Evening star., 1905-10-01
cortelyou. II am delighted to be home
again and to meet my friends"
Through the Gates.

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Through the Gates.
For minute there was a rapid-fire ex-
change oi sreetines between the President
ana ms assempied friends VINO pressed
.iioush ene me OF eetectiVes ana uniformed
poi.ce 10 SNAKE ms hano.
oo'e .ne ciappihg Oh nands and noisy
pus,ie OF .he ralifoad station could be heard
,,,.e1 h'ed' eiao m BACK. oyerJoyed.
,.s Me.tonis 40 nome ana similar expressions.
his hanni,es. i,s,re rasaata Ia larry ~ snone,
tenances Of those who bad cn,ns 70 v.ai.
come him ~
As the president and b,s Marty ,no,,aa 20
ward the exit sata fhsra re cp1,,. - sSSa,iv s
series OF '.bov vows - nd a lans vas made
In the crowd 10 admit one Of the White
House eoachmsn T,,gs,ra - s,aser ra,,s
and iumnine snvy,,iju 4, s srart os h,,n wps
a c,te iittle dog wifi, a t,;s hox, of sEx,,i,,a
ribbon af its neels
1t was aJack' =, Mrs Hocsaye,t,s nat dor
He had recog1,vad ,,s su,s,res ara ~as
dancing with joy and barking his welcome
The first ladv IN the land paused long
enough to pat Jacks head and say a few
endearing words to him. and Jack danced
nappiy nsa penlnu ner. until the waltins car
in charge hv c,i,sntin ard arc,,a srhis
pretty incident Of the homecoming attract
ed much attention. and tall and distin-
a suisnea-iooklhg man remarked that JACK
Inc i'"ppiese' 'ieiio~ III 'he siiohs.
Cavalcade is OF.
rand excbanya os fal,c,tat,ors ~as
eA'nahso VI iehoi.a'ios We"
kept up petween PRESIDENT Roosevelt ana
MS friends until the outer pavement was
reached. where the carriages were In wait
ing. The President and Mrs Rooseve,t
c,,,c,1, a,,.r.s 49, a. ,a.,a, ..1,,,,. ,,,t,,
eay ~ on'e.e eu 'iie az 81 sehoie' eaA"s WIN
them quentin and the pet dog JACK, whiie
Archie was h0isted up on the seat with the
driver
The appearance of President Roosevelt ON
the sidewalk of 9Th street was the signal for
the berfnnins of the demonstration ,f vel
come by the apuroximateIv q ON, neonla who
were banked of, the sjdewaiks in the imrns-
diate vicinity of the Pennsylvania railroad
.srhree cheers for pre.,dent Rooseva,t %.
sang oft several man and tho cheers vuera
given with will. Flags. hats and hand
scopic sict,,re ~ "'e :" A'e'0o
mo Maftaal Pomp.
There was no military pomn or glitter OF
s.,a,.
s'oe' no piaIhs OF Drass pahds put
wave OF heartfelt magnetic welcome. which
seemed to permeate the very atmosphere,
and, like an electric current. II spread
,h.,,,.r,, a., so,.
.moush the uenseiy packed croWa oI' men.
women and children on 9th street and ex-
tended with rapidity around the corner and
through the mass os humanity westward 70
the very gates of the WHITE House untii n
seemed as though the entire citv was rine.
ing with appla,,se.
As the President,s carr,ao oe tprnaa wost
ward into Pennsylyania avenue. detach-
ment of mounted policemen gathering be-
hind. the picture presented to Mr.. Roose-
velt's view was a pretty one indeed, The
city was under the aios, of an autumnaI
sunset and sort Of cathedral light was re-
fiected from the green and red snla shes OF
Illuminated cloud banks over the wesfern
horizon Myriad eiacfric iirhts 40 shad ma
twinkled in the rioarninr. and t4,e rcd
white and bIue eSnhIen,a nf the greatest
country on earth fioated and auttered I'm
the reyf,e east wind from fsag sfafYs ana
buildings along the route TO his home IN
the white Ho,,se 80
II seemed that Dame Nature had co.
operated with the citizens Of washington
by contributing of her most fascina ting nIc-
ttiresuueness to lena 4 poeftc charm to
President RooseveIt' 1 .tri,unha ~ bornss
coming after his vacation ana his triumph
the peoples Of every land and cline to
wonder at ana applaud him.
...sas.,. III snas ,,o pSsan ~ al,er me me
street station was a Continuous one until
he disappeared behind the high white coll
nmns of the White House Dortico. The
Iresiosn. .I mt was oespIy toucneo Dy the wei
Mr. Henry T. Kaaf niotrict roXr,~,.s
sioner. who was in charge OF the penaraI
arrangements. was one Of the first to grasp
the PRESIDENTS hand and bid him welcome
t.sn mnsn iIe ,.n enie, eAecuiye anshted from the
. Ian. VIE u .he [1eS,oent were MS Secre-
I ~ osa.e, Mr. ROOT, ana Mrs. Root,
sna St the SectetaIy oi .he treasury. MT.
nhaWs Ssnss az ne reacneo the engine the
IIesiusHt tnankeo the engineer for his
sa.e LIP ano stopped 10 snake his hand.
As lne rfesioehts carriage started elong
rehhsyivahia avehue from 9th street he
frequently arose and bowed to the cheer
ing crowds.
NOT since last inauguration day has Penn
sylvania avenue held such a crowd as lined
it this afternoon from the station to the
White House. Heavy cables, stretched the
whole length on both sides. kept the
crowds on the side wa.Ks. Street cars were
stopped and vehicles were halted in the
side streets as the party came up the ave-
nue.. From every fagpole and from every
window flags were floating In the cool even
Ing breeze.
cI.rLs o,,,. ml 81
SuAe Aneir STORES
Enthusiastic cheering by tho crowd o,o,r
hoth .,aa. ~ p.n,,s,.,.,, ~, o eio"o aions
D1'H '..ee - .e.syifania avenue ana the
pieasaht manner OF the President In return
ing the compliment marked the demonstra-
ton at the intersection of 7tb straat NJ.
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