The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-09
PRESIDENT AND HIS FlANCEE HAPPY AS CHEERING HUNDREDS
 ATTEND THEM IN METROPOLIS

their engagement in New York yes terday. After an automobile ride through the city in the afternoon they were the guests. at a dinner in their honor given by Colonel E. M. House. at his home at 115 East F'ifty-third street After dinner they went to the Empire theatre to see Cyfit Maude in Grumpy. ''s
 From the time the president and Mrs. Gait arrived at the Pennsylyanta station in the afterhoon until the end of the evenings entertainnaent, crowds pressed about them to see the Wo- man who will soon be the first lady of the land g
 with the crowds. the policemen and secret service agents everywhere. his bride-to-be took on the Character of q public demonstration- When they went for an automobile ride their car was followed by ten others When on foot they were never able to move until a vanguard of secret service men had opened a way through throngs of interested people sS1
 Pleased by Enthusiasm F.
 But, adthough both the president. and Mrs. Gait sought to avoid pt1b lIcity. as much as possible, they never seemed to resent the interest and en- tY,s7siasm Of the public. On one or two occasions Mrs. Gait acknowledged the cheering with bows and smiles, and several times MT Wilson doffed his hat to the crowds { The people, on their part, showed more enthus- aiaam for their president, perhaps than mt any previous informal public ap- peaxanoe Cheering. handc1apping and shouts greeted him whenever he was seen The crowds at points where the president stopped were never very large because no move of Mrs Gait or the president was announced in advance: but thosel who happened to bee on tho ground made up in enthus-. iazszn what they lacked in numbers @ In the party that came from Wash lngton. besides the president and Mrs Gait were Mrs William H. Boiling, Mrs GaIt.s mother: Miss Helen Wood. row Bones, the presidents cousin; Dr. Gary T. Grayson. his private physi- clan Joseph P. TuEnuItys his secretary. and a body of secret service men un- der William J. Flynn, chief of the bu- . reau. They met in the Union station in Washington yesterday morning and left at 10.O3 o'clock on the New York , express Several hundred persons had collected at the Pennsyivania. sta lion when the president arrived from the White House and there was dennpnstratfon of good will Mrs Galt arrived a short time afterWard and again there were cheers
 Chicken LaE1Ea1eon Gn F<Ou1&
 Traveling in . private car. the party had luncheon on the way, the meal being prepared byAdolphus Green, of the United States on many occa- sicns when they were eEng4sThe luncheon was of Southern dishes, with fried chicken Ia Maryland the chief feature
 jThe train reached the Pennsylvania zi preStdent's car was switched to am other track and the party did not leave it until ten minutes later From { the moment Of their arrival the elab-s crate arrangements made by the pO-, lice department and other author1dese for theIr convenience and protection became manifest w H-> Egan, sta-s 2 ton mastet of the Pennsylvania sta ton, assisted by his own force of at- tendants and detectives, made sure that nothing troublesome should. oc- cur while the president and his friends
 were under his roof The city police and United States secret service men t1on. and they were everywhere in such numbers and so alert that it vEOuId have been impossible, 1t seem ed, for any crank or criminal to dis turb the presidents pleasure trip
 The party were met in their car by
 
 Malone. collector of tho port, who ac-. compan1ed them to the southern car riage drive at Thirty-drst street, where two automobiles awaited them. Around the automobiles, held back by the poIices was a crowd of several ! hundred Men and boys hung over the v1aduct above the carriage way women employees of the PennsyIvania ra1koad crowded to the windows of fhe station and many others packed the space around the platform on which the party appeared
 An Eyes on Mrs. Gait.
 It was clear that all eyes were upon AGxa Gait She stepped from the waiting room of the. station, walkinE { slightly ahead of MT Wilson, and snniIinig9as the cheering began She wore a. black tai1of-made suit and a. bou1uet of roses and lilies of the val ley sent to her in Washington by the
 Presfdeut- Her black hair and olive a1rin harmonized with the dark of her dress and many. especially women, ut tered exclamafions of admiration at the first sight of her. The President wore a cutaway coat, striped gray trousers and a light, soft hat with a black band.
 BTr Wilson Mrs Gait, Mrs. Boiling Miss Bones, pr. Grayson and Colonel House rode from the station in a n- u1ousdne that was preceded by another sAt4tofn9DAkS carrying nSa1I a dOz6n SS- cret Service men. As the Presidents car drove away the crowd cheered for. the last time, and Mrs. Gait, smiling, waved her hand in farewell. Follow ed by other automobiles of Secret Ser vice men, newspaper men, and mem bers of the Presidential party, the Se- cret Service men led the way through Thirty third street to, Madison ave nue, up the avenue to FTfty-third street, east then to Filth avenue and north to Fifty fifth street and the Hotel St. Regis where Mrs. Galt. Mrs. Boiling, Miss. Bones and Dr. Grayson Sad engaged rooms. The course from the station to the hotel was open for
 the automobiles through out Police
 men at every Ncorner kept all traffic out Of the way and watched for sus-' T1fc.io15s perSons