Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17
President Dimes In Restaurant In New
York's East Side.
A GUEST OF HuNoARiANs
Populace Comprised Mostly Of For.
eigners Gave Him Royal Reception
as He Drove to Banquet Hall-Dined
Amid Picturesque Scenes.

New York. Feb. 15.-For the first
time since the days when he was gov
ernor of New York, President Roose-
welt revisited the heart of the east
side, where as guest of the Iiungar-
ian Republican club. lie dimed and
spoke at the restaurant Little Hun
gary"
Guarded by mounted police and Sc
cret service men. through streets clear
ed and cordoned by patrolmen. he
drove from upper Fifth avenue into
the crowded district which lies around
Second avenue and East Houston
street, region OF small shops and
tenementS and largely populated by
foreign-born citizens.
From the moment his carriage en-
tered the district he received an OVa-
ton. Never before has II president OF
the United States visited this little
known part of New York and never
before had Il fraction of the thousands
that cheered him seen a nations ruler
Electric lights wlnked and blinkeG
characteristic legends, gaudy bunting
tuttered in the wind and the great
east side showed It's Enthusiasm in
every imaginable way
SWarmed w an Police.
The district through which the presl-
dent drove and in which he dined is
not the safest in the city aud the pO-
lice took no chances. So stringent were
the precautions that uniformed police
plain clothes men and detectives fairly
swarmed inside and out of Little
Hungary" they were stationed on
the roofs and fire escapes in the neigh
borhood and for two blocks on either
side of East Houston str""t Gordon
of police cut off the crowds
At the entrance 20 the cafe there
was a welcoming cheer and the preSi-
dent dotted his hat SiN years GOV
Roosevelt was entertained at the same
place and when he WAS police com
missioner Dee became familiar with
every turn of the narrow streets
through which he passed last night.
When the president drove mp 20
Little Hungary last night ne ful-
filed promise made TO members of
tie hungarian Republican club several
years ago that Dc would be their guest
at banquet If the prediction came
true and he ever went TO the white
house This, the concluding function OF
the Presidents visit to New York. was
the most picturesque that he has at
tended In striking contrast TO the
wealth and fashion which surrounded
him Monday night at the Lincoln din
ner were the surroundings amid which
the president spoke last night.
He met plenty o. old friends, many
OF them whom he had known when
he was police commissioner
Entered the Cafe.
Promptly at $50 the president left
the reception room. and escorted by
Mr. Braun. president of the Hungar-
ian club. descended to the basement
into the cafe The ceiling. the walls
and the pillars Of the place were com
/ pletely covered with evergreens and
\ this background was relieved by flags
| and shields The president sat at the
right OF Mr.. Braun. the president OF
1 the club. and the other guests at the
! table were Gen. Francis V Greene
! VIM Barnes. Jr.. Rear Admiral Cogh
Ter. Gen. Fred -. Grant. Nevada y
Stranahan, Secretary Loeb. w. TRAY
ers Jerome. Commissioners McAdoO
/ Robert H. Armstrong. James Sloane
] Jr.. and Frank II. Tyree, while nearby
were many other men prominent in
various walks Of life.
President Roosevelt left the Hungar
ian club banquet ar 1915 and started
for Jersey City, here he took the
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