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Will Make Flight At Country Club Today

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Mrs. F. E. Wadsworth.

She was Formerly Miss Mary Mannering, the actress. "God willing and the breeze permitting," she will make a flight late this afternoon in the Wright biplane with which exhibitions are being given at the Country Club.
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Mary Mannering to Make Flight in Biplane
Famous Actress, Now Bride of F. E. Wadsworth, Scheduled to "Go Up" at 5:30 This Afternoon at Country Club.

Josephine Alger, 14 Years Old, Youngest Person in Country to Take Air Trip.
Unusual interest attaches to the aeroplane flights scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the Country club golf links, the forth of the series of private exhibitions being given under driection of the Aero club of Michigan. It is learned that Mrs. Frederick E. Wadsworth, who, previous to her marriage to Mr. Wadsworth about two weeks ago, was Mary Mannering, the well-known actress, will make a flight with Birdman Frank Coffyn at 5:30 o'clock.

The "official" confirmation by phone from the Wadsworth residence, as given to The Times, was as follows:

"God willing and the breeze permitting, Mrs. Wadsworth will go up at 5:30."

Mrs. Wadsworth has been an interested spectators at all of the flights. She was on the grounds early, Tuesday morning, and watched the machine as it soared through the air, executing graceful curves and undulating with the various aerial currents. Whatever qualms of fear she may have experienced were quickly dissipated, for, after the flights were over, she sought out Mr. Coffyn and arranged with him for a flight. 

The prospect of seeing the former dramatic star in an aeroplane flight will, it is expected, draw a large crowd to the aviation grounds. Only members are admitted to the field, but the flights can be viewed to good advantage from the roadside.

It is announced that Aviator Coffyn will make a flight over Lake St. Clair, for the benefit of members of the Country club, Wednesday afternoon. He has been eager for just such an opportunity from the start.

"Every time I go up, I am tempted to soar out over that lake," he said after one of his flights, Tuesday morning. 

Miss Joesphine Alger, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. Alger, is the youngest person in the United States to take a trip in an aeroplane. She went up Tuesday morning with Birdman Frank Coffyn, in the Wright biplane which is being used in the exhibitions. 

"It was perfectly wonderful," said Miss Alger, when she was alighted. "Motoring is tame compared to this. I wouldn't have missed it for anything."

Mrs. E. S. Barbour, a sister of Burns Henry, secretary of the Aero club was the only other woman to go up in the air, Tuesday morning. She could scarcely wait until her turn came, and was not the least but nervous as she took her seat beside Aviator Coffyn.
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"I'm perfectly thrilled," she said, even before the engine was started. "I dreamed of this all night."

As the machine started she waved Good-bye to her friends and straightened up as though to get the full benefit of the aerial journey. The ascension was a pretty one and presently the machine disappeared behind a clump of trees going at a 45-mile-an-hour clip.

As the spectators were chatting merrily among themselves some one called attention to the fact that the noise of the engine could not be heard. For a moment the watchers experienced a feeling akin to fear and they ran to an open spot in an effort to get a glimpse of the machine, fearing possibly that some accident had occurred. The next moment, however, it loomed into view a good three-quarters of a mile distant and everybody breathed a sigh of relief. A minute or two later Mr. Coffyn landed his passenger safely in the midst of the waiting group. 

"It was simply delicious," exclaimed Mrs. Barbour. "It was almost as good as my dream."

Nine flights were made in all, Tuesday morning all with passengers, for which the latter paid $25 apiece. The other passengers were Edwin S. George, F.O. Besner of the Hudson Motor Car Co.; A.H. McCauley, Philip H. McMillan, Maurice McMillan, L.M. Hamlin, of the McCord Manufacturing Co., and C.H. Taylor, of the E.-M.-F. Co. The flights will be continued this afternoon. 

R.A. Alger is trying to form a syndicate to purchase the machine and keep it here in Detroit for the use of the men interested. The price of the biplane is $5,000. 

Special interest attached to the flight of Maurice McMillan. He weighs 215 pounds and is the heaviest man to be carried at the present meet thus far. The excess avoirdupois did not appear to make the slightest difference, however, and Mr. Coffyn got away in fine shape. 

C.H. Taylor was as tickled as a 

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The page includes the left half of a fourth column on the right side; I was uncertain whether that should be transcribed, as it is a long set of sentence fragments since the right side is cut off. I do see that the next page in this project series has the whole column, so I guessed not.