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Rhode Island 
Aviation Association
Annual Meet-Narragansett Park
Sept. 2, 1912 LABOR DAY 2:30P.M
Lincoln Beachey
World Famed             Speed King
 Flying in spectacular and dangerous, but skilful glides, banks and cork-screws. D not fail to see his races around the track with professional motorcyclists.
     Miss Ruth Bancroft Law 
Beautiful| Artistic| Graceful| The only professional woman operator flying with ease of a veteran
      Harry Martin Jones 
One (possibly of) our boys, Reared in Providence. Don't fail to see this local pro-fessional. His work is phenomenal.
       Arch Freeman
Cool, careful, deliberate work. His control of the big biplane is astound-ing.  Bomb dropping. Aerial baseball. Inside stunts cannot be seen else-where. 
Prof. Rodman Law will conclude the Meet in a Triple Parachute Leap
He is a man who jumped from the statute of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, out of an aeroplane at Marblehead and from a multitude of other places. He is fearless.
 The work inside the grounds before the grandstand will be such that the price of admission is trivial. 
              Rain or Shine.
Automobiles Free.            Grandstand Free.
Admission Fifty Cents 
Music by the Rhode Island Boy Scouts Band. 

An accompanying illustration presents Miss Ruth Bancroft Law in her Burgess-Wright bi-plane. She has been making a number of very creditable flights in Rhode Island, and is regard-ed as a worthy addition to the list of world's women aviators. 
  Miss Law always has been interested in athletic sports and holds the opinion that women should be allowed to compete with men in such events. When her brother, Rod-man Law, began jumping from aeroplanes with his parachute. She decided that the field of aviation offered a splendid opportunity for her sex.
   Her first effort was to interest Orville Wright of the Wright company, but his advice was discouraging. In effect, he suggested that women could not be successful in aviation for the reason that they were unable to grasp the necessary mechanical details. Miss Law was not so easily discourage, however, and straightway began to study the internal workings of the aero-plane, not forgetting the engine, and it is claimed that she has a much better knowledge of her mount than most men are flying. 

Picture Miss Ruth Bancroft Law and Her(blacked out words) Wright Biplane

Faded Picture at the top female with a plane 

next picture Arch Freeman (hard to read date possibly Aug 1912)

Next picture Arch Freeman and High school boy Farnum Fish my (not sure of the next word) instruction in aviation Atwood Field 1912

Miss Law Claims
  Altitude Record
Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, Sister of Henry Roadman Law, the parachute jumper, has succeeded, it is believed to-day, in establishing a new altitude record for women at the meet of the Aeronautical Society at Oakwood Heights, S.I.
 It appears that she surpassed the record held by Mme. Dietru, of France, who made 3100 feet, but Miss Law's mark will not be made public until the society reads the barograph she carried. 
    3100 feet

September 15, 1912           Fifth Section

Wouldn't Let Brother Outdo Her so she learned to fly

Picture of female 

would be aggravated after she returned to the ground and quietly remarked, "There, Smarty, try that"
 As a rule "Smarty" didn't, for it is a gas-gig to a wheel barrow that before the members of the little coterie had ceased holding their breath someone had "wised" him to the fact that if he at-tempted it Ruth Law would go him one better.
 All of which leads one to the conclusion that the young aviator who took a prominent part in the meet in his city on Labor Day and was engaged by the officials of the Washington Country Fair to give demonstrations at Kingston last week, is a mighty daring and cool-headed person. According to her own story, however, there was one young playmate of her childhood who kept her so busy duplicating stunts which he thought up that she had a little time to think up any new ones while he was around, which was a great part of the time.
 That was her brother, R. Rodman Law, who as a lad seemed to have a mania for doing the spectacular. Miss Ruth had her nerves put to pretty severe tests in trying to duplicate the feats of her daredevil brother and after they grew up and she attained an age at which her boyish tricks could no longer be continued without giving more or less scandal, she was almost heartbroken when she had to settle down to her books and the prosaic life in a trading stamp office while her brother made his living by gamboling around on the flag poles which decorated the roofs of lofty buildings in the metropolis.
 As if that wasn't enough, he began to jump from the Brooklyn bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and capped the climax when he began his career of jumping from aeroplanes. It was more than human nature could stand and getting 

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in July. She was on the grounds the day upon which Harriet Quimby plunged to death, but was not at all discouraged by the fatality.
 "From what I had learned I believed that aviation is a science that is still in its infancy and, perhaps, the fact that I have never had any faith in the monoplane, and the type of machine in which Miss Quimby was killed, may have accounted for my not being discouraged by the accident," said Miss Law a few days ago. "The accident, I believe, was due wholly to the fact that Miss Quimby attempted to volpane without first cutting out the motor and instead of gliding, as she planned, the added impetus of the motor sent her forward in a headlong plunge.
 "Mr. Wright was correct when he said that the successful operator must understand the working parts of the machine. The motor is the life of the air craft and it is the one thing upon which the life of the operator depends. If the motor should stop it requires prompt action on the part of the operator to throw the lever forward to volplane back to the earth, and the delay of a second or two is sufficient to cause the machine to plunge instead of glide.
 "The solving of the problem in devising some device to overcome this danger is one that has yet to be worked out and I believe that birdwomen who have taken up the science seriously have just as good a chance of learning what that device will be as the men. With me flying is more than a pastime; It is a serious business, and I make an effort to learn something new every time I leave the grounds.
 "Nearly all the women now flying with whom I am familar fly straight ahead taking the corners and making turns with the wings of the machine horizontal. The men have acquired the faculty of banking their machines; that is, making quick short turns with one of the wings of the machine dipped. You can readily see the advantage of banking; if the aviator is suddenly confronted with a tree or post in descending it might not be possible to make the long turn. Let the tip of one of the wings touch an obstruction of this kind and it means a nasty fall. And banking is by no means as difficult as it appears. It was one of the first things that I mastered after starting to fly alone, not so much because it adds to the spectacular as because it insures by own safety. 
 "As a pastime flying is the greatest sport ever. Going straight ahead up in the clouds is good sport, but the most delightful feature of the sport, to me at

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CHILDREN WATCH MISS LAW SOAR AT KINGSTON FAIR
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Daring Woman Aviator Pleases Thousands of Little Ones at Final Day of Annual Washington County Agricultural Society Exhibition.
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 This was the last day of the Kingston Fair—the annual "children's day"—and thousands of children took advantage of the fact to go to the grounds and see the sights.
 Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, the aviator, flew about the place during the morning of the delighted "o-o-ohs" and "a-a-ahs" of the little ones, her flights being successful in every way.
 When the gates were opened at 9 there was an immediate influx of small folk, all of those under the age of 15 being admitted free. They swarmed into the grounds and made hurried trips through the big buildings and then went directly to the tent where the aeroplane was housed. Here they took their stand, waiting to see the machine go up.
 Miss Law was on hand early and she was bombarded with questions about how to operate the machine, what the different parts were for, and how they were made. Laughing at the volley of inquiries, she replied good-naturedly to all that she could answer, although she was forced to admit several times that the children had asked her something she knew nothing about.
 Judging from the number of boys that hung about and made sketches of the machine, one of the officials of the fair declared that he guessed next year it would be necessary to have a department for home-made aeroplanes.
 The final events on the horse-race programme were run of in the afternoon and the last day of the exhibits were inspected by the judges and prizes awarded.

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were uninterrupted. It was not too warm, yet those who had coats found it more enjoyable to carry them on their arms [[gusss]].
 From the time that gates of the fair were opened at 8 o'clock crowds poured inside and at 10 o'clock, when the vaudeville performance was commenced on a platform in front of the grandstand, the grounds were swarming with people. Half an hour later the "grand cavalcade" of all the premium horses and cattle took place, the animals being escorted about the half-mile track for the benefit of the spectators. 
 President Edwards of the Rhode Island State College spoke briefly at the annual exercises, telling of the work the college is doing in general, and touching upon agricultural subjects.
 Congressman Utter spoke also, his talk being mainly on the feeling of unrest which he said was spreading about the country. He said that this unrest was a social unrest rather than a political one.
 "This unrest," said the Congressman, "is not political. It is the result of a social change, and it must be met individually. It may be termed progressive dyspepsia. The people of this country are suffering from too rich living."
 The speaker mentioned instances to prove his statemen, saying that things people now demanded were a few years ago rare luxuries. He said that now the American nation must soon, if not now, recognize that it is living too fast. This fast living, he said, caused the unrest for people, having spent their money in ways they did not closely study, wondered where it was gone afterward.
 Mr. Utter scored the automobile "road hog" at some length, saying that the people in rural communities were getting tired of having the motorists speeding along the roads, without taking into considerations the rights of anyone else.
 Congressman Utter also declared in favor of completing the Point Judith harbor of refuge, and spoke for a few minutes on the value of this to shipping.
 Among the politicians and State officials at the fair yesterday were Governor Pothier, Lieutenant Governor Bliss, Secretary of the State Parker, General Treasurer Read, John J. Fitzgerald, David G. Arnold, Robert F. Rodman, Peter J. Lannon, James F. Freeman, Representative Z. Herbert Gardner, Senator George T. Gorton, Harold B. Andrews, Senator Louis W. Arnold, Representative Arthur S. Vaughn, Senator Addison P. Munroe [[Guess]], David J. Barry, George W. Greene, J. Ellery Hudson, James D. Reilly, former Governor Garvin, former Governor D. Russell Brown, Senator Beeckman, Frank W. Tillinghast, Senator Milton F. Duckworth, James R. Cannon, Philip A. Money, [[cut-off]]

FAIR'S ATTRACTIONS INTEREST CHILDREN
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Record-Breaking Crowd of Youngsters at Kingston Event.
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MISS LAW IN AN AIR FLIGHT
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Aeroplane Woman Declines John G. Cross as Passenger.—Field Sports for Boys Prove Exciting Events, While Spelling Matches and Prize Speaking Keep thers Busy.

 Children's Day at the Kingston Fair yesterday broke all records of attendance on the closing day of the Washington county annual exhibit.
 It was estimated by many of the officials that the influx of young people was nearly double that of any closing day in the history of the society. As on other days, the weather was ideal for the "holiday"—for it was a real holiday, the schools of the South county closing Thursday afternoon for the week to allow children to visit the fair.
 Bright . and early the young people were up and all roads led to the fair grounds. With the exception that Miss Ruth B. Law would make her flight about 11 o'clock as was planned, the youngsters were on hand at the opening of the gates at 8 o'clock and made a tour of the grounds for a starter.
 By 10 o'clock there was a big gathering; in fact, very few people came after that time, an unusual incident for the last day of the big show. The aeroplane, races for the young people on the race track in front of the grandstand, spelling matches and prize speaking contestants were among the attractions.
 Short before noon a stiff breeze sprung up and it was after 5 o'clock when Miss Law made her flight. Former Constable [[cut-off]]

Transcription Notes:
Have not yet transcribed Little Rhody's Big Fair ad.