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WASHINGToNs FIRST INAUGU RAJ OATH

to partake Of a generous spread to which
all corners had been invited. Barrels of
punch were upset on the carpets: men
with muddy boots stood upon the up
!lolstered furniture. draperies were torn
down by the crush. drunken men Slung
hams at one another, and Jackson himself
had to be rescued when the hilarious
throng squeezed him into corner. But
al last the crowd was CoaXed outside by
the removal of the punch barrels onto the
lawn. and, prOfiting by this orgy. Jackson
was more exclusive in his hospitality at
his second Inauguration. which closed
with a ball at the Central Masonic Hall.
He estorted his successor, Van Buren,, TO
the latters oath-taking in phaeton built
of timbers from the Constitution, and they
were preceded by an impressive escort OF
cavalry and infantry. In the evening or
this inauguration day of Van Buren, there
We're two balls given. but Van Buren, at
tended only one. at Carusi's saloon.
The first big inaugural crowd was that
which greeted William Henry Harrison.
1t was 1900 strong and "Old Tippe-
canoe rode to the Capitol on his horse.
followed by floats, companies of veterans
and numerous marching clubs. He held a
public reception i'll the White House in
the afternoon and attended three inaUgu-
lal balls at night. but the severity Of the
weather in which he stood bareheaded to
deliver his inaugural address cost him his
life within few weeks. Three inau-
gural balls were also given in Polk 5
honor. Taylor rode to the Capitol behind
four spanking grays with an impressive
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the occasion. Her English 10 perfect,
with mere touch of accent which IS
very attractive. She always kept up
her English, and for four years Count
Won Bernstorff was attached to the Ger
man embassy at the British capital
In Cairo the English is the prevailing
tongue. The> young Countess Alexandra
speaks her mothers tongue as perfectly.
She has received all her education ac-
cording to the old world method of gov
ernesses. and from the first she was
taught English as we'll as German and
French. She IS a very attractive-loOk-
ing girl. just twenty, with a rather
spirituelle appearance. She has soft
blond hair and blue eyes. with a slender
graceful figure and delicate coloring
Countess Alexandra made her formal
debut in Cairo a year ago. but she has
found everything so different in this part
of the world that 1t seems like making
second entrance into society. She en-
joys the American methods of entertain
ing and the unrestrained way in which
the younger contingent goes abroad.
In Europe. of course. a Stricter super
vision is exercised over young girls"
said Countess Won Bernstorff, but Wash
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Tommy Found 1t.
= FORCE ABE. a. dinner in London,
~ said of luck:

= FORGE ABE. a dinner in London,
~ said of luck:
Nobody Is so dependent on lick as tho
playwright When he prospers he con-
siders luck Il kindly goddess, but when
his work fails. then luck seems to him a
spirit perversely cruel and mean.
He regards luck then as Tom jack
sons wife of Lafayette does.
Tom Jackson said one morning at
breakfast:
Hang it all! While / was wedding
dropped my Imperial Order OF the
BOOSTERS pin on the lawn. and I've been
looking for II now over half an hour.
Its gone for good, | suppose. 4
That night when Jackson sat down.
to dinner there was his pin beside hi II
plate.
BULLY for YOU said he. Where ala
you frd it. Martha
. I let Tommy - hsrsfsstsd fhtA Ast1fs.
npvn.' said Mrs. Jackson. eYetiI. i
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COUNTESS LoUIsA-ALExANDRA

bates i'll Congress. and his record for
calling SurpasseS any diplomat who has
come to Washington for decade.
According to the etiquette which has
been followed since the famous contro-
versy of Lord Pauncefote of Preston and
Carrot Hobart Vice President the am
bassadOrs must call on the second man
of the nation and on all other ambas-
sailors who have been here before them.
Count Won Bernstorff discharged this OBJ
legation very promptly. and has begun on
the senators and other officials of the
government who have fulfilled their hos
pitable duties. The countess and her
daughter have already met the greater
portion Of their future associates, the
Countess Alexandra al the debut dance
OF Miss Ethel Roosevelt and her mother
at the banquet and reception given by the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt to the
diplomatic corps last month They have
also done 4 tremendous amount of calling,
and have been graciousness itself about
accepting the small cOurtesies customary
at this season. The countess presents
almost new type in the ease and gc-
niality with which she meets American
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of my first Investments was history
OF the United States. We have been dill
gently locking up the histories OF the
heroes whose statues we have admired,
and we have still some work to be
familiar with all.
Il find that some OF the resident por-
tons of Washington compare with the
best which Paris, Berlin CT London can
show. and from indications it would seem
that in few years the American capital
will boast of as great and many elegant
palaces as the old world cities. 1 am an
American by BIRTH and l take a cordial
interest in every thing which relates to
the American capital or the nation. My
father. Edward Luckemeyer. was a Ger
man by birth. but he came to New York
in his early life, became naturaliZed and
remained over thirty years a resident
Of Gotham. I was BORN in East Goth
street. and lived there until / was fifteen
My parents took me abroad to perfect
myself in the languages and for the adj
vantage of foreign travel, and when I
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Countess Luisa-Alexandra are by their
position prominent figures in Vanity Fair
but their personality adds much TO their
social Importance. The elder countess
takes SO cordial an interest in what per-
tains to life in her fathers adopted coun-
try and Is determined to see all things
through roseate glasses that her coming
may be regarded as more than an Incl
dent of the winter. Washington Is ac-
customed to having it's defects magni-
fied-to having the diplomatists sent
hither to sigh as though they consid-
cred the place an exile. One grave envoy
dcp!ores the loss of the opera throughout
the winter another wishes the American
capital had q common promenade for
the smart set after the Prado in Madrid
the Champs Elysees in Paris: another
thinks the life crude and unfinished and
the social functions planned only for the
pink tea contingent. Count and Countess
Won Bernstorn see Il delightful prospect
stretching out, and both enjoy the vim
and push which characterize even social
intercourse in the capital OF the new
world The count has been taking as
much time as lie can spare from his
duties at the embassy to hear the de-
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SeIf-BetrayaI.

MANOR GUTHRIE, at i dinner in
A'A Pittsburg. said of the srafters whom
he had exposed:
1T was not such difficult work to catch
them as some people think. Guilty men,
you see. always betray themselves through
their continual efforts to appear innocent.
Thus a Philadelphia professor frcr
the University of oxford, 1t = banquet
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The Child Millionaire.

MIME. NIEIBA. at a dinner in New
IVA York, told a story OF a little million
lire.
He stopped at New York hotel with
his tutor and governess," she said, and
one night the two guardians went to the
opera leaving him alone in his apart
ment with his toys.
About nine o'clock his bell rang furi-
ously. He didn't understand the tele-
phone, and one of the assistant managers
hurried to his suite and knocked.
Did you ring, sir?' he asked.
Yes said the little fellow. Please
send some one to hear me say my pray
ers.'
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married Count Won Bernstorf they de-
cided again to take up their residence
in Europe. ! was an only child. and il
was natural that they did not wish to
place the ocean between | have
never returned TO my native land though
| always intended to do SO. until | came
in December with Count Won Bernstorff.
l am going to New York just as soon as
I have the leisure and renew my ac
quaintance with some old friends. and
with some new ones met in Egypt and
London shall OF course, look up my
old home, though no doubt little remains
of the city as ! remember it, The glimpse
which l got in passing through disil
lusioned me of any hopes which | might
have entertained of seeing my old home
as | remember il. I wish my daughter,
however, to sec what still remains of it
and to know New York at least casually.
We intend to spend sGine time there for
the opera. and generally to visit all the
great cities of the country. MY son is nj
school in Darmstadt. sand will not com
plete his education for two years. 1t IS
not likely that he will come to this coun-
try until his course is finished. We hope
to GO to him for the summer and to pass
some part of the heated term in the Ger
man spas.
Countess Won Bernstorn and the young
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tives abuse 1t most numerically. In
Cairo we have perpetual summer. and
we had al fresco life. throughout the
year Every day we played tennis or
golf or spent the mornings in the gar
dens reading ard chatting. In the center
OF modern Cairo is what is known as
the European quarter III the fine octag-
onal garden called Eyle hiych. which is
more than twenty acres in extent and
filled with rare flowers and shade and
possessing an exquisite little lake. All
around are the cafes, concert halls,
booths OF various sorts and bazaars, and
life is brilliant and sparkling after the
oriental fashion. There is also a fine
opera house throughout the winter and
an Italian summer theater. The English
cHony at Cairo is large and naturally
takes the lead In the social realm The
officers of the posts lend color and amuse-
ment 10 the passing throng, and the for
eign cosmopolitan contingent add interest
to conventional social functions
Then the old city is a never-ending
pleasure The Arab quarters have not
lost the distinctive oriental character and
TO wind in and out the trackless mazes
and witness the street scenes, hear the
strange noises and enjoy the changing
panorama is to solve the puzzle of why
the orient Is 50 allurins to the westerner
AS for the social life. 1 find that few
differences are to be noted in any por-
ton of the globe where civilization has
penetrated. Teas and dinners and small
receptions are the medium of social amen
ity In Cairo as in London, Berlin and
Washington. Gardens are more numer-
GUS perhaps. in Cairo. because of the
soft climate. but with slight differ
ence in externals l find that people en-
terrain after one pattern everywhere
The khedive'S court makes the city gay
and the foreigners mingle with the court
and with each other after the prescribed
method.
Il am delighted with all / have seen
in Washington. particularly with the
broad, wide streets, the graceful con-
tour of the avenues and the innumer-
able parks, which must be lovely in the
spring and summer. and which are
fascinating to me now in their winter
garments. l had met many Americans
in Cairo. and in fact in London and
Berlin and all the cities where I have
lived. and always they would remark that
while l would find Washington a delight
fui city from many standpointS / would
miss many things familiar from my long
residence in the old world, namely. stat
ues. works OF art, great buildings and
the general evidences of culture which
age alone gives. l feel most delightfully."-
disappointed In Washington. AS for stat
ues. l can hardly imagine where yCu
could place more of them. During the
pleasant days after our arrival my
daughter and / would walk through the
city. with a map for a guide. and in
rariably we would discover some new
statue. l must tell secret, that / was
entirely at a loss about some of the
great men who are thus held mp for
fame TO the future generations. and one
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is AN AMERICAN BY BIRTH AND A MOST IN
! TERESTING WOMAN FROM EVERY STAND
POINT-ONE OF HER FIRST ENDEAVORs WILL
BE TO FIND A SUITABLE NEW HOME FOR THE
KAISER'S EMBASSY, THE PRESENT ONE BEING
TOO SMALL-COUNTESS Won BERNSTORFF
CHATS ABOUT LIFE IN VARIOUS CAPITALS IN
WHICH SHE HAS LIVED AND MAKES SOME OBJ
SERVATIONS ABOUT THE NUMEROUS STATUES
IN WASHINGTON.
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here one night, drank several glasses OF
port. The professor did not know This
wines extraordinary strength, and in all
innocence he took too much. When lie
rose 10 leave the table, his legs, to his
dismay, tOttered and the room seemed
10 sway slightly.
The Mortified professor got to the par
Tor in safety. He sat down in the most
distant corner. But soon his Young
hostess. leading a maid VIII carried her
two beautiful twin babies, came to him
for his appreciation.
The professor sat up very erect. lie
gaZed at the twins CLASSIFY. Then he
articulated carefully, in a hoarse, thick
voice:
What a bonny little child"
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Lost Seasons.

LEVELAND MOFFETT, journalist
~ and playwright, said the other day
OF French associate:
He has regular annual failure
hasn't he? His failures come round as
regularly as the cold weather or old
Blanks farewells.
"Old Blank, the tragedian, you know.
heard sad news from his doctor last
week.
You'll have TO give up tho stage in
seven or eight years, sir, tbs duCtor said.
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military escort. He stopped en- route for
Polk. who had already left the White
House and was at a hotel In the even
ing three inaugural balls. one military,
were again held. Pierce. bowling right
and left. stood all the way from the White
House to the Capitol in an open barOuche
presented by Boston friends. He joined
with Buchanan. his successor. In the fes-
IN a temporary building i'll Judiciary
Square.
German sharpshooters were distributed
upon the roofs of the houses lining the
route of Lincolns first inaugural process
sion to and from the Capitol. Buchanan
and two senators rode in LincOln's car
riage which was surrounded by body
guard of cavalry. infantry and rifle
men. Lincoln read his first inau-
gural address on the east front
OF the Capitol upon platform be-
low which sixty armed guards faced
his rival in the campaign. held Lincoln's
hat during the ceremonies. The ball Of
this year was held again in temporary
structure in Judiciary Square, but that OF
Lincolns second Inauguration was held
In the the model room of the patent Of
flee. Every lady makes the most Of her.
or somebody's else, hair wrote a re-
porter of this function. who also took
note OF ''corsages shockingly decollete."
The first negroes ever seen in an maui
gural parade appeared in Iincoins sec
ond.
Grants first inaugural parade marched
In eight grand divisions. Approaching
Grants strained relations with Johnson
The inaugural committee proposed IL
drive the two to the Capitol in separate
carriages, abreast. but this angered
Johnson. He absented himself from the
entire ceremony. and Grant rode to the
Capitol with Gen. Rawlins This was
the greatest inaugural parade yet seen.
and the ball was held that night in the
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in the Inauguration and leaving only
White House. Jefferson did not receive
this cold welcome until the evening, when
there was 2 general illumination of the
city At his second Inauguration the en-
ployes of the navy yard paraded.
Madison took the oath in the old House
of Representatives. rather than in the
Senate. and it is said that he read his
inaugural address in such low voice that
only Il very few heard it. He passed
out to his carriage between lines Of
militia. The first inaugural ball in Wash
ington was held that evening In Long
Hotel. The two houses of Congress hav-
ing been at loggerheads over which should
he the scene of Monroes induction into
office the matter was compromised by
swearing him upon an elevated portlco im-
mediately between the two. but his second
oath was administered in the House,
where the Marine Band enlivened the
scene. Quincy Adams was also sworn in
in the House, but Jackson established the
precedent for taking the oath upon the
east portico of the Capitol, although he
was sworn the second time In the House.
on account of the intense cold. All sue
ceeding Presidents, however. have follow
ed Jackson's first example and kissed the
Bible Oh the east portico.
a disgraceful scene followed his first
inauguration. when a vast rabble followed
him from the Capitol to the White House
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the inaugural ball. If there Is ueiic'l
il will be met out of guarantee Iuno
subscribed to- by business men OF WASH
ington The only direct expenditure oy
the government will be small appro-
priation for the extra policing and light
ing OF Washington.
So far as the law of the land is con-
cerned II will be fully complied with II
Mr.. Taft and MIR. Sherman take trolley
car to the Capitol. and. after being sworn
in stroll off into the country for game
of golf. The remainder of the ceremony.
the parade fireworks and inaugural ball,
is the unofficial shindig OF the people Of
Washington.
HHr Tafts will be our thirty-first resu-
Ter Inauguration. not counting the I'M
scheduled swearing-in of Vice Presidents
succeeding to the highest office through
the death of Presidents. The first inau-
guration was held in New York. the Sec
ond and third in Philadelphia and all OF
the remaining twenty-seven in Washing
ton.
Gen. Washington was nearly two
months late for the first set inauguration
day. or at least the first Wednesday in
Ing proceedings under the new Consti-
tuition. The officers of the first Congress
tried to get it's members together on that
day. which happened to fall on March 4.
hut because its members were mostly
farmers, loath to leave their plantations
before the spring planting. there We're
continuous adjournments account of
no quorum for more than a month. or
until April g. when the electoral vote was
counted. Committees were thereupon ap-
pointed to notify Washington and Adams.
the victors. and the latter managed to
coach 1t from Massachusetts to New York
In time to be sworn in as Vice President
on April %.
But the ship of state had TO drift ten
days more without a skipper and with
only the first mate in command. Mean
while Washington was journeying to New
York on horseback, passing through tri-
umphal arches and over pathways Of
flowers strewn by pretty maidens in the
towns traversed. At last he arrived at
Gov. Clinton's house, New York. and on
the morning OF April 80 his carriage was
thence escorted by body of troops and a
civic parade to Federal Hall.
This set the precedent for an inaugu-
raj parade. With the general rode Col.
Humphreys, his aid-de-camp. and Tobias
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~ EO WASHINGTON NEARLY TWO MONTHS BE-
" HIND SCHEDULE-HOW MARCH BECAME "A
CRUMB IN THE BED"-LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF
OUR THIRTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SET FOR VARIOUS FEATURES - JACkSONS
wOIIND UP IN DISGRACEFUL ORGY-GERMAN
sHARpsHOOTERS WATCHED LINCOLN FROM
ROOFs-SNEEZES DROWNED MUSIC AT GRANTS
RA1J-TIFFS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS AND PRESI-
DENTS Observation-Disclosures LESSON IN COUR
TESY.
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Nnecdotes
Some Mems RELIGION.

A PHILADELPHIA minister preaching
Il Lincoln sermon the other Sunday,
quoted from an autograph of I.incolns.
The great President in this autograph.
referring to the methods of "a somewhat
notorious millionaire, wrote coldly:
Some men seem TO think that as long
as they keep out of Jail they have "A sure
chance of getting into heaven
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Concerning
We'll Known PEOPLE.

copyright. 1909. hy Estelle Klauier
Your organic trouble is slowly gaining
ground. I've known it fer q long long
time
Then why didn't YOU tell me- said
Blank anGrily. 'You have cheated ME
ont of several farewell seasons -
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IL. i - II - stih NS
ration will c o $ t
about eighty thou
sand dollars. reck-
oning on the basis
of Mr.. Roosevelt s.
on which sS,UU
was spent. Its ex-
penses will he paid
by the people who
attend II and buy
tickets 10 the pa
rade stands a II d
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ROM the social
S I Il n d p o int the
National capital is
TO be congratulated
on the recent ac-
QUESTION TO the
diplomatic corps.
Two bachelor min
listers. the former
Swedish and Dam
isll, have been re-
placed by ENJOYS
who have charm
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ing families In the case of the German
ambassador, though Washington will not
forget the Won Sternburgs. the new rep
resentative OF the kaiser has beside an
affable and socially inclined wife
charming young daughter Count Won
Bernstorff and his family at pres
ent domiciled in the Shoreham. awaiting
The arrival of their household treasures
from Europe. The German embassy.
which was entirely dismantled after the
death of Baron Won Sternburg is now in
"a state of renovation and viii be newly
painted and adorned from basement to
turret.
::
This delay of taking possession OF the
embassy" said Countess Won Rernstorff
TO the writer prevents my yielding to
The hospitable impulses which one must
naturally feel on receiving so cordial
welcome as has been extended to US But
the delay gives me an opportunity to see
the city and to become familiar with de-
tails OF life In the American capital. l
am hoping to take possession of the en-
bassy about the end of March, in time
To take part in the amenities OF Easter
tide. But work is slow when ones be-
longingS are scattered over three con-
fiEentS. The great part OF our furniture.
including my husbands library. is still II
Egypt. but | have some fine tapestries
and works of art which were placed in
safe keeping in Paris when we went to
cairo. Then We have brought some things
with us and We have much to come from
Berlin, so that on the whole it will re-
ouire months. allowing for delays to
get our home ready for occupancy. While
it is our intention to refurniSh the pres
ent German embassy. / hope we shall not
remain there for long. The mansion pur-
chased fifteen or sixteen years ago is
entirely too small for present needs. 1t
shall be one of my first occupations to
inspect various dwellings offered for sale
and IL we cannot find what is required
the German government Will build an en-
bassy which compares with it's homes in
other capitals.
:! =
I'VE have come from one of the oldest
cities in the world and most ancient civil
lzations TO a new and entirely modern
country, and the change is proving inter
esting and most exhilaratins from every
standpoint. / have been enjoying even
the weather though / note that the ma
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copyright. 1909. by Joan Eifreth "atkins9
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-08-13
Significant

The other day a merchant in a
nearby town saw a farmer receiving
goods at the station from Chicago
mail-order house, says the Muscotah
(kans) Record. The goods were in
his line and the same had been car
ried in his store for years. He ap-
preached the farmer and said.
81 could have sold you every arti-
Gle You have there for less money
than you paid in the Chicago house
and saved you the freight besides. "
Then why on earth didn't you say
so?' answered the farmer. Il have
taken the Muscotah Record for years
and have never seen line about
your selling these goods The Chic
ago house sent advertising matter to
me. asking for my trade and they
got il.