Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-28

itaiian aeronaut will ascend with n
'anooh carrying "A great stock Of
rockets. etc. He viii descend with n
parachute. setting off the fireworks as
ne comes down.
MS year President Mckinley VIII
not deliver his address with heavens
hlSh vault as the only protection fo,
MS pared head. SO far as ctrsory ex-
carnations of the pictures shown.
10" other Presidents spoke to their
servants indicate all the former c,,icr
hdSiStr3tcs stood uncovered in the
open ar while delivering their ad-
"itSSeS. n wooden canopy has lccn
pace lover the -m2ll stand which will be
occupied by President Mckinney. Chief
justice Fuller. President Rooee
vet ana the members of the committee
on r2ngemcntS. Four wears ago
Whiie Mr.. Mckinley vas speaking. the
sun beat down upon his unprotcctcd
mead, ana the reflected glare from he
Wnite walls of the Capitol and fro
Library OF Congress made him sqilipt
$" horribly that all pictures of MIN
showing his features make his f,co
HOOK as If the President were in CON
NuiSlonS while telling the pconla bi;
IDEAS OF what should be done during
'he Tour years of the presidential ,,rm
theh beginning. This canopy viii shield
ms eyes and also. in measure. pro-
'ect hlm from The chilling winds likely
70 prevail next week.
oWhers OF windows along the i.nc Of
i'"'cl 1l tac inaugural parade on March
il III SLOWLY awakening to the fact thar
their prices ar" 80 steep that nossjhIa nnre
CHdScfS OF the privilege of seeing the IN
tale IRE being frightened away. Prices
iol WINDOWS on PENNSYLVANIA avenue
inN mounted upward with ularmIn. rap
IultH' ana. though some excessively hiril
ra.cS nave been paid by men who can
aioru 10 90 50. the vast ma jority Of thcS ,
widows are still unrpnt.d II is :; Ittl.
"It TOO steep TO pay 5000 for the use Of
one small room with one or two Windows
WINE the rooms with three windows and
balcony cannot be had for less than
S'"' while one choice location with a bal
cohN and three windows brought SlN1
cash for the 18th of March This room is
lHfse. spacious parlor over drug stor"
meht. and IN such position that an en-
tire view OF the court of honor in front
OF !he mite House can be had
Nlce-fresident-eleCt Theodore Rooso-
Welt gave up $l00 10 this druggist for the
use of this room and balcony. He has
taken the room for his family and his
sister, and will also have a few invited
guests. Dinner will be served in the
Some curious opinions have been cv-
pressed about his leasing this room. IT
has been generally supposed that the
President and tho Vice Pre- sidont wouid
have unlimited accommodation on the
President reviewing stand and. IN fact
IeooseNelt'S family and his sisters fam
ily and his friends could all be accom-
modated there if he 50 desired But
sooner than place them on a public stand
exposed to the largo official crowd sure
2 = on the Presidents stand. and as
the weather on the ith Of March is an
most invariably unpleasant the Vice
Prcsiuent-elcct has engaged large
warm. comfortable, party parlor at one
end Of the court of honor He will ride
past this window.
Although there are several thousand
windows along the line Of march between
the Capitol and the White House prices
this season have been elevated as never
before. There seems to be an idea that
this Inaugural ton will excel all others
in grandeur and show and that the pa
rade will be longer than anything since
Cleveland s first parade in lSSj. Acting
on this theory. owners of property an.
desirable locations have raised the prices
until now they are really excessive. Al
ready there are signs that the prices will
be reduced a day or so before the inauS-
UratIon, and visitors who are coming to
Washington for the ceremonies can well
afford TO DELAY making any engagement
iintil their arrival
one excellent proof that the high prices
asked are not being paid is found in the
ucVcr-fimlnlShlnG number OF cards ana
signs in the windows offering them for
rent. You can see such a sign in nearly
every window along Pennsylvania ave
nUC.
An advertisement in a daily newspaper
the other day offered small Office room
in the Corcordn building. opposite the
treasury department, two windows, for
500. II is still being advertised.
The highest prices for windows are tn
be found in the ncighborhond of FIT
tecnln street. the best windows being To-
Gated on the north side of the avenue he
tween Ninth and Fifteenth streets. Here
4 single window commands priC" of so,
| Windows at So are numerous. Yet not
many If these arc being taken. for Inc
; reason that ono window will accommo-
4 date only four or five people. ana the
prices of grand stand tickets are 80 much
more reasonable that intending Sp"cta
| tors prefer to purchase seat tickets.
| There are nearly l. official reviewing
| stands being erected, and several private
| ones The official stands are located on
parks. ana the private stands on private
property. The seats for the official stands
! are on sale at from 81 to S-thc latter
price being the rate for the long review
| ing stand on Lafayette square. directly
across the aVenu" from the White House,
| ard extending the Cntir" length of the
grand court of honor. This stand is the
! most desirable of all. bccau$" il affords
| a constant view of the President in MS
own reviewing stand right across the
street Were the stand twice its capacity
il would be packed at 81 per seat.