The Washington times., 1927-05-30

American from Brussels in another
plane.
Upon, inspecting his machine Lind.
befgh found that 1t was not seri-
ously damaged although some slight
repairs will be necessary.
Fan Bends Planes Tail
The tail had baen slightly bent
by an enthusiaatic "Lindbergh fan"
who climbed upon the tail of the
machine Immediately after it landed,
and while it was still trailing along
the ground. This enthusiast did not
stay upon the tail-piece very long
not long enough to do any extensive
daMage-as q heavy blow from q
constable upon the chin sent him
rseling.
Col Kenyon Joice, who lis acting
a. co-host to Captain Lindbergh for
Ambassador HoMghton, is finding
difficulty already In keeping Lon
don's guest strictly to the program
that had first been decided upon.
The American Embassy has been
flooded with invitations from various
organizations and from private per-
sons proving that the people of
London would like TO take their
turn with Paris and Brussels in
paying homage to the young Amer
lean who won the hearts of count.
less thousands the moment he
showed himself smiling upon the
Croydon flying field in the midst
of one OF the most amazing dem
onstrations England has ever wit.
messed.
Some of the invitations are he
ing turned over to Captain Lindbargh
today by Ambassador HOughton,
leaving IL to his decision 40 TO
whether he shall accept.
But for the most part the fiieF
win adhere to tho main parts of the
original program.
The Days Program
The days program a. outlined
this morning follows:
$50 p. m.--Luncheon at the
American embassy.
$50 p. m.-Placing q wreath up
on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
at the cenotaph in whitehall.
p. m.--Attending . Memorial
Day service at St. Margaret's
Church with Ambassador HoughtOn.
The oenotaph ana st. Margarst's
Church part of the progam were
not publicly announced here nor
were they printed in the London
newspapers as it was feared that
so vast q. crowd would assemble in
Parliament Square that what was
intended a. q solemn service for
American civil war dead would be
turned into q wild demonstration
for Lindbergh.
Scotland Yard learned q lesson
from the roaring, tempestuous dem.
onstration at Croydon Field yesteE-
day.
The police department, not count.
ing upon q mob Of wildly cheering
humanity had comparatively few DO
lice on hand and they were quickly
swept away like chaff before the
wind.
Many of them were even tram.
pied.
Consequently Scotland Yard il
now prepared to call out reserves,
even mounted officers, when Cap.
tain Lindbergh appears in public.
Historic Records Broken
Never in history has an Ameri.
can won the hearts and the plaudits
of the British public in the way
Captain Lindbergh has done.
Captain Lihdbergh returned to the
American Embassy at $3.50 o'clock
and received dozen photographers
in the garden half an hour later,
posing for nearly an hour.
In some of the pictures the flier
was alone; in others he stood with
Ambassador Houghton and Colonel
Joice.
There was nothing dudish about
Captain Lindbergh. He wore the
same clothes he had on when he
arrived late yesterday from Bel
GUM.
There was reason. 1t was the
only suit he brought with him. 1t
Is black with a white pinstripe.
The airman wore a soft collar
and a black necktie with red dots. |
Captain Lindbergh said he was
much relieved to find that his
cherished plane had not been badly |
hurt in the Croydon demonstration.
He grinned his world famous smile |
as he said:
II feel fine now. They took good