The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-01
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s--n 80 Arranged sh,,g. t-n g., apart
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- go ra~n suuth~r md In . ss,rnd
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,hlng q he asav~n- and both hshts . olld
t~As.s do-n upon tho hundred. q W
rrnsd far-. rom sid-~alk. doorstep ana
vndo~.
4 magazine writ~r mo has not hen .
nYrkras-r 'pn ionz To impair his r~pu-
,sf.1u f'r ysraclty among he frteud- told
Tar srN oyer the tsephuns tha- ths
-~nslunz - the r~d and N. zr.-n Igh's
alternately ~ ~ Sas them was hkswsfch-
nss schooner tack toward YOU A. light.
he cad that ne hgh-- seemed 20 hft and
"a azily - ( they we're on TIA -~S,~--
srs rov N a long summer -we. With
culv -,0d-raf- recourse 20 club cheer
,hs vr'-r aid thai one Instinctively
he'd 80 ear Aioft 20 catch the rattle ct
-. mAsrsA~~, blocks ., the swing on the
iscs
When ta- thins aloit appeared over
Gramsrrv PARK ~ seemed ~ come slowly
from tie "ast A. # Il had left por, some
~hsre IN Williamsburg. IL seemed 20
b. any~hsra from 81 to so feet above
ground. there vas really no way of
Ea4:ng m. distance. for the watchers
oo41 nor NnnW the -tz- of the port anu
sLa-bosr1 lamps.
THer" VAS no sound - whirring pro-
re.,"r r- lacking machinery The Two
l~0. w.. .ys' the suggestion 81 some
..s11V block faiWe-n tl"n. came
.-E.y On from the east. They did not
move -'-tilIy n straight line. hut
rlInd-d - and fro m sweeping curves
va.. --en'd. uevert hs,es- - be guided
~ .H.u. s~he.n" % operaJ. on and not
c.o'a''t rf ~" wHim u the wini
Ton 'ra lppelrlnCa ~ The lights
'Do'.' went AZ IN Gramercy Park Nearly
EVERYBODY .u the Player club ana m the
o.s's siuHS rl@ tour sides Of the dim
.~Iage ran o she sidewalk Windows
we're thrown AZ everywhere and heads
t.'5s' r.' The scpHsrs even we're per-
t.a1aftp cave the club cosey corner and
g 14t % b. convinced The lights
s~ep' -.urty around aud around the
pAr. "-.rin.ng very much larger cir
eum'sreu than that 81 the bit Of green
with 20 f'.r surrounding walls of ro-i-
tsnoNs there was no hurry exhibited
~ the aer'l mystery. no darling 70 and
70 such - an aeroplane would show.
lrs progress 81 the thing aloft WAS SLOW.
ny measured a. n some hand were g1Iid-
lnE the mo, ernent intelligently.
After the Ights had been Visible from
Gramerrv PARK more than half an hour
tsv took a wider swing over toward
the towering white shaft 81 the Metro
r0l'An tower Then IL vas that a crowd
- ~ had gathered in Madison square
0 n" antici patton thai tuesday nights
Spectacle might bs repeated fret caught
TIE 'vo pin points Of colored hight against
q" 'oil ~ Tho heavy clouds
T. appeared go tho watchers IN Madison
S1,a.a and along the streets rIrning
INTO mo square from N" east that the
49, aloft was striving 10 round the
- q" 'pwer a. u had done on 10" previo,'-
rE.' hut that the fresh westerly Wind
~, making hard going for the flying
u--'"-y. IL lodged and hov"r.d over
Ias' Twenty ff'h street for several
r'-.'"@. tackinG north and south in wide
t-- = over block ~ Inugth First
o.. Cd and then ~. green eve " nked
.' IN The crowd and s"m" rohcpmen
p .'1er vsraciou= persons said after
"a 'ra' 'hev had spotted a white run
- 81 % 'r,. tail between and behind
o." 40 a-' -'srroard lamps
j. v.- CO. 70 .,'oCk when the lights
""'- 'r-. |f'''u .. me Madison Square
-sy Eal'r- p, fifteen minutes they
wstrn"d fhs "r o.rI'Ior- ~ the twinklnz
'oin'- n color. 'h"u the fier appeared
. turn directly north and run m a close
% I with 3D." wpd straight up ovNr the
'0.'. h"rve"u TLrd and lexington
..s-Ies
Reports from - f4r north a. Thirty
h.'fl Y 'IA'-ssf' airs
T''HG N" progress ~ the hghts ~ nrhead.
-7-a aaId '-a' they veered again about
v-eirt'i ~ FOrtIeth street and
...d sharp" eastward IN the direction
'..IiaJnsbIr- 81 agreed that while
'.. '.rEed air n.a'' vas going north ~
.-akinG confid"-ahle speed
.Ddy knows whore tho lights settled
ra 90 earth n they DID settle anywhere
40 N" limits 81 the ,.ty. There were
80 reports - any hi. : -ha low skim
hs.ds ~ Cueens or The Bronx
b.. IEhtE W"r" amply swallowed up ia
p. UIghf
.-vfrdy who knows anything about
flo planes scouted 20" .d"a that some
.'. ..-"s aviator was irving 10 wax"
r.s Old town 10y providing a mystery
10 ""av"u- The vhfrr ~ an aero
.r"s propeller ran 30 Ucard when the
alpga the