Evening star., 1921-02-27

| whithersoever he will" Clevelapds
lips touched Psalm 1f1. verses 3-1o
Four years ago, in the midst OF the
world war. President Wilson pressed
his lips to the passage: The Lord is
our refuge: a very present help in
time OF trouble.
The kissing of the Bible follows
livery ancient custom. The Egyptians
were required to kiss the rolls on
which the commands of Joseph were
| written.
THE Bible used by Washington. and
which is to be used by Harding,
was retained by the Washington
family and is now in the collection of
ST. Johns Lodge. No. !. of New York.
| The Bible used by John Adams pass
ed to the owner of a ship and disap-
peared. The Bible used by John
Quincy Adams disappeared while he
was President
The Bible used by Martin Van Buren
is a highly priced possession of the
royal family of England.
/ The Bible used by President Bu |
! chanan is now the property of Penn |
isylvania Historical Society.
| The Bible which Abraham Lincoln |
kissed is the property Of a jeweler :
and clockmaker in New York city.
| The Bible used to hurriedly swear in !
! President johnson was in the prop |
erty of his daughter at Greenville. |
| Tenn. at last accounts.
The Bible which Gen. Grant pressed |
| to his lips is the property of a mem |
ber Of the family in Batavia, Ohio !
the gift of Grant himself.
The Bible used by Hayes never left
| the family. 1t had belonged to Mrs. !
/ Hayes before her marriage.
The Bible used by James A. Garfield
he carried to the Capitol in his pocket.
1t had been given to him by his
mother.
The Bible on which Chester A. Ar
thur sealed his pledge was the prop
erty of the then chief justice of the |
state of New York, and is cherished !
as an heirloom by the judges family. !
/ When Grover Cleveland was in |
| augurated the first time. like Garfield. |
he kissed Bible presented to him by |
his mother. 1t is now the property
of his sister, in Toledo, Ohio The
Bible which he kissed at his second
| inaugural was given to him by his
wife. who kept it as a sacred souve-
| mir.
The Bible used by Benjamin Harri- |
son was given to him on his wedding
day by his bride. 1t has since been
the treasured belonging of their /!
daughter. Mrs. James r. Mckee, In |
| dependence, Ohio.
The Bible used by Mckinley wae |
| presented by the colored bishops of /
the country, and was retained by Mrs |
| Mckinley. 90 /
DRESENT-DAY inaugurals lack the /
- interest taken in the first in
| augural Of Washington. The journey |
to New York. made in company of |
| David Humphreys and John Lang |
i don, was continuous triumphal prog |
ress. Every town along the way erect |
| ed gay arches. its citizens delivered |
addresses of welcome and arranged |
| patriotic displays. The trip from |
Elizabethport to the landing in New
| York was mace in a barge manned |
!! by thirteen men in white uniforms, /
representing the thirteen states in |
| the Union. At the landing crimson
| carpet covered the steps. The morn !
| ing of April 80 the artillery awoke !
J the town with salutes in honor of the i
J day. The ceremonies were very SIM !
pie. Washington gave an address |
| which furnished the precedent for !
succeeding inaugural addresses. But /
! one feature of that ceremony was /
| never repeated. A crler proclaimed /
| through the streets. Long live George /
Washington, President of the United
| States"
That night there was a magnificent !
ball. and the President danced the |
ootiilon with Mrs. Livingston and |
| other New York bellies.
Far more elegant preparations were
| made for the second\ inaugural Of |
| Washington. He rode to 'Independ- |
-
nificent coach drawn. by six milk |
white steeds." Two men with white |
| wands preceded his coach. Again |
there was a splendid ball and Wash |
| ington Joined the dancers.
| The first inaugural ceremony in the |
District of Columbia. the new Fed !
!: eral city, was on March 4. 1901. The |
i building of the Capitol was in |
| progress and only the Senate wing |
was occupied. The Sage of Month |
cello" rode alone from his beautiful |
home. arriving on the morning of |
! the 4th. The condition of Pennsyl- i
Nania avenue prevented any exten- /
| slve ceremonies. JEFFERSON then re- !
sided at Conrad and McMunn's. New |
Jersey avenue and c street southeast. !
| Accompanied by a small party of /
political friends. he walked to the |
| Capitol from his boarding house. and I
| Supreme Court received the oath |
| from Chief Justice Marshall.
Aaron Burr had been sworn in |
| before Jefferson's arrival The new
d.! President Immediately mounted his 4
horse and rode up the Avenue to the |
White House, where a reception was /
! held in the evening.
So much has been written about 1
| Jefferson simplicity on that occasion |
| that one hesitates to give another !
version of how it really happened. |
| 1t is said that Jefferson walked from |
| his boarding house to the Capitol /
and rode horseback to the White
! House only because his son-in-law
| failed to arrive with a coach and
! four horses which he had been sent |
| into Virginia to purchase for $1,000. |
I Storms and bad roads had delayed
him. So also had been delayed the
arrival of a handsome suit of clothes
! ordered by Jefferson for the great
/ occasion.
At the time of Monroes Inaugural
| ton, in 1917. Washington was viii
| lage of 5000 inhabitants. living
mostly in huts scattered over an ex-
tensive area The so-called Federal
city" was a joke. and was more fire.
l. ''Washington's City in the Petomac."
WHILE the ceremony next Friday.
w although of Lincolnian simplic-
ity, will be at one of the most beau
tiful buildings in the world. the Mon
roe ceremonies. 104 years ago. which
established the precedent for out
of-door inaugurals. took place from
rented quarters. This was due to the
destruction of ~the Capitol by the
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