Not at all sought after by keen reporters bent on apprising the public for the accomplishments and plans of her famous husband was Me. T. W. Settle, wife of the noted authority fon balloon fights, who. arrived in Shanghai early this week. Mrs. Settle, whose home was originally Arlington, Mass, however proved the Dossessor of a moat interesting outlook well as an attitude regarding aerial travel that. is Both modern. and experienced.
"As the chatted of her own experi-the alr and ber reactions te'the daring ventures of her husband, iewt-Commander Settle who left yesterday for, Nanking to take com= mand of the US'S. Palos, Mrs. Settle kept a. watchful eye on. Thomas Brackett Sette, her young son. With 'a contingent of motor cars lined up Jon the floor before him, be was busily engaged in moving them off 10 the! northeeast corner of the room.
"Everyone seems to think T should have some desire to become a pilot fand. fy about in am aeroplane, but really 1 haven't the slightest desire in that direction." she confided, adding hastily, "but "don't. assume that I'm not Interested in flying. 1 am."
Then it was revealed that, accompanied by Commander Selle, Mrs Battle is numbered among. the, rela~ tively few persons in the world who have crossed the Atlantic via the air route. She and her husband were! passengers on the Graf Zeppelin when crossed the Atlantic in 1082. At! {that time, Commander Setile was returning to America after piloting the United States entry in the Gordon Bennett Balloon contest. to victory, and Tetiring the cup to become the per manent property of the United States.
'This information she vouchsafed loriotly in response to a question, mediately concentrating conversation lon the advantages of Zeppelin travel "Airship. travel, is' really" the most Jdelightully pleasant, mode of travel in the world to-day," said Mrs. Settle, naturally, haven't any fear of the ait, for my' husband's confidence. is and to inspire confidence, and yet, can imagine that the most fearful individual would. soon forget terror in the normalcy of his surroundings. 'There is every comfort and convenilence on the Graf. One sits and talks tua well-appointed saloon, or plays bridge, and' at. night one retires in La" perfectly comfortable stateroom. There is hot and cold. water, anda smooth, noiseless ride above the earth that quite wipes away the thought of Janything strange or unusual lingering in one's. consciousness."
Asked to reveal her feelings with regard to her husband's flight nearly Hall at a reception to meet His Holi- twelve miles into the frigid reaches of the stratosphere, sealed tightly into the spherical "Century of Progress," Mrs. Settle at first demurred. After some urging she said, "Naturally, I iwas worried. From April until November 20, when he left the ground, the flight was our entire life. lived it, dreamed it—no moment was quite free of it. So many wondered why he didn't go up sooner, but he had to wait for exact weather conditions to rise successfully into the stratosphere. He is so fore-sighted that when I wondered over some emlergency that might conceivably arise, evening to meet Mr. and Mrs. James he told me that he had already thought of it, and quieted my misgivings with Jo description of the precautions already achieved.
"Finally, I became so imbued with faith that it was a relief when he Far East and left the ground. The radio permitted stratosphere ventures, seem a relief, ime to hear him speaking, sometimes laughing throughout the flight. Really,
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