New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-14
Tea the Rage Below Decks.

OF course. pretty nearly every officer.
or so II seemed. had his own little party
Of friends 10 pilot over the ship 10 which
he was attached, and teas proved much
the rage below decks. on the flagship
Connecticut Or. W. G. Braisted, the feet
surgeon, and DR.. ]. II. Iden. his assistant,
entertained His ENcellency Simon de I'm
terburger. surgeon general Of the Russian
Garde, privy councillor and honorary ply
siclan at the court OF his majesty the
Car, and DR.. de Unterburger's daughter
at tea.
Miss de Unterburger expressed great
admiration for America and for Uncle
Sans navy. together with a desire TO re-
main here. Her father was a delegate 10
the fifteenth annual Congress Of Hygiene
and Denography recently held at Wash
ington. p L. Hagen. the Russian Consul,
temporarily his secretary, accompanied
him. Mrs. p. NJ Rixey, wife OF the for
mer surgeon general of the navy, poured
tea for the little party.
Colonel Robert NJ Thompson was
guest OF Admiral Hugo Osterhaus at
luncheon Late in the afternoon J. i.
Morgan steamed past in his yacht, the
Corsair, and saluted the flagship from the
deck
This morning will see the review and
inspection OF the feet by the Secretary OF
the Navy, and this afternoon the Presi
dent will follow a similar path from end
to end Of the great gathering OF warships,
in the Mayhower. IL will be such a day
OF salutes as the Hudson never eXpe-
rlenced before, and New York may well
be grateful that the hundreds OF car
tridges TO be exploded in honoring the
Secretary OF the Navy and the President
contain no proJectiles.
Again the battleships lying in the Hud-
son were picked out In gold lights last
night, and great throng saw and praised
their beauty from Riverside Drive. II
was very like a big picnic, for the crowd
was in rare good humor. and there was
no disorder whatever. Sailors and their
sweethearts. and ordinary individuals
with Just as good sweethearts, made up
a big part OF the crowd, and the benches
in the park along the sos were packed
with men and girls, trying 10 hide from
the great searchlights OF the war vessels.
Return Light with Light,
In contrast to the black darkness Of
the Jersey side, broken here ana there BY
an arc light or an advertising sign, the
Manhattan SIDE of the stream was all
alight. Residents I'm the apartment houses
lighted all their lamps and then ran the
window shades up 10 the top. Great flags
hung from thousands OF windows. In one
window red and white electric lights
picked out Welcome" In the code used
by the ships Ardos signals The Drive
was brilliantly illuminated from end to
end with garands Of electric lights. once
more this evening, the ships Will be IL
Illuminated.
A dinner will be given for the officers
Of the Atlantic feet tonight at the Hotel
Aston by the city OF New York. Mayor
Gaynor will preside and President Taft
will be the guest OF honor. Another d.s-
tinguished guest and the only foreign
visitor in America to be invited is Sir
Thomas Upton, who is popular with
sailors everywhere.
The speakers Of the evening will be
Bishop David II. Greer. who will deliver
the invocation: President Taft, George
Won L. Meyer. Secretary OF the Navy and
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, com
mander OF the feet.
The main ballroom Of the Hotel Astor
has been decorated for the occasion. The
thirty-elght battleships now in the Hud-
son have each sent It's official United
States flag and burgee bearing It's name.
The head table, at which will be seated
thirty-hve OF the principal guests, has
been made to represent the deck OF
battleship, with Il painted view Of the
fleet beyond IT,.
Among the fifteen hundred guests who
will be present will be the following:
Postmaster General Frank Fl. Hitchcock,
Attorney General George w. Wicker
sham, Rear Admirals Nathan c. Twning.