The sun., 1919-09-09

AHpidneS cutting CdpeFS over tne
ferrying boat. the Patrol. Warren
Pershing on the top deck hugging
that commission, wrapped in brownish
paper. His father chuckllng over
the antics OF camera men massed be-
low and In front of him. The State
of Missouri, proclaiming from q list
ing, insanely peopled craft that it's
his own home State and he has
shown them.
UncountabIe Thousands there.
Manhattan showing only a dark
splurge of humanity ut the Battery,
where the park Is ordinarily green.
Uncountable thousands clawing to get
near enough to see him and yelling
over and over "Pershing," or, not
infrequently, Polishing" Pershipgin
an automobile, compelled to stand
and wave his cap for block after
block. Lower Broadway as full of
people as it could ever get, including
windows and roofs. The view partly
obscured by a paper snowstorm--
ticker tape and fragments of bill
heads, brokers' account sheets and
such, confetti by the billion playing
in the sunshine. Cheering for War
rem Pershing almost as much as for
his dad, which is the last word. The
tumult echoing between the high
building walls in sort of mammoth
cave fashion. The chimes of Trinity
started into ringing out the Doxology
as the General passes, and then My
Country, IT'S of Thee"
City Hall park an open plaza, made
so by lines of policemen keeping space
clear for the automobile procession
but with multitude bending the lines.
Jaw, give us a chanel. Just femme
get a look at Polishing. That's affS
Officer; Just a look" More noise
lots of it. The General escorted into
the Hall and the room of the Alder
men. The Mayor addresses him, and
then Rodman Wanamaker. chairman
of the Mayors committee, who says
that the city's demonstration signi-
a
ends, Lafayette, we are here-and
we were there" The Generals voice
trembles as he responds In the same
vein OF modesty that marked his lit.
tie speech in Hoboken. His veterans
say they never saw him so agitated;
anyway, it is hard for him to hold
himself together this moment.
On to the Waldorf. Not so many
people, not as much noise, on the way
up town, but plenty of both. Watch
that same Fifth avenue tomorrow
when the General traverses 1t at the
head of the First Division. Yester-
days exhibition of interest and ex-i
uberant emotion makes 1t plain that
to-morrow's parade will be an event
for sure.
Safe Harbor in Hotel.
Finally Pershing and his stan har-
bored in the, hotel A breathing spell
and an hour or so of reunion with rela-
tives, including the Generals two sisters
and other kin. An informal afternoon.
followed by. a private dinner at the Ritz.
with Mr.. Wanamaker as host A mob
scene persisting in Fifth avenue and the
side streets by the hotel. Cries of
-Pershing, Pershing, Pershing," occa--
siohsily suTgilg forward as some
cheerful rumor expert yells Hes coming
out" The General ceiling his friends he
doesn't know what to make Of it. He
knew tho city had in mind some sort of
a Homecoming party, but he never sus-
pected that it would be this way.
"If this is to be continued" he remarks,
'T believe that before many days are
passed 1 shall wish perhaps that the war
had continued"
Warren Pershing, custodian of the
commission, entrusts the parchment to
the United States Army for safekeeping,
goes out to see the sights and talks it
all over with his father before going to
bed. For him at least it Is the end of
perfect day.
How He Looks and Acts.
How does Gen. Pershing look and act?
He may have aged in the more than two
years. There is a seam in either cheek,
where the boy Warren. who "favors''
his father in appearance, has only dim
pies. His hair is quite gray. and cut so
short the wave is hardly noticeable.
When photographers, about the only be-
ings from whom he takes orders, made
him take OF his cap he slicked his hair
away from the parting line every time
before lney WHICH was
natural act that everybody smiled at
and liked. His jaw is just as formidable
as his pictures make 1t appear. his lips
are habitually set in a stern line. But
yesterday he smiled often, laughed often
and boyishly and seemed not bit grim
In one of the sessions with the cam
eras-it was on an upper deck of the
Leviathan-he suddenly said. That's
enough" sternly. when they had pho
tographed him from every conceivable
angle "Only one more" pleaded the
boss cameraman. Pershing was walk
ing away. but he stopped and laughed
aloud. "All right" he said, and beck
oning to his staff, Here, you must be in
this, too" So they were all snapped to-
gether.
each member of his stan wore a Sam
Browne belt on the Leviathan and after
they landed. This accoutrement is sup
posed to be barred except for officers
( overseas. Gen. Organ, 1t was recalled,
made the officers of the Twenty-seventh
Division discard the Sam Browne after
their arrival here. Nobody could be
found yesterday who was willing to in
dictate who was going to say nay to a
full and permanent General and Com
mander In Chief OF the American Expe-
dictionary Forces.
Gen. Pershing is the possessor of most
conceivable foreign military decorations,
besides the American insignia. He could
have come back II he wanted to all
Jingly with medals and covered with the
0mDlemS OF ValOr. He chosa onlv IN