New Britain herald., 1925-03-04

. the following with General and Mrs, Dawes and other members of the party.
 As he rode along the president repeatedly acknowledge the plaudits of the crowd by touching his hat and General Dawes lifted his clear of his head many times as special outbursts of applause seemed 10 be directed in his direction.
 All the way down the avenue the. president had ridden under skios over which there was an unmistak- able threat of rain In the air.
 The president helped Mrs. Cool idge to alight from the automobile. while the cavalry escort took up a squadron front, came to attention, presented sabres. and the bugles sounded "to the colors," with the others, the president stood uncov- cred.
 Then the party climbed up the long flight of steps leading from the plaza to the entrance on level with the senate floor Mr. Coolidge went at once to the presidents room, just off the senate chamber and General Dawes was escorted to the vice. presidents room nearby. The cab inet members accompanied the president 10 advise him in tho sign- ing of last minute legislation.
 Grccts Dawes
 President Cummins of the senate greeted the vice. -president-e elect when he reached the room that is 10 be his office for the next four years, and which for more than two years had been the workshop of Mir. Cool idge. In the presidents room the chief executive turned his attention at once upon his arrival to shcaf of bills that were awaiting his at- tention.
 On the plaza outside the crowd, now amounting to several thousands swarmed up closer about the in augural stands from which they had been kept back until after the ar rival Of the official White House party.
 While the president was hard at work, his second in command was taking it easy in big leather chair before q cheerful grate fire in the vice. presidents room. He chatted with Senator Cummins intently. however, about the new duties he | was about to assume, and interrupt cd the interview long enough 10 re- ceive a gift of another gavel. It was made from timbers of the ex- ploring ship Roosevelt, used by Peary on his Polar expedition, and was presented by E. Lester Jones, director of the coast and geodetic survey. Yesterday an Ohio admireG had given the general gavel made from a piano stool he had used when he was boy practicing finger exercises in Marietta.
 Still the dippcr pipe remained tucked away in it's pocket, and pres ently, as he rose to shake his legs in front of the fireplace, the vice elect took out a cigar in- stead and lighted up.
 Evidently the result did not full ! fill expectations. After few ner- vous puffs the general looked it over suspiciously, tossed it in the grate, and hauled out the pipe. As soon as he got it going full draught he seemed perefectly contentcd at last. Among the first bills to be signed by Mir. Coolidge after he reached the capitol were the naval omnibus bill providing\ for modcrnzation work and for some new cruisers and gun. boats, and the second deficiency bill, which had passed the senate less than an hour before.
 Mrs. Coolidge entered the presi. dents gallery and the other specta- tors arose. She took seat beside Colonel John Coolidge.
 A moment later Mrs. Nellie Ross, governor of Wyoming, entered the chamber itself on the arm of Scna- tor Warren. She was greeted by handclapping as she was escorted to a scat.
 The hour of noon was only three minutes away when the speaker and the members of the house arrived They were seated to the left of the dias,/ and other proceedings halted while the reviewers found places The clock was set back seven min utes. --