Major General Benjamin Foulois from Washington
DC: “I was once the entire United States air force (in 1909)”
General
Foulois’ military career consists of numerous “firsts” and “onlies”. He flew the first Army dirigible, and learned
to fly the first military airplanes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He is
credited with such early improvements as safety belts and wheels. Brash and outspoken, Foulois would frequently
clash with his superiors, as well as his better-known aviation rival Billy
Mitchell. General Foulois is 83 years
old here.
Mr. X: “I’m Andrew J. Fischer – father of the
quintuplets”
Wacky
childbirth. The Fischer five were born
in Aberdeen, South Dakota on September 14, and were the first known surviving
quintuplets in the United States, and therefore big news. The Fischers had five children before the
quints, and would have another one after, for a total of eleven. The quints would be featured on the cover of
the Saturday Evening Post several times over the years, but unlike the Dionnes
of Canada, the children were not overly exploited and lived relatively normal
lives.
Special guest Jack E Leonard brings with him
Marilyn Lynn from Irvington, New Jersey: “She taught me the ballet I’m going to
dance tonight”
Lynn
is part of the Lynn-Conway Dance Studio in Irvington. Leonard is wearing his ballet outfit (a
modified tutu) under a large dressing robe.
He performs with the same group of earnest male dancers who appeared
back in January, also taught by the Lynn-Conway studio (
E507
). As they did then, they perform “Dance of the Flutes” from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (1892).
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