Evening star., 1909-03-03
HOTELS FILLING UP.
Biggest Number of Guests at Any
Tnaupuration Since Cleveland's.

Clerks at the hotels were busy all night
recording guests. At an early hour this
morning practically every room in the
ST. James. New National and Metropoli-
tan Hotels was occupied.
In many instances guests who arrived
last night were only accommodated until
morning. Rooms they occupied had been
engaged by persons who arrive today.
At the ST. James when guests arrive
today, some of whom had engaged their
rooms four months ago, the house would
be crowded The clerk on duty last night.
who has done service at that place for
number of years. said the number of
guests would be the largest of the past
three inaugurationS.
At the National Hotel nearly one thou
sand guests were registered yesterday and
late last night. This is due to several
large parties that had engaged rooms
several months ago.
Among the arrivals were the John E.
Reyburn Republican Club of South Phila-
delphia, Pa, with five hundred members;
the Post Dispatch Of Chicago. ILL.,. with
one hundred members; the Twentieth
Century Club of Philadelphia Pa. with
two hundred members: the Eighteenth
Ward Republican Club of Philadelphia.
Pa. with nearly two hundred in the party
and another party of nearly one hundred
from Boston.
The Metropolitan Hotel, last night. was
filed. AS in the cases of several
others. some guests only accommodated
over night. because of the wise ones"
who engaged rooms some time ago.
Prominent Guests.
Among prominent guests at the Shore
ham for the Inauguration are Judge r. A.
Ballinger and Mrs. Ballinger or Washing
ton state. prospective Secretary of the In
terror in the Taft cabinet. and Rear Ad-
miral j. J. Reed of the United States
Navy.
An Arlington guest is Charles Nasel Of
st. Louis, prospective Secretary of Com
merce and Labor in the Taft cabinet
Mrs. Nagel, wife of the incoming Sec
retary, is with him. On account of being
in mourning she will take no part in the
social festivities.
At the Shoreham Hotel among other
guests are Mrs. Pell, wife of Rev. Alfred
Pell Of New York; Mrs. John Fox, jr.. Of
New York; Mrs. F. c. Van Ness of Chi
cago. Mrs. Mary H. Steinmetz of Lam
caster. Pa; Mrs. John Flack Winslow of
Cincinnati. Mrs. w. A. Gill. wife of Com
mander Gill of the navy: Mrs. Martin W.
Littleton, wife of the we'll known lawyer
Of New York, and Mrs. Edward w.
Hatch. wife of the partner of Judge Alton
B. Parker.
Col. S. o. Bigney of Attleboro, Mass.
has quite a party with him at the Coch-
ran. This includes Mrs. Augusta Brun-
dage, Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln d. Robbins.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Patterson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred G. Mason and Mr.. Harvard o.
Bigney
Among the Vermonters at the Cochran
are Mr.. and Mrs c. S Van Patten and
Miss Van Patten Patten of Brattleb boro.
Some Of the visitors at the Arlington
Hotel are Miss Marjorie Squire, daughter
of ex-senator Watson Squire; Mrs
NJ. r. Bissel and Mrs r. E. Shan
non of Grand Rapids, Mich; Mrs. Elmer
E. Black of New York; Mrs H. J. Rem
mel of Little Rock, Ark, wife Of National
Committeeman Remmel: Mrs. Martha
Veigel of South Bend. Ind; Mrs. P. S.
Teller and Miss Teller of San Francisco:
Mrs. ]. E. Andrews. jr., daughter-in-law
of Representative Andrews of New York
Gov. George H. Prouty Of Vermont with
his wife and a large party are quartered
at the Raleigh. The governor will re-
main here only a week. while Mrs. Prouty
will stay in the city for three or four
weeks, taking in the social events of the