The sun., 1910-06-19
AOUIET ROOSEVELT on VOYAGE.
AFOused Again with the FIRST Greetings
From Home.

All Of the $50 frst cabin passengers whS
crossed on board the Kaissrin August,
Victoria with Col Roosevelt felt natura
curiosity In their fellow passenger Ye
Il was astonishing how those passenger
avoided showing their interest.
Mr.. Roossvelts fellow passengers sav
comparatively little Of him. He kep
much In bis room working over his bool
and his correspondence. He never ap,
I peared in the smoking room and took
/ most of his meals az the Ritz. His sor
Kermit, however. mingled freely with
the men in the smoking room. PLAYED
bridge with them and made himself
/ generally popular. One % the most
satisfactory results ~ the African trip.
according 20 Mr. Roosevelt himself was
the growth mentally and IN every other
way of Kermit.
The sudden drop from the high tension
- the European tour 20 the quiet " the
ship seemed 20 affect Mr. Roosevelt
During the long prayer service and ser
mon on SUNDAY he seemed nervous In
the afternoon Mr. Roosevelt spoke a. the
two services in the third class and in the
steeragc. His addresses were brieReF
and seemingly much more appreciated
than the sermon of the first cabin The
immigrants wept a. they listened and
afterVard fell ~ kissing Mr. Roosevelt's a
hand.
The reception on the sun deck last
Monday was another instance of Mr
Roosavelt's popularity The second class
passengers came up In fill force and Mr
Roosevelt was in his element again. like
charger snihinE battle The warm
hearted second class passengers seemed
% stir Mr. Roosevelt so glad 70 see
you Delighted. madam a ve-y
good State II ia i remember your
husband well. madam we're some ot his
greetings or the FIRST class passengers
only a worry few came Whether n was
due 20 an objection 20 mingle with the
second cabin passengers. or coolness. or
fear of being considered forward is un-
certain But certain u i that only q few
came Mr. Roosevelt appeared on deck
occasionally after that walked his dauEh-
ters Aberdeen dog and worked on HE
book He dined with fellow passengers
chatted with Lawrence Abbott Medill
Mccormick Col Patterson. author ~
the Man Ecters of Isavo.- and Others
as the AugIste Victoria came into touch
with tho North American continsnt
Wireless messages began b pour IN
Some we're mere invitations 20 speak az
Fourth of July celebrations and many
we're no more than ordinary greetings
from Republican organizations. from
passing ships or from civic bodies
All this time vi Roosevelt was much
in the dark concerning the plans for HE
reception one correspondent told him
that the plan was 20 receive him A. the
Battery, put him into a hack take him
20 rfty-hfth street and there turn him
adrift
And from there shall walk home
said Mr. Roosevelt Still ne had pre-
pared a brief speech M reply 20 Mayor
GavnoT's greeting Misc Roosevelt mot
ientally complained that according 20
the captain the barometer waa falling
and a storm was brewing For little
while that last night on tho ship Mr.
Roosevelt looked az though his luck
we're eclipsed oy the dense fog which had
settled GA the sea aud the melancholy
footing of the fOghon every minute did
nothing 20 cheer him
Then tho morning broke NJ warm and
clear that instantly everybody aaid
Roosevelt luck A. sandy Hook a
Aotilh u Runboats led by the South
Carolina suddenly iell into line along
side the Auguste NtOt0ria The cruisers
crew manned the sides and the hand
struck up the national anthem Mr.
Roosevelt vas on the bridge with the
captain and he thrilled as we All did
when the South Carolina guns began t0
boom 0ut the salute
IN al of bis travel and in al of hia
lAtos Mr. Roosevelt realized no had re-
ceivsd no such reception aa awaited him
at home He vas a totally different
person. Not a trace Of listlesanels re-
mined with him