BOTH HAD THEIR GRIEVANCES
THE STAR
BEYNOLDSVILLB
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"FRIEND OF THE CHILDREN"
Beautrul Title 8t. Louis Woman Had
Earned Through Many
Yeara of 8ervlce.
What more beautiful title could a
woman desire than that of "Friend of
Many Children?" And that was what
Margaret Madden pf St. Louis was
called, She died a few days ago, ana
sketches tell of her life spent In mak
ing children happy. She held a hum
ble place In the community, conduct
ing a little store where candy and
cakes were sold, her patrons being al
most entirely the little people of the
neighborhood, and she never sold
them anything that by any possibility
could do them harm. The St. LouIb
Times devotes an editorial to Mar
garet Madden, and pays this tribute:
"The children knew her as a friend,
and when she died an account of her
death published in a St. Louis paper
bore a headline which contained the
. words, 'Friend of many children.'
That would not seem a great distinc
tion; but the world Is filled with peo
pie who have won no distinction at
all. And it would be very hard to
think of any kind of fame so lovely
and touching as that which fell to the
lot of this St. Louis shopkeeper. For
to be 'the friend of many children' Is
a blessing vouchsafed to but few.
Children's friendships are largely of
the heart not of the Judgment, of In
tuition, not of expediency. It Is their
blessed privilege to love those who do
not always attract attention from old-
er people. You may see only the little
shop, the trembling smile, the narrow
outlook and the long procession of
dull days. But it is the heritage of
the child that It can see the heart,
rather than the bare surface indica
tions. It can see the vision that was
not realized the power that was only
latent. It senses the kindness that
came with sacrifice. It knows more
than the misleading What Is, and
looks beyond Into the great domain of
What Might Have Been."
The Friends We Leave Behind.
I find the one great thing in this
world Is not so much where we stand
as In what direction we are moving.
To reach the port of heaven we must
sail sometimes with the wind and
sometimes against It, but we must
sail and not drift, nor He at anchor.
There is one very sad thing in old
friendships, to every mind which is
really moving onward. It is this:
That one cannot help UBing his early
friends as the seaman uses the log, to
mark his progress. Every now and
then we throw an old schoolmate over
the stern with a string of thoughts
tied to him and look I am afraid,
with a kind of luxurious and sancti
monious compassion to see the rate
at' which the string reels off, while
be lies there bobbing up and down,
poor fellow! and we are dashing
along with the white foam and bright
sparkle at our bows the ruffled
bosom of prosperity and progress,
with a sprig of diamonds stuck in it!
From Holmes' "Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table."
His Illustration.
Several times cynics had attempted
to trap the auctioneer who was selling
the retired druggist's stock of medi
cine Into an admission that the medi
cine he boomed was fake goods, but
always he was too quick wltted for
them. But when he got to the cough
elrup warranted to relieve tickling in
the throat and stop the worst cough in
five minutes after taking they thought
they had him sure. The cold that had
. hampered the auctioneer throughout
the day developed into a racking
cough which punctuated his praises
of the peerless medicine.
"Why don't you stop talking long
enough to take some of your own
cure, eh?" a wag called out
"My dear sir," barked the auction
eer. "If I should do that I would
have no cough handy to illustrate the
kind of cough my medicine will cure."
.Johnson's Opinion of Rousseau.
One evening, at the Nitre, Johnson
aald sarcastically to me, "It seems,
sir, you have kept very good company
abroad Rousseau and Wilkes." I an
swered with a smile, "My dear, sir,
you don't call Rousseau bad company;
do you really think him a bad man?"
Johnson "Sir, if you are talking jest
ingly of this, I don't talk to you. If
you can be serious, I think bim one
of the worst of men, a rascal who
ought to be hunted out of society, as
he has been. Three or four nations
have expelled him, and it Is a shame
that he Is protected in this country.
Rousseau, sir, is a very bad man. I
would sooner sign a sentence for his
transportation than that of any felon
who has gone from the Old Bailey
these many years. Yes, I should like
to have bim work in the plantations."
From Boswell's Life of Johnson.
Appearances.
"I haven't seen the new minister
shall I know him by his clerical look?"
"Oh, yes."
"And his ' wife r
"You will know her by er tar
chanteclerical look." Puck.
Inconsiderate.
- Indignant - Old Oent Aren't you
shamed to sit there and let woman1
with a bundle stand?
Hazy Cititen 'Shamed? Not Can"!
fer thee I g otter package myself I
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ITH the present world-wide In
terest In aviation has come a
a corresponding stimulus of In
terest in kite flying not the
ordinary sort of kite flying that
we all indulged in when we
were boys, although that has
many devotees but scientific
kite flying. Both in England and
- America daring experimenters
have accomplished wonders
with man-lifting kites, which
when sent up tandem have dem
onstrated their ability to lift hu
man beings to the clouds quite as neatly as do
motor-driven airships. Then, too, Alexander Gra
ham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, has these
past few years performed some wonderful experi
ments with a new type of kite made up of triagu-
lar cells and hopeB yet to solve the problem of
aerial navigation with a sky craft developed along
this line.
While the man-Iiftlug kites have thus been de
veloping to the point of undreamed-of possibilities
another branch of scientific kite flying has been
making like progress. This embrances the use
of kites for studying the conditions of the upper
air and obtaining data to be used in forecasting
the weather. Various Institutions all over the
world have been using kites in this way, but tho
lead has been taken by the United States gov
ernment, thanks to the facilities which it enjoys
at its unique new weather observatory In north
ern Virginia, not far from the West Virginia line.
The Mount Weather observatory, as this new kite
station is officially designated, Is designed espe
cially for the exploration of the upper air by
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means of kites and balloons and It Is located on
top of a peak nearly 2,000 feet high in an isolated
part of the Blue Ridge mountains that which no
Detter location could be Imagined for this class
of work. ,
There are not many bulldines at this klte-flv-
lng outpost, but a substantial stone structure has
been provided for use as a kite house. This Is
the headquarters for a corps of five men who
devote all their time to this branch of aerial
work. More than two dozen kites are constantly
kept on hand and In readiness for use and In
cluded In this equipment are samples of all the
different kinds of kites which have been used by
any of the foreign governments that have en
gaged In scientific kite flying. However, Uncle
Sam's experts have developed some designs of
kites that are superior to anything known abroad,
and particularly have they evolved a wonderful
new type of kite that can be sent aloftjn the
fierce gales that sweep over the Virginia moun
tains. The ordinary kite will fly in any wind
with a velocity of ten miles per hour or more,
but Is not adapted to use when the wind exceeds
25 miles per hour. However, this new style kite,
which weighs but eight pounds and has a lifting
surface of 58 feet, has made successful flights
more than a mile in height when the wind was
blowing a gale of 46 miles an hour.
The government experts have sent up kites at
Mount Weather as high as 23,000 feet, which
means, of course, several miles. Of course no
rope or string can be used for such kite flying,
but wire must be employed. The wire is wound
upon an immense reel of forged steel and the kite
flying Is In reality done by machinery, this reel
being operated by a three-horsepower electiio mo
tor. When It Is desired to haul down or draw In
a kite this reel Is set in motion at any speed de
sired. The steel drum has capacity for carrying
60.000 feet of piano wire, which is much more
than would be required for any kite flight that
will ever be attempted. The object of Uncle
Sam's kite flying is of course to explore the upper
air and to that end automatically operated record
ing instruments are attached to every kite sent
up. These bring down records not only of the
altitude attained by the kite but of the tempera
ture at various altitudes and other information of
the greatest value to the scientists in their study
of the atmosphere that envelops the earth.
ThA remarkable development of the aeroplane
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is the greatest wonder of the century. Yet the
airman is Impatient and his cry now Is for great
er speed. In speed he sees the solution of his
greatest problems. Gradually it has dawned upon
hiin that tho air Is tho Ideal element for high
speed traffic that through the air. before very
long, speeds will be attained which are pos
sible with vehicles on lund or ships on the Bea.
To the makers of engines the airman says, "Give
me more power, which spells speed." To the build
ers of aeroplanes he cries, "Construct me planes
capable of tho maximum of speed."
AYid the speed of aeroplanes has been creeping
up. At first it was 35 miles an hour. Then came
40. Soon this was left behind. Round prepared
aerodromes a puce of 45 and 50 miles an hour was
attained. Nor did the seeking of speed end here.
With racing monoplanes a rate of .55 and 60 miles
an hour was possible. Not satisfied with this,
pilots have added mile by mile, until the latest
record is 66 miles an hour.
In response to an Inquiry along this line an ex
pert recently said: "Personally I believe that this
is only the beginning of the speeds that aero
planes will be able to attain. Some one was dis
cussing this vitally interesting aspect of airman
ship with me only the other day. He asked the
question, 'At what rate will aeroplanes be flying
through the air in a comparatively short space of
time?' My answer was, 'In six months I fully ex
pect that a monoplane will be registering speeds
of 100 miles an hour.' Friends of mine who are
experts upon the scientific aspects of airmanship
predict that eventually speeds of 200 and even 300
miles an hour will be possible. At this one's imag
ination is apt to reel. But this much is certain:
It the flying machine is to become of real Impor
tance and not remain a sporting toy it will need
to be speedier than any method of transit on
land."
"The aeroplane engine is the crux of the situa
tion. Upon Its development rapid or slow de
pends also the development of airmanship. Fortu
nately for the new science in which we are all so In
terested, the flying machine motor is already mak
ing quite extraordinary strides. As a well-known
maker remarked tome the other day, 'Each motor
which we turn out nowadays marks a step up a
ladder of progress.' And the engines for aircraft
are not only being made more reliable, but they
also weigh lees than they did at first for each
horsepower of energy produced.
ArrAcrtJYG usromrjc
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"This Is all-Important
In this respect alone en
gineers have been achiev
ing results of late which
would have been declared
absolutely Impossible by
expertB a few years ago.
From my point of view,
as a pilot of aeroplanes,
the improvement in en
gines has been astonish
ing. Last year, although
long flights were occa
sionally made, the un
dertaking of a cross-coun-try
Journey was a matter
of considerable uncertain
ty. Now, however, al
though our engines are
still admittedly imperfect
one can fly from point to
point with a growing con-fldence-
"Although much of the
future of airmanship Is
still In doubt, the estab
of regular air
, ... , ttm of large towns Is an Inno
stations, In the vicinity oi m b llshed fact.
vatlon which will soon be an acujmp usu
The Idea of the 'air station' is- simple It will
rouehlv correspond to the garage for the motor
a B The?:"' U be large, smoo th open space for
machines to start from and also to .llg upon
There will be a number of sheds in which air craft
will be housed. There will be repair shops, also
depots in which oil and petrol will be stored. The
airman, studying a special map before he starts
upon a long crosscountry flight, will locate the po
sltion of the various air stations en route indliiK
at some of them-fllllng up his tanks havl"8'8
engine overhauled, and perhaps garaging ms ma
chine for the night in one of the sheds provided.
"Already-a convincing proof of the evelP;
ment of flight-international authorities are discuss
lng seriously the immediate laying down of regular
airways.' Simply described, an airway will direct
the passage of air craft over a given tract of land
when in flight fmm citv to city or from one country
to another. These airways several have already
been provisionally mapped out In ' England will
make it incumbent upon pilots to fly their craft
over sparsely populated tracts of country whenever
possible, and will also obviate flying over towns.
"We do not want to hamper airmanship with too
many rules, but danger to the people on the earth
must be obviated, and the risk of involuntary de
scents In crowded districts muBt be avoided. The
lights of private property must be considered also;
It is clear that machines cannot be allowed to de
scend haphazard Just where they like.
"So far the whole attitude toward flying has
been to encourage it, a striking contrast to the con
demnation of the railway train when it was intro
duced. This toleration the airmen must do noth
ing to undermine. Motoring would not have been
discredited In many people's eyes had it not been
for the 'road hog.' We must have no 'air hogs.' - As
aeroplane owners increase many perplexing prob
lems will arise. What is wanted is a sensible code
of rules, framed in the publlo Interest by practical
authorities and tactfully, enforced before there is
possibility of any outcry against the new sport
"For rapid transit generally, for fast mall traf
fic, for express services, for naval and military re
connolterlng work, as Instruments of destruction
although this phase may be far distant these are
some of the possibilities of the aeroplane. What
we now want is a machine which will fly reliably
In any wind short ot a gala,"
Tenants ef Building Meet and Attempt
te Settle the Noise
Question.
"Say, look here, I don't like to Vick,
but really I have stood It Just as long
as I can. Every night somebody In
your house keeps the pianola going or
else starts the phonograph, and I find
it impossible to get the sleep I need.
Understand, I like you and your family
as neighbors all right, generally speak
ing, and I'm sure you don't intend to
make it disagreeable. It's Just a case
of not thinking of the rights and the
comfort of others. That's the great
trouble with most of us. We forget
when we are enjoying ourselves, that .
we may be making it mighty unpleas
ant for others."
"You're right, old man, and I dont
blame you a bit for complaining. By
the way, there is a little matter I have
wanted to speak to you about for
some time, but I've felt some delicacy
In approaching the subject. Why la
it that you let your roosters begin
crowing along about daylight? They
make It almost impossible for us to
get the sleep we need, and why do you
mow your lawn on Sunday mornings?
Please understand that I don't deny
you the right to spend your Sundays
in any way you see fit, as long as you
don't interfere with the rights and
comforts of others, but this thing ot
starting in to rattle a lawn mower at
6 o'clbck every Sunday morning the
one morning in the week when the
majority of people would like to sleep
late doesn't seeem to me to Indicate
that you have much regard for yonr
neighbors. Now, I'll tell you what 111
do I'll compromise with you."
"What's your proposition?".
"I'll see that our music is stopped
every night at 10 o'clock, if you will
keep your roosters and the lawn mow
er quiet until 7 in the mornings."
"O pshaw! There's no use talking
to you. I had an idea you could lis
ten to reason, but I see I was mista
ken. Morning."
"Morning." Chicago Record-Herald.
Took Them for Insects.
Woodrow Wilson, the president of
Princeton,' said at a recent dinner In
the beautiful university town:
"When all the world Is well edu
cated, as all the world will be some
day, then It will be better for every
body. Some foolish people, though,
don't care to see all the world edu
cated. These people wont to shine
and to shine, of course, one must have
darkness.
"But that Is a poor way to look at
It. Those ambitious people should
rather say, the more education, the
more appreciation.
"There's nothing more disagreeable
than want of appreciation, you know.
A multimillionaire returned to his na
tive village and erected a marble pal
ace on a hilltop there. One day, after
the palace was completed, he said to
the postmaster and the crowd of loit
erers In the general store:
'"Boys, my million-dollar house up
on the hill Is simply full of Titlans.'
"The loiterers exchanged looks of
surprise and horror, and the postmas
ter exclaimed:
"'Good gracious! Ain't there no
way o' killln' 'em?'"
Lord Kitchener a Fatalist.
Those who know Lord Kitchener
best call him a fatalist. That he has
some very strong convictions as to his
future, however, his friends are well
aware. To give two examples: Dur
ing the Soudan campaign he was pnee
warned not to expose himself to reck
lessly to the enemy when In action.
To this remonstrance he replied: "I
shall never be killed. When my time
comes I shall die peacefully In my
bed." Again, in South Africa, after
ho had become commander-in-chief, the
headquarters mess was discussing the
military future of the various mem
bers present. It was the unanimous
opinion that Kitchener himself would
be called to the war offlcd. But Lord
Kitchener shook his head and said,
with a smile; "I think you are all
wrong. Somehow I have a feeling
that convinces me I shall never occupy
any position in the war office." We
see that Lord Kitchener has Just start
ed to play golf. Let us hope that a
few rounds on the links will make him
an optimist
He Wouldn't.
Joseph H. Choate, brilliant lawyer
of New York, deprecated at a recent
dinner the exorbitant fees charged by
some lawyers.
"You have perhaps beard," said Mr.
Choate, "of the gentleman who re
marked to his counsel, when his case
was settled:
"'Well, your fee, sir, is exorbitant
I know positively that you didn't give
two hours to my case from first to
last'
'"Ah, sir,' said the lawyer, airily,
'it Is not alone my actual time I
charge you with, but the cost of my
legal training as well."
"'All very fine,' retorted the client
'And now I wonder if you'd mind giv
ing me a receipt for the cost of your
legal training, so. lhat your next cus
tomer won't have to pay for it all
over again!'"
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A Useful Magazine.
This magazine looks rather
worse for wear."
"Yes; it's the one I cometimes lend
to the servant on Sundays."
"Doesn't she get tired of reading
always the same one?"
"Oh, no! You see. It's the same
book, but it's always a different serv
ant" Tlt-BlU.