The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-16
GOOD SEATS COME HIGH
Cost OF Seeing the Inaugurations
Parade.
MUCH DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.
But the Price of an Ordinary Sitting U.-~-
der Cover VIII He From One To 1~c7
DoIIars-wmdows Appear to he Worth
Fabulous Prices.


DoIIars-windows Appear to he Worth
Fabulous Prices.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-[SpeciaL Az
ready we begin TO see physical evidences a
the near approach of Inauguration day.
Hundreds of carpenters are at work erect
ing the reviewing stands at various points
along Pennsylvania ayenue-the stands
upon which many thousands of people Win
sit to watch the great parade as n marches
from the capitol TO the White House, es-
corting the president elect. These stances
are built by contractors who have paid ION
the privilege and whose charges are regu-
lated by the inaugural committee The
usual price for good seat is So in q Gov
cred stand. But much depends upon the
weather. If it Is very good, seats VIII sen
at only average prices, for then many OF
the spectators will be content TO stand up
on the sidewalks. If the weather Is very
bad, cold and snowy, like the March at
1898, seats will he drug in the mari1etI
as people will not pay money to sit out IN
n freezing temperature. The best sors OF
weather for the spectators in stands Is
warm rain, which will drive the multitude
TO cover hut not force it to abandon tia
field altogether
The Presidential Stand.
The stand i'm front of the White House,
which is to be occupied by President Nc
Kinley and his suit and other high ofi--
| Gals, will be the most artistic OF all TINT
| constructions. 1t will really be IA very
| pretty affair The spot on which tho pres-
| ident stands to view the procession is to be-'
warmed by the introduction Of hot bricsrsz's
| if the inaugural committee carries out its
l plans. There is opposition to this, schem1
| however on the part of physicians, who
| say such artificial warming in the open air =
| viii only add to the dange which the pres
ident must incur through exposure. This
presidential stand will not be put up tiil
the day before the inauguration lie Is notS
being constructed in a back ot,wiierc CIV
| cry piece is marked so that when the rrsx--
terials are taken To the groundthey CA zszah
| he mt together in a short time. Ths isas
done i'm order to avoid numbering up thsfAr
| grounds of the executive mansion too loraE !.
| in advance.
Fancy prices are already Being offered for
| windows which afford q good view Of thcs
parade For the windows by whir, yozr
correspondent sits TO write his letters tbs =
sum of $500 has been offered. They kssaS-
out upon Fifteenth street right opposfnfa
the treasury and afford perhaps the bzs<z
view of the procession to be had I'm SD
Washington. The building Is known ~
the Riggs bank block, mt the corner Nt
! Fifteenth street and New York and Pcnxsr-
| sylyania avenues, and it was in tins his
| toric building that the Washington brssn<f--
| of the famous United states bank Was Aess-
Gated. -
Not For Sale. '---r
From the windows of this buA.dins.
inaugural parade can be seen as ii L
two turns first at the south end or
treasury into Fifteenth street, and AZ
Dem xIx-af oil
The review in front of the White House,
also within plain sight, and this is'the an =
| building in the city which offers all tnexs
| advantages. The windows are MOTION "a a.
1t is the fashion for wealthy people %
give inaugural parties. They rent sigs1EiE
rooms along the line of march,, irtyET
their friends, give an order TO the. caterzx
for splendid luncheon, and go.tn to innA5
a good day of it. Senator Brice and ott-s1s
wealthy men had their agents cut weeks
IL ago looking for quarters in wi2et t q
40 inaugural luncheon parties, and tliey ssr1ss
ar willing TO pay almost any price fe- skrt
best rooms. Half the windows along tkzt
u line OF march are for sale, sonleof them az
exorbitant and - few at reasonable pricsss-
The terms are usually moderated as tht
of great day draws nearer, SO thas late ennerz
J.. often make better bargains than those wbfr
. try TO take time by the forelock-
y A Real Gentleman.
LII Justice White of the supreme court Is
a known among newspaper men as Que III
ia the kindliest men in the world. Not bong
m ago correspondent found 1t necessary N
call upon the justice at midnight for q
III copy of an opinion delivered by hun in ths
he court that day Justice White was in be<s
lv and asleep, and 1t was with great difficultS
:. his servant was induced to awaken him
'e "If did not know him TO he the best nrzxI
10. in the world, would not dare do IL, - she
IT. explained. The correspondent waited anx-
IN iously in the hall for the verdict Wouas
: | the Justice come down stairs? And, II he
- came, would it be for the purpose of lrcks
ing up the desired document or Of throws
ing the disturber Of the peace outg
After time the big justice came dcwx
,s the stairs in his pyjamas and slippers rub
10 hing his sleepy eyes. He'was not enthussr
:, astic about this midnight call; huc he vns
- very polite. As soon as the visitor had OK
80 planned his GRAND the justice led the wzy
to his library There he got down ON Ats
ne knees and rummaged through some dusty
III old papers in the bottom of a bookcase fos
the desired document In a quarter OF ~
e hour he found it, and he was very glad m
had been able to do so, though not halt -
In well pleased as the newspaper mar wa<]
to whom this bit of paper meant q" scoop
&c the next morning for the journal which ba
H. represented.
ht Excuse me moment" said Justscs
ne White In five minutes he returned, bcsr'
ing with him a steaming glass of sodds
g. and a couple of Havanas. "Drink hearty.
ne my boy,'' he said, land light cte~s-
W Nasty night out--snowing and blowing
nd Good night
Now that is what / call n real gentle
:, man" said the correspondent To himsci.