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1t Is because OF this buebeAr OF unccr-
tninty as regards the weather that win
dows overlooking the route of the great
parade command premium ou the event
full day. Prospective spectators can Sc
cure sents on more or less pretentlous re-
Viewing stands at prices ranging all the
way from 30 cents for camp STOOL
pcrchcd on top OF q store box, 10 So for n
pnrluet chair In the covered stand oppo-
site the White House. and directly fac
log the Presidents reviewing stnu1 But
all these stands are more or less c1-
posed to the weather Comfortably fur
pished md well heated rooms nre natur
ally preferred by persons to whom OK
pcnsc is no object However. 1t Is dim
cult TO secure the smallest window ever
looking Pennsylvania avenue for less than
$l5 or $50 and from that the prices range
upward 10 SIS or $i0o per window. There
buvo been Instances when 81 900 and 50. 900
was paid weeks before Inauguration for
q onc-day lease on large rooms with
number Of windows overlooking the Av.
enuc.
There are four big events on the inaugu-
raj progrnm-tbc exercises az the Capitol,
the monster parade. the display OF 0rc-
ball All save the last OF these arc FREQ
10 every wcll-bchaved citizen, providing
the said citizen has patience and ingenuity
enough In bu1cting crowds to get within
sight OF the memorable moving picture
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sumin9 tho maternal pose of sick-nursc as
wei ns sweetheart Although he was not
vet victim OF consumption. his health
VAS prccorIous. She bas described him
as a "dctestOble patient" and later on
she called him her dear corpse" a gro
tesquo pleasantly.
One reminiscent writer tells the story
of how she would order Chopin around.
Frederic un 0dIbus," she called when
she wished q cigar lighter. and Fred
eric obediently brought one The story
has been doubted. however, because
George Sand never smoked cigars. but
cigarettes.
There is no doubt. however. TINT she
was the stronger vessel The delicate
artist. who became go weak In the last
years Of his life that hs playing was
hardly audible. and he bAd to modify
fortes into plonIsslmo. passed whole eve
lnGs of his moro robust years In playing
blind mans bun with young girls, and In
telling them stories.
A beautiful story IL told which bodies
forth the tender patbos Of his compost
tions rs no descriptive chapters could,
though pcnncd In the grandiloquent fugue
style OF n Huneker Meyerbccr had once
had a quarrel with bis wife. and they
parted IN anger. He sat down at the
plano and played nocturnc Chopin had
sent him. Such was the charm OF the
melody that his wife came up aud kissed
him. which Mcyerbcer promptly wrote to
Chopin.
Even ChopiD's own playing could not
permanently uuchnin the volatile George
Sand. She grew tired of him az last,
oud nfter 10 years they parted He Was
not 10 live for long. Ho foioted nt bis
last concert In Poris, a year later. There
he met her once again She took his
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ot the piano: they took long wnlhs.
Then be left for France. Maria give
him q rose. md be sent her waltz
from Paris. which she called '1Adieu.'
She was married somo years Inter. un-
happily; secured divorce md was mnr-
ried again: became q widow and died
only u few years ago.
The AFFAIR with George Sand,
or course, the grand passion of Chopin
life was George Sand. Shc was one of
the striking figures 10 a Paris 0lled with
striking figures. There was Victor Hugo.
the pope OF romantlclsm. aud there was
Alexander Dumas, its Cheyallcr Bnynrd'
There were Lamartlne and Choteaubriaud
md Dc Musset. virtuosos OF tears;
There WINS Lamennais. new John tho
Baptist: there WAS Hcine. n new Democ-
dtus. there was Baudelaire. the French
Poe. List and Meycrbcer and Bcrlloz
were making music: AIRY Scbetrer and
Dclncroiy wore painting; Micheet and
Gulzot were writing history.
10 this throug OF gcniuses be mot "thc
woman with the sombcr eyes" Amaptlpe
Lucille Aurore Dupln had been married 90
NJ Dudcvant when Chopin was a boy Of
ID; she had left her husband and gone 10
Italy with the poet, De Mussct: she had
nlrted with tho doctor, who visited De
Musset lying III abed. She aad wonder
full dcxtcrity In transferring her a0ec.
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Tho inaugural ceremony proper, which
tnkcs place about noon on the steps of the
Capitol, is perhaps the most dignl0oJ and
significant feature OF this busy days do
lngS All arrangements for the ceremony
at the Capitol nre In the hands of an OIL
oiol committee consisting OF three mem.
bers OF the United States Senate and a
similar number OF Representatives. This
committee spends nbout $4,000 In max
Ing preparations. including the outlay
necessary for erecting on the stcps OF the
Capitol n monster frame structure with
rostrum for the President and seats for
5000 distinguished spectators. By an odd
coincidence, Senator Knox. who IL TO be
secretary OF state IN the Taft cabinet, Ia
chairman OF the special committee this
year, md IL is probable that his last
duties az Il Senator Will he 10 this impOr-
tnnt role.
Following the precedent established on
similar occasions 10 the past. the Presi-
dcntelect VIII be escorted 10 the Capitol
on Inauguration Day by the committee
on arrangements and will enter tho Senate
wing by the bronze door, He Will go di-
rectIy to the Presidents room. where he
Will remain until the same committee
ate chamber. He Will then occupy the
sent reserved for him In front of the Vice
Presidents desk. The procedure In tho
case OF the newly elected Vice President
will be similar 10 that just described. With
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hand, trembling and cold.' but he went
or without utterInc word. Toward the
close OF 1919 he died
The fonciful stories Of his deathbed nrc
much adorned with legend, He breathed
his last at tho home OF Gutmann, pupil.
whose hand he held as he murmured,
cher omi" Solnnee Sand was there. but
not her mother, the novelist One legend
says she was refused odmittance, The
scene depicted by the painter Barrias,
with Delpbipo Potockn singing Strodclla
and Mozart. took place tho day before
Chopin's death, so much OF 1t as took
place at ALL
His Place os Tone Poet.
Chopin, whose centenary the world Is
celebrating, wac In many ways unique
among composers. The plano was bis
kingdom. Opera and sympbony he never
touched He Is even n specialist or tho
plano The scmber. the poetic, the ten
der the drc0my-it is in these that he Il
the supreme master. His music Seems
The twlnklIpg sweet of el0o feet,
Upon the wealth OF summers flowers.
LovIgnac has called him the Alfred de
Musset OF music. Do MusSct wax the
other famous lover OF George Snnd. Ia
there something ip the doctrine OF elective
aMnitie5 after alli
Ills polonaiscs nrc full of patriotic pas
sion aud splcndors his fantasies are mo-
sales of sumptuous sound-tbat IN mi
nor, opus 10, is probably Chopins mnster-
piece, And as Dickinson, in bis work on
the History of Music" says: Like the
fuguos Of Bach. the symphonies OF Bcot-
bovcn. the songs of Schubert, and the
music dTumos of Wagner, Cbopin's piano
pieces touch the high wotcr mark In their
kind"
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the exception OF the fact that he WILL OF
course, be escorted to the Wee Presidents
room. thero to await the opening OF the
proceedings In the Senate chamber. Just
before the adjournment OF tho present
Senate the oath OF Office Will be admins
tered to the new Vice President by the
president OF the Senate pro temporo Then.
after prayer by Edward Everett Hale. Vice
President Sherman Will deliver his In
nugurnl address and administer the cath
Of office To those senator's elect whose
terms begin on the same day
At the conclusion OF tho organization
of the Senate those assembled 10 the
Scnnto chamber. and Including all the
foreign diplomats I'm full court uniform.
Will proceed 10 carefully prescribed order.
through the rotunda Of the Capitol TO
the platform In the center portlco of
the Capitol When oil are assembled the
oath OF o1lce will be administered to
the PTcsident-e elect by the Chief Justice.
or. in his absence. by the senior Jus
tIce present The President VIII then de-
liver his inaugural address At the con-
clpslou of the address the President Is
driven quickly To the White House and
after q brief interval for lunch, takes
his place on the reviewing stand, facing
Pennsylvania avenue. directly In front Of
the Presidential mansion. to review tho
great parade. The retiring President
rides with his successor to the Capitol
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when the new ruler goes to take the oath
Of Office. and heretofore It has also been
customary for the man who has been
suddenly transformed into an ex-PTesident
10 journey back TO the White House
with Its new tenant However. Ihco-
dore Roosevelt will smash precedent in
this as in other things. Ho will not
return 20 the White House With President
Taft. but will go direct from the Capt.
tol to the railroad station mud imme-
diately begin his journey TO his home at
Oyster Bay.
II tho situation OF four years ago Is du-
pllcated, perhaps 10000 to 10000 spec
totors Will witness the administering OF
the oath of Office to the new president on
the cast front OF the Capitol The mon
ster parade. being more dazzling as
spectacle and visible over n greater area.
Will attract n far moro numerous throng
II the weather IL auspiclous this year.
probably not less than 100000 people Will
watch the vast army OF civic and military
mnrchcTS sweep up the two mile vista OF
Pennsylvania Avenue, escOrtiDg the new.
lySworn president from the Capitol TO
the White House. and requiring four or
0vo hours TO pass In review before him.
The military and naval features arc al
ment md this year they Will surp0sS
anything of tho kind heretofore attempt
ed General Bell. chief of stan OF the
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United States Army who Is the grand
marshal OF tIe parade, Ia one OF tho
closest personal friends of William II.
Tint end he has spared no effort to have
the military and navel show eclipse any
thing Of the kind heretofore seen on this
continent Upward OF 5000 seasoned
troops fresh from Cuba, will hive place
Ia the military division, whereas the
backbone OF the naval contingent Will
comprise from 300 to 1000 blucjackets
from tho principal bottleships OF the
round-the-world Beet, representing the
pick OF our globe-trotting men-o'-war'5
men. The regular soldlery will be over
shodowed in point Of numbers by tho
National Guard. representing the great
majority of the stntes of the Union. and
by a civic division that will encompass
marching clubs of oil kinds from all sec
tlonS of the country.
Tho Presidents personal escort ls al-
ways OF great interest 10 Inauguration
spectators. Famous cavalry orgnniza-
tions. such as the First City Troop of
Philadelphia, and Squadron A, OF New
NorE-famous as borscmen and as wear
crs Of gorgeous unitorms-eagcrly seek
this honor This yenr the distinction
falls to tho lot of the renowned Troop A,
of Cleveland. Ohio. the crack cavalry or
ganizatlou OF the middle West. and which
served In n similar capacity for Presl-
dents Hayes. Garfield and McKinley-the
other Presidents OF Buckeye birth. Col
Webb c HnyeS, son OF the late eIs
President who made arrangements for
thls years escort service by the troop.
plans to have 100 troopers 10 line, each
mounted on n Jot-black horse.
The night spectacle OF Inauguration day
outshines Shat of the day. On the Presi-
dents S0-acrc back yard In the rear of
the White House there Is the most pre-
tentious display OF fireworks ever de-
yiscd and AZ the Snme time tho streets
adjacent to the White House, the public
buildings md Court OF Honor arc
suddenly nglow-n masterpiece OF fnn-
t0Stlc electric Illumination. This year
! $4,000 Will be spent on this electrical
free show, rs compared with $4,000 cx-
pended four years ago. At the huge Pen"
sion Building. transformed into a fairy
land of lights md nags and flowers and
music a throng of more than 10000
people dance till morning In honor of the
Icw President who. With his family. looks
on from q lavishly- -bedecke1 balcony.
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lie Thought of asking ayr ia marriage
at the same time that he entertained the
idea of another marriage In PoInnd, his
loyalty being engaged nowhere, md his
nokle heart floating from one passion to
the other The young Partisan received
blm very kindly aud oil went as well
us could he, TIL on going TO visit her
one day. Ia company with another mu-
slclnn. who was OF more note In Paris
than he at that time, she offered
chair 10 this gentleman before thinking
OF inviting Chopin to be seated. He
never called on her ogains and forgot
her Immediately"
Such was the susceptible and scusi.
tive heart OF the Poet OF the Plano. No
passion left any abiding marks there
Yet there are three or four love stories
connected with his short. sad life.
lis 6rst love wns Constdntin Glad
kowska, pupil OF the Warsaw con-
seryatOry, whom he worshipcd for six
months without as much MS exchanging
syllable with her. She is sym5cllzcd
10 the stately adaglo OF the Emlnor
concerto, she was the Inspiration of one
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n HE American republic, as becomes
n n nation with supposedly democratic
~ ideals, Is not much given to that
pomp and splendor which characterizes
the ceremonies at monBrchlnl courts.
Nevertheless. the sovereign people and
the national government do cooperate
once every four yenrs to produce on I'm
prcsslve spectacle that Ia imposing pa
gcnntry Is quite the peer of any state
function to be witnessed anywhere In the
world. The occasion for this climax of
popular display is the Inauguration Of n
newly elected president OF the United
States, and since there - always greater
popular interest and moro elaborate
program when n Pre- JlJcnt Is innUguF0ted
for O now term than is the cnse when
Chief Magistrate Is installed IN oilce
for q second term. IL goes without saying
that the Inauguration of 1909 promises
10 be particularly brilliant
Furthermore. each successive Inaugural
tlon surpnsses It's predecessors Us a mon.
ster free show. This ia right and natur-
al since the nation is constantly pro-
gressing, tho population increasing and
the prestige of the Presidency growing
As the only criterion by which to measure
IN advance the Inauguration of 1900
compared With that Of former years, IL
may be mentioned that the fund which
has been raised for this yenr's spectacle
has renchcd much nearer tho 100000
maik than on any previous similar occa~
sion. just here II may be well 10 cI-
plain that the citizens OF the national
capital. who plny hosts to tho Incoming
onlcials md tho inaugural throug, raiso
tho money for Americas greatest spec
tacle by popular subscription. very much
as funds arc raised for worlds fairs and
other big events
As a matter OF fact. the Washington
Subscribers 10 this expense fund In
vnriably get their money back after the
Inauguration. for the thousands Of people
who pay s. each to attend that crowDlng
glory, the inaugural ball. roll up fund
TINT not only defrays the expenses OF
the ball Itself. but relmburses tho con,
tributors TO the general fund Ncvcrthc-
less. this popular subscription 10 n very
necessary means 10 an end, for the
inaugural ball admission fees are not In
band until close to March 4, whereas the
spending OF money on Inauguration
preparations begins months 10 ndvance.
AS u matter OF fact, the prelude to
this stupcndous one-day show ls found
In more thun two months OF hard. IN
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Of bis earliest yolscs. Constnntia was
n singer. and her low d alone was
worth thousand ducats," But Chopin
was only u. penniless composer. giving
some concerts In Warsaw. aud It IL not
known whether he ever laid his heart
at the lody's feet, At any rate she mar
rled n Warsaw merchant, who became
blind. and she passes from Cbopln's cor
rcspondence and life as completely os a
mcteorite that hns fallen
-Four years later he Ia planning to
marry Maria WodZlnskn. who was lust
~ years OF ogc. They played together
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tious-almost as wonderful ns her prodi-
gious industry in turning out novels. Such
was Madame Dudcvant. better known by
her pen name OF George Sand" who
presently fixed her affection upon Chopin
and literally annexed him.
Several romantic stories have been told
of their 0rst meeting The facts appear
TO be that she asked Liszt TO Introduce
her to the Polish pianist who was Great
ing a furore In Paris, and then she did
the rest. Chopin was not attracted by
her at frst. rather the reverse The COM
poser. Hitler, 10 a letter to Llszt. soys
that Chopin found her "repelleot' ut FIRST
and did not hesitate 10 say so. But ls che
really n woman | nm inclined to doubt
it."
stu. We have Heine's word for IT that
she was beautiful. Yes. she is as benu-
tiful as the Venus de Milo. she even sur
passes the Inter In many respects; she
IL, for Instance. very much younger" But
she was masculine In spirit; her fondnoss
for male garments was but nm outward
manifestation OF that masculinity. Chop
in was Just as essentially feminine. With
bis eyes OF tender brown and bis chest
nut blonde hair. bis nnlcal elegance of
toilet and his shrinking soul
The Woman Dominecred.
She took him to MaJorca In 1898. as
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o. URGENCY, the Russian novelist.
n coined the malicious cplgrnm. mls-
- quoted By Hunckcr. that there
are about n thousand ladies In Europe
In whose arms Chopin yielded up his
spirit" Hunekcr makcs IL half u hun
dred couutesses. which. OF course. leaves
open the possibility OF tho other go hnvo
log some other rank This eplgrnm md
tue famous love ocOir With George Sand
nave put 6n atmosphere OF. improperly
about Chopin's life. ms II he had been
some polyGomous pasha OF music. whose
ologrnpher had need 10 be new Lcpo-
rello to catalogue his conqucsts
In reality. Frederic Francois Chopin
born 100 years ago this lst OF March
vas somewhnt domesticatcd genius Of
The highly susceptible sort He fell In
ioTo as rendily as q duck tnkes TO wa
Ter. and be fell out OF love with the
same fearful facility Here is story
toin by George SIND. who had It from
Chopin himself:
He had taken a great fancy to the
granddaughter OF n celebrated muster
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rcmitunG work on the part OF n large
number OF public-spiritcd men, The 1rst
step In preparation for the ushcrlng into
ONCE of u newly chosen Chief Executive
Is taken when the chairman Of the no-
tlonal campaign committee of the vic
torious party appoints n chairman of the
inaugural committee. who is, In effect
the general manager of the whole spec
tacle. This year National Chairman Hitch
cock, OF the Republican committee. chose
for this responsible post his friend, E
]. Stellwagcn. a banker of prominence
at the seat OF government
To crento the extensive machinery for
handling mn Inauguration. the inaugural
chairman chooses the members OF gem
eral inaugural committee. several dozen
strong. and most OF these men In turn
become the chairman OF sub.committces
OF their own selection. These sub-cOm-
mlttecs hnye respectively. Jurisdiction over
all the various lines OF activity TINT go
TO make up an inaugural show, For In
stance, there nre committees on docor0'
tlons on fireworks, on street illumination,
on reviewing stands, on bndges and on
dozen other branches of the subject. The
result OF this rather complex orGaniSa-
tlon Is TO permit OF a specialization that
insurcs perfection of detail.
The one fnctor OF uncertainty that er-
fccts the success OF IN iuauguration-oue
that causes no end OF speculation and un-
casincss is the weather For weeks be-
fore the Wcuthcr Burenu Is bcsieged with
requests for forecasts and prophecies.
The national capital, being. 10 effect n
Southern city and cllmatlcallv unique
even In the South, Is usually treated to
mild and open winters, but even here
Mnrch is a trenchcrous month and bis
tory records that she has bestowed win
try and ungrncious welcome upon more
than one newly-eloctcd president. 10 1871
President william Henry Harrison caught
bis death cold Drawing the elements when
10 uccordanco With custom and tradition
he took the onth Of Office standing io the
open on the East front OF the Capitol
When Lincoln wos inaugurated the 1rst
time the streets were sens OF mud and
IL was raw and cold when be took the
oath OF Office for the second time, The
temperature wns near zero when Grant
WIS innucuratcd the second time. PreSI-
dent Benjamin Harrison wDs inauguTatcd
In q driving r1Io, and Grover Cleveland
delivered bis second inaugural address
standing b0rcheaded In a blizzard. on
the other hand presidents Hayes, Garfield,
Mckinley and Roosevelt had fair weather
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THE SOUTH AMERICAN PAMPAS.

this country nrc fairly well undcrs TODD
and hoye been taken up by the far-slght-
ed business men of the uolted states and
have been brought 10 n point where the
producing capacity has been partially at
tuincd. 1t is the rolling prairie or pam
pas lnnd OF South America that Is now
In much the same condition ns our own
land before the Civil War.
Countless and uncounted ncrcs Of rich
grazing lands are still unclaimed by any
iodiyiduul and the state OF Argentina.
especially. Is Offering the most generous
Inducements to settlers possessing suf-
dcicnt funds and grit 10 takc Up these
superb lands for breeding cattle The
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cost Is practically nothing about 81 the
mere for the poorer sections OF the
pHmpas region with n graduated scale ns
the grazing lnuds reach nearer and near
cr TO tho railroads or to the natural wat
crways Of the interior OF the country.
Today. not excepting the big new
wheat lands opening up In Canada the
gruSlng lands OF Argentine aud the PAM
pas regions generally arc Offering the
best opportunity for bustling immigrants.
especially those having capital enough to
oegln ronching on modern sc0le and
win modern methods of caring for their
herds and products.
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~ OR MANY centuries the whole dc
q fensc OF the British Isles depended
ON volunteer soldiers, owing 10 the
Briton's dcep-rooted hostility to a tegu-
lar standing army. They called them
selves tho Trnlu bands. the Fonctole'.
the County troops. the Home bands. ana
many other names. Then eome the reg
ulor army, aud alongside OF thot tne va
rlous volunteer troops contlnueu NY, Invi
existence. This nl lasted until within
n wear whom the entire volunteer organi-
zntion Of the British Isles was made ovee
under the Secretary OF State for war;
hon x r HaIdane. who is said to pos-
sess q genius for Organization
In 1879 a scheme for orSnulzlns the
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and is under the control OF q committee
called the county association which Is
directly responsible TO the army council
In charge OF tho entire department und
which reports TO the minister OF war
The regular enlistment IS for four years,
aud he must give 12 weeks notice II ho
wants to get out. aud pay nnc not cx-
ccodlng 500
Brltaln's new territorial army Of 500 coo
mon is placed on the Same basis MS tho
regulars as soon as called into active
service, and must have two weeks ac-
tive camp work each year, when tho
men and officers are paid by the war de-
partment the same as the regular army
forces when on active duty