The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-09-25
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to a lack of desire that this Presi-
dent" had never visited Nevada be-
fore. He declared the thing which
had interested him most In the history
of this country RAJ the forward
movement Of its frontier.
Mrs. Wilson wore a stunning gown.
think II was a creation. although
]. do not understand when a gown be-
comes that. I know l have read of
Worth creations. / know this was
a worthwhile one. And her hat was
a dream-a large one. 1t was black,
with a lot Of blue and purple feathers
on one side of ii. Il think they were
feathers. The ladies will understand
it, anyway She kept it on. The
first lady is decidedly larger than his
excellency." Mr.. Wilson. in fact.
looked rather thin. He has a charm
ing voice and the manner of a
student.
I went to the theater at seven
o'clock, determined l would not wait
more than an hour and a quarter to
hear any President The doors had
been opened at $50, and there was
a rush for entrance which was almost
a riot. 1t is the first time | have
seen in Nevada an exhibition which
Appropriated downright New York
hoggishness. When / entered the Ri
alto the downstairs of the theater
was filled and roped of. The bal
cony was full up to the last three
or four rows. / got a seat next to the
wall, fourth row from the top. / re-
manned there fifteen minutes and then
gave il up. 1t was too hot for me.
I stood down stairs in q mob in the
foyer for an hour longer. People
were starting out then. The atmos-
phere was almost intolerable. and
believe me,) there was lots OF booze
in the air. One or two women We're
carried out. The crowd vas a good
natured, and much more polite and
considerable than a New York crowd
but it was thick
The stage vas deliberately deco
rated with about a hundred Red
Cross nurses lin uniform? Sure). ami
a few flags of this and other nations
not including Germany. Some of
those nurses did have a lovely time
huttering around the stage during that
hour-and-a-half wait They were
finally obliterated. though, when a
row Of chairs was placed in front of
them for the real big guns of the
Presidents party. The President had
Senator Nixon's favorite chair. which
will now be presented to the Nevada
Historical Society.
We all had little United States flags
eleven inches long and we all stood
dent entered. OF course. genuine Ne
vadans could not manifest their en-
thusiasm and wave flags and every
thing without q few cowboy yells;
and. once started. a stranger might
have thought the audience was COM
posed of cowboys and cowgirls. for
nearly everybody yelled. This con-
tinued for perhaps q minute or two.
and the President seemed nightly
pleased with such a typical reception.
He grinned and looked at Mrs. Will
son. and she smiled back in a tolerant
sort of way. Don't really believe she
enjoyed IL as much as Woodrow did.
But q theaterful of little waving hags
looked mighty pretty. Then the APP
plause settled down to another min
ute of orderly hand-clapping.
There vas considerable commotion
in the street outside the theater dur
ing the early part OF the speech-mak-
ing; and, ali~doors being open, it in
terfered with the pleasure of two or
three hundred whS stood in the foyer.
1t seemed a great many people had
tickets who could not gain admit
lance. They flowed in. however. as
some Of US departed-and they were
welcome.
A little Jsp-or perhaps he was a
Filipino-had in som way secured a
ticket. and come early. Probably he
had purchased the passport for q good
stin price. for they were being sold
on the street He had secured a seat
about the middle OF the auditorium.
Somebody spotted him and the police
went after him He was brought TO