New-York tribune., 1919-11-22
BritishPriince
Visits Grave
OF Roosevelt
Edward Lays Wreath ON
Mound of Ex-President
Who Told Him of Ad.
ventures 9 Years Ago

The Prince of Wales laid q wreath or
The grave of Theodore Roosevelt yes.
terday.
Tie went to Oyster Bay and the
quiet cemetery facing the Sound as
the representative Of great empire
paying tribute to a name that shines
IN the history Of this land. But per
haps he also went for the sake of his
own memory of a mighty hunter who
fresh from adventure in the African
wilderness. told thrilling stories to q
little boy in Windsor Castle nine
years ago.
The prince had just attained his
present estate through the death OF
Edward VII when Colonel Roosevelt
visited the royal family and spun tre-
mendous tales for him and his young
er brothers and sisters A recollec-
ton Of that time may have come tc
the prince as he bent oarc-hcaded be-
fore the simple granite stone and
placed a great circle of English ivy
and palm upon the grave.
Plants Elm in Central Park Mall
For minute he and Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt, who had escorted
hlm up the hill to the grave, stood
side by side within the railing. while
the crowd that swarmed about it grew
silent. Then they turned and the
prince was buried down the slope to
hn
c'atter and cheering that have charac-
terlzed bis every day here.
He had paused for moment in his
swift dash from the Columbia Yacht
Club to Oyster Bay to plant an English
e''r 'r Central Park Mall, only a few
steps from the tree his grandfather
painted sixty years ago.
When the prince left the cemetery
he was whisked away. surrounded by a
cloud of motorcycle policemen, to Pip
ing Rock Country Club, where he
lunched and planted another tree Then
the long line Of machines carrying his
party returned to the city, where, as
soon as the weary young man was
safely aboard the Renown, he plaved d
most to thousand boys and girls from
the city's high Schools
Guest at Reception in Armorv
This over, the prince dressed for
the dinner given last night in his
honor by the Pilgrims, came ashore at
o;4o, was rushed through the park to
the IIaza; left there at 8 and visited
the Hippodrcmc and, heavy-cvcd bu,
still smiling, went to the reception at
the 7th Regiment ArmoYy given in his
homo" by Rodman Wanamakcr.
At 9 this morning he begins his last
day here with an lnvestiture aboard the
Renown. At 9 o'clock this afternoon
me kenown sails for Halifax and home.
keslstent as the prince appears. the
straln OF receiving the uproa .ious hos
pitallty that the city gives him seemed
to have told on him Yesterday.
AT 10 IN the morning, when he came
ashore. ne was rat.ser pale and his eye
lids dropped from lack OF sleep. But
ne waved ms hat as gayly as ever to
the crowd that has made it a custom
TO gather each morning on the drive
and dashes away.
Auto Nearly Runs Into Crowd
Yesterday morning. when the fleet
OF autos swung into Seventeenth
Street, several women broke through
the police lines and ran toward the
center of the street The princes car
and eScortlng motorcycles had to
veer to keep from running them down.
The city's guest was attircd yestcr-
day in the same civilian costume that
ne wore Wednesday, long gray over
coat, black derby, BLUSH grav suit
with "a faint check. cordovan shoes and
a blue and red striped tie In the car
with him rode Viscount Grey. the Brit
ish Amba sador, and Rear Admiral Sir
Lionel Ttalsey
Following the tree planting on the
Mall, the large open touring car sped
east through SiXtieth Street with the
motorcycle patrolmen sweeping traf-
hc aside III frons of it, and tore across
greensboro Bridge AT the other side
OF the bridge, the prince and his COM
panions changed from the open car to
a closed limousine. When houses be-
gan to give way to fields on the out
skirts of Long Island City the chauf-
leur of the royal car "stepr I'd on her Z"
! he remainder of the trip to Oyster
Bay was made At a speed Of forty
miles an hour.
Great Crowd at Oyster Bay
The cars roared through the little
town where Union Jacks rppled in
the frosty air. swung past a large
hay wagon blandly occupying the cen
ier of the road, and came to a stop at
the gate to Young's Memorial Gene
terry. At the entrance stood Lieuten~
ant Colonel Roosevelt and Clarence II
Mackay, and around them and linz
the roadway UP the hill behind them
stood all OF Oyster Bay that was able
to walk or ride to the cemetery.
The road was choked with cars, and
there was some confusion when the
princes car arrived. A cheer broke
forth as he alighted with Vscount
Grey. shook hands with Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt and then started up
the hill. followed by an aid bearing
great wreath, from which purple rib
bonS futtered.
Cheers followed him and people
streamed into the road behind him
causing police and secret service men
much anxiety. AT the entrance to the
Roosevelt plot the prince paused
moment and looked out through the
bare branches of the trees down the
slope to the bay. where gu.ls were