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by the thousands, has. follow,ýed. witl almost vorocious appetite this flight and that new developmient and lias narveled at each new acconiplishnielt. And always paramnounit iin his mind are the questions: RUas it passed the ex- perimenital, stage? Xhatis now. the degreè of safety? XVhat is, aviation's future?" The past decade lias seen almost plieniomlonal. progress inii the evolutionl of, the flying machine., Looking backat. the airpiane .of the World war, 'the strides takeîîi appear of "seven league" * proportions; looking forwýard, Èeen ex- verts hesitate to prophesy iin any de- tail: what the future w-,ili reveal. Capt. "Eddie". Rickenbacker, World war. ace and vice-president of the, Fok- * ker Aircraft Corporation of, America, snsit up thus'iii Aviation Mleclhanics for July and. August: "In general it miglht be said that the decade before and during the war saw the develop- mpent çf airplane's flying ability. The decade sitice the' war has' Witese *refineneit..in detail and its perfection, for the commercial uses of peace. Or- * dinarily when an industry or an art reaches that stage it might be safe to say that it lias settled down and will proceed further only throughi furtiier refinement. it is hardly saf e to say that with regard to the aLirpiane. "the, very uses to ýwhich airpianes have been put during. this ten- years * of peace have developed neéeds- for stili further essential inîn rovenments ini its character as a. vehIcle. We alreadv envision a field for the' airplane iii which to say 'the sky's tîhe limit' is a conservative. statemnent.' Who knows what the 'sky-" is in aviation?ý" Capt. Rickenbacker iin his article. locks at aviation with eves oiîî the plane of the future, particularly as to the possibility of attaiting high alti- tudes for -the atmosphere is -easier to penetrate at, ext frem.ely Ihigh alti.tudes. But fromn the layman's standpoint, the "ýreflning" process is a* chief conaeru. The eliminiation of hiazard, the reduc-- tion to the mnimiium nof the hurnan ei ror elemenit and the perfection *.of the mnechanical features are para- mouint considerations. *As before. lie wil -leave to the experts the problenm The Wilmette Rot-ary club held. its regular weekly luncheon imeeting. at the Curtiss-Reynolds airport near, Gleniview last Wediiesday. 1MýIembers (if. the club, twenty-one of wvhoi enit aloft for a casial glimpse of the countr 'yside, a re showîîi here iii the shadow of.a great tri-iiotored ,Ford. aIl metal Plane. Forty-six were. prÉesen.t. thi1is initerest .to a nexv higli.pitch. And., as with aviation itself, whe is to say how rapid,. how exten sive will 'be this de velop nie n t. CONCERT A AII Orchestra dives Sunclay Prograin; .Weel's Operas Listed Ravinia, openled aspiciously Satlr- dav evening. will offer a variety of de- hight, musically speaking, iii thie early days. of its current season. *Sunday afternooii, June 29, there will lie the ulsual Sunday afternioon concert given by the Chicago qSnplioti\,or- chestra uinder the laton of Eric De- -l-aniarter, Ravinia's concert conductor. John Weîcher, vi'oliniist,-,whlo is concert master of th ' eôrcheslra tiiis season, will be the soloist. The orchestral pro- grainiwill be general ini scope; nîiers representative. of the -best work of Golmark, Berlioz*, Sibeliuis,,GlazounoW%, a nc Dvorak being played. 'Mr. Weicher *will offer \or ks by Puganini-Krèîsler. Sarasate,,TorAtilin, and Weasi There is no charge for reserved seat,% at these concerts, the general ams sion at the gate coverinig evérythiijg. Suniday eveinig "The Barber of Se- ville" ivill have its fi rst performnance. for the season. Florence L\acBetii mill be heard for the first, tinie this season ini the role of Rosina. Chami- rnittee Will have littie' folks o the Illinois Ciildren's home as their guests, foliowing- ainuai custorn. At a meeting of the cominittee of 'the whcle north shore. held last' veek, it wvas Iounid that the local sale of tickets ,wa-; ahead of what it was this time last se-- son. Mrs. Jaimes A. Patten is chairinaif of the Evanston commilittee. this Fe"son, 'Mrs. Walter- Diii Scott, , vice-chairmfaii. Local- hotels are eon-eratfig this year- ni thie Bavinia interesL. , and coupon books, which admilt at a-lower rate than regu- lar admission tickets, rnay be obtaýined f rom Miss Marshall, Un. 221. F. E. M. Cole, 315 Essex road, Keniil-. wo-rth;, has returnied to hbis homeé after haviing spenlt*the week iin'St. Pauil and M inneapolis. GO"-LDEN DAYS 2.7 over théefigure for Mvardi, and tue figure 73 .5,. indicating 'May activjty, shoôws an increase of 0.5, viaking a. ttlincrease of mr than threepit during the past two mionths. Thein 1-* dex is..b.ased upon. official reports of the total numnber of deeds,,recorded in. 6)4 typical cities throughiout th e counl- t ry. Real estate activity for the vear 1926 is taken as the base year in. coin- putîng the monthly figure. HOLD JOINT PICNIC Menîbers of the, Southern \Vonmei's Éducat ion al. allia nce and1 the Kentucky s-cicty of the.north shore joined to- gehrfor a picnic enijoved, Tuesday at the home at Barrington of 7Mrs. Russelli Walcott, daughtcr of 'Mr. and M rs., E.J. Buffingt. BUYS WILMETTE RESIDENCE Arthur Lee and company,. Vi.lmctte real estate opçrators, 1afnounce .tfie sale of a résidence located in the Lake- Wood' Manor subdivision to Mr. aiid Trs. Wvdniew Lyon. Mr. Lyo is an official of the Edison conipafly. RASMSSE-'S PINT TOR By EVALNS & Material Yard If you're flot satlifciet vlith te coal yoen have been uslng, Perh'aPs Youl .ieiting plant Is one of thos'e tlîat can use coke to good advantage. We liaîiidle JKoppers Coke-the best for domiestie heatiîîg. airports,' Curtiss-Reynolds andi Sky, 'Harbor, have been located here. AI- ready large numbers of loc~al residents are visiting thesé aviation centers and Many are taking up flying. Maneuvers, current and to conme,. will stimulate n has been às the day ,w I I 4200 w.. eà