The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-16
PICNIC
RECEIVED HIS OLD FRIENDS ON
LONG ISLAND.
SHOOK HIS HAND.
SEVERAL HUNDRED DEPUTIES
GUARDED PRESIDENT.

Old People who Had known the
President Since He Was Child
Were i'm Line-EVerybOdy Got
Handmade and Then Lemonade
Was Served-Old Family Servants
Brought Along Picture of Presi-
dent at 4 Years OId-Had His Pic
ture Taken with New York Police.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 15.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt to-day received his
friends and neighbors of Nassau coun-
ty, and between 5000 and 1000 people
shook his hand. The reception was
held at his nome, on Sagmore Hill, and
from 8 o'clock until nearly o'clock he
was busy shaking hands and renewing
old acquaintance. He met people to-
day whom he had not seen for thirty
years and shook hands with men who
had known him when he was a child.
The President thoroughly enjoyed the
affair and was as fresh when it was
over as when he began. He expressed
his feelings to a woman in the crowd
who asked him If he was getting
tired.
mot Bit" he replied. 'It takes
more than a trolley car to knock me
out or a crowd to tire me-
The precautions to guard the Presi-
dent against any possible harm were
of the most thorough character. In
addition to Sheriff Johnson's three hun
dred special deputies. who had been
sworn in for duty to-day, large num-
Der of secret service men and police
men from New York in plain clothes
were on the porch and about the
grounds. No one was allowed to go
past the President with a camera or a
stick of any description. Cameras,
valises canes, umbrellas, and in many
cases, overcoats and women's wraps
were taken from their owners and piled
up under a tree near the porch.
1T was 2:A5 o'clock when the recep-
ton began. President Roosevelt stood
on his porch and shook hands with all.
After passing him the visitors passed
off the porch, along a road leading to
the side of the house. where lemon
ade was served, and thence by another
road out of the grounds.
On the porch with the President were
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. William Roose-
welt, Miss Christine Roosevelt, Miss
Lorraine Roosevelt, Mrs. E. r.. Mer-
fltt, FRANK Il. travis, Assistant sec
rotary Loeb. Father Powers and Rev.
II. III. Washburn. 49,
| All sorts of people in all conditions
of life filed by. White and black,
poor and we'll to do. women with
babies in arms and several with dogs;
small boys and little girls-all got a
pleasant smile and a shake of the
hand. Many were in line who had
known the President most of hts life
and their delight in renewing an old
acquaintance was apparent, but none
gave the President more pleasure than
the greeting of two old family SER
wants. Maggie and Bridget Mitchell
who had been servants in his fathers
family. They came from New York,
where they now live, to greet the
President and to show him a photo
graph of his father and one of him
self when he was years of age. The
President was delighted to see the pic
lures and the old servants and pre-
scented the sisters to Mrs. Roosevelt.
During the reception a number of
bands, stationed on the lawn, in front
of the porch, discoursed music. A
pleasing incident occurred toward the
close of the reception. The New York
policemen wanted their pictures taken
with the President. When the request
was made of the President he complied
at once.
This is one time really want a pic
ture TAKEN" he said. II know these
men and l admire them. / am proud
to have my picture taken with them.