The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-07-11

ial automobile was marked by con-
tinuous roar of cheers and volleys of
handclapping.
Responds to Popular Approval
AS the car rolled along through
the crowd-lined streets to Carnegie
Hall, the presidents face was wreath
ed in smiles as ne waved his hat in
acknowledgment of the plaudits of
his fellow-citizens. Mrs. Wilson's
face also was beaming with pleasure
at this evidence Of popular approval.
On the arrival of the party at Car
negie Hall, the president went direct
ly to the stage, while Mrs. Wilson
was escorted to center box, Which
was decorated with the presidents S
flag, flanked by the city and state
flags. She was directly in front of
the president as he spoke from the
flag-bedecked stage. The hall was a
mass of color, each of the four bal
comics being draped with flags.
A crowded house had waited patti
emily for the arrival of the president,
who was three hours behind the
scheduled time. The tedious wait
was relieved by the police oa.-f and
glee club, which rende eo pc >ular
and patriotic selections.
j Rush to Shake His Ha, :.
Every telling point of the presi-
dents short address was the signal
for thunderous applause. There
were no Interruptions and no unto
ward incidents. Fully 600 police and
detectives were in and around the
hall, under command of Police Com
missioner Enright, who was seated on
the stage. Members of the women's
auxiliary police force acted as ushers
It was estimated that there was at
least one usher to every six persons,
At the conclusion of the presi-
dents address there was concerted
rush to shake his hand as he made
his way to the stage exit. Men,
women, boys and girls, taking advan-
tage of the temporary pre-occupation
of the police and ushers, climbed
over the footlights and crowded the
stage. There they found their way
blocked, however, by a solid wall
of police. No one had any chance to
get near the president as he made
his way from the stage to the auto
mobile waiting to take him to the
Pennsylvania station, where he and
the members of the cabinet boarded
the special train for Washington.
The route to the station was anoth-
| er triumphal march. Arc md the sta
ton the crowds were so great that
the police had all they could do to
hold them in check and cheering was
such as New York has seldom heard.
lit justified the presidents statement
in Carnegie Hall that he was "glad
i to be back where the rest Of the
folks lived"
A March Of Triumph
The presidents progress from Ho-
boken to Carnegie Hall, where he was
to make his first address to the
IAmerican public since the signing OF
the peace treaty, was a march OF
triumph. The crowds that lined the
streets leading from the Twenty
Third street ferry to the hall where
|vociferous in their welcome and
their noisy demonstration of appro-
val was palpably pleasing to the
president who on Thursday will lay
before hostile senate the full text
of the treaty, including the covenant
lof the league of nations.
AS the George Washington with
her convoy of battleships and de-
stroyers came up from the lower bay
there had been but little evidence OF
enthusiasm. There was none of the
blowing Of whistles that has greeted
returning troop ships, but the guns
of the forts made up for this by fir
ing the presidential salute Of 81 guns
and every ship in the harbor was
plentifully decorated with flags anc
bunting.
! A low tide delayed the docking Of
the ship at Hoboken and it was moi
until $3.50, two hours later than hac
been expected that the president sci
foot on American soil after an alb
sence of four months. He was pre-
,ceded by Mrs. Wilson and Miss Mar
'garet Wilson, who had crossed the
. ocean with him and his two othe1
daughters, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre an:
; Mrs. William G. McAdoo, who hae
, rushed on board to greet him.