The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-01
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contIneaa trom Pace one.

l.. A. Coromilas, of Greece, all new
ministerial members of the corps,
we're given an especially cordial
greeting by the President and their
colleagues.
Following the glitterlnlg diplo-
matte process ion came the Chief
Justice and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court, other mem
bers of the judiciary. former mem
bers of the cabinet and U. S.
Ambassadors and Ministers. The
Senator's and representatives came
next, ALTHOUGH the holiday season
had left but few in the city.
Another pleasing splotch came
Immediately after-officers of the
army and navy and other military
organizations all wearing the regula-
ticn special full dress.
At 1915 the procession of we'll
wishers tool, on more sombre
color. II was made up of the civ
ilian officers and organizations APP
pearing in the following order:
Regents and Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institutions; Civil Ser
vice Commission; Interstate Com
merce Commission; 1sthmian Canal
Commission; Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia; Assistant Sec
retaries of Departments; Solicitor
Generals Assistant Attorneys Cen
eral; Assistant PostmsCters Gener-
al; Treasurer of the United States:
Librarian of Congress-: Public
Printer, heads of Bureaus; Presi-
dent of the Columbia Institution for
Deaf END Dumb. Society of the Gin
cinnati; Aztec Club of 1S47; Asso-
ciated Veterans, war of 1S46-47:
Military Order Loyal Legion: Grand
Army; Medal of Honor Legion:
Veteran LEGION; Union Veterans
Union; Society Army of Santiago;
Spanish War Veterans; Army and
Navy Union; Minute Men; Sons of
the American Revolution, and the
Oldest Inhabitants Association.
Then came the simple life. The
long serpentine line of "plain peo-
pc" that had been pulsating with
impatience out of doors for two
hours, from the head resting on
the front portico in sight and hear
ing of the gaiety to the rear many
squares away, moved forward at I
n. m, when the big door was
thrown open The gay uniforms and
fine gowns were absent but the
flowers and pants and music were
there and-more important of all
Neighbor Roosevelt.
The great band which had been
discoursirly classical airs burst forth
in a blare, See, The ConquerinS
Hero Comes" as the column fairly
leape1 inside Slowly at first but
faster moved the throng, and more
Joyous became :he band, skipping
from cue lively air to another. At
one time 1t was 'Listen To MY Tale
of Woe" and at another There
VIII BE a Hot Time in The oil
Town Tonight"
''Step, lively there, step lively
there. and see the elephant pack
his trunk" came the melody, but
not the words, as the band broke
into the familiar Mayor of Toxic"
Even Neighbor Roosevelt could not
repress a smile, for all the good
people of every rank and from al
most every cline had been wishing
him a successful hunt on the Afri-
can trip which is to follow his re-
tirement from public life.
More rapidly moved the column.
Now a quick Vtep from the band.
Then a double quick from the call
ers. The neatly uniformed help,
placed at different parts OF the room
TO keep the course clear, took a
hand and by an insinuating gesture
here or a tap there, livened up the
faltering ones. Other gentlemanly at
tendants observed that there we're no
packages carried in the ranks and
saw to II that the rule AGAINST
q caller roreetingl the host with one
hand behind his back or concea ed
in his overcoat pocket, was not vio-
lated
II was a cosmopolitan gathering,
from first to last, and not less so
after the disappearance of the royal
trappings, the frock coats and the
hPH1some gowns for in the "peo-
ple's column" were Old age and
youth, willie boys" and simperlng
maids, maiden ladies' and washer
women, the genteel laborer as we'll
as the fellow who looked as II he
had not known profitable toll for
years; the white and the black, the
freshly secured as we'll as some
who had neglected their toilet.
They buried along, the embodi-
ment of Shakespeare's Seven Ages,
with all intermediate grades that he
could have conceived OF and others
not dreamed of in his philosophy.
Through 1t stood Neighbor Roosevelt
with no cider or apples TO dispense,
brt havirly a CHEEKY salutatlon for
all a pat on the shoulder for an