Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-05


on the second floor of City Hall.
wauamaker Meets IIylsn
Shortly before II O'Clock Johc Wana-
maker left the Mayors office for Broad
Street Station to greet Mayor Hylan of
New York. Mayor Smith did not go
because he was expecting the Mayor
elect at any moment.
At that hour Mr.. Moore was in his
Office in the Grocer Building polishing
up his inaugural address. The copy be
read was tie third draft of the docu-
Inent. With him was Joseph X. Cos
Z tello, chief of the new bureau of claims
Z in the law department.
1t was after II O'Clock when Durrell
Shuster, secretary to Mr.. Moore, was
called TO the public reception room to
receive the greetings of a delegation
representing the Republican Alliance of
the Thirty second ward.
William Mentzer, the alliance chair
man in that ward, introduced each
member of the delegation to Mr.. Shus-
ter and presented basket of pink
roses which later was placed in the
secretsry's Office.
BootbIacis on job
As he re entered the Office, Mr..
Shuster was approached by Frank,
The City Hall bootblack. Whereupou
the new secretary got bis first Shine
and the smiling Frank confessed he felt
his unofficial job was ''sll right" for
the future.
when Mayor Hylan, tall and sturdy.
escorted by Mr.. Wanamaker, reached
the private Office be was greeted by Mr..
Smith and introduced to others In the
reom.
The retiring Mayor left him to extend
a hand TO the new directors and assist
ant directors who were assembling for
the inaugural.
Most of the directors Mr.. Smith ad-
dressed by the formal Mister" James
It. Cortelyou, new safety director, he
greeted as Jimmy"
A few minutes later Mr.. Moore ar
rived. He was dressed in black. wore
a black uecktie and glistepiug ELK
hat, newly ironed and Immaculate. Mr..
smith wore braided black cutaway
suit, a pale green silk tic, adorned
with a diamond scsrfpin, and across his
black vest was a green gold Watch
chain. Mr.. Moore wore no jewelry,
Procession Begins at t1:55
At II 80 the procession to the fourth
floor began from the Mayors office.
Mr.. Smith. with his successor on his
4<pd outgoing directors. their assist
13nts and several special guests The
II bunciluanc inaugural committee was
a line.
Through a double line of white
loved reserve patrolmen the little pro
sssfon moved to the elevators in tho
1ist corridor. Cars were waiting, and
aot the entire party 10 the fourth
oor.
Mf. Moore carried his hat on his left
.rp as be advanced to the inaugural
chamber. First entering the Office of
the chief clerk of the old Select Coun
eli the procession moved into the Select
chamber and thence to the more roomy
Common Council chamber.
Several guests at the door Of the in
ssueural chamber clapped their hands as
the incoming executive entered at L. :O3
o'clock. The little ripple of applause
gained strength aud ran in waves over
fhs assemblage as the main aisle was
reached and the march TO the rOstrum
eommenced.
The new Mayors eyes took in two
fir American flags draped over the ros
srsim. the baskets of flowers and ferns
that aecked the dais and the array of
brilliant cluster lights that illuminated
<he scene.
AZ the Mayor to be and the retiring
Mayor paused for moment directly in
front Of the rostrum, Harry Wittig,
serreapt at arms of the new Council,
anr,ounced 70 Richard Weglein, the
Corpcil president, that the new Mayor
was present.
AT. Negleiu. from his elevated posi-
Sfau before the rostrun, said:
.sXe are assembled here 10 witness
she inauguration of J. Hampton Moore,
as the next Mayor of the city Of Phila