The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-05
ROOSEVELT REVIEWS PARADE
,N4 COrRT or HTSTORY IN FRONT
or WHITE house.

r,,,oush This the Marching Thousands
pus,cd-Justlce Harlan Hands Down
n Decision Tunt Hen Keep Ills seat
fine showing 81 Cadets and NIddies.
W.sufNGroS. March 4-The climax Of
,he INAUGURATION Day ceremonies as far as
the great mass Of spectators il concerned
"a always tie review Of the great parade
by the incoming President This review
always takes place directly in front Of tho
White House. and less thgn 100 yards from
re min portal Of the Presidents mansion.
N,ia,,ter what a crush OF humanity there
mavic ~ other points on the line Of march,
every inch Of space within two or three
biorl5 81 the White House commands a
high lwuuin.
Executive avenue. as that pert Of Penn
svIy4gll avenue is called which extends
from Fifteenth street TO Seventh street
b.ty.,u the White House and the beautiful
Tatlycite Park had been converted into a
.C,tr af History. The scheme was
faiae.. waYe elaborate than any that has
heretofore been undertaken and the trans
alton which took place subsequent
totht storm Of Wednesday, when everything
was covered with thick blanket of wet
snow. tas remarkable.
The President reviewing stand in which
eeats were provided for about 600 persons.
VA, directly north of the White House on
The south side Of Executive avenue. In
The middle II this stand was the Presidents
box lais was directly opposite the middle
oftle largest stand for spectators anywhere
on The line Of march, which occupied the
who, ,pacr ON the south side of lafayette
two aty blocks
Bo,a the Presidents stand and the spec
tator, stand across the way were painted
white and substantially built so as TO
present the appearance Of permanent
structures There was great demand for
seat. in the big stand directly opposite
the Presidents box, and there was scrarn-
BIZ 10 buy them at s. apiece.
The Court OF History
As The head Of the parade column swung
mt Executive avenue from Fifteenth
street the marchers were immediately
ushered into the Cout Of History A
moment after the turn was made the col
umn passed between two heroic statues of
Victory Forty-eight bamboo poles from
the Philippines had been erected at regular
Intervals on the two sides of the court and
between each two poles on the White House
side was a heroic plaster statue OF one OF
the early American explorers or statesmen
The President box was guyly decorated
and inside we're dozen or more mahogany
chairs from the private dining room of the
White House. -Four years ago the Presi-
dents box was enclosed in glass, but there
was evidently greater faith in the weather
This year on the part Of the committee Of
arrangements, for the space which was 10
te occupied by the President and his family
was not protected from the elements except
b. a roof.
QuicA Luncheon at White House,
r was lust : o'clock when the Presidents
carriage, preceded by Squadron A. entered
TIE White House grounds Considering
that Mr. Roosevelt had more than hundred
guests at luncheon, the meal was concluded
in short order and AZ 243 O'Clock the Presi-
dent and Yice-Ppsident. followed by Mrs.
Roosevelt Nlre Fairbanks and a party Of
relatives and friends from the White House.
entered the reviewing stand.
There vas cheer from the stand on the
opposite side Of the avenue and after raising
his hat and bowling several times the Presi-
dent sat down Vice President Fairbanks
head and shoulders taller than the President.
vas Gated almost Immediately behind Mr..
Rooleval-s chair In the same row, and
mar the front Of the Presidents box were
Eeated Senator Spooner. Senator Lodge
and Senator Bacon Of the committee of
arrangements Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Alice
Roosevelt and the other members Of the
family we're seated near the front Of the box
Of the Presidents left.
Within quarter of an hour before the
Presidents arrival large number of dis
tnEIi~hed persons had arrived, and taken
their places in the reviewing stand
tection Of the stand was reserved for the
members NJ the Diplomatic Corps. nearly
ell u whom wore their brilliant court uni
forms The crowd in the Presidents stand
was a select one. and all who entered II
bad tickets TO which they were entitled
b. their official position.
The guests did not always care 10 sit
where tho u-hers seated them. however,
and in some cases changed their seats to
more favorable places. Justice Harlan
q tho United States Supreme Court ar.
rived with the members of his family and
large many colored steamer rug Tho
seats which his tickets called for were
occupied by others Iusicc Harlan helped
himself 10 the next best place. This did
not Tiit the members Of the local com
nttee on arrangements, and n delegation
waited on him, asking him to move.
II not gong to bulge said the vener-
able jurist, and nc did not
What shall we do'T inquired one Of
The committeeman in reporting the incident
T. his chief
OBJ we can't help it, replied the chief.
There's no appeal from a decision Of the
Supreme Court
Carriages Couldn't Butt In.
Everybody rose when the President
entered the stand and before the applause
had subsidized the signal was given for