The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-15
Elaborate Preparations Made to Receive the President on
 the Famous East Side
ND PRESIDENT HAS EVER
 VISITED PLACE BEFORE
Calls Many of the Hungarian Leaders By Name and Makes Happy Ad- dress on What He Considers
 Duties of Citizenship.

New York, February 14-After two days of receptions and dinners in New York city, President Roosevelt left tonight over the Pennsylvania railroad for Washing ton.
 The programme of today included re- ception at the University club, and to- night the event of his visit-the dinner given by the Hungarian Republican club at the restaurant, Little Hungary" on the East Side, where. a President has never been before. The fact that MT. Roosevelt was to visit places where he has not been since he was governor of New York, and where no other President while in office has been, led to unusual police precautions, but nothing untoward happened.
 The President left the Hungarian club dinner after making a speech, in which he told of the duties of an American cit- izen as he saw them. and was driven directly to the Desbrosses street station, accompanied by squad of mounted po- lice. When he reached the ferry house he alighted from his carriage, shook hands with the members of the mounted squad and then went to the mems cabin in the ferry boat.
 The boat arrived in Jersey City at Il :5o, and some minutes afterward he boarded one of the two special cars provided for him, the train leaving for Washington at 12:37 a.
 From the time the President arrived on the East Side tonight until his depart ure the greatest precautions were taken for his safety.
 In Heart of East Side.
 For the first time since he was gov- ernor of New York, President Roosevelt revisited the heart of the east side, where as a guest of the Hungarian Republican ciub he dined and spoke at the restaurant Little Hungary" Guarded by mounted police and secret service men through streets cleared and cordoned by police, he drove from upper Fifth avenue into the crowded district which lies around Second avenue and East Houston street, a region of small shops and tenements, and largely populated by foreign born citizens.
 the district, he received an ovation. Never before has a President of the United States visited this little-known part of New York, and never before has a frac- tion of the thousands that cheered him, seen the nations ruler. Electric lights winked and blinked characteristic legends gaudy bunting fiuttered in the wind, and the great east side showed it's enthusiasm ir every imaginable way. Across Second avenue, at Sixth street, a huge electric device blazoned forth the single word delighted" word frequently used in the decorations.
 Many small shopkeepers apparently had
 rFn ft.a a1ohn afa tions, and it has been many years since the east side saw such night.
 The district through which the Presi- dent drove, and in which he dined, IS not the safest in the great city and the police took no chances So stringent were the precautions that not a hashlight photo. graph was allowed to be taken, and uniformed policSmen and plain clothes men and detectives fairly swarmed in- side and out of the Little Hungary" They were stationed on the roofs and fire escapes in the neighborhood, and for two blocks on either side of East Hous- ton street. a cordon of police cut off the crowds The ordinary police cards, per hitting entry into fire lines and similar nlaces, were suspended by order of Com missioner McAdoo, and no sone without an invitation to the dinner or a specially is- sued police card, was permitted to pass the tautly draw line of policemen.
 Streets Were Thronged.
 rho night was almost the coldest of the winter, but 1t did not depress the spirits of the crowd. Before dusk the Fast side streets began to pour forth their ouota. bound toward Little Hun rarvn and these were swelled by sight SCOTS from all over the city, the latter nerhaps more anxious to see the East side on a gala night than to catch a glimpse of the President.
 The snow of many storms, ice-coated bv alternate thaws and freezes, was breast high in the side streets and over these heaps the crowds scrambled and slinned to secure vantage point. They stood uncomplainingly on the icy streets and fingered through the long hours of the banquet, to again cheer the President on his departure.
 The tenants of the nearby houses had heen warned in the afternoon by the nolice to get home before the lines were drawn, and most of them appeared to have done so.
 Driven from the streets, they crowded the front windows and the fire escape of the tenements. The buildings were brist- ling with faces from every point of van- tage and a hurried conference of police officials was held. They evidently did not like the situation. As a result every one was driven from the fire escapes and from the open windows. which were or dered locked. but no objection was made to the occupants looking through the glass. On every fire escape, with orders to watch the people in the houses. was a uniformed policeman.
 President Is Punctual.
 President Roosevelt was punctual to his schedule. He was due at 7:30 and five minutes before that time cheering began on Avenue B. The police lines aan,a to attention and band stationed near the cafe struck up ''The Star Span gled Banner"
 But after the opening bar not horn could be heard. The wave of cheering swept ahead of the presidential party and grew into a roar, such as East side tenement walls never echoed before. The window order was forgotten. As is worked bv hystem of switches the sashes went up simultaneously Waving his hat from the carriage window. and lowing. the