Show Three Afternoons for the Aeroplane lane Flights During St L Louis Centennial 0 a I P R LOs a ec eo Eh Sf S f 4 v S Sa Sc SS SS t a c ft d 4 S q a S S a News Nw Item Glenn H Curti Curt aeroplane lace ince at St Louis Car Cel Special to The St LouIs Louie Sept 28 The public will Wilt not be br required to pay an admission elon fee to toe tol e c l c the centennial week aeroplane flights o c of Glenn H CurtIs Curtiss champion aviator of oft t tic f world After a conference of officers c the Aero club of St Louis host of tV th only Gordon Bennett international aeronautic meet ever held in America and officers rs of the St Louis Centennial as n 5 atton it has haa been to throw t tc aeronautic field open to everybody The three afternoons li of centennial week weekE E gt t aside aide for the aeroplane flights are tit se of Tuesday Tue day Oct 5 ii Wednesday edne da Oct t l and ina Friday Oct 8 Curtiss Curti e is scheduled t to tj j tT il each of o thee these three afternoons from Art hill hi in Forest park where still stands the permanent section of o the St Louis Louiss s fair palace of fine arts now the th Frost From Fr m the Et St Louis Lotus ss so champion aviator oC ot the world has a 0 tennial week October 3 to S inclusive home bome of ot the St Louis museum of or fine arts Natural Grand Stand StandArt Art hill hilt is surrounded by other hills which during the worlds fair were crowned with buildings of different states and amI during which the aeroplane races of the week celebrating the lOUth anniversary ary of the incorporation of St Louis as a town will serve as a natural grandstand with a capacity for half a million people This r grand stand of nature obviates obviates ates the danger from fire collapse etc that would result from an artificial grand stand large to accommodate accommodate comfortably as this grand stand will everybody in the United States suf interested in aeronautics to at attend attend attend tend Everything free is the slogan of the St Louis Centennial association a mu municipal municipal municipal institution whose who e president is the the Invitation to enter the tha 4 Hon Frederick H Kreismann Kremann mayor of the city In accordance with this senti sentiment sentiment sentiment ment against admission charges the two to spherical balloon races the afternoon ol o Monda Mondal Oct 4 the first for balloons of cubic feet capacity and less and the second for balloons of 0 cubic feet capacity and less leas and the airship dirigible balloon race the afternoon of Saturday Oct 9 also will be free to the public The starting place for all alt of the balloon bali on races will be the Aero Club grounds ground at Newstead and Chouteau ave aye avenues avenues flues adjoining and supplies from the too monster gas gaa tank whence the gas gaa for forthe forthe forthe the Gordon Bennett race of 1907 1007 was ob obtained obtained The only persons specially favored at the balloon races will be the guests of honor including the mayors of lW ft American cities and the United States State Stat naval officers commanding the visiting torpedo boat heat flotilla For their comfort a grand stand has haa been erected Program of Much Interest The other free events of Centennial week include a water pageant on the Mis Mississippi river Tuesday morning the Unit United United United ed States torpedo boat destroyer Mac MacDonough MacDonough Donough and three torpedo boats participating participating participating the Veiled Prophet pageant Tues Thee Tuesday Tuesday day night the most gorgeous annual elec electric electric electric display in America the municipal pageant Wednesday morning reviewed by bythe b bythe the 1000 mayors the industrial pageant whose 00 floats starting Thursday at noon will require three hours to pass passa a Ii given point the military pageant Friday morning with floats students soldiers etc and the thea automobile a parade Saturday morning which consisting as u it will of 1000 mo motor motor motor tor cars will be the largest automobile parade ever held in any city in the world In addition to the free doings enumerated enumerated enumerated there will be an k Centennial festival in the downtown streets with brilliant illuminations mu music music music sic and fireworks |