Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

Al. dressed up and ready to go. Dor
Othy Anne displays the latest in flying
toys for young ladies'.
periences as was to hear them.
Have a pillow This she deftly placed
behind the callers back, playing perfectly the
role of hostess How do you like my new
dreSS?" She pointed to her pink silk frock
and then raised it to show the pink silk slip
beneath. "Now I'll show you my flying clothes
and all my toys"
WHILE she was busily engaged in this
loud, droning noise was heard overhead.
Instantly Dorothy Anne dropped her helmets
and goggles and woolly dogs and fippant dolls,
climbed up on the window seat and looked
heavenward. Its only the motor" she ex-
planned and climbed down again
Then she trotted of to desk and brought
forth stack of clippings illustrated with pho
tographs of herself, mostly newspaper items
which appeared when she made her maiden
air voyage at the age of IL months, when most
babies are kicking up their heels in o crib.
She resembled a French doll in one OF the
pictures, and she Squealed with delight when
she pointed at it, showing surprising lack OF
vanity:
Don't I look awfully funny in that oneP"
Soon she was preoccupied sorting the clip
pings, and her mother then took up the inter-
view where Dorothy left off.
"Our whole family loves to travel by air
because it saves time. and so we thought we
might well start Dorothy Anne OF young,
so she'd grow up with the idea" said Mrs.
Deckard. "This system Of teaching her to fly
in plane before the age of year eliminated
the necessity of overcoming any fear she might
have had later. She thinks riding in airplanes
is a regular mode of travel and Is as uflcon-
cerned travelling in plane as most children
going anywhere by automobile, train or
boat.
Sometimes when adult novice passengers go
up with they are amazed at Dorothys nom
chalance While they are experiencing all the
initial thrills of a plane flight, Dorothy has
her face pressed against the window and is
gazing calmly down to earth, thousands OF
feet below. They all comment on her mcon~
Germ at the exciting mode of travel and her
general air of being veteran.
EARLY in Dorothy's flying life I consulted
an infant specialist about the ACCESSIBILITY of
taking her on air journeys. I was told that
since she showed no fear and her good health
was in way affected by it that she could
fly all she wanted to- She sleeps and eats in
the plane just as she does in an automobile
or in her own home. We have a regular
system which we follow when start of on
an air journey. First, we get supplies ready
in vacuum bottles Then we dress Dorothy
either in one of her regular flying suits. of
which she is particularly fond because she
adores the helmets, or. if we are travelling in
cabin planes we dress her in ordinary clothes,
for these are plenty warm enough in that case.
I'VE always take along pink blanket with
which to cover her up in case she sleeps during
the trip Usually she insists on taking along
pencil and paper to write her log which is,
apparently in code. for only she can read it
afterward. Then when I am seated in the
plane she climbs in my lap, and as the plane
starts rising In the air she soon becomes her
regular animated self
"She sings, chatters and plays with her toys.
Or she presses her face and hands against the
window huns little tune and stares down.
ward. She moves around continually, climb
ing in and out of our laps taking brief turn
at the stick holding conference with the
pilot We wave at each other, and If in an
open cockpit the roar of the motor prevents
us from being heard make signs at each
other, and Dorothy indicates her wants with
gestures