The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-27
Day Celebrated in East Amid
Cheers and Tears.
Pay Homage to Sea Forces and
Late President.
NAVY YARD OPEN TO PUBLIC
Spirit of Roosevelt Walks
Abroad in Washington.
School Programs, Parades,
Speeches Feature Day.

New York. Oct. 27.-A tiny Ameri-
can flag placed by some venturesome
eastside school boy flutters in stiffen-
ing breezes at the pier head of name
less jetty on the East river The At
lantic fleet in gala attire. rides at
anchor on the wide North river And
between the two rivers today with
flowers and flags, parades, addresses,
cheers and tears. New York observed
navy day in one celebration, paying
homage to the sea forces of the ma
tion and commemorating the birthday
Of one of her most illustrious sons
the late Theodore Roosevelt.
Rroadvav was gay in tri-hued bunt-
ing and patriotic colors; Fifth avenue
great in hanging flags reflected the
solemnity of the occasion, WhlIe
Roosevelt drive, with the sololers ana
sailors monument draped ana paIiheu
with wreaths for the occasion ana
with the fleet in the distance, spoke
the martial message of the celepra-
A birthday festival will be held to-
night in Carnegie hall, with prominent
men and women speakers. In scnool
houses thruout the city the occasion
was observed by the children A spe-
cial celebration was held on the East
side under the auspices of the league
OF foreign-born citzehs.
c"'.noi Children March.
r,s thodssnd eastside school chill
drcu carving flags, took part in
picturesque pageant, sponsored py
business mems organizations. AND IN
the larger auditorium, foreigners
crowded to hear from speakers OF the
life and work of the former president
In Fifth avenue church special serv-
ices were held; community sing IN
which hundreds of sailors from the
fleet participated, was held in the COL
legiate church of St. Nichols.
For the first time since the United
S+ates entered the war, in 1917, tn p
New York navy yard was thrown open
to the public, and many paid their
tribute, not only to the present sea
forces but also to the work or the
late president as assistant secretary
of the navy by visiting and inspecting
the ships at the yard.
Two places were singled out for
special pflgr.mages. One was re-
stored home on East Twentieth street
where Theodore Roosevelt was born
and which was opened to visitors by
the Women's Roosevelt Memorial as
Sociation.
Boy Scouts at Grave.
The other was the grave of Roose-
vet at Oyster Bay. Many visits were
made to the grave thruout the day by
delegations from patriotic and mill
tary organizations and by far the larg-
est of these was the company of 1000
Boy Scouts. whose visit to Oyster Bay
on the birthday Of the former presi-
dent has become an annual custom.
washington. Oct. 27.-The spirit of
Theodore Roosevelt walked abroad in
Washington today. Formal celebra-
ton of his birthday was claimed by
the navy for its own, and there is
none who would challenge the navy s
right to revel in memories of Roose-
Welt TO pay gladly the debt of graft
tude il owes to him.
But aside from all this, from the
prepared addresses on navy day, that
dealt largely with his sayings and his
works for the navy. there ran
curious under current of talk among
men everywhere that bore witness to
, the place the dead president had
inade for himself in American hearts.
1T was natural that around the navy
department Roosevelt's name should
find its way into every casual con-
Vcrs1tion as older officers paused to
chat in the long corridors
Not Confined TO Navy.
Many of these had personal stories
TO recall of his fearless career as as
sistant secretary of the navy the post
his son and namesake now holds.
Traditions old in the navy were shat
tered i'm those days and new tradi-
tions, dear to the hearts of sailor folk
Of toda. were built up in their place
around the dominant, energetic per-
sonality that even an assistant Sec
retaryship could not subdue. But it
was striking that the talk of Roosevelt
was not confined to the navy or the
army or to government circles but ran
everywhere about the nations capital.
From lip to lip, little, intimate. hu-
man pictures of the man were sketch
ed as men who knew him met.
Perhaps this was more true in
washington than elsewhere in the ma
ton for it was hard for those men
who knew him in life to realize the
sturdy figure with slou~h hat jerked
down over alert eyes might NOT come