French Women and the Aeroplane Boom
American readers catch up as French women set pace in aviation. Mme Paulhan and other French flyers push ahead in aeroplanism, flying above the crowd while breaking records with skill and daring.
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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
3
American readers catch up as French women set pace in aviation. Mme Paulhan and other French flyers push ahead in aeroplanism, flying above the crowd while breaking records with skill and daring.
An article describes Mile. Duprieux earning a pilot license and designing a self made aeroplane costume suited for flight. It notes another Frenchwoman Mile. Aboukara gaining attention as she flies above Paris boulevards in a Santos Dumont plane.
A vintage fragment describes storing decorated china with canton flannel between pieces, serving celery with cold meat as a nerve tonic, and cleaning methods for coarse clothes, enameled baths, and japanned ware using salt paraffin, warm water, and drying with cloth. It ends mid sentence with obstinate spots.
Advice covers refreshing old popcorn by soaking corn in cold water, cleaning refrigerators with a small stiff brush, and ironing silk. Suggests lukewarm to cold water for washing delicate fabrics to avoid yellowing and stiffness. Recommends rolling fabrics in a cloth to air dry evenly before ironing.
Miss Agnes Deans Cameron of Unidad tours northern Canada with her niece, describing 10 000 miles of the Mackenzie Athabasca route. She shot bison, crossed rivers by horse boat bulock wagon and foot, and observed unmapped regions likely to aid geography and science. Mrs Stonewall Jackson Visits Washington
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