FLYING WOMEN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1687, 1 March 1913, Page 15

FLYING WOMEN.

The sportswoman is always on the search for , hew fields to conquer, and the rapid development of the aeroplane has given her a splendid chaiica which she has not been slow, to take. .In France (gays'a writer in "The Queen") there is a woman's aero club with a membership nearing olio hundred, and having the appropriate liamo Stella Aero Club'. Some of the members are regularly licensed pilots, and have taken part in big , competitions,' Mme, Goldschmidt taking part and winnjng a good place in the international raco for tho Gordon-Bennett Cup. The president of tho club is Mme. Surcouf, who has'won soveral prizes for endurance. On one occasion this intrepid lady made a night voyage, remaining eighteen-hours in the air. Mme. Ducjiange, secretary of the club, piloted by Mmfli Pallier, made an attempt for the Biitmanoff prize the other day on a ! 70 h.p. Astra biplane, but after travelling about thirty miles from Villacoublay, their starting-point, they, were obliged to descend on.'account of the''strong wind. The air' lias ali'eady taken its toll of tho women, and'the accident by which MisS Quimby and her passenger lost their lives is still fresli in our memories. In a recent number of "Flight" there is a pathetic quotation from the last article -Miss Quimby, who was a journalist, wroto for "Leslie's." It hints at tho difficulty of finding one's bearings when above tho earth, winchi assumes such a appearance from tho bird's-eye poiirf of view. It seems that Miss Quimby had some premonition of her fate, as she left a sealed messago for her parents before going to Boston to make her last flight. A FEMININE HANDICAP. TOO MUCH nAIR. Hair is glorious-in its placo; but out of its placo it is a misery grievous to be borne,, as many women know. Unfor-, tunately, too, the usual depilatories aro dangerous, destructive to the skin, and in every way unpleasant. But tliero is one poriectly safe and efficacious euro. .It is pleasant to use, and it does not injnro tho skin tho slightest degreo. Noveiia Hair Destroyer is sold in jars, ss. Cd. For another autioyanco, Valaze Blackhead and Open Poro Cure is invaluable. In tins, ,2s. Oil. And there is a trouble commoner than all.. It is a defect to which some of tho prettiest women are subject—tho discomforting moist or "greasy" skin. Valazo Liquidine, ss. and Bs. fid., is the greatest remedy yet discovered for this trouble. In bottles. Valaze is peerless for its purposo as a Bkin-food—as THE skin-food. It keeps the skin clear, smooth, and aupplo, free from freckles, lines and blotches. In iars, '4s. and 7s. Among tho constituents of Valaze there is positively none (hat could promote tho growth of hair. This is a most important feature. Of all chemists, and of tho D.1.C.. or direct, post free, from Mile. Helena ltubinstein, Maiscn Valaze, Brandon Street, ■ Wellington.—Atlvt. Upon examining a copy of "Pickwick Papers" at a second-hand bookstall n Baitersea man found that it was ono lost or stolen from his schoolbae in 1873.