Putnam patriot., 1927-06-17

stand in Central Park to await the coming of L.ndherzh. The line of motor cars passes 0n and the crowd subsidies into waiting.
 Again thc raGio i3Hdbereh is aJ fhe foot of the Avenue. He has turned uptown The crowds are deli riuus with enthusiasm U is al oue leug roar of welcome Nov he has arrived at the Eternal LiEh1 ga Aaal- son Square.
 The Cardinal Archbishop
 Bur We must get back 0 Che Awe Hae. Something k happening over there at lbe Cathedral. The ehfWest sa seldom heard he4in e ring out Home. Sweet Home The Erea. i4srtaI of the e#fHce sNfnls opel. There Is d resoWdng raar ot ep- plause. though there is no sound from the ueichboriug Union Club. Out of the black Rlt ef the nave comes sitss iS sud with great dignity tbe Cardinal Archbishop of New ort. On his head is the red hirefta If his office. from his sheuIdeH hangs g trailing scarlet cape \ great glc fm.ne cross is catching the reflections ef Che sun Slowly and with great dignity he talk es his place upon the Episcopal thret Framed in the great arch If the DOT dl he is q figure of the mediaevai 8 a prince of the oldest organization tu this world uf men awaiting the eaU ing of a sim young Galahad of thc newest age of mans progress
 The radio again Ten thousand school children are singing against s.u unenuauerable din on the steps 1t the Library. Liudberek Is approach ing. Meanwhile below. mounted po- Gcemen are passing. 4 band comes into view playing "The Stars and Stripes Forever" Here's q cheer. Tht Sixty Ninth. The Cardinal Archbi- shop rises. dofFs his biretta as the flag go by And now another band and New Works own Seventh m slick new uniforms. initiative of West Point cadets Another band and snap pv marines in pale khaki. Mere hands and more cheers and white clad sailors from the Colorado. Troops. more troops, marching troops. Back Co 1917 in flash. But no. thls is not war. this IS peace and the triumph of courage and youth. More
 marching troops. more bands. The crowd is hoarse with cheering. They break the lines and are beaten back to the walls of the Avenue. The par adp stops. There are snappiny growing orders. The columns divide leaving a wide path between. The soldiers are at ease Then comes the order Attention "
 Liadbergh is Coming
 Down the Avenue there is steady raa-. Flags are waving. hats are thrown .Hto Che air. The long can you 5f z5ane becomes a whul of hVng bits af paper.
 LindberEh ls approaching!
 The Cardiial Archbishop arises from his throne Tine forty patrolmen form great N. pressing back tbe crowds. h oar mIHds there arises a question If paIllv VII the eenefa ble prince of the Church % e meet tine prince of tho atr. Or, viii ti.e prince of the air 20 to meat the prince of the Church!
 But chat is forgotten The cheer ing becomes upraarieus. Once mete the crowd breaks thr lines and pours into the Avenue. Once more the pol ice struggle with fhe mass of treHz- zied humanity. Slowly there swings into view great float. deeked wita painted demoiselles of che theatre with rather ridiculous replica ot the Eiffel Tower and sundrN other objects connected with Licdbergh g feat. This is cheap and sawdry note. we reflect. The first and the only one.
 But it doesn't matter now.
 Here comes Lindbergh ' The mil ling crowd is screaming with delirium.
 Surrounded by mounted police in a space all its own appears motor. dragging behind fl bundles of color ed serpentine. Police are on the run ming board. Police are in the streot. Sittinp atop the folded cover is the silk halted. daprcr little Mayor Of New York and on his right is The Boy.
 He sits there bit stoop- houlder- ed his hair blown in the wind, his thin body relaxed his face calm, , reserved. almost cXuressiorless Fat- gue. that is the keynote of his bear ing.
 And now the motor s abreast of Us and is slowing up An Ttc Carti- ual1s gesture With his bright rob ts trailing behind him. his gleaming rross flashing in the sun. His Emi- ueHee comes down from his thrare and into the middle of the Avenue itself At ert the fieure of the veary bog ip tHa motor quHea.Hs into lifa ae4Hl later he bowHg low over tba Cardinals hand Ttefa are a fal9= aaF- sUile between them. a gesture of blessing from the prelate and with quick spring Lina- bcr h is again iu che motor. his arm folded. his body relaEed. h blonde hair blowing iu the breeze. ihe air .- rent with the thunder of the wei comes from tens 8f thousands throats.
 And that is all
 Up the Avenue the nose cont nLes. The motor poes slowly on its ..g, Co tsie rara Wnefe awaits the Governor with further praise and fur ther honors. Where there was order there is now confusion The elect ric throng becomes relaxed disorder cd and we sit in our window and look down on the seething mass be low and our thoughts inevitably 70 back To that Saturday few weeks aof tss har, this slim epof= =hp1apH snlaF-