New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-19
R0OSEVELT ENJOYS
VISIT TO WASHINGTON
National Capital Gives the Ex-
President an Enthusiastic
Welcome.
MEETS MANY OLD FRIENDS
he Addresses Geographic So
ciety on Wild Man and Wild
Beast in Africa" Visits
Press Club.
IRON The Tribune Bureau

washington Nov. 1S-Theodore Roosevelt
.ss g -4hully~ time here this afternoon and
,o-nieht To be more explicit, he spent a
working" afternoon and q perfectly fine
.verins. He said Sc himself more than
x,o-a Of times. and he looked and showed
a. u4+h characteristic Rooseveltian enthusi-
-, from the time he emerged from the
---fo7 station until an automobile whisked
t+--7 anav from Convention Hall 10 the
Toncwo-th home. where he spent the night
tn. foremost private citizen Of the coun-
~ vas met with open arms by the ma
@fonal CAPITAL The greeting was marked
r. an absence Of band music and red IRE,
g. - was q welcome OF old friends, men
,.-1o worked with him and played WIN
,-f-, z-her he was President and who need
81 no artificial rtimulus 70 let him know
-s7.v we're happy 10 have him with them
oeai- Nj Roosevelt IS the guest OF MS
daughter. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. and
y-f3 remain in Washington until Sunday
morning, when he viii return 10 OEs'ei
Bay
The ex-Prestdent came TO washington 70
=.r+z-ar 2 lecture before the National Geo
<--a-bic Society on Wild Man and Nild
- II Africa" Fully six thousand per
- o-oy-ded Convention Hall tonight anG
,avs close attention TO the speaker as he
- -aa story Of his great hunting trip
r-.-,,,s..-7,7s were unable 10 gain admission
i ms an enthusiastic audience, ana MI
Roosevelt whose voice has FUZZY recoFe1Su
f-7-7 the strain Of the recent poiluca4 Cam
,a3gn was at his best This was MS hIsI
address on his African trip he "aS ~
TOD while IN London 10 SPEAK on tnl9
z,,h,acr before the Royal GeosraphlcaI So-
cia+x. but he declined. saving he "lslis7o
So N sneak before the American Scieii-
tif7c body. .,. 70
u.-eor7s .xho expected M Roosevelt 10
-sla advantage of his Washington Visit 10
discuss recent political happenings were
5;esr-ot-1ed The ex-PresldeTt Hlaus Il
~1es- that his visit here was personal ana
~ roliticgI. although in his short and IN
<o--nsl talk at the National Press Club TINS
s.a-,oon he t-1tir.lated that he would like
n ssv q word or two on political questions
= vs. al the Press Club that Mr. Roose-
.,e-- had what he called a bully" time HIS
49, from New York 10 Washington was
z.-+ho7,- incident At the station here he
Was met by his daughter. Mrs LongWorth'
and & number OF friends, including civil
Service Commissioner McIlhenny and Miss
Isabelle Hagner- About one hundred per-
sons Al the station cheered the ex-President
as he passed through. A committee OF the
National Press Club and the National Geo
graphic Society escorted him 10 the rooms
Of the Press Club, where several hundred
newspaper men and q few invited guests
awaited him
As Mr.. Roosevelt stepped from the auto
mobile he was accosted by a negro, who
pushed his way through the crowd and
grasped his hand Delighted said the ex-
President. for he recognized the negro as
Charles Reeder. a White House footnaan IN
his administration. who is now messenger
II the State Department
Welcomed by Press Club.
The applause that greeted Mr.. Roosevelt
when he entered the rooms Of the Press