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2 AN EXCELLENT EXHIBITION Ruth Law Amazes Thousands by a Ten-Minute Moonlight Flight. Aviatrix Makes Good Her Promise to Beach Management and Rises Again Today. The Beach management pulled off Sunday evening another success, thus preserving a chain of presenting attractions when scheduled which was broken only once, when Jack McGee was a day late in arriving, having been driven off his course by unfavorable weather conditions. "Thousands of people went to the beach Sunday night because it was announced that Ruth Law would fly by midnight, bu hundreds went there frankly declaring that they did not expect her to fly, and that it was only a scheme on the part of the management to secure a big crowd. When the announcement was made in the News Friday afternoon it was looking ahead a long way and ignoring many seemingly unsurmountable conditions. The aviatrix and her husband were here Friday afternoon debating and signing a contract for three weeks. Their machine was at their home in Staten Island. Before 48 hours had expired they must go home, prepare the machine for towing behind their Fiat car and return here. They accomplished all this but did not have much sleep in the intervening time and had to "grab" what they ate. Saturday a run was made from Staten Island to Westerly. They intended to spend the night in Stonington, but the air was so full of fire-crackers and there was so much oil in the flying machine, together with a tank of gasoline, that it was deemed best to vacate that locality. "There was a little trouble in putting the machine on the miniature ferryboat J.A. Saunders, but this was the only difficulty on the last leg of the race to Newport. While the machine was being set up on the beach there was a strong breeze and the indications hardly suggested moonlight a few hours late. All seemed to work round all right, however, and at 9:15 p.m. the machine took flight from the sands and sailed round in the moonlight for just ten minutes, while the crowds stood gazing in amazement. Captain Willoughby was present, representing the Aero Club of America, and declared it an excellent exhibitor.. The crowd, which had been so agreeably disappointed, were loud in their applause when the machine gracefully settled to the sand and as it was hauled up into its parking place. During the day many persons went up to Miss Law as she was putting the machine in condition for flight, and renewed their acquaintance. As said before, she is here for three weeks and will make flights afternoons and evenings as the weather favors. During her stay she expects to take up many passengers, some of whom desired to make a flight last year but could not make their time convenience the tide, and others who are expected to become imbued with the desire to fly this year. Miss Law made another flight early this afternoon, this time coming up over the city and taking a bird's-eye view of the Casino, and then going in the opposite direction and looking down on St. George's School. She experienced some bad air currents, particularly when making her landing, and at that time her machine nearly turned a somersault. She was up about 20 minutes. She expects to fly later in the afternoon and again tonight. On her flight Sunday night she was observed by people on Broadway at Equality park, their attention having been attracted by the whir of the propeller. Asked how high she was at that time, she states that she was up about 2,500 feet, though at night it it difficult to judge distances. In this case she determines the height from the number of turns in the spirals which she made in coming down; there were five, and allowing about 500 feet for each gives the approximate conservative height. She does not propose to confine her night flying to moonlight alone, but she says she will go up when it is not too dark to be seen. [[7 images]] With kindest thoughts and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year Mr. Glenn G. Curtiss Here's something that REALLY ought to interest you A twentieth-century plan for increasing your G A T E R E C E I P T S, that is A Modern Aeroplane Exhibition Altitude Flights from 1000 to 10,000 feet Cross Country Flights from 5 to 30 miles Flying Standard WRIGHT Biplane 60 Horse Power 6 Cylinder Motor Made 400 Passenger Carrying Flights on Aviation Grounds at Hotel Clarendon Sea Breeze, Florida Winter Season of 1912 and 1913 Without a Single ACCIDENT NO-FLIGHT---NO-PAY That's Fair, Isn't it? Passengers Carried
