The two machines, standard Grebe fighters, were slung below the board underside of the airship, one between the control ear and the first two engine nacelles, and the other be. tween the Intter and the rearmost nacelle, Each machine was held by tone centre fitting on the top plane above the centre of gravity, and two struts from the airship each coming to a point on the wings over the outer strut fitting on the front spar. Another strut to a point half' way along the fuselage held the aeroplane rigid by a three point compression against the pull of the central fixing Here a quick roleos iF was under the control of th franes, had so many rouleaux Tobe would not have fetched ten! gold that she had to ask the Jdants to help her to coi rope Indder to the cockpit, three days the Bank be flexible tui enabled a Bristol gas silver coins to the amor starter in one of the engine nacelles 6,769,365. to be connected to the aeroplane This was certainly a good start engines for starting purposes. but hardly justifies anyone in saying The essential condition to a suc-that the experiment will make any! cessful release, ut any rate with the appreciable addition the old re-) present gear, is that the airship serve. In cases of this kind, the should be moving at a speed some: enthusiasm generally shows itself at! what below that of the aeroplane the beginning and gradually dies se that the latter should drop away. To collect very small lots of once clear of the larger ves: coins from private holders will not Everyone watched with close atten-help the Treasury much, The imtions as the airship came over the portant question is to know what aerodrome to seo if the Grebe fell the view of the farmers and pea-away in a dive and to ascertain how sants who put no trust in banks or quickly the pilot could gain control paper money and cannot be indica!
Actually thy operation was 80 to exchange the hoards of gold smooth that the aeroplane merely and silver agi substantial th ust anything less Ind. Even if the Bank collects 50 000,000 francs worth of men and others, that will not touch difference to a metallic serve which exceeds Frs. 4,000,000,000. I, every Aittle helps.
The purchase of gold by the Bark of France has arouse! " eertaia amount of bitterness en the part of owe Frenchmen who. during tha war, responded to the app te and) patriotic and kept th complain, to which the answ that yeu cannot have both the of patriotism and the profit, and that those who helped the country in i worst hour of need earn at a) pride themselves on bel citizens.
Two Frenehwomen who earned! ion in their respective spheres have just passed away. One of them 'Mateelle Lender, typically'
mansion actress whose name brings up memories of many plays tha: have become household words in Paris. She was a member of the wonderful company of comedian: who drew crowds to the Variétés it: the time of that equally wonders manager Samuel, One of her comides was the veteran comic udo Brasseur, who, when speaking death, could tot restrain kis tears. "All my youth and my theatrical career hav th her," he said brokenly.. a creator 0 Gers La Dome de che Bas was with Marcello Lender in the! parted company with the ship and flew away at an angle of 4bdeg. apparently under control from the moment it left the ship, In fact, It was learned afterwards, the controls became fully operative after a loss of 100ft in height, and, aided now by full engine power, the pilot almost immediately turned to star-deard, "xccuted a half roll, and then, carried out a series of' acrobatic manceuvres from sheer joy, oF 80 it scorned, at release froma tem porary bondage.
The second aeroplane left the ship as easily as his companion had done at Pulham. The ship afterwards carried out ge acoustic experiments, which consisted in detonating charges of powder and measuring the the taken for the sound. to reach the ground and be reflected the ship. means the height of the ship above the grow can be estimated, and for certain navigational purposes the practical application of this method may be very valuable, The experiments proved eminently satisfactory. heart of gold.
The other distinguished French woman who has departed this life Mile. Chauvin, the first of her sex to be admitted to the Paris Bat. Her struggle for admission was a long one. Though she came through the examinations with flying colours, the Bar Council persistently refused to depart from the custom of allowing coly men to practise, Mile. Chauvin chersfore brought kev argu ments to eer on members of Paria ment, which eventually passed—an Act that freed the hands of the Bar riginal cast of "Lo Controlene der Wegous- another famous French farce. in 1896, said that no one ever asked her in vain for help, and that not only was she a great artiste in kee way, but she hada authorities. Mile, Chauvin, though attaining her object and opening a path for her sisters to a new pro. fession, never had many briefs. She devoted. herself chiefly to Law Tee~ tures la higher schools for girls,
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