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2 in. VenetiaBHinds Complet. 4olor < c suleetious m ' q Éimne for EsUimate it* ARROW VENETUAN, CO* dot 190. WellIs St.ý <.~,, ni *5,5. R*nhDa* MOANS NO COMMISSION ,50/o INTEREST Reudeti ai Pr arcsm. Evar vme, restricted on and North INC. I N. La Salle St., Chicago Central 0227 15 71 Sherman AMe., Evanuton University 12600 On the basis of highly. suvcessful preiminary. tests, American Airlines, Imc., recently announced the place-. ment of a supplemrental order for. another ten of the new Douglas DST transport planes, largest. land transports ever built 'in the Unitecd *States. C. R. Smith, presiclent' of the coin- pany, w~ho.nmade the aiinouincemenit, pointed out that 'this second corn- *mitmenit brîings. the'total numiber of super. Douglas transports on. order >by Americani Airlines to, twenty, rep- reseniting an. investmenlt of ap- proximately $2,500,000-.iii this, new type equipnent. Ail Ten ta Be Day Planes' Ahl of'the ten Planes ini this second order wiJl be equipped as day planes' Smitlh said, with accomnmodationis for 24 passengers in addi tion to. a cr ew of three. and a full consignment ',of. mail, express and baggage. 0Of the tei ýplanes in the first order, lhe said, eiglt Nill -be comipletely Convertible air sleepers with accommodation s for, .ixteen passengers and a crev of three. -At the time wve placed our original order withý the Douglas Aircraft com- pany we obtained an option op. 1the second ten planes of this series to be built, and planned to base our ul- timate decisions on resuits of test flights conducted on the flrst one built," Smith said. teit justinru. 1ni placing the second j order without further delay" Smith indicated the preliminary tests showed the new planes wouid have a top speed of approximatley 220 miles an hour, as compared with early predictions of . 215 Miles.. A somewhat comparable gain also was shown over theé estimated -cruising, speed, he said. This latter speed hias been fixed at 192 miles an hiour at maximum engine e.fficiency-some- what faster than the Douglas DC-2. A big> chapter, captioned ý"Avia- tion,", certainily would be included ini any biogi-aphy of Sidney Spiegel, .jr.,~ of Winnetka, head of the Essaness theaters., At this, moment Mr. Spiegel i s probably .exploring the skies over Hollywood, Calif., for he'notified bis north shore friend*s.that..hearrived. at the movie, capital Friday nighit of last:Nweek. His trip by-plaiie from Curtiss air- por ,t xas mtarr ed .by only oiieforced. Janding-in a cornfield ne-ar Lambert airport, St. Louis,, wheii ,the ,ga soline ran low.' After refuelinig bis plane,1 Mr. -Spiegel promptly ýresumcdhi flight.> This story of '.\r. Spiegel's weathcr sampling. really begins February 1 at Miffliniburg, Pa., where hie escaped injuryý when 'h is p laneé rolled* over1 during a forced ildiin- on a- sniowý- coveted field. He ivas retu'rning f rom New York where lie lad. flown the previous Wednesday from .Curtiss airport. Bob Peck, Curtiss fligbt mecbanic, went to. Pennsylvania for the plane and returned with it atý 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, February 15. Every mechanic at Curtiss got busy and had the plane in shape at, 10. o'clock the following morning when. Mr. Spiegel climbed aboard and tooki LL. Cook, Clabaugh Return From Southwest10+9 L. L. Cook, of Chicago,. and bis pilot, Clarence Clabaugh, re turned to Curtiss airport Wednesday of last week fromn a five-week vacation in New Mexico and California. Cia- bazh aCuirtss veteran, set the, in lier costume that the day was to represent, for she wore a gorgeous Chinese mandarin coat and white satin trousers. Other women as they came in, also appeared in stunning coats and aý few in shawls. Only on e member was dressed Chinese firom head to foot, icuig lpesand. headdress, but a 'large numnber, had some piece of apparel to help miake. the day a colorful one. The speakers' table *asset' com- lllçtely Chinese thro'ugh the courtesy of. Vera 'Megowen, with the color. schcme.iii orchid, lavender, and Chi-ý ilese b1uü-grüeu. Dishes, statues, and fruits-ail wvere marvelotisly beautiful and authentic. The, corsages of' iflowvcrs ini thc samne colors,- were pr'oiil)tly utilizcd by the women at that table as,head ornamnents, and monist becoming they> proved to be., Nrul(fl hilarity , was. catised by the Chopsticks gfiven to the imembers of the board, emeritus mnembers, and past presidents, who occu.pied the speakers' table, and the womnen used thein surprisingly vvell', confinfig their use, however, to the salad.. Fortu- natelv for the rest of us,*we 'could eat the deliçious, chop suey- and othe r good things with regular utensils.ý The stage was appropriately, dec- orated ivith a Chine se rug, wall- lianging, table cover, candlesticks,, and teekwood table, on wbichi stood a lovely statue, of the ever-gracious QuanVin, goddess of mercy. It forni- ed a fitting background for Rose Quong, speaker of the aftérnoon, who came on from New York for just this one engagement, disproving the cur- rent opinion* that artists are tem- peramental and unreli 'able. Her orig- inal schedule was fi lied witb several. talks in this part of* the cou ntry, but- it wvas ail changed to. iext nio nth. But tiot to di.sapp)oiiit..the Ne ighibors, who wanteld. this highligfit for tleir birthday party, she made the long journey just for us-. She miust have feit repaid 1w. the drei's theater will' presenit the '.play Loon Correspondent -Katriinka" at 10 anid 2:30 o'clock, THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE StraFbur 9 tteHv' COPAlY0FPHLAELPIlAschool, Evaniston. Tickets inay be, obtainied at 'the door'. Miss Marion Ortseifen, Who with a efthusiasm, and when she closed the grou of ilmete nd Knilwrthafternoon with an old folk song, bc- grop o Wimete ad Knilort . oved by the young people of China residents, bas been on a West Indies for many centuries, "Scattering Hap,-. cruise, docked ini New York Tues- piness," we feit that she had scat- day ,morning, expecting to be home tered more than ber share of bappi- this week. . ness in one short. fter on-IFG