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where now stands Keith'S Theater-
that Mai. George A. Arms, u. S. A,
retired, for some grievance, imaginary
or real, publicly pulled the governors
nose. a very old type of the worst form
of insult. Maj Arms was then a pros
porous real estate broker here. He was
tried by court-martial, but with just
what result / am unable to say. The
episode proved a. sensation at the time.
x
DRESIDENT CLEVELAND was driven
from the Arlington Hotel to the
White House on the morning OF March
for the commencing Of the dav's pro-
gram. incidentally, the building now
occupied by the Veterans Bureau, and
which was built during the World War,
occupies the site of the historic Airing
street was laid in Washington.
Mr.. Arthur and Mr.. Cleveland, both
New Workers, met and parted on good
terms, and no one participating in the
Inauguration took keener interest III
everything that went on than did the
retiring President. During the cere-
monies at the east front of the Capitol
Gen. Arthur remarked that 1t was the
largest crowd he had ever seen. Chief
Justice Morrison r. Waite; who was
nearby, more definitely placed the num-
ber by saying: There must be at
least a hundred and fifty thousand"
And Senator Hawley said: There are
undoubtedly two hundred thousand.
never saw the like"
President Cleveland. whose name was
Stephen Grover Cleveland the name by
which he was sworn in, though the
fhnrnQ
took the oath of Office on a small, gilt
edged, morocco-bound Bible, marked rs.
G.. Cleveland" It was highly priced by
the President, having been given to
him by his mother when he left home
as a young man. Seated on the cas-.
front platform were two of Americas
greatest soldiers-Gen. Philip H. Sheri-
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for this work-just enough t. pay for
his room and meals.
A member of his class recalls that
the rent was increased to $50 the sec
ond year, and Hoover and II others left
Encina Hall and took rooms in a
boarding house in the growing village
of Palo Alto-a mile away. They
walked back and forth to classes, but
it was worth it, because they had to
pay only $18 a month for board and
lodging in the village.
Il remember Bert Hoover, especially
we'll at the Palo Alto boarding house, I"
one alumnus wrote in because / was
one of those who suffered from his
hopeless attempts TO sing a popular
parody, Locked in the Stable With the
Sheep We threatened to throw him
out If he didn't have mercy on us"
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WHILE there Hoover increased his
w earning capacity by taking other
odd jobs about the campus. he waited
on tables at times. getting three meals
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dan and Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock,
the latter having been defeated in the
election for the presidency four years
before by Gen. Garfield.
! do not supp e there is any one "
ing who witnessed the inaugurationS of
1885 and 1889 who will forget the pranks
Of the Pennsylvania State militia. Their
contingent amounted to about 10000,
and it afterward cost that State about
as many dollars for the damage its
soldiers did while here.
+ hey were out for good time, and
surely succeeded in getting what they
came for. III number OF places they
simply walked into store, went behind
the counter and helped themselves to
such trifles as pies, cakes and every
thing else which seemed to suit their
appetite or fancy, and all without the
customary formality of offering to pay
for anything At Pennsylvania avenue
and Seventh street they even took a
rookie policeman and bounced him up
in blanket.
THE Pennsylvania militiamen were
troublesome also at Harrison's in
auguration in 1889. The Star of March
g. 1889, gives an interesting account OF
the escapades of these young men under
the title Franks OF the Soldiers:
Yesterday morning before daybreak
the visiting soldiers appeared on the
streets in large numbers. Some of them
had apparently been out all night
They were bent on having a good time,
and they seemed to have only partially
succeeded. Daybreak found many OF
them hanging on to lamppostS and
/ Il
steps. An early break was made for
the lunchroom breakfast tables, and
then they started out to do up the
town. John Chinaman' soon found ii
would be more pleasant for him to re-
main indoors. His front door was gen.
orally locked So far as could be
! learned. not single knight Of the fat
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| a day free for so doing There was no
other compensation and there were no
| tips. The walters, dressed in white
| Jackets and aprons, were not objects of
| snobbery, for few of the students came
from wealthy families at that time.
A Santa Cruz laundry concern want
| ed some one to act as its agent at
| Stanford. Bert heard about it, applied
for the job and got it. Alumni have
written in. describing how the sober
minded industrious youth knocked on
their doors and asked for the favor Of
handling their laundry work. The
wash collecting business proved to be
profitable, but it was tiresone work,
chasing around from building TO build
ing and back to town, with laundry
bundles loading him down.
1t is recalled that Bert noticed a
bicycle parked outside the power house
every day, with no one to Use it until
classes were over. He couldn't keep his
eyes off that wheel. His feet ached
with tramping around the campus. He
decided to borrow the wheel to make
some deliveries, and he did. He re-
turned it short while later to the
original parking place. He was replac-
ing the bicycle in this way several DAYS
later when a man came out of the
power house. He asked what Hoover
meant by taking private property with
out permission.
"Aw. I was just borrowing ii for
Whlle!" the student replied, with smile,
There was no more cycling, however.
In his junior year the Quaker boy
from Iowa was making enough money
to enable him to return to Encina Hall.
1t was in this year, also, that something
happened that was to have a bearing
on his whole career He met Lou
Henry, pretty girl from Monterey
who had amazed professors and stu
dents by entering to study geology. She
was the only girl in Hoovers geology
class, and he took a great interest in
her.
One classmate remembers that Lou
and Bert used to disappear after
classes, nobody knew where. Finally 1t
was learned they went on long hikes
over the hills to study rock strata and
faults. Their deep mutual interest in
geology bound them in close compan-
ionShip-a companionship that was to
! ripen later into love. Lou Henry and
! Bert Hoover have retraced those paths
of romance many times since election
day. OF early morning they leave the
| house, swathed in wraps to protect
them from the chill air, and walk again
over those hills and talk of glamorouS
days gone by. Then there was none
! to hear or see. but now stalwart,
furtive-eyed Secret Service man trails
| in their wake.
Hoover also "queened" with Lou
Henry in the arboretum, which had just
been established on the campus.
| "Queening" at Stanford means going
with steady" Lou was rushed by
the sororities. and she joined Kappa
| Kappa Gamma. but her classmatc
steadfastly refused to accept a single
bid" He said he didn't believe in
college fraternities.
Apparently he has never changed his
position in this connection, for it is
| rumored about the campus that his
| son Allan has been rushed" by fra
| ternity for three years, but has been
I prevented from joining by parental in
| junction.
The name OF Herbert Hoover first
made" ths~sfront page during his
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than all, to Chief Executive-to-be of his
country.
X x X
AS he reached the heights of fame
"A so quickly, memories of his early
life at Stanford are being breathlessly
unscrambled and set down in writing
and tabulated by those fortunate to
have been associated with him in col
lege. Questionnaires have been sent to
all alumni, requesting "reminiscences OF
Hoover's college days. Records in dusty
files of the years he attended classes
are being pored over. Buildings where
he collected laundry to pay his way to
a degree are being pointed out to duly
awed SightseerS.
Scores of replies have been received
to the questionnaires, from all parts of
the country and from persons high and
low in life. Simple recollections OF
"Bert's" activities are being reSurrected
with pardonable amplit1cation and en-
thusiasm. At least dozen alumni have
claimed the honor of having had SOUP
spilled down their necks by todays
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Concerning Corundum.
DURING the last few years the use

DURING the last few years the use of
corundum has greatly increased as
the result of the discovery Of the de-
posits In North Carolina and Georgia.
More recently it has been found in On
tario.
Originally corundum was derived al
most exclusively from India. Ranking
next to the diamond In hardness, 1t has
long been employed for grinding gems
and other hard materials. At present
the use of corundum wheels is spread
ing. These wheels are composed c.
corundum grains firmly cernentea ID
gether, and are said to be twice as ef-
Iective and durable as emery whee.S
They are employed instead OF steel files
for cutting down metal surfaces and in
place of grindStones for sharpening
toes. A corundum wheel. 1t Is aSsei ted,
will grind off pound of iron in one
eighth Of the time and at onc-ssFenth
of the cost required to do 1t with nle.
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thrown in store doors, and occasionally
the crowd would surround some person
and give him an unpleasant time for
few minutes.
"A party of soldiers made an attack
on beer wagon on Seventh street, but
they got sadly disappointed. There was
nothing but soft stuff on the wagon.
Bottle after bottle was taken out, but
they were soda and ginger bottles. The
color of the latter was all right. but the
taste was wrong, and the bottles were
rolled down the street.
Yesterday afternoon the police re-
serves from the first precinct were
called to the corner of Seventh and D
streets to quell disturbance. 1t was
the same old story-the Pennsylvania
soldiers upset wagon and were taking
possession of horse and buggy be-
longing to a citizen who had left the
team in charge of a colored boy.
Everybody was making complaints
against them, and for few minutes
riot was threatened. The police dis
persed the crowd, but made no arrests.
All the afternoon the police were kept
busy looking after the Pennsylvanians.
Thomas Lotus, one of the PennSyl-
vania soldiers, was locked up for car
rying a pistol. John A. King, another
VI CIlcAL uuHluHl, was dIACntcu OIA q
similar charge, but was subsequently
released"
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THE crowd that came to this city
during the first Cleveland inaugu-
ration was actually stupendous. The
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
railroads alone brought 125,000 per-
sons, while the Baltimore & Potomac
brought in 10000. When we consider
the number who came in by steamboats,
and other water craft and by horse
drawn conveyances, the total attend
ance might we'll be put at around 300,-
600. The expenses of the citizens COM
mittee were around $4,000 large
amount for that period.
At the inanpllral ball held In the
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BY JOuN CLACETT PROCTOR.

TT has been some time since Wash
ington had big Inauguration cere-
mony. The writer recalls the first
Il Cleveland Inauguration, of March 4,
1885, with great deal Of genuine
pleasure. The Democrats had not been
in Office since the Civil War, and they
did not intend to let the occasion pass
by without whooping it up. If there
ever was an occasion when the Repub-
licans have a right to be proud-and
astonished, too over Virginia and some
OF the other rock-ribbed Southern
Democratic StateS-that occasion is
right upon lis, has been upon us since
November s, and will stay with us
uAtil after Mr.. Hoover has been safely
installed in the White House.
The first Cleveland inauguration i'm
pressed the writer very much. He re-
members witnessing it from his perch
on one of the old-fashioned street gas
1anproStS at Ninth street and Penn
sylvania avenue, just opposite the
Marble saloon. You probably recall
the crosS-armS near the top and the
recess caused by the widening of the
post about 212 feet from the ground,
which helped to give the boys a toe
hold when they wanted to climb the
pest to light their cigarettes during
windy weather or when matches were
scarce.
The writer was then a lad. and his
familiarity with climbing these lamp
posts undoubtedly suggested the selec-
ton of this unusual place to get an
unobstructed view of the parade. He
did see the parade. and it was the
greatest inaugural parade he ever saw,
and without doubt all you who saw
it will agree with him.
In the files of The Star this state
ment appeared day or two otter the
Inauguration:
1T was the most brilliant, enjoyable
and generally successful occasion of the
kind in the history of the Government"
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THERE are certain things which i'm
press themselves upon the human
mind, especially the youthful mind,
that even time will not erase, and one
Of the features of Cleveland's first in
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S. A; DR.. Joseph M Toner. DR.. Ralph
Walsh, James G. yelling, LII. D.: Sam
uel E. Wheatley, Henry A. Willard,
James p Willett Albert A. Wilson and
Rear Admiral John L. Worden, U. S. N.
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TT surely is interesting to look back
l. at these old inaugurations. The
first the writer recalls, and that only
Evening star., 1928-11-25
BY REX COLLIER,
stan Correspondent Of The Star.
PALo ALTO, Calf,

ND their deeds are remem-
"A Ss5sd %s2s s5ssr shs ~oFas s1sG:' psnnsd anssi
above literary composition
one day at Stanford Uni
wersitv. some 80 years ago, by studi-
olIs bespectacled youth, baskinS In the
full glory of his first year oUt OF COL
lege. - ..,,,or,.d with
that essay, for he hoped to nave it pub
1iehed in that most exclusive OF Stan,
ford publications, the Sequoia. Tne lad
with the gold-rimmed glasses Ead never
seen anv of his writings In PRINT, prIl-
cipally because he found essay %orK l e%5
trrnlely dificult to master. he mao
written and rewritten the colnpoSlCioli,
st least dozen times before nc leaned
b3cE in a final sense of satisfaction ana
Nna2ed proudly at his handiw)rk. .,
It was virtually a short o SVorx afyveG -
which the college graduate haa anl%gG y
his carefully thought-out captlon, :. -
vas an inspiring little story .So sooe. rac
destitute Irish gold miner IN tne .,3a,, 1or
Sfamonto Sicrras and a good S%anlaIi,sail; % "a !;
in the ner5on Of a storekeepsf. VINO ny nv
!. ra,nie5ared to the miners dying hFsSs
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party electing the President the fruits
of its victory.
Gov. Beaver of Pennsylvania was an
other of those who came in for large
amount of applause. He was one-arm
Civil War veteran, and led the Penn
sylvania militia in the parade. You
will probably recall the occasion when
he was stopping at the Riggs House
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Dahlgren became alarmed and finally
said:
''Mr Secretary, are you ill?"
And the Secretary, upon remC2i..,
his hands and sitting up, replied:
mo. not at all 1 was only wonder
ing what I could do witt. the remain
ing $780,"
As I recall 1t, the Seer tary secured
quarters elsewhere
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Auguration that the writer has never
forgotten was the wonderful appearance
of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee as he led the
third division of the parade from the
Capitol to Seventeenth street. He was
mounted upon a coal-black charger,
and the two together produced the most
beautiful sight the writer has ever seen
In an event of this kind. Indeed, he
Evening star., 1928-06-10
General and Special Notes
of Capitals Social World
Countess Scherr-T Thoss. Recent Visitor Here Sails
for Europe-Residents Vending Way
to Summer Resorts

Connecticut avenue, and will make their
home at the Wardman Park Hotel fol
the future.
Mrs. F. r. Van Antwerp and Miss
Mabel h. Hodge of 200 Massachusetts
avenue have as guests their brother,
DR.. John B. Hodge, and their sister,
ln-law, Mrs. I. E. Hodge, and son,
Marion. The party motored here from
Charleston. w. va. Mrs. /. E. Hodge
is the mother of Mrs. Alvin r. Hodge
OF 200 Massachusetts, avenue.
Mrs. S. Emery Holmes of New York
City, who recently returned from a
cruise on the Mediterranean and a
visit to Nice Paris and London, is pass
ing the week end in Washington at
the Mayhower. Mrs. Holmes came to
Washington TO attend the dinner given
last evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Smoot.
MIR. Jack Kelly is home for his Sum-
mer vacation with his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. J. Frank Kelly. on Ingomar street,
after completing a year at Fishburne
Military School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Burnham of
Chicago, accompanied by their daugh-
ter, Miss Mardi Burnham, are spending
several days at the Wardman Park
Hotel. Mr.. and Mrs. Burnham's daugh-
ter, Miss Cherie Burnham, will grad
uate from the Chevy Chase School on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Wheeler will
close their apartment at the Wardman
Park Hotel this week and will be absent
until October Mrs. Ralph Wheeler of
Chicago. who has been their guest for
the past several weeks, will accompany
them by motor as far as Chicago. From
there they will continue their trip to
their old home in Wisconsin, later visit
ing friends in Iowa. They will return
by way of Buffalo and the Great Lakes.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston Harper have
as their guest at their home on Macomb
street Miss Catherine Signaigo of Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Miss Charlie Griggs left Washington
yesterday for Montclair, N. j., where
she will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. M. de Witte for several weeks.
Mrs. Gaines M. Harrill, Mrs. Ben
jamin F. Briscoe and Miss Ina Briscoe
Of Knoxville, Tenn, are guests of Miss
Elizabeth McNew. They are on an ex-
tended tour of the East. Last week was
spent at Annapolis, and from WASH
tngton they will go to Atlantic City,
New York and Canada. Mrs. Harrill
is the mother of Lieut.. Comdr w. X.
Harrill, who is stationed In Washing
ton. Miss Frances McNew of New York
Is the week end guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. o. McNew.
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brides parents Wednesday afternoon
June 6. After reception and buffet
luncheon. MIR. and Mrs Smith departed
on honeymoon trip and will be at
home after June IS In Bourbon, Ind
Among those attending the wedding
were the brides grandmother, Mrs
George l.. Mason Of Topeka, Kans.; a
great-aunt Mrs. Rachel p. Walton oi
Langhorne, Pa: Mr.. and Mrs. E. S
Griscom and Mrs. Clement G. French
of Philadelphia. Pa. and Miss Mary
Mckenzie OF the Teachers State Col
lege, Fredericksburg. Va, who played
the wedding march.
Mrs. Mahlon Kirk announces the
marriage of her daughter. Evelyn jan
s. A., which took place Saturday, May
26, In st. Paul's Church. Kansas City.
Mo-, at noon, Rev. Benjamin M. Wash
burn, rector, officiating. Capt. and
Mrs. Howe are at home at 2526 julie
street, St Joseph. MO.
Capt Howe has been on detached
service In ST. Joseph as instructor with
the 35th Tank Company Of the Mis-
souri, National Guard for the last year.
lie is a son of Mrs Sally De Jarnette
Howe of Radford, Va.
The marriage Of Miss Catherine
Mildred Brady, daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Brady OF Laurel, Md, to
Mr.. w. Lee Harrison, son of MIR. and
Mrs. u. r. Harrison, also Of Laurel, took
place at the home OF the bride Tuesday
evening. Rev. @. r. Mays, pastor OF
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
Laurel, performed the ceremony. for
which ferns and cut flowers formed an
effective setting and which was at
tended by members Of the families and
few close friends.
Gowned In pink crepe de chine trim
med In Spanish lace, the bride carried
a bouquet of brides roses and lilies OF
the valley. Miss Alma Sakers. cousin
OF the bridegroom, who was bridesmaid,
wore green crepe de chine. Mr. Fl.
Leslie Brady. brother Of the bride. was
best man Miss Grace Gosnell played
the wedding march.
Following the wedding. which was
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June 20 they will be Mt home at the
Valley Vista Apartments.

June 70 they viii be at home at the
Valley Vista Apartments.
A charmingly arranged wedding took
place last Saturday, June 2. when Miss
Francis Louise Weaver became the bride
of Mr.. Lawrence Maus OF Washington
The ceremony was performed outdoors
at the brides home on Chain Bridge
road, Va. by Rev. Charles Warner of st
Adams Church.
The grounds were artistically deco
rated with palms, white peonies and an
arch Of roses.
MIR. Carl Robert Weaver escorted his
sister TO the altar, where her father gave
| her In marriage.
The bride wore lovely cream satin
gown Of the Queen Anne style, with a
tulle and point lace veil. The bouquet
was OF bride roses and lilies Of the val
ley.
The matron OF honor. Mrs Theodore
Garfield Hudson, and the bridesmaids
wore bouffant taffeta dresses Of the rain
bow colors and large picture hats of
| jade green. They carried bouquets OF
| Carroll roses and delph!nium.
The attendants were Misses Margaret
Hermann, Leila Brown, Catherine Ir-
win and Mrs. William Weaver OF Wash-
ington and Mrs. Boo Tennis of VIII
| ilaHnSDurK, va.
Mr.. Aubrey Maus, brother of the
bridegroom, was best man. About 200
| relatives and friends were present
The couple left Immediately after the
reception for an extended motor trip.
The marriage of Miss Jena DE Imhofl
to MIR. 8. Robert Young, 1r., took place
May 81 at The Columbia Heights Chris.
tian Church. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Harvey Baker Smith.
Mrs. Young Is a daughter of Mrs
Laura Anne Imhoff Of Sedalia. Mo
and Mr.. Young ls a son of Mr., and
Mrs M. M. Young Of Jackson, Miss
The bride wore gown Of rose-bcigt
georgette, with hat to match, and
carried q bouquet of sweetheart roses
and lilies of the valley.
MFR. and Mrs Young departed imme.
diately after the ceremony for a motor
trip through Virginia.
The marriage of Miss Rebie II. Hines
OF Wakefield, Va, and Mrs. James II
Lassiter Of Richmond. Va. took place
at pm. Thursday In the Temple Bap-
list Church, Tenth and N streets north
west, Rev. Thomas II. f3oorde, pastor
OF the church, officiating. Miss Lima
Lasgitef and Miss Anna Laasiter. sister
| StAL @tfA@HAS1titt Abt1AAd1a M
and Dr. James A. Williams was best
man for Mr.. Lassiter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lassiter will make their
home In Richmond
Mrs. Jasper M. jackson announces
the marriage Of her daughter. Miss
Elizabeth Daingerfield jackson, to Nal
Gen, Clark Brant, a. s.. A., May rs
In Hollywood. Calf,
The bride IL granddaughter Of thf
late Col. William Henry DalngerfleId
Who played prominent part in the
liberation OF Texas.
MAJ. Bfant III now commandant oi
Conissy Field Ban Francisco, before
going thfrs Was executive officer In the
office OF the Assistant Secretary Of War
for Aeronautics
Cards have been sent out by MIR
and Mrs. ]. II. Heslet, i2a Kentucky
avenue s0utheaat, announcing the mar
riage OF their daughter. Florence Edith,
10 Mr. Edgar Paul Smith. auperintend-