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Weather All That Is Needed
For Splendid Inauguration
pBut No Weather Can Chill
ArdOr Of The Democrats
VINO VIII Gather To Pay
Honor TO New President

Washington, d. c., March Prep
arations for the inauguration Of Wood
row Wilson and Thomas r. Marshall,
the frst Democratic President and
Vice President that the country has
had In sixteen years, are complete and
the various committees make the
that the ceremonies OF next |
Tuesday will be the most brilliant
and picturesque Of any previous in
augural event. Prediction is made |
also that when Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. |
Marshall ride down Pennsylvania ave-
Hue on the way to the Capitol to take
the oath Of office the greatest crowd
that ever welcomed an incoming Pres.
ident and Vice President will shout
itself hoerse. w
Tho inaugural committee has used
every means In its power to make the
celebratioA one that will live in the
minds Of al who witness It for years
TO come. In point Of brilliance OF dec
oration. IN the matter Of the inaugural
parade. In the arrangements for the
illuminS&ion Of the city and dieplay
Of fireworks Tuesday night It 10 b.
tieved that tie Wilson and Marshall
Inauguration will surpass all others.
Tho inaugural ball will be the only
customary feature left out Of the pro-
gramme and this will not be missed BY
the general public. The ball was dis
pensed with at the special request Of
the President-elect, who asked the
committee In charge Of the ceremon.
les to make the entire celbration as
simple az possible and at the same
time az impressive and dignified as
the Inauguration of President OF the
great republic demands.
The rush of visitors into the capital
began in earnest today. The most OF
those already on hand are the expert
!. enced ones, who desire to get com.
fortably settled before the high tide
il reached. They know what 1t Is to
arrive in Washington In the midst
of confusion the day before Inaugural
ton, when bands are playing in the
railroad station and in the hotel lob
bies, when 1t Ia ncxt to impossible to
get a cab and when all the street cars
become "stand-as-you-ride" cars. The
inexperienced are waiting until later
when thcy will pay for their expert
ence as all strangers in crowded
city do on the occasion of their first
visit.
1t is going to be splendid inaugu
ration. providing the weather cleri
does his duty. History shows that thu
majority of Inauguration days hav'
been abominable, but everybody II
hoping that Mr.. Wilson may hay'
luck.
But NO misfortune In weather cal
chill the arlor OF the Democratic
I hosts, any more than blizzard o
ygainstorm will be able to mar the mos
Important feature OF the inaugura
tion, the illumination Of the city. tn
illumination of the capital by mean
of millions of electric lamps promise
to be q show In itself. Pennsylvani
avenue from the Capitol to the Treai
ury will resemble fairyland. A
10O-foot intervals the avenue has bee
arched with festoons Of lights. FroI
each festoon there are three pendat
colored lights, which gives the broa
thoroughfares the appearance OF D
ing rooted with brilliant. glowing
bulbs. The court Of honor opposi'
Lafayette Park and the Union static
plasa are also the centres Of brillial
schdinss OF illumination. At night
big searchlight is to play ON the Cal
tol, making It visible for miles aroun
There will also be lighting effects
: the washington monument and ON
the prominent public buildings.
Major Sylvester, the superintende
Of police. issued his Anal instructio
today. Among other things, he
rects that the entire route Of the p'
uxade be roped on with iron cables a
cleared OF all vehicles before o'clo
Tuesday morning Besinning hond