EAGER FOR AIRSHIPS
Orders Flood Wright
Who Cannot Supply
Erothers,
Demand.
AN INQUIRY FROM ICELAND.
Shah of Persia Also Wants an Aero
plane Eighty Airships Ordered In
America Chinese Mandarin Wantsl
One Man Applying For Instruction
In Flying.
More than eighty orders for airships
to be used in the United States are
now in the hands of the Wright broth
ers, Orville and Wilbur. Since their
demonstration of their ability to han
dle their aeroplanes with safety and
to teach others how to do so they have
been flooded with letteTs asking for
terms for the building of the machines
and instruction in flying. The branch
of the International Aero club which
was organized at Dayton, O., recently
for the purpose.of exercising some
supervision oyer, prospective jisers of
heavier thatfair devices has received
many '"applications for membership,
some of which have come from .well
known men of wealth throughout the
United, States: ;. For the present their
names iiro kept secret by the Wrights.,
The American orders, however, arc
only a'art of those that are coming
in the iheavy mail of the inventors.
News of their achievements has pene
trated to far. parts of the world,.; From
Iceland in thelast few days has come
an inquiry as to the cost of delivering
an aeroplane and sending an instructor
to that far northern island. The "shah
of Persia, perhaps remembering one
occasion when he had to escape from
his palace by stealth and desiring to
have a new device to defeat the revo
lutionaries, has asked that a machine
be constructed for him as soon as pos
sible. A Chinese mandarin who is
one of the leaders in the awakening 'of
that empire to western civilization
has also s?nt an order.
The Wrights will be unable to fill all
their orders because their factory is
too small for the work! They will en
large its capacity greatly this summer
and hope to be able to meet all de
mands made upon them. Another
trouble they are having is In obtain
ing a sufficient quantity of steel of the
exact grade to keep the present fac
tory working up to capacity. They are
endeavoring to make arrangements
with steel mills to make them a sup
ply in future, but are having some dif
ficulty in doing so.
That the operations of the Wrights
need not be restricted for -want of
capital is shown by the fact that they
have refused an offer since their re
turn for the investment of -a large
sura in their . enterprise. ;t This offer
came from well known New York
capitalists, who believed that the oper
ations of the Wrights should be great
ly enlarged. They .declared, however,
that they had sufficient money of their
own to carry on their work.
FOR . A JEWISH MESOPOTAMIA. KOME FOR HARVARD LAMPOON
Jacob H. Schiff Said to Be Interested Will Be the Only. College Publication
In Latest Colony Plan. j That Can Make Such a Boast.
Already distinguished as the oldest
comic paper in the United States, the
Harvard Lampoon is to have a' hand
some buildjng, giving it the honor of
possessing the only one owned and ocf
cupied by a college publication and of
being one of the few comic papers to
have homes of their own. :, , .-y. "
Work has already begun on the
structure in Cambridge. Mass., so that
the handsome quarters will be ready
for "Lampy" by next fall.. An entire
block bounded by Bow, Mount Auburn
and Plympton streets will be utilized.
Edmund, March Wheelwright, '76,
who was one of the founders of the
paper, now a distinguished architect,
has drawn the plans in the style of
Dutch renaissance. Molded brick, mul
lloned windows and a tiled roof :witn
two towers give the building a quaint
distinction from other college struc
tures. This striking clubhouse, which'
is to be flanked with Lombardy pop
lars, will, however, harmonize artis
tically with its surroundings. ; .1;
One of the. features will be the. tow
er containing the Ibis nest, an exclu
sive apartment for the president of
the board of editors. The Ibis is a
wise bird which?' interjects remarks in
the dialogue of the "By the Way" coir
umn; which, is a perennial feature of
the Lampoon humor. Professor Bar
ret Wendell, '77, when an editor of the
Lampoon, originated the ibis as a fea
ture of the paper, the sagacious bird
being used as was the dog in the Eng
lish Punch. .:'.- . :.:
The nest Is in the western tower and
from a balcony overlooks the big ban
queting hall. Lampoon dinners will
undoubtedly in the future be as fa
mous as those of the past, because the
new building will have special kitch
ens and halls for the purpose.' There
is also to be a large hall or Lampoon
celebrations. .
That Mr. Wheelwright should be the
architect is especially fitting, since he
was not only on the first board of edi
tors, but also designed the cover piece
for the original issue, which has be
come a, trademark. -, -
"Lampy" was born In the minds of
Ralph Wormeley Curtis, '76, and his
classmate, John T. Wheelwright, who
While attending a course of lectures on
the fine arts given by the late Charles
Eliot Norton conceived the idea of
producing a "college Punch." The first
number was issued Feb. 10, 1876. '-
Dispatches were recently received In
New York from London of a movement
among the Jews of Europe to amalga
mate all the societies concerned with
the improvement of the condition of
the Hebrew race-in a scheme for the
colonization of Mesopotamia. Israel
Zangwill. the head of the Jewish ter
ritorial organization, is endeavoring to
induce the Jewish Colonization associ
ation to join forces with his society to
bring this result about. .
Jacob H. Schiff, who Is now in Eu
rope, is said also to be Interesting him
self In the matter and to be doing his
best to effect the alliance between the
organizations, which will be necessary
If the plan is to be a success. He is
said to be interviewing the leaders of
the Jews in Europe In the interests of
this movement.
. The Rev.. Dr. Schulman In discuss
ing the plan said that he understood
that one difficulty which would have
to be overcome was the necessity of
providing an extensive irrigation sys
tem, which would cost a large sum.
"There can be no doubt," he said, "of
the advantage of diverting some of the
crowded Jewish population of Europe,
and there is certainly enough territory
for them in Mesopotamia. While the
country would not appeal to the Jew
as would Palestine, It has traditions
of value to the race. The Babylonian
captivity began in 536, and the Jews
enjoyed there for a time an honorable
career. They were Independent and
had a prince of their own.
"They sef.up great schools of learn
ing, and the Talmudic tradition grew
up in theseparts. They began to de
cline in the eighth century, and I do
not know if there are; any Jews left
there now, but certainly there would
be more to. attract them to Mesopota
mia now. than to British East Africa,
which was proposed as the site of a
Jewish colony a few years ago. Of
course there would be the Turkish gov
ernment to deal with, but we hope
that with the regime of the Young
Turks much greater toleration would
be shewn." "
THE SENATE'S LITTLE PAGES.
FASHION
VERSUS
BEAUTY.
Boston Sculptor Tells How Female
Form Is Being Ruined. v
That woman's figure has been ruined
ty slavery to fashion is the declaration
. of Hugh Cains, the Boston sculptor.
He says:
"Woman's figure is getting poorer
and poorer every year. The women of
(today are getting farther and farther
away from the Greek figure of 2,000
years ago.
"As one instance of this, those who
determine what is fashionable are try
ing to bring the waist line farther
own all the time, At present an ef
fort is being made to get It down as
low as the hips Thts4s all wrong, of
course, for nature long ago determined
tUat it should be just below the breast,
allowing a soft, graceful line from hip
to armpit. So long as fashion dictates
that the waist shall be close to the
hips, so long will we have women with
bulging, lumpy hips and other deform
ities. . '
"If women would have just such a
waist as they seek the beautiful that
we see in classic paintings and sculp
ture, the waist that characterized the
fincient Greek woman let them avoid
fashions."
Thomas H. Carter Tells a Story About
the Vermont Senator.
Senator Thomas H. Carter of .Mon
tana, justly reckoned one of the hu
morists of congress, is spreading a
story about Senator Page of Vermont
which, although it Is taken with a
grain of salt, is nevertheless making
the rounds of the capitol.
"I was in the senate chamber one
, afternoon after the senate had ad
journed," says Senator Carter, "and
Senator Page was- in his seat reading.
A constituent -.of mine was t with me,!
and, vdesir6us that. he ' should shake
hands with as many distinguished per
sons as possible during his stay in
Washington, I escorted him to Senator
Page's seat and introduced him. Lat
er, as we were walking out of the
chamber, we passed a number of the
senate pages romping in a corner.
"'Who are those lads?' my constit
uent asked.
" 'They are little pages,' I answered.
"He looked back at Senator Page
and said: 'Whew! He must have been
on good terms with President Roosevelt.'"
' To Blnne? Via Baiioort.
Going to dinner forty-two milea away
in a balloon was the experience of N.
H; Arnold, A. D. Converse and W. H.
Richardson, who recently ascended at
North Adams, Mass., In the North
Adams No. 1. The balloon was sail
ing near the ground over the farm of
George W. Hodges at Greenfield Cen
ter, N. Y., when two of the farmer's
daughters Invited the party to conie
down and have dinner, and they did.
POEM TO MEREDITH.
Thomas Hardy, Novelist, Lays Tribute
- on Urn of the Dead.
On the day of the funeral of George
Meredith, the eminent English novel
ist, the following lines by Thomas
Hardy, the novelist, under the bead
ing "G. M., 1828-1909," were published!
Forty years back, when much had place
That since has perished out of mind,
I heard that voice and saw that face.
He spoke as one afoot will wind
A morning horn ere men awake. 1
His note was trenchant, smart, but
kind.
He was of those whose words can shake
And riddle to the very core
The falsities that time will break.
Of late when we two met once more
The luminous countenance and dear '
Shone just as forty years before.
So that when now all tongues declare
He is unseen by his green hill
I scarce believe he sits not there.
No matter; further and further still
Through the world's vaporous, vitiate air
His words wing oil, as strobe words will.
London Times.
PLAN TO USE PEAT.
Colonel
For
Astor Invents Machine
Utilizing It For Fuel.
Colonel John Jacob Astor, who has
appeared frequently on the patent of
fice records as an inventor of practical
devices, has applied" for a patent - for
an Invention which, it. is exDecrftvm
utll Ize the 'vast deposits' of peat f oun
in the United States and other parts
of the world. - Peat has been used with
fair success as a fuel, but because of
the amount of water contained In it
a long season of drying is necessary
before it can be burned. V i ; .
The vibrator disintegrator which has
been, invented by Colonel Astor will,
it is believed, solve the problem of the
commercial manufacture of gas from
peat. The disintegrator utilizes the
expansive force of the air and gases
within the porous peat to disrupt and
disintegrate the latter and to permit
it to be thoroughly and uniformly
heated. The disintegrator will ; be
tested in a peat fuel producer gas
plant which Colonel Astor. is now
erecting at his country place at TRhlne-cliff-on-the-Hudson,
N. Y. The plant
"will run a stone crusher and is to be
of 150 horsepower. f -'
If the patent .Is allowed Colonel
Astor intends to present it to the pub
lic in the hope that it may prove; of
general use.
In the peat invention the gas gen
erated may be supplied to an ordinary
internal combustion engine, the engine
muffler being placed Inside the gas
producer. : The Inventor recommends
a slow speed engine, so that the suc
cessive charges of exhaust gas will
have time to produce the desired, ex
pansion in the muffler. The engine
which he will use in his test, will be
air cooled. .
BIG SHIP'S UNKNOWN SPEED.
Valuable Fruit Lands.
, v . . "
Through the agency of W. J.
Baker & Co., a young orchard of
10.J- acres east of Hood
River was sold this week to E."
C. Brownlee, of Omaha, for $12,
000. The orchard formerly be
longed to E. C. Long, a Portland
rnan,and the trees are Newtowns
and Spitzenbergs. ranging from
one to eight, years old. The
same company also bought ten
acres on the west side of the val
ley in young trees, for which it
paid $10,000. The latter prop
erty was bought as an invest
Sub-Committee For Coast.
The National . Waterways
Commision, which will take a
western trip during the coming
summer, has been invited to vis
it Cooa Bay and other Oregon
points. It is expected that the
entire commission, which is
composed of mernters of the Se
nate and House, will not visit
the Pacific Coast, but that a
sub-committee will go t6 places
west of the Mississippi. -
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SEES
Tribute to George Meredith.
Died May 18, 1909. ' , '
He listened to the mighty lyre of earth
And learned the lore of soul compelling
song.
He pondered on the rune of right and
wrong
And saw the hearts of men, their woe,
their mirth.
In him 'our vision had a second birtn.
For by his words we saw as through
some strong . '
Enchanted lens the conscience of the
throng, " : .
The font of ill, the hidden source ' of
worth.
Shall death claim him, on deathless
' knowledge reared?
, Shall dreams o'ertake the master of th
dreum?
Nay; his the perfect love that never
feared. .
His words send through our grief a ra
, dlant gleam
"With Life and Death I walked, au5 Ixjve
appeared
And made them on each side a shadow
, seem." ,
- Joyce Kilmer In Now York Bun.
Romanes of a Modern Admiral.
Lord Charles Beresford, who recent
ly retired as the ranking officer In the
British fleet, attributes much of Ms
success to nis wire, tie naa a true
sailor's romance. Returning from a
long cruise in 1878, he was a guest at
a reception, and, standing at the top
of the stairs watching the company
ascend, he was attracted by a face and
exclaimed.' "There's a : pretty girl!"
She" was Miss Mina Gardner." Lord
Charles quickly obtained an Introduc
tion, was lust as quick in .his wooing
and within a. month- had , won the
"pretty girl" as his bride. Lady Beres
ford is a lover of music and has a rep
utation among her friends as a com'
noser. She sits by the hour- at the
piano weaving one tune Into another.
runnine from ballads to operas, and
frequently composing as - she- goes
along. . , , . . , ' '--l.
Huge Railroad Map of United States,
A railroad map of the United States,
said to, be the largest ever sentabroad,
"has been shirked by the Chicago. Mil
waukee and St. Paul railway for ex
hibition at the Golden West and Amer
ican Industries exhibition at London.
It is forty-seven feet nine inches lon
and thirteen feet six inches h'eh. is
painted In colors on transparent cloth
and is Illuminated by electricity.
Twenty transparencies of. scenes
nlonj the St. Pan! are shown.
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Mauretania's Skipper Says She Has
Never Been Tuned Up to Top Notch.
Captain Fritchard of the Mauretania.
which had lowered her western record
by thirteen mihutes, was in fine humor
after the big ocean liner had docked
the Other day at New York.
'The Mauretania has kept up a
speed of 25 knots and over for nine
consecutive trips. I do not f believe
that any one knows the speed that
she can develop. Going home on
one occasion 1 gave the order to let
her out. This was between Queens
town and Liverpool, and the great
speed she made astonished me. I
learned later that she was not exert
ing her full power even at that time."
The steamship left quarantine a lit
tle after 6 o'clock, making another
record by docking earlier than on any
other trip. - :
Miniature Boy City For Michigan.
Judge Brown of Salt Lake City an
nounced the other day that the model
"boy city" which has been organized
in summer fop two years at Winona
Lake, Ind.. - will be established this
year nt Pine Lake, near Charlevoix,
Mich., from July 22 to Aug. 14. It is
expected that . more than '1,000 boys
from "twenty . states will occupy the
tents of the .miniature city.- , Jhey will
print a newspaper, conduct a bank and
a grocery, organize a common council,
political parties and courts and. .hold
elections, the purpose being to instruct
the boys In "fair play dries."
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