New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-21
MISS EARHART ON
SHOPPING TOURS
Spends THOUSAND
Reports Say She Still Needs
More Clothes to Complete
Her Wardrobe
STULTZ and GORDON.ARE
INTERESTED IN ENGINES

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Sightseeing and I'm Visiting Croy-
don Airdrome Where They In
spect London Paris Planes--Scot
land Yard Man Assigned te
Watch Girl Flyer.
London, June 81 (P,-Mlss Amelia
Earhart, between moments when
she was the center of admiring
gatherings, went shopping again to-
day in company with Mrs. Frederick k
Guest, sponsor of the TRANSATLANTIC
flight of the Friendship.
Meanwhile d crowd stood vainly
in front of her hotel in drizzling
rain hoping to catch a glimpse of
her.
spends in Thousands
Miss Earhart already has bought
a thousand dollars worth OF clothes.
but needs some more. She has been
proceeding with her shopping scicn-
tifcally, buying necessary frocks
first and then doing miscellaneous
purchasing.
While Miss Earhart shopped, Will
mer Stultz, pilot OF the Friendship.
and Louis Gordon. mechanic, spent
several hours at Croydon airdromc
where they inspected the British air
planes used in the LondOn-Parls
service. Gordon, who had never seen
u British airplane engine previously.
was particularly interested and
asked The airWay officials and me-
chanics many questions
Poems Flock In
Poems habe now begun to flock in
upon Miss E.arhart. One begins:
Good J.Ne OF the air, glorious
woman fair and then goes on IN
praise of the 1lier
The American woman has no"
recovered from the 1irst strain OF
the flight and the tumultuous well
comes which the crew Of the
Friendship received in southampton
and i.ondon, and said today that shc
felt much better.
Ya"d steps In
scotland Yard took Miss Earhart
under its protection today'lo guard
her from TOO ardent admirers and
cranks. The fame which came 10
her when she accomplished the first
fight made by a woman across the
Atlantic has brought strain when
81 oned to be showing Just a little
on the Boston girl.
Miss t.arhart cannot leave her
hotel Nithou being nearly rushed
off her feet by admiring crowds.
mostly women and girls. Each arri-
Val of the postman adds to her fast
accommodating stack Of mail. Most Of
the letters are congratulations and
invitations, but there is Il sprinkllng
of queer requests from cranks and
Persons of curious temperament.
Crank Letters
Tn. number of crank letters
alarmed Miss Earhart's friends.
Therefore, unknown to the girl flyer
an agent of Scotland Yard was as
signed to watch over her.
Since he attention has been cen
tered mostly on Miss Earhart, Will
mcr Stultz and Louis Gordon, her
companions in the plane Friendship,
have been drifting about London
seeing what they wanted to see and
doing what they wanted to do with
out molestation. Stultz begged Oft
from the dinner in honor of the
flyers at the home Of their sponsors,
Captain and Mrs. Frederick Guest.
duty, but he wanted to he excused
if possible. SO he and Gordon left
the spotlight TO Miss Earhart and
Went off to talk about planes and
engines with old and new friends.
Miss tarhart. however, has asked
her patroness, Mrs. Guest, to make
il plain to the public that she is dis
trossed at the attention she has at
racted. She declared that she did
not want hero worship and that
of his fame instead of unloading it
on a girl who has done nothing to
deserve It.
Wants to Explore
Miss Esrhart wants to explore
London quietly. particularly Its ea st
end and the social settlement work
centering around Toynbee Hall. She
is keenly interested in seeing this
institution, AS the man who started
Denison House in Boston. where she
works, came from Toynbee Hall.
She also wants TO get away from
the London crowds which are max
ing her nervous. she would like to
fly a Moth plane at Croydon air.
drome and also ride horseback in
famous Rotten Row"
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