Woman Flies Kites

"Barrel kites" are the novel mvention of Miss Nellie Ross, of Fruit Vale, Cal., says the New York World. Three months ago she demonstrated their practieability, and since then has proved, as She claims, that they fiy higher than any other kites ever naad i en the Pacific coast. A recent visitor to what Miss Rose calis her "kitery" saw simply a very eleau and neatlywhitewashed back yard. Against some deserted henroosts leaned some queer cloth and bamboo objeots that looked likei flattened balloons with the ends knocke.d out. The largest were five f eet high by four feet broad, and they were of" all The steinir SSift flyinff tbem is about two miles long. The young kite-flyer, who holds that every woman should have a hobby and who thoroughly enjoys hers, makes all ber own kites. Then she flies nine or ten at once, to the great edification of the surrounding neighborhood and to the delig-ht of the small boys, who are always wil] ing to help haul them in. Each kite is named, amd "MeKinley" and "Grover" compete with those bearing less famous names to see which can climb the highest. Barrel-kite flying is said to be as pretty as it is suceessful, and California's champion kite ver wears her distinction very gracefully.