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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1919 " Present Big Opportun HE pitoting of the NC-4, the ti { j naval aeroplanes which sailed and now waits favorable wea in England, ts in the big, capable hands of Walter Hinton, Licutenant j (1G) U.8.N. He went into the navy as an en- } listed man in 1913, He is an officer because he is the kind of an Ameri- can that the navy looks for in mak- ing officers, whether they have been through Annapolis or not—big, cheery \ 404 altogether earnest in his bellets— one of which is that flying in a heavier than air machine launched from the water is the most impor- tant trade a man can follow. He was born in Vanwert, 0. Nov. 10, 1288. As a gailor he was assigned to one of the first air stations estad- lished by the navy and right away he found himself, He had ideas about the way motors should be pet- ted and coaxed out of their whim- sles, He knew things about the dell- cate adjustments of wings and gov- erning levers which seemed to come to him by intuition. With the lessons of the importance ‘of the aeroplane in warfare looming yup out of the battles afloat and ashore ‘abross the Atlantic in 1917, promo- ‘tions began coming his way because jhe had put himself tn the way of them by his devotion to the branch | lot the service {n which he had proved bis fitness, He was made a tempor- iaty boatswain at Pensacola in No-| vember, 1917, | Just four months later to a day| he wag commissioned as an ensign. lfe had a Iittle more authority and could take up his own ship. But aside from that his comrades didn't #00 that it made much difference ih him, except that he became rather miore enthusiastic about the possi- bilities of doing things in the air which had never been done before. Mis fund of new ideas seemed to grow ag he drew on them and he was sent to Washington to the Bureau of Operations (Aviation) in August, 1918, ( As a result of that visit,’ which tasted a week, he was sent to the Untted States Naval Air Station at Halifax, N. 8 where he went out) ever the North Atlantic looking for| i LT. WALTER HINTON Pilot of Flyer NC-4, ~ Lt. Hinton, Rose in Navy I Rank From Sailor >». Skill With Engines and Ideas About Airplane Devel- opment Won Him Promotion and Paved Way to ity. riumphant “lame duck” of the three out across the Atlantic for the Azores ther for its fifth hop to its objective Y, FIRST COMMERCIAL AEROPLANE... PHOTOS © by KEYSTONE PhoTo NEWS, 1% a oo A cP me: NYO) “)"P) By Aeroplane Bus—Paris to London FOUR PASSENGERS—ONE-TON CARGO The “Bat,” First Aeroplane to Be Built Especially for Commercial Use and Already in Commission in England, Has a Glass Inclosed Passenger Compart- ment Like a Limousine—It Is Designed for Service Between London and Paris ar Ye TWO MINUTES | OF OPTIMISM By Herman J. Stich Red Blood and Blue Blood. ‘OUR blue blood will cash é fearfully few checks un- less it's fortified by a plentify supply of red blood. The world’s intensely interested in the quality of your deed—not the slightest concerned with your origin or breed, Your great-grandparents may have turned this globe topsy- tarvy. But when all’s sald and done, they’re dead ones. And the world wants live ones, If you're banking on a boost by virtue of your ancient family tree, you're venturing on @ pre- cariously thin branch, There's an eloquent, though silent, tragedy in the story of many a son of an eminent man, Leaning on the false prop of ancestry there have been fatal crashes when the pillars gave way—as they frequently do, tin fish"—which the Germans did not send his way—and dreaming very Practical dreams about bigger and faster aeroplanes and the handling of them. Likewise he argued with his fellow officers about these dreams in his big-boylike way while they laughed at him to draw him out and agreed with him and wrote letters back to the department about mm— with the result that he became a Ueutenant “J. g.” Sept, 12, 1918, and was ordered to the more important j *~etation at Rockaway Beach, where the plans for a flock of flying ma- chines which could patrol the At- lantic transport lanes from coast to coast were being worked out in the Navy's own scientific, thoroughgoing Hinton was designated as Naval Aviator December 18, 1918. The pub- Ne began to hi about him for the first time when he piloted one of the { H-16 type flying boats which flew | from Rockaway to Hampton Roads | January 15, 1919. His nerve and good judgment stood trial so well in that exploit that he had made his election [ sure to the honor of pilong one of the Naval-Curtiss planes jn the over- sea hop. | Lieut, Hinton was married to a Flor- fda girl while le was at Pensagola \) and Mrs. Hinton is now at their home, No, West Chase Street, Pensacola, ‘ San WITH THE INVENTORS. To prevent fire hose tangling @ new bracket for storing it in build- ings drops it one loop at a time after tha nozzle js released from @ holder, Decoration by no means guar- antees distinction, Oftener than not, it precludes it. In their day, your father or grandfather may have been “big bugs”—but they can't keep you from being stepped on. It’s a patent fact that our leaders come from the masses—not from the classes, The common people are God's favorites. nin SURE ENOUGH. N Irishman presented himself before a Magistrate to seek ad- vice. “Sor,” he said, “I kapes hens in my cellar, but th’ wa- ther pipes is bust an’ me hens is all drowned.” rry I can't do anything for you,” said the Magistrate; “you had better apply to the water com- pany.” A few days later Pat again ap- | "Well, what now? water company teil yo u They told me, yer honor," was the keep ducks."”—Pittsburgh pe What did tho queried Lae reply, “to | Post. asad aera POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVES, A mining company jn Norway ts equipping its railroad with electric |tocomotives that can haul 120-ton teaine pp & grade of 831-3 per cont, Taught Elman, Zimbalist, Brown, Seidel, Heifetz, Rosen, Parlow. Was Imperial Court Violinist Under Three Czars. Marguerite Mooers Marshall. Ouynght, 1919, by The Prew Pubtiening 0, (The New York Rreamg World) HAT makes genius? Does genius alway succeed? Is genius found more often among the poor or among the rich? Can a woman be a genius? May genius be developed in New York to-day? * “1 put these ques- tions and others to a man who spe- clalizes in genius, 4 “grand old-young man”—as Lloyd) George described Clemenceau—who is now living at No, 270 Riverside Drive and who is named Leopold Auer. He was Imperial Court Vio- linist under three Czars and has) taught more great violinists than any other living man, In the current) Issue of The American Magazine he writes with animation of his adven- tures with Mischa Elman, Zimbalist, Kathleen Parlow, Eddie Brown, Toscha Seidel, Helfete and Max Rosen, Three other great musicians whose promise he recognized when they were but boys are Paderewski, Rudolph Ganz and Ossip Gabrilo- witsch. All three served as bis ac- companists on various occasions be- fore achieving fame on their own ac- count, A little over a year ago, when Rus- sia was at sixes and sevens with rev- olution, Prof. Auer bravely and cheer- fully came to New York, to begin all over again in a strange land, al- though his sparse hair is snow white, his stocky figure stooped, his step halting. But his eyes are vividly alive; so are his gesturing hands and the quick play of expression as he talks in fluent, carefully pronounced English, At the end of the few min- utes he gave me out of his long working day, I asked wonderingly, “How old are you?” “You should say, ‘How young are you? he chided. Then, nonchi antly, “Seventy-three.” This is Prof. Auer’s definition of genlu ‘0 be supremely great, a man must have a strong, healthy body, @ powerful mind, a mighty soul and a willingness to work. To make the world recognize his greatness, he must possess, in addition to all these advantages, @ charm, a magnotism, an ability to project himself into tho hearts of people. ‘Leopold Auer--the Man Who Discovers Genius Young at 73, Still Is Developing Talent. strange power of endearing them- selves to their audiences may suc- ceed even if they are slightly deficient in the other elements of genius I mentioned—health, intelligence, soul and application, On the other hand, { have known men who have these four attributes who are great artist yet who never will succeed financially because they have no magnetism, I know one man in Europe whose play- ing is unmistakably that of a genius, yet who never will make his living on the concert platform. So, according to Broadway stand- ards of success, Broadway is right in making the ability to “put It across’ the supreme test of genius in man or woman, “People are wrong,” continued Prof. Auer, “who think that the gift for expression in one particular art 1s born in a man, and that nothing else is necessary to make of him a genius. To stand the strain of public life a healthy body and nervous system ob- viously are essential, For any form of artistic expression to be effective it must be permeated by a keen, dis- criminating intelligence, Soul, the ability to feel, is inseparable from great art. Nor can the indolent achieve perfection, be thelr natural endowment ever so great. “I do not believe in forcing young talent, In music, for example, four hours’ work a day is enough, and it should be spread over six hours, with plenty of rests, so that the mind may be always fresh, The young student must not deny himself a normal life, with its pleasures, And his struggles with poverty, if they do not keep him from his education, are helpful rather than the reverse, “Poverty would seem to be a fore ing house for genius. All the records show that by far the larger number of our great men have come from poor homes. Many have known hunger be fore attaining succe Their strug. gles seem to have developed their emotional power; their lack of money has been an incentive to spur them on.” Which is surely encouraging gos- pel for many young New Yorkers, I ed Prof, Auer if he had found a genius yet among his pupils in this city, “Gentus—it must be for time to tel it," he replied quaintly, “But I hav \found some fine talents in New York yes, some most promising young |men and young ladies, too,” ‘Then he wrinkled his shaggy brows “This last qualification ts absolutely and made a whimsical face, necessary if the genius is to win| “One of my best young lady nancial euesens, Antiate with thin annlla” ke manumed. “hee inet enid avery officer. man and worker in the atrin from Atlantic ta Pacifie, % me she is going to be married!” “But cannot she keep on with her work?" I suggested, Prof, Auer shrugged skeptically. “She will have to watch her hus- band,” he pointed out. “She will have to watch her household, And after she 1s married—who can tell what may happen? Seventy-five per cent, of her will be taken away from her work, After a woman has arrived, after she has her place in art, let her marry if she will, have children if she will— ag 80 many of our woman opera sing- ers have done, But when she has several more years to study, she marries a young man! Auer's expressive eyebrows, hands and shoulders finished the sentence, ONSTANCE c: SUNDQUIST, seven years of age, is the first person to swim across the Culebra Cut, The young- | ster took a morn- ing dip in the At- lantic and her af- ternoon plunge in the Pacific, This mermatd’s time for one mile is 57 minutes. Her time for 22-yard swim ts 18 sec- onds, When atthe age of six years she swam cre mile in one hour. chirty- nine miaates, twenty-five sec- onds. She dove from a height of 34 feet, has pas the preliminary Ife- |saving test and came in second in the fancy diving for girls thirteen years of age and junder, Her sister Catherine, age nine years, holds the ladies’ under-water swimming record of the Canal Zone. Little Constance was born right Little Girl, Seven Years Old, | First to Swim Culebra Cut Constance Sundquist Took Morning Dip in Atlantic, Afternoon Plunge in Pacific. SATURDAY, MAY 24, 8 . ; ~ Ignorant Essays APARTMENT HOUSES The Modern Apartment Building Is Twe've and the Rents Are Even Higher—The Method of Te sting | One to See if It Is Inhabitable or Not Is Quite Inter. = esting—You Learn a Lot Living in One—Read This and You'll Learn More. BY. Jets Copyright, 1919, by The Prew Poblishiag HE modern apartment building is twelve stories high and the | rents are evem higher. They are lavishly furnished with spread Sooo ENTERING +he SALOON of +he BAT AEROPLANE... And you can guess his answer to the question “Can a genius be a woman?” "There is just as much genius in w York, in America, as anywhere else in the world," he summed up. “Now, too, Europe is impossible for art and there is a wonderful oppor- tunity for this country to develop artists. But if the names of Ameri ‘an geniuses are to be written In Fame's golden book, you must have public schools for them, free instruc- tion for them, such as almost every uropean country hae arranged ¢or its children of talent, The incipient genius ts often too poor to afford private instruction. Seek him out, | educate him, give him a chance, your great opportunity of the Now It’s a Season of Spanish Shawls and Spanish Combs Filmy Lace Mantillas, Em- broidered Silk Fringed Shawls, Satin Capes Form an Army of Invasion That Already Has Occupied Our Fashion Centres. By Margaret Rohe - | | | | HAT insidious Spanish Influence is again swaying us sartorially, We are enmeshed in the cobweb stitches of the filmy lace mantilia, all wrapped up in the gorgeously em- broldered silk fringed shawl and have bowed our heads beneath the carven glories of the huge shell comb, Though the recent Spanish opera company at the Park Theatre has sed its season, owing to the musi- tlans’ strike for a weekly wage, it is yet the open season for Spanish dress. ing that promises even French drese- ing @ bitter race for popular favor, Those gnudily gorgeous and hee- tically Mueful embroidered Spanish, shawls, whose long fringed edges wrap the feminine elite of Spain on jof a kitchenette, junfor bath and tories High McEvoy (The New York Byeniog World.) ing palms in the foyer and owt. stretched palms every place you turn, The palms in the foyer ate very expensive, but they don’t ost you nearly so much as the palms et tached to the elevator boys, the walters, the porters, bellboys, && ‘The apartments are fully equipped with all the discomforts of home, such as foldaway beds, disappear ing food, built-in cages for the canary and goldfish, hot and col? door knobs, &c. ‘The apartment usually consist® J parlorene. The kitchen stove Gm folds at night and makes 4 bed, & chair and a reading light, The dining room table makes a crib for the baby and a kennel for the dog. Life is a continual round of excite ment in a modern apartment. Bvery Monday, Wednesday and Friday the janitor comes around and im” — sults you, and every Sunday, Tues- day, Thursday and ‘Saturday the landlord raises the rent. On the other days the tenant rests. The architect who draws the plans for the modern apartments is a great believer in physical exercise. In consequence, he has laid them . out so that only an acrobat could live in one comfortadly. The method of testing @ modern apartment to dis cover whether It is inhabitable or not {s quite curious and interesting One apartment is finished and fur- nished for a model. Then, Houdini, the Handcuff King, is invited to squirm through it. If he can g@t through the front door without: skinning his shins on the back door or sticking his elbow through the! — windows, the apartment is a success | and the rest of the building is fm ished to follow style. It has been rumored, however, that the Tenants’ Union has protested ob the size of the modern apartments, because it is impossible to play & slide trombone in one. The slide trombone can only slide into the fifth position without opening the kitchen door and he dare not open that, because the neighbor belongs to the home guards and has a gum The Tenants’ Union also will @e mand in the future a liberal supply of snake ofl to be furnished wif each lease, so that they can get and out of their apartments more comfortably, Sometimes apartments are cow fused with flats, but there is quite difference, which is noticeable the first of the month, when you have to pay your rent. ‘There is another nice distinction. Neighbors you don’t Itke live in flate, but yom, yourself, always live in an apart, ment, ¥ Power From “Blue Coal” OST of os are familiar with M use of the term “white to designate the power derived trom streams. In Europe a distine- tion ts made between white and @resn coal, Only the power derived from) melting glaciers and snoweaps’ is known as white coal, while other water is gala bullfight days, make perfectly bully summer evening wraps, to be worn at the end of a torrid day in- steal of at the end of a toreador, Don't by any chance make the fatal mistake of wearing a Chinese em- broidered shaw! and fancying your- self espagnola, however, To be sure there Is little difference in the brands at a discreet distance, but a close-up will reveal a subtle differing of tex- ture and design. The greatest dif- ference of all, of course, is that the true Spanish shawl never even saw Spain, but is manufactured in the Philippine Islands, Converted into negligees, these brilliant coverings are fm the Canal Zone and is known by |simply stunning, ‘ Then there's the characteristic Spanish mantiila, black or white, of exquisitely fine and silky handmade Spanish lace—some of filmy delicate Jesign and others more strikingly srnate and of a larger mesh, Theso we are flaunting, not as the Castilian beauties over their high combed colffures and ivory throats and bosoms, but over our shimmying, shimmering shoulders, in the form of scarves, 30 imperative now as an ac- |cessory to tho fluffy summer frock of sheerest weave, It's really quite a ple ant surprise to find that these lovely lengths of Spanish jace actu. ally come from the Iberian peninsula, for anent that other Spanish acces- sory which Is rushing so persistently to our heads, the high comb, I} have my doubts as to its Spanish habitat. At least judging from my own experience, for I simply combed all the Madrid shops, both large et tae = mend name, powers are termed “green coal.” Bat there is another vast source of power, | namely that which may be derived, from the waves and tides of the’ ocean; and this is now termed “blue coal.’ “Blue coal," by far the greatest store of energy on earth, has as yet, ee been practically untouched. There: are enormous diMculties in the wey; of harnessing the ocean. It ig s9, irascible, and when angered its i; is so violent that as yet no man-made , wave power plants have been able to; stand up against its wild says the Scientific American. Spanish comb and had to éatch the train to Paris sans the article, Sines returning home, however, I have made good the deficiency, for the other day I bought @ stunning one in Brooklyn. In hand-carved tortoise, blonde of dark, in amber or in jet, these combe are as expensive as they are large, pautiful and fragile, Fortunately imitation shel! ones, carved or plain, are almost as immune from detection as a well made pearl. ‘They are also one-fourth as expensive and four times as durable as the real tortoise shell combs. Worn in the loosely waved high colffures of the evening modé, thrast in at most piquant angles, they make an artistic to the smartest toilette and are oftes its crowning g! : The long, graceful cape mantles 6f black satin, fringe-edged, smack of the Spanish influence, and a \ of those charming, hand-paintel ivory mounted Spanish tana ie alam » m ae Mere bl