The Washington herald., 1909-03-05

lace with stars Of many orders of merit
and Of honor on their breasts. and With
delicate dress swords.
Nor could one help being struck by the
curious. Il perhaps unconscious. arrange
ment Of the diplomats. For here was the
Right Hon. James Bryce. Ambassador OF
England. seated between Baron Rosen.
the Ambassador OF Russia, on his right
hand and Baron KogoTo TakalIira. the
Ambassador Of japan. or his left. Eng
land between Russia and Japan. as II has
been In the past
Nor could one fail 70 note that Mr. J J.
Jusserand, the Ambassador Of France.
sat next 10 Baron Edmondo Mayor des
Planches. the Ambassador OF Italy. and
spent much OF the time during the cere-
mony conversing with him Among the
ambassadors. all OF whom. Of course
were noticeable by reason Of the bril-
lance OF their diplomatic costumes. three
were particularly remarked because OF
the fact that during the entire ceremony
they wore head coverings
There was MUnji Bey. consul general
IN charge of the legation of Turkey
whose dUll red fez was dominant; there
was Gen. Morteza. Khan. the envoy oi
Persia. brilliant with many stars. and
crowned with a black fez. and there was
/ his excellency DR.. Wa Ting-fang. En-
vOy Extraordinary Of China. who wore
on his head a brilliant red creation. "
with band Of black. that certainly made
/ him "the observed Of ali observers
Senator'S Take the Oath.
After the Members Of the House OF
/ Representatives had entered the Senate
chamber It was that the swearing In Of
1 the new Senator's took place They were
sworn in I'm patches OF four. and this part
/ Of the ceremony was rather dreary and
monot0nous 70 the spectators The diplo-
mats especially. seemed 20 take little in
tercst in this routine. and few Of then
deicned TO hide the fact that they were
bored.
Baron Takahira seemed almost 10 go q
sleep during this part Of the function
/ The Persian Minister spent the time IT
rolling his white gloves into little ball
and UnrOlling them again. Baron RoseE
I tried his best 10 take a polite interes
/ when Ambassador Bryce tried 10 explain
I 20 him the meaning Of the ceremony. anC
/ few Of the other diplomats took tht
trouble 20 hide their ennUi some Of then
/ yaWning amUsingly.
I There was one exception. and that wa.
/ his excellency Wa Ting-fauC. the Chi
( nese Ambassador. who through It all va
alert and wonderfully keen-eyed. am
] seemed TO take an interest in every par
l OF the ceremonial Nor must II be for
gotten that when Senator Root. late Sec
retary Of State. who has had intimat,
and personal relations with most Of n,
/ diplomats came forward 20 take his oati
/ the diplomats for the first time broke GU
I into enthusiastic applause
{ In the meantime the weather outsid'
/ had moderated. so that when the cere
I monies were over there had gathered
about the Capitol the component parts O.
the biz parade. so that by the tin
/ President Taft had escaped. for the mo
/ ment, from the ceremonials and had tins
/ 10 greet his wife and family the process
sion was ready 70 start back.
snow Cleared Away.
b herculean eh5rts the District Com
/ ulizsiouers had been able 10 employ
/ large force OF men 10 clear Pennsylvani,
/ avenue Of the sIush and snow. so tha-
the march back was less distressing thar
il might otherwise have been Old Boreas
I himself seemed 20 think that he had don,
/ his worst The wind moderated. the
snow ceased. and as the low cloud.
/ chased themselves toward the west III
/ sun made a noble effort 10 burst forth.
In the meantime al all the grandstand
3 along the route men had been al worl
/ clearing OF the snow. and if they ha,
not quite succeeded they had at leas
/ cleared the seats and made them possibl
3 for occupancy. And so it was that tn
+ parade back was greeted by througs OF
( every hand. and. IN spite of the inclemen
Z weather and the bitter cold that searche,
out the weak places. the sidewalks wer,
. absolutely packed with humanity. an,
4 practically every seat available for III
line OF march was occupied.
/ True enough. il was not seated throny
( that appeared 10 be bOliday-making. 70
{ the weather was still so bitter that IN
/ lucky ones were those who had an ampl
/ supply of rugs and in most Of the grand
stands during the progress Of the parad
you could see men and women standin
UP wrapped ia blankets and rugs OF man
hues, looking ike 50 many Indian sQuaws
/ protected against the biting blasts.
And. OF course. the weather had 1t
! effect on the parade itself.
Fine ss the military division of tn
parade was. it stiU lacked some Of tha
! picturesqUeness which it would have ha
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