The Washington herald., 1913-03-05

for seats was s. and some went as low
as s3 while in other years when tn.
| tickets got into the hands of spectators
| seats in the front rows brought 50 and
more. The officers of Mr.. Peters COM
mittee are John B. Colpoys vice chair
man; J. William Henry. vice chairman
4 in charge of the Presidents stand
| Thomas Bradley, vice chairman in
| charge of the Lafayette stands, and
John w. Clifton. secretary.
Works for Public Comfort.
! The craftsmanship Of the committee on
public comfort was given to NJ. l. Wei
! Ter who has demonstrated his ability TO
| take care of big crowds of visitors
during several inaugurations of the past.
Upon his appointment Mr. Weller i'm
mediately selected his officers and ex-
ecutive committee, and opened head
quarters. With a large staff of clerks
Mr.. Weller has worked week by week
to the end that Washington has been
able to comfortably lodge and feed the
great host OF visitors that has come with
in her gates. There has been room for
everyone that applied to the public COM
fort committee, and there has been
noticeably less eXtortion practiced on the
visitors.
As each householder registered with
the committee the quarters offered were
inspected by one of the regular inspect
ors engaged by Mr.. Weller. and if the
house was found satisfactory in every
way 1t was placed on the bulletins is
sued from the Office to applicants for
lodgings. These bulletins with map
of Washington marked to show the
exact location of the houses was sent
to prospective inaugural guests and in
this way thousands of people We're pro-
vided for in advance with comfortable
quarters ready for them on their ar
rival.
separate committee of colored men
was selected to take care of the colored
people coming to Washington, and the
restaurant and cafe managers We're
Obliged to post price lists TO prevent
extortiOn. In all these and the other
manifold details of the work Mr.. Weller
was assisted by Capt. James F. Oyster
and J. F. Hood, vice chairmen, and H.
X. Simpson, secretary.
Marks Historic spots.
In order that the thousand and one
points of historic interest in and around
might be easily found by
the strangers, committee was named
to classify and mark these places and
compile a booklet giving the location of
each and a short resume of its history.
William p. Van Wickle was placed in
charge of this committee. Mr.. Van
Wickle has been particularly fitted for
this work because of his familiarity with |
historic Washington. The systematic |
and cataloging of historic sites |
was begun at the time of the Grand |
Army Encampment twelve years ago, :
and Mr.. Van Wickle started that work |
and has served ever since.
The work this year was given over to |
four subcommittee. one headed by !
Marcus Benjamin to examine and pass /
IN the points of interest; another with |
Frederick Dowan as chairman. to de- |
eide on the character of the marker |
used; a third, headed by Henry w. !
samson, to locate and mark the sites.
md a fourth. under John c. Proctor, to !
compile and print the catalogue.
Fireworks to he Feature.
One of the most spectacular fea lures !
# the days programme will be the dis
,lay Of fireworks to be held tonight /
m the White Lot. This exhibition has
,een arranged by the committee, of
which Isaac Cans is chairman. The of
icers of the committee are Frederick
L. Fenning, first vice chairman; William
second vice chairman; Thom-
Is Grant, secretary. and Earl Goodwin,
assistant secretary. The grounds to-
light will be in charge of a committee
4 eleven. Of which S. J. Prescott IL