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THE NEW YORK HERALD, PARIS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1917. 

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MISS RUTH LAW. 

Miss Ruth Law Tells "Herald" Her Impressions of Aviation in France

Champion Woman Flyer Is Astounded at the Wonderful Display of Military Machines. 

Miss Ruth Law, the American aviator, whose reputation is so well known through her daring feats during the past year in the United States, is now in Paris for the purpose of studying the development in aviation in France during the war. 

Miss Law flew from Chicago to New York last November, thus gaining the record for the longest flight made by a woman. This was the second longest flight made by an aviator, the chief being the journey from France to Poland by the French aviator Marchal. Miss Law also holds the non-stop record of 590 miles, made on the flight which covered 900 miles, and the woman's altitude record of 12,800 feet. 

In America Miss Law is considered "some flyer," but she says modestly that her feats pale into insignificance compared to those of the French aviators. Even in Europe, where aviation has made far greater strides than in America, no woman has taken up aviation with Miss Law's enthusiasm and made a world-wide reputation. 

Miss Law, in an illuminated aeroplane, encircled the Statue of Liberty at night last autumn on the occasion of the inauguration of the illumination of the statue. She looped the loop over the statue, at the same time giving a firework display from her aeroplane. This is only one of her many feats during exhibition flights. 

Where France Leads America. 

Miss Law is keenly interested in the development of military aviation in America, and in the development of the sport among women. She says that her visit to England and France has been a great lesson to her and has given her many new ideas. 

"Since I have caught my first glimpse of what aviation is in France," since Miss Law to a HERALD correspondent yesterday, "I realize that we scarcely know what it means in America. I have visited only one of the aviation fields in France, that at Le Bourget, and I was simply astounded at the number of aeroplanes which have guarded Paris since the war and the different types of machines. If we combine all the aviation fields of America and call together all our aeroplanes, both military and privately owned, the display would not compare with that at [    ] and, of course, there are many others in France. 

"I came to France hoping to investi- 

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America. I maintain an aviation school in Palm Beach, where women are most keen about flying, and I have made arrangements to open a school in New York this spring. As soon as the war is over, I expect to return to France to buy a French machine." 

Miss Law says she will take part in the race from San Francisco to New York in June, to be held under the auspices of the Aero Club of America. Miss Law enjoys the distinction of being the only girl who has permission from the Government to fly over Governor's Island in New York Harbor. She does not look more than twenty years of age, in which case she took up flying when a child of fifteen, and she says only way to stop her is to kill her. Miss Law expects to remain in Paris only a week longer and will then proceed to New York, and on to Palm Beach, in March, to resume her work in her school for women aviators.