The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-11

with the crowd when he turned tt
salute his ten-year- son, warren
seated in a box with his aunts and
cousins and his grandfather. Senator
Warren, near the reviewing stand
Il The commander wore broad smile
as ne waved his hand in salute to the
family party and gave fine exhibit
ton of horsemanship as he refined In
his mettlesome mount, captain. lent
for the occasion by the police depart
ment
Passing the reviewing stand. the
general saiuatel with eyes right" and
the salute was returned by Secretary
of War Baker, General March. Mayor
Hylan, Governor Smith and the 9TH
ers In the stand
In front of ST. patrick's cathedral
the calvacade halted and the general
\ strobe over TO the grandstand where
he shook hands and exchanged greet
ings with Cardinal Mercier, Arch
bishop HAYES and Brand Whttlock
! former United States ministers to Bel
| GUM. He then turned and waved his
hand to Enrieo Caruso. who was
/ seated in window of a building OPP
posite the cathedral.
KISSES KITTIE DALTON
! Here occurred another incident
showing that the A. f. F. commander
! is regular fellow. Kitty Dalton. a
young X Of G. worker. so pretty that
| is said she received more than 200 Of
! fers of marriage while in service
overseas. stepped forward and pre-
scented General Pershing with a big
| hoouet of roses, which he accepted
| with a smile and passed over to his
| side Then, without moments hest
tation, he stopped from his six feet.
and kissed the blushing Kitty on both
cheeks
Veracious chronielers who were
nearby at the time assert that the
general then asked. what do we do
next" and that Kitty replied how
about another kiss " The score re-
manned at two. however, for the gen
eral repiied, mo. no, more just row"
Re that as it may the crowd enjoyed
the incident as much as either the
general or Kitty.
From the Plaza at Fifty ninth
street down to the Washington Arch
the avenue presented it's familiar war
time appearance, but Mniionaire's
Row was not as colorful as it had been
during previous parades and the
crowds along the upper reaches of the
avenue were not as demonstrative as
they had been at previous parades-
| Perhaps this was because New York
ers are fed up" on parades. One
soldier riding in a motor iorry sensed
this at points and shouted whats the
matter--ain't you folks got tongues 81
That brought a cheer.
And the war dogs got their share
of notice, too. There was always a
chorus of admiration as some shaggy
! Belgian or puppy moscot was seen on
the front of the numbering army
trucks And the mules also came in
for praise. Never had New York seen
SO many of the pride of Missouri at
one time There seemed to be enough
of them to win the war unaided.
| France was represented in the pa
rade by Colonel Adelbert De Cham
brun. descendant of Lafayette and
| iiason officer between General Per-
shing and General Petain during the
war. He wore the horizon blue of the
French army and rode with Pershing' Is
staff. In the reviewing stand France
was represented by Ambassador JUS
serand, who was accompanied by
! Nine. Jusserand.
COSMOPOLITAN CROWD.
The crowds represented all walks OF
! life and nearly every state of tho
union and they were everywhere, in
side Central Park wall. along the
avenue. seated on the stone rails or
steps of millionaire mansions, standing
along the sidewalks, seated on curb,
stones and massed at every eros.
street And there was perfect order
everywhere. 1t was tho best managed
of all the big parades since the enc
of the war and 1000 police helped Il
make 1t SO and were good naturet
about it, too.
|, The usual showers OF confetti ant
streamers of paper fell In a veritabl'
) blizzard. AT some points the march
ing troops were ankle deep in thu
mass of debris, which was inter
mingled with flowers thrown by ad
mirers OF General Pershing and other
in the line.
Il have never seen anything like it,
was Pershings enthusiastic common
as he started back to the Waldorf aft
er reviewing part of the parade a
| Washington Square. This is tn
proudest moment of my career
have seen demonstrations in man.
European capitals, but never such
magnificent outburst of patriotism a
this. never expect to see it's Xix
> tagain"- -.- ... ..-.. ,
While standing near the Arch. tn
. general was approached by two small
boys, one OF whom presented him will
| an ice cream cone purchased from
I sidewalk vender and the other with
:. mince pie, from the same source TIL
general accepted the profrered gift
land smilingiy thanked the proud littl
donors.
General Pershing and all OF his Of
ficers wore the Sam Browne belt
special permission having been grant
ed by the secretary of war
On his return to the Waldorf. Gen
2 eral Pershing had to run the gauntle
of another great crowd at the en-
trance to the hotel and in the cor
ridor was beset by another perii--tha
of a bevy of feminine admirers VIII
sought to Hohsnnize him, hut a stron
arm guard came to his rescue and h
escaped unkissed.
The grand ballroom of the Wal
dorfAstoria was the scene OF stir
ring tribute tonight to General Perish
ing when more than 200 persons as
, sembled at the dinner given by tn
mayors committee to the leader o
the A. r. F.
AS Pershing entered the ballroom
with Mayor Hylan, he was Wild.
) cheered. When he was seated tn
crowd rose again and gave the gen
eral three more rousing cheers. TIL
echo OF the welcome had hardly dice
away. when Rodman Wanamaker. o
the mayors committee arose ant
, asked that aIl presept bow their head