Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
VIEW OF THECR0WOS
"
Pennsylvania Avenue Back
With People
MOVING TO. AND FRO
MANY HUNG ON THE CURB ROPES
FOR HOURS.
Efforts to Secure Points of Vantage
From Which to View the
Big Show.

A front view of the crowds that lined
the avenue on either side, packed against
the ropes, was not without interest. From
the formation of the sidelines it was evil
dent that many residents of Washington
and visitors to the city had risen with the
lark this morning and had reached the
avenue at an early hour. Against the ropes
and resting on the curb stone under the
ropes was a layer of little children, the tots
being placed in the front rank in order
that they might have an unobstructed view
of the parade. Just back of the tots was
another layer of larger children, and still
further back toward the building lines were
packed the older folks, men and women,
youths and maids from all parts of the
United States.
There was abundance of colorlng IN
the scene presented on the side lines. Just
back and above the people were the ga1ly
decorated buildings, forming pleasing set
ting for the variegated colors noted in the
costumes of the crowd. There were ma
tronly women in black and gray, youthful
maids attired in dresses of blue. white RED,
maroon, tan, pink, etc, and the whole sur
mounted by bonnets. hats. headgear and
things indescrbable in design, of red ana
blue and gray and purple and violet ana
the seven colors of the rainbow. In ao-
0itiOQ to TINS as one passed. diOiiS III II
of the lines tnere would appear occa-
sionally a silhouette of dark hue IN the
scene, formed by group of happy, hght-
hearted colored people from the sunny
SOUTH" who in their eagerness to view me
gIittering show that was to pass alohS Inc
street had pushed forward to the ropes that
marked the front line of the crowd
When the presidential party ana MS es-
cort had passed on down the avenue 10,
ward the Capitol the fakirs and "spielers
once more resumed their barking cries, anu
the incessant noises of the multitude rose
again. The people focked out upon the
avenue, the sidewalks being too mario" 10
accommodate even half the persons VINO
had lined up on the walks and IN the size
streets to witness the procession 1hefe
were no street cars to interfere with the
pedestrians use of the roadway, ana the
automobiles and carriages were obliged TO
traverse other streets, for the great Amerl-
can people ION foot" demanded space in
which to perambulate.
Marched To and Fro.
The crowds marched back and forth along
the avenue. Gay young fellows, with hats
set rakishly on one side, sporting canes tied
with red, white and blue ribbon, wandered
here and there endeavoring to attract the
attention of groups OF young ladies, gaily
CARRIED and without chaperons, who pa
raded arm in arm and fiifted and laughed
and giggled, but refused to annex them
youths. There were old men and women,
too, in the parading throng, interested in
the doings of the younger folk. and recall
ing to themselves that lit was not like this
in the olden days, the days beyond recall. -
Occasionally a rustic swain, his brown
hand marked with signs of hardy toll
holding securely the smaller whittier hand
of his best girl from the country, would
pass by IN The human panerama~v--- r. - 1
There We're soldiers in their blue uni
forms, with capes lined with yellow or
red; cadets from military institutions at
tired in natty gray uniforms; prosperous
looking, well-fed men in long frock coats
and plug hats; members of governors
STATS, decorated with gold braid; and oc-
caSlonally there would be added a pictur-
esque dash to the scene in the fantastic
garb of the cowboy from the west attired
in his 'schnapps'' and leggins, blue shirt,
red bandana kerchief and wide white SOM
brero.
Rising distinctly above the noises of the
crowd were heard the cries of the fakirs.
Here's where you get your Roosevelt
canes;' They're alive, all alive; the jolly
tumblers; get one, get it quick, they are
going" Medals and badges, ten cents"
Take home a Roosevelt big stick were
some of the calls of the spielerS.
But one cry that has been familiar in
Washington crowds for years in the past
was missed among the calls Of the street
fakirstoday. This cry was that familiar old
Scenarios celebrated double X Phila-
delphia cough drops, for coughs and colds,
five cents package" The old white
bearded man who was familiar to all visit
ors to Washington during inaugurations,
encampments and other assemblies in the
past is no more among the living; and his
voice, which for so long was heard above
the noises of the street as he cried his
wares, is now stilled forever. The absence
of this once familiar character on the
streets of Washington and the absence of
the once familiar voice, that rang clear and
strong in all kinds of weather and at all
,Y1.l
by many visitors who regularly attend
great celebrations in the national capital.
"A March FURRY.
A regular March wind, which blew up
just as the rear of the morning escort to
the President was leaving Pennsylvania
avenue and proceeding up Capitol Hill,
caused spectators to scurry and for a few
moments threatened to demoralize this por-
ton of the procession. The gust uncere-
moniously swept west on the wide street
and quick as flash lifted hats from the
heads of fifty or more Grand Army vet
Grams, who were forced to leave the ranks
in considerable confusion and to recover
their lost property.
At 7th and the Avenue.
The great crowd which had selected the
spacious site about the intersection of Penn
sylvania avenue and 7th street from which
to view the inaugural parade assumed a
vigorous, pulsating activity. The influence
of the elements was almost magical When
dark clouds overhung the avenue and the
moisture-laden winds brought discomfort
and warnings of worse weather the aspect
of the clustered thousands was almost SOM
Der. But. with the return of the suspicious
sunshine the spirits Of the throng rose to
ebullition. Surgfag and swarming men and
women and children flooded the intersection
of the street and avenue and surged over
the nearby park spaces, a noisy, jubilant
mass of humanity.
This was during the wait between the
move of the procession to the Capitol and