New Britain herald., 1929-03-04

. dent-elect took places in the real seat of an open touring car, the frs in the procession. with Coolidge or
 the right. In the dozen cars be- hind rode Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs Hoover. together in landaulet , Senator Curtis, his sister, Mrs. c mn Mrs. Dawes. members of the cab. inet, the White House aides and ( delegation of c. A. F. veterans acting as guard of honor.
 Self-Starter Isaiks
 As the president and president
 about-to-be descended the steps tc
 enter their motor car, with their
 wives together just behind them they paused for a moment for the
 photogra phers, who got an addition. al unexpected treat shortly after
 when the self-starter of the big cal , refused to work While an eXasper-
 ated chauffeur tinkered away for a
 minute or two, Coolidge aad Hoover
 stood together joking about their predicament as the cameras leaped
 d rich harvest
 As President Coolidge left the DOT tals of the White House for the las, time as head of the state, his face betrayed no sign of regret. He was
 going home at last. as he had said
 long ago he often wanted to do. Mrs
 Coolidge, dressed in a dark coat with
 a close fitting hat of grey, turned
 back as she rode away and waved to | ,t yttbn
 faces were pressed against the win
 dow panes.
 All along the avenue. as the party
 passed swiftly by. cheers preceded
 and followed it. Both Coolidge and
 Hoover kept their high silk hats waving in acknowledgement. The Earty reached the capitol at 11:i5
 q. m., and the president and presi-
 dent-elect were escorted to the pres- ident's room off the senate chamber
 while the ladies of the party were
 ushered 10 seats in the senate gallery , that they might witness the inaugu- ration of Vice President Curtis. , For more than two hours thou . sands had been waiting outside the
 capital building. The great crowd,
 only a small percentage seated in . the temporary stands. stretched from the senate office building on
 the left and the house office quar- ters on the right, an area about
 three city blocks in length. It has amused itself as best it could dur ; ing the long wait. and it let itself
 loo utift Ior abo as the inaugural party came into view.
 Final Preparations
 While Coolidge busted himself
 with last-mnute bills in the presi- dents room. and Senator Curtis
 waited in the vice presidents room nearby, final preparations for the , outdoor ceremonies went on apace.
 Radio and picture company officials were busy testing their instruments.
 Arrangements had been made to
 send pictures by radio simultaneous
 ly with the voice of MT. Hoover de-
 livering his inaugural address. The inaugural platform, a high pine structure painted white. was
 dressed profusely in green garlands : and wreaths. Large American flags , flanked the ends with smaller flags attached to the eight great pillars
 that supported the covering. An ' American eagle on a circled back } ground of blue and surrounded by AS golden stars was on the rail in , front of the speakers stand. , A few airplanes cruising high over the capitol dome were almost held ) to a standstill by a stiff south breeze which whipped the flags decking the inaugural stand.
 ! The famous Marine band played a l constant succession of patriotic airs. The senate chamber meanwhile . filled rapidly with nota bles. Frank Stearns, of Boston. intimate friend of President Coolidge, sat in the
 presidential row of the gallery. Young Herbert Hoover was forced ; to sit in a chair in the aisle. Ap- parently the Hoover boys had given one of their seats to a gray haired man who leaned on cane. Hoover in Senate Chamber
 President Elect Hoover was es-
 corted to the room of the senate
 military committee where he wait cd, just a few feet from the senate chamber, where President Coolidge. : in the presidents room. was busy with the last duties of his adminis-
 tration. In the vice presidents room. , Senator Curtis was pacing mp and
 down, waiting for the time when he
 should be called into the senate , chamber to take the cath of office. , In another room nearby the new l members of the Hoover cabinet as- . sembled, with only Henry l.. Stim- son absent. He is on his way here from the Philippines.
 Comfortably seated in the gallery. : Mrs. Coolidge reached back and shook hands with Allen and Herbert Hoover. Jr.. and the latters wife.
 Mrs. Hoover turned to talk with : MT. Stearns. Both Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Coolidge leaned over the rail- , ing and occasionally nodded at a senator or other person on the ; t1cor whom they recognized. Just 10 minutes before the vice president elect was to take the oath
 of office the senate became en-
 broiled in an argument over an i'm migration bill and a call for a : quorum was sent out Meanwhile
 Senator Watson. the republican ] leader. who had visited President . Coolidge in the presidential room. formally announced to his colleagues , that the retiring chief executive had TO further communications to de-
 liver to congress.
 Miss Trumbull Arrives At this period Florence Trumbull,