Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
FLYER GIVEN HEARTY WELCOME
BY TYPICAL AMERICAN CROWD
Throngs of Visitors Join in Deafening
Greeting as Aviator and Proud Mother
Pass in Triumph.

Pennsylvania avenue was mighty
roar of welcome this afternoon. A
wave of deafening shouts, screams,
cheers, shook the walls Of the thor
oughfare as Charles Lindbergh and
the proudest mother in America
passed in triumph from Peace Monu-
ment to the Treasury. The walls took
up the echo and threw the mighty
sound to the clouds.
! The boy who today is the idol of
America went through it all with a
wistful smile. His mother beamed
And Pennsylvania avenue, thrilled
with warlike pageants and peace-time
triumphs, experienced new feeling
of triumph as the conqueror of the
clouds came along to receive his wei.
come home from the first people of his
country.
| 1t was a warm and genuine Ameri
can welcome that Charles Lindbergh
got from the proud thousands lined
in human lanes along PENNSYLVANIA
avenue.
The makeup fthe crowd spoke
for itself. 1t was American to the core.
III ever a typical American gathering
descended upon one single city, Wash
ington is enjoying that invasion TODAY.
And supplementing the out-of-town
hosts are the home folks from Offices.
Government departments, mechanics
benches and all the other variegated
lines OF endeaVor men use to get
butter for their bread.
Elbow to elbow they stood along
the line of march. They were all here.
All classes and all types. With lunch
boxes and youngsters. redeemed necks
and tanned faces, anticipato'y smiles
and umbrellas. Men who milk the
cows every morning brushed
against those who luxuriate in city
apartments. Men with flashing dia-
monds and flashing suits. men quietly
dressed, folks who wear airplanes on
their lapels and folks who believe that
their presence shows the sincerity of
their welcome.
Start Arriving Early.
They started coming early. The Z
O'Clock alarms in Washington's homes
had scarcely finished their discordant
morning chore before the Union Sta.
ton started belching forth visitors.
The rotunda of the Union Station
lis bit different today than ordinarily.
SO Few are carrying suit cases. Most
day only. They carry parcels and
packages, but very few travelling
bags.
Some OF them took street cars.
Swarms of them walked. Down to
the Capitol, which shone a welcome i.
as they walked from the station:
down through it's grounds to flag.
bedecked Pennsylvania avenue, there
to linger and loiter and while the time
away until the noon hour and its pa
rade approached.
The walls of the route of march
along Pennsylvania avenue were
most solid masses of red, white and
blue. Flags and bunting were massed
IN greater and greater profusion on
buildings as the route progressed
from the Peace Monument toward
the western end of the Avenue pre-
sent a climax at Eleventh street.
where the largest American flag in
the country, ordinarily hanging in the
Post ONCE Department Buildings in
per court, f1uttered a triumphant vel.
come to the favorite son of the coun-
try today from q position over the
Avenue at Eleventh street, stretched
with lines from the Post ONCE Build
ing to an upper floor of The Star
Building.
Street Hawkers Busy.
The street hawkers are here again.
Airplanes, American flags, caps telling
the oft-repeated tale that Indy went |
from NV York to Paris in 33h hours, |
knick. knacks of all sorts are their
wares.
Crowds took advantage of the
removal OF the bars on the wall around !
the Botanic Garden. The low wall !
makes fairly good seating place. AT |
~ O'CLOCK Few OF these seats were left. !
Inc weather itself was made fo-
the DAY. different from the blizzardy
sort OF climate affecting Washington
When other large crowds gather for
transformations during March, the
sun shone radiantly from cloudless |
skies as though Old Sol himself was
extending his warmth to the welcome.
Hotels Are Crowded.
To estimate the number here at |
the outset is a precarious Job. Hotels
are fflled. That means at least %. 600
visitors In town and possible 80
200. Thousands came by excursions
or regular trains for the day. Other
thousands came by automobiles.
From the sight of the crowds on
pennsylvania avenue as the noon
nour approached, however, it seemed
that Maj. Hesse, chief of police, was
not far off in his 100000 estimate
for visitors. If there isn't that MANY.
1t seems as though there is, which
to the same thing.
And they all seem happy. The depth
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