Viewing page 269 of 404

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[[image]]
A Five-Million Dollar Palace To Be
The Achilleion, the beautiful palace in Corfu built for the late Empress of Aust
been purchased by a German Swiss syndicate for conversion into a hotel and sanitar
marble, was designed by the Italian Architect Carito. It contains 128 rooms and a
which are 25,000 rare rose trees. The accompanying picture shows a scene in the g

der the glamor of early daylight. You see, if we started in the daytime, we would have to come down at night. In foreign countries this is sometimes awkward.
"The sight beheld from a balloon at night is weird. You can distinguish nothing but the lights of the various towns, the rest of the landscape being absolutely black. London from a balloon at night is a marvelous spectacle and so is Paris. There was a full moon when we started. The weather conditions were good, and we reached the neighborhood of Maidstone in about three hours.
"Our balloon passed over the land at an elevation of about 600 feet until we reached the coast, between the South Foreland and Dover. When we came to the channel we descended to about 250 feet and let our trail rope down into the water to the depth of about 100 feet. This gave little risk. After a woman has made on or two ascents and overcome the initial reluctance to such a unique form of diversity she easily takes to ballooning as one of the most ordinary events.
"As a health-giving occupation nothing could be more beneficial. The lungs are very much improved and the whole system seems to be renovated. It is said there is nothing better for the improvement of the nerves than the adoption of ballooning. Of course, I do not claim that all people should take up ballooning; but for the ordinary society woman who possesses good health and a sound heart nothing could be better.
"As there seems to be a general misconception concerning the expense attached to tis amusement I might give a few figures: A balloon of 45,000 cubic feet capacity costs about $1200 and will make 200