Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
'PRESIDENT'S DAY" CEREMONIES
ADD ULSTER TO RARE WELCOME
Continuous Ovation Greets Mr. and Mrs
Wilson at Guildhall and Luncheon at
Mansion House-Lord Mayor
Lauds Americas Chief.

LONDON, December 2S.-Drab SKIES
which oyerhung London held back
threatening rain during the Presl-
dents drive over the historic route
through the city from buckingham
Palace to the Guildhan. London was
ut work again after the Christmas
holidays. sbut the hour OF ceremony
conceded with the lunch hour ana
permitted the working people to join
the spectators and the crowd which
ijlIed the streets was prooaoiy a
great as that which saw the Presloehl
enter London on Thursday
The streets were only thinly 1heo
with snectators when the troops TOOK
,,.;r n1aces hut as the noon hour ap-
nroached thousands poured into the
Strand Fleet street, Cheapsidt anu
other famous avenues along the route
THE sidewalks were Gro" ueu ~ -
live deep all along the route u! IN
time the presidential party IN a,,f-
stare carriages with scarlet-c.ao out-
riders. appeared behind a trottiiis
escort of household cavalry
Visitors Smile on Cheerers.
Tho President and Mrs wilson
,r,;ljnply acknowledged the ripp-n9
outbursts of cheering ana the 80
of handkerchiefs and hagS as .as
drove along. Bow nells' IN If the
Of St. Paul and all the belts OF ~
CITY added to the cheers OF the
The guests for the functions at tne
5;uildhal and Mansion House NV Nv
through the same streets on 'n hefore
the President. but they whlrieu are ps
90 ranidly that few of them were
recoapized. Premier Lloyd George
and the Duke of Connaught. the uun
being in an open carriage nared
escort. were recognized and cneeieu
MANY of the better informed spIS
&,tors selected Ludgate hill ana tiie
vicinity of St. Paurs for we" poii ~
since from this vantage slounIia he
carriages and the occupants couiu o
observed during the whoie ~ n,hose
Ludgate circus up the incilne' III
sauded pavement spread IKE d -
low CARPET from the crowded Steps ~
~ Paurs to the Tladuct at ,ne -
OF the Hill. From this point 10 ; .ne
Guildhan the crowd tntes S rev
:. dense mass and the "eieo|
noisier and noiSier.
Meeting Officially Opened.
Tho meeting at the Guildhall was
eeiled TO order as court of the com
mon council according to customary
form. Town Clerk Bell read the
tuition for presenting the ADDRESS an"
Recorder Fulton read the auul 80
nh. Presiden. replied. after when the
nr;ncinal officials were presented TO
rim, The presidential party then was
escorted to the entrance while the
bard of the royal artillery prayed III
the gallery.
The drive to Mansion hous 80
ONLY two blocks and was past the
Rank of England. The banquet was
held in the Egyptian hall. with It's
stained glass windows ana rlch SiIhen
banners of the city's guilds hans-
ing overhead, which gave the interior d
sort of churchlike aspect
Former Ambassadors Gift on View.
There was one long table facing
,be entrance with several others -.
ming the width of the hall. On the wall
facing the guests hung an American
fag which the late Ambassador rage
presented to Mansion House Wnen
America entered the war. Aionssloe
sof il was the Union Jack. The cor
noratton's gold plate was displayed
behind long table. at the center OF
which the lord mayor and his VIE
sat on either side of the President.
p1, the right side of the wife OF me
lord mayor was Mrs; wilson Tnlie oi.
The left of the lord mayor, premier
How'd George sat next to President VIII
son. The Duke of Connaught sat beside
Mrs Wilson.
The menu consisted of simple Eng
1ish dishes. The only toasts were
those made to the King anu " siie
MIS-. Wilson rose with the others
when the health of the President was
drunk. The orchestra of the Scots
Guards in the balcony above the en-
trance played American airs during
the lunch and the Am erican and BRIT
ish anthems whets the toaStS TO the
king and the President were drunk
Lord Mayor Escorts Mrs. Wilson.
The lord mayor escorted Mrs. Will
SON while the President was win the
wife of the lord mayor. The Duke OF
tDnnaught and Premier Lloyd George
followed. Mrs. Wilson wore violet
velvet gown ornamented with EN-
hroidered silk motifs of the same tone
and velvet toque of the same color
with wings of violet.
During the luncheon the lord mayor
proposed the health of the king after
. grace was said by Prebendary stone.
The lord mayor then proposed the
health of the President, paying trlb-
ute to him as man and statesman.
He declared thai his presence in Eiu-
roTe was the sweeping away OF a
policy never before departed from on
the other side of the Atlantic. He
. drew attention TO the flag presented
by Ambassador Page and referred TO
the friendship and sympathy the
American people gave to England
even before America entered the war.
Presidents Speech.
In his speech at the luncheon a. the
Mansion House President Wilson
said:
Mr. Lord Mayor. your Roya: High
ness, Your Grace, Ladies and Gentle
rnen: You have again made me feel.
sir, the very wonderful and generous
welcome of this great city. and you
have reminded me of what has per-
haps become one Of the habits of my
life.
You have said that / have broken
All precedentS in coming across the
ocean to join in the counsels of the
peace conference. but I think those
who have been associated with me in
Washington will testify that this is
nothing surprising. j said to the MEM
hers of the press III Washington one
evening that one of til. things that
had interested me most since l lived
in Washington was that every time 1
did anything perfectly natural it was
said to be unprecedented.
Natural to Break Precedent.
1T was perfectly natural to break