The sun., 1910-06-19

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J the crowd that had been chatting. shaking
hands and looking out AZ the passing
boats in the gray river settled back into
. an eNpsCtant si~nCp. Ihen all the sirens
and whistles and automobile horns and
brass hands ard thrOats bust i1oae
Far out on the upper windows Of the
/ Iron Steamboat pier, just above Pier A,
waving handSerChiefs huttaring hands
and cheers told that the Colonel was de-
barking. A line of policemen clicked
their heels ~ the exit to Pier 4. and then
the Colonel came out into the Rattory with
Mr. Vanderbilt
He tilted his head hack and surveyed
the ragged fringe - human, on top ~ the
skyscrapers. High up On tho Whitehall
Building was pieCn ~ white muslin
upon which was painted IN big black
letters the word -Dee-hght'd with a
German fag Of black, white and red
waving above II The Colonel looked az
IL mon1ent and smiled But a. h. walked
toward Mayor Gaynor, who was waiting
~ tho foot Of the h-mlock stairway lead
ing 10 the reception stand and shook
hands with him there was q suspicion n
tears In his eyes
The Colonel was thirsty and said 40 -
the reporters and Photographers grouped
beneath the stand Between 0O on. 600 and
lO0 O00. 90 persons ~ q conservative guess
10 look up a glass and some iCe water
Somebody found both. and the Colonel
drank gratefully amid chcerp
You're looking hne- called upward
the man who hal found the glass and
the toe water
Yes, and I'm feeling Hne,- responded
Col Roosevelt a. he finished the ica water.
STANDING AND HArLEss FoR FIvE MiLEs
The COlonel's troubles began a moment
or two later or after he finished his short
address An escort of police led him
% his carriage with MAYOR Gaynor and
Secretary Vanderbilt following And
then he started his ride through five miles
Of happiness the troubles consisting Of
standing up hAtlsss throughout all those
i've miles in a broiling sun and smiling 20
the mulrit1de Inspector MCCmsky, who
walked beside the COlonels carriage
from Grand street ~ the Fifty ninth
street plaza. said that he had ssen all the
Dewey celebration and Grants funeral.
but that never had he seen az outpourinE
like that of yesterday
To one who staye ed within a few feet of
Col Roosevelts carriage yesterday dur
ing that trip up through Manhattan the
only memory that remains b. a ste adv din
Even the policemen. stationed about ten
feet apart. forgot their Jobs While the
carriage went by with the irock coatcd
person bowing and smiling AZ the
ColoneIs carriage swung int Broadway
a. Bowling Green a man wearing frOck
coat. gray hair and square iAv
broke through tho police lines ard
mounted the steps ~ the carriage n
shake hands
-HELLo' ~ MAE DONOVAN
straghtway Col Roosevelt forgot the
cheering mohs
Hello, Mike, he said wrinEing the
hand of The gentleman IN the frook coat
He was Mister Mike Donovan. boxing in
and sometime Eparring partler NJ the
Colonel
Capt Archie Butt Who according h the
typsVrittsn advance shsets handed out
from iW RroadWay on Frlday h the
representative n the nation promptly
vent ~ sleep as the parade headed up
Broadway The Ahernathy kids. who
were all drCked IN new khaki uniforms
and shimmcring gauntlets oi tan wanted
% bring up the rear n the Rough kidors
but the Rough kides Couldn't see u that
way Nevertheless the two boys had q
proud moment When Col Roosevelt
walked across the asphalt IN front " the
Hotel Plaza and shook teiT hands and
told them how graf ful o. tlom he was
thar they had ridden NJ iar o. welcome
him
syoNtToRW on rHktB rAPE
Eroads -y l'Wn 90 Tho ticke tape dis-
triCt sent ON 3 tape and confetti snow
storm thar would have started runaElye
among horse1 less Reaslnet thar the
suuadrOn 4 h0rtea NhiCh The Rough Rid
eaa rode and tho we'll behaved bays Of tho