The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-30
HOME, SWEET HOME FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
OLD AND YOUNG OF OYSTER BAY TURN OUT TO GREET
 HIM.

Passes Through Double Line of Little
 Girls Extending from Dock to Rail-
 road StatiOn-AH Dressed in White
 and Wave Tiny American FIags-
 Shakes Hands With Hundreds of the
 Town PeopIe-WilI Remain in Oyster
 Bay Practically Continuously During
 the Summer.
 Oyster Bay, L. l., June 29.-President Roosevelt, after two days hard work and pleasure among the alumni and students of Harvard university, rests tonight at his own home. Sagamore Hill. That his home coming was a real delight to him, nobody who wit messed his manifestations of pleasure at the reception rendered him by his neighbors and friends from childhood could doubt. He himself said again and again: This is the greatest dem onstration I have ever seen in Oyster Bay" He was quite right. Although entirely informal for the most part, the greeting extended to "Neighbor Roosevelt" by the residents of Oyster Bay was sincere and heartfelt, and in an unaffected manner he expressed his keen appreciation of it.
 The trip from Bridgeport, Conn.,, where he arrived shortly after o'clock this morning from Boston, was made on the naval yacht Sylph. The pres ident and his party took breakfast on the boat soon after leaving Bridgeport. MT. Roosevelt passed the greater part of the time on the upper deck of the vessel, enjoying the beauties of the morning. At 10:20 o'clock the Sylph came to anchor off Sagamore Hill, and soon afterwards the president and his party went ashore in launches, landing at the dock of the Seawanhaka-Co Corin- thian Yacht club, near the railroad station.
 Oyster Bay residents almost to the last child were there to greet him. The viaduct extending from the dock to the railroad station was lined on both sides with little girls attired in white, each waving tiny American flag. s.
 The railroad station was covered with bunting and many of the business houses and residences in the village were decorated.
 As the president stepped from the launch he was welcomed cordially by two or three personal friends. while one of the prettily dressed yachts in the harbor fired a national salute, The president passed through the lines of children, lowing to the right and left in response to their hearty greeting.
 At the railroad station platform Mrs, Roosevelt, accompanied by Miss Ethel and Master Quentin Roosevelt, was awaiting the president in road wagon. After speaking to them the president, in lieu of an address. shook hands cor dially with hundreds of his townspeo- pie, who passed in line before him. The informal reception lasted nearly half an hour, the president thoroughly enpoying the personal greetings of his long time friends and enighbors. It was the first time the residents of 0ys- ter Bay had had an opportunity to greet him since his election to the pres, idency.
 After the reception, and followed by the cheers of the throng, the president was driven slowly to Sagamore Hill. At intervals along the road large Ain" erican flags were hung. forming patch- es of color against the green back graund of the trees and shrubbery.
 The president passed the afternoon with his family, spending some time in examining the addition made recently to the Sagamore Hill home.
 This evening an informal reunion was held at Sagamore Hill, the mem bers of the several Roosevelts calling on the president to greet him on hos re- turn home.
 It is expected the president will re- main in Oyster Bay practically contin- uously, until the latter part of Sep- tember. Two trips have been arranged for the summer, but both of them will be short. On July he will go to Ocean Grove, N. J., to deliver an ad- dress before the National Educational association and on August 10 he will address the coal miners at Wilkes barre, Penn, going thence to Chautau- qua, N. Y, to make another address.