The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1918-10-12

OF cheering men. women and children.
duct.
WILD DEMONSTRATION FOR
PRESIDENT ALL ALONG LINE.
All along the line OF the parade
scenes Of widest demonstration oc-
CURED as soon as the President ap-
preached. The news Of his coming
was 1ashed ahead and the cheers for
him began when he was more than a
block away. Flags were waving.
Hats and handkerchicfs were in the
air and shouts and cheers hailed the
Chief Executive.
with Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral
Grayeon the President left the Wal
dorf- Astoria at 10 o'clock and started
up the avenue to meet Col. House
at 57th street The widest demon
stration broke loose at the first sight
OF the party and the enthusiasm swept
along the avenue ahead OF the Presi-
dents auto. He rode to 72d Street,
where he Joined the parade.
The sincerity OF the peoples greet
ing was manifested by their desire TO
get close up to him. to reach the ma
chine which bore him. to shout up TO
him. TO get a smile from him. to cheer
and wave nags at him. They broke
through the cordons Of police. they
swept aside the Secret Service men
who guarded him.
And the President smiled down upon
the crowds. while his wife showed her
unfeigned pleasure at the reception.
II was the greatest manifestation ever
made for tho Chief Executive of the
many which have greeted him in
Greater New York.
The Liberty Day marchers, starting
at I'D Street, came down Fifth Ave-
nue. under a canopy Of the flags and
banners Of twenty two nations, with the
red, white and blue in the foreground,
in the background. from windows and
housetops, from shop and sidewalk.
through an avenue lined on either
side with thousands and thousands
! OF cheering men, women and children
In the ranks were hghting men Of
the twenty-five nations. America
had. naturally, the largest percentage
Of these. Among them were scores of
Pershing's veterans, the men who
had already been In action across the
seas in the fight for liberty and
democracy. Before them and behind
them marched thousands OF the boys
who are ready to sail for France:
men brought from the camps who
marched along with their guns on
their shoulders. singing the songs OF
their regiments and camps. going 70
the war with the same cheerful spirit
which has signalized all OF their
countrymen who preceded them.
MEN AND WOMEN WAR WORK.
ERs ON FOOT AND IN AUTOS.
Among the marchers afoot and in
auto were the representatives OF the
men and women workers. the people
who stayed at home and made possi-
BILE the success OF the boys who went
abroad. The women gave new thrills
To the watching crowds and checi
after cheer greeted them as they
passed along with "eyes froEt," uA-
mindful OF the throng's enthusiasm
which they had excited.
These women had made sacrifices
that they might contribute to the
success Of the men they had sent to
the front-they were ready to make
the supreme sacrifice. There were
among them tillers OF the land that
the boys abroad might have suficient
food; makers OF munitions that the
boys abroad might have SUFFICIENT
ammunition to scatter and defeat the
Boche; Red Cross nurses, from
whose ranks many had gone to min
lister 10 the boys abroad: women OF
the Y. W. C. A., many OF whose
members are ministering TO the com
fort of the boys abroad; members OF
the Womon's Motor Corps, who have
done and are doing great work both
at home and abroad; women makers
OF gas masks to shield the boys
abroad from the gas attacks Of the
Boohe-wonnen in all lines OF en-
deavor to which before the war the,
were strangers, doing anything
everything. without stint. In the
great cause OF Liberty.
Leading the Liberty Day parade In
the wake OF the mounted police were
the aides to Grand Marshal Dyer
who himself walked with Preside nj
Wilson. further back In the line. Then
came the Belgian delegation bearing
fags bearing the names OF the battles
In which they had fought,
The Italian troops. veterans from
the front, made a big showing and
were rapturously received. 1t wa.
Columbus Day as well as Libe: tN
Day-ltaly's Day. With the italian
Division were the Foreign Legion
and following them were tho lighting
soldiers of the other Allies.
Perhaps a quarter OF the length, oi
> the parade had gone by when tho
division headed by the President ap
peared, the President marching be-