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SUNDAY BROOKLYN TIMES UNION SEPTEMBER 20, 193d 7A" streets. For his many distinctive services to aviation he was made a Great Men BooIdyii Physician, Li e-Long 1866. Baby Callage to Landon at i 4 -t( 5 I i elic for IT WAS a proud thing back in 1866 in the hoop skirt era to wheel a baby carriage up Ovington for in those days baby carriages weren't as common as they are today. Mrs. Francis Baptists of 207 Ovlngton ave.

will testify to this fact Mrs. Baptlste, who recently turned her 70-year-old baby carriage over to Brooklyn's Goodwill Industries, likes to recall the pride she felt when, as a small child, she herself was wheeled over the pasture land which later became the busy Intersection of Ovlngton and Fifth and again, when, as a girl of 15, she pushed her small brothers and sisters up the neighboring cow-paths to Fort Hamilton. "It wasn't as easy then as it is now to push a haby curriage," explained Mrs. Baptlste with a sigh. Then she added: "In those days it was beautiful here.

All woods and Mr. Ovington had a lovely house on the corner and everyone was so friendly. People always made two apple pies one for themselves and one for a neighbor. It was considered a dreadful extravagance to buy a baby carriage, but we bought one. That Is, my mother did." The carriage, which is a high wheeled wicker vehicle with a ruffled parasol top, cost 240 in 1866.

The Goodwill Industries, believing the carriage to be "a museum piece," hope to sell it for 125. Mrs. Baptiste didn't mind parting with the baby carriage which has rested In her attic for so long. Catherine Browning Boyd wlto composed the music to a Landon song written by an 81 -year-old Democrat who switched his party. for much money damages.

He was. about to be led away to the police station and locked up when an official of his French auto concern opportunely arrived and extricated him from what promised to soon become a near-riot. gPERRY'S son, the lata Lawrence Burst Sperry, was born in 1892, and in his early youth was nick-named "Gyro" by his boy friends. Xwfnty-two yean ago lie dreamed of Uie time to come when flying would be as commonplace as auto-, mo tilling had then recently be-come. When gyros and improved plane and engines would make flight a safe and serviceable meaua of public transportation as well as sport.

Many of hi visions and "craxy ideas" have become fact and bis experimental gadgets have developed Into standard airplaue equipment. When he was a small boy he asked for a bicycle and, while his parents debated the wisdom of giving htm one, he became Impatient. He went out selling papers on the street corners, thereby scandalizing his mother, but quickly earning the money with which he bought the wheel. Next he switched to a motorcycle and not so many years later he quit school and alarmed the residents of Flat-bush almost dally by dashing through its then quiet streets in a reconstructed foreign-made auto-runabout that had once belonged to E. H.

Sothern, the noted Shakespearean actor and husband of that famous Shakespearean actress, Julia Marlowe; she of the golden-voiced Gervllle Reach Louise Homer speaking tones. Young Sperry named the car the "Chinese Mercedes." Soon his not much younger brother Elmer began to accompany him to the flying field near Mine-ola, where aviation was beginning to make headway, although tho chief attraction was still the Van-derbllt Cup Races for automobiles. The public- were reading avidly the news of their favorite daring racing drivers and of the thrilling escapes at the "hairpin" turn near Krug's corners and the Jericho Mlneola. The first sports-man-alr-pilots next began to appear, in those early days of untrustworthy airplane engines. Moissant, Paulhnn, Baldwin.

White and Glenn Curtiss himself, were flying now and then at Mlneola. Curtiss was actually getting orders for bis Hammondsport-built airplanes. To attend the flying ex- muiiions was last Decoming me fashion. Stunt flying had commenced and there were many crack-ops. In 1910 Lawrence Sperry made a glider and, with Elmer In the "Chinese Mercldes" towing him, made several short flying "hops." In 1911 Lawrence and Elmer started a bicycle, motorcycle and roller skate repair business, in tho shop then In the basement of their home.

Soon they had saved up 800, for which Earle Ovlngton, the American representative of a Belgium motorcycle concern, had agreed to Import for them a sec-end-hand five cylinder radial An- zenl airplane engine. They built a tractor bt-plane, one or the first to be built here. The then prevailing American type was the pusher bt-plane. TJLERIOT and Eeperdussln had A both built tractor monoplanes. Lawrence designed tho landing gear of his tractor bi-plane so it would bounce over the little drainage ditches in the Sheepshead Bay field without danger of "nosing over." He made a few grass-cutting flights with It, when his father (Coatimud fro Togo tU peak very entertainingly about his travels, whan ume per-nitted.

His chiet amusements vera golf, concerts and the tne-itre, In all of which ha wan well ereed. His children, however, relate hat he never seemed to have much ime to spend at home setting- ac-tualnted with his family. He was like a wlurlwind, either timing in- or going out, wiin -a lacked suitcase, bound for goodies knows what far town or city, ill of the time. His son. Klnier says this uaiom always reminded ulin of he old tale of the report made esrulurlv by Uie terse spoken Irish railroad foreman, sent out with a rung every so otten to put a con-iuuously overturning old locomo- lie back on the tracks.

It read, taurine 59. Off urlu, on agm, Uay agin, I'lnnegln." He says the way ins iauier acpi acqiuuniea ivith Ills family was to take one or he other of tiiem away with him some one or other of his trips rom time to time. He did not believe practical jok. mg very dignified, yet on one oc-r-aalon he took elaborate pains to play a prank upon some of his learned and prominent associates. Upon the adjournment of a very important and lengthy conference of eminent engineers, few of whom fame from N.

or Its environs, he Invited them all "down to the saloon for a drink." Most of them were pleasantly surprised and willingly accompanied him. He led ihem by a devious route, through alleys and back streets, to the back entrance of Schraffta on 4sd st, Manhattan, a few blocks from where the conference had been held. Getting; them all inside, he inquired with a twinkle In his eye, "What will you have, boys?" The writer has been unable to learn if ihls little pleasantry went over big with the expectant, thirsty, eminently distinguished, "boys," or not. AT one time when he was about to leave Paris, he arranged with a Freeh firm to manufacture and sell his electrlo auto, under an odd French name. The writer knows It was an odd French name because Mrs.

Elmer A. Sperry, Maid it was, and despite all arguments to the contrary, she proved ihe was right. The senior Sperry returned later on to Paris and was driving one of his electrics at some speed down the boulevard and around the corner Into a small side street, lined with curb push-carts of the ancient two-wheeled see-saw Kind, propped up on one end with a small stick. In his mad dash around the corner he was barely able to slow down in time to miss a large black cut which became so excited it hopped suddenly upon one end of a push-cart piled high with oranges and apples arranged in a giant pyramid. The cat unbalanced the cirt.

which like a wobbly seesaw, weighted suddenly on one end, flopped down quickly on the end where the cat had landed. This spilled fruit all over the street Great excitement ensued with urchins scrambling for the free fruit, the fruit vendor yelling for the police, (gendarmes), two of whom came on tho run, and a large crowd gathering. Although Sperry's car had not come within three feet of the push-cart. Its owner insisted It had been struck and demanded heavy damages. Sperry, who understood about sis words fy( French, kept 'shaking his head in negative toslilott at what he thought was a very unfair, unjust, though oft-repoated demand, angano Sees Fruition Of Trade School in Quoddy QU0DDY VILLAGE may prove the means whereby the full time pay trade schools for unemployed boys proposed by Assemblyman James V.

Mangano may be worked out. Assemblyman Mangano, noting that Federal Administration had already turned over "Quoddy Village" to the National Youth Administration, for the development of an educational center where boys will study a trade and be paid by the Government while doing so, wrote to President Roosevelt suggesting many such schools. "Quoddy Village" was built by I the Federal Administration as a tidal power project on the Maine Coast The project was abandoned, and when the trade school plan was proposed, the Administration accepted the proposition. The academy at "Quoddy VtUage" will be under the supervision of the National Youth Administration. Assemblyman Mangano originally appealed to the President more than six months ago urging trade schools for unemployed youth as a crime cure.

He also introduced a bill, In the State Assembly proposing such schools. He expects the bill will be considered at the next session in Albany. In his letter to the President, the Assemblyman urges tha Presi "Pat" and "Mac" Chamber of Commerce of America. TN December, 1921, took Eng- land by storm; flew everywhere; was feted and dined all over; demonstrated his tiny "Messenger" plane to the Royal Air Force, and then started to fly across the English Channel. Something went seriously wrong when he was four miles from land.

Ho made a perfect landing upon the water and sat on a wing for two hours waiting for a boat; which arrived three hours later. Always a strong swimmer, and chafing at the delay, he took a life preserver cushion and started to swim ashore. The December water proved too cold. He perished, leaving bis widow and two children, Winnlfred Barclay and Lawrence Burst, Jr. He also left behind a record In Uie engineering phases of aviation that has never neen equalled by anyone under 31, which was his age when he died.

He Is conceded generally to have done more to Iopularize flying than any other person. The French Government awarded him a posthumous medal for notable achievement in aeronautics, which was presented to his son, Lawrence, at a luncheon attended by then U. 8. Ambassador to France Myron T. Herrlck and numerous other high-ranking personages.

Since then the throe surviving children of the late Elmer Ambrose Sperry have established the "Lawrence B. Kerry Memorial Award' wltu a fund of $10,000.00 to honor his memory. An honorary certificate and 8250 in cash is awarded annually by the Institute of Aeronautical Science to the voung man who makes the greatest contribution to aeronautics during the year preceding the annual presentation. CALMER AMBROSE SPERRY'S son, Edward Goodman Sperry, was born In 1891, and attended Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, later graduating from Phillips-Exeter Academy In 1111, Ho then attended CorneU University for four years and received his mechanical engineer's degree there. Then he entered the employ of the Sperry Gyroscope working In the Engineering Department, helping to draft and design several of the early ship stabilizers and taking complete charge of their installations.

When the TJ. S. entered the World War he was installing a large Sperry stabilizer on the U. S. S.

Henderson, a transport then building at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Completing this Just before the Henderson sailed to join the American transport fleet In carrying troops to France, he remained aboard for the final "check-up" on the stabilizer. The Government being desirous of learning the effect of gun fir control on a stabilized ship, us well as on one artificially "rolled." through a small "angle," he remained to demonstrate that the apparatus made by his father's company met every requirement. The Henderson was fitted with a complete director fire control and on the next five return trips from France, after the European coast submarine zone was left behind, exhaustive firing experiments were made under Edward Sperry's supervision. Concluded Next Week) Sea Scouts By JTJIAEX BERQER Commodore Edwin Weisl, of Manhattan Sea Scout Division, has provided a silver loving cup for perpetual award to the winner of the rowing race held last Sunday on the Harlem River.

Seven gold medals with a superimposed Sea Scout emblem have been provided this year for permanent award to the members of the winning crew by F. W. Esllng, treasurer of the Johnson National Insignia Company. The Interboro Sea Scout Committee meets again next Thursday, Sept 24. at Reuben's Restaurant at 7:20 P.

M. Sea Scout Requirements is the title of a new pamphlet now available to Sea Scouters, published by National Boy Scout Headquarters, and written by Dr. William C. Men-ninger. Skipper of the 6SS Kansan, Honorary National Flagship.

The pamphlet contains a set of review questions on all of the Bea Scout Requirements with answers. The page references are taken from the official Sea Scout Handbook. The SS3 Xebee resumes meetings at 1615 West 10th st, on Friday evening. Sept 18. YOUNGER PRIZE WINNER AXS HECKSCHER, age 7.

Card SM71. P. 8. 187. Grade IB.

My younger prise winner may have a copy of "WILD FLOWERS AND ELVES." "A MERRIE MENAGERIE," or A SONG OF GOOD HEALTH." Will my older prize winners please remember to send a self-addressed and stamped envelope wltbin the week for their chacks, and enclose a letter from their teacher. This Is story eleven (11) In the Nature School Series. NATURE SCHOOL PRACTISING PATIENCE Joan, Nancy, Michael, and Jlmst all stoood nnder the large apple tree and admired the big new sign that they had painted for Grey Squirrel. "I wonder," said Michael. "hOS Mr, Grey Squirrel will like the new slgnt" "Suppose," asked little Nancy, "he doesn't even notice ItT" "How could he help noticing ItT" said JUnsi, "when it's swinging up there so gaily, and when Michael printed: "PROFESSOR GREY SQUIRREL" In such large letters but must be quiet for I surely would Ilk to know what will happen when Grey Squirrel and Charlie came along "SchI SchI" cautioned Joan.

"I hear something." The children were so quiet they scarcely breathed. "Hear ItT Hear ItT" askod Nancy's excited voice. "Sure I hear It" laughed Michael, "it's the wind singing a song to us" and that's Just what It was. So the children all started to talk and laugh again, but they kept a careful watch, for they wanted to be sure to see what would happen If their friend Grey Squirrel did arrive. "Gosh," said Michael, "looking st his new wrlrt watch.

"It's sltnoot five and no alga ot our friends. I Uu'seutta lKtto Freumbulator because, as she commented, it had become a dust gatherer. When the Goodwill Industries, at No. 369 DeKalb Brooklyn, first put the baby carriage on display It attracted such large crowds that they wrote to Mrs. Baptlste to thank her for her gift 'In reply Mrs.

Baptlste wrote: "Your letter has given me an entirely new attitude and warm feeling toward We have lived on this same property since 1836 when Mr. Ovington (now of Fifth New York) had his farm here. Tho carriage was used by me as a baby, over 70 years ago. I do hope the recipient will give it good care." dent to call a conference between those interested in the "Quoddy Vllage" project, for the purpose of facilitating the trade school plan. "Quoddy VUlage is a good beginning for establishment of an academy where unemployed boys could learn a but it is not enough to absorb the large population of unemployed youth in this country" said Assemblyman Mangano.

"There are more than one million young men, who are unemployed In this country. Each boy is constantly receptive to temptation. We must try to give these boys something to do to keep them away from crime. "Cutting down the crime bill will not only help to reduce the budget but will save taxpayers millions of dollars annnuaUy." Return From Erin such good work eutlng the coming year that I will ba awe to include one Senior among eur prlie winners at least twice during the month. WHAT SIGHTS, 0 SUN! What tight, yov have ce On your euer-votchul round, A your solitary eye eanned Vt ground, And tne people' and thing tchich once had becnt You taw civilizations engulfed and dead.

A vitchcraft and terror vers abroad, Ton knew th flash of flame and sword1, Th plague and th tear and lack of bread You ao the' art and science com atrain. And the shaping of a mapped out varld; You saw democracy's flag unfurled. The birth of new nations, and the equality of men! Those tights, Bun, Vhich once had been, -During your eker-toatchful round. While your solitary eye icenned the The people, tha thinps iat sight you have teen! GERTRUDE LOXG, Age Card S6591, Bay Ridge H. Grade 8.

THE BIRD brotca bird Kith; tmall avirk steps. II ops. then ttopt, and lakes a rest. Hi beak snoops into the earth. Pick up irans of iconder u-orfa.

Then off he flies to hit nest; Comes back again, for he lets No otser bird hai-e the time To empty fcts pwi miite. hen he's done his ork ith car. Hi festal song I ills the air, AMAMA FAZJWVNE. Card 2UI3, Hunter Uollegs, Term 4. ty i fr mm mm I i El vj I I i I I i 4 1 i i 1 81 tutions, whereas many cases should be admitted to local hospitals so the local medical students could have the experience of learning to care for them." The Doctor Is all for "rugged Individualism." He is certain that Governor Landon will make no rash promises, only to be broken.

A descendent of Elder Brewster. He adds: "Gov. Landon will make it his business to know where Federal money is being spent and there will be no relief funds used to build up political fences. No true American could vote for anyone but Landon." And consistent with his opposition to experimenting in government, Dr. Browning concludes that he thought the 18th Amendment an error.

His "Landon Lyric" has been sent to several hundred friends throughout the country. It w-as sung for the first time at the Rldgewood, N. J. Republican Women's Club on Wednesday and will be heard at many of the clubs of the borough from now on till Election Day. fected by him.

He made many similar "Jumps'' from high altitudes thereafter. He made the first loop-the-loop In a hydroplane. He also established early records for passenger carrying in flying boats. He built the first amphibian boat with the running gear for land operations folding up out of the way when landing on water and vice versa when landing on the ground. With Charles L.

Lawrence, one of America's pioneers in air-cooled aviation engines, the diminutive three-cylinder Lawrence air-cooled engine was incorporated in Lawrence Sperry's "Messenger" type planes, intended for sport and everyday utility flying. General Mitchell made use of these in Army maneuvers to carry messages. One mark of Lawrence Sperry's exceptional talents in aviation was his almost invariable success In solving problems, previously. regarded as niisolvable. lie made the first contact between an air-piano and a dirigible, and next, between an npright on Ids plane and a metal ladder suspended from an Army V.

H. flown by Lieut. 'Cy" Blttner, provin; that planes Could make sustained contact In the air long enough for refueling, transferring supplies, etc His method of establisldng sndi contacts was quickly adopted by the. U. S.

Army. He worked with his father and the U. S. Army upon the aerial torpedo. They also began to control planes by radio, with a then unknown pilot named Clarence Chamberlln flying the control For a time the gyro-control was laid aside but it has since become the basis for the present gyropilot Next long distance flying interested Lawrence Sperry and he was the first to land a plane by the use of skids, landing within 50 feet, after dropping all running gear on the "take-off." thus eliminating that much weight and drag in rising from the ground and thereby increasing "range." He, at one time, took a contract for the regular delivery of newspapers by air mall on Long Island and in 1928 had ten airplanes in regular passenger and other service.

Ho tried to popularise aviation in every way and at tha St. Louis races would land npou, and take-off from, the lawn in front of his hotel. In Brooklyn he landed numbers of times at one end of Prospect Park. At Farmlngdale he went to and from work, and home to lunch and back, in Ids airplane. He designed an especially small, but extremely compact, plane with which he took-off from, and landed In, the city Drawn by June Puane If you will read your column every day.

then I know that before very long, you may have one of those wonderful surprises that bay made our Happy Times Club so popular. Bs sure to telt your friends about me and about the wonderful secrets that I share with faithful members; and be sure to tell them that If they Join our Happy Times Club, and if they look at the Times Union and read me every day, they will make others happy, as well as themselves, tor would'nt your mother be hAppy If you won a prtxef So you see, I bring happiness to ever so many peoplt, and I'd like to bring htppiness to you also. G11.1TE OK. NEW ITCH, sgs 1. Curd 41.14.

Girls Commercial S. Term t. Switches By MARIE FEUGONE KEEPING strictly out of the limelight, as far as is possible for a leader in his profession, Dr. William Browning, life-long Independent Democrat, dean of Brooklyn physicians, at 81 years, ventures forth from the quiet of his home, at 54 Lefferts to declare himself for Gov. Landon for President.

Moreover, he will campaign in his own way, as a volunteer, for this "real true American and has written the lyrics to a. song, "A Landon the music of which, was composed by his niece, Catherine Browning Boyd, co-director of the Rldgewood, N. J. Institute of Music. We asked for a photograph of a painting of Dr.

Browning ordered by the Medical Society of the County of Kings to hang in its headquarters but he feared it looked too much like publicity. He is the president and founder of the National Medical Library Association and a leader in the movement to open the Kings County Medical Library at 1S13 Bedford now the fourth largest in the world. Of Dr. Browning, Dr. Fred Tll-ney, famed neurologist, said, "he trained more medical students to be neurological leaders than any in this country." Devoted to music, since his days at the Leipsic University, where he used to hear Bach concerts on the same organ once played by the famous composer.

Dr. Browning hopes his song will rouse apathetic voters to the "dangers our country is facing under this experimenting in Government with the Roosevelt New Deal administration." He refers medical friends to Gov. Landon's statement against regimentation in the medical profes- intervened. He wanted Lawrence to complete his schooling. Lawrence objected to attending school, saying he wanted to put his whole time Into aviation.

By a compromise he went to Professor Evan's School at Mesa, Arizona for one year. While West at school he spent all of his spare time collecting buzzards and other largo birds so he could study their construction and methods of flight. Then he began to learn to fly at the Curtiss-Hammondsport School. He secured Pilots License No. 11 from the Aero Club of America, At Hammondsport he met Rodman Wanamaker, planning to fly tho Atlantic In his "America." Lawrence next began to work on the stabilizer his father was so interested in perfecting.

He carried out elaborate experiments with it at Hammondsport with the cooperation of Curtiss. By the summer of 1914 tho gy-roseppe stabilizer was ready for the Paris contest entered by 3 manufacturers. Of the result of that contest I have already written here. When the World War broko out a month later, Lawrence remained in Paris supervising the installing of gyro-pilots on French and English aeroplanes and assisting in the French Army airmen's experiments. There be ate at the French General's of ficer'a-mess and formed a friendship with Count de Lesseps, son of the famous canal builder.

In 1915 he came home to demonstrate the stabilizer to the U. S. Army. He was put In charge of the aviation department of his father's company. The flying base was moved to North Beach and then to Amityville, L.

Here Lawrence had his first serious crash. A propeller broke loose and cut off the rear half of his Curtiss boat. The front half hit the water on a wing tip which broke tho fall and he escaped Injury. Next ho begau to break flying record after record. Then he installed electrlo landing lights on liis plane and made the first night fluclit with a plane so equipped.

The importance of night flying becoming recognized, Government departments arranged for official testa. Lawrence was the only aviator to volunteer. Next he began to experiment with an instrument that would aid htm to fly in a fog. His father and he conferred, experimented, and then produced, the "bank indicator" and the "turn indicator," later combined In one Instrument. He was the tint to fly blind with instruments.

TIE was not yet 26 and when be 41 was called a "crazy flyer" for practising stunt flying, which the A REQUEST Once again, children, I wish to ask all ot you to please use Jet black ink when you write your contest work, write on one side of the paper, and use lined paper if you wish. Tou may typewrite your work, in fact I prefer it typed, but always use double space. Keep your stories within 250 words In length. NATURE IS WISE The 'grass is green, Graceful trees toss their proud heads and sway rhythmically. Colorful blossoms relieves the solid green.

Spring is and Nature is on exhibit. But do we ever allow ourselves time to appreciate the fair, sunny days? Do we ever stop hurrying long enough to witness Nature's bountiful display of beauty How pitiful that we can pass It by without regret! The heat Is Intolerable. It swoops down on us, mercilessly, and writhe and fight against It though we may, It remains. Perspiration covers our bodies In masses of sticky dampness. Throughout the summer, we swelter while strong hands and muscular bodies remain idle.

We are compelled to stop work and relax. Yet what pleasure Is there In relaxing when the sun burns unrelentingly? Nature replies scornfully. "God has created you with intelligence, but you are no more Intelligent than tne worms that crawl oe- aeath' you. I shower my beauty upon you generously, but you see 1t No, only sheer force makes you realise fny existence. The grass la dried -now, the graceful trees sway not, ana the flowers shrivel.

Now you begin to look at them because the heat compels relaxation, and shuns rushing. Tou blame me for It yet were it not for the heat you wonld be too tired to enjoy ths little beauty and recreation you do." Natdre. In her severity. Is a true friend. Ver? it not for her.

wonld In Trek Back Home sion made at the Medical conference in Kansas City, in May. Copies of the Medical Association's Journal of May 28, which contain the statement are now in the Brooklyn Medical Library he adds. TJR. BROWNING, a graduate of Yale Scientific, 1876, is a charter member of the "Figis," the Phi Gamma' Delta fraternity, to which Gov. Landon belongs, and which was President Coolidge's frat, too.

He has been president of the Medical Society of the County of Kings at various times, and was for 40 years head of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry In I. College Hospital and at different times has been consultant on the boards of most of the hospitals of the city. "A student of mental cases, is well aware of the dangers of regimentation," the doctor declares: "We are fifty years behind in our care of the mentally weak, because we send them to large State Insti Army and Navy still frowned upon, he insisted that it was necessary training to enable a pilot to meet any and all emergencies. The Army attached him to Its first aviation reserve corps in 1916, but January 1917 found him an ensign in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. In Cuban waters he was stricken with appendicitis, operated upon at sea aboard the hospital ship Solace, and sent back here on the Panther.

By the time he could fly again the TJ. S. was at war and tho Navy had decided gyro-control should be applied to aerial torpedos. He was put in charge of the operations at Coplague which I have already described. He was next called to train aviators, visiting most of our training centers, Tailsplns then were the ogre but be taught his students how to get out of them.

His constant missionary work helped greatly to make acrobatics a part of the prescribed official aviation courses. He continued to assist his father in his various airplane experiments. Just before the Armistice be married Winnlfred Allen, who had Just begun to make a name for herself as a screen star. She also liked flying and they flew together to their wedding at Governor's Island and then on their honeymoon. Peace time slowed aviation down considerably, as commercial aviation was as yet negligible.

He gave up his position as head of the Sperry Co. aviation department and formed the Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Corporation. His father gave him a license to manufacture airplane Instruments under the Sperry patents. Later he turned his instrument business over to some of his old associates of the Sperry Gyroscope Co. and they formed the Pioneer Instrument destined to become the largest In the business.

He preferred to build planes. He had worked upon and perfected numbers o4 airplane Instruments. TT I manufacturing operations outgrew two factories so he built a third plant at Farmlngdale, L. covering IS acres, with a large airdrome in addition. The Vervllle-Sperry racing monoplane was built there and won the world's monoplane record at Detroit in 1923, In 1917 the only parachutes were those used by balloon observers, or the cumbrous ones that were packed In the fuselage of tho planes themselves.

At McCook Field Lawrence Sperry made the first Jump with a pack," or carrv-on your back type, parachute, which had been devised and per we honestly cease for a time our hurried life to see and appreciate the lovely things around us? BEATRICE KALB, age 6. card 87,232. New Utrecht H. H. Term 4.

AUTUMN Autumn leave ore red and gold, Autumn plants all shiver with cold. Boon tiny lowers and budi trill sleep. And blrdt no mora their tcatch will keep. And aulumn leave trill Mow around And make a rujrliiw, eraefchntf sound. The ormer potheri in hti wheat.

But hi vorie it not complete. He foJtet good care of plant and tree. And he hnppv as can be. Be gather in hi fruit to store, Apple red, for to eat. He father all hi pumpkin, yrUoic, Oh, he i busy felloic.

For get up at early dawn So he may gather all hi corn. And then merry ong he ting At he loot ot his rrofxt things. VERONICA SHABER, Age II, Card 21UJS. IF OUR COLUMN COULD SPEAK The page In the Times Union had been lonesome for a long time. On day a dear lady named Elsie-Jean, arrived and started me.

She called tne The Happy Timers Ever since 1 first appeared I had cause for rejoicing, for I have always lived up to my name. Faithful members have continued to keep me happy by sending stories, pictures and other articles to our club President Oh, my goodness, I almost forgot to mention my ether close friends. Sister Rose and the MerrU Elt Many times they have won-derful surprises In store for faithful members. "Sch! SchI I'll let Tou In on secret: If you will be a more faithful member from now on, and A Ml i 4 c1 4 I v. im if sfV if 'v 1 i n'v i I iA.

-tiS irntJ W.imm'Mti0m tail Vaiia i n't: A Miss Eleanor Frances Manegold (right) of Ditmas aboard the Anclior liner S. S. California returning home front a three-month tour of Austria, Hungary; Czechoslovakia, Belgium and France. Left, Miss Roberta Seaman, of 58 Orleans Valley Stream, L. aboard the same liner, returning home from a visit of Ireland and out of the way places, including Arab Isles.

Miss Alice McCloskey (rliht), daughter of Mr, and Mrs. James J. McCloskey, of Grove st, aboard the Anchor liner S. S. California returning after touring the Emerald Isles.

Left, Mlsg Patsy Grant of Belview st. Port Washington, I is shown aboard the same liner returning home from a visit of Dublin, Ireland. ELSIE-JEAM'S HAPPY TIMES CLUB MEMBERS MEET HERE EACH SUNDAY TO DEVELOP TALEHT TO THE MENTALLY SUPERIOR TODAT I shall talk to you again of the boy or girl who has developed a superiority complex, as it Is commonly called, out in plain English It la nothing more or less than good old-fashioned conceit. in kew A young girl whose marks when she grnd- uated from college were excellent, whose Intelligence 1 Quotient was so high that she almost bordered on the genius class, and who found no difficulty In getting a Job, The people with whom she worked were older and were more experienced, but this young lady with the high I. Q.

knew Just about everything. Bhe unfortunately did not have the good sense to keep her she could not conceal her feelings, superiors saw that she was labor- delusion that she con starred their 1 ut under the a and. ncedlcM to opinion to herself and soon her methods running the place old-fashioned; that she thought If she were It would be run along different Happy Timers Hobby Coupon Do to onemtor ot Hi OAPPI TIMES BOBBY CLUB? nil lo uita iwtinon, an snd to Klalo-JM, Happy Ttms C'lak. S4 AtUtolk Brokl), Mr fork. Your llobby Club Car will mail te you.

Nun. Car No Asanas What is Tour hope they arrive befor long, for 1 promised mother that I'd get horn early." But Michael, Jlmsl, Joan and Nancy did not know that Grey Squirrel and Charlie Chipmunk were hiding close to the old log, in fact they were just seated up in the branches of the spple tree and that was the noise that Joan had heard. Just as soon as the children ran down the path, and left the old tree. Grey Pqulrrel and Charlie scampered off. Would you like to know what Grey Squirrel said to Charlie Then read your column tomorrow.

SENIORS A number of Seniors have again asked whether they are eligible for weekly prise awards. I think I have told my older members that If they Join contests regularly, then they will be eligible: spasmodic Joining of weekly contests will not put your name on the prlre-wlnnlng list. hop that my Seniors will do asked to look for a Job elsewhere. -in my opinion, the boy or girl with average mentality and a readiness to learn from others, who Is willing to accept suggest inns, has as big, or bigger, chance to get ahead In the world as the mentally superior boy or girl who is full of his or her own importance, Any employer would far rather take the time to teach one in his employ, be It In a commercial or professional field, than to engage the college graduate whose blinding light ol his self-approval continually tries to dim the light of those around him. If you belong to this class of mental superiors, and if you find that your brilliance Just spurts out or yon like) gat waterfall, then always remember that until the waterfall is harnessed, It isn't of much.

use. say, better lines. Result elie was IN ANSWER A story for ths Nature Bcrap Book wUl appear, every Sunday provided there Is room In the column for It Remember thatyou must have a complete set of these stories If you wish to compets for one of the prlxs All books will riven to children in the hospitals and orphan home. Tou may choose the hospital or orphsnare to which you would like your book sent Ple rnaKe to books If you wish to keep one. ATTENTION Will my older members PLEASE write on a subject ot topical Interest I received a number of compositions this week, but unfortunately our committee of awards did not think any of them aeservins; oi prize, i nave ioio my oiaer memoers msi in seiecung ntaa.

wlnnSM rnM vxfA-t bam V. tt the older boys and girls we judge by different standards than we judge the work of cur younger members. Please try a little harder, and remember, that content ruiet rest bs obtrvd,.