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[[3 images, all in left newspaper clipping]] THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 25 WHO'S WHO-AND WHY REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. Serious and Frivolous facts About the Great and the Near Great [[image - photo of Ruth Law on aeroplane]] Elliot Wadsworth MR. WADSWORTH -to the right- last August was elected Acting Chairman of the Red Cross, and he has been performing ever since. When a young man gives up an unusually promising business career to devote his whole time, without remuneration, to the upbuilding of an organization such as the Red Cross, there can be small doubt of his interest and sincerity. And when, in addition, he brings to his work experience in relief and in war problems that was gathered during an extensive trip through all the belligerent countries, there can be equally small doubt that he will be a big factor in enabling the Red Cross to meet the demands that will be put upon it by the war. [[image - photo of Eliot Wadsworth]] [[caption]]PHOTO. FROM BROWN BROTHERS, NEW YORK CITY[[/caption]] Ruth Law-Herself By Herself I HAVE always loved the great outdoors, and have lived mostly in the open air all my life. I learned to fly because an aviator has freedom of the birds. There are no roads or traffic police in the air — yet. Although I come from sedate New England family, I have never been content to stay at home as most girls do. I had to have a profession, and aviation seemed to be the one thing that I could do, and still be free to enjoy the open air as I always had. There was never a doubt in my mind that I would be able to fly. I think that flying came naturally to me, and I have never been afraid of the air, though I have had some very narrow escapes from injury. I have been flying since July, 1912— nearly five years- and have appeared in nearly every (Concluded on Page 106) Luther Burbank THE gentleman on wheels shown in the lower left-hand picture, who is a member of the National Emergency Food Garden Commission which has undertaken to inspire planting in this country of one million food gardens, is America's foremost plant breeder and creative gardener. If there is anyone who ought to be able to tell America's new Army of the Green Cross how to make two potatoes grow where only one grew before, it is Luther Burbank. [[image - photo of Luther Burbank on bicycle]] [[caption]]PHOTO, BY JOHN ROSS, SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA[[/caption]] Sinclair Lewis-Himself By Himself I AM a serious realistic novelist, and I come from Minnesota, and smoke too many cigarettes, and am of a ta [[Red Ruth Law stamp, right side of document]] I HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO DO MY BIT ABOVE THE TRENCHES. WILL YOU DO YOUR BIT WITH YOUR MONEY? [[image - Photo of Ruth Law next to aeroplane. Signature of Ruth Law included on photo]] THE NEW YORK TIMES MID-WEEK PICTORAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1916. THE CHAMPION WOMEN LONG DISTANCE FLIER [[image - photo of Carlstrom airplane and Law airplane together]] [[caption]]Miss Law's biplane alongside Carlstrom's New York Times machine, which flew from Chicago Nov. 3. (Photos © American Press Association.)[[/caption]] Miss Ruth Law left Chicago in a 100 horse power old type Curtiss biplane at 8:25 A.M., Sunday, Nov. 19, and flew without stop to Hornell, N. Y., arriving at 2:10 P. M., a distance of 590 miles. She landed there to obtain a fresh supply of fuel. She then flew to Binghamton, N. Y., 90 miles distant, and landed on account of darkness. She left Binghamton at 7:23 A. M., Monday, Nov. 20, and arrived at Governors Island, N. Y., at 9:37 A. M. The total distance covered was 890 miles ; actual flying time was 8 hours and 55 1/2 minutes. Miss Law broke the world's record for women fliers, and made the champion American long distance flight without stop. [[image - photo of Ruth Law in airplane]] [[image - Ruth Law talking with a gentleman in uniform]]
