The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-28

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nsf,ts, followed next in an su,or,osn..
with Ave detectives. Then came ano,h.s
car filled with secret service man ~.
Presidential automobile and three NOR.
bringing UP the rear, loaded with detso'
tives and newspaper men.
Mr.. Wilson was recognized alnoos, =.
soon as he started. Persons stood no
on the top of Fifth avenue buses arS
cheered as his car whisled past, Hun.
dreds OF soldiers and sailors along M
sidewalks snapped their heels toretb.,
and stood at attention and saIutsd
Pedestrians swung their hats and shout.
ed. The party went through Central
Park, out the Seventy-second street ya'a
and across to Riverside Drive. A,
Eighty-fifth street Mr.. Wilson waved h,s
hand and the escort Of policemen ana
secret service operatives dropped hehind
to pick the party UP again on its return
trip.
A group Of dozen or more nurs..
maids gave three cheers az the motor
car passed. At the Sailors and Soldlers,
Monument . swarm of urchins ran bs.
eide the Presidents automobile, tossing
their caps In the air and turning hand.
springs. He smiled In evident a,nuse.
/ courteously to a oolored 'mammy" who
saluted him with her handkerchief Al
Grants Tomb.
Miss Wilson repeatedly called her
fathers attention to the odd appearance
\ Of the American naval craft at anchor
In the Hudson. nearly all OF which were
| camoufaged. Mutes from the New York
Institute for the Deaf, At 163d street
were drawn UP In line and stood at
! salute a. the Wilson party motored past
| on tho return trip. The crowd along
the Drive was even greater then and IN,
cheering more continuous
On the way back to the hotel q dig
Caproni airplane few low over the prssi.
Dental automobile At Fifth avenue and
Forty eighth street. As It made erac.
full banked turn and headed eastward
the aviator leaned far out Of his car
and saluted. The Jam at Forty-second
street and Fifth avenue was tremendous
and Mr.. Wilson was obliged to stand Up
in tho tonneau Of his machine and re-
peatedly acknowledge the plaudlts.
i President and Mira Wilson lost no time
in dressing for dinner upon their return
to the Waldorf. and at 6 80 they entered
q limousine, together with Miss Wilson
and Admiral Grayson. and started for
! the House residence. The traffic along
the avenue was compar atively light at
that hour and the trip took not more
than ten minutes. Despite the closed
car in which he WAS riding tho Pres
| dent was recognized and the cheering
and clapping was renewed
Tho dinner was not an especially eab.
orats one. Mr.. Wilson and the other
members Of his party started for the
Metropolitan shortly after 8 O'Clock. The
run down the avenue was an unusual
experience, for thousand OF street lights
had been covered with globes which gave
off a golden glow. There we're the same
enthusiastic crowds lining the curb on
either side. The President was conducted
through Thirty-ninth street to the stage
door on that side OF the opera house,
| There was q disposition to crowd for.
ward on the part Of the overtumultuous
spectators as he stepped from his motor
car, but the police quickly restored per
feet order. The roar as he appeared on
the stage could be heard plainly in the
street outside.
Crowd IL Handled Admirably.
Immediately after he had finished
| speaking MIR. Wilson reentered his walt
ing limousine and returned to his hotel.
The automobile passed down Broadway
| SO slowly that his features could be
seen In the Pickering light OF the red
fire which burned along almost the whole
distance to Thirty-fourth street. Theirs
was another throng at the Thirty-third
street doorway Of the hotel and much
hand clapping as the party disappeared
from view.
! Police reserves handled the crowd IN
I front OF the Metropolitan Opera House
admirably. II thinned out bit when
tho performances at the nearby theatres
began Many a curtain failed to go UP
on time as the audiences fingered out
side in hope Of seeing the President pass
| When Secretary McAdoo left the opera
house. accompanied by Mrs. McAdoo, he
was recognized and hundreds followed
the couple until they reached the er-
trance to tho Knickerbocker Hotel
Climbing into an automobile Mr. No
Adoo waved his hat and asked AR
silence. Then. In a brief speech. he asked
his hearers to buy Liberty bonds and
thanked them for the demonstration.