New-York tribune., 1902-09-16

ALL NASSAU GREETS PRESIDENT
HE SHAKES 1000 HANDS AT RECEPTION AT HIS OYSTER
BAY BONE WHILE GUNS BOON.
rzv7rrEeR.PH TO TIE 7RrBUxE.I

Tsr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I
Ovsfer Bay Long Island, Sept. 15.-Perfect
American hospitality shown to the people
If Nassau County at President Roosevelt s
home This afternoon. He shook hands with
seven thousand persons Mrs. Roosevelt, gowned
in cream colored wolfe, trimmed with heavy en-
troidery Of point applique. and a garden hat
stood near him. bowling and smiling as her
refglbors passed by. The President and Miss
Roosevelt stood in front of the bay window of
the parlor Surrounding them were Assistant
Secretary William Loeb, jr-, Gerard Beecknan
A L. Cheney. Editor of The Oyster Bay
Pilot: the Rev Father Powers. the Rev. H H
Tashburn. the Rev. Mr.. Russell, Colonel W. J.
yourgs. Emlen Roosevelt. cousin of the Presi-
dent: August Montant, Of New-York: Com
Tnsn6snt Snvrnan Mrs Enlen Roosevelt, Miss
Christine Roosevelt. Miss Lorraine Roosevelt.
little Ethel Roosevelt ana Teddy" jr. These
did their part in assisting at the reception.
With the exception of a few flowers and
greens banked against the window, there were
no decorations tie portico. But nature had
lent its fun share OF glory TO the occasion It
was bright autumn day. and from where the
President was standing fine view could be had
Of the water lying III the Sound beneath a veil
OF purple mist and the landscape, enriched by
the crimson and yellow tinted leaves on the
tons Of trees between his house and the Con-
necticut hills twenty miles away. Changing bell
peals from TIL engine at the station, the sound
of steam whistles being blown in the Bay and
the merry shouts Of cheerful voices We're carried
along by the breeze. Twice in the course Of the
reception the callers ceased for three or four
minutes. Then it was all merriment on the
porch. The President chatted unreservedly with
those who were assisting him, expressing the
pleasure it was to him to see once more his
in Mas Roosevelt SAID
the thing to the Rev. Mr. Washburn.
TEDDY" JR., SCANS VISITORS.
Teddy" 5r. wearing a pair Of long duck
trousers showed as much interest in the recep-
tion as the older people. He scanned the visitors
as they approached his father as carefully as the
Secret Service men. There was no showing or
pushing in the line It seemed that all the best
people Of Long Island had come to visit the
President AT a formal reception. 1t was in no
way unlike the card receptions at the White
House. in Washington. Now and then, Of course
this effect passed away, where four or five col
ored men and women grasped the Presidents
hand. But, particularly If they were old, they
Received marked cordiality.
No persons could have been more gratihed
than were the Presidents visitors when they ar
rived at an improvised table on the Presidents
lawn. where Franklin Hall, the Presidents mes
senger. who was appointed chairman Of one of
the local committees. gave each one ginger
snaps and glass of red lemonade There was
on hand an inexhaustible supply Of these re-
freshments The first half of the callers re-
ceived a thin sherbet glass as a souvenir.
Marked on il was President Roosevelt. 19o2"
There were three thousand of these distributed
TO the people.
shackleton's Band from Brooklyn, played
tunes. from Yankee Doodle" TO "A Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight" for an hour or more
after il reached the Presidents front lawn.
Then the President said he wanted more music
Another band came then a fife and drum corps
and then another band. They all began 10 play
and music swelled the breeze and enliVened the
spirits Of the Presidents neighbors. In addl-
ton TO the oyster Bay Band. there was shacAie-
tons Military Band. the Phenix Fife ana DIuf
Corps. the Glenwood Band, the Freeport ballo
and Hyer's Band from Hampstead Ten DUCK
cts Of lemonade were taken to these men by the
Presidents men servants
LITTLE GIRL FIRST IN LINE
Il vas exactly 2.ao p m. when the first per-
son IN line 2 little girl. arrived at the front Y
steps If the Presidents house. She had been
waiting in line for nearly two hours There
was : line of people behind her stretching nack
for nearly a mile. Succeeding her were nearly
forty little maidens in linens ana ilusiiiiS- AZ
the three-quarters Of an hour which hao elapsed
aimee the hour for the handshaking TO oeglh' the
President had received about one hundred Dep
uty sheriffs This number was ao4e 10 leave
their posts along the roadsides to can on MIN
in body But they Jared better than the com
Snitteemen. who, according TO tnelf own piahS'
were not 70 see the President in q body. be-
csuse the -ecertion was intended to be for all
alike
Aisles were roped off in the Presidents drive
way. from the tennis court at the foot Of Saga
more Hi. TO the Presidents house in one direc-
ton, and 10 the twenty acre vacant lot IN an
other. In this vacant square there were six
rows Of horses and carriages hitched to ropes
tightly stretched from side 10 side; horses with
SPECIAL RACE TRAIN
VIII leave Grand Central Station for MI vernon;
sosy and Wednesday, at 10 II ~ ts,'n