Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1926, Page 67

vy Handbook to GuldeAlrm B/ .. In Making Courses for Seaplanes| orld’s First Mfirke_'d Seacoast Airway Is An Incidental .Afdv&n.tvage. Provided by | Reports of Youthful ‘Act A . .Government to Assist in Plane Navigation. . : ! 3 By A. G. WEST, . HEN Samuel “P. Lang ley, of the ‘able information of the m¢ as- pects of flight from the circling buz- zafls whose descendants are still the feathered guardians of that hillside. But the observations of the eminent scientist did not extend to the scope of knowledge that-even the tiniest bird may - regard as his rightful heritage. Aerial navigation, includ ing data on air lanes, air currents and suitable landing. places where food and water are readily obtainable and since: the- successf: French balloon in 1783, the foremost nations of the world have slowly.ac- quired information as to Nature's aerial highways. . With the tremendous - growth of aviation during the World War, the insistent demand for comprehensive data. as to anchorage facilities for seaplanes along the coast, as well as for well equipped ' landing’ . flelds further inland, has steadily increased, and the United States Navy is about to issue an interesting publication .known as “The Naval Air Pilot,” a modern biue book of the air. This handbook of charts is the com- bined work of several important de- nts of the Government, includ- ing .the United States Army Air Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Lighthouse Service, the Coast and Geodetic Surve; upon whose maps the charts are. based, with work by the Hydrographic Office of the United States Navy, in new and unknown flelds. In. connection with -the new alr “blue book™ is the imauguration of the world's first marked seaplane air- ‘way, which was produced by paint- ing the roofs of the lighthouses along the seaplane route between Wash- ington and Norfolk with distinguish- ing markers for the use of aircraft. ‘This route is_the most frequently traveled seaplane course in the United States, and, with the assistance of Capt. King, superintendent of the fifth lighthouse district, at Baltimore, Md., the markings have recently been com- pleted on this airway, under.the direc- tion of Commissioner Putnam of the Lighthouse Bureau. Pilots of seaplanes flying this route ‘will thus be able to find a means of orientating -themselves even in_thick weather, according to Lieut. Logan Ramsey, U. 8. N., pilot for the Hydro- graphic Office of the Navy. “If this system proves to be of as much value as is confidently ex- pected,” said Lieut. Ramsey, “other seaplane routes will also be marked in the same way, and when night fiy- ing increases to an extent to make it worth while lights with ®vertical beams for the guidance of seaplanes probably will be installed. “The Hydrographic Office of the Navy has been in receipt of many complaints from pliots of naval sea- planes as to their inability to distin- guish the lighthouses in waters in thick weather. often quite similar, and from any dis- tance clearer markings were required, “The theoretical side of aerial navi- gation first réceived attention from the Government ‘in: 1907, when d- miral Bradley A. Fiske suggested methods of celestial navigation be in- vestigated and developed. Mariners obtain information as to their locality - when out of sight of.land by using their time and by measuring the alti- tude of celestial bodies above the horizon. A “But ‘airplanes operating above the surface of the water frequently have no horizon that is visible, and :most of the time, when the altitude is 1,000 feet or greater, the horizon, even ‘when visible, is not sharply “defined enough to enable the observer to ob- tain a good sight. “Interesting methods have been de- veloped by the Hydrographic Office, among . which is a speclal chart for C! AND BALTIMORE. the rapld solution of astronomical tri- angles, invented by Dr. Littlehales of that department for: use in: connec- tion with the transatiantic flight of Alcock with the N-C.’s. “The following -year, in 1920, a monthly publication, entitied ‘Notice to Avhtor;." ‘was uu.bl:‘ldh.d by tdhe Hydrographic- Office, and' was - de- signed to. afford practical and up-tof date news of value to aviators.” . In 1924 Great Britain brought“out the first edition of ‘The British Air Pllot,’ publication of the air minis- try, which offered. rules of the alr lanes, as wéll as maps of landing flelds and charts based on the needs of air pilots. France also has had soiewhat stmi- lar publichtions suited to the require- ments of its aerial navigators, but the new issue:of Naval Blue Book of the Air will inciude not only the best features . of previous efforts of’ these and_‘other nations, but “will -incor- porate additional data that will be im- proved. as the need arises by weekly and monthly bulletins; sent directly to aviators. The air pilot is ordered up to Bath, Me., and ‘fs at once interested .in ‘knowing certafn detalls-that are »pmot to _be found on the average For example; if. LY COMPLETED EOR THE U THE PANTOGRAVER, A NEW MA( C OFFICE OF THE NAVY, field to land on near the city, or has the only suitable one just been plowed by the owner? It he is in a seaplane, will he strike ice in the harbor? .Or will he have to sit out in’the plane on the water forever, or jyoust he swim ashore, or will people come out in eir structure s ' e — CHINE INVENTED B 'WHICH IS USED IN. MAKING the Army Alr Service and the latter by the Hydrographic Office of the Navy. On the back of each seaplane chart are given the latitude and longitude of the site shown, the meteorological conditions, landing area and other gen- eral data. For example, if an aviator BY MR. LAMPE, AN EXPERT OF THE HYDRO- THE “AIR CHARTS.™ After the aviators pick out-the Jand- marks on each chart, it is taken back to the pantograver, where the land is placed on tfie chart, and this course of procedure is -continued until the staff is satisfled with the black base. Land tints are then included, then th anchorage facilities and the lights; CEDAR POINT LIGHT, IN CHESAPEAKE BAY, RECENTLY - PAINTED - ‘TO CONFORM~ WITH = THE NEEDS OF AIR PILOTS ALONG THE EASTERN COAST. - small boats to take him to the wharf? According to one pilot, it i nec- essary to be quite careful to guard one’s plane at Gravesend, as so many curious. spectators row over from neighboring beaches that they almost have to be fought off to keep them from wrecking the plane in order to secure souvenirs of the occasion. In !.IB!&%T. LOGAN RAMSEY, AIR PILOT FOR THE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, WITH SE OF AVIATORS l-‘LYIN(_} Bm 'WASHINGTON, . NORFOLK. three minutes enough’ people are apt to gather to sink the plane, if they were allowed to have their own way with it e In'fact, on one occasion when an air pilot was at Lake Worth; Fla,, he turned his back for a minute, and one of the spectators at’ once started ta carve his Initials on the propeller.’ This might not seem a matter of great momerit to.the average person, but 1t would be enough-to make a dif. ference in thé vibration of the pro- peller, with possible danger to later leaves Washington: for Fall "River, Mass., he turns to the plate.for that | city in his book. A bright red circle ¥narks the spot where he can.anchor in the Taunton River near the Bor. den Flats, and on the reverse aide of -the sheet are.all sorts of information regardinglocal factlitfes. z He finds that there is no heach, but the chart is then printed for depths of water less than 18 feet, and later for the distances and compass direc- tions, which are down on . thel com- pléted map In green. On the finished chart photographs of the important landing .fields' and the lighthouses are shown around the border of the large map of each sec- tion, such as the one between Nor- folk and Washington, which has just been issued. . The original chart’ used in 1917 .| was simply an-outline one of conven- 5 the point. fent size. This was followed the next year by a soniewhat more pretentious chart that had no special aeronautical features, but was effective from a nau- tical standpoint, though a few light- houses and “whistjes*” were noted. The_ {m @evelopment of thé charts, however, is of immediate prac- tical value to the aviator, as an exact course of the greatest possible safety is marked out for the pilot, and just as the driver of an automobile might drive over a given road, marked on his road map, so may the air pilot rush into darkness along & .course with the safety of a homing pigeon. A battleship starts on her- cruise with perhaps a thousand charts in her portfolio that formh a huge stack from which her course may be charted. A plane, however, has no room for such bulky information,‘so all data must necessari! ty be condensed-and right to At present a survey is being made of the- Gulf Coast to determine the | miles ‘availability of possible anchorages for geaplanes in connection with the pol- “|icy 6f future activities on all our coast A NEW CHART RE- ne, ‘According to Lieut. Ramsey, the |grap! aviator sees many queer and interest- ing places from his aerfe in the skies as the plain slips up the easterf shore, from herds of wild ponies along Cape Hatteras to rum ships faintly. seen 30 that : sthall’ boats ;are " a )l 180 ek s e 1t ot vhes el repaifs, and.that high-test gasoline is | possiblé 1 ordered in advance. -If needs -a doctor, tm “ne 1\.‘%’3 heilth station s note and telegraph facilities are: Frequently the x - in- . The new “Naval Alr- Pilot” con:| sists of a khaki-covered - canvas ot for loose. leaves .of ‘book, 3 the charts and other bulletins. ‘Tt is | small “enough' to slip in an ket, being -elght by five Inches, and 1 oo Include but ‘usefyl “data 2 posttion by -radio, notice of place of restricted flying, as near the Aber- deen ‘proving - ground, amd similar emergency information. Phe major items, however, {llustrated charts to show ‘the land- outer | not only | nearest - pi ‘ , and. teléphione Lieut. ” L3 farce In: ds Critics Were Forced * de Genius of Edwin Booth entitled “The Conjugal Lesson. 1 cidental to which ‘A Model Curtain|. Lecture.” . “In preparation, ‘Halet’ and ‘King “Box office open from 9§ to 43, when seats can be secured. . Doors open at %. Opera? commences at 7 The following notice of Booth’s ap- pearance was in The Star Tuesday, November 18, 1856: “An audience made up of the elite of the metropolis was gathered last night at the theater and the. greatest curiosity prevailed to see the son the fmmortal Booth in the part-of the humpbacked Duke of Gloster, Very shortly, however, after the ris- ing of the curtain" the conviction forced itself upon every spectator that the mantle of the father had indeed fallen u] the som. 2 Pendition. last . night 'of e every requisite for has not neglected, as too many prom- inent actors do, to avail himself of all the additional advantage to be gained by -close study and attention to detalls. So young, and of such bril- lant promise, we look forward to the day when he will reach the most elevated point of his profession. “Tonight he sustains the great part- of Cardinal Richelleu in Bul- wer's. plsy of that name, and we presume that another . intelligent audience—for such this fine intel- lectual play always atf -will be gathered at the Natlonal.” » Glancing* over the anclent Star,-1 take from it & few “personals” in the beliet that they may prick the mem- ory of some old-timers. Here they are: mrermn;‘n“l Wise of, Virginia was in Baltimore ay. “Macaulay, the historian, s a large holder of New York State stocks. “John B. Gough lectures in the Academy of Music:before the Young Men's Christian Assoclation of New York. “Mrs. Julia- Deane-Hayne is again playing in San Francisco, the new baby having got a fair start in_ the world. - #Millard Fillmore and James Bu- chanan have been made life mem- bers of the Young Men's Christian Assoclation, Alexandria, Va. “Among the passengers_supposed to be lost in the steamship Lyonnaise is Mr. Albert Sumner, brother ot Senator Sumner, as also his wife and daughter. . “Ex-President Van Buren, who was severely injured by being thrown from a carriage on the 24th ult, is recovering. “The Christian Auoch.u “m have in reserve ,a - very interesting course. Maury of_this city; Hitcheock, eologist; Dana, the mineralo- g:hn Dr. . Butler.. .of . Cincinnatl; p'Clark and ofl::;l ‘-qul:!clli cele- brated have. consen 0 ure. “Mr. John Gibson and lady of Bos- ‘board the ~French steamer Lyonnaise when " she - left New York and are among the miss- ok XK HE longest news story in that Star was on the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen the night before. A bill “for conveying gas to the Northern Liberties Market was passed.” Resolutions “in reply to an address of the people of Wakefleld, England, were adopted and ol to be transmitted to the authorities of Wakefleld.” An invitation tendered the Board to attend the funeral of Gen. John H. Eaton “was accepted on motion of Mr. Miller. In the local news were two fire paragraphs. P31 Douglas’ discovered to gentlemen succeeded in extinguishing the fire by pouring buckets of water ; The firemen upon their arrival dampened the entire roof to protect it from .another outbreak.” Here is the other: “This morning the temporary wooden floor in the office of Capt. Meigs, superintendent of the Capitol extension, took fire from 'the excessive heat of a stove beneath the office. ‘The da: e will at sea. -But no longer will the pllot. be at the mercy of “the un. charted air,” as has been the story in the past, and United States years of the air, to nearly $50,000 will have been saved to the Government. ed; i thro the efforts | Den: of|; MRS. AGNES BOOTH AS MRS. RALSTON IN “JIM THE PENMAN" not amount to $100, as all the draw- ings were duplicated.” I take out a news item about a stuffed bear, and the Rambler is sure that the subject was discussed at nearly all the supper tables in Wash- ington, and discussed again under the mellow light of the kerosene lamp when the dishes were washed and the oil-cloth table cover had been mop- ped off. It is: “A Bear.—Hopkins has placed in one of the windows of his magnificent Pennsylvania avenue. opposi s tablishnient all day looking at it. Its has - already ‘the . Shrew" ¢ | Osten; * music The only play bill of-Edwin Booth's first Washington engagement that I ‘have seen is ome reprinted in the pamphlet published in 1885 by Alex- ander Hunter and J, H. Polkinhorn, which I have mentioned before and which was lent me by my friend, Miss Elizabeth P. Jordon of Wash- ington. The bill was that of “The Merchant of Venice” and “The Tam- ing of the Shrew,” Friday evening, November 21, 185 The cast of 'he Merchant - of Shylock, Edwin H. A.” Langdon; was: Antonlo, o;"s Success In;‘licate That Audiences Soon Reeoghxzed Him as Worthy ‘Successor of Famous Parent. cc':rod boxes, 50c; colored gallery 2 From - -the Hunter - Polkinhorn umhm I take the following con- cerning the Booth engagement: “Among the opponents of hereditary s-nin- it was said that the son of unius Brutus Booth could not inherit his father’s gift. © A mother might transmit to oftspring her mental qualities, but a father, never. These doubters came to the theater to score a knockdown proof of ‘the truth of their theory, and the young Edwin had a trying ordeal in appearing be- fore an audience who remembered the superb acting of Junius Brutus Booth, in ‘Richard III' peculiarly one of his masterly creations. Before the play was half over young Edwin con- quered critics, doubters and habitues alike. As great as was his {llustrious father, the son stood his peer every inch. Not only he, but his ill-starred }anrother. Joh: ‘Wilkes Boo( h, inherited a great degree his father's gifts. Edwin Booth is the pride and ‘orna- ment of the American stage. In per- son he is ideally handsome and has the glowering Iluminous eyes, the speaking face, the changeful voice. vast in volume, and of marvelous flex- ibility and range. As a tragedian h compares to Edmund Kean. His is the only Hamlet in the world; as Claude. Melnotte he is entrancing and fascinating beyond what words can tell. He gives to love-language num- berless shades, gentle, nalve, tender, tragic grace. His Richelieu is na- ture’s self; he never oversteps the bounds; no measured and artificial ; great , albeit but a weak old man, rises in his majesty and shows us at last the se- cret of his mighty power, which made him the master of France, against all ‘steel, poison, malice, domestic and foreign levy. One may assume that the man who ‘wrote the foregoing lines thought Ed- win Booth was a_ pretty actor. Some name on the bill I copied may mean something to you. The men women were mature actors in 1856— 70 years ago—or they would not have been in John T. Ford's Holliday Street stock company and would not be acting with Booth. It cannot be that one of them is yet in life. The Rambler hopes that If their souls live and hold remembrance of this world, they are happy. I hope they approve this story and will send by that means which some call ‘inspiration’ a few thoughts for the next ramble. * % x ¥ . I AM wondering if the actors that are gone are scattered through Elysium or live in one neighborhood of that happy place. I seem to re- member that poets and philosophers had an Elysian grove apart from other souls. A traveler who came back from that bourne told me that he plucked a golden branch that was a sign pointing to the Styx. Crossh the river with Charon he got by Cer- berus, entered the cavern where Mi- nus held his court and soon found himself in a forest of myrtles where lived the victims of Jove—Eryphyle, Evadne and Didon the Phenicienne. Just beyond the myrtles the parted, the right fork leading to Elysee. Then he came. into a pleas- ant country purple-lighted. Poets and philosophers were in converse. Graces and muses danced on the turf. Homer sang, accompanying himself on his rustic lyre. Solon, Democritus and Pythagoras were near. _Orpheus, Euripides and Sappho sat beneath a and at the I do not recall that my literary friend met, actors in Elysium, but the Rambler will bet this week’'s salary that Thespis and actors from the theaters of Dionysus and Megalopolis were there. I am sure that the Ram- bler’s old friend Quintius Rosclus of Lanuvium and Rome was there. I knew Roscius well when he was ap- pearing in the plays of Plautus, ‘Terence and Seneca. At that time the Rambler was a reporter, or diurnorum . scriptor, on the Acta Diurna Romiae, or Romana, the paper of largest circulation in Rome, and with a mailing; list reaching from Hiericho to Londinium, in Anglia, and I took down the and reported all the shows in the old Pompey Theater, near ‘the Campus Martius. I used to meet Rosctus and his troupe in the popina of Gaius, where we could get a good lunch for a_sesterce, a three-course cena for a dinarfus and an amphora of Faler- num from the slopes of Mount Mas- ; | sicus for about two nummi. ; Launcelot, Joseph Parker; Phillips; Nerissa, Miss Josephine ;. Jes- sica, Miss Ellen Morant. Also on the bill is “Fancy dance, Miss Ella War- The cast of “The Tami of was: . Petruchio, iwin Grumio, =_Joseph. Parker; H. Bokee; Hortensio, master, Mr. Hight; Pedro, Mr. Germon;-tailag, Mr. Phil- lips; Katharine (first time), Mrs, Phil- Perhaps the old actors you knew have their private grove and are tell- ing of the parts they played, of the queer hotels they stopped at and of the theaters, op’ry houses and town halls they played in. Perhaps they ‘are . talking of the -stagecoaches. steamboats and trains they traveled on—trains that ran when sleeping cars were few and before the days of that stopped 3 boro, Rawlins, Elko, Hum! t, Reno, ete., that/passengers, might have “30 min- utes for dinner. Here /follows one of the lstters to the Ramble: “Kimball, Va., Jaly 9. “Dear . Rambler: Your: article in The Sunday Star on June 20 on fa- mous: stage folk brought to my mind pleasant ‘memories. - I had the great pleasure of attending ths opening of Albaugh’'s Grand Opera’ House on Nov. 10, 1884, by the Emma Abbott English Opera Company and have the beautiful white satin souvenir pro- gram on which was printed the dedi- cation address written by John V. Hood, , of Baitimore, and de livered by Edwin B. Hay of the Wash- ington. ber. I.am greatly intrested.in your articles. - Respectfully, “MRS. R. BYRD JUDD.” The Rambler has received this note from the composing room: “Dear Harry: Replying to your kick_this -a.m. that the Composing Room had outraged Cicero I find that Sunday’s copy does read