The sun., 1910-06-19

street orc youth droassd IN a Ions skh -
head and all and one dressed a. q bear.
waved madly to the visitor from a ledge
iuiting out from q third hoor. Mayor
GaynOr uallad Col RoOsevelt's attention
~ Ihs animals and the Colonel Shove
hts pleasure At s'seing them.
All ths say up Roadway there were
confetti. ticker tape and hurrAha While
tho COlonals carriage " a. passing a gwen
the music of the hands Ono got a vague
nOtion that the band vas playing A Hot
Time or The star SpARgled Banner. p
but that Was all.
Up around the firriers' district below
Fourth ssrset ths fur manufacturers dis-
played their wares Running up uight
and nins storioS. the entire frOut % a
building would bs Carpsted with tho skins
OR lions. tigers. polar bears and anything
elsa IN stock One little girl sAt among
the skins far above the strest with a fish
pole and line from which dAnglsd a GARD
upon which was roughly lattared IN black
ink. Welcome b Our Neat President :
The children with Teddy bears held alOft
were too many to count
sgsssExGER BoT dETs ~ ais GREHrINo.
In Fourth strest. whsre the parade
turned west 10 head for Fifth avsnus,
NAANAW vs. = uNAA w y MARAA-aN NAAAAN ~.
head of the procession waited until
carriages Or something caught up While
Col Roosevelt was boWing and smiling
20 the yelling crowd during this lull a
little dark eyed boy In mssssnRer'a .
Uniform darted out from the police Ines
and climbed upon the step Of tie Colonel .
carriage.
Mayor Gaynor vas bstwesn tho lad
and the Colonel. and besides the ColoEel
vas bOwtng 70 the ohesTers on tho opposite
sids Oi the street But the little messeng ger
hoy put hHs hand on tho Mayor e shoulder
and pushed him back. Mr.. VandeFbtt
watched IL all with a smile
President thu boy called. Say.
President. Wil you shake hands with
ms1-
Col. Roosevelt heard the screech and
turnsd around In time 90 save tho boy
trouble. For already the police we're
headed toward the blueclad mite, but
- they saw Col Roosevelt turn about
and extend bis hand with an approciAtive
grin tho police fell back and permitted
Master Jacob lOungsivsky and Theodore
Roosevelt TO shake hands uninterruptedly
jacob darted through the police lmes.
then hopped a SiGth ayenue car. bought
a bouquet for which be says he paid 81 rs
and at Forty second street and Fifth
avenue got through the lines again and
handed the bouquet 10 Col Roosevelt.
whose carriage already was spuling over
With the flowers thrown to him from
admirerA along the route.
just bow many times -Oh you Teddyl-
vas yelled AZ the nsW conner yesterday
could not be oounted
Most Of the way the Mayor and Mr.
Vanderbilt gave a good representation
of two gentlemen who were bored. but az
times the Colonel. glAncing a. q crowd of
yelling admirers lined along the Fifth
avenue curb, would ask. Who are they.
Mr.. Vanderbitg' whareupon Mr. Wander
bilt would skim through the pagss Of
his programme. find the name Ot the
particular organization In question and
tell Il 70 tho Colonel. Then Mr.. ROose-
volt would turn Oncs again 20 the brave
band of Italians or Magyars or ScAndi-
navians or whatever kind u Americans
they happened 10 be and wave bic hat ~
them again.
Past Commander BernhArdt FaGan
brought the enthusiasm to q close w at
the Fifty-ninth street entrance 70 the park
while Col Roosevelt was walking about
the plaza asphalt shaking hands
Three cheers for our next commander
in chief yelled Mr. Pagan. And the big
hotels threw back the echo