AERONAUTICS: Eagle Woman

An airplane chauffeur, costumed in trim livery, was retained last fortnight by Mary du Cauroy, 62, Duchess of Bedford. Recently she purchased a small, conveniently maneuverable "Moth" airplane, and transformed into a landing field the lawn in front of her home, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The chauffeur is the final touch. He now pilots Her Grace back and forth to London, where she is busily engaged in performing electro-physical researches.

Friends of the dynamic and air conscious duchess recall that she recently passed a vacation in Spain, dashing after mountain eagles in her plane. Not demented, she was merely seeking scientific data...

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