The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01


Mr.. Admiral. here's flower that would like
to present to you and would like to hayo you
wear It," and she showed . red rose at him.
Forj Just one instant the Admiral was embar-
rassed. lie looked up and down his uniform,
and said:
II am afraid you will have to keep II. my
girl You see / haven't got any place for 1t at
ALL" And Mary went away disappointed.
ADMIRAL GOING TO THE YACHT RACES.
GOOD morning. Sir Thomas" said the Ad-
miral to Sir Thomas Upton who came along
then. "Dio you hear us playing your anthem
yesterday. or was there 30 much noise that
you couldn't hear it7"
Sir Thomas said that he had heard the an
them and that his men had oheered.
Il do hope" the Admiral said. that We shall
have weather like this for the races. I'm going
to try and see the races. I can't como for the
first one. but I hope can get there for the
next Ibm going to try and be there
Here. Sir Thomas. have you met Gov.
Smith Of Vermont" and turning to Gov Smith
he said:
Governor. this 10 Sir Thomas Upton. he's
after that CUP. you know" I'm tell you that
toast We drank to you last night on the
Olympia. 1t was. May the best boat win"
We'll. that's Just what We want" said Sir
Thomas: I'll drink to that. May the best
boat win There were no less than six wait
ers with trays full OF champagne lowering
around the Admiral. trying to force him to
take the wine. The Admiral shook his head
and he had to keep on shaking 1t. for they were
persistent fellows
Il wish we could keep the cup and lot you
win the races" said Gov Smith. and Sir
Thomas smiled and shook his head.
CROKER AND Low SHAKE HANDS.
Richard Croker had como up and was stand
ing by the Admiral now. talking to Mayor Van
Wyck. and along came the Hon. Seth Low.
The Mayor introduced him to the Admiral and
the Admiral told Mr.. Low that he had q friend
Prot. Burgess. a professor In Columbia. After
a moments talk Mr. Low turned away and
shook hands with Mr.. Croker. They greeted
each o'her cordially. Then Mr.. Croker invited
tho Admiral to go to the Yacht races with him
on board the Erin. Sir Thomas Upton. who
owns tho Erin. also urged the Admiral to
cept the invitation. but tho Admiral replied
that he had already been invited to 60 to the
races with Commodore ]. Pierpont Morgan on
the Corsair. and that II he was able 10 do
II he would ACCEPT that invitation.
Two young men who were next introduced
to the Admiral were friends Of Ensign Bagley.
who was the nrst American killed in the
Spanish American War. The Admiral said to
them: Il recollect BaRley very we'll. He was
a great ba.+ r-4ayer and have often seen him
playing baseball on the grounds at the
academy. Poor BsRey."
MERRY TALK ON THE BOAT.
Ex-Gov Morton came along and insisted on the
Admiral sitting down. He told him that Il was
too wearing to spend 30 much time on his feet
The Admiral said: We'll. Mr.. President. up
in Vermont most OF the children die young
and those that pull through are pretty sure to
be tough" Capt. Lam berton. who had been
clrclinR around with a lady, now had an op-
portunity to present her to the Admiral.
You can't beat Lam be rton. said the Admiral
II there is . pretty woman on board the ship
he always seems to find hcr."
They chatted away until Senator Butler and
Gov. Russell of North Carolina came along and
began to talk about the celebration. Gov. Rus
sell wanted to know II the Admiral was not
tired with his experience OF Friday. The Ad-
miral replied with con siderable feeling:
with such an ovation AZ that one cannot
get tired. 1t was spontaneous. 1t was not
made to order. I have seen such things to
order abroad: they were totally unlike this |;
this was from the people themselves. They
paid for It,"
While Gov. Russell WAS there the Admiral
was introduced to q newspaper man and re-
marked:
lam saving all the papers and I am going
to read them when have time When you
have Mayor who gets you up at seven O'Clock
in the morning you cant do much reading you
know" and Mayor Van Wyck looked very
much tcked at that.
The Admiral got away from the crowd after
a bit and went down to the lower deck. There
he called the steward aside and told him that
he had Garfield Sutton. jackie OF the Olympia.
aboard. "and ! want you to see." said the Ad-
mIral. that he gets som ethlng to eat, He's
probably as hungry as bear"
All this small talk helped to pass the time
quickly and the boat was at her pier at 1880
street almost before any body knew It, 1t was
recalled on the trip UP that the meeting OF the
day between Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral
Schley was the first since the Admiral's ar
rival. Admiral Schley Is the only one Of the
higher naval officials In the neiRhborhood who
had not paid Admiral Dewey O call.
GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA DOESN'T DRINK.
The carriages In which the guests OF the city
were to ride had not arrived when the Sandy
Hook reached the pier and the small talk OF the
big mon on board the boat was continued. The
Governor Of North Carolina met the Governor
OF South Carolina and the discovery was made
that the Governor OF North Carolina doesn't
drink. 1t was insisted upon by the committee
that It was the duty Of the Hon. Will
liam J. X. Kenny. his escort. to uphold
the reputation OF North Carolina Governors.
The walters with the tray loads OF champagne
continued to hover about the Admiral and
aim ost insisted upon him drinking the wine.
Another discovery was made by Richard
Croker. It was that Sir Thomas Upton had
become very popular here and when he male
this remark to tho Admiral the Admiral said
promptly Tho has that" whereat sIr Thomass
face was wreathed in smiles.
Altogether thore was rather happy time on
this trip and before they left the boat the Adj
mlral turned to the Mayor and said Mr..
Mayor. think you have done pretty we'll by
me for bachelor At least am told you are
a bachelor" he added
Yes" said the Mayor. Il am bachelor"
The carriages were announced and at the
same time Mr.. Holahan made another little
address the substance OF which was:
"All those who are not official and who are not
going to ride In carriages In the parade will be