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higher type Of the proper official hostess
than Mrs. White Her position as wife
of the Chief Justice has not in any sense
changed her established order. She is, to
begin with. an accomplished homekeeper.
one who attends scrupulousy to every
detail of her home and is, in the Ian
guage of one of her intimates. lone of
the very few who take full responsibility
for the moral and material welfare of
every one in her home, servants included
Her servants. in these shifting days, re-
main with her for their working life
time. and many she brought from her old
home in Louisiana when she came here,
more than twenty years ago. She takes
the oldfashioned idea of hospitality and
every detail of luncheon or dinner is pre-
pared with great care by these trust
worthy Servitors but ordered with even
greater care by herself.
In her home, Mrs. White is a gracious
hostess. Her friends say that she is the
most consistent woman Of their acquaint-
ance. always grave and dignified, cour-
teous and just in her dealings with 9TH
ers.
Mrs. White before her marriage to the
Chief Justice was Mrs. Lynden Kent of
this city. The marriage occurred here
while the present head of the judicial
tribunal was serving as senator from
Louisiana. She was born I'm Louisiana
and her maiden name was Miss Mont
gomery. there being a long friendship be-
tween her family and the Whites. Her
brother. William f. Montgomery, and his
family are now her near neighbors on
Rhode Island avenue Her namesake
niece. Miss Montgomery. was presented
to society last winter and she is a promi-
nent figure In the White home. The
Chief Justice and his wife are devoted to
children, and besides their nieces and
nephews adjacent they frequently enter
tain the grandchildren Of the other JUS
tees. Belonging to the same faith and
living SO near makes a special friendship
between Mrs. White and Mrs. Mckenna
and the dainty little daughters of those
former bellies of Washington, Maria and
Isabella Mckenna. visit them often when
ever in Washington. One of the prettest
sights to be imagined was that of the
Chief Justice accompanying Justices Lur-
ton and Day. who had their small grand
children with them. to see a recent per-
Torrance Of peter Pan"
In addition to the fine home on Rhode
Island avenue. one Of the best equipped
and most tastefully arranged in the
city. the Chief Justice has a beautiful
country estate In Canada. For many
years his sister, Miss Susan White was
a member of his household, and her
failing health led to selecting the brac-
ing air about Murray Bay. She died
in the summer of 1911 al this Canadian
residence.
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1 LINCOLN DELIVERING HIS
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS

the Lord. l will destroy them" Some
superstitious political adversaries feared
this as evil omen for their party. That
evening there was torchlght procession
and reception to Hayes in the old Will
lard Hotel
The Garfield inaugural ball was held in
the National Museum. then unfinished,
as is the new museum building today.
Clevelands first Inauguration. the warm
est of record, eclpsed all previous cere-
MONIES the crowds from outside num-
bering over 10000 The holding OF the
ball that year In the pension office set n
precedent followed ever since. Cleveland
took both OF his oaths on a little red
Bible given him by his mother.
Although BENJAMIN Harrisons , hia,nyr
10000 men paraded i'm the rain. and the
ball broke all records with attend
ance OF 1900. while the inaugural COM
mittee realized surplus of $4,000
X
Cleveland that year broke all previous
records for courtesy to a successful rival
by inviting Harrison TO be his guest and
to discuss inaugural plans with him pre-
vious to the Inauguration, and four years
later. when Cleveland, in turn. defeated
Harrison. the latter returned the cour-
tesy. which Mr.. Taft is said to have ex.
tended to the Wilson's. A unique feature
of Mckinley's first inauguration was a
mounted detachment of special aids,
composed Of the sons OF ex-Pres!dents.
He reviewed his second parade within a
large case of plate glass, placed in the
center Of his reviewing stand to protect
him from the inclement weather. While
taking his oath eight years ago Roosevelt
wore a ring containing a lock Of Lin
coins hair and given to him by John
Hay. Roosevelt was escorted to the Cap
itol by veterans of his famous Rough
Riders" and until 6:1J o'clock that night
he stood reviewing a record-breaking pa
rade. among whose novel features were
a body Of Indian chiefs led by Geronimo.
a troop of cowboys In full regalia. COM
manded by Seth Bullock; a phalanN OF
COO of the Presidents neghbors" from
oyster Bay and body of anthracite
miners bearing a banner inscribed: I'VE
honor the man who settled our strike"
An out-of-town crowd numbering 1885,
O0O people. or more than the population
of Indianapolis, poured into WASH
ington. Three noted officials died from
exposure to the weather that day. They
We're Senator Bate, Ambassador AspiToz
Of Mexico and Judge Lawrence Weldon.
Mr. Roosevelt broke a precedent by not
returning to the White House with Presi-
dent Taft, after the latter's oath-taking
inside the Capitol. Mr.. Roosevelt went
directly from the Capitol to the Union
station, where he took the train for Oys-
ter Bay Although the public did not
suspect it, there is considerable evidence
former friends and boon companions were
already strained at that time.
Copyright, l913 by John Elfreth watkinsJ
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Washington of at least 15O,O0O visitors.
From now until after the 4th of
March about the busiest man in the
United States will be William Cor
coran Eustis. Mr.. Eustis is grand
son of the famous philanthropist, w. W.
Corcoran. who gave to Washington the
great art gallery. named after him, and
other institutions which still stand as
monuments to his benevolence. The
same stately mansion which Mr.. Cor
coran made famous by his elegant
inequalities and which. two GENERA
ton ago. was a rendezvous for scholars
artists, statesmen. diplomatists and
distinguished strangers is the home of
his grandson. the inaugural chairman.
MIR Eustis is the son of a former rep
resentative from Louisiana. and was
born in Paris while his father was
there on diplomatic mission. He is
man of great wealth. has served as
one of our secretaries to London, is
one of the most extensive owners of
real estate in the District of Columbia,
a club man and leader in society AL
though no salary attaches to the in
augural Craftsmanship. many men Of
less means were more than willing to
shoulder Its responsibilities for the
~
offers.
The expenses of the Wilson Inaugural
ton will be paid by the people who at
tend IL, who buy tickets to the parade
stands and who pay So apiece to attend
the ball. The business men of Washing
ton are subscribing to fund Of 100000
TO guarantee the cost of arrangements, in
case weather conditions should cause tens
Of thousands of expected guests to re-
main at home. But even after the fierce
weather which marred the Taft Inaugural
ton it was found that 5000 was left out
OF the ne-hundred-thousand- fund
subscribed to guarantee the financial sue
cess OF the ceremonies. In other words.
II cost So, 900 to induct Mr.. Taft into
office. Four years before the Roosevelt
Inaugural had cost $4,000. None of this
money comes out of the pocket of Uncle
Samuel. whose only expense for the cere-
mony will be a small appropriation for
the extra policing and lighting of the
Capital city.
So far as the law of the land is con-
cerned. 1t Will be fully complied with if
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Marshall take a
trolley car to the Capitol. and, after
being sworn in. stroll off into the coun-
try for a game of golf The remainder
of the ceremony. the parade. fireworks
and inaugural ball. Is the unofficial shin
dig of the people of Washington.
Mr.. Wilson's will be our thirty-second
regular inauguration, not counting the
dents succeeding TO the highest office
through the death of the Presidents The
first inauguration was held in New York.
the second and third in Philadelphia, and
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A DIS INGUISHED

A DIS GUISHED
4 = Woman in a Most Ex-
allied Post and Thoroughly
Competent to Uphold All
Traditions Attaching to It
Is a High Type Conservative
Southerner. and Was Before
Her Marriage to the Chief
Justice Mrs. Linden Kent,
Born Miss Montgomery of
New Orleans-Best Known
to Washington Through Her
Benevolence and Active Aid
to Many Deserving Charities.
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The New York Flat.

THEY who have ever flat-hunted In
New York know we'll that. till q
rental OF 5000 or $4,000 year is reached.
flats are incredibly oramped. Indeed. in
good neighborhood. even a flve-thous
sand dollar fiat is apt to be tiny one.
Discussing this phenomenon. PROF.
Brander Matthews said at q luncheon:
"I remarked to a lady the other lady:
"Why, madam, your dog ways his tail
up and down!
Yes she replied, he has to. We ara
comparatively poor, you see. and Fido
was raised In a five-thousand-dolla
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MCORcoRAN EUSTIS
CHAIRMAN OF WILSON
INAUGURAL, CQqMTTEE
0EoMoNST0M


north wing of the Treasury. Grants Sec
end Inauguration day was the coolest
in history, the thermometer falling TO 4
degrees. parade division composed OF
the high civil officials refused to brave
the weather. and all Of the troops We're
numb with cold.
Sneezes drowned the music that night
at the inaugural ball. held in a forty
thousand-d dollar structure in Judiciary
Square. and every other guest is said to
have taken cold
Hayes was inaugurated twice. although
serving but one term, for March Tell
that year on Sunday, and he thought IL
safer to take the oath then as well as on
Monday, the day set for the public cere-
mony. Owing to the bitter contest OF
his election he had not been sure Of the
presidency until a few days before the
Inaugural ton, and there had been little
dme for preparing the ceremony. Kissing
the Bible at the public ceremony, his lips
CHANGED to touch this verse of a psalm:
.'They compassed me about: yea, they
comprised me about; but, in the name OF
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WorIdIy-and True.

A PROOFS Of Miss Lois Campbelrs 'bii<
. hon-dollar debut" in st. Louis
Claude H Wetmore. the author. said:
THE marvellous growth and prosperity
OF our city Is a phenomenon that holds
the eye OF all America. Before such
wealth as ours one thinks involuntartly
OF the worldly cynicism:
There are other things in the world
besides money-and money will buy theru
ALL"
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which centers in the parish of ST Mat
thew's that Mrs. White is best known
and in particular in the charities which
cluster around a large church or
ganiZation. She is like one of the
grande danes of medieval times who
presided over fetes and conducted Won
derful establishments, yet found time
to devote days to the services of the
poor. She has long been an ardent
worker in that unique society which
makes vestments for poor churches.
Many of these garments are fash
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has given her. Her social duties re-
quire an eNhauSting amount of time,
yet she attends to every household de-
tail, giving her entire establishment a
thorough inspection every day and per-
sonally verifying all bills. She is
among the few who answer notes her
self. on dainty but inconspicuous sta
tionery, and in her own flowing hand
She is a lady bountiful to many a poor
home, and her charities are dispensed
in person and not by servitor.
But it is in the great social world
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EDWARD DOUGLAS WHITE WIFE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE

room on the sunny side OF the convent
always presents a busy scene. and at
least one morning a week those VINO
drop in may see the wife of the Chlef
Justice diligently engaged at her task
So many other distinguished women
go there also that if the roll call were
made it might sound like an important
social function. Young and old, the
members go day after day and sew
from in the morning until In the
evening, when beautiful service Is
held in the chapel before the rooms
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PRERARIZNG/@6f 6e2
WILSON INAUGURAL

A RRANGEM ENTS In
"A Hands of Wealthy Socie-
ty Man, Scion of Noted Fam
ily-Democratic President
Will Enter Inaugural Ball
room With Former Republi-
can Vice Presidents Daugh-
ter-Precedents Which Will
Be Observed and Disregarded
How and Why They Were
Established.
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toned from discarded ball gowns. yer
vet cloaks and opera wraps, and Mrs.
White has not only given all OF her
own, but she has been Jealous apostle
for others who contemplated less
worthy use. The headquarters or TINS
society is that pretty convent which
was given by Mrs Thomas F. Ryan
and is occupied by the Sisters of Per-
pctual Alteration.
These ladies are an Italian order,
skillful in the fine needlework neces-
sarv for their task The large work
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are closed for the day.
With such industry it is not sur
prising that hundreds of poor churches
in the far west and i'm distant lands
are furnished with materials to sup
ply their affairs and priests. At the
bazaar held every year to exc out the
voluntary contributions Mrs. White al
ways holds responsible position and
fills her duties to the letter. Mrs
White has also an active interest in
the industrial school on the western
hills of Washington.
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rarely figures as the scene of "func-
tion. Last winter Mrs. White was In
mourning for her husbands sister, Miss
Susan White of New Orleans. who was a
member of the household, and her home
was open only for her intimates. But this
winter the quiet routine of hospitality
has been renewed. and there are few
evenings when small dinner for friends
is not in progress, or when the Chief JUS
tice and Mrs. White are not making part
of another dinner party. OF all the divi-
sons of the civil government domiciled
in Washington, the Supreme Court circle
is most homogeneous. This is So it is as
serted, because it is the only one holding
a life tenure. All the others come for a
limited term of years, and they do not
become part of the capital life nor take
in their colleagues as their most desired
of friends and associates. Through their
long residence in Washington Justice
and Mrs. White are deans of their circle
even without their higher rank. Their
home had long been rallying point for
the social life of the judicial set Now 1t
is constantly the scene of hospitality and
of pleasant informal gatherings of the
justices and their wives.
But it is to the student OF the evo;u-
ton of Washington as a world capital
that the personality of Mrs. White stands
out commandingly. For some time past
there has been feeling that social CON
dtions they are do not exactly repre-
sent the best type of Americans. 1t has
been no uncommon thing for young girls
to issue invitations without the consent
of their parents and to people whom their
parents do not know. The officials. and
especially the exalted among the men,
bers of the diplomatic corps, get the most
offhand invitations to dinners and recep-
tions from those whom they do not know
and whom they never wish to know.
Answering such invitations Is a serious
task. and the whole problem has engaged
serious attention for some time past
Therefore. there is concerted movement
among some of the older OF the Official
women of Washington to try to intro
duce manners that should prevail in gen.
tie society everywhere.
For instance, i'm London any official
hostess would be astonished, indeed, Il
have her drawing room invaded by an
unknown person who would the next
week send a card for dinner. In Paris
it would cause apopleXy, yet this is the
fate of the Washington hostess. no mat.
ter how reserved, how unresponsive she
NAV be- Last winter 1t became quite
a common thing to hear even the younger
and most insignificant diplomats com.
plain that they had fifteen dinner cards
for one evening. and almost as many
cards for tea. from people at whose
homes they had never even been pre-
sented The ambassadors and their wive:
had stereotyped card regretting thai
their many obligations prevented accept
ance. Instances were multiplied unit
the condition became unbearable.
Perhaps there Is In Washington NJ
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Outside Work of the Y MI c. A. Reaches All Parts of the City,

the Washington Young Mems Christian
Association also carries on religious
work which is wider i'm its scope than
possibly any other single agency in the
city. Within the main institution alone
there are twenty Bible classes for men or
various occupations and ages. as Well as
a normal school Of Bible study, the EN-
cheney of which has attracted students
from all parts of the Union and even
from foreign lands as far away as Korea.
The courses in the normal school are nine
in number
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CEEvEI.AND's TRsT
INAUGURAL ADDRESS

were two balls given. but Van Buren, at
tended only one. at Carusi's saloon.
The first big inaugural crowd was
that which greeted William Henry
Harrison. 1t was $4,000 strong, and
"Old Tippecanoe" rode to the Capitol
panies of veterans and numerous
marching clubs. He held a public re-
ception in the White House in the aft
ernoon and attended three inaugural
balls at night, but the severity of the
weather in which he stood bareheaded
to deliver his inaugural address cost
him his life within few weeks. Three
inaugural balls were also given in
Polk honor. Taylor rode to the Capt.
toll behind four spanking grays with an
impressive military escort. He stopped
en- route for Polk, who had already left
the White House and was at a hotel.
In the evening three inaugural balls,
one military. were again held Pierce.
bowling right and left. stood all the
way from the White House to the Capt.
toll in an open barouche presented by
Boston friends. He Joined with Blu
chanan. his successor. in the festivities
of the latters inaugural ball, held in a
temporary building in judiciary Square.
German sharpShooterS were dlstrlb-
uted upon the roofs of the houses lin
ing the route of Lincoln's first inau-
gural procession to and from the Capt.
toll. Buchanan and two senators rode
in Lincoln's carriage which was sur
rounded by bodyguard of cavalry. in
fantry and riflemen. Lincoln read his
first inaugural address on the east
front of the Capitol, upon platform
below which sixty armed guards faced
the auditors. Stephen A. Douglas, his
rival in the campaign, held Lincoln
hat during the ceremonies. The ball or
this year was held again in tempo
rary structure in Judiciary Square. but
that of Lincoln's second inauguration
was held in the model room of the pat
ent office. Every lady makes the most
of her, or somebody's else, hair" wrote
a reporter of this function. who also
took note of "corsages shockingly de-
collete" The first negroes ever seen In
an inaugural parade appeared in Lin
coins second.
Grants first inaugural parade marched
IN eight grand divisions. Approaching
Grants strained relations with Johnson.
the inaugural committee proposed to
drive the two to the Capitol in separate
carriages, abreast, but this angered
johnson He absented himself from the
entire ceremony, and Grant rode to the
Capitol with Gen. Rawlins. This was the
greatest inaugural parade yet seen, and
the ball was held that night In the
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A Neat Differentiation.

CENATOR LODGE. at q dinner In the
- Back Bay district OF Boston indicat-
ed very neatly the difference between Q
statesman and q politician.
"A statesman" he said. thinks Of the
next generation: q politician Of the next
election"
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HE most brilliant
presidential inau-
guration of his
tory is the prom
Use Of the COM
mittee just ap-
rointed to ar
range for Mr..
Wilson's Undue
ton into office.
The committee is
arranging for the
accommodation in
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- F the 1000 visitors who attended
the annual reception and open
house of the Young Men
Christian Association New Year
day, probably very few only
realized that their tour of inspection
through the big building revealed but a
part of the work done by the association.
They passed through the library and loD-
by on the first floor. where they were
greeted by a reception committee of
young men. including officers Of the two
debating societies. the Health Problem
Club. Home Exercise Club and the Y. M.
c.. A. secret religious and benefit order
of the knights of Sir Godfrey.
They dropped in, too, on the employ
ment bureau and, passing up the wide
staircase to the second floor. they met
the directors of the institution in the big
board room, inspected the reading room.
listened to thte director of religious work
explain his department and visited the
exhibition arranged by the Y. NJ. c. A.
Camera Club. held in it's clubroom.
Then on the third floor they passed
through the educational institute, where
life preparation in thirty branches of
arts, crafts and letters is given every
night to 1000 young men, who comprise
a student body greater than that of AM
herst, Brown. Bowdoin. Williams, Rut-
gers or half a dozen other famous little
colleges. They stopped a moment for
refreshments in the big assembly room,
where the Y NJ. c. A. Sunday afternoon
assemblies are held every week and
which is also the meeting place for the
Washington Peace Society, the Monday
Evening Club. the Northwest Improve
ment Association and numerous other or
CARNATIONS.
In the ply steal department they looked
in on the bowling alleys. where the Y. NJ.
c. A. Duckpin League has many a merry
winter bout: they caught a glimpse of
the billiard room, the barber shop and
Turkish baths and witnessed a rafting
swimming meet between the single and
married men of the Y. NJ. G. A. Nautilus
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BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

o authority on mat
tiers of social prece-
dent in this broad
land has ever been
brave enough to
define exactly what
position the head
of the second divi-
sion of the tripart-
lite gov re r n m ent
holds in regard to
the others. T h e
ubles between
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the Speaker and the Vice President have
received national fame Chief Justice Full
Ter always declined to consider himself
a rank below the second man of the ma
tion. and he pontedly refused all invi-
tations which placed him In a subordinate
rank to the Speaker. He also raised the
point to whether the Chief Justice of
the United states, presiding over the
most august tribunal of the world.
should step below any ambassador or
plenipotentiary of foreign nation
All these dignified protests aroused a
high degree of curiosity In the minds of
Washington hostesses as to the atti-
tude to be taken by Justice Fuller's sue
cessor. But the keenest cannot observe
that he has raised any issue at all In
fact. those who know Chief Justice White
and his gracious wife cannot associate
them with any sort of controversy on So
cial matters. Both stand for the con-
sentative type. and fulfil all duties of
their high office. and neither cares To fig
ure in the amenities only far as they
arc conformable to their digniiied sta
ton.
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Mrs. White may be described as hav-
ing no fads except that Of attending
strictly to every obligation which life
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RY JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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But the spacious home on Rhode Island
avenue In far from being dull, though 1t
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F the 1000 visitors who attended
the annual reception and open
house of the Young Mems
Christian Association New Year
day, probably a very few only