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[[image]] [[caption]] Miss Ruth Law ready for a flight. [[/caption]]

Ruth Law, Undaunted by the Tragic Mishaps of Others Does Thrilling Stunts in Midair with Marvellous Ease—Recommends Flying for Hysteria and Other Nerve Troubles. 

Higher and higher soared the biplane like some [[missing phrase]] bird. The woman with the lever in her [[missing phrase]] happily. She [[knew?]] they were now [[missing phrase]] sand feet up in the [[air?]]. The rather heavy [[missing phrase]] passenger who had craved thrills in an [[?hip]] sat tightly, as he had been told, but with firmly compressed lips. He inwardly hoped that this outward appearance indicated a real enjoyment of the sensation of flying. Never for a moment did his eyes swerve from the slight, girlish figure of the woman before him. How cleverly she managed the great, flapping machine! One false move of the lever and—
The man's reflections ceased abruptly. He became suddenly obsessed with the idea that something out of the ordinary had occurred. He leaned forward breathlessly. The young woman at the lever held his life in her hands. Surely the smile on the face of the golden-haired [[aviatrice?]] was just as bright, but, even as the man looked, [[missing phrase]] blue eyes seemed to become keener, her slight form [[missing phrase]] alert. Her trim gloved hands moved quickly from [[missing phrase]] to lever. There came an almost imperceptible jar [[missing phrase]] the ship seemed to be swinging around. The air [[missing phrase]] changed. The man gasped again. It was no [[missing phrase]] Something was really happening. The ship [[missing phrase]] surely turning around, now slowly, now faster, again [[missing phrase]] again. The man passenger who had wanted thrills [[was?]] getting them. 
[[Are?]] you frightened?" asked the woman at the levers. [[missing phrase]] no, n-not at all," gasped the man as he felt himself [[missing phrase]] whirled faster and faster through the air. [[missing phrase]] down, down, around and around, down again, ever [[missing phrase]] swifter and swifter went the machine while the [[missing phrase]] tight and gasped and the woman gazed off into [[missing phrase]] with those keen blue eyes that are so unfathomable [[missing phrase]].
[[We?]] just encountered an air whirlpool," she observed [[missing phrase]] as she helped her much thrilled passenger to [[missing phrase]] I had to start the spiral dip, that was all." [[missing phrase]] Just a sudden little whirl of four thousand feet [[missing phrase]] And this woman spoke of the matter with the [[indifference?]] with which any other woman might say [[missing phrase]] a hairpin. 
[[missing phrase]] for a few moments and think it over. I feel [[missing phrase]] said the man. [[missing phrase]] wonder?
The man was Sir Waker Scott of Saskatchewan, Canada, and the woman who whirled him from the skies in a $6,500 Wright biplane was Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, called the most daring woman aviator in the world. 
"There was really nothing to be afraid of," remarked the young woman when telling of the experience. "All I had to do was to keep the machine under control. Had it once got to going too fast in that mad whirl the air pressure would have ripped off a wing. The secret of safety in the spiral dip is to pull up slowly enough to get out without any sudden change. It is perfectly simple."
To hear Miss Law tell of airships and their gentle ways one would think that any child could guide one. Nothing is difficult, nothing is dangerous—if you know how and have never know fear.
Miss Law knows how and in her lexicon of aviation there is no such word as fear. She is a worthy sister of her daredevil brother, Frederick Rodman Law, who flies and dives and jumps and climbs and rows just as his lithe, fearless sister aspires to do. 
[[newsprint photograph]] [[caption]] Miss Law's Passenger. [[/caption]]
As the hero of classical fame gazed at the birds, so gazed Ruth Law at her brother Rodman. 
"Rodman does it, so why can't I"
From the time she could first lisp the words members of the Law family have heard her say them. Later they have seen them carried into effect. If Rodman rode a spirited horse Ruth was promptly discovered astride the same animal—or one a trifle more spirited. If Rodman came home drenched after a ducking in the river as a result of his attempts to row a boat in some peculiarly dangerous manner it only remained for time and opportunity to reveal Miss Ruth in the [[missing section]] her biplane for shipment to Hempstead, L. I., she told of her experiences modestly, yet with a frankness and matter-of-fact manner that stripped flying of all its terrors and clothed her own exploits in the most ordinary habiliments.
"Risk!" she exclaimed—and of course she smiled. "Why, really, there is very little. Just enough to make flying fascinating. Nothing is interesting, you know, that has not some little risk connected with it. Nevertheless I never consider that I take risks when I make a flight. The very calmness with which the machine glides away from earth gives a sense of security. The higher I soar the greater freedom and liberty I fee. The vista which opens out before one is so vast, so wonderful, so all-absorbing that the particular bit of world one has left below seems very small and nerve-racking in comparison."
And think of it, nerve-racking men and women of earth, in aviation Miss Law has discovered a panacea for all your ills. Nerve specialists and rest cures, with all their attendant drugs and expenses, are quite unnecessary. When you fell that you are about to have a attack of hysterics do not disturb the whole household, but hold your breath until you can board the nearest airship. It will at once be observed that this will have practically the same effect as the time-honored precept of counting ten. And when business matters all go wrong and the office boy brings a telegram that your mother-in-law is coming on a visit don't swear or tear your hair, but get right up in the air. The effect is marvellous. Miss Law says so. 
And Miss Law knows, because since she commenced to fly a year ago last July she has made more flights than any other woman in this country. Her recent visit to Hempstead, L. I., was for the purpose of breaking her own world's altitude record of 5,500 feet.
"Flying takes one so completely away from everything mundane," she remarked, apropos of nerves. "When I am on earth I am as nervous as any other woman. Trifling difficulties annoy me. Sometimes I get dreadfully worried over a delay in getting started on a flight. Often, at the last moment, I have been greatly vexed and disappointed. But all I have to do is to get the motor started and sail away. Instantly I am calm and tranquil. Flying softly through the air has the effect of quieting the nerves as nothing else on earth can."
The fearless, death-defying young woman gazed up at the fleecy white cloud hovering over her with an expression that was almost affectionate. "I love flying," she observed reflectively, "and it took me only three weeks to learn. After I bought my machine I practised another four weeks before I gave my first public exhibition at Narragansett Park, Providence, R. I. In all the flights that I have made never once has it occurred to me that I was braving death to any greater extent than are the pedestrians who every day cross Fifth avenue or Broadway and Thirty-fourth street. 
"When I first wanted to fly Orville Wright refused to permit me to be instructed at his school. He said it was because of her tendency to get into a panic and in an emergency do the wrong thing. I have entirely disproved that theory. I have not intentionally attempted anything foolhardy because I do not believe in foolishly risking one's life. There have been times, however, when I have faced danger and when I have simply had to disprove Mr. Wright's theory in order to save life."
Then it was that Miss Law told of her remarkable flight and spiral dip at a time when the biplane was [[carrying?]] the additional weight of Sir Walter Scott. "Of course," she explained, "Sir Walter did not know we were in a whirlpool. He only knew we were going like a merry-go-round. and I guess he held his breath a bit. He told me afterward that for many days the earth seemed to him to be an inclined plane upon which he had great difficulty in walking. 
"At Oakland, Cal., I had the motor stop when I was three thousand feet in the air, but I brought the machine down all right. At Jacksonville, Fla., when preparing to make a flight at the Moncrief race track, I had my most serious accident. Strange as it may seem, it never got into the papers, so far as I know. I had made my practise flight and had come down to take up a passenger. The place given me to fly in was just a small space in front of the paddock, and I was accordingly handicapped. The machine was going about 45 miles an hour when the front wheels suddenly caught on a high fence just as we were clearing the ground. There was not time to think. All I could do was to hold on to the machine. The passenger was thrown out and the entire front of the machine was demolished around me."
So Mrs. Robert Oliver, nee Ruth Bancroft Law of Lynn, Mass., who has lived nearly her whole life in Ne York City, continues to be daring, venturesome, fearless.
What, you ask, is the incentive for all her thrilling feats?
"I simply love flying," she declares.
But others say it is the same old reason—brother Rodman dares. 

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[[newsprint photograph]] [[caption]] MISS RUTH BANCROFT LAW 
Noted Airwoman Who Will Attempt to Break Her Altitude Record of 5,500 Feet at Rocky Point Tomorrow [[/caption]]

WOMEN AVIATOR TO MAKE FLIGHTS AT ROCKY POINT

An exhibition of spiral flying will be given by Ruth Bancroft Law, the well-known axiatrix, at Rocky Point ball grounds on Memorial Day, and the two following day. She will fly in a specially constructed biplane, which has been thoroughly overhauled and put in condition for the flights. Ruth Law, or Mrs. Charles A. Oliver, as she is know in private life, has made some exhibition flights in Rhode Island and is familiar with the air currents and pockets of this section. She plans to make two ascensions each afternoon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and advertises that the weather will not interfere with her flights. Her exhibitions will consist principally of fancy flying, including spiral work, for which her machine has been especially constructed. 
Ruth Law has just returned from Daytona, Fia., where she has been making flights during the winter. At Rocky Point she declares she will stay in the air at least 20 minutes each flight. 
Shore dinners will be served Decoration day as well as Saturday and Sunday. A large addition had ben made to the dining hall this year, increasing the seating capacity to 2500. The catering is in the hands of Charles A. Lyons, under whose management the old Field's Point clam dinners were for many years prepared and served. 
One of the most interesting of the new attractions at the point this year is a Carrousel which has four rows of jumping horses operated by special machinery. The organ in the new buildings is a curiosity, a product of German ingenuity which reproduces the effect of a 60-piece band. 
The forest casino opens with a vaudeville bill which includes many acts well worth seeing. The pictures are new and bright and interesting as usual. 
Lamb's Silver Cornet hand has been engaged for the season and will give afternoon and evening converts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Midway has assumed already the aspect of midseason gaiety. All the old favorite amusements, games and shows are in evidence and several new attractions are held in reserve and will be announced later.
Thomson's Scenic Railway, which proved to be one of the busiest places on the grounds last season, is again open offering its almost two mile ride of which the patrons of Rocky Point seem never to tire. 

BIG CROWD SEES FLYING EXHIBITION

5000 PEOPLE AT THE BEACH TO WATCH MISS LAW IN AIR

COLONEL BINGHAM TAKEN UP AS PASSENGER ON FIRST FLIGHT, THEN MISS LAW FLIES ALONE. 

It is estimated at least 5,000 persons were at the beach Sunday afternoon to witness the initial flying exhibition by Mrs. Charles Oliver, known as Miss Ruth Law, and the immense crowd was well pleased with the two exhibition flights gives by the aviatrix. 
The crowd at the beach Sunday was far in excess of any one at any of the flights last season and came nearer resembling the crowds which used to gather to witness the automobile races here in their most popular periods. In addition to the Daytona residents and tourists people were present from Ormond, New Smyrna, Port Orange, DeLand and other places.
In the first flight the woman aviator took Col. C. M. Bingham, the Daily News selection, as a passenger, and the colonel appeared to thoroughly enjoy the sensation of being carried through the air far above the heads of the big crowd on the beach. In the second flight, Miss Law went along and gave a pretty exhibition of handling the Wright biplane. 
Because weather conditions were good at 3:30 o'clock and because of the fear that a strong wind might spring up, Miss Law started her first flight a little earlier than had been adverised. Fear of a strong wind was the reason, also, for Miss Law not making a hight altitude on her initial flight. 

Chicago & [[?]] - [Peru (Ind.) Journal.
John Didn't Go
Guy McCabe, president of the Chicago Traffic Club, has recently been sunning himself at Daytona, Fla. Writing from there he says:
"There has been a charming young lady operating a Wright biplane on the beach here. It has been here custom to take peo [[newspaper cartoon]] ple sailing at from $15 to $25 per risk, according to the length of the sail. The other day a gentleman who had developed a desire to fly with the beautiful aviatrix, or whatever you would call her, got all ready to go when his wife interfered. 
"'John,' she said, 'you simply shall not go! If anything should happen I would have to recall my invitations for tomorrow afternoon.'"

UP FOUR TIMES MONDAY.

Ruth Law Makes Passenger Flight—Acrobats at the Beach.

Ruth Law flew four times Monday and started with a passenger flight this morning. Monday she flew early in the afternoon alone, then about 4 o'clock with ex-Mayor MacLeod, who was taken up to 1100 feet, and again late in the afternoon alone. In the evening she made a spectacular flight, going up to 8:30 with the planes illuminated with miniature electric lights, that her wanderings through space might be observed by the audience on the boardwalk. It was a beautiful summer's night, such as induced many people to go to the beach for a breathing spell, and the treat of a night flying exhibition was heartily received. This forenoon Miss Lillian Barrett, daughter of Superintendent Joseph Barrett of the Newport Casino, was taken up 1400 feet, and had a "glorious" time. 
The Marriott troupe at the beach this week is a big attraction, in a well staged and clever act which calls forth applause. The platform on which they perform in front of the convention hall is well set up, and the troupe goes through a series of juggling, balancing and strong-man act which are difficult and spectacular. 
The Great Van Norman will be the attraction at the beach next week and a lot of equipment for his act has arrived at the depot. He rides down a steep incline on a bicycle and makes a dive into a tank of water, a daring piece of work.