The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-02

"un WHITE HOUSE AT NIGHT.

TO IS, and are usually all sold The
whole of the sum realized on them at
an average price OF 81 would be
$4,000.
There are on Pennsylvania Avenue
about $500 windows. II one should
take the trouble to count them.
Each and every one of these viii
blossom out on inauguration day into
noscgay OF expectant faces, perhaps
streaming with Precipitation. and per-
haps blue with the cold. depending on
the temper of the weather god OF the
locality on that occasion. But as an
assured fact for each window the pro-
prietor OF the house in which IL Is To-
Gated will pull down the nea, little
sum Of $50 or more. This means that
the windows Of the avenue VIII on
that day cost the people $4,000
As the city nils up with people II viii
likewise fiji up with fakirs. souvenir
vendors and such The number OF
these drawn to each OF the Inaugural
tons IL thought TO be about go So
numerous are they that they make
the advance guard OF circus day look
mean and shabby In comparison
While the throngs alr assembling, and
later. when Tho muliitudes are waiting
for the approach OF the big parade
they are selling their wares It is
calculated that these fakirs carry
away not less than 5000 each which
In the aggregate amounts TO 100000
that the crowd gives up for thi:
froth OF folly.
The inaugural ball has always cost
the government 100000 in direct cx.
pense. damage 10 the Pension Omcc In
al
loss of time Of the clerical forcc Of
the office. This money will this year
be saved Likewise will there be "A
saving Of $4,000 by the public because
OF the 1000 bal, tickets thai will not
be bought for that occaslon.
Enter the Surrngiats.
But this retren ahment is to be moro
:han counterbalancsd by an expcndi
cure that is this year brand new. The
suffragists Of the nation are going 10
put on pageant so classic ana i'm.
pressively expensive that nothing like
II has ever been seen before # is
to be designed and executed by the
conntry's greatest artists along these
lines There are TO be many classic
floats and a thousand women In COS
tune. 1t is to be hundred housand-
dollar pageant. 1T may not cost the
sufragists that amount for the ser.
vices of many artists are contributed
But il would cost that amount under
normal conditions. Aside from this.
the suffraglsts have maintained ma
tional headquarters In Washington for
two months and have brought great
hordes of their followers to the cant
tai city for the occasion. Delegations
500 and 900 strong have come
single States like Ohio and New York
The thousand suffragists who will
take part in the pageant Will each APP
pear in costume and to each OF these
costumes may be charged up $50, ag-
gregating an additional cost OF $780,
900. On the steps OF the Treasury
Building. that most classic structure
in Washington. the costumcd figures
of the pageant will later be seen in an
Impressive spectacle.
When the enumeration OF tho profit
gacies of the populace have been com
plcted 1t may be worth while to turn
to the modest expenditures OF the
government Not even the most ar
dent advocate of Jeffersonan simpll-
city and economy could cry cxtrava-
gance here. and the watchdog OF the
treasury could slumber through the
spending OF the government without
even n whimper In his sleep.
The President Is sworn In on tho
square about these north steps on Cap
itol Hill. where the winter winds
sweep so fierccly on cold days, tho
government will erect a stand OF many
seats. 1t pays for this itself. waving
aside an anxious public that would
gladly defray tho expense and spccu-
late In the seats. Hero the govern