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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-02

stand erected for the accommodation
of the president, his family and guests
invited by the chief executive. up the
venue at least as far as X street.
Inauguration of Washington.
1t is almost 12S years since the first
Inauguration of the first president of
the United States Of America. George
Washington left Mount Vernon for
New York city. the temporary capital
OF the young republic, bearing with
him a deep sense of his new response
bilities. The people converted his jour
ney into a triumphal march. There
were no railways in those days, the
roads were heavy, the way was long,
II horses cannot travel as swiftly as
steam cars. and, though the first
Wednesday of March, which happened
to be on the 18th of the month, had
been appointed for the day of the in
auguration, it was the Both of April,
1879, before it took place.
On that day George Washington
went in procession to the federal build
ing, at Wall and Broad streets. where
he raj received in the senate chamber,
and thence proceeded to the balcony.
When he appeared a shout went up
from the crowd gathered beneath the
balcony. After he had taken the oath
of Office Chancellor Livingston stepped
forward and, raising his hand, cried,
Long live George Washington, presi-
dent of the United States!'
Washington's second Inauguration
took place in the senate chamber of
independence hall at Philadelphia,
which was the seat of government
from 1900 until 1900. The oath was
administered by Justice William Cush-
ing of the supreme court. The occa-
sion, like the mar who dominated it,
was simple and dignifed. The presi-
dent wore the costume portrayed in
the well known Stuart picture.
Thomas Jefferson was the first presi-
dent to be inaugurated in Washington
city. Tradition asserts that he rode
on horseback to the capitol and tied
his horse to a nearby fence while ne
took the oath. A better authenticated
SfOly Has II lIaL AC WILL OA lOOt diiO
was escorted by a company of militia
artillery.
This story goes on to relate that he
was preceded by a company of rifle
men from Alexandria, dressed in the
ole Continental uniform of buff breech-
es and sky blue clawhammer coat with
brass buttons and yellow facings. Mr..
Jefferson was supported on either side
by a Republican member of the senate
and was followed by nearly all the Re-
publican members of the house and
quite a large %concourse of citizens, all
on foot, the rear of the procession be
ing brought up by a company of artil-
lery. Reaching the capitol, he was
met at tie door of the senate chamber
by Aaron Burr, who had just taken the
oath as vice president. AS he entered
the capitol there was a salvo of ar
tillery, and another salvo greeted his
exit.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-02

SCENE AT INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT TAFT, MARCH a. 1903.
March, A, 1909, long will be remembered by those in Washington IN that date
I'M If the worst storms in the history of thu weather bureau swept thu city.
For he hrstt m in seventy-ax year the president took thu oatho ONCE N
tha senate chamber. Later he skies cleared somewhat President Taft re-
viewed h inaugural parade.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-02
Held Lincoln's Hat.

AAN10 A1AANOA4 y AAGN
When Abraham Lincoln went to
Washington the country was on the
verge of civil war. Special precautions
were necessary. The regular army
was called upon for duty of more than
an ornamental nature. Sharpshooters
were stationed on the roofs and in win
dows of houses overlooking the line of
march. General Scott had in the city
two batteries, a few companies of reg
ulars-653 men, exclusive of some ma
rines-and the corps of picked Wash
ington volunteers. President Buchanan
left the White House in a. open car
riage, escorted by a company of sap
pers and miners. At Wizards hotel
the president elect entered the carriage,
and the two passed through Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the capitol. General
Scott with his regulars marched flank
ing the movement in parallel Streets"
His two batteries controlled the plateau
extending before the east front of the
capitol. Lincoln was introduced by
Senator Baker of Oregon, and Senator
Douglas held his silk hat while he de-
livered his address.
On March 4, 1885, the Inauguration
of Grover Cleveland, the first Demo-
cratic president elected in t~wenty-four
years, was accompanied by fine wealth
er. In 1898 when Mr.. Cleveland again
was inaugurated, after four years of
Republican rule, the great pageant was
spoiled by the weather conditions.
A simple swearing in of a president
was that of Theodore Roosevelt in
Buffalo Sept IA, 1901. President Nc
Kinley was assassiDated on the Pan
American exposition grounds, and Mr..
Roosevelt, who was vice president, be-
came president. The oath was admin
istered in the parlor of the home of
Ansley Wilcox, Delaware venue Buff
falo.
March 3, 1909, the weather bureau in
Washington sent out fair and cooler
as the forecast for the following day
set for the Inauguration of President
william Howard Taft. One of the
worst storms in the history of the
weather bureau swept the national
capital and the surrounding country
on that day. The storm was so severe
that it was impossible to inaugurate
Mr. Taft out of doors. and for the first
time in seventy-six years the ceremo-
MES were held in the senate chamber,
while thousands stood in the snow and
slush to see the new president.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-02

WAsHINoToNs INAUGURATION IN NEW YORK, APRIL 30 1873.
The scene of the first presidential inauguration a Federal hall, at wal
and Broad Streets New York. The ubtreasur stands m the site OF
Federal hail. n n front Of it is an imposing statue Of Washington by j. ~
a Ward
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
~Wby" She Asks 'Does Not the Government Give
Official Recognition to the Great Work
That Women Are Domg%

lieutenant or captain, and are therefore treat
ed with respect.
"And so it goes in every line Of work; II
this government would wake up and realize
this great force that is being wasted and give
these clever women specific work to do, you
would see what you would see."
And so, as / understand it, all this commo-
ton in Washington is just another case Of
Satan finds some mischief still for idle
hands to do" II the government wants to
get rid of the White House pickets, of the
women who haunt the Capitol clamoring for
the passing of the Federal amendment, and
all the minor annoyances Of which the suf-
fragists are guilty, then for goodness sake
give them real work to do! They arc not only
willing but eager to get their teeth into IT,
One has only to reflect on what they have
already accomplished along suffrage lines to
realize what tremendous power they will be
if they arc only given half chance.
What will the women Of New York do with
the vote? The year 1918 must give definite
answer.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Who Buys the Thrift Stdmps?
Bv MARION STURGES

rT YOU want to find the people who are
really denying themselves in these days
Il when economy is the fashion, just try
selling the new War Savings Stamps!
Il is thankless operation at best-a hurry
inc crowd In New York IS not exactly cordial
about being interrupted from its goings and
,omings by indiscriminate bits Of pasteboard
offered in a rather hesitant manner by some
,erson manifestly unversed in the art of ac-
costing strangers.
But it had to be done. 1t was. for the time
being. my "bit,' so I firmly stood my ground
determined that, if | could help 1t, no shopper
sigbtseer or worker should escape without
one of the little blue-lettered advertisements
in her hand.
Il was interesting to watch the result and
10 note lust who was willing to take the trouble
10 extract hand from muff or pocket in order
TO find out what it was that the government
called upon them to do.
IF a beautifully gloved hand could be lured
from within the soft mass Of fur 1t was eX-
tended with an air of apologetic amusement
as if its owner were rather ashamed to be seen
carrying a small piece Of pasteboard in the
broad light Of day. This was on Fifth Avenue.
But one short block west, what difference.
Here many frayed cuff could be seen eX-
tended. the owner only too glad to know about
the new Thrift Stamp. The shabbier the in
dividual. and the more hopeessly hard-worked
and weary looking, the more politely did he
reach for the literature-as if compimented
that any one should include him among posi-
bic subscribers.
Here, at last, was way for the man on the
street-for the poor man-to help win the war!
The rich had generously subscribed to the
Liberty Loan, and the poor had been left
somewhat out Of it until now. And it would
mean sacrifice to many TO get even few
pennies together. But they buy the stamps
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

of trouble they want the counsel and coopera-
ton of the women of this state. Do you think
it would be fair for the women to refuse tins
cooperation and start an independent party OF
their own? 1t certainly would not be playing
the game. Let the Republican women go IN
with the Republican men and the Democratic
women work with the Democratic men. They
will each help the other, and this is as 1t
should be.
an each Assembly district" she continued,
there arc at least two political headquarters.
the Republican and the Democratic. In some
districts there is also Socialist headquarters.
These rooms are used only in the late after
noon and in the evening. Why can they not
be turned over to the women of the district
during the daytime to be used as community
houses, centres where al! sorts of meetings
can be held and classes can be formed for the
study of the problems in which all women are
particularly interested, such as child labor
motherhood pensions and the like?
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

to devote her energies and her money primar-
lily to winning the war"
could have thrown my hat in the air and
howled with joy! This from a leader of the
Woman Suffrage party! And the longer
| talked with her, or rather the longer
she talked with me, the more / admired her
bigness and her sanity She was SO sensible
in all her views, so humanl
Having come to hear her views on the vari-
Gus suffrage questions, | felt in duty bound
to ask another question, which was whether
or not it was the intention Of the women voters
to form a party of their own and vote en-
masse for their own ticket, or whether they
would join one of the existing political parties
and vote with the men.
70 this Mrs. Blatch answered that, so far
as she was concerned, she considered it only
right to vote with the men.
The men of this state she said, "haye
done a splendid thing in giving us the vote;
they have shown by so doing that in this time
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
What's the Use of Kickm'?
By FLORA M. BRIERLEY

When the food supply goes shootin' down an
prices shootin' up
An SUGARS sold by thimblefuls an salts sold
by the cup,
An -four is out Of fashion when it comes to
maxim bread,
An corn an rye has sprung to fame as sub
sututes instead
An becfs so scarce an soarin' seems there
won't be any soon,
As if the only COW on earth was straddlin' the
moon
Stead Of jumpin it, as any self-respectin' COW
would do,
An come down the other side, so folks again
could have beef stew
An when even beans, what used to be the
scorn Of stylish folk,
Has taken such a rise in life to buy 'en keeps
us broke,
An everything is just the same, only some
things is worse,
An some is better, thank our stars, or else
we'd have no purse
When all these things is as they is cause
we're scrappin' for the right,
We just got 20 keep our heads an use lot OF
common sense an fight.
II we squeal because We can't have everything
we used 10 could,
We're not helpin' when we need 10; now's the
time help does most good
Sure, there's lots an lots Of people what likes
sugar by the reck,
An without three loaves Of bread day they
s-y they'd be a wreck
An they eat more meat at one meal than they
should eat in a week,
Bot we're glad to stop such eatin' z help our
boys across the creek.
An shucks, who cares fiddle bout the price
an lack of wheat
II our boys what's iightin' brayely just gets
all they want 10 eat!
When this bloomin' war is over an our boys
come marehn' back
wen forget there was high prices an that
- once the food was slack
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
THE DAYS OF 1918

choo to
w trooping poss
butes handsas
o u,ftered farreahg service
pleaue living? Shall
sacrifice? Shall
overcoming? Shall
Kingdoms the World!
abundance without limit oyouy the buoy
andyo give?
Of laden with opportunities VIII they
turn from us with choice?
PIERCE,
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

ne Tribune Institute |
49, In he World of Women d

ELE1lT
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

IF YOU want to find the people who are
really denying themselves in these days
II whom economy is the fashion, Just try
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

1T is a peculiar coincidence Mrs. Blatch
went on "that the suffrage victory came at
the time Of the great war crisis; think what
magnificent opportunity this gives to the
women to show their right to the vote by prov
ing right now the use they can be to their
country. If only the government would rec
ognze that here is great force, the women
Of the country, just waiting to be put to work.
a force that IS being wasted every day be-
cause it is being given no definite work to co!
"The members of the Woman Suffrage
party are all women Of brains and ability,
willing to work hard if they are only given
specific work to do. They are not the sort
of women who are content to sit at home and
knit or roll bandages, both Of which can be
done much better and much quicker by ma
chinery. They must have some outlet for
their mental energy, and because they have
no other way Of working off steam, so to
speak. they are down at Washington working
day and night for the Federal amendment,
which is sure 70 come, but which cannot pos
sibly 90 into effect inside of two or three
years.
WHAT THE WOMEN CAN DO II THE
GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY USE THEM
"Let the government come forward with
real work for these women and you will see
them accomplishing something worth while.
Take Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, as an ex-
ample Her ability as an organizer is simply
marvellous Let her be given the work of
organizing a women's agricultural depart
ment, for example, and see what she would
do with it,
"We are exactly where England was in
1914. We haven't benefited one bit by her
mistakes or her unpreparedness. But look at
the England of to-day; there are no knitting
women in England to-day, no women rolling
bandages or pulling lnt--the factories are
doing this and the women are taking the places
of men who have gone to the front. Take
the W. A. A. c. (Women's Auxiliary Army
Corps), government organization composed
of thousands of women ready for any kind
Of army work at home or abroad-cOoks, car
penters, engineers assistants, ambulance
drivers, farmers and what not
"Take the food situation. There is no doubt
that our winning of this war depends upon
that. Let the women get to work OH this. Here
ment must appoint women for this and give
them administrative power to organize and
direct it, The women are ready if it is put
up to them to turn their political powers into
humanitarian effort.
''Let the women work for conservation, for
the motherhood pensions, for the inheritance
tax, for better child labor laws and for one of
the greatest of all problems, that of the lille
gitimate child.
STATUS OF WOMEN WAR WORKERS
ABROAD
Let the government give women their
proper status. Our government has refused to
send women doctors abroad, and yet France
aud England have sent hundreds to the front.
Our nurses are the only ones who have no
status over there Think of that splendid
body Of women you saw marching down
Fifth Avenue in the great Red Cross parade!
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

Daughters Of Time, the hypocritic days,
Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,
And marching single ir, nm endless file,
Bring diadems and fsgots in their hands.
To each they offer gifts after his will,
Bread, kingdoms, stars, and sky that
holds them all.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
DAY S-By Ralph Waldo Emerson

!, in my pleached garden, watched the
pomp,
Forgot my morning wishes, hastily
Took few herbs and apples, and the
Day
Turned and departed silent !, too late,
Under her solemn fllet saw the scorn.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

Fifth AVc0uC unutr NUe WIIIVC "HU SVI'V"
hammer of the Woman Suffrage party; that
,yc know these women 20 be interested and
sc+ivc i'm an the great war relief movements
90 well "a in the education of their children
and the proper management of their homes;
- sDi.c Of all this there still exists, way back
&, thc minds Of many of US, the picture OF
the old-fashioned suTragist, the sutragist of
.bo carly nineties, a sexless being clad in
mannish tweeds and a plain felt hat, who
sbrieLcd continually both at home and in
public places for what she was pleased to call
her "richts.'
This mental picture was without a doubt
the result Of the impression made upon our
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Their THINGS TO WORK FOR JUST
NOW BESIDES SUFFRAGE

"You want to know what women are going
to do with the vote, now that they have got it?
Ny dear, haven't the faintest idea. Since
last February l have thought so little about
suffrage and so much about the war that
haven't kept up with things as | used to do.
OF course, | am perfectly delighted with the
suffrage victory. | have worked for it for
years. But, after all, there are other things
to work for just now besides suffrage.
Suffrage is only one item in long listVf
things to be accomplished, and just now the
questions that this great war has brought forth
are quite as vital to the women Of this country
as the suffrage question. We have got to win
this war before everything else, and it is our
duty to bend every energy toward this end.
"As matter of fact, the winning of the
war is of very vital moment to the suffragist.
Should Germany win, the whole womans
movement will be set back at least one hun
dred years. Germany is essentially mascu-
line nation-the most masculine of all nations.
The German woman cuts no figure in public
opinion. 1t is therefore the duty Of every
sufragist if onlv from purely selfish motives,
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
By ELENE FOSTER

! spite of the fact that We firmly
believe in the right Of woman
to cast her vote, that we have
seen the most charming and
intelligent and womanly of our
friends. clad in dainty fcmi-
nine garments, march down
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Mrs. HdniOt Stanton Bdtcb, the Veteran Suffrage
Leader Subordindtes the Vote to The Larger
Issues No7U at Stake

youthful minds by the illustrations IN the
comic papers and the caustc comments of the
daily press of those days, for the suffrage
movement at that time was a new and fertile
field for ridiculc and Jest And, let me tell
YOU, those youthful impressions die hard!
WHAT THIS VETERAN SUFFRAGIST is
REALLY LIKE
will confess to having been a victim Of
them myself, but l am cured for good and
all; from this time on the word "suffragst'
will recall to my mind the picture of lovely
gray-haired gentlewoman, clad in soft black
silk, with folds of white lace at the throat
and wrists and the sweetest smile in the world,
a thoroughly womanly woman, Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch, granddaughter of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and one Of the prime movers in
all woman suffrage affairs. IL ever there
was a "suffragist" born and Bred it is she.
As believer in suffrage, but not one who
has chosen it as a life work, / had secret
feeling that as important as the "cause" was
and needful as the vote might be in making
women's war work effective, the time had
come to put it second to national and inter
national emergencies The English women's
splendid example in this direction when they
had suffered so much more from hope deferred
and met with opposition so much more bitter
and determined seemed to me an astute recog
milton of this fact. The strongest present
argument for the vote was to talk about 1t
less and to prove what stalwart and patriotic
citizens women are even when handicapped
and ignored. @. L. d. Our patriotism and
citizenship, proven by good work and unself-
ish comradeship, who would dare deny us the
symbol?
With these thoughts guiltily concealed inmy
subconsciousness / had dreaded meeting Mrs
Blatch, for fear that l might forget myself
and give utterance to these sentiments. In
fact, the last thing that | said to myself as |
rang her bell was: Keep a bride on thy
tongue" But, bless your heart, | needn't
have worried! | hadn't been in her presence
five minutes before she took my breath clean
away by saying in her lovely, soft English
voice:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-19
PROGRAM
FAIRIES

FAIRIES
Catherine Jennings Nina Runyan
Mabel Riera Harrison Mann
Mary Virginia Malone Ernestine Green
Myra Frank Kaplan Lucy Davis Yonge
Blanche Barbara Morgan Betty Yonge
Charlotte Baldwin Jean Yonge
Jess Baldwin Baby Rose Russell
Annie Eta Campbell Eleanor Ball
Ann Bullock Leila Hyer
Eleanor Buck Ida Jones Mcmillan
Mary M Holsberry
Leontine Turner, Queen; Dorothy Address, Cupid;
and others
BROWNIES
Wade III Morgan, Jr. Eugene Lewis Reese, Jr.
Absalom Holcombe Reese Jack Baldwin
ENTIRE ACTS
2. aKatinEa' (FrimD with songs: Jaws 0''''S'iN
"Allah's Holiday" "Katinka," "Rockety Coo"
g. Character Song. .. Myra Kaplan
4. Aesthetic Dancing by Miss Kugelman's Class:
Miriam Mayer, Miriam Kahn, Lydia M. Bruce
Bessie May Harris, Sara Wolff, Adelaide Went
worth, Jean Wolff.
5. National Emblem .-.------San Carlos Orchestra
MUSICAL NUMBERS
"The Spinster's Scheme" Chorus
Boys Patriotic Song and Soldiers
'I viii Be Your Little Girl"
.. Priscilla Prunes and Chorus
@The Married Man" Billy Bachelor and Chorus
Looking For Man.
Madam Hymen Cupid and Bachelors
Sister Dimple Mcmillan, Spinsters and Bach
elors
Accompanists-Sara Trick Weimer Elizabeth Mo-
rena Aileen Bonacker.
PATRONESSES
Mrs. Mallory Kennedy Mrs. G. A. Berry
Mrs. VIM. r. Gonzalez Miss Ada Hilton Green
Mrs. Monroe Elkan Miss Gladys Calm
Mrs. Miles Weller Mrs. w. K Hyer
Mrs. C. S. Bonacker Mrs. j. F. Phillips
Mrs. C. NJ Sweeney Mrs. J. F. Taylor
Mrs. Frank L. Mayes Mrs. j. B. Mcneil
Mrs. John p Stokes Mrs. w. C. Davis
Mrs. F. Mackinaw
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-19
: THE RED CROSS =

The Red Cross is the official organization through which
relief
the
acting of
corporation passed by
shall
the president of the United States is head
Members of the Red aid
takngs relieve the sick
times helping flood mine
lres in finding shelter for the homeless
jured-t make official call ap
pea solely to humanitarian instincts and the sentiment
in fellowmen.
But in time the Red instantly becomes practical
organization 1t volunteer
the hospitals the
volunteer for ambulance service Surgeons physicians sanitaran
others help practically by inc
In members
The central organization of the Cross Wash
ngton The president of the United
President
mtee At the head big division
spicuOus ability in his of her ne
acting chairman large private
his entire time o
Miss Nokes superintendent nursing left
of training Belvue hospital
position The financial
department. The whole
States and it is the only relief
tonai Each Of cities has its organization
for its community but the Red Cross belongs
Its skilul hands ready
land
time OF 1t absolutely the only organization with the
the government behind