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WIN 'lli''l psIl 1 dSep
Whistles. balloons and gaudy souvc-
Mrs. lie will have. instead. an un-
mistakably warm God-spccd on his
four-year Journey outside the COM
mon path.
lie is clinginE 10 this common
path rs long as il is possible for
him e do SO. The character OF his
dinner tonight shows that, while
even more so the make-up OF his
travelling party en- route to Wash
ihEton revealed ii. Not even his
private secretary and his personal
physician shared the private car
Win him. Instead there were these.
!fr. George Il. Harding. his father.
Mss Abigail Harding. his sister; DE-.
t""rS" I. Manning. Jr.. his brother.
Mrs. Frank Longshorc. a niece ,rI
others Immediately connected with
ms i"ihi'E. 1t was the reunion Of
"a family that found it hard To ret
together with their most ilu.trious
member during the several past
months
kn"H itcNiScs pianx.
Part of the day in Washington was
spent in familiarizing the chief ac
tor with Fridays ceremony. SEN
ator Knox. chairman Of the arrange
mcnts committee. went over the plans
in detail.
The guard of honor at the White
House VIII be $500 Washington high
school cadets. \, 10 o'clock they
VIII present arms to President Will
son as he leaves for the Capitol. and
eight drummers and eight burlers
VIII PLAY the Presidents field march.
they viii 10 through Il similar ccrc-
mony as Harding arrives at the
White House on his return as Prcsi
dent OF the United states.
The ceremonies of the dav borin
when the committee from Congress
calls at the Willard Hotel Accom-
panied by Il troop Of cavalry from
Fort N%cr. they viii escort Mr.. and
Mrs. Harding and MIR. and Mrs. Cool
.dGc TO the White House, where they
Will be Joined hy President and Mrs.
Wilson. Fin route 10 the Capitol. the
President will ride with MIR. Hard
ing, Senator Knox and Representa-
tive Joseph Cannon in the first car.
Mrs. Wilson aud Mrs. Harding will
have the second car Vice President
Marshall ana MIR. Coolidge the third
car. and their wives the fourth car.
Cars carrying Secret Service men and
newspaper men will complete the
small procession.
VIII Sign Hills.
At the Capitol, rrcsldcn, Wilson
will he escorted to tho Presidents
Room. where he will sign Il number
Of bills before going into the cham
Der, where. seated beside his success
sor, he is to witness the ceremony OF
Inducing Nicc-rresident Coolidge
into Office.
Mr. Harding will then walk to the
cas-; porch OF the Capitol for his own
ceremonies. President Wilson's pur-
pose is 10 accompany him. hut it is
possible that he viii in the end give
way to the advice OF his physical
and forcgo this physical effort. II
unable to witness tho proceedings on
the Capitol steps. he will ride direct
IS 20 his new home on S Street. where
he plans TO receive informally party
members from the Senate and other
public Offices
President Harding will ride with
Mrs. Harding directly back to his new
home. the White House.
Almos; lost to the greater part of
the public gaze viii be the now mem
bcrs Of the Cabinet. all here to wit
hess the inaugural The comparative
few who VIII have seats in the Senate
gallery Will be able TO see them. as
viii those IN the front rows OF the