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'' . I v ABOUT TO START. _' I ' \ " , .. This Remarkable Photograph Shows Miss | \\ * ; ' ' " Quimby Just About to Begin Her Flight \ ,- l \ from England to France. The Tense Atti- ', tudes of the Men Holding the Aeroplane Are \ i Wonderfully Brought Out and as Worthy of i \ --nMK* '< Study as a Painting. , ; \ il’l'.M ■■ >■ .14iwHlIhflh •!/ ' i i -sWAA4 i.i’» . “r s ®? ** ; 3w jatsKgMmHß .*HFi .“T. up &.'im a £- M-. IWJHv tOßir X f wBJnPi W - ■ lAnAmericanGirlTneßrstToFlyTme English a■■» .%k- Trip by Aeroplane from England to France VaIIMrINEL £ W WlW** ’W l\4 A Ldninh DA £ ag 7 eS Wi n h Th ’ B venturesorae across the Eng-2 dozen men knew what she hoped to do. 1' . iVI Rudo ’P h of the lish Channel, a feat that startled the? Finally, after waiting eight dreary days '' B ’ loßt < < / 1 win rr l- ,/ ’ ,nlverslty ’ thar "oroen world, was the logical sequence to this' at Dover, the day arrived when she felt ' ? I • h a ? ,he beSt ava,ors ’ that thelr American girl's former experiences in the she could make a safe and sane flight > :' Ife ; ,' WMWr inherent feminine qualities will eventually air . ShP - as she first wnwsn granted a )ncldenta)l hreakin „ . few rprord , and /4^^K3l lk l sKr '-•■' i S IfeJreilik -A- secure to them the domination of the sky. license in America. She 3ew across the causing a thrill of pride in the breast Qtf » V G,en Curtiss and Grahamp *’hite totallr Narrows from Staten Island to South oJ American IH, X disagree with this opinion. In fact, all Brooklyn and back las'. • ugust, just after .. . : -z ' men aviators dislike seei “g womp n -‘in securing it. but that was as nothing com- , ' W ®V a C .° U ° y aay> Dut ,here was ”« W \Bk'2/»\ / : ' the air Woman ’ f ’ P'aee is on earth, say pared with her latest exploit. The Eng- °, R " P ’ “f* T en ’ ed norn,al - n was W S a SW’^^Mßß^ vV - these experienced adventurers lish Channel is the body of water con- * B .° very ear,y in ,he morning when Miss IB Bl,t Miss Harriet Quimby’s wonderful necting the North Sea with the Atlantic 7 "‘ m ,y Rll PP p d into her trousered cost ime WSMMk'i - eXp,olt in flying ,he English Channel. Ocean. It is twenty-three miles wide at X ‘“‘j * maehlnP - She took no one / jit W 'll succeeding in her first attempt, where its narrowest part and .. hundred miles at nptt . n machine, a Blerlot, was a V ' ’ || H many men have failed, would seem to sup- its widest. The winds are rough and b t”? h f » ° eVer y ‘ X CT port Professor Hensingmuller’s theory. variable It is also a region of fogs. **” “ 1 before! & > . j. : W Miss Quimby’s exploit places her far ahead Several Frenchmen attempted this peril- " T wa s not a bit nervous." 'X| >X % - - sy Xz *•» of all other "lady birds," of all countries ous trip and failed before one of them sue- sa,d J [ lss Qnimhy after- f I \ «K W l s men who fly are called bird-men. shall ceeded. Because of the dangers, and be- w ar d, "the trip was just f' ® : ' ■/ \ .TV •' ’ we not va ' l "°men who fly lady birds? cause she did not want to try in public as Paßy RB B,tt *ng at home < -<. M X’lzl < ; \ '- '.V Alt was the lady bird who first s“t. women and-fail, Mbs Quimby kept her plans se- in an ar m-chalr. and 1 "> 3 ■ -XXI ’ >X wi WW -1 i ! ? ' >f w the example of flying home cret. Only two women friends and half a nP ' er had any doubts of X * f $ L W y h Ljj ■*■-' ~ •■« ? \. ; X .;*- my success. J ‘ >■■ W mirnw * HAT ON STRAIGHT?" THE START —Miss Quimby High in the Air Headed for the The course was sot over tl akX , Even so Daring an Air Woman as Miss Quimby Is Not Exempt Channel and France. The Speeding Aeroplane Can Be historic Dover Castle °the WU- i from Feminine Vanitv Seen Faintly at the Ton of the Picture. Lady B )rd intending to 9 X rfS k 4 l r?. 0 , breakfa ’ f <n ® wAi c ? ' ut fog an <f wind -' '■''ww WH Dged her pJa " a and 'r • .sx::: MMMff * - . 'li> x— - WNf -■ 1, s5®F -IL- t <E>_ _ 1 yt ■ . JB|}l jft jX - \ A.) w if S 7 sa wn ■ - x ° d ° uh ‘ it -- as the -. ..JU w r W w and) °° kpd f np . but i was not look W& AW XJgs * y ’ TOFy x"< ?■' us when the Fti Pr tnt d 1 r ■''''••»-XX’"x e ® B Bhe d 2 c,dpd tha » abp womd druk T 1 »f 0^ a :xx day - WHB liHMBHKHHHI wi fogs, finely reaching two ,’ f , fc sTil "d on'trustlng° U to T* Clear,y ’>Q J™ Miss Quimby Climbing Into Her Aeroplane THE FINISH—The American Girl Being Carried in Triumph on the Shoulders Suddenly^he a i PWi X y J, r of Her F r , ends After Landing tn France. h .- . * ra,Bta « lp ared. and right WMHW»<- W-~ ,ITW 7 her Were t,dy gree " fields, and so M ■» S’*** P wrak>o®?a ~.,»• fl »h,» g «n s «.. ten „ rb »• jMjggb, -., m ft , Witb a long t ' lr >b«h p slid slowly to earth M m land ' ng ° n a beaCll amoa K the curio J cRMFISfiiWP tfwW’F fisherfolk. They cheered her and sm . ” >W ' 5 *>Zi b,lt neither the flyer or the fioh ® l,ed - WWWte «d* t 1 I A'- %»*»' undersund e«cl> other. The, < ' < "' l '’ *®SK WfcW’W. WWKsfc. WWiaSk' WltgMKift ’’ .. ™ d »«>.«.»«»„» i*» * JgMR BMEa V ■<■ ’T* T n --W ?r 1? ■' Picture. the - ■■•■••- It was the most remarkable : T'> . * ’ exploit of modern times. The >, nine muller theory is certainly tenable ! Dg ' ißhKb' Ww " do' 3 exhibl,)on Os what a *o D iatI flye/can Bfe**R 9 wk Miss Quimby has had her llr P „ WSxf W , ' ; ikW 'han a year. She won it f ron . .2 ° ,ess W~W - .^F' Club after a long fight. Thev do Aer ° •!' W“"% : f for la( iy birds at the club! she J? Car ° S ’ ,hPU ,nado n,any Px bibitionsat° n f a a nd fel ! "< ISlftOyW • ir throuhout the country. She ■ falrs .W ",. i W'VxSml tv- xjRgQ z ■■ ' moonlight and in the sunlight mV” tfle 'A I JBWoBa and in fog x °tbing daunted her r «.‘ n V A 1 ®- w frleDd - Misfl Mathiid * rdß j ,er w wSk k Jr fcjefe ■<; ~ . *. t S3?IKaK '-W ’ ’ brother was killed so tragicallv A~ Who B - - X *.”/ J Fv 4 W jIHe W* against her very freau<mri • ' / • < ’F V ’■«- :-V ’/w f . a wfl seem as though Miss Quimby would 1 s <loeS ■ \ W W " J - ■ r .OfflSP.' * \ air. She is absolutely unafraid and “ tb « . - ■<’■ with Hensingmuller. agrees Miss Harriet Quimby, American Girl “**'■ ■ . • • Miss Moisant, on the conrro ”■ *■. given "P fiyiog- She said a few V’nn^ 18 Who Has Won from All Other Wo ' ' . a)fo> when announc)ng her luntns . t ’’*’ '’ ~ earth is bound to get us after a wh-’' m ° n Av,ators the Record for . . a ” d^ r ; Bha »> ««ve up before 1 follow S Performance and Daring.