Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
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gasoline that carried the Spirit of st
Louis across the Atlantic.
Leaving Mitchell Field, he drove t.
Curtiss Field, close by, where he re
newed acquaintance with his bud
dies of less than a month ago, ano
then returned to his apartment.
The trip to the aviation ground;
occupied about three hours of Col
Lindbergh's time. The program fol-
the remainder of the day. in view Of
the cancellation of the Central PARK
celebration. was indefinite, but 1t was
expected that he and his mother
might take a short automobile ride
In the afternoon, after luncheon al
the Newspaper Club, returning to
their temporary home in time to pre-
pare for the dinner which is to be
given the colonel by the City OF New
York at the Commodore tonight.
Cardinal Hayes will say the invoca
ton at the dinner for the boy whom
he met yesterday with this welcome
81 greet you as the first and finest
American boy of the day. God bless
you, and God bless your mother
Tired From Excitement.
When Col Lindbergh and his
mother returned early today to the
Frazee home on the eleventh floor Of
an exclusive Park avenue apartment
house, the aviator was tired from the
excitement of the most spectacular
day New York has known since the
Armistice was signed.
The 500-acre Mackay estate, where
the Prince of Wales was a guest dur
| ing his last visit to the city, wa:
1 ft.o R1c eff akad ftaf a q "a ~xp
| land for the reception of the young
flyer and his mother.
While scores of private detectives
and Nassau County policemen kept
strangers from entering the grounds
Col. Lindbergh and his mother were
honored by 200 persons distinguished
4 in society, finance and other respects
John w. Davis, democratic nominee
! for President in 1924; Mr.. and Mrs
Ebert III. Gary, Thomas w. Lamont
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Iselin. Mr. and
| Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. j
1'ierpont Morgan. Col. and Mrs. Thee
dore Roosevelt and James w. Gerard
former Ambassador to Germany, were
included in. the list of guests.
HonOred at Dinner.
At dinner Col. I4indbergh sat al
| the place of honor with Mrs. Kenneth
| O'Brien. a. daughter of Mr.. Mackay,
| oal his left, and Mrs. John w. Mackay
the hosts mother, on his right. Fac.
ing him across the table was Mr.
Mackay, with Mrs. Walker. wife of
\ the mayor, on his left and Mrs. Lind
| bergh on his right. Mayor Walker
sat alongside Mrs. Mackay, with the
Countess de Bondouloir, niece of
Mrs. Mackay, to his right. Col. Lind
! bergh, attired in dress suit, did not
| dance at the reception that followed.
The reception was at the end of a
| day of unparalleled tribute. Never
did hero receive New York's unique
tribute-showers of paper from win
dows-in such volume. Never was
| there such noise. The din of whistles
of boats was appreciated by millions,
who listened in on the radio.
| Mrs. Lindbergh shared in the tribute,
which reached its enthusiastic climax
when Gov. Smith kissed her on the
cheek after he had decorated her son.
Throng Placed at 100000.
The entire line of Lindbergh's
route up Broadway and Fifth avenue
was packed solid with humanity from
the curbstones to the boarded-up win
dows of business establishments. Most
estimates of the welcoming throng
were around 100000.
| A round of dinners and receptions
| ia in store for Col. Lindbergh before
| he lea YES for st. Louis on Friday. He
will be guest of honor at private
theater party tomorrow night, and or
| Thursday he will be officially wei
coined by the Borough Iof Brooklyn.
| Mayor Walker will be POSTMASTER
at the dinner tonight. Speakers will
be Gov. Smith and the colonel. Bishop
Manning will say benediction.
Back to Starting Point.
Lindbergh of the Atlantic, the first
/ New York to Paris flyer, came back
to his starting point yesterday and
was accorded a welcome unparalleled
| in all history.
| The official greetings were voiced at
City Hall and Central Park by Mayor
/! Walker. and Gov. Smith, but the
tr,lest greeting was roared all up the
i bay by steamboat sirens and then on
up the city's streets from the Bat.
tery to the mall in Central Park.
packed tight by thousands who laugh
ed cried and struggled against police
| lines to reach the Idol who had ap.
pealed to them as no man ever had
before.
The aviator himself said that the
greeting was greater than those given
him i'm Paris, Brussels, London and
| Washington together.
/ Veteran shipping men and police
said ii was far greater than the
greetings to Admiral Dewey and Gen.
Pershing, which had been considered
the most tumultuous welcome here
tofore. -
| Comdr. Richard Byrd. polar. flyer,
who accompanied Lindbergh In his
flight from Washington, said that
there was nothing In all history to
compare with. this welcome.
HarbOr Din -Greets Arrival.
| On the way up the bay to
the Battery some 500 craft. moved
ahead, their tunnels laying down
La smoke screen which almost
hid the Macon from sight. Be
hind were almost as many more
and all had their whistles tied down
lOther craft all over the harbor took
I'D the greeting and so, with flags
flying and ffreboats spouting foun
tains, of water I'm salute, Charles
d Lindbergh came back, To New, York
An estimated $4,000 persons.F were
damned in the comparatively small
Battery Park, on the ground, In win
4 dows, on roofs, and as the Macon ap
peared they all went wild. There wa.
a great surge toward the pier, II
which women tainted and ysevera
. thensaRd policsaaAp bad 4thslEs .asnaI