Putnam patriot., 1927-12-22

At dinner party. prior to an An- tertainment given by one of New York's most delightful hosts, the talk fen upon Lindbergh. Present were three people who. in the course of the past few months brought into close contact with the transatlantic flight One of them was lady of very high position and the other was military officer whose duties keep him close at the side of the nations s Chief Executive The others about the table were of the eager and the curious. One had seen the aviator in the wild excitement of his Paris reception while the others had been merely spectators the great day when Lindbergh rode in triumph from the Battery to the Plaza.
 It was the lady of high position who began the saga which ended an evening of intense interest to all of us. She had been present at Le Bour get when the silver plane came down from the sky and all the world went wild with joy. Hers was an authen- tie story which we repeat without per mission
 IL seems that that splendid Ameri- can Ambassador of ours. Mir. Her rick. knew little or nothing of Lind bergh prior to his departure from Roosevelt field for the super -bisto- ric flight. Late in the afternoon of the day. dispatch informed him that Lindbergh was over Ireland. Not until late afternoon did Mr. Herriek, accompanied by his son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mir and Mrs. Parmaiee Herrick. decide to start for Le Bour get Just after tea they set out from the Embassy Had they waited a half an-hour longer they would never have reached the flying field for when the news swept over Paris that blndbergh was flying over France. all Paris started out the narrow avenue which leads to the flying field
 Arrived, like all Paris, they wait ed in the tribune which had hastily been set up for visiting notables. .sWill he come?" was the question on| thousa 7ds of lips The wait was long and the news of the flyers progress was sparse. Then came that mar vicious moment next ten-thirty O. clock when the Spirit of St. Louis appeared in the circle of hlgh-hung calcium lights and swooped down to rest uEon Che field The consequent pandemonium K too well=known for repetition. In he mawling jam which followed. Mir. Herrick and his party did not see the flyer but they were forced to wait for some time uatt I1ndberph had been carried to safet3 in the barracks which had been set aside for his occupancy When they entered the bare little room, with Its Iron military bed LindbergI tall, golden-haired shy and smillng stood in a corner with his hands oehihd his back. now familiar posture to all the world.
 The story goes that Mir. Herriek turned to his daughter-in-law, and said the words which turned Lind- berph from an aviator into an ambas- sador. Said the Ambassador "Daugh- ter. that boys all right. Wed bet fer take him home with us A mo ment later the two ambassadors were elasping hands in the beginning of A momentous friendship.
 shr.eking and Screaming
 Meanwhile the milling thousands outside the barracks were shrieking and screaming for sight of Lind. bergh. A little later, party oi French ayiators piloted Lindbergh out of the building secretly and by de vious route outside the crowd took him into Paris and to the Embassy
 Now Mir Herrick has a dog, fami- liar to all visitors to the Embassy. Il rather magnificent specimen ot schnauzer. But the dog IS and al ways has been Mr Herriek's entirely When the Ambassador is at home the dog is always at his side. When MT. Uerriek Is away it is well-known fact that the dog pays not the sliRht- est attention to anyone else. It IS now legend confirmed by fact from the moment Lindbergh entered the Elm bassy until he finally departed Tor England, the dog attached himself 10 Lindbergh and never left his side on that first night in Paris when Lind bergh was getting his splendldly earned sleep, the dog slept on the bed with him and slept there every night that the aviator was NIT. Her rick's guest.
 As now so fully detailed in the papers, Lindbergh spent his first days in Paris clothed in blue suit bor- rowed from a footman at the Elm bassy. The trousers were too short the aviators wrists were bare one third of the way to his elbows. Not that Lindbergh cared in the least, but Mir. Herrick foreseeing the warmth of the aviator's welcome and the necessity for q complete ward robe sent for a little tailor whose