Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1910 — Aerial Postcards. [ARTICLE]

Aerial Postcards.

Have you seen the “aerial postcards?” They are the latest novelty in the line, and those who collect postcards are delighted at the idea that before long they will be able to add to their albums a “carte aerienne,” dropped from the clouds by one of their friends passing In an aeroplane. The new card hears a printed request that the person finding It on the ground will be so good as to take It to the nearest post ofilce, whence it will be forwarded to Its destination. A space Is reserved for the mention of the altitude at which the message left the sender’s hands, and the situation, approximately, of the aeroplane at the time of sending. A photograph of the monoplane or biplane figures on the other alder ' It is said that a request has been made to the minister of posts and telegraphs that a special stamp should her created for these aerial missives, but so far X have not heard that M. Millerand has undertaken to do so.—Paris correspondent London Globe.