FOR THE GIRLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 231, 29 September 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)

FOR THE GIRLS.

WENDY'S DREAM FLIGHTS THE STORY OF ICARUS AND HIS WAXEN WINGS, ! My Dear Girls, — I wonder how many of the "Budget" readers witnessed the landing at Ihomatae of the Tasman ftyert, those gallant birdaicn, th«a» fearless lads with wings? The thought came to me, though many of us may never he lncks enough to posses* a Moth of our own. Still most of us have experienced the familiar dream of flying. It is a most delightful sensation, "ranjam and effortless flight. If one could be said to have a favourite £ should choose this. Who has not flown downstairs in a dream? Out of doors one flies with a graceful skimming motion just above the heads of da pedestrians. Strange, too, how confident the dreamer feels of his to fly. It's a wonder no one has tried it before, he laughs to so perfectly easy. Sometimes the dream takes the form of rhythmical beaadi into the air, after the manner of a person on skis. Suddenly oae fajj oneself falling, the heart gives a sickening leap of terror, we will hs dashed to pieces on the pavement; but no, no sooner do one's tats touch the ground than up one bound* again, and goes skimming also* gaily, enjoying' the wonder and admiration of the crowd. What causes this dream ? Soma say it is the hidden wish of all men to fly, for centuries men have striven to conquer the air. Right back in Giwsfc mythology there is a story of a beautiful youth, called Icarus, who mads himself a pair of waxen wings and attempted to fly. Rising wpmuds towards the sun, he flew too near, and the heat melted his wings, and ha came to grief, like so many brave men have done when trying to Atrail of untried ways. I always admire the story of Icarus, that brave lad who first tried tha wings, for m those far off days it was considered presumptions to ■ - forbidden skxas, and hope above the * clouds on waxen pinnies to rise." We have lived to see the dream of J » Icarus come true. Surely we live in . i . . a marvellous age. Indeed, is there / any height to which we moderns will not aspire?