The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-24
CONNAUGHTS SPEND
THE DAY SIGHTSEEING


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galleries ten little girls who attend pri-
vate school which Mrs. Herbert J." Satter-
lee. Mr.. Morgan'5 daughter. maintains
for her children and children Of her
friends. triled cheers and saluted with
handkerchiefs The Princess waved her
hand toward the ten pinatoreI and the
Dnke bowed as handsomely az he would
have done to grownups Tn" party
remained for about half an hour in the
library. conducted by J y. Morgan Jr.
They returned then to the Reid home
for luncheon. Automobiles rolled into
the semcirc,ilar driveway. deposting
luncheon guests. Up Madison avenue
came the Contributing Editor. head up,
teeth showing in IA large smile as he
greeted acqunintances. stick pounding
the sidewalk in time to his vigorous
strides Col. Roosevelt was followed
into the house by Mr.. and Mrs. Payne
Whitney, Mrs Edmond l.. BlvlI"s and
others ,An hour and a half later the crowd
inassed at the Reid house had another
opportunity To raise a cheer for the
as he had come to the Reids. afoot. Mrs.
Roosevelt came for him n few minutes
| later and was told that the Colonel had
left
The sightseeing excursion was resu med
/ in the middle of the afternoon The fleet
of motor cars was summoned from its
anchorage and manpuvred to the por
tails. Ambassador Reid handed the Ouch p
ess Of Connaught into the first car and
drove away with her. Then the Duke
| and Princess Patricia. who have been
constant companions here. entered the
second car along with Capt. Rivers
Bulk eley. the aide-de- camp. Col. Lowther
! and Miss Pelley took the third car while
! the rear Of the procession was made up of
! the alert Funston and Inspector Park in
1 SON
! The automobiles took the East Drive
way in Central Park This gave the royal
visitors an opportunity to s"e upper Fifth
4 avenue residences. among these that Of
Senator William \ Clark of Montana.
"A pile that for many reasons - always
! interesting to sightseeres. and MIR Car
negip's house and grounds AT Fifth ave.
! nue. and Ninety first street. Tn" park ,
berefi Of snow and Scared toy winter,
was rather dismal and did not appear
, To engage much Of the attention Of the
tonnaughts. The automobiles swung TO
TN" west and up Amsterdam avenue to
llJth street. wnero they turned toward
( Columbia University. The Duke and
Princess Patricia We're about to alight at
the library entrance when II was discov-
cred that the Duchess and Mr. Reid had
NOT appeared For the time being AT least
"a ROYAL princess and d useful Ambassador
We're lost in Harlem.
1arrying briefly. the Duke decided TO
pass 10y Columbia for tn" moment and TO
20 on 10 Grant : Tomb in the expectation
Of meeting there tn. Duchess and kr
Red But they were not AT the tomb
.,t f..- .r,h ~ ,rt hnI N.n
haitian for the missing members Of the
party. So the Duke. Princess Patricia.
Col. Lnwther. Miss Policy and Capt
River -Bulk.ier entered the lnauSOlelm
while l.ieur. Funston fastened to a t"l.-
phone TO call M Columbia University
II. wa- told TINT ~" DuChe-, and MIR
Reid had arrived there and were waiting
The tUunaught~ and their companions
stood for some time gazing down upon
the marble sar"ophagl winch hold IN"
bodies Of Ulysses :. Grant and Julia
Dent Grant. Capt Rivers Bulkeley after
a while told the guardian 81 the tomb
W II. Sisterr". WHO TIA. visitors were
whereupon Sistarre took them to tine
small memorial museums which contain
battle flags and relics of Gen Grant
They saw among O'n": things the 81 -h
and sword knot that Gen. Grant wore IN
the NIcksbnrg campaign.
Mr. Sisterre told the Duke that he
/ remembered having Seen him fory-four
years ago in Fifth avenue and would
have recognized him anywhere even
after so many years
Submitting once more 10 the camera
in vincIbles the tonnaughtS reentored
! their cars and drove to Columbia Uni
versi'y President Nicholas Murray But
ler was not there. 30 Dean GOetzer of the
school of mines received the visitors
III" dean conducted them 10 the trustees :
room where Seer .tary FaCks ksuthd brought
out the or iEmal charter that established
hng'S College IA 1851. The Princess
seemed to hud espeCiai interest m the
/ document The Duke admiredd he marble
! features of the library
After staying half an hol'r the royal
! party. accompanied this time bv Mr.
/ Reid, went to tn" Cathedral of 81. John
: the Divine
! They entered the cathedral in the midst
! of evening Chora service and whlle PRAYERS
were being read bv Canon Voorhees,
Dean William NJ Grosvenor was absent as
1T Chancrd, 30 the reception was under %
} taken bv the v"rger, Charles ID, Barnard
/ The ladies of the party and cot l.Owther
remained N the back of the cathedral
/ but the Duke. MIR. Reid and Capt Rivers
! BulkeleY w"r. shown through the am
! bulatorv hv the vcrger and taken to the
! memorial chapel-. Word of their pres
ence reached Canon Jones, who was on
| loving an lee cream soda in a nearby
drug store The canon FASTENED TO the
cathedral and assisted in guiding the
! Duke The Duke was told that when
completed, the Cathedral of ST John the
Divine will be the largest Episcopal
cathedral in the world and the fourth in
! si2e of any denomination. ST Peter
/ in Rome l. III" largest of all. Seville i
next, then Milan and then -, John the
J Divine.
| It was nearly c O'Clock when the autos
returned TO the Reid home. The Duke
enjoyed, as usual, a brisk walk and then
returned To the house for the dinner.