Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-23
Lindbergh's eve" Wins
Widespread Praise
To the Editor of The star:

40 tho EDITOR OF Tne star:
In many charming. brief and
pointed public utterances abroad 1t
was the custom Of young Charles
Lindbergh to refer to his exploit as
accomplished by himself and part
| ner, whom he included in the personal
pronoun 1--WE" The Spirit OF st.
| Louis must not be forgotten, but must
snare the glory of his achievement.
| Children love to endow their favor
| lite toys with life and personality and
treat them as partners in their play,
rather than as dead and inert
piaythings. 1t was this pleasant spirit
| of childhood surviving in this youth
OF 20 which prompted him to desire
the good ship to share the spotlight
| and the honors with him. But back
OF this fancy out of the realm OF
| childhood lies deeper meaning which
was no doubt in the mind of Lind
bergh when he used the plural pro-
noun. For when Lindbergh hoped
OIL" from the flying field on Long Is
| land many personalities, many minds,
keen, ingenious. courageous. sailed
with him.
For what was the ancestry of this
giant bird. this thoroughbred of me.
| chanical genius, upon whose back
Lindbergh conquered the $500 miles
| Of hostile ocean space?
Through what magic was the phys
| zeal strength and mental acumen of
this puny human creature magnified
| a million times, SO that it was enabled
to brush aside, like a cobweb. the in
superable, annihilate space and regis
ter upon the pages of history a stu
pendous act?
Where was the source of this tire
less prodigy that swept the Atlantic
like a meteor and brought sudden
glory to an unknown and mex
perienced young man such as Is sell
dom Vouchsafed to years of toiling
genius?
The Spirit of st. Louis was the
| realized dream of many minds. Into
her frame were woven the ideas of
men who failed, whose dreams were
never realized-the forgotten Lillien-
thai, crushed in a soaring experiment
on a German hillside-Langley, the
scientist, crushed under an avalanche
Of public ridicule-the Wright broth.
ers. pioneers in the art of flying,
who had to 90 abroad to get due
recognition of their mighty accom-
Observation-Disclosures the father of the
gas engine-bespectacled research
scientists in laboratories and grimy-
handed mechanics in shops, whose
names are unknown or forgotten.
And ais this mighty naturalization
of human thought Jared forth over
the long, cold, painless reaches of the
North Atlantic, fought it's way
through darkness, .sleet, fog banks
and storms toward the sunny land
of France. beating the black void
with it's tireless, ceaseless roar, the
gallant spirits were there which
called 1t forth from the mines, the
hillsides, the oil fields and the jungles
of the earth. and assembled 1t in
beauty and strength, and 1t was
their might which bore the young
master on his perilous voyage to his
glorious destination.
All honor to the high courage. in
telligence and skill of this simple
and engaging young man, who has
shown us that there is one pair of
ears which cannot hear when money
talks" but can hear quite distinctly
when duty whispers! But let us take
his cue and honor as they deserve
the gallant company included in the
little pronoun "we,". which he chose
to use so generously when the spot
light would single him out to receive
the entire honor for his achieve
ment. EDGAR X. ROBEY.