bar CHILDREN OF THE CHINESE MINISTER These bright-faced children are respectively the son and daughter of the Hon. Wellington Koo, Chinese Minister to the United States since 1915. Dr. Koo was born in Shanghai in 1888; he studied at the Anglo-Chinese College in Shanghai, Cook Academy in New York, and Columbia University in 1916 the degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Yale University. He has held many important diplomatic positions. In 1913 he was married to Miss Pao-yu Tong, daughter of a former Premier of China SOME INTERESTING FIGURES IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES AT WASHINGTON , now towards the western sun. She had forgotten the essity for steering and balancing their craft, and had abaned herself entirely to the mystery and wonder of the flight. The sun's rays shone in and warmed her with the glow. She ed over to the right and looked down. Still they were ersing a mysterious world. The floor below was of pinkish ows of clouds. As far around as the eye could reach nothing mbling Mother Earth could be seen. An hour had passed since they had left the ground. It seemed age, so many new impressions had crossed her mind-so far oved from terrestrial thoughts had she been. The roaring of engine exhaust alone connected her with affairs mundane. eternity separated her from the New York of yesterday. e peaceful serenity of this new world above the clouds ! Her imagination pictured the human throng scurrying along Avenue above Forty-second Street, intent upon shopping or king tea. This glorious expanse dwarfed them into puny insignificant beings. Now the needle was hovering about sixteen thousand feet. e air was cold, piercing cold. It required some little resolua to hug herself back into a comfortably warm state of d. But she wanted to go on and upward. Her temples obbed a little and a heavy weight seemed pressing under h ear. She breathed deeply. The air was noticeably rare at s height at least she believed she could notice the rarity. e turned her head and regarded her helmsman. He appeared chalant and perfectly at ease. He gestured downward with thumb inquiringly. She vigorously shook her head and inted upward. Seventeen thousand feet was passed-on to eighteen thousand e needle labored. The cold was getting demonstrative. She uggled down into her seat, seeking the fullest protection of e cowl and wind-shield to shelter her from the wind. But e did not falter in resolution. No other girl in all the world d ever been so high above earth! She would go on to the y end. What mattered a few moments of cold compared to marvelous experience of flying up to the very portals of aven? She turned her eyes away from the barograph and held them for a long, long time, picturing the advance the needle must making. She looked again over the side of the fuselage. They passed into a cloudless sky again. The earth lay like a own splash far, far below. The entire length of Long Island s now clearly outlined within the horizon. Mountains broke smooth line of the horizon at several points to the north and west. New York City and the towns of Jersey were almost obliterated by smoke from their own chimneys. The airplane was three miles in the air above Connecticut! Looking back, she could pick out several ships dotting the waters of Sandy Hook. Suddenly a forward lurch of the machine threw her heart into her throat. Simultaneously the monotonous roar of the engine ceased. The airplane took a new and unexpected motion. With nose pointed toward earth, it slid down greased banisters with constantly increasing velocity. She threw one glance at the barograph needle. Twenty thousand feet, it registered. She turned to look at her companion. His reassuring grin appeared through the disguise of his uniform. All was well, then. He had cut off the engine and was volplaning down to earth. Two hours going up-twenty minutes coming down! At tremendous speed the great machine dived downwards. At the end of each dive the airplane flattened out and, gradually leaning in, banked a stiff half-circle and again darted down. The onrushing speed was magnificent. The expanding earth rose up majestically to meet them. Familiar objects gradually came into view. The homely regularity of ugly frame houses smote her consciousness abruptly. She was coming down to earth! With a final swoop above the surface of the flying field, the obedient biplane spread its wings, pancaked slightly, and settled quietly onto the grass before the open door of the hangar. Albert threw away his cigarette and advanced to meet them with his ladder. 66 How high did you get, sir?" inquired Albert. "A little over the world's record, Albert; 20,500 feet," was the reply. The sudden cessation of rapid movement and the readjustment of the air pressure upon the temples left her for some moments confused and giddy. It was all over! She had flown through the air! She had actually been higher above the world than any other woman who ever lived! The immensity of this distinction quite appalled her. How could she ever thank him enough for such a flight? She would try after dinner to-night. "When do you think you could fly to Italy with me?" he repeated, as he held her hand in parting that night. The footman stood behind him, patiently holding his hat and stick. Eventually the footman replaced the hat and stick on the hall stand and withdrew from the room, coughing in his own noiseless and embarrassed manner as he averted his eyes. On account of frequent Austrian attacks from the sky, Venice is kept in total darkness at night, the few gondolas out after sunset on the Grand Canal being owed to carry a dim blue light at the stern. Pali are the poles at traghettos or other landings to which the gondolas are moored. Ninna nanna is the Venetian for lullaby. WEEKLY OUTLINE STUDY OF CURRENT HISTORY BY J. 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