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administer the oath. President harrison
raised his hat and all followed his exam
pie. In speaking of President Cleveland
some one said that he did not hold his
high hat did most men, but more like
small boy gathering berries would hold
tin pail without any handle. During
these proceedings there was an old negro
man who occupied an advantageous place,
who held in one arm rooster, While an
other fowl stood on his head maintaining
His position by clutching the mans woolly
hair.
One of the most interesting points in
connection with President Cleveland's in
auguration-of them both, III fact-Was
that the Bible on which he took the oath
was one given him by his mother in 1872
ON the occasion of his first Inauguration
a new Bible had been purchased. but he
signified a desire to use his own. lhe
same thing occurred on his second in
ausuration. The Bible in question was a
small. sit-eGged volume with black
leather cover about.:' by :, inches III size
and showing signs Of considerable wear
or the out side was IS. q. Cleveland" in
gold letters: on the inside this, 'S. 6. C..
from his affecuonate mother. ls32 ON
the fyIeaf was d statement signed by Mr
McKenny to the effect that MI Cleveland
was sworn into Office by Chief Justice
Morrison 3. Waite March 1, 1880
A touching scene had been enacted at
the White House shortly before President
Harrison left it. Going into the library,
lie called in all the servants. doorkeepers.
clerks maids. cooks. each and every per
son who had formed part of the estab-
lishment during his term, to tell them
goodbye His daughter, Mrs Mckee. was
also there, and her tears mingled with
those OF the humble women who had
served her SO faithfully. while the Presi-
dents hand grasped the hands OF the men
who had surrounded him 1t was such
scene as endears a man to the hearts OF
those nearest him. That afternoon at
o'clock eX-President Harrison left Wash
ington by special train for his home. All
the members of the late cabinet and their
wives were there to see the party of. On
account of not wishing to travel on the
Sabbath Harrison 5 train stopped at East
Liberty near Pittsburgh, a midnight thai
night. Saturday. and remained until mid
night Sunday
The oath administered President Cleve
land started back to the White House
On the way there an enthl sastic Old
lady rushed out from the curb before the
police could prevent her, and making
straight for the Presidents carriage, held
out her hand. and President Cleveland
smilincly shook it. There were several
such episodes showing the popularity OF
the President. One beWhiskered man OF
auburn hue jumped UP on q cracker box
as the procession passed. and. waving mis-
arms wildly. cried Grover, Grover. four
wears more of Grover" At the time that
was the popular cry and it greeted the
newly made chief executive all along the
line.
When President Cleveland finally
reached the White House it was almost
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demand for advice and inspection that
led her into her present work. Not
problem is brought before the public that
she does not solve first i'm her own
scheme of affairs. When the cost OF
food took wings and SCARED she held
council with her neighbors. She looked
into conditions from every viewpoint and
one was that butchers charge for what
they call trimmings, though they
rarely send them home with the order.
In rib roast the bones make excellent
soup, while the Suet is good for numer
things. One of the most useful and
indeed almost epochal features of Mrs.
Heaths campaign is TO eliminate the
non-essential price. as. for instance, she
claims. certain brands of grain food.
wheat preparations. oatmeal. biscuits or
crackers are arrayed in mcst attrac-
tive paper boxes for which the pur-
chaser pays more than he does for the
food desired The housewives union
buys pound in the bulk and is content
to take 1T home in a paper bag. This re-
duces food prices al one fell swoop and
is easy to practice.
Airs. Heath has been unfaltering i'll her
efforts to teach the incompetent. One of
her epigrams is that living is so much
higher than it should be for the reason
that SO few women know that there are
hampers in their stoves. Burnt food.
half-cooked food, are her special griev-
anccs and she is giving short talks on the
primary features of the stove. One wom-
an. she said. had for twenty years per
nlitted 95 per cent of the heat which her
husband paid such high price for to 20
M the chimney. From the stove she goes
directly to the heart of the problem, the
waste i'm the American kitchen and how
to prevent 1t. Buying is but one feature
of reducing food to normal price. every
detail Of its preparation 10 considered,
fill and but little purchasing power. the
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d small coored boy who started it, He
stood outside the door armed with an
umbrella, to which was pinned a white
handkerchief. When one of the officers
acting as aid gave the signal that all
was ready the umbrella was raised on
high and frantically waved. and the pro-
cession wound its way from the gates OF
the White House toward the Capitol
Unfortunately. however this start from
the White House had not been made on
schedule time. In the meantime much
uneasiness was being manifested by
multitude who crammed the Senate gal
leries and watched the Senate clock.
When that innocent marker of time in
dicated that the President-eect should be
in the immediate vicinity tall individual
came in with a pole and unceremoniously
pushed the hands back twenty minutes.
Another wait and another twenty minutes
was clipped from time Still another
wait. and still another turn to the hands
of the clock. And then. at what was
really l2:4o the hands were given a final
push back of five minutes. So. While
Cleveland was supposed to take the oath
of office at about noon. he was in reality
just forty-five minutes behind time in
reaching the Capitol
There almost as much curiosity
concerning Mrs. Cleveland as there was
concerning her ilustrious husband.
specially arranged portion of the Senate
floor had been prepared for visitors, and
to the gallery authorities it was undoubt
found it had been set aside for repre-
sentatives of the various embassies and
legations. Where would Mrs. Cleveland
sit and when would she come? This
formed the chief topic of conversation
with those aloft. So enthusiast was the
talk that few noticed a quiet little woman
enter with a gentleman and another lady
and take seats in the aisle And then it
was suddenly realized that Mrs. C1eve-
land had entered the chamber without
causing any excitement whatever.
When the inaugural ceremonies We're
finally begun. il was such a miserable
day that many thought Mr.. Cleveland
might take the oath indoors. This he re-
fused to do. however. and. following the
custom set by all who had gone before.
went outside Before taking the oath he
delivered his inaugural address. which he
began at 1:;2 and completed at 1:36,
speaking exactly twenty-four minutes.
The snow and rain OF the morning had
stopped but bitter wind was sweeping
around the Capitol and npping the ears
of those brave enough to dare il in order
to see Cleveland sworn in. Again, true to
custom, just as Chief Justice Fuller. who.
by the way. had silk handkerchief
wrapped around his neck. was about to
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he seldom il ever wore any other Nhd'
Thousands Of people remember the big
parade. the bare oath OF office and the
mammoth bali. Hut these folks who llned
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and thronged VIM
doWs along the line Of march. and VINO
even attended the ball in the pension
Office chat night did not see all there
Was to see Of Mr.. CleVelands inaugural
ton They. for instance. in the nature
o. things could not look within the por-
tails of the old Arlington Hotel. where
the Presdeut-elcCt waited to start to the
Capitol If they could have they would
have seen that one of the most lmpor-
tant personages in the hosiery that day
was a small. coai-black negro. He took
his stand at the end of the hall leading
to the suite of the President-elect. to
stem the tide of curious visitors VINO
were endeaVorius to get a word with r
Cleveland, through mere curiosity. and
not because they had any business with
him
But unless the visitor came with git-
edged credentials he was met by the
ebony sentinel with the polite but posi-
tive assurance that the President was
btsy and none dared gainsay his au
thoritN.
\ touching little incident is recalled
concerning Mrs Cleveland on this MORN
ing. Shortly after breakfast. and just be-
fore President elect Cleveland left the
hotel for the White House. President
Harrison having sent his coach. drawn
by four white horses for him. he told all
those gathered around him goodbye. ana
started to leave But as he reached the
door Mrs Cleveland put her arms around
his neck gave him hug and wished him
Godspeed \ suppressed smile went
around the room at this open act of af-
lection. but all were touched by il.
After Mr. Cleveland cached the White
House the members Of the outgoing and
incoming ca binets commenced to arrive 1T
served a. an odd comparison. this series
of arrivals Postmaster General Wana-
maker arrived in "a glistenins coach of
colonial style. drawn by fine pair of
horses. with driver and footman. Sec
retary of War Stephen 4. Elkins came in
a carriage trimmed in old gold. with sill
YER chains iingling under the necks of
the four horses. And then came Attorney
General William II. H. Miller. driving a
spawned old horse hitched to a dflap
idat ed looking trap The incoming Secre-
tary of the Treasury. John q. Carlisle.
walked up the slippery path leading to
the White House. wearing silk hat that
Ead seen better days and carrying a cot
ton umbrella
When it came time for the procession
to start for the Capitol, that Mr.. CleVe-
land might take the oath of office. IL was
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well kept market a we wish it is a JOY
as we'll as economy.
Il cannot begin to enumerate the num-
Der of good markets now i'll active work
as the result of our campaign, which is
less than a year old. When the rural
districts supply the cities near them
without the middleman, when the farmer
learns to find his profit in his cash Gus
toners and not in the cold storage man
we will have taken long stride toward
the return of old conditions We nave
reused communities to demand market
houses and though many influences have
been brought to bear against us. they
are steadily going out ana farmers are
gradually realizing what it all means
Cleveland has erected a splendid market
house in memory of Mayor Johnson.
have just returned from wheeling, W.
Va. where fine new market was open
ed in the presence of several ofncers OF
our league besides myself. The mayor
of Pittsburgh recently took IA private
car of organized housewives to see the
Tom johnson market of Cleveland in full
operation in order that he might urge
a similar reform. In many OF the small
er cities of the middle west the mayor
and council have permitted farmers to
come in and sell their wares in the pub
lie parks as they do in the old world.
Our league is on record in favor of
this. If they remove all refuse and take
proper precautions | think every munic-
ipai government which has not enough
market houses should permit the use
of parks or unoccupied city lots during
a few hours in the summer Every one
would profit by this arrangement.
=
Mrs. Heath has been a student of eco
nomic conditions since her early girl
hood She directs her own home with
,,rnndnrf1II skill and ii MAS the constant
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INTERESTING Points Re-
/ menbered and Referred
to by Washingtonians Con-
corning Cleveland's Second
Inauguration-Weather Was
Bad, But the President Took
the Oath Outside-The Delay
in Trip to the Capitol-First
Day at the White House
The Great Inaugural Ball at
the Pension Office.
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tional value. In many Subdivisions il has
already done SO. We have had battles,
but are learning. and another wear of
study and organization will make ~ vast
difference when the storage products
come on the market. Last autumn we
mad q toss with the egg market of New
York. and we came out winners. The egg
question ragged in New England. but the
housewives won out with a few skir-
mishes. In the middle west VIC have been
working on the storage egg problem with
good results.
4
''One thing which is the goal of our
hope is to establish direct lines of COM
munication between thc producer and the
consume. We want good clean mar
kets everyw where. and We are going to set
them. When we began our work, markets
in New York were a tradition Long Is
land members of the league found that
the fine vegetables and fruits of their
community were carted right past their
doors and then brought back to them
greatly reduced in quality and Increased
in price. In New Haven housewives
found that though in the center of an
agricultural country. they paid more for
vegetables than the New Workers, and SO
the tale went from one end OF the CONT
nent to the other Ask Florida woman
about oranges and early green vegetables
and the Californian about fruits and
olives. Market houses, clean. ventilated,
under firm and righteous municipal con
troll. is the solution.
New York housewives have brought
about a new era for old Washington mar
ket. lis glory has returned and its useful
ness increased \ thousand fold. House
wives deal with thc farmers who hire the
stalls. and pave formed farmers
union and each who establishes the fact
that he owns or cultivates farm gets {,
button. But each applicant has to give
his address and all data required and an
investigating committee visits him before
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ut tine vista opened when Mrs. Julian
iieatn OF New York, national president
~ tbc Housewives League, made public
a little mtss.ve from the President-eIect
about the cost or meat and the expedi-
cnCy Of permitting foreign flesh to come
in free Of duty This letter WAS written
in Scptcnbor when the leaguers. under
the leadership of Mus. Julian Heath pro-
tested vdiuiN against the Increase In the
cost Of meat, and urged n boycott OF il
wherever possible They then pctitioncd
the democratic presidential candidate TO
declare his sentiments. and he was un-
eqUivocaliy in favor of free meat as Il
conference.-the against the trust. Mrs.
Julian Heath hopes much, and mean
time She continues her campaign Of cdu-
cation ana organization.
so much u before tho Amer, an public
tor the benefit and we'll being or women.
remarked Mrs. Heath. that 1 know the
masculine heart will warm toward my
cause. when I say tHat in the last analy-
SIS the Housewives League is for the
relief of man. one OF my theories is. and
I can prove i. that more families are
poor because tho wife IS Wastefu and un-
tsaincd than because the husband is in
competent. lazy Or Incorporate Every
body accepts the announcement that
housekeeping Is "A lost art. We want it "a
he lost as an art. for now We intend u
make il an exact science. NC stand i
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league has carefully prepared a schedule,
which gives the nourShment attainable
from some things and its adaptabiity to
he used in various ways after the first
serving.
II have boundless confidence in the
American woman" said Mrs Heath. 'and
when she realizes that her husband is the
producer and she consumer. IL is really
the case, she will join our ranks in great
er numbers than she has already. We are
now band of earnest women organized
in every state in the Union. Our bonds
are loose and adjusta BILE and We have no
networks of laws ana bylaws nor a be
wildering number of officers and direct
ors. Our purpose is plain and direct. to
lower the cost oi food and of living in all
lis rami1cations. to make homes happier
and wives more content. and thus to
make the nation more prosperous and en-
lightened.
''One of our very great men, Thomas
Edison. was laughing the other day be
cause he had been reading cookbook
that he had bought for his wife. 1t had
been very highly recommended and, III
deed was the product of an acquaintance.
SO, having a few leisure moments, Mr.
Edison looked it over. 1t abounded i'm all
sorts of recipes but not one to enlighten
housewife how 10 use any warmed
over food. Entirely American was that
cookbook, but we housewives are telling
our sisters who did not acquire the knowl-
edge i'm their youth how 10 prepare n pal
atable meal from yesterdays g roast or
vegeta bles and from odds and ends OF
cakes and custards and fruits and nuts.
I'VE may have to train the man just
a little about this, for the best men have
some plants, as, for instance, the tur-
key, and its final end before it's carcass
goes to make soup. The city woman
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WE.\TN ycars have
slipped into the
political past since
Grover Cleveland
took tho oath of
uiIice and for the
second time became
President of the
{ uited States. Be
tween March, T.
ISH2. and March I.
1913. long. lean
wears for the demo
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and housewives in touch we found many
cities where such a thing as a market
did not exist. In Chicago the whole
sale district was pointed out as substi-
,,Ite or IL one wished smaller orders,
there was the pushcart districts. 1t was
ali particularly uninviting, whereas the
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he gets the much coveted badge. In our
crowded cities II is impossible to get mar
ket houses close enough to residential |
sections or sufficient of them to supply ali
needs. but there should be sufficient to
provide certain quota, and we are
working for that end
In this crusade to get the farmers
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CLEVELAND

time. and by il o'clock that night only
the lights which are always TO be found
lighted gloWed in the mansion. The
inauguration was over and the Presi-
dent lost no time in getting rest alter
a strenuous day.
In the light of present-daE styles some
of the gowns worn on that day, twenty
wears ago. present curious pictures. Mrs.
Cleveland. famous for her beauty, was. OF
course. the central figure Many were the
attempts made to find out what she would
wear at the inaugural ball, but all failed
Her modiste kept it a secret until the
night of the event itself. and those WHO
wanted to see the costume must needs
attend the bali to do so. The dress was
Of heavy white satin. empire front and
tight-fttine back. 1t was richly trimmed
with point lace and embroidered with
crystal beads. the embroidery running up
in rows about twelve inches from the
bottom being pointed in the back. The
empire 'front.' was outlined with point
lace and crystal embroidery. The sleeves
were large puffs of the satin dotted win
the crystal beads, and with stiff satin
bows at the shoulders. II was cut mod
erately low. and Mrs. Cleveland wore dia
monds.
An even better idea of the prevailing
STYLES at that time can be obtained. per-
haps. from description of the gown
worn by Mrs. .Adlai stevenson. wife Gf
the Vice President. on the reviewing
stand. She wore a walking dress Of steel
gray cames hair brocaded in lines OF 4
darker shade The skirt had five bands of
chenille trimming and was stiffly thick
ened a the bottom with criuoline. making
it stand out in the fashionable style. The
sleeves were tight TO the elbow. and had
large puff tops of dark brown velvet. he
waist had a jacket front. with revers of
brown velvet. Her wrap was a Darnley
cape of dark brown velvet lined with
shaded gray silk. The bonnet. which fin
ished the costume. had a Marie Stuart
front formed of rows of large pearls. and
had long strings of brown satin TO tie
under the chin
Julia and Letitia, We're present at the in
augural ceremonies. Miss Mary Steven
son. the eldest, wore walking dress OF
dark blue broadcloth. with pale blue s:l;
sleeves with large puffs of oriental tissue
Julia wore green camel's hair, with high
puff sleeves trimmed With banis of olive
green silk. and I4etitia. who AT the time
was a little girl wore brown camels nar
trimmed with four bands of golden brown
silk.
There was one person Who during all
this excitement. had not been unnotced
This was Baby Ruth" During the early
hours of the DAY, at the Arlington Hotel.
many had sought d glimpse Of the little
girl who was to occupy the nursery of
the White House during the coming
years. But Ruth had been provided with
a sharp-eyed nurse, and it went hard
with those VINO patiently waited for that
glimpse. Naturally. the idle curious did
not pay any attention to a careless nurse
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III l. X T. III a : j. e
{ 20 . u s a n q : o {
Americans deeply
concerned with the
induction of the
n G. " President,
what he and his
Womenkind shall
ear and wear and
say and act, and
there are tens of
thousands more
%ho are interested
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tratic party have dragged themselves INTO
history. Through those years the sup
norters of JefferSonian policy have
watched huuGrily While the slices of po-
ttical pie and the pIGms of party pref
orence have hcen lavished upon their
rivals.
Tuauguration>. in the main. are much
alike From the time that George Wash
iuGtou completed his first term and was
inductcd into his second until the day
when William Howard Taft took the
oath Of office there has been little differ
cucc in the general characteristics or the
dan. except in the weather. which is not
controlled hy the inaugural committee,
and which, rs a matter OF fact, has al
vays been more or less a monotouous
succession of dreary rain hail oI snow.
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Buchanan was made the fifteenth Presi-
dent. Then followed a long period of re-
pt blican supremacy until 1885,. when
grover Cleveland took office for the
first time Then came Harrison. followed
by Cleveland for the second time.
Because inaugurationS have always
heen a ut-and-dried succession of parade.
the ceremony of taking the oath of office,
more parade. and finally. as climax.
the inaugural ball, 1t is the presidential
candidate himself who made his inaugu-
ration individual And it is in this re-
Spect that the minor details of Presi-
dent Cleveland's inauguration are inter-
estinS a this time. March 4. 1898 was
in this manner stamped with host of
events unimportant i'll themselves, which
have become indelible III the memories of
men who take notice of the little things
that make history. Grover Cleveland, the
man. dominated the day.
Democrats say it is always fair weather
on "A democratic inauguration daN. March
!. 1898. proved the exception, however.
Here is the weather menu for that day:
Eleven o'clock. heavy snow; IL o'clock.
rain: | o'clock. strong wind The variety
was so great. in fact. that when the Pres
ident-elect looked out of his window at
the old Arlington Hotel that morning he
remarked:
Il cannot complain of lack Of variety.
on the 4th of March eight years ago the
sun was shining -Four years ago II
rained and now il is showing.
President elect Cleveland could not nave
been superStitiouS concerning the weather.
for this is what he ate for breakfast that
morning: Fruit broiled oysters ON toast.
bcefsteak broied sausage. eggs. potatoes
and fried hominy. Presdent-elect CleVe-
land Mrs. Cleveland. so recently become
Mrs. Preston. and Baby Ruth. together
with Vice President-elect Adiai +. Ste
Venson. his wife. three daughters and son.
and those who were their guests during
the ceremonies STAYED at the Arlington
Hotel for the couple of days preceding
the actual inauguration. and the hotel Was
consequently the scene of much excite
ment.
In recalling the morning OF the 18th of
March some one who had keen eyes and
knew how to use them described the cos
tune of Mr.. Cleveland. and. though typ
ical. il is hardly what one expects to
hear in connection with a man so shortly
to become the head of the nation He
wore suit of plain black diagonal un-
fashionable in cut and in need Of press
ing His coat was cutaway. while the
vest had lost one of the original .ut-
tons and in its stead had been placed
one larger than the others. To finish this
costume we find the usual black string
tie" And that tie, ii may be remarked.
was a characteristic of Cleveland's. as
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~ usrgArEr + DowNlNe.
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Mrs. Heath has been a student of eco
nonic conditions since her early girl
hood. She directs her own home with
wonderful skill and it was the constant
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Honderfai How caielly sYour Eniire S5stsm
Awakens When tie Bleed IA Cleansed.