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T RTF V'- ! - ' .;'.''- V i :t 'v - -'.. ... ' ' - a, T I I crouching la a oorner of m ( th eats juite unconscious, -bar bis doll hug-rod to tier breast. 'But did the attendant know nothing of horT" was my next question; "aome one must have left, tha poor child there. Was do on with her V "A man and a woman brought her there sometime earlier, miss, ao the at tendant aaid. and thev out her on tha . .. . . A. ..- aeat, and the man aaid to the attendant I well remember the time df year It tal' they wre , , took after their " By Cynthia Doane.- V ' WAtS on of the resident medical I " officer In the hospital where- what ' I -am about tell took place, and I have always looked upon tha events , as aome of the strangest in hay not altogether unuventful experience aa ', wed leal woman. particularly fine and lovclv Juhe-and we wore rtjolctng over the beautiful weat'Cr find congratulat ing Yourselves upon the probability of I'tielng able to hold our annual hosptUl ; fete In what was . a Hi'd by courtesy . the garden of the. institution, -Rather more tiia a week before tb day arrived -l sto.! nt tha window f J my "little sllting-ro..m. planning a pretty arrangement of tables for the refresh ments of our distinguished guests wh.n hasty inock on the door was followed ' by the entrance of Slsttr Clara, whose wards the women's and children's) were ,in my special charges "J have been planning a few flags ' I aaid absently, and hardly looking at her) "we must be extra gay this time. I hen r the treasurer la bringing noma rather Important foreigner with him to the meeting, and we must " "Could you coma and sea a new pa tient at once, Miss Deane?" 81ster Clura broke in. and as I turned from tha w1n ' dow 1 saw thet her faoe looked worried and puszled. "I would not have troubled you just at teatlme.but the case doean't seem quite straightforward, and I should like you to see it cirecuy. luggage and cornloa: back for her soon. She waa conecloua then, looking about her sort of strange, the attendant thought; and then presently she seemed to drop asleep, and the attendant, be ing busy, forgot all about her till three hours had gone bj". Then she found the child' had fainted, or something, and aha called' to mtnd that tha people nad never coma back for her, ao aha fetched me In." , "Tou looked for these people, I sup pose f "KJgh and low,,.mlss, and couldn't find a trace of them. C of deaertlon, maybe.-' The attendant said the man was a Queer looking chap, and spoke with a curioua sort -of accent. She thought may be ttvey were foreigners. But whether or no that Is so they had disappeared, and the child seemed ao ill that I brought her here." That was all we could learn of the poor little thing; and as, without a doubt, she was very ill. nothing re mained but to keep her in the hospital, and io our utmost for her. There were no marks of identifica tion, upon 'her clothing, which was of coarse and., rough make, tha garments oddly shafted and unusual in appearance. T - mw initial nrAfAHlMMl Self .If stantlvflags and fetes forgotten, the In her packet was a shabby little purse Interest of a new case at once upper- but It aa empty: and nothing could dc aincovt;rca miiy wnt?rt uuuui itrr inui . niAMt in mv mind. y, "Who ad mitt "Tt?" I aakod, as tha sinter and I panned down the. stone pas sage te the ward; "and what Is It sup posed t befi "The child was brought In by the polloa," wits' the reply "and-Mr. Hlg gma sent her-straight upstairs. She is unconscious. A circle of screens in the farthest Cor would give the faintest clue an to who she waa or- where -ahe came from. Our little patient lay day after day In that strange torpor of. utter uncon sciousneaa." from which- only one thing aver seemed -to atlr her. If anyone at tempted to take her from ber great doll she clasped In", her arm. ho would rouse up in in a kind Of temporary wakc- 'ner-showed Ime where my new patient fulness, and an eacttcment that was very ' lay, ard tha sinter, and I were soon be- bad for her, only to sink back again Im- hlnd them, looking down at the bed, be- mediately Into bar former state of un- ' side which a nurse stood silently. consciousness. --Strict injunctions were V "Has 'ha -moved since I left you?" Issued to the nurses never to touch Biptft Clara tasked. ' the waxen-beauty: and so tha strange ' " "Ahe' turned a llttla and moaned once couple remained allently in tha corner " ot1 twice; otherwise she has lain Just bedthe white faced unconscious child aa you se her." the nurse answered. with the halo of dusky hair, and tha The patient was a child of perhaps 10 rosy, fair haired doll, whose staring blue or 11 aeara, whose wtllle face bore.tfnea eyes were forever wide opan, gaxlng va- of auffertog and anxiety strange In one cantly into, space. . so young. . iier-ayua wera anut, out ner icuie ortua oniurpnce.i, luno.wmg biows were drawn together in a painful upon seyara ahock or strain," was tha irown, ana avery j r ' Vm A .. . . .. U 1 I, m . yes -flashed so strangely , that X sfartled? -v" -' : : .. the an tha treasurer arid t wera ao in my room, and when -the door w. . iNo efforts of mine to calm tha poor posity quite quelled by tha odd avai V - little girl Had tha slightest affect, and talking place ahoat him. . ' .. fearful Jeat actual acuta mania should -"But I I must stay here," said t b the result -of her overwhelming ex-' kneollng , woman .by the bed. and C to write a prescription . tor a aootninf ' draught to be given her at once. ."All tha extra atlr and movement 1n the ward today will be very bad for her." IsaM to Slater niara. tl.lnk wa munt try to move ber Into a private tha Russian lady turned to me a ward, if . . sajd. slowly: .... X I had been' iolna; to say, : a . : . " " do not knowrwhat tbo child aa "If there Is time," whan my Sentence 1l har dolirlum?". . . . r was Interrupted by the opening of tiia - No, madam, - I answered, "until t . wara door and the entrance of Mr; Par, "J o',a no even anow wat jangua i e v.: the treasurer, and his moat dts. aha spoke." . - .fUngulshed guests. ,. f t An? the doll aha carries you ha .v "we rather-pride ourselves on thle .n?.t.L,;e9?otilMaT remarkable about that ward, madam, ' ha wae aaylng, "there la 'otP,nw ' aacept that aha la ao d nothing quite like It In. I-ondon.'.' 7"'" " .TlJl nYr . anyo A soft' and alnvnlariv nimuni rni. touch It or take It from her." " i answered him. and looking up, I saw by thJZ'JT, clL,M! Po "le chlldj his side a tall and very beautiful wo M1' itfK. aldi her. severity aoftenliJ h..n h. .rfaf.iv t. .rnu . a . i inina mar. men ana wnmon ahn.j ful movemente mada one think of prln- fi thThS,iiuli?,kK" ' .tb. ch1 ceases yf ictlon, Behind her was a because ofLliV51ir bra,P her.dollT" I stammered short dark lady, whoso face struck ma as vaguely familiar, and whoae eyes held a wistful anguished look that re- out Z mh" jj,"?, "2 J,.:n c minded we of someona aomeont who no one miJst You thJ was It the- reminded m of T I vfMiFR ttoPt&f$iJF&P1i a.. a v,ii& . i . n..n thM. IV" ml tnat the-custom house d rena SlJhMM - "he wa". vln. 'nivZl Tv .P i YZ.WJ' ? savin auavelv "u1"' -whetwat all once-acroaa the graoeV ' "h! ' It . h7r.u there struck a torrent of worda, now and than ehe Only diagnosis at which any of us were wiTIl1 A OAKPINn PASSmVATTO f!BT BMP! FT.TTVf! HRPRITT.IP nr Mirn trvirca nroinn -run- nmr. thered ' able1 to arrive, ana Deyona reeding the V.. Y. . .V.T ,,.r. . " " "" -w. tituu. b auxu At UAjno, w i i ti i u&sutuiJAJBLdi; jyMUTlUJM WHlLilU BHlfl tJOVEBKD THEI CHILD o HANDS WITH KISSES. . . '.'- tlghUy in one of her arms, cleaned lonely little being thus cast into our inai v ninit . hr hrauL aha bald a midst, and keeplnr her as nulet and great wax doll, whose rosy face prK comfortable as possible, nothing more sented a-oiirloiig contrast to the white, could be dona for ner. The people who iiiwi imi urr 'i iiiv wii.jiik; i uum 11 King's Cross bad neither been, seen nor heard f again, the child might have been dropped from the clouds, for all connections she appeared to have with fact aha has said a good deal,. and seems the child's face that I was positively the meeting, but aa I was preparing to to want to tell us something, but none alarmed. She turned literally livid with ,0 down .lair. at lt. conclusion and of us can understand a worshe aays." what seemed like the most deadly fear, some uet? to wort ovir tni I made no response, for by this time her- lipa quivered, her ayes grew round buildlni Klsfer P?ar-hnrried km. ml I waa beside tha child's bed. noting In- and horrof-atrlcken and-.aha snatched the DU.U AeJ.,arBhurrled up to ma. tently the change that had taken place doll from my hand as If my touch were niJ!, fl. InA In her alnoo thejnornlng. a deflllrig one, drawing her big waxen Yhi- ted. Her face hadnoet some of Its deadly baby under the bedclothes and glaring iwe hiJ wL worn -face vrwn the dIUow. -."Poor, little mite!" I cried; "wae ehe brought Irt with her' doll in her arms?" "We can't get It away from her, Sis ftr Clara ar.awarad. "thou eh she aoamad flnlte unpnnnrloua aha clunar to that doll anybody. aa tmaclnnulT a thnnvh l wara aOma A week went bv. and althouch mv thtno- verr nrecinua. and It evidently terest In the child wan oulta unabated. troublel and unset her so terribly when the .coming hospital meeting, with Its whiteneaa. there waa a touch of color we tried to take it away that I thought attendant festivities, absorbed a good It now, and her eyes were wide open It had better be left" ueai or my time ana tnougnt more great dark eyes that looked up upon "nothing must be allowed to trouble or ouc wards should ahow themselves at -expression,-most pitiful In so young a the smalt.frame. and I thought I had ny delirious that wo can do nothing Irritate her. She ahowa every sign of their best to the distinguished foreigner child. better leave my little patient to sleep iS.,"'- " , ' "vnat is it, dearr I said, gently off her excitement, though I Was pus- i"' .wa ., " w"n ramm Deane." she said -quickly. and see poor little was our foreign patient. mA nmi ' wa Uai'A nhMern in U r MA With m frlenttaa irt wh ah taf anna ' .-r, ' " " " - ind fear wirj.lmngeiy mingled: !..Wat.b? h.?. "um,Vw.fc0' hJ!.Wl I spoke reassuringly again and smiled, l."'. l"'. "V .'u"'"","'"? uui nuw nue is id rrautii anu tusar- fully rounded periods of hie sentencea stand such things In yous free count J wa -.i.vT i j v rcv-nuo biiiuv iiiaj en"UUII flQaU CliatC 11(110 CirL P&rrlan il J!S?c,i..0i vl"ltor" our nttl5 V Poj-Unt-all-lmportant fflhlllat pSpe tient had been silent, now. suddenly,. I know not yet to whom aha was tail " 7 , , c 1 V"". w" wnom ane traveled, nl "..."' , " , piicuua. (irnpainng who ner nero. Tnia is yet to leai aounds. which Incomprehensible as but I have learned," her face grew vW wiirjr ip me, yei wrung my neart.- nwn again, --iuai Jtfatuahka, my oq .no umauiri ijoiicru anwiiu wiid a vympcvKnie, is me motnar Or frown, but the distinguished stranger child who Is employed to carry th made a tiulck etep forward and ut floourttnts; and I t trusted her!" tred a low exclamation. . The oftdlng waa so pathetlo t . vnit is man sne aaia in ner nret- fuinui race grew suaaenly so sorro tV broken RnrHuh "Whn inmlii? Vhv fUl that I lonrcd to aav mmnlhln. mi . do they apeak RusslanT" fortlng, but she drew herself up qulcU Ruaatan? It Was Russian the child and added: 1 was speaking, and this great lady was ' must set to work now to lea ner fellow countrywoman. If only she lna lru.,n- .Mv trust bas been m would condescend to-speak to the child. P'acea . inaeed it bad been area perhaps,' ! reflected, she would succeed ""P'aceu. . euoseaueni i in I'ulinlni h.p- urhoi broUKht strailKS fui-til in Rut whllA tha'tLnrhi y,mA .tin k.u. thounh it took manv weeks to immil flashed across mv brain, the lady of t,,e whole of tha strsnge story lt all H . whom I waa thinking swept across the v'T "ar 5rtii!ai1t" The P"en,a of lit) wara ner lace niignt ana caver. iimuiBi ui iwm tovinu "May I sea this pationtr she asked; B.nLaf neLou" iyP" and the poor lit "it la an t V,. . - ' cliud had been used bv them am tn here in your English hospital. May I r 'at her-havlng been Involved In wt" y ' most dastardly and terrible nine as-alJ Sister Clara drew back the screen and ,he cxar' h?- two years befone tlj jne great lady pnased through, followed AliJi'li jS Ji i. I i E"uerl! hv h nthoii inir ... ...ij .i.. .1 mother fled precipitately from Ruaid lay-in-waltlng or 'someone of that de- fnd l? on"bL? V .with her bd scrlption. llfr children left Vera with friends) TTio child, as before, was sitting bolt ? l' K nd to0lt oniy hep K nprivnt in nea, geKtiouiatlng wild y and try, " " Jl" . in tin. 7-n.i.. ...ii.i ' There ahe contrived to nn aa look of intense bewilderment flash over ' f riend 8nd Pho,er of the Ruaslan gd the great lady's i face. emment. and actually Insinuated hers "She says strange things." I heard her V,i ,i J k . Vii" ul '"2 'JIL' murmur; and then aa the other lady iZjd tlA 'th-h.H'"-!? moved behind the screen and came lutb ,i d h h,d v,,lted th hl full view of the child, a moat exturordl- PTLn v..r. .v. narv mine- nunnenefi. with a minin. --: i"""- " mr brain dlaturbancn. and the nuleter and who was coming with tha treasurer. Mr. calmer we keep her the better." Darcey. Rumor had It that the visitor I examined ber carefully, and every- was a certain Rusatan lady of very high thing I found pointed to the correct- lineage, and very great Importance, who ness of my first diagnosis, . g., that was living In London- for a time and some brain trouble was at tha bottom was particularly desirous of learning all mtrtt hint ha- If Via mrrft Ho r kr , anrls 1 A n n ndntml .a i a aa jn m "Ten me what you reel ana wuat I can I was pusaled also to Imagine what ;"Me"J,a. " " ""f """. '- do for you." language she had spoken, and I deter- pr- nd 1 ,,n",,nt, we"t w,ih "r lnt2 A still more distressing look shot Into mlnod that as soon as possible. I would fer ward- When I reached Twenty bed hr irai hr hrnw Ar,mt tAMlh,; ,hi -!r . . lA wuA . . ' .WAAiiAn 1 SAW St OnCS OhSt IDV natlent WSH auf- f the child's condition, and having that she could of the methods and man- sbook her head vehemently and poured linguist, to come and visit tha ward and 'ering -either from some fresh brain agemeni or cntfunn nospnais, witn a out a torrent or woras in a language or discover the nationality ot our strange uumii or jmra i severe re- mlltraSS ini flung IJ&TZ nTkneel iier 1,ttl0 being .Vnt over fr, be"da the bad he fire Sflame wlfh Ru"s'a br"'K 'h her papers of t some Ind.scXb emoUon whfle she mnL W ,Jmi:or'"nc whlchJ' caught the child's hands and covered iVa living i on""8 ' BOm N" i them with kisses, speaking to her In the Vera l"?t RuBa?a wit h a nartv of r ! f. d The 'nt'a'hi-rd V."" d?" '.!?eadL wh ??.?PP j riven tha necessary orders as to treat mant, t moved from behind the screen with Sister Clara, leaving tha nurse to watch tha little sufferer, who seemed to grow Increasingly uneasy at tha aonnd or our voices. view of Improving those in her own land. On tha day before the meeting when I want my morning rounds the little pa tient wno so mucn inieresiea me wan. which t pmiM Tint nnHratan4 a, a. In trial notion CmdeSCnCe Of the Old one syllfible. But my friend'a Intervention waa, 8h 1n, P ln, bed her dark I shook my head and replied slowly after all, unnecessary, for the denoue- hair toeaed wildly over her shoulders that I could not understand her. repeat- ment of tha whole episode was not? the fr face flushed deeply her eyes start ing the same statement ln French and least extraordinary part of lt. ,?,.!' ana bright. German, but these languages were evl- Tha day of our annual meeting was , Wit one arm sne clutched her big dantlv as unlntalllsibla to her aa waa wirm rla art A. 'riallclnns . m nerTeet doll In a sort Of feverish, desncrate CMJd'a admission. "Who lai ener j.id ror my second visit Bistev approached English, and the trouble In her eyes a June day as heart could desire and rasnion; wun tne otner ne was ges no on come with' her, or give an ac- me with an odd look of excitement ln deepened. I did my best to soothe ner even our scrubby patch of ground, dig- tloulating eagerly, almost I should have count of herT"' I asked. her face. and spoke ln reassuring accents, hoping ntfled by the name of garden, looked "aid despairingly, and all the time ahe xmiy tne policeman who orougni ner. , one is conscious," was ner eager ex- mat tne very tones or my voice might bright and restive. xaisea on- inn on ana on. in a nign hension were endured bv the child o tho ciistoma house and the nnlii-e. li terrible Illness showed only too plain! ttne arrived at Kings cross with 1 "Mv child mine min.f .k. ..i... "i:iors m saiciy. ana iney lert n , . ri , ..JiTL v ' in ine companlon'e Hlioulder. "Matuahka," she aaid. almost sternly, and In French, "what Is this? Is the nine one your child? waiting room for a mom cried in the same language. "They sent Whilst claiming Uieir uajiaae hVmftreVaur'e-nTyhe'aJfa WJ?'1 I,And "ffaunegpetSThappw .r7m.Lf"8.ur'lTraJr heart s delight They were arrested by the doIIco on When wa wera out of earshot of the as before, oulte unconscious: but when bed .1' questioned Bister Clara about the I approached the ward in the evening my llttla Vera, whom I lor two long years. And then ahe turnaA child and drew hpr Into her arms, kl pave not Men formation aiven bv Russian aecrnt a k.l. .... vice agents, and fearing for- the saff ......... or ine papers iittro vera carried, tl anstained from njentlonlng the child lie Is waitinr to speak to you The policeman, a big man with , ahrewd eyes and a kindly face, gave - bustnaa-4ika replies to my questions. . It appeared that he was that day on duty inside King's Cross station, and . that an hour or so earlier ha had bean eummcned to the first-class walting . room by ihe attendant. There he found our new patient ciamation and lt waa not neceasary for have a calming effect, and I think they Before 3 o'clock we were all ready clear voice perrectiy audible ail over ner to exolaln who was meant by "she." did quiet her, for her face grew less to receive our grand company, the the ward. Her worda poured out with The child had been so much in all our troubled, and when I smiled at her she wards were gay with flowers tne pa- fearful rapidity, hut they were, as be thought that I knew instinctively to smiled faintly ln return. tlents lav smiling and happy under su- fore, perfectly unintelligible, and every whom Sinter Clara alluded. Thinking l would try to establish a perlatlvely clean quilts, prepared to en- moment her accents grew more era- "Conacious!" I answered, with eqnal more friendly relation between us. I laid Joy themselves to the full and to revel phatic mora excltod and, If one could ragernesa. "Has aha spoken? Has she my hand en the flaxen head of the doll in criticising the gowns of our lady vis- say so. of so young a child, more full said anything to give us a clue to her that was still cuddled ln her arms, and ltors. of some 'terrible despair. She looked identity?" smiled encouragingly. But my action It so happened that an anxious case at each of us in turn with a perfectly "She has spoken several times In brought suoh an extraordinary change to ln one of the wards kept me away from heartrending appeal In her face. roSin. " irnt, ihJ?t0 ha.er. """' fll,: flnd b thTs means s1le came 1. ! the nL'mnl8 J.nYcfrJ0 "oo,h0 "r 1ani8 nt the "capital. Her motl W,Pt T nnHn.? ih. tnt.V F?' V"" f"n'1 t0 "OClated lth thO I fa. c wl. .MM c,,H,t.ilh..fret 'a.dy B r",lal P"rty various more or leas It t? t curiously set and stern rious plots and was handed over to 1 police of her own country- nut lime vera Una become one of or mat distinguished ..... ....... ...... Hi r.i wiys race was still curiously set and stern and that her eyes looked sadly down at tha woman and the child, and presentlv nit aHK-! If sue mlrht hear all tha hn.i..i,nM rh2rLifilh0 '1!tUe ne'8 nd,nl8sl" t heautlful lady, who (a goodness end .. oernens iiaeir io ma niupkv ntt la r mi.- rHlay "?!. . ymir ronm:J. Perhaps, Only ono sign remains of the strtj m l .r ;.,,',1!8, l'vMHUr" 8aM- our,e- ,,h chlId unorwenthe has never b3 ously, his usual talkativeness and pom- known to look at or touch a doll aga) MUST WE ALL LEARN TO Continued From the rirst Parfe of Tkisl Dection Our first effective, if crude, aero- contal rudder, which, raised or lowered, planes -are simply ao many Inherently altered the elevation at which the ma- bottom of the ocean of air, endowed with some slight automatic propulsive power, but needing to slide upon the supporting air, aa in ciear waver m full tilt, you can recall the slant and the sensation which Farman has ar- r 1 VPil nt 1 1 nlMlnir .HHInar awlnnmlna". LI,. AA .1 1 I - a . . . . P ' ............ o u "V. """'"iifpno inventing, riying tnrougn the air on a curved line like BantOB-Dumont. Ernest Archdeacon, instead of a straight one.' It is a more iaouls Bleriot, Gabriel Voisln, Captain startling performance than the others: Ferber, Henry Kapferer. Louis Vuia can see the crab or turtle slide slanting and Robert Eanault-Pelterie. He aimply through the denser liquid which gives went on the Job of flying. tiihi, no practicea in it at rest in ln ftfoirTesa wlikt Is lost In height. All birds, and even the most delicate order to familiarize hinwtelf with every of butterflies, are in the same plight; phase of the machinery. Hetrted next the instant tne airect lining power experiments in rising from tne ground, . VI tne Wings censes to operate iney ran to the bottom of the air ocean. Their magnificent swoops and circles are nothing more than slanting slides, even the upward curve being largely the ex haust of the impetus gained upon the downward slant We. like the blrde tn the air and the and they failed until October 1. when he rose 18 Inches and flew a few yards. 1-vul uuiu uciunur io plish a real "flight." measured 2S0 meters about 900 feet 'inree days later he achieved flights of 800, 600, 000 and 1.200 feet On Oc tober .! he won the Archdeacon run lt looks, to the mind's eye, more diffi cult; yet almost every one has already accomplished half of It and thought lt nothing remarkable after ho learned how. With factories now turning out ma chines regularly to order, guaranteed as any auto can be guaranteed, with scores or buyers learning and tentatively prac- tl.ooo for a machine to b finished within 185 days. And, over ln France, aeroplane flights have already become so vital a feature of ordinary sports that prises for aero plane races amounting to $200,000 are up under the auspicei of the Frenoh Aero club, while new contests are sched uled to supplant horse races, to a pro nounced extent, at many of the water ing places. - As real Is the Imminence of aerial legislation, which, in the opinion of Dr. Fauchllle, of the Revue de Droit Inter national, demands that a whole new coda of laws be worked out at the next Hague conference. And equally real is tne near advent POLITENESS DOES Never Does One PAY Officiousnea Any Good By Carolyn Prescott. OES politeness pay? - I have a friend who vigorously claims that lt does, and another who claims just as vigorously that lt does not. These two women started out one D woman-a seat, woman No. 1 rose and ifer mind what politely proffered hers to the working dri of th school for flying, paralleling the day last weelc to experiment, No. 1 tq turtles Of the water, have our normal previously held by fiantos-Dumont, ln a resting place at. the bottom of an ocean, flight of 2,600 feet, nearly half a mile. . j Ml -ocean is zuv miiea ueoji mm 11 ouii no nau not llown ln did tie aCCOm tlcin.- with Armaria, -.n I Via. a.,,1 o .a The distance to wli'n -hull ,- n.r. rimi tn fit, hsu in a Farman aeroplane, is there much doubt of the accuracy of his forecast, that one year hence will see 100 mile flights as commonplace as 100 mile auto trips? Save for the few paragraphs devoted ran- rovera every- inch of land and water on and all the ernertu nrnnho.i.A i..i.j: aif Kipling s vision inspired or the surface of the arloba. Its total should he attemnt it U heron hi. . tastle, as the distant future may prove weight is 6,000,000 tons. tack upon .the circle on October 28 and ,,1 rlA01e aimed at being a raa Jivery square men or surrace an over soon smasnea hia motor and propeller ucimnuie irom me common exag- , tho earth supports IS pounds of its He put ln some time on renairs and' f.catlons that are rife Immediately upon n - nractlce schools of Paris. Lvons and Bordeaux, where aerial pilots have been educated in the past Albert C. TYIaca, an air pilot approved by the French government. Tias come to the iTnlted States to establish a school here, with a course comprising 40 lessons, prepared by Co.lonel Espltallier, vice-president of the permanent international aeronautlo commission. The day . Is hare when man can fly How close is the day when man must fly? f A PUMA BABY. creasure. An ordinary man carries 16 alterations, which tnrtni tk. tons of the air ocean s weight around tlon of the size and weight of the tail- er5'' or t,ie performance of some feat of with him day and night and doesn't piece. world wide importance. On January 11 Of thla vaar h. m.i- a circle of nearly two kilometers about a mile and a quarter. Thereupon Far man called out the Aero club again, and on January 13, 1908, a date which must remain as memorabl in the annals of mankind as the greatest events of his tory, he made the official flight of 1,630 yards in a closed circle at . a speed feel It because it is exerted upon him . equally in all directions inward, out i ward, upward and downward. And that Is precisely the case with . the bird in the air and, in the other liquid, with the ffsh, the turtle and the crab of the water, r- Until the day of the aeroplane, even after Santos-Dumont contrived his dirg- ; lble balloon, we Imagined that our average height of 26 feet and handicap waa our weight With Far- of 84 miles an hour. man's final demonstration the real ob- How did It feel? Well, his first ahnrt atscle ' proved to be the old, familiar flights proved that the problem of difficulty equlpose. equilibrium was the sole thlna- to ha 8o 1t i a handicap already half con- eolved. " 10 ba quere-a oy many men auve maay, ana fining me head of his aeroplane wholly conquered, it seems, by Farman when h a SDeed on th mr,i a. . ..V... 1. ... .1 1 .. 1 1 . 1 1 ala,A. 1 . BUI- 1 UUIU aUlUieillUIU, WI1U KlaUCU 11KB H OITO ! UCCSn in WniCn riO WDM lllhn.a.a.1 Goitl neath the aeroplane tha hni. rh,' It has sought to present to the aver age man and woman reading the page this Sunday morning the cold, eober" rallty of flight for every able bodied youth and aault the reality, which la not for the doubtful future, the reality which Is here, now. ready and Inviting. For a few years, for a very few years, it may remain Inviting only. But when inose iw years shall have passed, no Terrorized by Savage Mother. From the Travel Magailne, Hissing like a sullen geyser, the great puma mother crouched with flaming eyes. Ridge of her tawny back brushed up In rage, tall a-ewltch, ateel elnewa rigid beneath soft skip, she glared at her four pupa In the cage corner. A fluffy ball of epotted fur sprawled on eubstantlate her theories, the other to refute thorn. Woman No. 1 promised woman No. 2 that she would stand the expense of a box of candy, a bunch of violets and matinee tickets if her friend could prove that politeness really did not pay, Woman No. 1, the polite one, wae early, and was forced to wait while woman No. 2 put the finishing touches to her toilette. Being polite, of course, ahe. did not complain at the delay al though she was somewhat vexedw At las v they started. Reaching tha atreotear, the two women boarded it, rinding It crowded. -Two gentlemen arose, offering each of them a seat which each accepted. A. little farther along a woman, old and carrying a bundle, aaMered the car. She was plainly a working woman, not handsome, and not remarkably clean. Seeing that no man arose to give this woman This woman plumped herself down In it, without a word not even a look of thanks to the woman who had given It to Her. But my friend had been polite. She hugged this thought to her bosom, wIHIp sho hung on to the strap and wns jostled and pushed and had her toes walked upon, on her way downtown. In the meanwhile woman No. 2 sat ln her scat, contented and happy. Her the ory was working itself out beautifully already, she thought. Arriving downtown, the two women entered a la-ge department store, where a barg-iin sale waa in progress. A prot ty piece of lace caught the eye of worn ait No. 1 and she reached for it Just as another Woman did the same thing. Be ing pome woman io. i allowed the bar- at the end of gain hunter to appropriate the piece of woman who hi inue ni'u carry it on, mougn sue wanted lt badly herself. Of course she was disappointed at the Ions, for it was Just what she wanted and she knew of a waist that lt would trim very prettily. But she had been polite. Again at the soda fountain she suf- Terrtrt heoatlMe nr hr rnl I . Ana. c- T-v ... j . . ' . . - ----"' r.?U .a"?-0? Seat.' and 88 8,he wa" hHd lost hcr tneor'v that politeness pat about to take It a large and very Nevertheless, politeness does cay- 1 ' brusaue woman brushed hv-har .,.a ,-. ,L 1?'.P'J i a.,f a a . she wanted to But ahe had been polite. Walking through the store she i a woman who hod evidently dressed ryirry and alone. All of the buttd at the hack of her waist, with one i tepiion or one at the neck and anotn at the waist- line. u-er. nn'aal ahaj If lug polite, my friend stepped up to tl woman, and In a gentle mnnner 1 mlndod Iter of the fact. The wont lurneu. wiwiout thanks, and glared my friend. If looks could have kill mum wuuia nave neen a corpse on spot where vy friend stood. But had been polite. ou inrougn me enure day wont i i aurterta mrougu hcr polltenef Woman No. 2 stood bv. takin wh J cpuld get without effort and wBaflt the troubre of being polite. Therein at the end of the dav's Inumev li Who had been ao firm in V conviction that politeness pavs waa ? pnly the I03er of a box of candy.fi hunch nt vlncita nnA a f.ln .u . J . . - - - - - .... i i -, h iw lliw flltl nee, but she had also lost the opp v...-., ui I'HuiiiK up a goua oargam, r been hum II ated bv a woman tn ati. she thought she was doing a kindne was isjra out rrom stand nr In brusque woman brushed by' her. seated there 1, a time Mu pla for if tl'Sl' 11 herry PhoPhate time and place evldenUy had not before my friend had even made up a . : "i ini-H two women. one can deny that lt will have become unsteady lege across toward her. Out SKrSEfc rh.trobe.thtne8lrat.?: f tof f ' : road, the steamship and the submarine hurled euddenly back amdng bla cower- have by social Influences or by Indus- lng brothers and sisters, md others a handicap lightened by flcient, he gave it what the French are ngenuity as far back as the day of calling "the angle of attack" unon the oTd Lililenthal. who glided like a bird air ocean in which ho was submerged -or a lurtla.- Now. Tiow did Farman As the fluid atmosphere rushed be- , One of the daredevil autolsta. and as rose upward, slanting 1 toward I the akv Great Rri tain .Ha little learned in flying machines as any He lowered the head Sd It sfanted down! Smie I? coata' thra SL1,'.M' totitndmn aeroplane ward. Then the machine swooped Tiki W0 tahnM fitfb -wilt vuiHina By John And era on Jayna. or H-al rl - m H k I n o- a clause in the contract that a'man must pe able - to fly at least one kliomete in It, or the .63187th rart of a mile. Scores of men ln Paris today are or Cering flying machines with the same aplomb as they would order a runabout, and they are paying less for them. The laI.prlc fly 1800. Practicable aeroplanes are being turned out on or V..iw,.t.,5..tn aame ' aertatnty of prae-ri-?inu?l.wlth th am promptness as antomobllee and bicycles. - fiy luV fiSSA -"A 'AaJJ."M? iu t.. "'YJ.a yea"' aeropla - -- - - -"i"n ivmiia trial or martial exia-encv become com pulsory. ' a Dr. RudSiph Martin, formerly Prus sian government councillor, has pub lished a book a howl n ir how Germany by means of aerie! warships, now being built secretly, can Invade and conquer ha. estimates that raa veara and 810 000.- swooped like 000 to build a battleah.n. 80 aerial war. . , --' wy nucio i to i 1 1 m n nr n inminum rtii 11 nm viirnAn nil t . t ... ui.. iu ...... aU,standStin'rr0Una' " roll,d 'orwar(1 l rnoney within three SfteM Tensely" alert TJtor. hie "th lta" "r"t h's sentence show. a bird, until, the running "Nasty temper," I remarked to the keeper. "Has she been' long like that?" "Started this forenoon," be shook his head in anxiety, "I don't like lt. I'll have to separate them, I fear." The. unnatural mother commenced pao lng her prison, sparring viciously at her offanrlna ln nasslrlV. Three hud dled together In a pitiful heap, but one . ,jL ; "i:jtlHlK EAllS - Watch Two Men on tt Street as Tkey Say Goocl-tye to Ont Anotke T mad desire ln ' the life that makes Olvmnln B-Amam ni. At . HE" have their exits and tholr "Tom" wild to fallow after her. But ra- 'nr thou canst not be a god," entrances.' and nnc. man In hi. she amilaa nrohlv and "Tim" bnm,,. pressed the universal wish at man time plays many parts." So said J" "., 0?0 7. "VfriM aJ xlt ln a bIa,!e of loi a.' v o rw iiiinj. gain cv cb UileXlfJ HilQ his pulse jumps to 100 beats per min- wlse old Will Shakespeare, who itood up and defied her. A Jungle ter- conceivable angle. The fact that he puta had , studied life .from every ute. She has made her exit and left a But always, In his earlier trHOs, the head a dip months. : 1 1.1 VIIlUiillK IIlba 11Q BlIlllVRI TWLl 111 IU would move his bodv forward "a', ' "ul tar more imminent, ana rar more meet each blow, dodg ng, spitting, strik th i,A a)1 ?,a? ro.rwa and real, was the opening of bids at Wash- i Out an iwUiM Daw at tha a-reat lllclL HlR ffl T H1 TH. m- I 1 1.1 .1 T. . - noar,! Vi j." . " J7prurj , on Bp(;ii lunuuii rnrUStt uenerai Alien, cniu signal United States army; Ha required a flying machine heavier than what a keen observer of life he was. A man mar come upon the scene of ao- chine into a doVnWrdWeT the no w ed bv oS l?,rybl 5nle of "Pward or of level officer of the flight had een lout fni- th. i "tl:.? a?1. . Aetiln tho VC- . 4i-vi, rnqmrea a xiying macnine neaviar man uneven and th. a i hf 9. TotoproYSd "'r. able to carry two persons with a nEwarn, combined weight of 0 nounds and upwara slant of progress was lnterrunu ii-r fn.i i. . . eii.h ,ien "They don't turn on their pupa often. void In "Tom's" heart that cannot be niiea. ' See a splendid tragedy queen. She may make- her entrance quietly, unob- trimlvAlv fthA mav nnm. 1m n. I , u a. ; i.ii. A,.r""t"T.a." " in nr, tr. ia,.;s: tinn flulatlv. unnhtrnal vl. h,, ,.1-d- , y . B ",llJla iiuiict, Dut wnen sne L, , .. i." "i "r. BU,xH- J , , , v - leaves ner itomeo men lt is a different Si 'a. 'y v a suenr inning or i xnere is no slipping away ".". away ana tne enaaows sor Your exitl Do not worry about it! . Act well your part, there all i honor lies." Know this, that if you 1 truiy.vyou will make a good exit, matter how, when or where the tl shall oome for It to be made. Yd exit, may be like the sun at evening does he make his' exit In that wav. matter. Watch two men on the street as they quietly. She realizes the value of tha stealing over the earth, but howsoe ay "good-by," one to the other. It exit and works up to It accordingly. J1 may come, If you have run ."rejd uuesn i taKo mem long to greet eaen "Jjannie ' boy goes out to call' upon other, especially when they have- not his "Eliza Lou." . in a little All tnrougn Xhe evening, when nana Only knew It once before. You notice, meln herr, her claws are not out when he strikes. That may come then we will 1 -.-. a,a.ma. . .us a I a.1 .. aa Kaakla.-'- kaa M ed: than iiwi a .Tr.i vVM'K VM.Vr lum "ugn ror.a ingnt or, w The young liernian keeper waa t reauf "eon eaon oinerror years. A -"'. . miiep. d stressed. wnue may ten tne princloa pitch """a io me aownwara . And Its speed must be at leaet f'I returned In the i morning to ee how have oodurred skrtee last ttiey met. Then mure," sympathetic, friendly. Only that But th. ,..i . . mllee an hour, although the full con- the affair had progressed. Entering the desire to makaMeir exit. Each of them and nothing more. But the time comes vyear aeroplanes hlZ hrir, .Tv,T. w'T1 "iVr"Jt "rl1 tract-- price wUl be paid rof nothing Frankfurt Thlergarten, I found the Hon reaiues tnat tnxlt should be the cli- for "Dannie" to say "good night." It la It aa automehn.. LnLp." aaaual. .D -in;T rr "","'"r "V'i1"" iP1" "ift'4.mnM "- hour.;- house. Mr friend etood in tha ampty wax fall of thfelr conversations- Bach hie- trial,. r ptit her- opportunity. ' How iW.tthVTr"a The Instant thi maXinV w.- AZttZTZ . -,wA"a .1?.eriaI.a.rarrB.r. V.t.'.10. J??. or. mouth the muehahe can put Into the ffhal hand- ... nnWUVlb ,-I l. . . . . . . " , ' a" I . t.J Bl-l-f UIVIlltMB.I - fUrUI llUlinU I DILI . r U ll ITOII ltt VU.'V -l-. ,,tTW . II Q IVlllUlllUliaUm flill.AD. twosaore bids .for a nala Ilaht came from above, the claca or tne meetlna aarbed ln an anotheosla tha last has decided to award was close with a heavy odor.- of glory. TJnoonsclously they are fear- miss that nstead of the one orig- Ha greeted me mournfully. "The lit- ful of the anti-climax. They hem, haw, knows and praotlces the effectual exit. .a mnA i a iMn.,. . I a. na, ff,a, waa inn imnrM .in. a-nr mm inoi wiaai aaair in v.tn rnv . h. viaa-M- mb, man a ..., av.ini.i i lth tha need fnt 'all th-.. Ihil I? l. l.a vtaht. Jnat a. aaAnnit In hei laws word and flnallv l.av. Mod th.i hulf. flv. tn thai- ein.l lt. aiWAn- ,v. . .. Z resolved to trust to the doubtful gener- and the taxidermist won't attempt to way regretting that they have met i' of Hfe. Perhaps few would ay with .-; in remaining puppies xo anow wnen to quit, ana wnen to unariee iainD,, "that be would like to lng as a Strona' man enmlna- frnm chamber rejoicing to run a race, O will be remembered, not o much your vlotorloua-ax4tr aa -the way : ran your race. Teaching a Prince Economy. To the German mind frugality is d of arerlal Farman What heart love is wrapt up in of the most necessary feminine vlrtAL 1B07. waa deliverail fit- . -.. a.-"v,",..J"JT"canique nroonesiea oaltv mt Ma.. .i.Ttr thi .bin ri'V,8 f.lL05ti'LV?2nver;?tior Fsoneof t i'wu i ." " in jii.. nuw many man neap tinaii it in a gun. ut an wouia like Aiounenu . raiiy in anDiBmixn. -i.T. ,i borlsontal plane of light sail i0tiv - narallel and Id feet lnn WiUC-3- " portal by a framewr of ah and piano. Inside eurve oppose to lonaitudin?r .,i,i th;T,.T riz r'""'" i?r t.aoo ny- wnion.it na peerea wanu if Sanni,' iW-.M".M awnce for fclata .j M i3cL r,.?T 0B maohine, whlcli they will deliver ' , Juat behind ana above the level of aVeT?X;Erti-?I A W decrlblng I?ft-,0JESL.p!Sf2 I JSJ9rJSm& V1 ? aa th.? iiT tl," Tork aeta 0.0 for their had Wtthl A great believer in this, aa the follow! hows: Hia oh.ly daughter. Princes Victo Louise, ordered a costume from'fl dressmaker for a nadal occasion.1 "Km the murderess raced In si- fine arta In life. How manv men keen axhal it In a run " Hat .11 nr.ufar nir. ini.k..i a her eves wera alive with a a hostess standlna in tha door while to maka an lt Mmn,...,). ni, thl -i.-J. LTf! i ili;irTY.u' A'AiVt!..""'! fascloatln light -ho tragedy mumbling idle - werda that bear- thelK dearae of success thev liaa wonln nS'. --A , H. ww- n Imn-l.nn.a .Innn.nt la,ll-in- tn lli. .l .h.t hat all., nltk Iha I na ' .... . t. . . : I .W.avu - -a " - . . .,.,a-..-..vv. ,..,UyU w ui, v- w.imi, a- ui- TTIIU VII- UUVM UII WM tll Willi Ul in. , T Aaa m . LT f Dfdmnllr ailtra-a-l a.tlls there waa . motor power, having eight dyl welaMng only 171 Dounda. the machine there protruded moat deliver within F-. wrntt or r'hio.am lea him to. make h oulck, jUiort elrcie whlla vTniiS ' i"fw the royernment oil the baala little chap of a jwurt eu-cie wnue running ; 0f the mere oot U , material, gets meadow plucH, ii "w-. a::'-i" ...a. Tr .v ti " ". " -- - . -i,uj UO.U.IAUU- ui xob use or oiners. coatinc twice u mil bT; Key came rrom tnf (ooparua, ,me-uona exit. me early western civilisation. . "To as the orialnals But the vnune i deep-throated -guttural sent unwelcome But th ladies! Heaven blesa them! huaband out, lif' taiar at Quivers through one a nerves. Ah, there aro the ones who know how and keep tha fame from wasting by re- that she muit first ask her 'father ; I ,f.i ierr tne ouuamg, rauevea to reei to mane me. errectuai exit naicn my pose," tens now uoidsmlth longed to What tha emoeror aaid la nnt :wa la tha breeze ana eee tne aunugnt.- wor way or me Kitchen aa she archly givea -keen hia faculties to tha last While ad hut tv.. Vif...tn.ir.- a.i...i "1m puma, he urely bad tre- "Big Tom," the policeman, good-by. 8he the old Spartan, who aaid ta Diagorao., deliver the drees with the cheaper bt . ; , .-, inutut ,yvt , 141. u ,m muci u -uiu uu nwuiun lla WOfl IOI IODI. ! .i : ' -
