| Show Aeroplane Flights s a at St Louis Louisr outs Will WillBe WillBe i iBe r Be Free During Centennial Week x w tt Y C 0 M a ft v vs SV W x v S1 i x xv s is 4 a v r z rr r J t Ve x a a aV V l lr r n Cw 4 1 Qu r Curtiss driving his aeroplane St Louis Oct 2 The public will not be required to pay an admission fee to see the centennial week aeroplane flights of Glenn H Curtiss champion aviator of the world After a confer conference conference conference ence of officers of ot the Aero club of St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis host of the only Gordon Bennett international aeronautic meet ever held in America and officers of ot the St Louis Centennial association it has been de decided decided decided to throw the aeronautic field open to everybody The three afternoons of ot centennial week set aside asid for the aeroplane flights are those of ot Tuesday Oct 5 Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednesday day Oct 6 G and Friday Oct 8 S Curtiss is scheduled to fly each of these three afternoons afternoon from Art hill hm In Forest park where still stands the permanent section of ot the St Louis worlds fair fall pal palace palace palace ace of fine arts now the trie home of the St Louis museum of fine arts Natural Grand Stand StandArt StandArt StandArt Art hill is surrounded by other hills which during the Worlds fair were crowned with buildings of different states and which during the aeroplane races of ot the week celebrating the anniversary of the Incorporation of St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis as a town will serve as a natural grand stand with a capacity for half a I million people This monster grand stand of o nature obviates the danger from fire collapse etc that would re reo result sult suit from an artificial grand stand suf sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently large to accommodate com comfortably comfortably as lIB this grand stand will everybody in the United States sufficiently sufficiently Interested In aeronautics to at attend attend attend tend Everything Free is the slogan of the St Louis Centennial association a municipal Institution whose president Is the Hon Frederick H Kreismann mayor of ot the city In accordance with this sentiment against admission charges chargee the two spherical balloon races the of ot Monday Oct 4 the first for balloons of cubic feet ca cn capacity capacity and less and and second for bal balloons balloons balloons loons of ot and less and the air airship airship airship ship dirigible balloon race the noon of Saturday Oct 9 also will be befree befree befree free to the public The starting place for tor all of the balloon races will wUl be the Aero club grounds at Newstead and Chouteau avenues adjoining and sup supplied supplied supplied plied from the monster gas tank whence the gas for the Gordon Bennett race of 1907 was obtained The only persons specially favored at the balloon races will the guests of honor the mayors of 1000 American cities and the United States naval officers officer commanding the visiting torpedo boat flotilla For their comfort a grand grandstand grandstand grandstand stand has been erected The other free events of centennial week will trill include a water pageant on the Mississippi river Tuesday morning the United States torpedo boat destroy destroyer er MacDonough and three torpedo boats participating the Veiled Prophet pageant Tuesday night the most gor gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous annual electric display in Amer America AmerIca America ica the municipal pageant Wednesday morning reviewed by b the 1000 mayors the Industrial pageant whose floats starting Thursday noon will require three hours to pass a given point the pageant Friday morning with floats students soldiers etc and the automobile pa parade parade parade rade Saturday morning which consisting consist consistIng consistIng Ing as it will of ot 1000 motor cars will willbe willbe be the largest automobile parade ever eyer held in any city in the world In addition to the free froe doings enumerated enumerated enumerated rated above there will be an centennial festival in the downtown streets with brilliant illuminations mu music sic lic and fireworks |
