Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-03
CHILDREN GREET PRESIDENT
Many Cheer Taft as He Rides
Through the Streets.
IS PRESENTED WITH A BOUQUET
Twenty-SeVen Miles Covered by the
President I'm a Drive over the
streets of the City 90
Fort Omaha,

saluted and cheered by thousands, men
women, boys and girls, soldiers and
civilians, President William Howard Taft
toured Omaha in an automobile Monday
morning from s:l5 until 1880. The start
was made from the Omaha club, Twen-
tieth and Douglas streets, Immediately
after the president and his party and the
| local committee had finished. breakfast.
The tour ended at the Burlington rail-
road station five minutes before time
scheduled for the departure of the presi-
dents special train In the hour and a
quarter occupied by the tour twenty-seven
miles were covered.
While the president and his party and
their hosts were still at breakfast and
long before the published time for the
start of the tour about 700 persons had
assembled across Twentieth and Douglas
streets to see Mr.. Taft when he should
appear on his way to his car.
At 9:15 the party hurried into the eight
automobiles provided by the committee
and was off.
| But a few seconds we're required TO
reach the High school where Mr.. Taft
stopped for a brief address. At $50 the
party again was on its way, speeding
northward on the boulevard. All along
the boulevard houses were modestly
adorned with the national colors. Bunt-
ing was draped in Windows and on
porches of some; from some flags flew,
hardly was there a residence which to
some degree was not decorated in honor
| Of the chief executives passing. In
doorways and on lawns were women,
men too old TO work and children too
young to go to school. They smiled and
waved handkerchiefs or flags.
Many at Lake School.
Nearly a thousand school children
were assembled along the boulevard in
front of Lake school Nineteenth and
Lake streets, the first school to be passed
by the party. They cheered and waved
flags The automobiles went by at lowest
speed The president bowed, raised his
hat and cried, Hello, hello!' There was
time for nothing more.
The automobiles whirled on through
Miller park to Fort Omaha. There must
clans with their bugles heralded the ap-
proach of the commander in chief OF the
army Soldiers drawn up in perfect lines
handsome in perfectly pressed uniforms
and highly FURNISHED arms. stood at at
tention and saluted as their leader passed
On the parade ground a squad of gun
ners fired a salute of thirty shots from
a huge gun Cavalrymen and artillery
men maneuvered for the presidents
pleasure as his car spun through the
grounds. The president smiled and
clapped his hands and responded 10 the
salute with salute to the flag
At the Sacred Heart parochial school
a huge bouquet was presented to the presi-
dent. He expressed his thanks as well
as he could with no time to spare.
Taft Sees His Flag.
At Twenty ninth and Hickory streets
MIR. Taft saw flying the handsome flag
presented by him to the Seventh Ward
Republican club as a token of his APP
probation OF its endorsement OF him for
denomination and reelection, July II.
All along the line of the tour women
old men and children greeted the presi-
dent, waving handkerchiefs and flags
In front of every school that was passed
the children and teachers were lined up
outside waving flags and cheering. The
cars came to low speed as they passed
In several instances children OF schools
not on the route were brought in bodies
to the nearest point on the route and
cheered Mr.. Taft.
School children who greeted the presi-
dent are those of Lake, Monmouth Park
Lothrop, Sacred Heart Franklin, Saun-
ders, Columbia, Park, Windsor, Farnam.
Central, Long and Saratoga schools.
The students of the University of
Omaha were lined up and gave their
varsity veil bravey as Mr. Taft rode by.
lie ed and smiled to them.