The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-23


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BY Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh.
(Mother of Captain Charles A. Lind
bergh)
Copyright. 1927. by the United Press)
DETROIT, Mich, May 23.-I want
to emphasize that everything Charlie
has done he did by himself. He, to
me, is the baby that you love so
we'll in its crib, grown to manhood.
He is a son that makes a mother
proud to be a mother.
He has lived life more to himself
than most boys. He was never a
"goody-goody" boy. Yet 1 can re-
call nothing to his discredit. He does
not take strikingly after any one of
his relatives. He shows some char
acteristics of most of them, but in
the main he is-just himself.
He gets a lot of Irish from my
mothers side. He takes some of the
possibly more deep-seated instincts
from his father. He had as many
scraps in his childhood as other boys,
but 1 never recall one in which it
was necessary for us to interfere.
Lucky Boy"
He has been extremely lucky in
not having ever been seriously in.
jured. The only time we had to
have a doctor for him was when he
contracted the measles. Then it was
more a case of safety first.
1 would say that the out.of-door
life was more characteristic of his
individuality, coupled with his love
of being alone-first with animals
and then machines.
Charles first connection with ami
mails and experiments happened. I
believe, in Minneapolis when he was
only 6 years old.
We lived upstairs in a four-family
house. Downstairs the family had
a large and pretty Angora cat.
One day l came home and the lit
tie girl living downstairs stopped
me and said' Charlie, he hurt our
cat"
I asked him II he had hurt the
cat.
NO, mother. I didn't"
"Are you sure?"
"Well. mother, really didn't hurt
the cat. I heard that no matter how
far you drop one. 1t would fall on
its feet. So when I accidentally
pushed it off the porch l looked over
to see if it would land of it's feet.
And il did"
Lived on Farm
The large farm in Minnesota on
which we lived furnished much Of
the outdoor life for the boy. He
would spend entire days in the
woods alone with his dog or some
animal.
He took to boats. He had a
treasured craft. especially designed
and built by himself up there in the
woods, on which he and his dog
companion went boating together.
Then he took to horses. He liked
this only too we'll for my nerves. for
it was not long until he was broncho
busting" He became quite pro-
ficient in this until the motorcycle
and automobile took his fancy.
He was very unfortunate in not
being able to get his schooling in
the regular manner. or possibly, it
might have been very fortunate in
his individual case.
Thrifty Boy
We went to Washington in 1907
and, of course. would arrive there
for Congress after regular school
sessions had begun. Consequently
he would be behind. In this man.
ner 1 was kept pretty busy coaching
him.
He was not hard to teach but, I
must confess, did not study hard on
things which did not interest him. He
was very good in mathematics, but
cared little for grammar and Eng
lish.
1 have learned many lessons from
my boy. I man in judicious spend
ing. 1 would not call him by any
means stingy, for he is generous,
but in buying he generally knows
what he is after and gets something
worth his money.
Money does not attract him as
much as other things, however.
1 never saw him dance and he
never sang or whistled much about
the house. In fact, he hardly was
around the house. except when he
had to study.
Pistol Shot
When he attended the university
Of Wisconsin he took his greatest
interest in the pistol shooting.
Training in the R. o. T. c., be-
lieve II was. he won a pistol, one
Of his first trophies in competition.
He finally left the university be-