Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07
AFTERMATH GLEANlNGS
OF THE NEW CEyTURy.s INAUGURAL
CEREMONIES
An Old Resident. Summary of the
Incidents,iOf the Great
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"All inauguralS differ from those OF pre-
vious years In certain respects" said a
| white-haired resident OF Washington this
| morning. land the one just ended eclipses
| those of the past in It's many splendid fea-
! lures Here are al few eide lights
1.-The inaugural edition of The Star, al
| ways a remarkable piece of editorial, repor-
|. torial and pictorial production. giving full
| report by companies, battaiions and regi-
| ments Of the entire parade on the very af-
| ternoon of its passing, well as a full re-
| port of the ceremonies, was superior this
| year to past efforts. it seemed to me. The
new Star building twas one of the show
| places of the city not here in previous
| years. Its fine. spacious marble counting
| room was packed from morning until IL
| o'clock at night by Interested spectators,
| while its brilliantly lighted windows and
futtering Gags made it conspicuous object
| among the other Illuminated buildings on
Pennsylvania avenue in the night show.
Side Incidents.
Zone woman on the stand opposite the
White House, as the carriage containing
General Miles and Admiral Dewey passed,
said: Well, Dewey has more gold lace on
his hat than Miles, anyway and seemed
to feel and look as though she had made
an important discovery. The admirars
navy chapeau was conspicuous by reason
OF the wide bands of new gold braid which
nearly covered 1t fore and aft. The gold
lace on General Miles hat is worked on In
tracery of leaves and Is much less snowy.
ION the morning after pale faced men
held to white lips in drug stores thin glasses
of effervescing. bubbling. sparkling liquid,
which the clerk behind the soda counter
said would do them, good and the white
lips would murmur, oped it wouldforgods-
sake
! ITS a safe bet for odds that the weather
bureau will never no. never. indulge In an
other inaugural weather prediction.
''If a group of soldiers became boisterous
or played horse on Pennsylvania avenue on
| the night of the parade. everybody said:
oh. they are the Pennsylvania troops
| That settled it. Guilty or innocent, the
| Pennsylvania soldiers got it..
He Enlightened Her.
1.-TWO soldiers were walking along with
considerable of load beside their accouter-
| ments.
why Is it. she said to him, as she
! chung to his arm and looked up inquiringly
| into his face, why is it that you men will,
| we'll, will get so thirsty and drink so Of
| tenT
| ".For the same reason that women wear
| their hair into huge round wads. with a
! little wad in the center Of the big wad, l
suppose he replied.
az don't see the relation between Wo-
| mems hair and mems thirst she said, petu-
| lantly.
| same reason that women friz their hair
| because they want to-.
II thought this was mean, but I guess
| 1t is true. yze-s
! Nearly everybody. especially the resi-
dents, looked for Sthe cute little cub bears
| who were to go in the parade, but were
! denied because OF their development Of ex-
| treme irrita bility of temper. 1t may not be
| strictly according to Hoyle and military ETH
| qor hAar -
they were missed, All of the women who
| had them in mind wept for them.
Heart-Breaking Troop A.
| 1.-THE Ohio troopers were killing in their
| fine uniforms and splendid black mounts.
but It was the gallant, handsome members
| Of Troop A of New York. In their fetching,
| art-breaking uniforms, that laid the fem
mime population of Washington out dead in
long rows. AS lady. killers Troop A this
year slew right; and left ruthlessly, and
warm auivering little girlish hearts could
be picked up on every block.
ut was a thirsty. good-natured crowd for
a wet day. In one resort thirty cases of
| wine had been sold by 3 o'clock In the
afternoon, to say nothing Of the deep. flow
| ing rivers of red and of amber and froth
which cheers and keeps out the dampneSs
and slaves off the cold. Everybody tried to
be In happy, cheerful frame of mind and
endeavored to counterfeit the depressing
| effects of the weather.
yet there were comparatively few In
| stances of disorder. Many Of the visitors
! and soldiers at night on Pennsylvania ave-
| nue. were joyous and jolly and had dipped
| their cups frequently, in the aforesaid riv
| ers of cheer, but unseemly noises. disturb
| ances, insults ard rows were conspicuous
! by their absence ron that avenue. There
were over 100000 people on this wide thor
| oughfare from 8 till II o'clock, but 1t was
a goodnatured, carnival crowd. If their
| feet were wet and damp their hearts were
| all right. .-
West Pointers the Favorites.
'All along the line the spectators agreed
| that the West Point cadets carried off the
palm for perfect alignment marching and
| appearance, and that the middies from An
| napolis came In a close second. At the
same time every third man and every wo-
man considered 1t little short Of an out
| rage that these youths were ordered to
! march without oyercoats, considering the
| rain and weather, Every other organiza-
ton wore overcoats 1t was the consensus
| Of opinion that 1t was inhuman especially
| when cadets from, West Point were thus
| paraded at a previous Inauguration In the
| biting cold. many of them then and there
| and subsequently succumbing to the eff
| fects of the exposure. a., -
THE villainous weather has already re-
| viyed the agitation for a change of the date
| OF future tnaugurations. It's always af
| ter every bad Inauguration day, and it
| keeps up systematically during the year.
| Congress turns a deaf ear and will, per
| haps, until the Senate and House in body
are compelled to march In the parade, will
Ing or unwilling, rain. snow, sleet, sun
| shine or drizzle. One good drenching to
the skin followed by dozen deaths would
! cause bill to be rairoaded through both
houses of Congress in an hour by the mar
| Bile clock In the hall Of the House
| Nearly everybody made mental or verbal
| comment because there were none Of those
| long waits, or gaps, or the Struggling wit
| messed In other Inauguration parades. This
| was because of the perfect military ar
rangements of the grand marshal, and his
aids and battalions were double quicked'
| to close up all along the line when neces-
sary. The troops, too, marched In closer
| ME, and as result, the parade was the
| best ever seen in Washington, and was
| over In two hours. less time, though 1t
| started late. GEM Greene deserves all the
| praise he has and will thereafter receive.
Admired The Star building.
Hundreds Of visitors as they passed The
Star building exclaimed: What a beautiful
building, and how effective are the flag
decorations at every window against the
pure, white marble surfaces
/ asked Chief Clerk Burney at the Ar