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17 THH BANKS of the River Mrn
Ilea CbaJona, a military carrtsoa
f am4 throughout - Europ. It '
brod icrtu hy mounded to th
irainp ox uiaaur ua ui pouna
un4.
; for-
V Inar of hoof both In war and peace
cuaion Baa piayeo ua part m we great-
eonfUot Of 1870-1ST1. and In the more
eevoefttl development of French military
exdeace slnoe that day. Latterly, It has
bean the scene of much aeronautlo ao-
tlvlty, for here Freneh officers have
been taught the' handling of dirigible
airships and the piloting of military
averoplaaea "
Not only the army officer, but the
gUded youth of the boulevards, weary
of to horsepower racing cars, eventually,
tUrtttsi to Cnalona to learn the art of fly-"
Ing the most chio accompli ahment of
the day, the dot, as it were, of the T
of .fashion. There, Is hardly room for
i! all thaaaniranU to flying fame, broad .
as the aviation grounds are, and the
"wrecks are frequent enough to satisfy
! even the Jaded tenset of the Parisian.
f Iaaewr. , ; t :-' .
r t. Bide by side the aeroplane eheds are
i ranged, like the stables of racetracks,
Great -sliding doors close them. wider '
j .even than the span -.of the planes within
when the doors of a shed are, pushed
eeide It Jls as If. the entire front has
been removed to permit the. machine'
'within to roU out on the rroundav
t Here it was that I first met Martinet
He looked more, like an automobile
chauffeur than an air i pilot a . wiry,
leather-clad black-eyed little French
man, very- active, very polite. When he
Is not winning prises at some aviation
meeting it is Ait-emei pusmest in lire : '., . TS. Z trwvd "
to .teach the young Idea how to fly. Scandinavia.; . Btnh.J ,hflK?S '
which he does at an outrageously high Bewfleld In musld h
price with the aid .of much. Parisian o1 melodltt ot hit own ry a
nlang and the smoking Of far moreclg- foundation for hit work, so "f '
arettot than art good for him. j - ; log his compositions by the use of these
i . i -.- f , ; v. .;v that a sensOve listener can at once ao
Asked :nd.InvttedLV,-;?';?l: "--v tect ;the trangepdulgtiona Orteg'a
! r .."m. ,hi v 1LJ: Mm .f'W harmonica ., -sound especially
, xt was not Unul,I bad seen mm and 4Vw . . ... n
, spoker,. to him almost dally for two 'u tulu&tu tnl mer- -
weeks and commiserated with him on Sfn7i JJ l?e88( n m6r
I the. trials of an aviation Instructor's r,mint ?ku n '
. .hard life (he file.. when it pleases him viWje th H2SSf.ae
or the wind, and he charges almost what 'ther through northern Norway, be
. Jhe MkesV that I ventured to ask him : wat Impressed with ie ffand" V1 .
If X might accompany him on a cross- mountain scenery and he decided to at-
country flight some flay. . : voto his lift, to painting nature. Oie
"Come around Saturday. .Maybe X Bulli '. however, persuaded him to de-.
will take you' to Vineennee. v r aerlbe la the tonal forld the wonderful
Saturday came. It was cot until 1 soenery of Norway. He led him 'Into
o'clock In the afternoon that Martinet , the mountains, let htm listen to nature's
appeared. ' He looked at the sky and peculiar sounds in pile northern realm,
r shrugged hit shoulders. and thus taught hln to draw Inspiration
-f "Not yet," he said. -"Walt 'until the directly from .his own country.
tf wind settles." ;. J, ha was in Copeibagen ttudy--.
For the next hour he smoked one. jng. under Gada Then, and when he
"; cigarette after another and commented jnet Nordraak, a young Norwegian com--
on the weather. No yachtsman ever p0ser, he began hit first terlout ao-
consulted the sklee as Martinet 16V -Bo ,Uaintanee with the Norwegian melo-
looked wlthsusplclon at a whlsp of et, - Grteg taid of hit friendship with
. T - .C-I-T
sky like a skein of white thread. He
'imielnh.
cock Jthat swung on top ota huge flag ,
pole perched on the military barracks,
- - and at wind gauges that spun around
v and recorded the velocity of the wind.
f t Not satisfied with that he telephoned to
- -the nearest weather station for the gov-
ernment't opinion of the wind, t '
' Tifteen Wlometret. an hoar," said undertaken until the beginning of the, touth tentrat part of Norway Harden
" Martinet last century. The scenery of their coun- Iter, Telemerken, Xtomtdalen, Halllng-
7s t blowing too hardr I asked. To try hM jreatly Influenced their muslo. flaleh and Oaterdalen and from here
t. me it aeemed like the gentle summer particularly Is this "true of Norwegian chiefly Grief gathered the material for
Greene of a poem. , : , :. , , m(.loflle. for 0( tf three countries in- bl works. . .
"N. But if t gusty. It eomet and
In I moot MtWa itT,t th&
a 29 UI1' wma tat tteaay than
U MMS
' ' . ' ' ' . . ' .
; uettwg woser to a Uecition.
' Perhaps It is the sight of three pupils
'of the aviation school, trundling out
.hl muliltiM. that AalAmm
. vrnv-o
more he squints coquettiahly with one ,
eyt closed at the weather cock on top
, J f'cf.,?ie' Thaa he walkt over
; to th ehed in which his machine is
rV,Jv,. . ,,' .
. ..... fX!?.tlJ? 7 'Lt
' .,U -1 "man bi-
" ,!!.tfni in I. , hors-
Three mechanics roll It out into the sun-
ehine. They haadle it ae if it were in-
care, and examines fevery square inch In
the two bladed propeller of his rotary
Gnome motor.
y&JLvh
u iJttif?rF2
m getting on my nerve ft. At last lie
run flown your face If you d.on't
travel fa up thera" ';-. ' .-rv.
We
' I puts .on his own goggles and but
tons the naps or bis flying cap under
ms cmn.
cigarette.
H. 1. all goggles, nose ad
-the Start '
And Then the 'Start.
Martinet clurfte into bis seat
fmtlor me to take mv nlaca h,
!nu"XTe' lift Tils hand in an aloauent
tray ana crops It again, , Two
'' .n "vllwlBh rhl ni,nk. d with the health-! vlng t ne Whloh or seyerai jeneranons. to tnese 01S pr Ot oe io mueio. er ins irst mu .... (., msv rou di fW-niSii.Dewuaenng w
' the lle-ht f Martine looks k fv, b. foreTer murmurs Ihi iZ sad melan- rtet Grieg wandered and .discovered of June the shepherdt leave the omt theu he makes a Jump to tha opposite the jnost topularpartt are rAnltra't; those below, Thore is something gen-
shakes the mal frW to laS' him choly moani their ktea which the tnie tource of northern music Hit patture, tnd Uke their flock up Into . idda. of tht room, and goes on at Wore, Danca'i- and The Troddant.- - - uinely,; exhllarltinS , in the ease with
" 2j Inat if u flra He shake- almost thera romantically 'sun" imagination became Impregnated With the mountain, where they remain with the men , frequently taraloaw. aomtr- The TrOlda art the mountain spirits, which we wind In and out
F every part of theachine It seem8 to the xomoSs tilti P bf color" which thelrlegends, tudert'Ut oQt, folk tongs thern , for eight or ta.i watka. Each B9' . ' . ? . n'ch, tccordlng to :None mythology, i' Ten" minutes of this, and' Martinet
'rHHnfS
l?ekentoTheg fipSSS? to find th. date, of Feature, oI Noe MelodJeg. 4
. He metal aides, to satisfy himself that BOm of tse old tongt. The Faro nbes, Norse mrftodlei an " dlstlh- ihoaa dWuA wefrd "aTatrVM for6S
it is full, scans the motor with nalnful .i.. ,v, t atwrnt half a -hau nii.i..rf mm h , ti 'ir" .:. ' j . wii.- ta.... ..u. ! ii ?m. 1 ia. "f."11? ' . T r.11" w. f Cry,. ; Tlii Mint li nurtf mw ud
t Perhatu (I am not ouiti rtain ? him may account for the large number , of "7' " ana enu in me or tne moaning or me wma in songs
r)hwmtlmrM h!m primitive songs found there today. ,ln,or hd sometjmeo the reverse, 'en efthe blrdet.th bellowing' of cattfe,
' "Must 1 wear theseT Is there anv - Norwegian folk-mualc ha been laftii-' 'lfr,'toS't. J?1 ari.1U l? ?t r" 5?,BWf Wttft the tounrtt of thett bell.
I S dust m thmr fioawiM m Su7 enced In two principal wya: by the dif. fluently found In the minor, and it Is a Thus from nature the Norwegians first
- Tuseto flletrlcU M ftomt-
. i . .Z: J11 ... . t-. .v- , la not at til sad but in the maior kv dalen nrl tXnumtpr heln lh .rnna
, Kivtra wo ib it nil tiL muiumuuiiN arnar iriai.
.' ', , -weiier wear tnera. me tears Will " uuuiiirjr, ai. py mi imuunw mj
i 3 .-f . I It- J
prlnf forward and grip the machine.
A third five, the propeller & twlau The
nln. gptatUr... moment .and theu
wmna arouna withithe.propeiief at the
rate of 12Q0. revolutions a minute. Such
la the blast of air that the dut on the ,
ground la whirled away In a veritable
cyclone. The two blades flash like a
solid glittering disk In the sunshine,
He raliea bla hand.' again.' The wen
who hold the machine, throbbing like a
greyhound held in leash, aprlng aside. . ,
Wears off. V J i
,lFor i io, 60, 100 yards we bowt ai
automobile speed over the level grass,
Soddenly It teems te me aa It the ground
la miraculously falling away from ui.
Then 1 realise that we ere In the air,
that I am flyings Bo gentle is the tran
alt from around to air that I am toot
conscious of It. It Is as If a bird has tense of aecrltyj I have looked down
lifted Us feet and folded them under upon Broadway from the Metropolitan
Its body. : V-,. , .ototeer with torn misgivings.. Here I
We sklra along t a height of 100 feet, am tklmming the air at the rate of II
enough and more?to clear, the aeroplane miles ;an hour, on a delicate flimsy
sheds, and head for Bouy. .The grpund thing of planes, rudders and wire brae-
teems to flash past under Jia, a streak Ing, la . the building of which ounces
. ; r , .. ..-... , : . . , , " ' 1
w-i. -w-v "1"lTw
EDVARD GRIEG
iVU By Mabel riske-Bassett. '
HREH years ago today Bcanoinavi
in., . D-matoxt musical aenlus.
What Chopin 'did tor Poland,
4'i Ukit , for- Hungary, DvoraK tor
Bohemia, Grieg accompn
wororaaea, fne ecwes a-uaoeniy-ieM
from my eyes when first I learned
tolk-melodles , and my pwn aaturt.
Z' , r -
Scandinavian FOIK Wife. .
The Scandinavian! art a rauato loving
people, but strangely enough for Scan-
dlnavla la rich in folk lore, a systematic,
rniiAPtinn of their folk sonKS was not
eiU(jed in Bcandinavia Norway, Sweden ;
iTirotr ha. thVwUdest
scenery. "The rugged country
..lmuifttea th imaa-nation." tart an tn-
hunUatlft writer 'ConalaUnf mainly or
.taain Ainninir ahnmtiv into
th mtK wlth hera anJ th4r, ,rable
jonds from which to draw physical sul-
tenance, the whirling currents of - iht-
k . .
ttiaeiflirom sweeping iim buuic, . n
bToitm and inuented by fjords, it it '
sureiy an jaeal lanl fof the gathering
f tradJtton,- on which to found an art
,lk)J tnat .f muBlc. glories might be
based upon deeds ot tht Viking and
the greatness of their mythological gods,
xh northern peopl are. a people who
lova their northern latitude and com-
lov" -.i." AJA
?j.,f",T:t:i'A-T. Zr
tween Norway and Iceland and which '
now belong to Denmark, were originally
neoDiedbr Norwegians who seem, to
v,.,.. .v.. numK.F nf
melodies. One of their customs forbid-
din the singing of-Hieuam sont mor
. . jti-a
Llleall VtlKV a 3V gat VllV UHVt jjtaa Ltcai
dances. Even though the lnhabit$ntt
of the Faro island! are tery fond Of
dancing, musical instruments are un
n.f-..m-.. ..U'
Centtal Julland I a
known to them.
many unaduHeraUd folk songa. weden
JlkewlM has them but er folk muMo
ji
IDI.I.M., ' .... ..w -" . . ......v.. ....... ... v.. wviiu. UVfUtUllltt" ITlP&iH I (1 KL I I'll LI I (1 I f 1 DILI I. Kn.11 ' Ul.tUUlC. , W ,M1:W HUSH II 1'.. TTtinM link All H . .Am. . ...
. I . . " . , , : l ",Ti. . v vwk..i. ...,-..v..,u,J., .im ttuers m un miamt un tani ox i,ne song is aiy in xne rieia or music ana discover a tain -tfamn that bt -tw'm fe-if
He ences. have too strongly mingled with its sublimity, ' mysteries end' .tcrrors.lfliauntlnklin.l JaU-wiha ht
nt'inn a-LLa . a-t sat 14.1, tta.. eietia .iawaaaas(assv ner-vmnn w tttt" pp t H TIIIW n T r i r V UkI harH annt una t h frtti rf rtit hi' M.a t..l - AKIn a. ihi .at,; J . i - - . a . a .
.1.1.. m V.a AhA1ntAl A-T haf nilio n . . TPk ...i. . m .iMvn. r . " a -- - . . . ! - O "Vt UOfU anUHV RHU Of."l01J ' U
K. .lttf.,i mAinrti f .11 - fn.,n4 4 .;:-V..i'-. .V;iV. mi r u..iui - . sciousiy spnng up m our
. . iuvib ,v4i .Cv..ii., kumi mu wiiem- suns. ' .... . v : -7 ' - . -.. xne ivorweeian urioai , Mron rrdnt via h.if.m.i.nnhnW' tiair.iAvmo
fl, m u,,uu.vu, m Hiyuuiiiiuu .uu...u.w tuvo . uos vuoir aiiwr, vniy iJance music laxea up. another large Grelg t opus. 19, is One of the most rn
of (roea.
: EVtf
80 Bilgntly Martinet
pull th lever, -which he vlu'tcl. tt ,
Li. right hand.-: With aa Mmoat Imnfer-
cepUble upward tilt the horlsontal rud-'
der In frott resoonda. . Th Mrtrt im.
to fsJl, aay very fast now.) We ereV,",',..,;
gliding up. No longer the . ground JT upre'n csty W. IllghV'
flickers punt In a verdant tlur. Our In- ' Botr tldlculoua are man'i raOong
ercaslng hclRht irbbs jrie of all sense of wha ? th: a
speed.., There t only tin consciousness wlngt r A cluster of houses ever
of motion, nothing more. We must be hteh wa "7 t,Etoge aeemg like a
up 600 feet, according to the barometer. weliln ef children. , The gtreaX
Houses, fields, trees drift awav mora Pt yellow running off t the right
elowly now, so alowly that I can tell t.wrd Montmort. can that reaUy be
one from another and pick out one or,'t0 An4 J 01111 craw! along
that t recognli i:: r M like e tiny Insect, what la that Some-
It Is wonderful,, this tense bf motion thing while flutters from Its body. it
In the air. , We seem to glide upon Invis- I handkerchief, waving at s; the
lble rails sd steady and smooth Is wit rldleolewa UtUe Insect Is aa automo-
onward coursa Wdnderf uL tea. la m
T i yt ' A s-' ri
a Ramsdalen art the highest moun
taint of. Norway, 'llardangea. peaks
nttV'
great fields of wiJft . tlowert and itt
no,,ri'1'nilt
pine, ir ana pjren. unier--
dalen. Halllnxdalen and Telemarken.
have a gentler surface, and their rich
oll makes them greater centsrs tor
tsweultttra-. Thlt ft th one portion of
Knrn it Bhit, n,At .lulll.nH. ...
. " .,..w .,
not yet penetrated, where tht Ideal And
custom are the tame as thoss belong-
ing to the first year! at tht nation.; In
the early history o Norway a band Of
trolling musicians skalds they are
called in 1 Nofwegltncomposed their
melodiea. Nature only served them, at
teacher. Their tongs being tr handed
down h '... frm ..hZJ.
the MtainMl th.i rr.ii.ln i. t,i 1. J :
. . . . h a. ...
vlan nation by a certain robustnesa
ruggednets snd abruptness in harmonic
changes which are sometime to irrexu-
lar that thsv era trt an almn.r ith,it
rhythm, and are for th most part wfit-
ten itvth minor hat key it. mu-
efts vnrnen n mnAnm. nflrtmTiHia.
r An i rt the cnittnai er -". . n i. a ...
'Sometime!
IT t, t l et. a
li'" J"
expressing unbounded good splrlta,
Zi ,Z i.ITJ. ,y Zlil -l fr""'UM
r hwi.ii5bb.uib. .
Ttlemarkea largely a cthter p( thl
,nt U In the cloatat harmony with the
riiouctalntus aur that surround hlmj'
tAngstad writes:
VTh
II . 'AS ' ' 't.Jr mr-maa. 4. I i . 'Ill ':
YW tffSt'' -k '4'
aved; and yet I fcara ro ,
falliiie. My feella f curlty
engendered by the very ispeed of ur ;
nntlnn - -'...'V. .'.:..,'",'..'
Contempt for thine! Muridanftj-V
A fecllnj of contetsjpi tor'thlnfa tnun.
v 4an spring! up. I aoem detached front
- tha earth, Btipedor even to the action
of gravitation, fit. 1$ hard to belli
hfit it Ahmt Ah fAntM nU, kkUil mA
,nd th hlrrln crooeller to hicn it
VuhertiTlt wt T ut iZx tftbl
1 -
j hm vmv avaj
! ."; ? rf t).la
Bile. - i,: V, '
More laughable ttlll are the peasantf lw! vana tnetw rne the tjicfcy
In the flelda They ecurry about like -f n wnlca we move give Him a too-
ants when they see ua Some f them ment. Martinet pointt to tome bjeet-'c'iit
tm titer at frantically la the effort to belowj a country town act out tn geo
keep pace with the machine, Curious. metrical primness; tome entleman't
too, Is a freight train with an Intermln- estate with many buildings dropped, at
able train of cart. It teem ' like U were, os fre4 meadowa. C'sualiy
11 "" 1 .: ', -r; ; ,;v .n ".' mi .
imNORWEGI AISFOLKhMELODIES
itr "wr- r vfc-v
. i . j-.- i,-W
J, VaUStid.1'-
maiden weeps in a melanchot sur her
h.i. - ,
hopelst love, or express
the tender ,
Imagination,
and strong
k. iru
.k. A.... n-.i. ........
ftn u f0nd ot abandonlnt lUelt to Itt
wna flia-hts. ; . t :j. ;
, tn 0i aon the Telewir1 aeasant
: 1 r. T B" vcwaum
preiers pictures or nit iniaginauon it
everyday mens courage and manly deedi
bravery and gobllnt to lovt and friend-
enlp.. The mora vigorously, tht pic-
turee are drawn ths better ttrough
their grandiosity they ; beeoma aomt - -
time even unbcautlfuY and border oa
the comleaL And thlt characterltaUqa
tlU, also, on th whole, tha eld northern
-f--- : : " ' .
Rh.nh.,a- hnM Mit,kuii V- i,,. ,
. . . .... . . , V . . .. . . .
th artanned.. To the mu.ai n
the shepherd's lute it tt much a ntoes-
sit aa th . erook.: and whll li-t.ninr
.v.- . . r tk. t.H.. .T
' t . ' t 11 1 . mmJJmommiLmt
imitate well the rushing of the monnUavet rustling and Idly falling. If it
. . n. . i . a . e .
lain strentrla toiling In muiilcai, wsvm
.e . tAri r.rtAMiK e.vUMii,..
over a rocky bod of leaping a prieifilee,
tnountainout of these five, kr thost
si w. . ji wo
" ." - tor ; uign
summer nasiurasa. wnen uneg wrote
the fshephtrd ong," In bit pui 64, ht
probably had thlt taction In mind. The
tiTcompos
prestlvelx horn
minor strains
aposmon seems like an op-
homesick melody, with itt tad
ana pecnuar narmonies.
; , ' '
1 ,. I -a mm , FT iW.T., " I
vrrUhlng Serpent, ufflngtla gmok
La an odd way from Its head..- ,
; '
tfe2JonsIbihaca tot th-Air-Pilot
. h roar of the motor and the bronel-
- '.TiiJUM . : a-VTLl' Z i-Ll:
.5. " r' ?'TBV . ' "TV1
' m a
' ' e-t, 'trjnn of4iUjl
rTedWam.
from thli T section, It the ehlef national :
ji-- wjii- i.
dance. At txpert Hailing dancer It fatl
becoming a person ot the past tot the,
dance retiulret to mucft axllltv tnd
..hi... ... ..m. - --j
training ot the tmisclet that It hat late-
1 fallea into disfavor. Evarv ntrt of
a Hailing conslsta of a tertes a ' aorox
.... .JT. .
p"" "is. n im Dziramiy uveiy : - ... -"
and boisteroua A traveler la Norway .ft63' tnd in the morning, on the rid-
In describing on aayst 'Ton feel your- ng borne, when the company have fre-
felf, aa It were, raised from-the floor, fluently tasted too much liquor, the
n wish, like the practiced Hailing rL,n5 i apt to be tinneceisarlly swift
?taeor, to touch the rafters of tha .cy': Ortlf has caughth
Ing with your toes. - The dancer Jumps of this merry season In his MCa
P HfM aa a feather, turns round la,' aaaa-v -"-": ; -
; the air and descend again, standing on , ; ..GretaTa Peer, Gunt Suite for orohes-
"on leav on ths floor ha curves, also tra it hls larrest work. Th connu..
restlna on one heeL While his Jacket
miih hi vim lllr. . ...11.
he. writes' of autumn we feel the Verv
rapnett in the air and the warm noon-
tide sunshine: we see the haze on th
rm rh , twlntrlln ti. .v.'
a H ve tu a. 1 . . -
BPrtngahs balmy. suggestlvnss ct
it ttnnrranh rtaaii tnu A..H rM i.i..a .
,ltt approach ttealt Into our very bipod,
ue.. rivers are swoueir ana the birds
are already 'tonnedi , ox f he rivet Ul a
love poem, aa Ich Xiebe Dieh, our
emotion are excited, the tale It to Irre-
Istlblylntense and' passionate, Imd
when : all is over a trAmiiinti lun.nA. .
eettlee down, subduing and tranquiila-
"" wvwn, .. uoauina; .ana ,traniuuia-
. i -
m.u
wne ia-
- Norway, Sweden and. Denmark have
given the world many eomposeis, but
Norway has given In Grieg .the first
stemus 01 ncanainavia to Itrike mit bold-
MarUnet t far too busy, piloting his.
MHplane. He must meet every little,
trust f Xrlnd, and rids over It like a
beat - blllowa Now and then a
twirl. big wave ta the Invisible sea
H tlr. catches us. A movement of
tbi lever, which controls at ence the
ttSiflt M&for fcnd the ' ailerons (those
wonderful flape on the rear corners of
anata lanet)v and 'Hda over 'tha - '
wave, and glide on again. It is as if we
are carried by an' in tangible hand up and
ver the obstacle that we cannot sea
At X watch Martinet, X understand at
.r ,. ,..
t -m n m m k
xfropu1er comj.eUlons for the pianoforte.
A wedding : (a these 1 districts where
ureig erew his inspiraton lasts fre-
ouentlr thfa weeks. If the peasant
family Is prosperous. ; The eldest child
Inherit! the parents farm, henoe the
weddtnt at the eldest ton : or daugh-
v5l!!5 jPrtanoe. For three
2?f',".th,w,narrJ the banno
are read la church. The marriage
! 'takes place tn the' huroh, ? and then
oome the tost wedding festivities which
are asualljr )ieid wherever the bride
and groom Intend to live. If it will
be rith hit br her parent the guest
art all Invited there for the two or
three weeka. butfff the groom tt tble
. to give tne anas new home the guests
aril! atobawy be asked to the place he
provides for aer. Each guest Is expect- : ...v . ., ...v., .
ed to brtng.a certain amount of food, must avoid it. . V 1
t lessen th4 expense of their long stay-. Onward , wo glide toward Rebaia, a
with tht family, end wear th peaaant st of houses and eteeplea We still
national ores -j ' . ' kP tt a height of ' 200 feet The
' Dancing and teattlng are th principal ground streaks past In a , way that
. Mstlmet for these weddtht daya Grelg"! dases me-. I cannot look at it and so
. 'Norwsgian bridal ProcesMon." is mere- 1 keep, my eyea ahead. - A church Juts
. It the chorea bridal march. On such 'uP right in our course, ,1 wonder why
. occaslohl the violin It the 'chief in- Martinet does not lift us over.lt, ' lot
ttrument tometlmet Only one is used, until we flash over its spear-like spire
V "Thlt fact explain! thl light, dainty, do I realise. What a creature of the
tharacter at bit wafth:;:v; ; , .".' earth 1 have been all my 11 bow X
- f . r a have trained myself to raise my foot ln-
lOlialj .CUSttJKH.-, . - s Un,tclvely - When stepping from street
, .Itegt to tn Bridal March I Qrelt! f turbstont, how terrestrial locomotion '
1 Oput II !t tht "Carnival ene.Ml 'la has taught ma to avoid obstacles uncon-
Norway tht earhlval teaUvitlel epea ' tdously, and how foolishly unnecessary
Christmas eA continue 16 the last "M these mundane habits in the
wrek tn January. Carnival aeaao was t I feel Just a little ashamed when
Originally a time of revelry for both t find that It 'Is unnecessary to lift an
, the rtca ah 9 poor, new, however, II he! aerial foot In skimming over a church .
comt te mean a yearly vacation t of the tplro, -
U mainly Vennatttendln
Then begin the carnival pteeauW eon
tlttis(f of teasW, ethclilt and tlelfh
n. Each peasant may,e poor It
actual gold but rich it hit ttera a
food and drinkB-ptrUcularly m, jat.
ter and one who hat his svenlnes
ftlled with Invitations to feasts and
oanc feel himself an importaht pel. ,
- ..JM M tte ftome of the
neat which ma be a distance of 80
"!' , - r' b adlstence of 80
ff .me, .to as great a pleasure as
fht Indoor tnloyment The sleighs and
howit e covered Jrlth bells. Their
muslo is exceedingly pretty. 'At rao-
n aeoeaiary adjunct to such a
tinrv tHr la Hv.lr n V . 1,...
chose Incidents from four seasons tn V
Th...'. Amim. A T).'mW . (1m.,1 ! -f.M.. .
w.a iif .tt.i
and their -chief amusement it dancing!
ntm nif,.a
.. . . . ' " T " . "
ehantlo In the end to a mad. furus
, . -- -
gorambls., ;
R '
ii . i ... i .
-.Thlt as well as other of Orei'fs com-
positions how his ability to deaoribe
any acene in life, beautiful or other-
wise : . ? . , , : , T
until lilt death In 1I0T, Ortig lived
and worked.at his pretty home in a
.v...w v..,.. r tt.
on his trouiidt two ' beds ; of fIowea.
on his grourtda two beds of flowers, ;
no contained tne cumvatea oernian
roott, tht? other the wild flower of
M.n. -li fravli-. trit mn.f i.
teretted in these untrained ' Jewels of .
the' Norwegian mountains to are w
most Interested In those composition!
of Grelg which contain the wild moun-
neon-
hearts for
north-
frlenda - 1
last why he is always o concerned
tbout the wind before a flight, why he
studies wind-gauges and weather cocks
end telephones anxiously to weather of-
floes. It is no easy mattet, this pilot-,
Ing Of t, tenaltlite maohlna It means
a steady hand and nerves of ateeL It
means a marvelous interaction, of man
tnd machine, too. The biplane and the
- wt - r,, 'nitea.- in- a,- tingle ".'tentlent
organism- That horizontal surface in
front, that, guides us up and down, is
like the antenna of an insect, an organ
with which Martinet feels the air. Hit
.foot controls theWertical rudder in the
irear, I can see him work the foot piece
now and then-artlcularly when: we.rlda
Over one of thbee treacherous swlrla
Once I turn around to watch the verti-'
eal rudder swing In response to a move
ment Of his footbut only once. The
air is literally sucked away from1 my .
V , Ul? ti '
'oulckTv ad tt brSthTy.Tn!
torward quickly, glad to breathe again.
Skimming the Earth Again. ; ;
At Montolivet we make a long glide
flown te earth again and hum along at '
v.iv . a . ,
flangerout, at I learn later, -than -high
flying, because of the eddies and ;cur
rents v: caused by obstacles near the
tarth. ' That it why Martinet lif u the '
machine up over a long row of poplars
that flank a road. He knows that
waves ot air are dashed up by that
J J?L "1
" ' ;; " , '
w W. X'
r rin1 himself Impelled to give
the peoplt balpw a highly theatrioal ex-
hh'tlon of .biplane evolutions.. "My f,lrBt
Inkling of hit intention is a sharp .turn
the right We rotate In a great clr-
cj perhaps 10 or-16- times. -Never
thaty, X forfet it : . The ease, the grace,
'n -.H Z l t J
f those moments on a yacht when you
slacken tway Quickly on, the main sheet
and stand by for the boom to Jibe.' Only
the tnachln.n the air does it with no
thow of hesitancy and with oven mora
grate. It rocks over at an angle and
slide ,,v on thm, haw .lint wMh .
j "-... -
quiver. No matter what the speed may
be th machine adjusts its own banking.
Thua we wheel around and 'around.-
Carriages and motor cars stop, and
th6i within ; gase tt us. " Presently
Martinet wearies of this ineessaiit vul-'
:iure - like circling and doubles back and.
-forth In -complex f igure-of-elght curves.
Th Molina rMnonds wnnrtrfnii v.v
an forth. In and out w ,im tn
. . u . . . 1 . , l . . . ...
we can see. poaw upon it so motionless
? l 5S?J? 1 ,,!laWh.P11,
w reach viuiers and the fort; to its
right I know that ws trt not far frnrr
V,?cen"?,VA fw mlnatea later Marti
no ausnos aism .91.ua Aiaison Blanche
nstx rnnntj jht cr pit fr oMsa a.v . imam vji..,!..
"'"to a Aviation,'';: Just before we
"I""?, Tk"1J.. p mi ,nea.Mart,nOT
fl", '"?0t,or'pe""a!
Itt dronlngi the propeller slackens and
"tops. The aviation grounds rise up to
'Weetua, and I know from that that we,
.are: sllnninir flown. T . tHrom,.. i
fpr the shock of alighting. Before I
wo snoca.os augniing. Before
R""w " on me srouna, and
an
army orncer js niaaing ut welcome. The
machine has slid alnntf on It b-!,T. n.
gently at a tied lnnow.. m.
Martinet pushes uta his goggrles over .
Kit brow and pulls out hit watch.
- "On' hundred and Hxty k1lnmotf fg in
.rscuru. rnais ue n eBi uas .
. - ... . , t
weai Buafla, "The riylrur Kachln
th Tutore."