -Froude.
To understand makes one very
indulgent. Madam de Stael.
To freemen, threats are lmpo'
tent. Cicero.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
by DE. @. "a. .. Reed


UOU may shortly be one Of the
i quarter of a million Ameri'
cans who annually take to the
sea. II so and you are a good
sailor this article may not interest
you. IL you are not good sailor
you may wish to know something
about seasickness.
Seasickness is no new disease.
We can easily imagine that very
shortly after man first discovered
how to float on log in a stream
he suffered from seasickness and
has never stopped suffering from
it ever since. Moreover, ike
any ancient ills, the cause OF this
affliction is still not certainly
known, even to the cleverest doc
tors. If it were, and simple
and effective remedy were found
many passengers would gain In
happiness and many sailors IN
efficiency.
There are two or three theories
about it, says G. Fl. Oriel. One is
that nausea is the result of a dis
turbance of the semt-circular
canals. These are little organs in
the ear which control balance.
These, it is assumed. are dis
turbed on account OF the unsteadl-
ness of the ship. II this were
true. then the motion OF the snip
should cause other symptoms OF
semi-circular canal disturbance,
such as are found in disease OF
these organs. Among these symp-
toms are involuntary rolling OF
the halls with unsteadiness or
gait. called nystagmus. But out
OF five thousand seasick people
investigated by Oriel not one had
any eve trouble. Moreover, when
a subject was put in chair ana
spun round-a sure way to upset
the semi-circular canals he de-
veloped nystagmus in twenty reVo-
lutions, whether in port or at sea.
Another theory is that. seasick-
ness is caused by auto-suggest1on;
that is, that the patient is i'll be-
cause he expects to be. Still an
other theory puts nausea down TO
oVer-eating, overwhelming and con-
stipation. 1t is true all of these
conditions can contribute largely
to the result, but the real cause
must be sought elsewhere.
DIR. Oriel thinks that seasick-
ness Is due to an acid condition or
the blood, and can be cured sim
ply by eating sugar. He took
healthy man aged 80 and analysed
his blood and urine for three days
to make sure they were normal.
He then took the man to sea on
rough trip and tried the same
tests on him. The ship pitched
and the man felt sick, but, at
first, he did not actually vomit.
He took the usual food. His
urine. however, contained much
ammonia and some acetone. show
ing that his blood had become
very acid. At about $40 in the
afternoon the patient did vomit.
The acidity at once became much
more marked. This obviously was
because starvation is itself a
powerful cause of acidity. The
man was actually for a short time
in as bad u way a. If he had been
dying OF diabetes. In fact, a very
few people have been known to
die of seasickne~s.
DR.. Oriel then gave his man
three drains of glucose, equivalent
to a very small quantity Of sugar,
and in a. very short time the am
monia and acetone had gone from
his urine, he had lost his head
ache, he was no longer sick and
he soon began to enjoy life again.
The same happy result occurred
when the remedy was tried on
thousand other seasick patients.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
BY ELSIE ROBINSON
Go With God

again.
whisper to yourself, as you
pass each stupid, greedy face
'Go with God!"
Presently you will feel change
stealing over you.
You will feel something going
out from you in reverence and
tenderness toward these brothers
of your flesh.
And you will feel something
coming into you, like a strong,
warm wind, blowing through your
soul--blowing away the bitter
dust of hate and intolerance and
suspicion, the rust Of fear. the
wicked rubbish Of pride and self
righteousness.
And you, too. will walk with God.
And share his greatness.
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other spirit with a great wonder
which you must respect.
You have invested him with
God.
He who "goes with God" can
never be common or contempt
BILE. To our worldly eyes he may
seem a weakling, a failure, a
rogue or a swinish beast. He
may be clad in rags. fouled with
filth, sodden with dissipation. He
may be on his way to the poor
house or the scaffold. 1t does not
matter. If he walks with God
he is part of an Eternal Mystery.
And somewhere, In his shamed
body, beauty burns Its small white
flame.
II he walks with God-and we
all do walk with God.
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He also an
nounced, to his
sorrow, that the
earth does not
stand still with
the sun olling
a around it, as
e v e r y b o d y
thought, and the
earth turne d
round and round,
and the sun only
SEEMED to move
a around it.
He was warned
that he must not
saw such things.
They might be
true and great
men could be al
lowed to hear
them. But they
seemed to contra
dict the Bible,
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which said Joshua had stopped the in its movement
the sun DIDN'T move, how could Joshua stop it?
Poor Calico great benefactor Of the human race
imprisoned his old age because he told the
compelled get down his knees and soemny that
he recanted aburd and abhorred his teaching the
earth turned and moved around the
supposed to have muttered under his breath he
rose from his knees, Nevertheless she moves
But that did him good. Poor old prosecuted man He
langushed in prison and narrowly escaped with his e
Such reward of discovering truth But the
telescope goes doing its work teaching men, giving
greater respect for the wonderful universe and great
power and Justice that preside it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
Orville Wright's Plane
It Should Stay Where 1t Was Built

orve Wright says he has sent his original flying machine
the British Museum to the Smithsonian Institution
the Smithsonian give the credit invention
to Langley.
Mr. Wright of course may do he pleases with his
chine But it will be hard realize Colonel
bergh send his Spirit of ST. Louis stay Eng
land no what any Smithsonian Institution might say
AS matter of fact if Langley had INVENTED the
had made his necessary although
full attempts Wright airplane would have built
country appreciates the work done by the Wright
brothers. but hopes that the surviving brother will remember
that he is an American
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12

them at about the
right distance and,
10 and b e b o ! d
things seemed to
be nearer. /"
He was appren-
ticed to a maker
of spectacles in
Fl ollan d named
Jan Lippershey,
and cried out to-
his master that he
had made things
seem near. The
maker Of spectacles,
amazed, produced q
spy glass with
which distant OBJ
jects could be
ht closer,
glasses that were
destined to be used
in war when men
hunt each other,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
ONCE-OVERS
BY J. J. MUNDY
Learn To Recognize Your Shortcomings

you over-sensitive.
Is it for to think you have been insued mis-
treated?
you yourself general accusations made
presence?
Do you find yourself embarrassed sad after hearing
dsapprova Of certain things that
do?
would take the time think about it, that
oense meant when the matter talked
so freely before you.
But Won choose think slight intended.
bigger than the things that might be said of
You must yourself think twice before put
frank enough his opinion
h Suppose your opinions do differ?
right to ideas and opinions and must
friend the privilege
thing be told of shortcomings and thereby
given opportunity to correct and improve
generally.
Would you friend than
methods outsds and conceal the fact from
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THERE is an
i old expires.
sion used in
Latin countries
"Vaya on
Dios'' G o
WITH GOD!
So they salute
each other in
parting. A n d
surely the words
must breathe a
benediction o n
their lives.
go w 1T H
GODw
Y gu cannot
hate If you say
those W o r d s
truly.
Nor can you
t e Ell contempt,
or desire false
d e alin & or
punishment, for
you have in
vested I h a t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
LISTEN, WORLD

The richest of
us a n d t h e
poorest
The proudest
and the hum.
blest-
And best and
the worst
And ! suspect
that to God we
all seem very
much the same.
All his foolish.
small children,
8 t u m b ling to-
ward the light.
But, however
COLI Is h, AL
WAYS HIS
A n d always
invested W ! t n
his honor a n d
w o n d e r a n d
glory.
Think of that
when you go
out into life
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12

1MO0O AAV0GAM NNOAhA2A
AYO matter how much q woman
IN may know about men, the
NEXT man" will always be either
a brand new shock or delightful
surprise.
There II something about q big
sin or great weakness that in.
spires q woman to stick by the
sinner and pull him through;
but the way a. man argues over a
two-n1inute egg or shoots the
shades up or bangs the door may
drive her to Matteawan-or d.
vorce.
An idealist is a poetic soul who
il content to love a woman from
afar-and to let some sordid. hard.
boiled materialist marry her and
support her.
In these sultry days of scorching
vamps and warm babies" moth
ing gives q. man such refreshing
thrill OF relief as to meet a girl
who serenely and sweetly offers
him a little ICE for a change.
A man can turn his conscience
on or off like an electric bulb, but
it always shines brightest when
1t "forbids" him to go on kissing a
woman whom he has tired OF kiss
Ing.
A woman will have herself
peeled alive in order to keep that
schoolgirl complexion" but a man
is perfectly happy and self-satis-
fled IL he can just manage to hang
onto a few strands of that college
boy hair.
To a man a "scene" Is some
thing to run from, anywhere out
side the theater; but to a woman
1t il something with which to
brighten up the evening after
long, dull day.
In these days, when girls MUST
seem what they're not, bobbed
hair, abbreviated skirts and
backless evening gown often cover
a high-necked conscience and
long-sleeved soul.
The trouble with the flapper
who is determined to see life" Ia
that she won't believe that any of
it is worth seeing by daylight.
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a CHILD DISCOVERED IT

but as Calico proved destined also to be used IN
noblest pursuit the study Of astronomy and knowledge Of the
universe and the outside world
One year after the little apprentice boy held the two lenses
so that they made things seem nearer Calico far away
Italv heard of the invention immediately without further
great genius built the first real telescope
Soon he announced that he could travelling with
Iuniter rings around other wonders space
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-12
NEGOTIATIONS
OF "A WIFE
These Modern Women
-RY Helen RoWIand:

In68o MOueFM WUNloM
AYO matter how much q woman
IN may know about men, the
NEXT man" will always be either
a brand new shock or q delightful
surprise.