Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-19

the people have been determined to make
Festival of Inauguration DAYS Wash
ington tried to hold them down to dig
nifty and quiet and did 30 for a short
time after he stepped from his barge
at the foot OF Wall street and was sworn
In where the Washington statue now
stands; but In his second term even the
great George. who had demanded demo-
cratic simplicity when inaugurated the
first president, yielded to the spirit of
the day, and, In an ornate costume of
black velvet, silver, iaces and diamond
studded buckles, was driven in n specially
built coach drawn by six white horses
to Independence Hall in PHILADELPHIA.
His first Inauguration terminated with
ball, and the ball has been a feature
Of almost every Inauguration since JEFF
ferson was the first president to take
the oath IN the District of Columbia.
He walked to the Capitol from his lodg-
ings to be sworn in. A reception at the
White House in the evening ended the
day. Madison was honorcd with a bail
in Longs Hall at the first Inauguration
and at his second the ball took place in
Davis Hall where the Metropolitan Hotel
now stands.
SOMETIMES THREE INAUGURAL
BALLS.
Monroe was the first president to be
inauyuratcd out of doors Monroe receiv-
ed in the Octagon House in the after
noon and attended the inaugural bali in
Davis Hall in the evening John quincy
Adams received in his F-street home
in the afternoon, the new White House
not being finished and the customary
ball followed in Assembly Hall, on the
south side Of the avenue whore the Ly-
ccum Theatre is to-day.
Jacksons popularity caused the White
House to be stormed following his in
auguration, and the eager public did much
damage to the contents OF the building
The president dincd on n steak from a
prize OK in the evening. After his sec
ond inaugural a ball followed at 339 and
Sll Pennsylvania avenue.
When Van Buren, came in two inaug-
ural balls were necessary. of which the
president attended only one Three sep
arate Inauguration balls honored his sue
cessor, William Henry Harrison. and the
president ATTENDED all three, dancing at
one only, however, with the daughter Of
the editor of tho National Intelllgencer
as his pal tner. It required two balls to
set off the Polk inauguration, $40 being
charged for admission to one and s. to
the other. which latter was the mora
popular Three balls celebrated Taylor s
inauguration in l,4o, one being held in
a hall erected especially for the purpose
in Judiciary square. This hall. or one in
the same square, was used also In the
time Of Buchanan. Lincoln and Grant
Second term) Grants first inaugural ball
was held IN the north wing of the Treas
ury Department. and Llncoln's second in
the Model Room of the Patent Office.
March 1873 when Grant was inaucurated
the thermometer showed four degrees
above zero in the morning. and in the
unheated frame structure which housed
the inaugural ball champagne frozc IN the
glasses and men danced in their over
coats and women in their furs Ruther-
ford Il. HAYES was not hOnorcd with an
inaugural ball, nor was Franklin Pierce.
hut President Hayes held reception
in Willard Hall
PENSION BUILDING FIRST USED IN
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the unfinished building of the National
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