New Britain herald., 1927-12-16
LINDY'S CHRISTMAS
 ID BE IN MEXICO
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(Continued from First Page) The deputies gave "Vivas" for Presi- dent Coolidge, Lindbergh and Dwight w. Morrow, American am- bassador.
 Given Gold Medal.
 The flyer was presented with a gold medal by Dr. Alejandro Cerizo- la. president of the chamber of deputies. On one side was the Mexi- can coat of arms, on the other was inscribed:
 ITO Colonel Lindbergh from the Mexican chamber of deputies in be- half of the congress of Mexico and in order to express our admiration for his noble feat and glorious mis- sion."
 Lindbersh stood on the rostrum beside the president and bowed in depreciation as deputies and specta- tors cheered. Then addressing the assembly he said:
 T am thankful for all these dis ,tinctions which are being given to me in Mexico. I have not enough words to thank you for this" The airman was lauded in speeches by several deputies. After wards a banquet followed at which ;toasts were proposed to President Coolidge. Ambassador Morrow and Colonel Lindbergh.
 President Gales and the airman, earlier in the day bored over a map of Mexico as the American explain ed, through an interpreter, his flight and some of the fundamental points involved in flying and navi- gation.
 Hears Mexican Music.
 Lindbergh listened to Mexican music until after midnight. An en- tertainment in his honor was given by the foreign office in one of Mexi- co.'s largest theaters. Three fou- sand invited guests gathered there and the streets outside were throng- ed from early in the evening until Lindbergh left by crowds anxious to catch a glimpse of him.
 Lindbergh sat in box with Presi- dent Gales, Ambassador Morrow, acting Foreign Minister Estrada, Secretary of the Treasury Montes De eva, and Martinez De Alba, chief protocol of the foreign office. All the members of the cabinet and their families were in the other boxes as we'll as the entire diplo- matic corps.
 The gathering cheered for Lind bergh as he and Gales and Morrow entered. At one time during the eve- ming they turned toward the box and shouted:
 'Lindy. Lindy. Lindy.7
 Int airman rose and stood at the edge of the box and smiled and bowed his thanks.
 The foreign office assembled the best musical talent of Mexico for his entertainment. Lindbcrgh seem- ed to enjoy especially the singing of Ignacio Fernandez Esperon. Es- peron Is better known by the pro- fessional sobriquet ''Tatanacho" and is sort of a George M. Cohan of Mexico and one of the country's most popular composers. He played and sang a number of his own compositions as we'll as Mexican folk songs.
 Given Gay Shawl.
 The musicians presented Lind hergh with great bouquet of roses and handsome serape or gayly col ored native shawl.
 Six hundred school children cheered Lindbergh as he entered one of the biggest public schools "Benito Juarez," named in honor of the Mexican patriot who is called "the Lincoln of Mexico" During the colonels visit the Lincoln li- brary" of the school. a gift of an American organization "the friends of Mexico'' was opened.
 Two little Mexican schoolgirls about twelve years old invaded the American embassy before Lindbergh was up. To the first person they encountered, the girls said:
 we want to see Lindy, please. We tried to see him yesterday but failed. We'll be very unhappy un- less you let us see him. Can't you please tell him."
 Their pleas were addressed to Colonel McNab, military attache at the embassy.
 You bet" he replied.
 Colonel McNab placed the two lit- tie girls in an office window over looking the walk across the court yard from the embassy residence which ,Lindy would take when he came out after breakfast.
 Lindy came eventually and they saw him. Then what seemed to them a wonderful thing happened. Lindy