The Washington times., 1902-02-15
Formal Call Paid to the Mayor
of the City.
OFFICERS HAVE A BUSY DAY
Won BIudissin Attends Theatre in
the Evening and Is Chcered-
Mayor Low Lntc in Returning His
Formal Solicitations.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Rear Admiral
Count Won Baudissin and the officers and
crew of the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
had busy day today, the admiral and
officers attending to the official and So
cial duties that fall to the lot of foreign
officers in friendly port. and the crew
scraping, painting, cleaning, and gliding
the yacht.
Costly Gliding Work
1t is costing $500 a day, according to
an officer of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Line, to get the Hohenzollern
in shape for the princes reception. the
most expensive part of the work being
the regilding Of the carved woodwork,
with which the yacht abounds.
1t was late this afternoon before Adni-
raj Won Baudissin left the yacht and came
TO the city. All the early part of the day
he spent on board receiving distinguished
visitors, only leaving once, when he went
to make an official call on the mayor OF
Hoboken.
Event of the Day.
The call on the mayor of Hoboken was
the event of the day. Mayor Lankerfng
makes cigars for living when he is not
too busy with his official duties, and when
he was notified that the admiral was GO
ing to call on him he ruined a yard roll
OF cigars in his haste TO get into his frock
coat and over to the city hall.
Admiral Won Baudissin was accom-
panied on his "trip to the city hall in Ho-
boken by Lieutenant Won HaXthausen and
his orderly, Nladimer Vleizener. The ad-
miral wore his gorgeous uniform the
same one he wore in this city Thursday.
Enthusiastic Over New York.
After an exchange of polite speeches
the admiral got to the subject that has
become favorite one with him since he
came to New York on Thursday, the
changes in the metropolis since he was
here in 1860 The ADMIRAL could not say
enough in praise of New York.
At 1850 the admiral and his aide drove
back 20 the Hohenzollern. The admiral
had hardly reached his quarters when
Captain Won Reuben Paschwitz Naval At
tache of the German Embassy in Wash
ington, was announced. II was said af-
terward that the visit was simply a for
NAL one.
Formal Calls Returned.
AT 1880 O'Clock General Brooke re-
turned the admirars call, coming to the
Hohenzollern on the tug Colonel Wykof
The generals call was very brief. An
hour later Rear Admiral Barker came
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the tug
Narkeeta, accompanied by Captain West
They were in full uniform, and also made
a nero formal call.
Al O'Clock the admiral. in frock coat
and silk hat came over TO this city and
called on Howard Gould and sent his card
TO Mrs. Robert Goelet.
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officers of the Hohenzollern were enter
tanned at dinner on board the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse at pier 81, North River.
Captain Hogemann acted as host. Some
of the officers went to the Irving Place
Theatre after dinner.
At $50 o'clock tomorrow morning the
admiral will go to Shooters Island with
two other officers of the Hohenzollern and
will make an inspection OF the Kaiser's
new yacht.
Cheered Mt a Theatre.
1t was quite late tonight when Admiral
Won Baudissin and his felIow-offcers got
back to the Hohenzollern. After the din
ner on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
the admiral and a number of others went
to the Broadway Theatre to see THE
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"
The party was recognized at once, and
at the emu VI lHt SStOuu at the
struck up "Die Wacht am RheIn." There
was a great deal of cheering, and the ad-
miral stood up in his box and bowed sew
eral times.
Mayor Low, accompanied by his secre-
tary, James b. Reynolds. went over to
Hoboken shortly before o'clock this
afternoon to return the call which Ad-
miral Won Baudissin made at the City
Hall Thursday.
The admiral had left the Hohenzoliern
at exactly o'clock, the same time that
the mayor started from the city hall to
see him. The ferryboats on which they
were passed one another in midstream.
The mayor and Mr. Reynolds were re-
ceived by Captain Won Holleben, who was |
profuse in his regrets over the occur |
renee.