New-York tribune., 1910-10-31
ALL EYES TURNED TO
STATUE OF LIBERTY
7bo,rsands Wait to Greet Mon
archs of the Air as They Fly
from Belmont Park.
RoARS GREET ARRIVALS
Goddess OF Freedom, Silent Over
Earbor. al the Mercy Of
the Twinkling Sky
Wanderers.

.s,ors-7d devCtees Of 2 new religion.
,1sn cult -he worship Of the gods Of the
~ Like ecod Moslems they turned their
- -o The East where. beyond the purple
ali Of s-nos- that hung Ike a halo over
s-osl.lyn Heights, lay the Mecca Of their
ssrt Ard. IS 4 in answer 20 a composite
--sve~ t-ea-hed from the hearts Of that
---Is--f5e. there appeared 10 +hen three
f7v-i--es
F-ee5or's vast Goddess Of bronze shud-
re-e5 with the a7tlfke ecstscy of these
fanatics. The zip end Of Manhattan Island F.
almost broke or and slid into the bay under /
she emotion Of the human overflow and /
--e Herman ~asweU. which plouEhs its 4
-r-i5 way between the Battery and Miss /
Liberty. threatened 20 fall over and dump 1
r4- swarm ~ excited wo-shippers.
Z wasn't a loiSre-oCs welcome that greet 4
- frs Crshsu7e-W White and DE I.esseDs /
z-d r1e- Noisant. as their wings cut the /
tr1ovs ~ blue half g mile above earth /
Too much awe mingled with tho excitement 4
r. rre wr-lling Of this miracle. end there /
vas rho ~ealizstion that no feeble human !
r-r could penetrate 70 that great height 4
where these superuen seemed swimming !
7-- -rere was not q man. woman or child 1
rho zi5-'- struggle seni-consciously fo- 1
e ls--e~ view. who didn't respond with 4 /
r.esy action of some kind TO this novel /
-e-Sz-i17
-Wzv u9 -he-e above the slIIs which they
-ese--5Ied SO closely the aviators must have
-reved the swarr1ns If those tiny black
epecks II humanity as scientists regard
molecular motion through a microscope
EXQUISITE Setting for EpochaI Rite
To those who sazed eastward from the
highest granite balcony Of Liberty's pedes-
80 Fa-
rad ever been performed than this circling
of Freedom mighty efigy by emancipated
-ran that q setting more exquisite did not
exist for his epochaI ceremony. Manhat-
ans l-tice palaces rose in billOws like a
fairy ciJy on The left on every hand the
metropolis cleaned and smoked under the
golden afternoon light and right there fn
rhe middle. rejecting a sky Of blue and
5=rvL che Upper Bay stirred gently in its
5eE
The Herman Casweu had Just worked
loose from its Battery pier with the biggest
-ead of Ire day. bound for Bellows Island.
V@1 TN black human fringe al the Bat
Terry wall began lE6uIatinE excitedly. while
arms pointed upward and little sLaccato
Calculations commanded attention There
7es q rash 10 tEe CasweITs stern. which
s-il pointed toward Brooklyn. From under
-he low roof Of the upper deck he passen-
g.rs could make out directly over Brooklyn
Heights q guu whose wings seemed rigid.
And rapidly this bird, unlike the others,
z-aw a ser.
ae the Casveil turned her nose south
za-G ne mob a. her stern scrambled for
rz- pg-- rail and she listed so alarmingIy
-nes her d--ckhands appeared on the jump
ar5 savaEelv forced 4 part OF the crowd 70
-re --her side And tust then the cry ot
There's another arose, and some dis
-z-oe 20 the north OF the first monoplane
directly over -he roof of the Barge Office.
---ord was made out-a tiny thing at trst
-ar unfolding
Steamer Acquires Permanent LIST.
This --ss r-sf-7v visible for 2 few no
-..--s 10 -he DISAPPOINTED ones on the star
hoard SIDE. and for time the boat was
.-.--ned. Bu- the sc-oplane came on faster
nan ~ CssueI-. and soon The only FleT
20 either fye- Gould he obtained from ne
side Tne little excursion steamer
-r-- zr1rIf-ed z permanent TIT
r-o-e SPECTATORS ALREADY commanding
-s,,r-s Of rsu-ace on the Statue Of Liberty
Z --sGe ON the number 70 or the nrst bier'ot
..- means or q powerful field glass which
rz. -zseed from hand 10 hand II V---s
---zaa-1e-5Vn-r tu MS lc9 horsepower
---e- He had become visible 20 them a.
e-z- c clock III the sky above brooklFn
Ia sz1E me statue ana the captive balloon
70 a.e- s- q herghr OF about 900 feet and
.zaruza-ed on the houesrrerch Over south
re--- l-,7-- IN the direction oF ne NarToUs
10 -re north De Lesseps came on cir-
-r-c rr- statue a. g-s1 IN vide turn 4
t-gr-s-d f4et IL -re air that carried nm
almost 70 -he Jersey shore. He MADE
Ea- line For Brooklyn Heights on Als re
-----. -sr.-rlrG fu exactly the same direc-
-ior te had cone.
-rz -z---ve Yellow balloon winch rne
-ara-S had ~ turn % quality was tetn-
~-.E -r tie pedestal ~ the statue o. bih-
r- p ee-foot rope ard stretched our
-.,-.-rarl over Tr= water al an angle OF A.
degrees. rlovn r- 2 wind n nine miles an
aog- --eroe.rv. T. was fhe balloon rather
--1- Ltz statue t1st Noisant had IN hts
sr. when rs made his sharp turn an hour
Is-ar.
Lone Wait for Moissnt.
1g- 5r re mean time there eusued a lons-
uncertain. Usfr. which caused the skeptioal
ar5 easily discouraged 70 take the boat
-a-E ~ Narrar1an in the belief that the
Liberty Figh-s acre over The newspaper
.=---= -cu-e-e-- hal announced A. --s'
-a- --r-e aviators had entered for the
prize. md those stout hearted enough
.. --a-r -re ICY air THAT eddied about the
.-c-zs co65ess-s skirts. 2 majority. de
iced tg suck Is our. They felt amply re-
--Ie-
The tanrosr IA a.conv - The pedestal
-r1eec -re best place for SPECTATORS, for
fhere vas stationed otto Luylie@. aid u
tla IIre-ra ri0ns- Aviation Tournament
nd mei0be~ u the Aero Club of America,
no had assistants shouting ur Information
-o rI7- by ueEaplone Tis rhree assistants
re. al wireless operators me - them
-.lnE Gla=berG. the man ~ Ee picked up
Helmar.
These uo-r Eert .u direct Communication
H- -al Office of rHe United wireless. at
$780, g. Er5a6waT. lg telephone and in tlis
say received and sent wireless message
a-G ro Belmont Park They also
IPf -l-lr ege or t1.- ar.-rorneter. which
..aV'E received ON 7f1e avn al rne base
~ rhe rrs5ae
Shortly after f.s ar Luyties vss in
-ea i.v Hi- assi-t1ars rlat Moisaut had
started -or raa =-srle ~ Liberty. that The
wind =a- tls.lll four miles an hour and
'-L s1tr-r1 I'D aunoua -s,f mis- entry. Just
ir.-ere t7i- t-r. had sHo-rc5 81 to HiH rhat
'--ehaU--H H5Ie Lad mad. the fight in
f7-ty-fve and aaIf minutes aII tnat De