The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-05-31
Lindbergh'S
Life Story
Told BY Young Aviator's
Mother to Writer For The
Pleasantville Press
(Staff Writer for Central Press and
The PleasantviIIe Press)
copyright, 1927, by Central
Coz
Continued from Friday)
(sEcoND INsTALLMENT)
BY BONITA WITT

(SEcoND lNSTALLMENT)
(This is the second installment
of the life story Of Charles A. Lind
bergh, most talked of man in the
world today, as told by his mother,
Mrs. Evangeline L. Lindbergh, to
Miss Bonita Witt, one of the star
writer's of Central Press, and Pleas
antville Press).
It was during the war years that
Charles A. Lindbergh, hero of the
New York-Paris nonstop flight,
first got taste of farming. His
father, Charles A. Lindbergh, rep
rcsentative in congress from Min
nesota. owned what around Little
Falls, Mimi, is known as fancy"
farm, near the Mississippi river.
Between sessions of congress, the
elder Lindbergh. who was born in
Sweden in 1860, found time to put
ter about the farm. The ground
was stony and unproductive.
Charles was ready to begin his
college course, but his parents be-
lieved he was too young to enter
a university Che was about Is or
17l. and he was too young for mil
itai'y service. Young Lindbergh,
restless and wanting to work.
knowing scarcely anything about
agriculture, decided he could put
the farm on a paying basis.
For three years he worked" the
place and at the end of that time
the. farm was paying dividends for
the. first time. After he had proved
his ability as a farmer Charles de-
cided he'd quit the soil as he had
no Intention of becoming farmer.
Eindbergh passed great deal of
his time out-of-doors on the Minnie
sofa farm, roaming among the
great white pines which make that
section of the state one of the
beauty spots of America.
he liked to wander along the
banks of the upper Mississippi
rivsaus laasi IIEEilss his deg He
I'd pet of some sort to accom-
pany him on rambles through the
woods.
During the hectic days when
Lindbergh was overhauling his
ship" in New York preparatory to
his transatlantic fight, he found
time to make friends with Patsy,
an inquisitive cat which had wan
dered into his hangar. He desired
to take Patsy to Europe in the
"Spirit of st. Louis" but later de-
cided weather conditions might
prove too severe, for the animal.
Patsy, therefore, remained in New
York while Lucky" made his dash
to Paris.
In his earlier years Charles dis
played considerable interest in
boats. He built craft himself and
with his dog spent many an hour
sailing the Mississippi.
MRS. Lindbergh didn't object to
her, sons Interest in boats, but she
didn't share his enthusiasm for
horses. She relates: He liked
horses too well for my nerves, for
heesoon began to do 'broncho-bust-
ing. He became proficient in that.
Then, the motorcycle and the au-
tomobile took his fancy"
When "Slim" finally decided to
quit the farm he had earned $500
which he later used to pay for his
first flying lessons.
Mrs. Lindbergh's blue eyes shine
assshe says, you see, | don't want
ann of the glory of my boys flight.
/ don't believe I'm entitled to it.
Hes did it all himself Since he
has been old enough to earn his
way. Charles never has taken a
cert from me. Once when Charles
was contemplating an undertaking
which required ready money, we
sand to him, Son, we have some in
fiuential friends who would be glad