The evening times., 1901-03-04
MANY IMPRESSIVE SCENES
Sidelights on the Parade and Other
inauguration Features.

! Music EnSrOSS Great Columns Oh
! HumnnTty-The Spirit of Patriot
Ism Manifested AH Sides.
No conquerfng hero returning from the
/ victorious fields of war. or civilian ceIe-
/ brating the triUmphs of peace. ever saw
/ a more brilliantly decked city than IA t
/ which now gTcets sthe eyes Of President
( Mckinley on this the day Of his second
/ IraESuration as President Of the United
+ States.
The grey hills of Maryland, silent senti-
| reIs of many similar scenes. look down
/ upon a city. resPieudent in the glitter of
uniforms. gorgeous in decoration aCd
filed with all the poTnp and spIendor OF
military array.
Pennsylvania Avenue from the State
War. and Navy Building to the Capitol
! the route Of the Inaugural parade. is 4
/ blaze OF color, not one building along the
entire line being without flags or drapery
/ % some kind. The varied forms and fes-
/ toons into which the national cOlors have
been grouped are those of mingled inge-
uuity and skill
! Some buildings have a flag flying from
every window. While others adopt the
/ method of having their fronts draped
with shields loops or festOous. The many
! miles Of streamers. If outstretched, would
&
( ana blue predominate, but the coIors of
/ other nate -ons are somewhat conspicuous.
/ Some of America s foreign-born citizens
/ have revealed as much patriotic devotion
( to this, their adopted country. as the na-
/ tive born. and have generously displayed
. the Stars aid Stripes to the exclusion Of
! the standard of their own countries. In
/ some instances the American and the
! German. the American and the French
or the American and the Italian, the
! American and the British, the American
/ and the Irish standards are interviewer
! with graceful effect.
The public buildings rival those of prf-
vate citizens in the spIendor of the dec
orators art on the State, War, and
( Navy Building the Illuminated corps
badges, emblems of the Eighth and Ninth
/ Corps, in which President Mckinley serv-
ed during the civil war, are the cyno-
sure of all eyes, as are the illuminated
stars on the Treasury b lg. the ex-
panSive gables and sides of which are COW
cred with crimson bunting that is lighted
by the ilIuminatiOns on its massive Gree
ian pOrticOes. Prominent in decoration,
the PostofIce Building, from which great
American flags have been hung and upon
which other draDery has been placed with
pleasing effect, attracts its share Of at
tention-
Between all this blaze of color tens of
thousands Of people seated IN vast and
DTliiauJly dressed auQIJOrlumS, or stand
ing upon the sidewalk, witness the great
Inauguration pageant, the living pano-
rama passing between continuous rows Of
humanity miles in length.
Built like 4 theatre, painted and deco
rated elevated platforms afford nearly 81
the comforts Of an opera house The s.iec-
taJcfS IN the long rows Of seats from
Seventeenth Street to the Treasury Build
ing were able 10 view the President as
well As the parade, his stand with glass
enclosures being out farther into PEN
sylvania Avenue
The rasr conr4urse OF people on Capitol
Hill also were the better able % RI.
Mckinley as ne delivered his lnaUgura1-
zion address, because OF the same stand
I aTrang
/ When the gIitterlng pageant started the
. entire route along the historic. Avenue
T from Seyeutec=th Street to Capitol Hill
. Vas cOngested by an enthusiastic, but or
+ dCTly mass Of people The adjacent
/ + squares and intersectiHg streets for blocks
( were likewise filed From every window
and vantage point men, women and chill
tEen peered out upon the majestic and
gHtLering spectacle Above the reCL& white
and blue decorations on the Buildings
Dlack masses Of humanity appeared upon
the roofs
As the parade passed the cheering and
i applause Of the great cOncourSe at times
rose above that Of the martial music
The different sections Of the long lines
of humanity Wed with each other IL
greeting the President. with saiyos Of ap-
piauSe, which resOunded along the en-
tire line.
Outside the vortex Of Pennsylvania Av-
enue an animated though less congest
scene of varied activity. prevails 3
for exceptional profUseness of decorate
T-9G pennsylvania Avenue Seventh, Mint
E1uid ap;lIas. +, and several other stree
In d very consFd5IPF.stbh II tbh1elr n holiday attn
residential section decorations a.@7~
couspicuously prominent. through son.e
private residences are tastefully arrayed
in patriotic" "colorings.
/ Most Of the elegant hotels in the mort
west section present to the eye of t.
student Of heraldry or the lover of hi
coloring. picture Of fascination
public buildings except the Pension Office
and Municipal Building have flung their
decorations TO the breeze The exterior
OF the Pension Office Building, rs if to
I give emphasis to the contrast with -he
elaborate decorations within, has dec
I orations. nor has the Temple Of Justice
: where the Goddess Of Justice holds the
7 scales Ia even tsalanca-
The Patent Office is well Hp with the
procession IN point Of decoration, it's
/ south pOrticO being rcpiete with beauty;
on the District OF Columbia Building On
Louisiana Avenue a pT0fUsiOn. of bunting
and flags arranged in an artistic manner.
! attracts the attention of many as does
the old PostOffice Building on @ Street
about whose expansive sides the National
! coi0rs are displayed with much taste
From early morning the streets We're
thronSed with visitors 10 whom the ViS-
! ia OF the bedeclled city was one of beau
! ", replete in briliancy- AS the day grew
/ the crowds increased becoming so dense
! in many streets. outside even of PennsyI-
/ yania Avenue, that lOcOmotion was al
/ most an impossibility-
AT length, however. this human current
[ would find ext into some spacious square
OF park which afforded relief to the con-
/ Gsested condi lions OF the crowds d good
/ percentage were women, many of whom
| in bright cOlors, added briIIiancy 10 the
! picture
AS the parade WAS organizing regiments
Of infantry. troops of cavalry. ard bands
! Of music could be seen gathering from
I different portions of the city.
! The curDstOue dealer in merchandise is
I selling iunuInerabIe things, some novel
! and new and others much like last years
aln.anacS.
! Among the novel things are the Carrie
/ Nation hatchets, gilded and tiny Orna-
[ rnents for her admirers. These sell side
/ by side with souvenirs of the Nations
! glorious acnIcyemeutS upon the trOpic
/ seas or on the triumphant fields of war
| Above the din and commOtion sweet and
/ inspiring strains Of martial music, the
! patriotic and familiar airs Of which i'm
| part increased animation to the dense
| crowd is heard.
/ Among the multiplicity Of attractions,
} all Of which were Justify cheered, the
! Porto RicanS came in for a large share
/ Of the applause. Their fine appearance
| and the interesting questions to what
/ their final status is to be, combine to
I make them interesting They are quite
! unlike any aggregation that has ever ap-
! pCared il previous paradeS. For these