The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-04
WRIGhT'S
GREAT WORK

New York, Oct. 4.-Wilbur Wright
today made a sensational aeroplane
aight over the battleships, ferry
boats and other craft of Hudson Iiv
er. Rising in the air at the aerodrome
at Governors Island, Wright turned up
North river. going far north as
Grants tomb and circling the British
cruiser Argyle. He started 75 feet a
bove the walter against the wind but
soon rose TO 300 feet. He then encount
cred air currents formed by the smoke
stacks of the vessels and descended
somewhat.
The distance is estimated at TWEEN
ty miles and took 33 minutes. As
the aeroplane approached the city the
roofs became crowded and river craft
endeavored TO keep up with the avia-
tor, who outdistanced them all. He
returned down the river, landing safe
ly at the starting place.
New York. Oct "A number OF
records were broken during the Hud
son-Fulton celebration last week. Ii
is estimated that two million people
from outside points visited the city.
which is record for any city for any
one event. The elevated and subway
roads carried fifteen million passen
gers during the week, which is also
4 record for handling passengers.
New York, oct. "A night carni
val parade of many features was the
concluding event OF a Children's Day
This pageant was of a generally allie
gorical and legendary nature. The
bearing upon the events of the week
was the representation it gave of arts,
and ideals that contributed to Amer
ica's present civilization and culture.
In the planning and construction of
heSe fifty floats, the German, Aus
trian and Swiss Societies of the city
cooperated with the carnival commit
tee and the Teutonic mythology
which tie early colonists brought to
this part of the country was strongly
N evidence. But the classic legends of
Greece and Rome were not lacking.
and large number of the floats rep
resented abitNact subjects such as
poetry. Music. Art, War. Hunor, Good
Luck. Freedom and Peace. Timely in
terest went with a shivery scene, en-
titled The Frost King" Uncle Sam
Receiving the Crowned Heads" con
cluded the procession and provoked
more applause than all the gorgeous
ness and tinsel of tle more artis ic
conceptions that preceded.
Music. Literature and Art led the
procession. This foremost float, fan
astic in design and meant to prohesy
the unconventional character of those
10 follow, takes the shape of a dragon
spouting flame and surrounded by
FIRE Mars. the God of War followed.
Next came a huge artists palette.
poised ready for its master. The hu
man figures on it were an idealization
If the knobs of color squeezed from
the artists tubes as they appear on
his palette when ne is ready to blend
them in his work. They needed only
% be stirred to life Iby his brush to
do his bidding.
Other floats We're: Song, "Arion".
Growing of Beethoven, 'Aeolian
Harp" ''Lohengrin" ''Lorelei".
Death of Fafner'', Queen of She
ba", "Gotterdamerung". "Meistersin-
ger, Die Walkuere", "Taanaauser"
"Seigfried". "Titania'. Origin OF
Poetry. "Andreas Hofer", Mara
thon". William Tell. "Nimrod", An
i,romeda". Fritz Reuter-. 'Hansa",
Harvesting. Diana. Europa.
Heidelberg. "Gnomes", Bavaria"
Sirens. ''NIedusa". ELVES of Spring
The Jungle, Egyptian Art, Music
md Literature. Father Rhine,
'Germania". "Mermaids". Fairies"
Cinderella. "Orpheus Before Pluto,
God of the Alps. Avalanche of Free
dom 'FreischutZ"
The compilers of tSs official pro
| gram say in speaking of this branch
Of the celebration: This parade is
something more than a jollifcation
and merry making. II is designed to
recall the poetry of myth, legend. al
| legOry and IN few cases, of his oric
| facts which. while foreign in local
| origin. has inspired so much of the
| beautiful imagery of the poetry and
| song and drama of all civilized nat
! IONS American civilization, young as
| Il is. has advanced TO a stage whore
| il appreciates it's intellectual heritage
| from the Old World. and nowhere in
/ this country is that heritage more
highly priced than in New York City
| or State
| The total cost of constructing and
presenting the two float" parades of
| ihe celebration is estineted. whey
| their REPETITION in different boroughs
| of New York and in towns along the
| Hudson River has been account ed for.
at nearly $250.000. The task of build
ing the floats was a serious problem
and finally forced the establishment
of a school of construction. with skill
ed New York scnlptors and carpenters
| as pupils. The carpenter first bull
! a rough skeleton OF the figure intend
ed. padded into semblance Of its
final shape with lath and wire mesh
On this the sculptor modelled in clav
his figure. From the sculptor's model
was taken a plaster cast upon which
In turn was modelled the papier mache