The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-09-20

and from 3 o'clock until nearly G
he was busy shaking hands and re-
newing old acquaintances.
He met people today whom he
had not seen for thirty years, and
shook hands with men who had
known him when he was child.
The President tn oroughly en-.
ioyel the affair and was a. fresh
when it was over as when he he.
gan. IIeexpressed his feelings tc
II woman in the crowd who asked
him If he was not getting tired.
"Not a bit" be replied. at
takes more than a trolley car te
knock me out or a crowd to tire
me-
The weather could not have
been more delightful. The deco.
rators did their work thoroughly
and when the sun rose this morn.
ing 1T shone upon o village res
plcndent with color. Most all the
buildings -aad~many of the private
houses were adorned with flags
and hunting. Along the road
leading from the center of the
town to the road that winds up
Sycamore Hill, at a distance OF
every 100 feet, were hung large
American flags, which formed a
canopy of stars and stripes, under
which the people rode on their
way to Sycamore Hill.
The crowds began toarriye ear
ly from points on Long Island and
by noon the village streets were
crowded. Delegations came in
from many of the places near here
and several special trains added to
the crowd.
The precautions to guard the
President against any harm were
of the most thorough character.
In addition to Sheriff johnson,
800 special deputies who had been
sworn in for duty today, a large
number of secret service men ano
policemen from New York in plain
clothes were on the porch and
about the grounds. No one was
allowed to go past the President
with camera or a stick of any
description. Cameras, valises
canes, umbrellas and in many
cases evercoats and women.
wraps were taken from their own.
ers and piled up under a tree near
the porch.
1t was 2:45 O'Clock when the
reception began. President
Roosevelt stood on his porch anc
shook hands with all. After pass
ed off the porch along a roaC
leading to the side of the house
where lemonade was served, anc
thence by another road out of the
grounds.
On the porch with the Presi
dent were Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs.
William Roosevelt, Miss Christine
Roosevelt. Miss Lorraine Roose.
welt, Mrs. e. Reed Merritt, Frank
Il. Travis, Assistant Secretary
Loeb, Father Powers and Rev
Henry Homer Washburn.
All sorts OF people in all condi.
tions of life filed by the President.
White and black, poor and we'll
to-do, women with babies in arms
and some with dogs, small boys
and small girls, all got a pleasant
smile and shake of the hand,
Many were in line who had known
the President most of his life, and
the delight IN renewing old ac.
quaintance was apparent, but
nothing gave the President, more
pleasure than the greeting Of two
old family servants, Maggie and
Bridget Mitchell, who had beer
servants in his fathers family,
They came from New York, where
they now live, to greet the Presi-
dent and to show him photo
graph of his father, and one OF
himself when he was years oil
age. The President was delight
ed to see the pictures and the ole
servants and presented the sisters
to Mrs. Roosevelt.
During the reception a number
| of bands, stationed on the lawn il
front of the porch, ,discoursed mu
sic. "Garry Owen" "There Viii
BE q Hot Time in the Old Towr
Tonight \ and America Z seem
led to be the fsvorites, for the,