Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-04
INAUGURAL BEGINS
w HEN COMMITTEE
| CALLS AT HOTEL
President and Mrs. Wilson
Will Join Party at
White House.
COOLIDGE WILL BE FIRST TO
BE SWORN INTO OFFICE
Crowds Y.,tnessing Inaugural
ton I lay Will Number Not
Less Than 10000
NO ELABORATE CEREMONY
$500 Washington High School
Cadets Will Act rs Guard
! OF Honor.
COOLIDGE WILL BE FIRST TO
BE SWORN INTO OFFICE
NO ELABORATE CEREMONY
BY LOWELL MELLETT,
United News StnT Correspondent,


WASHINGTON. March 3.-weary.
but still smiling. Warren G. Harding
turned in tonight for his last sleep
as private citizen before taking up
tomorrow one OF the greatest bur-
dcns ever designed for the shoulders
OF single man. 1t was n needed
sleep. Harding is tired Moro than
that, his mind is filled with the con-
sciousness that the honor so over
whelminsly given him by the people
OF the country is in reality n terri
bic task 1t was impossible to be-
with him tonight and not realize this
feeling of Harding's.
His lips. as lie talked to n group
OF correspondents. did service to the
requirements Of the occasion. Hc was
anable. even genial. s-,he said, "yvei
will get along together. I hope to
do by you as ! would wish to be done
oy II | continued to be what I still
am today--a newspaper man." But
behind the courtesy of this express
sion there was more. Each time he
hes:tated in formulating his express
sion. You com!G gee tina. he was
:aborins under the obsession of a
deeper thought. Painful. almost
praSerful sincerity was written about
his eyes. and in them one could read
from them one almost could have
written--a different speech from that
conchcd in the gracious phrases OF
his talk to his visitors.
Friends Call nt Hotel.
folitical and personal friends. who
ta!iea at his rooms in the Willard
Hotel after dinner. remarked this.
characteristic OF the President-elert.
IL was evident even throughout the
course OF the elaborate dinner given
IN mono. OF himself and Mrs. Hard
ing at the hotel by Mr.. and AIrss
tarm' Thompson. of Cleveland. Ohio.
longtime personal friends. The
guests here We're all friends OF ths
FAMILY, and y'ith two exceptions-Mr.I
ana Mrs VIII Hays, all Ohioians
And in this informal atmospbera N.
PRESIDENT elect was at home NM, at
ease--savc that every now and then.
the thoughtful. serious expression "a
marked above. came back into bis
face. ts t
NO man. OF course. can assume tia
presidency of the United States mn.
o"t deep appreciation OF the re-
Spohsibility that goes with II. Nona
ever assumed it. perhaps, with :
deeper appreciation, IL his nnno.r-
hnce tells the story.
o"E-iong ovation began for tho
so"n-to-be President from the tIno
OF MS arrival at the Union Station
Along The route traversed bv IA,
automobile and at every turn tna,.
were crowds TO cheer him. TRAY
nassed on the sidewalk about Nj.
motel and blocked the hotel corrIdors
seeking a glimpse OF him. Hanv a.
the cheers, when the two were seen
toSether. were for Mrs. Iardinp
smiling beside him. There wer.
cheers Tor her alone. when she yen.
'ured alone away from the Ihote,
suite.
Great Masses Not Present.
me iihrdings. coming to accep,
'heir high place. have not. however.
hao the welcome OF great masses OF
people The great masses that have
hafEed previous inauSurals ara mt
mere. thousands have como to ths
CITY, OUT Washingtons wide avenues
reauiiy swallow up thousands. nnd
only begin 10 show their presence
"heh they come By the tens OF thous
anus The calling of. ut Hardinp'a
own request. of all plans for nm elab-
crate ceremony: that and possibly
the unprecedentedly high railroaa
rates, have had their effect.
Tomorrow, it tonigh,'s pleasan,
weather continues. the throng which
appears 10 see Harding take the oath
OF Office and TO hear his inaugural
address will be as large MS the I'm. (
ihshse space which he will face while
speakinE Ii Will number not less s
IMAM $4,000. and the number may bsSl
10000 more. As he rides from tho
White House to the Capitol. RcnGsyl-
vanIa Avenue wilt be filled wifSs
cheering spectators from building ~
line to the ropes we'll out In this
street. And that viii bo5 about the s.
"S'en,~ OF the public celebration.
Harding Will miss Innefi nolse tklt b
he might have heard. and much of 4
the purely holiday exuSera aneo tfsss s.
expresses itself in banpers 1psnna5iy,
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