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Evening star., 1913-03-02
REVIEWING STAND USED Dr PRE.s1oEMT TAFT
FoUR,Y AGO
clubs and such. The aVcrag
fare from PENNSYLVANIA is So.

marching tllDS anu Sntu ! ne dNtTdSS
fare from PENNSYLVANIA is So
New York comes next with a heavy
delegation Ohio and the adjacent
middle west states are nothing loath to
demonstrate their enthusiasm over the
man who is TO hold the reins of gov
ernment for four or eight years. They
send large numbers of shouters at
something like $50 each. This year
large delegations are coming from the
south. for that section is a-bubbe with
enthusiasm. and likewise is SO pros
porous as Ia have an abundance of the
wherewithal. The fare from the south
will likewise average about so.
When the Mississippi is reached the
numbers are greatly decreased. and it
is said that there are some ocalities
where that term. inauguration. calls up
no more vivid idea than that of the
president of the local debating society.
or possibly the governor of the state.
which latter idea is rather an indefinite
and remote possibility.
The Pennsylvania ticket of SS is
found to be about the average of them
ALL and of these average fares 200 900
are paid. bringing the amount of money
SO expended up to Sl.60O0 600.
The railroads estimate that of the peo
pie VINO come to inauguration one-fourth
pdtrOnlZe tne tuli1l1dnS. Jfdct1cdlN ali
those do who come any great distance.
and these long-haul rates bring the aver
age Pullman fare to high level 1t will
easiN- reach s; each way for all who take
Pullmans. and on an estimate of $1,000
such item would amount to $3oO,OOO
:: x
In order that the great crowds may be
handled with the quickness that the occa-
sion demands the railroads are called
upon to spend great sums of money for
special trains. added equipment and in
creased service all along the line. The
traffic into Washington on the day be-
fore and the morning of inauguration is
the hardest TO handle of anything that
the railroads of that section ever have to
face. Half of the throng that comes to
inauguration, for instance, is in the Cap
ital city but the one day. and getting
100000 people in and out within fifteen
hours is no mean task. The great new
station and terminal facilities at Wash
ington are vast help in accomplishing
this.
Methods in the yards are likewise in
formal during the inaugural rush. Any
locomotive getting ready to take a cargo
OF the homeward bound out of Washing
ton bitches onto the first string OF empty
cars It can find. regardless Of what COM
pany they belong to. leads them down
and pulls out. 1t takes months to get
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casions she always wore a court train,
and d headdress which, to the imagina
.tion. suggested a crown. Her attend
ants, six on either side, were young Ia
dies attired precisely alike. AS a re-
minder of the days of Madison and Van
Buren,, she revived the custom of having
the names of her guests announced as
they entered her presence. When she
appeared in her carriage it was drawn
by four thoroughbreds
Mrs. Tyler was a pronounced brunette,
of great beauty and many graces Of man.
her. She recorded that once, when seated
next to her at dinner party, John c.
Calhoun quoted poetry to her. One of
her cotemporaries wrote that, in Lon
don. he had seen her followed in silent
apostrophe' by the wigged and gowned
barristers Of the queens bench; had seen
the audience rise in homage in the vast
opera house in Naples when she and her
lovely sister entered their box, and had
beheld their progress impeded by admir-
ing throngs in the pleasure gardens of
Paris but had never seen her SO radiant
ters her sister and her cousins, she did
the honors at the White House ball
which marked the close of the Tyler
administration.
Al that ball the guests, representing
many states and cities, numbered 2,oo0.
III was MIS-. tSItfS > tdreWeiI ~ tue SdN
life that she loved and of which she had
been the central luminary. and her re-
tirement to private life on plantation
on the James river was in blaze OF
glory Arrayed in satin festooned with
lace her dark locks CROWNED by shep-
herdess' bonnet with diamond ornaments,
she opened the ball with the Secretary of
War as her partner, reserving her later
no nth hinpt officers and
diplomats of rank The supper was
served with magnifcence. and. despite
the abundance of the champagne. was
enioyed with disnifed demeanor.' Its
approximate cost was s2.uo", al lhat
period an eXtravagant sum.
When far advanced in years Mrs. Iyier
met with financial reverses. and in 1S'9
Congress voted her Il pension OF soWo.
There is a pretty story TO the eHect tnat,
during the closing months of the first
Cleveland administration. an aged woman
of refined appearance. visiting the par
lors OF the White House, was seen to
gaze Ions and fondly ct the portrait OF
the second Mrs. Tyler. which then hung
in the green room Inquiring what had
become of the original frame. one OF the
attendants informed her that ne pe-
lieved It to he In the attic, Where IL was
the custom to store furniture used during
former administrations 1t is said that.
by reason Of the fact that she was the
original of the portrsit she asked Tor
and was permitted to have the old frame.
She died in Richmond III 1885,?
X
The White House has had but one
.,eircss who, being neither wife nor
mother was able to devote all of her
time. ard as much as she chose of her
private fortune, to her duties as official
hostess. Prior to this period Harriet
Lane niece and ward of President Bu-
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There is another item in tho trsnspor-
tation of West Point cadets that Uncle
Sam must pay direct. or these ho,s Jph
will come to Washington. paying so for
fare and 81 for pullmans There was
nobody else to iev for il. 40 Uncle Sam
himself took in land the transportation
af tho Napol"ous aud Grants of the III
ture This item vii lost in all 5000.
There were the Naval Academy hoNs
from Annapolis. but tn these their uncle
said: Walk over or pay tn" rar Fare
ourselves, sud the boys decided To pav
It, for their mel. had already given
them p:n money. the distance WAS but
forty miles and this VAS more Fun than
any other WAY they could spend II.
Despite the fact that the inaugural pa
radc is the greatest military pageant that
this hemisphere ever knows. this item of
the Nest Point cadets is almost the only
feature of II that costs the government
any money: Yet there are nited states
TROOPS and marines and iarkies ashore.
and bands and artillery and knights in
khaki to the number of some 2o.go. Most
of these attending military organizations
are. however. selected from nearby posts
and there is littl" or no car fare to pay
II was found that S2o0oo would cover
this entire cost.
The pittance spent by the national gov
ernment is added to by one other small
item. The city is to be protected against
the crooks that still exist in the different
communities of the nation despite tho
fact that the uplift has been working for
some time.
Two old seuths from every city Of i'm
portance i'm the country are to be accord
ingy sent to Washington, and il the
aforesaid crook has done anything I'm any
section Of the country To call attention
to himself there will be Sherlock on the
grounds who knows him well and will lay
retentive hands upon him at sight To
defray the expense OF this added force
the money is taken out Of the District Of
Columbia funds. half of which is paid by
the government and half by the taxpay-
ers Of Washington. The expense entailed
will be $4,000.
With the exception Of 5000 worth OF
fireworks to be shot off, these are the
chief direct items OF expense to the pen
pie for the inauguration. OF course.
there will be a good deal OF vanilla soda
slipped by the young things and the hard
ened will blow the foam off theirs. but to
what extent il Is impossible to estimate.
But without this the money spent 10 such
that the gauntlet may be thrown down to
the dinkey monarchies of all the else
where to 60 out and spend SO much on
the occasion of the once-in-a-lifetime
coronation of their rulers II they dare
and still escape bankruptcy. Itemixed.
the expense bill would be something like
this.
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ognition at the court of ST. James. Queen
Victoria singled out as her personal fa-
vorite the young American beauty. and
ordered that. though the niece of the
United States minister. and unmarried
Miss Lane should be accorded the same
rank as though his wife. This distinc-
ton was not unmerited. for. despite her
youth and such adulation as would have
turned most girlish heads. Harriet Lane
bore herself with grace and dignity
that royalty itself could not eclipse. and
under all circumstances was the incar-
nation of sweetness and modesty.
AS diplomatic hostess she entertained
persons not only of the highest social
rank. but those of literary and political
distinction She had numerous offers of
marriage from persons whose names were
great on both sides of the Atlantic. but
she returned TO her own country heart
whole and fancy free
Miss Lane was a blonde, with an eN-
quisite complexion. and perfectly pro-
portioned figure of more than average
height. From her English father she had
Inherited many tastes and traits. particu-
larry fondness for outdoor life. One
of her delights was to steal away from
the White House for a chat with the good
sisters of the Visitation Convent of
Georgetown. of which institution she was
A graduate and in which she never lost
her interest.
Miss Lanes position was more onerous
than that of any other first lady since
Martha Washington. not only because OF
the number of officials that her uncle
was compelled to receive, but because his
circle of acquaintances was SO wide that
unofficially. he constantly entertained the
notab!eS of other countries. In this he
never took any account of expenses. anu
he and his niece never spared themselves
any eXertion in the exercise of their hos
ritaiity. jefferson Davis said: The
White House, under the administration of
Buchanan, approached more nearly to my
idea OF a republican court than the Presi-
dents house had ever done before since
the days of Washington
Though she entered the White House
under the shadow of double bereave-
ment. Miss Lane was found in her place
at all dinners and receptions. The last
dav of 1857 she received a delegation of
thirty Indians, representing the PaWnees.
Poncas and Pottowatomies. The last
named were in citizens attire. while the
others Judging from the quantity of
paint and feathers that they wore. must
have been in the full dress of their re-
spectiye tribes The following day she
welcomed as New Year guests the repre-
sentatives of the crowned heads of the
old world. Her appearance and manner
took them by storm.
In 1850 Miss Lane was the hostess of
the heir TO the British throne then
twenty Years of age. As u lad he had
loved and admired ne; almost a. much
as did his royal mother. and. dulin- his
five DAYS sojourn in the White House,
he was tho Incarnation of Difference to
this American princess. seven years his
senior. In the same year Sh6 had the
more difficult task of entertaining the
first Japanese embassy to tho United
States" whose ideas on the subject of
official etiquette must have been no less
strange to her than hers to them.
This noted beauty did not marry until
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and tho amount that is spent ny ON
Uncle Samuel direct are concerned there
is never = touch OF nrofligacl When the
enthusiastic private citizen cuts loose on
his own responsibility, however. the ma
yuma is burned in large quantities, and
there will he 2tSop0 of him from out of
town in evidence along PENNSYLVANIA ave-
nue. next Tuesday to sec a President fresh
from the making
This will be no mean representation of
the folks back home. The democratic
politicians who have stood SO long ON the
outside looRSng in will be anxious to re-
adjust their vision Ia the reverse position
The prosperous folks from the forks oi
the creek who have been buying automo-
hiles with their chicken money. will grasp
this opportunity to see Washington with
her store clothes on. The fioridiy opllent
man of business. from the towns that aye
beginning to call themselves cities, Will
he there with his neck shaved Heavy
weight men OF affairs. from the great
marts Of trade. will be ON hand to feel
ont the atmosphere and show that they
friendly. The ofice-seekers. OF whom
the numbers are legion. will be ever vigi-
lant i'm the expectation that the pie
counter may parade float All the
world will be in evidence to see this. the
rearest To royal pageant of anything
ever sprung in the land where the eagle
screams and the bunting has a weakness
for stars and bars
In figuring what the big show is going
to cost. the first item to be noted is the
money that is donated by the business
men of the city of Washington. out of
which are to be betrayed the incidental ex-
penditures. This sum amounts in the
present instance to SlO0,Cp0. II is spent
for decoration, illumination, seat building
fireworks, music and other incidentals
The money has always been contributed
with nice little string to it. for the
custom has been TO give an inaugural
ball-tckets, Sand to arrange other fea-
t'res for fund raising that would return
this advance. Gov. Wilson did not care
about the ball, and said so in such
way that ii was done away with.
The conservatives estimate that there
viii be 100000. the progressives $50 900.
and the enthusiasts 500 900 people who
VIII come TO Washington to see the
inauguration. II is safe to say that
fully 2s0.oO ride in on the trains In
an attempt TO estimate the average fare
paid by these people the railroads have
difficult problem. but IL can be fairly
well Appropriated
Half the crowd. it is figured comes
from within $50 miles OF Washington
They will pay a fare Of but. 50 or So
As the distance increases from Wash
Ington the number OF people decrease.
Pennsylvania furnishes more excur-
sionists TO Washington than any state
not Immediately adjacent Such in
augurations as the present draw
heavily on her military organiza tions.
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HEN a great Amer
lean people in its
democratic simpliC-
itv intllicts into
office a President
that it has duly
elected the act is
performed to the
tune of tho eXpend-
iturc OF something
over five million
dollars. As far as
the official program
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tendant leisure. The patriarchal institu-
tion Of slavery enabled the southern peo-
pie, particularly in Virginia and South
Carolina. to maintain a method and style
OF living impossible in other sections and
other conditions. and which constituted
them "a monarchical representation un-
der republican government. There
fore, to Angelica Singleton. from her
birth, was open every avenue of intel
lectual advancement. Her natural en-
dowments were of the order that rem
dered their cultivation pleasure
rather than a task. Descendant on
both sides of diplomats and statesmen
Of extraordinary ability, the youthful
Mrs. Van Buren inherited the tact and
poise which distinguished her throughout
her career. On several Occa sions. during
her sojourns in Europe. she was the
guest of royalty. She possessed one
requisite of queens and princesses. the
ability to endure the fatigue of standing
AS White House bride. at her first New
Year reception, she stood continuously
for three hours. yet to the end her sweet
smile and gracious courtesy remained un-
impaired
In 1889 as the niece and guest of the
United States minister TO the court of
st. James, Mrs Van Buren, enjoyed privi-
leges and distinctions of unusual char
acter. Not Only in England, but on the
continent she was regarded as the high
est type OF woman that the simplicity
and dignity of republican institutions
The Tyler administration vas essen
TALLY the era Of the young women. Mrs.
Tyler entered the White House an invalid
and died eighteen months later. Her rep
resentative was her daughter- in-la'w, Mrs
Robert Tyler. who. the daughter Of
Cooper, the trasedian. and herself an
actress Of ability. was unique among of
fetal hostesses. Yet suffered by compari-
son with none OF them. At the death OF
her mother-in-law. she yielded the honors
to Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple. who had
the assistance OF her sisters. Mrs Jones
and Mrs. Waller, the latter a White
House bride.
Amonr those who passed their winters
in Washington during the Tyler adm;nis-
tration were Mr.. David Gardiner of Gar
diners Island and New York and his
two daughters. The latter, after finish
ing their education in France had been
presented at its court. During a. brilliant
reception on Washington's birthday. in
1874, President Tyler proposed to Miss
Gardiner. more than thirty years his
junior. She declined the honor of his
distinguished hand. A few days later
occurred the catastrophe on the gInboat
Princeton, resulting in almost forty
deaths. Among the victims were two
cabinet officers and many other we'll
ner. Less than four months after the
state funeral accorded them President
Tyler again proposed to Miss Gardiner
and was accepted.
The Incumbency of Julia Gardin =
Tyler as lady of the White House. though
il continued only eight months, WAS
marked by many innovations. Though
but twenty -four years old. she was the
one presidential hostess. between Mrs
Washington and Mrs. Mckinley who sat
while receiving her guests. On her re-
ception days her large armchair was
placed on a low platform. On these oc
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r the women who
have graced the
W hite House few
are entitled TO be
known as heiress-
CS. When the first
chief of the govern
ment married a fair
widow of his own
age and several
times his own de-
gree of wealth, he
esta bliShed a prec-
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House debutante a: eighteen and a White
House bride at twenty-five. she had
numerous other unusual experiences. The
first was the christening OF the German
emperor's yacht: another was the inher-
itance OF $1O0.CsO by the Will OF an opu-
lent American who had been the unsuc-
cessful rival OF Theodore Roosevelt for
the hand Of her mother.
1t was no small matter for a girl OF
nineteen to find herself i'm such a situa-
tion OF independence, financial and other
wise. as did Alice Roosevelt. who. never
studiouS, not strongly domestic in her
tastes. and above all else an outdoor girl.
was thus able to crafty all her wishes
During her trip 10 the far east came the
turning point I'm her career. for during
that voyage through tropic seas and
again, and the maiden answered Yes"
Ever since becoming member Of the
congressional circle in Washington Mrs
Longworth, in order to be both compan-
ion and helpmeet TO her husband has
been student OF books and methods
Endowed with both taste and talent for
philanthropic endeavor. she has rendered
able assistance in several lines of So
cial service.
singers" And she changed the subject
OF conversation.
After dinner. as the three sat in the lit
tie parlor. the subject OF Mexico came up
II think it's just horrid the way those
people are doing down there" said the
wife. We ought to send an army and
make them behave themselves" "
Nonsense, replied the husband. The
Inited States hasn't got any business
mixing up In other people's fuses. I
think we ought to keep out Of
George interrupted the wife. and
nodded her head meaningly toward the
dining room. George looked sheepish for
a moment.
II don't know though bat what hui
manity compels us to stop such lawless-
ness and bloodshed.'' he went on. What
do YOU folks say to going down 20 the
moving pictures"
Look here, old man, qucried the
guest when the wife had disappeared 10
get her wraps. What's the answer to
this? How Is II YOU and your wife yield
fully And what the mischief has that
paper on the dining room wall got to do
with it,"
We'll, I'll tell you the answer replied
the husband, with a smile. when We
were married We were both aware, not
only Of our hasty tempers, but also or
the fact that every one had predicted, on
that account a very unhappy life for us.
Accordingly. we determined TO fool them.
So We agreed that, whenever an incipient
difference arose. we would give in. turn
about. and change the subject OF conVer-
sation. That paper YOU saw tackled on
tho dining room wall is merely MEM
orandum Of who's turn IL is TO Weld next
When my wife a dinner that " Was
her turn. she gracefully gave in about
Tetrazzini. just I did just now the
subject of Mexico. OF course, We both
probably maintain our private opinions.
but that scheme cuts off all dispute. IT
has worked like n charm--but, for good
ness sake don't let her know 1 told you
about it.''
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must have been these words of her
father, one of the most intellectual and
progressive of business men: You are
the only man / have ever known 10 whom
| would give my daughter. The pro-
longed and pathetic invalidism of Mrs.
Mckinley nullfied TO a great extent the
influence that her private resources would
have exercised in the social affairs of the
White House during the four and one
half years of her residence there.
Mrs. Washing ton. the one presidential
consort whose wealth could have added
splendor to the social amenities of the
White House, never occupied it. In no
other place would an opulent hostess have
been more needed. the earlier Presi-
dents out of their salaries of $4,000 per
annum. were compelled to pay all the ex-
penses of their official abode. Conse-
quently none left it as well situated finan-
cialy as when they entered it, During
the first half of the nineteenth century
50 meager were the appropriations for
the care and maintenance OF the Nhite
House that several Presidents departed
from it deeply i'll debt, and practically all
died poor
Mrs. John Adams. first chatelaine of
the Presidents house" otherwise known
as the palace" dwelt and entertained
as best she could. within its echoing and
unadorned walls only -four months. From
the pecuniary viewpoint this was iortu-
nate for Mrs. Adams.
The history of the first sixteen years
OF the White House is almost the biog-
raphy of Mrs. James Madison. and no
American worthy of the name will ever
cease to be proud of the social achieve
ments Of Queen Dolly" But it cannot
be denied that during the first eight years
the patriotic prodigality of the Sage OF
Monticello was of immeasurable assist
ance to her in uniting the warning rae
tions which made UP official society IN
the then capital in the. wilderness.
The French republican simplicity OF
the President Of the United States was DGt
grated on his Virginia hospitality. Mrs.
Madisor's cNperence as hostess Ior the
elderly widoNer jefferson was her social
education. the White tiouSc her training
school, and during the succeeding eight
wears II was Madisons wealth and not
hers that oiled the wheels of the chariot
of state.
The center and cynosure OF American
home life has had its heiresses. but they
must be sought among the daughters,
dsughters-in-law and nieces rather thah
among the wives of our Presidents. the
earliest OF these came not from one OF the
northern centcrs of culture aud popula-
ton. but from a provincial city on the
Cumberland river.
Two months before the first !nduEura-
ton OF Nudrcv Jackson. Mrs. jackson
died ana her niece beloved ~ uer as a
daughter. reiGncd in the White House IN
her stead. Emily DonClson was a grand
daughter of John Donelson. an opulent
and rageous planter of the Old Do
minion, who in lt1a led II party of settlers
from Virginia to the banks of the Cum
berland. He and his descendants pros
pered in their new home. and Emily Don
olson. rich as well as young and beautifula
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THE Money Is to Be Spent
! by the People Who Make
the Trip to Washington and
by Uncle Sam in Arranging
a Fitting Pageant in Celebra
ton of the Induction Into
Office of the Highest Official
in the Land.