Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-12
GRANT NURSE GETS
INAUGURAL SEAT.
Woman, 81 Years Old, Re.
membered for Kindness
During Civil! War.
An 84-year-old Virginia woman, who

An 84-year-old Virginia woman, who
nursed Frederick Dent Grant, father Of
the chairman of the inaugural COM
mittee, Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd,
through a critical illness during the
Civil War, has obtained through the
| good offices of the son seat In heated
! room from which she will be enabled to
view her first inaugural parade. The
woman Is Mrs. william Lyme, whose
! old home lay in the battle line OF the
Civil War between Fredericksburg and
Richmond. The grandfather of the
inaugural chairman--then Gen. Grant
camped with his staff in the yard of
her home at the battle Of Jericho Ford.
From her present home, at the All
States Hotel, 514 Nineteenth street,
Mrs. Lyme wrote Col. Grant. asking him
TO arrange for seat for her in build
ing from which she might view the
inaugural Col. Grant sent her note to
the Washington Building Inaugural Seat
Co., which advised Mrs. Lyme she would
be furnished complimentary seat in
he Washington Building.
Tells of Fathers Illness.
"Your father, Capt. Fred D. Grant,
mad typhoid fever at my home in the
Civil War" Mrs. Lyne's note said:
Your grandfather, Gen. Grant, had his
headquarters in our yard at the battle
of Jericho Ford between Fredericks-
burg and Richmond) and I am now "a
years old and have never seen an in
augural. Can you arrange to give me
a seat in a building for March 4, so l
| can see the inaugural parade? would
appreciate it. Thanking you If this
courtesy can be allowed an old Viz
ginia lady, beg to remain, respectfully
MRS. WILLIAM LYME cassie
MONCURE LYNE)."
Frederick Dent Grant must have been
| little more than small boy at the time
| he was nursed at Mrs. Lyne's nome, 1or
| he was born in 1850 and could not have
been more than Is years old, if he had
the disease in the last year Of the war.
HIS biography, however, recounts that
he accompanied his father during sew
eral battles of the Civil War and was
| wounded at Vicksburg.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman
of the committee on housing ana nos
pitality, pointed out today that prices
| to be charged visitors to Washington for
housing accommodations are not much
higher than they were back in the days
of Harrison and Cleveland, when, she
said. inaugural visitors paid $l.5O TO 50
day for housing-and grumbled. IN
those days facilities were so inadequate
that even billiard tables were pressed
| into service as temporary beds, and dld
duty at the rate Of 40 cents an hour.
Although 40 years have elapsed since
those days, Mrs. Speel said today the
rate schedule fixed by her group is only
slightly higher than that Of bygone days.
For individuals the rates in private
dwellings and rooming houses will run
from So to So, the latter figure includ-
ing breakfast.
Sees No Need for Apology.
1--WE need no apology for visitors for
| the style of accommodations we can
furnish Them" Mrs. Speel said. "Our
| inspectors are more impressed every day
by the unselfishness of Washingtonians
| in opening their doors to strangers at
most unselfish prices" The housing
committee has thousands Of registered
addresses, in some instances single
address being ample to accommodate 10
or IL persons. A few apartments and
several entire residences are also avail
| able.
Additions to the second division OF
| the parade, which will be led by
| Hubert Work, chairman Of the Repub-
lican national committee, was an
| nounced today as follows: Cowboys
from North Dakota, Is; Veterans OF
| Foreign Wars, IS; Ladies' Auxiliary, v.
r. w., Womens Overseas Service Lea
que, Military Order of the World War,
Military Order Foreign Wars, National
| Sojourners, Legion of Valor, Army and
Navy Union, Order of Ahepa, IS each,
and G. A. r. special contingent from
the Department of the Potomac, 10.
w. Irving Glover, executive secretary
| Of the inaugural committee, will speak
over the Columbia broadcasting chain
from WMAL tonight at 8:15 o'clock.
Announcement was made by the
committee last night that a contract
with the International Fireworks Co. of
Jersey City for fireworks the evening OF
March has been let to provide a
generous exhibition at a price Of $4,000
The exhibit will include pyrotechnic
portraits of Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Curtis
painted In the sky in fire.
Express Regret Over Death.
Members Of the committee expressed
| regret yesterday at the death at Luray,
Va. Of Miss Virginia Crank, at the age
| OF 104. Miss Crank had attended the
inaugurals Of Presidents jackson and
Van Buren, and the committee had in
tended to invite her to be a guest at
| the Hoover Curtis inaugural.
Stands In front of the State, War and
| Navy Building are to be sold to Gov
eminent employees, according to an an
| nouncement by the Welfare and Recre-
alton Association of the Office of public
buildings and public parks. Tickets
| for the stands are on sale at the Navy
Building, and after February Is will be
available for employees in other depart
mentS than those of War and NAVY.
Those with salaries of $4,000 q year or
| less may obtain seats In the first rows
| for So each and In the last is rows at
$3.50. Employees are required to fur
nish evidence Of employment.
Location of the first-aid stations and
ambulance stations, to be operated UNI
| der committee headed by Gen. John
| A. Johnston, acting chairman of the
District Chapter Of the Red Cross, was
announced today as follows: First-aid
stations - Capitol grounds, District
Building, south of the Treasury and at
| Lafayette Park.
Ambulance stations-New Jersey ave-
nue. and G street southeast, Capitol
grounds, Third street north of Pennsyl-
| vania avenue, Sixth street south of
Pennsylvania avenue, Ninth street north
of Pennsylvania avenue, Twelfth street
south Of Pennsylvania avenue, Four
tenth street south of Pennsylvania
avenue, south of Treasury, Lafayette
Park on Jackson place and Pennsyl-
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