New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-02-26

There were plenty of informal souvenirs. too
for the Prince and his party had scarcely left
their special bile before there a we'll man
nered scramble for 1t, and within three minutes
every OF the hundreds of that had
decorated it had disappeared.
1t is doubtful in whom the crowd was the
more interested-Miss Roosevelt or Prince
Henry. 1t is certain that hundreds of eyes
watched every movement made by the Presi-
dents daughter. and many expressions of ap-
prevail of her demeanor and appearance We're
heard on every side. Tell you what" de-
clared prosperous looking man Of middle age
TO his wife, Miss Roosevelt's a typical Ameri-
can girl-a representative Of the best type and
I'm proud OF her. Everybody is who has seen
her. Did you see how cool she was? Alert but
not excited. I'm proud Of her. tell You" This
sentiment was echoed hundreds Of times during
the forenoon.
The method by which the Meteor was launched
was an absolute novelty. BY means OF a device
invented by Mr.. Downey. Miss Roosevelt was
able actually to launch the yacht as well as to
name her. Sometimes at a launching the boat
glides away before the young woman who il TO
name her is ready. Again. the bottle may not
break at the first attempt, and the boat get
away without her baptism Of wine. Mr. Downev
provided against any such contingency by an
arrangement which provided that the last OBJ
stacle to the boats escape should he knocked
aside by two 300-pound weights which should
be released only by the cutting of a cord which
ran over a spool placed the launching plat
form. This cord Miss Roosevelt severed with q
single blow of a silver Ratchet which was pre-
scented to her as souvenir of the ocasion and
| Instantly the yacht began TO move launched by
her hand. II is likely that this device will be
used In future at all big launchings
CAMERA FIENDs' FIELD DAY.
| The camera fends had a field day Of rare
| proportions yesterday. The weather was sadly
against them, as the sun not out at all but
| they were on hand for all that, and If they did
| not get good pictures by the hundred IT WAS not
| for lack Of trying They lined the route OF the
| procession from the pier to the launching shed
| and roasted upon every point of vantage on the
| structure from which the Meteor stole SO
| smoothly into the water. All the way TO the
| luncheon hall and back to the pier again the
! President. the Prince and Miss Roosevelt faced
! the kodak imperturbably, without ever seeming
! to notice 1t. Up above the grandstand in front
| or the Launching stand was a moving picture
| machine, which got into action as soon as tbe
| President appeared, and again when Mice Eoosa-
| Welt smashed the bottle of champagne and
| started the yacht on her journey to the waters
OF the Kill kull. The trip to the luncheon ~,
| the mould loft and from there to the pier again
| was also a succession Of snapshots II Is fair to
| suppose that pictures of Colonel Roosevelt Mics
| Roosevelt and Prince Henry will adorn bun
| dreds of albums as result OF yesterdays work
| President Roosevelt gave illuminatiye films
| tration yesterday of one of the characteristics
| that win him the esteem Of all that come i'm con
| tact with him, whatever may be their station
! The royal photographer from the HohenzoIIern
encountered Policeman Joseph Craig NJ fbn
/ West SiXty-eighth-st station, when he reached
the PLATFORM. The policeman inquired his BUSH