New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

Sails: Women
Fight for Kiss
r,cxd at Pier Storms the
Nicuw Amsterdam to Get
Handshake From Dutch
Director as He Departs
Ie Flees to StateroOm
liner Delayed Half Hour by
Friends, Who Refuse to
Go Ashore Till He Speaks

Y r;...s. handshakes. speeches. fights
~. General all-around tumult served
l.xterdsy as a prologue to the depart
of Nillem Mengelberg, the Dutch
sical conductor, who went back to
sp Netherlands on the Holland-Amer-
Il "a liner Nieuw Amsterdam.
II was sultry on the promenade deck,
) Ind Mcneelberg's moist and wilted col
kr VAS a mute witness of the mauling
1ven him on his departure.
| The guest conductor of the National
ly,nphony Orchestra arrived at the
,er hall hour before noon. the yes
Ssrs scheduled hour OF sailing. About
hundred of his admirers were there
81 greet him. They were all friendly.
:{Gt too friendly. perhaps, for the com
Mt of the Dutch musician.
II He was hustled to the ship by a
asncplank reserved for those going
Aboard, but the guards IN charge of the
Her end Of the plank were powerless
~ hold back the crowd that thronged
fshind him Customs guards were
&aIled from the exit gangplanks near by
d hold the crowd. Hardly had they
Neft their station when mob assaulted
He plank the guards had left and some
3so hundred gushed aboard.
Women Fight to Kiss Him
Women fought TO kiss the famous
Jonductor Men climbed over one an
der to grasp his hand Solely as a
sastscr OF self-pre eservation he fed to
s.ateroon. there TO be confronted
by jam OF. enthusiasts.
/ A half-hour before the room of Meng-
,Iberg had been filled with fresh
Powers which had been. sent there. to
Brighten his birthday. which will be
celebrated to-day at sea.
When Mengelberg finally got safely
fsithin the locked doors of his suite
2hc found mass OF wrecked floral of
Eerings ruined by the hunters of SOU
kenirs
He said he was greatly pleased with
his reception here and would come
Rsgain in January and give to America
Ehe best of his art.
1t was now 1890 p. m. The vessel
6hould have sailed at noon. Mengel-
berg wondered why he was not getting
kloser to Rotterdam, and was told a
Few minutes later that his we'll wishers
BEere causing the delay.
Asks Them to Leave Ship
Presently he was informed by ar
1lceY that a mob of about 200 visitors
Ftil were aboard and that the Nieuu
amsterdam could not depart until they
Rsent ashore. Would he please go out
IN deck and say something TO them
Put he vent and from a safe distance
Urged the good people" to GO ashore
Fiis words acted like magic, and with
long g-distance kisses and handshakes
given in pantomime the worshippers o.
Meng berg went quietly ashore.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney sailed yes
Eerday for Havre on the French line
La savoie for a short trip to Paris. Sh
will spend only two weeks in the Frenc
capital. she said. az that would b
ample time for her to participate i
the arrangements for an exhibition o
her sculpture at the Georges Petit Gal
ieries. The exhibit of her work Wi
consist OF twenty-siX pieces, lnclrdln
NThe Aviator" for which her son wa
the model.
Another traveller to leave port yes
terday was Nine. Anna Pavlowa, tn
dancer who was a passenger on tn
Red Star liner Finland. Nine. Pavlow
said that her season here had been ur
usually successful and that she woul
return as soon as her European engage
ments would permit. She took abroa
tgenty-six artists of the company ths
supported her during her recent er
sagement at the Manhattan Oper
House.
Also on the Finland was the Re'
DR.. Hugh II. Black, of the Union Thee
logical Seminary