The Washington times., 1909-08-15
CHAMBER TO COMBAT
INAUGURATION DATE
Washington Business Body Plans An Ingenious Campaign
to Have President Take Oath in May-Promses
Some Thrilling Literature on Subject.

committee the proposition of making an
appropriation to print the two volumes
viii come up for consideration.
Already the second volume has been
written, and read by several members
of the committee The author is a
well known cont ibutor TO magazines.
His best efforts are being saved for
volume number one, in the event the
proposition goes through. That he has
the ability to put mp just the class Of
literature in this volume the Chamber
wants he has demonstrated beyond the
shadow Of doubt by his first effort
Details of how rhe literature is TO be
distributed will not he worked out, OF
course. until the Chamber has decided
whether il can afford TO take ND the
project and properly finance it. Il is
possible, however. that the principal
chambers OF commerce In all the States
of the Union will be asked to take up
the campaign and hear the expense OF
distributing the literature IN thelr re
spective territories. In the event Of TINS
plan being worked out nearly every
body ia the country will be given
chance 20 read the books
The volumes, probably, will be issued
separately, so that those persons who
usually look at the end of book before
they start il to see if the lady with the
dark eyes marries the man who saves
her from the villains clutches VIII not
have chance to do so. After the ell
feet of volume number one has taken
hold in the ma 1ner desired, volume
number two will be turned loose. and
after that will come the last act of the
play-the hoped for people rising up and
demanding the holding of Presidential
inaugurations in the month of May
Clever Arrangement.
So. lust lie low about this, gentle
reader. and see how it works out 1t Is
a very clever little arrangement, and
you must admit. has possibilities,
Here are a few little paragraphs from
volume two. describing the pleasures Of
the inaugural ca nival week in MAY.
which has taken especially well with the
members OF the chamber, and should
prove practical H. molding public opin-
ion.
It probably wiz make you jealous OF
the nineteen forty-one-er-
'Tae merriest and perhaps the most
Measurable time of the week arrived
for the entire downtown portion OF me
CITY was given over to the Lord OF Mis-
rufe. and many were the antics which
he s,Iayedt aided right willingly by MS
masked followers Among these were
Indian chiefs, witches, Robin HOous,
Dennants of many nations in plctuT-
kits In perfect control, so far as the
weather was concerned, Red Riding
Hoods. clowns in white, Mephistos IL
red tambOurne girls. monks anu
priests, TOpsels by the score, hgures ia
dominoes. red. white violet, yellow,
green. orange; in short, every color OF
the rainbow and-every tint and shade
Of these colors-one and ali threaded
their way in and out through the laugh
ing. testing crowns.
Celebrate For Fair.
From the windows and balconies
flags and handAerchiefs were waved
and hands clapped in delighted applause
son hons we're tossed from balcony TO
balcony and caught By the most dexter
Gus: flowers and bits of pine and cedar,
torn from the earlands were waited on
the heads of the revelers IN the street
beIOWs In the air. Just above the heads
Of the crowd hoated two or tnIee
balloons. from which, at frequent
intervals. were dropped tiny Amer
lean flags and Eaily colcreo advertising
cards which were caught up by the
maskers and tossed from one 70 anothefs
as IT, like a tennis ball. The game was
10 keen them from touching the ground
as long as possible
THE babel Of voices mingled Win
the footing OF horns, the squeskinE
OF toy balloons, the shrill tones Of
however, by pleasanter sounds. Tor
every now and f@eu, rom \ window
or balcony. void sound the strains
from some popular ali, perchance the
old Red, White, and Blue; or tAt Merry
Dixie or the rev national song. or
the latest popular ballad, which would
be taken up by hundreds of persons
on the streets. carried on 10 the next
window or balcony, and so on, until
the streets for squares resOUnEed with
the strains"